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Mitch: Went by this morning (October 1st) and saw the workcrew extending the construction barrier to encircle the entire building. Basically at this point all that's left is the building's outter shell and the Bens wrap-around/vertical......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Bob O: Thanks for all the memories of Yorkville where I grew up from the 30s through the sixties. I was born over in New York Hospital, went to school at St. Ignatius and then Cardinal Hayes.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Bob O: Thanks for all the memories of Yorkville where I grew up from the 30s through the sixties. I was born over in New York Hospital, went to school at St. Ignatius and then Cardinal Hayes.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Bob O: Thanks for all the memories of Yorkville where I grew up from the 30s through the sixties. I was born over in New York Hospital, went to school at St. Ignatius and then Cardinal Hayes.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Allan: Found this site, and these posts are fascinating. PS 167 brings back memories. Graduated in 1959. Sorry I hardly recall any of my teachers' names. Might remember if I heard them. I do recall my......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (c-66-229-236-128.hsd1.fl.comcast.net): any body live on 61st street near Bay Parkway in Bensonherst back in early 1970s say hello larry2.0@comcast.net...

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

Guitarista81: We went to manhattan in 05' and felt so safe, 1st time ever been there im 26 walked all around uptown-downtown at night, I felt safe as shit. People like force could be believable if......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

brett: these public urinals are a solution for late night drinkers at the weekend in our town centre they are set up at about 8pm when most children arent even in town and its getting dark......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Garry Johns: Well why is it that, some always have to find fault? If you don't like it fine, but for crying out loud don't try to crams your views down our throats! As a......

in response to: Ugly, Heritage, or Both? by Cameo

Maz, Netherne: [[img:28938]] [[img:28939]] [[img:28940]] [[img:28941]] Hi everyone, I came across this site by mistake yesterday and was fascinated by everyone's stories and reading about the grave yard. I had heard other people here at Netherne mention it in the past......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

Jason: What's most ironic is that liberals are deeply "conservative" when it comes to gentrification. They are seeking to take a vibrant city of constant flux and movement and freeze it in time. No one group......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Mike: I miss Maxwells, I heard it's reopening Sept 1st??? Please let it be sooner... I'm craving the Thursday night 25cent wings!...

in response to: Maxwells Fire by Tyfoid Kid

always a Bushwick kid: Hey Lou Romero: you mentioned Sr. Ann Melanie, Sr. Betty, etc. Well Sr. Ann Melanie died not too long ago and Sr. Betty still works in Bushwick- she runs Independence House on Cornelia Street (between......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Grace Ramos-Huertas: Hi everyone-I too attended JHS111 from 9/69 to june71. Though I was terrified to be starting JH at the time becuse of a few bullies for the most part I have nothinbg but wonderful memories of......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

poteto: Hey SAM/ have not put a name to you yet but I remember when betty took over(OH MY GOD) she would yell while we were playing pinball stop shaking, stop slapping the flipper,Hirscht(herman)......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Paul in Seattle: My 1st trip to NYC was in '85, I was there to see the girlfriend and a sister's wedding. While she was at work, I walked this entire line from BANK Street (that's right kids,......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

transplant: Older neighborhoods near downtown - Riverside, Avondale, Springfield, etc. make it easy to use your car less and get out into the world more. If you are really open-minded you can always find like......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Richie Fisher: Wow. I lived on the corner of Harmon and Wilson till June, 71. Cried wnen I left. I went to St. Barbs, grad. in '71. I lived 2 houses fom the other Fisher's, Georgie, Kenny......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Junior Apprentice: *In my 1st post i called it Back Blacksmith but it's actually Bach, its pronounced almost the same tho, srry...

in response to: The Past Is Closer Than You Think by ghost of grandin

surviving: All of the post I"ve been reading has some kind of validity to the experience and surviving in hutch. I will not capitalize the "h on hutchinson' so please don"t think I messed up.......

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

oneoldman: Some of the most meaningful art of the 21st century is in the form of grafetti. Thank you for sharing this with us....

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Mitch: Well, the May 21st deadline passed and Still nothing at all has changed at Bens--still standing and untouched. Haven't heard anything on the news either about its fate. I think Hydro Quebec disconnected its power a......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

laz81: wow!have read with interest, the coments posted about the HAMC, sadly, its clear many know very little about the club. and i say club because it is just that, a club not a gang! to the bros and......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

if90b: New workout by on right side of I-84 heading west after 181st exit. There used to be a LUNAR out there on the fence and it got cleaned, then a few weeks later was......

