Comments about 1979

There are 30 comments about "1979"

BILROCK 161: My brother NIC-707, original prez of OTB. I recall a crazy fun mission to the Pitkin Ave. yard with NIC, FRITOS, and FUZZ ONE. I believe it was Christmas eve 1979, NIC was home for......

in response to: Out to Bomb by Metro

Peter: Ryan: i hate chemical spills (this is more of a chemical spill than an "oil spill") as much as the next guy, but just for the record, its not the "largest oil spill in history".........

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

zagg: "The original flag had eight stripes, with each color representing a particular component of the gay community: hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sun, green for nature, turquoise......

in response to: The Churchmouse and Firkin by Biff

EvilGentleman: What's a telephone? Ohhhh, wait... Is that one of things that is like a cellphone, but plugs into a wall, and has wires coming out of it? Hehe, seems like yesterday, when my VCR remote had......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Angela Bentley: I lived on gates have around 1975 or so then moved to onderdonk ave and palmetto street around 1978-1979...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Rob Tynan: Hi Sheila, When did you go to St Pats, I was there from 1973 to 1979. ...

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

FRED MEGLIO: HI JIM I ALSO RECALL THE HALSEY BOBS AND ELLERY BOBS I RE CALL SINGING DO OPP MUSIC WITH A GROUP OF DUDES ON MY CORNER ANYONE RE CALL BRANDLERS BAKERY 1403 GATES AVE BETWEEN......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

FRED MEGLIO: I LIVE IN BUSHWICK SECTION FROM 1946 TO 1979 THE 50S AND 60S WERE GREAT! LIVED 1403 GATES AVE BETWEEN WILSON AND KNICKERBOCKER AVENUES WE NEVER LOCKED OUR DOORS AT NIGHT TILL THE 70S CAME......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Dev Ramdas: I trained at Netherne as a psychiatric nurse from 1979 to 1981 and did not know anything about the cemetery. It was a nice place to work and I have some fantastic memories of my......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

Marti Cruz: Thanks for the memories. Grew up in on Jefferson St until the age of 14 when we moved to Queens. Drugs weren't such a problem, but you could see the heroin creeping in.......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

NYC GRAFFITI: [[img:23682]] NACO THROW UP BY DONDI 1979...

in response to: NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up by Metro1

Glad I moved : what about the puerto rican families who have been in the humboldt area for along time and the buildings they own have gone up dramtically in price. They are selling for the money and......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Angela Watkins~ Harris: I was born in Hutchinson, Kansas back in 1960 and I lived there for a while I did 1/2 of 9th grade at Sherman Junior High School and then attended 10th & 11th at Hutch......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

EvilGentleman: I found an article about the old Amherst Theater (1927-1968) which became the Arlequin Theater (1968-1979). Apparently it ended as a live theater, but I am unsure if it was always so. I have no......

in response to: Faith No More by EvilGentleman

upfromflames: There is, if this posting is real, an interesting story behind this. Ever see that scene in the godfather, where they are deciding whether to sell heroin or not? well, that is what happened to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Frank S. Besner: From experience: Only task harder than finding condoms in Times Square at 10:30 PM on a sunday night, Picking your nose with boxing gloves on. Diametric opposition of scenario: Times Square, 1979....

in response to: Times Square by jack

serlingrod: I studied abroad in Tokyo last year while wrapping up my urban studies undergrad. Jeff, do yourself the favor and start planning now to study there. For those interested in urban development within a global......

in response to: tokyo skyline by jeeff

EvilGentleman: Here you go, Peter. [[img:19798]]...

in response to: Empty Metro by CE

barry: [[img:19792]] [[img:19793]] [[img:19794]] [[img:19795]] [[img:19796]] ...

in response to: New Buildings by barry

barry: [[img:19784]] [[img:19785]] [[img:19786]] [[img:19787]] [[img:19788]] [[img:19789]] [[img:19790]] [[img:19791]] ...

in response to: New Buildings by barry

Ian Spencer: I trained as a psychiatric nurse at Netherne (Sept. 1979-March 1984 - which included a stint at the nearby Redhill General to to my SRN training). The Graveyard was in a similar state even then. There......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

ralph: I also have the greatest memories of the Iron Horse. Hired as a 19 yr old I worked in soft trim and the cushion room from 1979 thru 1981. We worked 9hrs a day plus......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

elaine: ITUC, i was in liverpool from about 1979 to 1985, i went to art school there, which as you know is not far from chinatown. this was before all day drinking and there was a......

in response to: Not-Chinatown / Fish-heads On Ice by aer suzuki

Rob: Thanks Rick for your mini review and google search and paste for the words “buddy bike.” But as the owner of the above bike, let me clear a few things up: Regarding the bike pictured: It is......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

EvilGentleman: I lived in Miramichi (Chatham back then) from ages 7 to 11. This was 1976 to 1980. We used to go shopping in either Bathurst or Moncton until 1979, when The Miramichi Mall was built......

in response to: Free Man? by Urbanghost (michael talbot)

EvilGentleman: Banning certain backgrounds in Canada? Tell me about it. I remember not being able to go to the Plaza Bar in Chateauguay back in the 1980's, because they had an intermittent "No Indians" policy, depending......

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

EvilGentleman: Lyle, thank you very very much for the compliments/advice/vote of confidence. I do not know if I have it in me to achieve a professional level of photographic talent, but I am sure hoping to......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

Steven Fisher: Bushwick started out as a German, than Italian neighborhood. There were several big breweries in Bushwick. In 1979, mobster Carmine Galante was assassinated at Joe and Marie's Italian Restuarant at 205 Knickerbocker Avenue. A few......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jeeff: oh that's easy, it's the guy from 'death from above 1979'! [[img:6448]] ...

in response to: End of Rain, Pt I by sally

Peter: i wont go so far as to actually insult {ellis g}, but i gotta admit, tossing in the © looks like straight-up biting [[goo:basquiat]]'s "SAMO" graffiti... which he was doing in 1979-82. [[img:6443]] [[img:6444]] [[img:6445]] [[img:6446]] ...

in response to: Wherefore ART Thou, Ellis? by GGP