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

Jim M 52: My brother Bill and I lived in 90thST between 1st & 2nd Ave from the early 50's untill the early 60's. The yorkville experience was the best of our lives, my brother married "the girl......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

BILROCK-161, RTW.: YET ANOTHER NEW-JACK, You are the same. It is obvious by the same imature insults you so freely hurl at someone you dont know anything about. I almost was going to be civil to you on......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

Mitch: Just an FYI: Ben's is safe for at least another 2 weeks, there was a newspaper article saying the public has until May 21st to fight the demolition decision. If no one challenges it (or......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

The terrible disaster: This article has been republished as I was asked to supply the details a second time. --- We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When......

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

LA & NY: [[img:26858]] [[img:26859]] [[img:26857]] I CAN'T BELEAVE THAT LOS ANGELES IN NOT THERE ......FUCK CHINA!!!!!!LOS ANGELES SHOULD BE ON THE TOP 3..AND NEW YORK SHOULD BE IN THE 1ST PLACE[[img:26860]] [[img:26861]] [[img:26862]] [[img:26864]] THIS IS HOW NEW YORK IS GOING TO LOOK......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

LA & NY: [[img:26858]] [[img:26859]] [[img:26857]] I CAN'T BELEAVE THAT LOS ANGELES IN NOT THERE ......FUCK CHINA!!!!!!LOS ANGELES SHOULD BE ON THE TOP 3..AND NEW YORK SHOULD BE IN THE 1ST PLACE[[img:26860]] [[img:26861]] [[img:26862]] [[img:26864]] THIS IS HOW NEW YORK IS GOING TO LOOK......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Marjie: I lived at 969 Carroll St from 1948 - 1954. Remember standing on the corner of Carroll & Bedford collecting the tickets from the people who attended the Dodgers games. I went to PS......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Pearlykingjim: i would like to thank the person or persons for the vile and nasty E-mail that was sent to my address, it is someone on this forum form what was said i only hope we bump it......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

D.B.: Whats good people i`m back again just tryin to put down some of the negativity to pay hommage to some of the friends and family who are no longer here and most who......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Cyril - Times have changed a bit since the 'tea-dance' days. Wasn't the protocol that the young ladies had to sit like wall-flowers and wait to be invited to dance? So if some......

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

jack: you know, 86th street, under the el, in the summer, hot, sweltering days, but the shadows of the el always kept me cool, that was my area for awhile because all my family was housed......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

ahh a ghost: heres my list of the top 10! (im from the chicago-land area) First off, all you dallas-houston and toronto-montreal people fighting, shut the hell up. 1.Tokyo, Japan- to me, every picture i see of tokyo looks great.......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

serlingrod: [[img:26100]] Omar...21st & Chestnut...

in response to: Graf Trux 20: Philadelphia by serlingrod

hrisSpencer of 45th: I recall my younger days on this street I;m only 21 but I vivdly recall that restaurant, I remem ber, that whole strip was burned down in the late 90's (January 1st 1998) to be......

in response to: Old Lachine Fire Station on 45th by EvilGentleman

jettr130: I"grew up"on the streets of Yorkville.I lived there from 1946-1957.My family first lived on 73rd and 74th sts. on 2nd Ave. My grandmother lived on 87th and 88th on York Ave. I went to just......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

EvilGentleman: Finally dropped below freezing again last night. It's now -4 out there. Oh well, only 2 1/2 months until REAL spring... And in the Arctic, I had whole years where the highest temperature was 19. I......

in response to: Spring in January? by Elicar

Carl Franz Edlinger: Hello everbody over there, I`m an native Austrian and live in Vienna now, but between 1972 -76 I was married with an Irlam Girl an Teacher in the Alfred Turner School Irlam. since our Divorce and......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Mitch: Oh ... by the way, I went to PS241 too. Can you imagine kids in 1st grade walking to school these days alone? No one ever gave it a second thought back then....

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Bill: Thanksgiving in Brooklyn in the 1930's. We lived on St Marks Av and Utica most of the homes were 2 family and owner occupied on the 1st and 2nd floors and 3rd floor was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Anonoymous: I will try to be succinct with my words. The symbols, ideology, artwork, whatever you prefer to call it serves one grand purpose, and this purpose, I will reveal in the conclusion of this......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

sisters birthday: Eric and Maxine were married on the 11th May 1959 and Eric Broome had lived at 86, Silver Street, Irlam. Eric worked at the Irlam Council Offices as a clerk before moving to a......

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

Michael: I grew up in Yorkville in the 1950's. We lived on 90th St between First and York. I remember the fireboat station at the foot of 90th St just outside the fence at Schurz park.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Kaeleen: Oh, Jim your 1st post was on the day of my b-day looking for me.Weird if ya did not remember it.lol....member on my b-day at the ball diamond ? LOL....If, ya don't I can refresh......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Teresa: Jim, I took your email and will be in contact some time soon. A reunion of some sort would be awesome, especially the school in the school, I've wanted to go in numerous times just don't......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Teresa Novy: Hi Jim, I remember you and think of a club we used to have, if you are the Jim Clary I'm thinking about,I can't remember everyone in it but Roger and Kim were a couple of......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Boggy: The only things on 85th and 21st is a dry cleaners and a pizza place (The Grotta Azura). I lived a block away on 85th and 20th until three years ago, now I'm on Bay......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

suzb: A friend of mine has been invited to an HA party ( he works with the HA who invited him). With 2 purposes; 1) to check out joining and 2) to get his 14......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Bobs Ferry Accident: We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When the walk had ended I had a chat with Mrs Heap the ‘Irlam Historians’......

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

jeeff: my girlfriend and i stayed there on january 1st and we had the place almost to ourselves. nothing like watching a 20 foot projection tv alone in a rooftop jacuzzi......

in response to: The Grand Hotel by Biff

Joe S.: I lived at 633 Wilson Avenue (between Decataur and Cooper) until 1957. I was curious and went on line to find businesses in the area. I just spoke to a guy at a......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

pbcre8 and family: We were just taking the scenic route from Denver back to Texas and passed by--but did a U-turn to check it out. My boy was preschool aged, but he climbed (trembling) to the top of......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

Mr Low Income: Well here we are, 8 homeless/Low income housing projects in Hutchinson now. 1. The Clusters 2. The apartments on 11th and Porter 3. Commerce Gardens 4. The Apartments behind K-mart (off 33rd St). 5. Hidden......

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

mark blak: when i started in 99 it wasn't the best school but it was bad & fun i was the 1 that never went to class because the lunchroom was where all the fun was at(remember......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

NAME: Brooklyn is a great place to be. I lived here since i was 2 and have seen many die, many leave, and many goin nowhere with there lives. 1st b careful about where u......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

Jenny: Do you know anything about the movie prop house on 85th and 21st...

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

upfromflames: cjh: thanks again for your post. I used it on a walking tour of Bushwick today. One more story to add to the many, found in buildings gone, standing, and yet to be. Hope you......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

zagg: Beautiful. I am a fan of the 1st and 3rd one. Would you be able to tell us what is spray painted on the lil buildings (bathrooms?)...

in response to: Qingdao, Part Two by Chiamattt

Nando: Hey guys I have to say this is definitely one of my favorites entries ever. I am a native of Corona (on which the park lies) and I can honestly say that my life......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

Majin_Boo: I just got home around 2:15am and there was a raccoon just sitting on the driveway. My girlfriend thought it was a huge cat and was about to get out the car, but I quickly......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

cristina : I'm a young, Puerto Rican girl who was born and some-what raised in Humboldt Park.(on spaulding & wabansia) I live in the southwest suburbs now, since all the gang-violence and poor public school system was......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

finish em off: We live in a beautiful 1st world country with endless options and yet greed cruelty violence corruption and deceipt still plaugue us. These people have no consideration for anyone around them but themselves, they dont......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

joey southside: 1st I'd like to say I dig the site sort of a memorial for the falling buildings...But In the chicago project buildings, more people were killed and commited sucide ( due to their situation) then......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Hello Elaine, I'm trying to contact Peter but haven't been sucessful as yet. I'll be in London for March 1st and part of the 2nd, then heading for Kent...

in response to: Tyres in Snow by elaine

mimi: hey guyz i have a bird and i trained her not to bite me when i 1st bought her she nibled a lil but now shez ok but for all you people who need help......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

from starr st.: 1st. off upfromflames, i am going to my storage space and look for my pics and send them to you. now i was born and rasied in bushwick. PROUD of it.just as proud......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

karen: Hi all, I lived on the same block as the Benson Theatre and boy what fun it was to be 1st in line back in the 50's, if you were the first 50 or......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

joh: [quote] EvilGentleman: 1st May 2006 - 02:31 GMT Why does everyone want to think only of their own cities? [......] And sorry to say this, but Toronto seems to have a lot of sore winners! Shut up,......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

TRANE: Along wit T-Kid and Cope2 and SEEN and OBEY, but 1st is SANE SMITH! He is an influence everywhere!!!!!...

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

zagg: my most favourite is the 3rd image (umrella) and then the 1st image....

in response to: Foggy Philosopher\'s Walk by jeeff

karina: memories,1953,and that era,walking along the "boardwalk", as we called it. We (7 children ), and mom leading the way--from our walkup on east 81st.A pleasant outing. A playground, a fountain spray for tots in summer,......

in response to: Saturday Walk by Laura

zagg: I've only been to Kenstington twice, and that was 4 years or so ago and yet I think I know exactly where the house behind the truck in the 1st photo is....

in response to: Graf Trux 18: Toronto by Cameo

EvilGentleman: The Intrepid is due to close on October 1st for maintenance and not re-open until May of 2008. Better go see it now....

in response to: The Intrepid by jack

A Volunteer: And yes EG , people like David Ervine and John White did exactly that in bringing peace to Ulster. The latters crime obviously more severe than the former, stabbing Senator Paddy Wilson ( if......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

anon (host81-138-12-194.in-addr.btopenworld.com): Going back to April or something, I just have to say that probably the same proportion of blacks are in UK prisons if not higher. I know because I have been inside some. The US......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Karlo: Ok ok,now you ARE funny. 'Loyalists the world over'.... Oh,you mean your support groups such as Combat 18 (for those who dont know,C18 is a 100% Nazi organisation..18 stands for the 1st and 8th letters of the......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

A Volunteer: Reading some of these comments makes me laugh. The PIRA gave up the struggle. AS you PROVOS know. Proper ones . Not foot soldiers. You joined up to unite Ireland and swore to remain an......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

lighten: 1st of all if you did not live in cabrini you should not speak about it and our way of living. cabrini was a place where people had alot of unity, loyality,love respect for each......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

"harpo" middle village: The Italian landlords really ruined Bushwick and Ridgewood They rented to multiple families of central and latin Americans - at a ridiculous rate of rent and forced the whites out of the area As usual these......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

joey: over one year later, and it still holds up. a test for digital pictorial culture of the early 21st century....

in response to: W train by GGP

Amanda : I went into the the old ithaca gun factory a few times an it was great...of course illegal but awlsome. very spooky but also very adventures. at the gun factory they have a place called......

in response to: Ithaca Is Gorgeous! by Peter

sal seville: bad ass dudes much respect to the angels...i met living in bayrigde mike the bike..rip...i used to be a graffiti writter ...and hung out with and taged with his brother cc ftw....i wrote krooklyn tbk......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

carlos mario: Since I'm writing about gentrification in Bushwick, this all is so interesting, especially the part of the story that The Truth mentions, as it relates to what I'm writing. Roger Starr, planned shrinkage, arson, disinvestment,......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Kato: I've allowed my master to respond. I would love the book, he's one of my heroes but don't send the funny stamps. Pendlebury was a chief archaeologist researching Knossos and other important sites on Crete.......

in response to: Mr Pendlebury Takes a Trip by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

TheTruth: Nice try at history, Sylvia, but you've missed some huge factors. My family was part of that 1st wave of nonwhites to integrate Bushwick in the 1950s. They weren't Gentry -- sorry--even though they were......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

EvilGentleman: I am surprised at how much of my weather training has been forgotten in the seven years since I last worked at the weather station. I guess that is why they made us work a......

in response to: Mt. Rainier & Lenticular Clouds by aer suzuki

force: nah nah nah.. yall got it allllllllll wrong sweet hearts.... 1st of all.. ghettos n slums never change.. white civilizations will never change.... coney island is ghetto.... u aint realizin it... cuz u focusin on......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

Sean MacCloud: *A DUDE here* said "but what would it feel like if it were just her there? just her with the pervert?" Hmmm... If would feel like... wimmins is not equal for genetic reasons and dependent on......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

BOC: 1st of all Gina I bet you know nothing about Bushwick. Your just being a stereotypical ignorant fool to think that every minority kid (because that all that in Bushwick) that lives in Bushwick does......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jeeff: cool, what did you think of the gehry in person? i'd like to change the inscription on the 1st one to "bestevr"...

in response to: MIT Campus by Tyfoid Kid

Brad: 31st floor door of the Hilton Hotel in one of the stairwells....

in response to: Beyond This Point: by Brad

Peter: nice score! this reminds me of the seinfeld eposide where kramer gets "lost" downtown, and calls for help... when he tells them he's at "the intersection of first and first" he freaks out and screams "this......

in response to: Confused? by jeeff

Jamie: how interesting. welcome back too. that 1st building has reminded me of a little chef i keep meaning to got photograph...

in response to: Wandered off by fuzzytank

nolindia: anyone got pics of the one at second ave and 1st street in manhattan, in the empty lot across from mars bar?...

in response to: Dr. Sex & DAYS by Peter

jack: 1st pic - girl thinking, 'i should'nt have worn this green skirt, it draws too much attention'. 2nd pic - the smoker reels in disbelief at the obscene thing sticking out of the wall. 3rd pic -......

in response to: March 29 2006 Toronto by hool

Peter: i am growing very leery of how insular, provincial and xenophobic america is becoming... it smacks of fascism and... dare i say it... prewar germany. after all, every single one of us living in america......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

Jamie: Top story jack. I can only hope should i reach your age i have half as many kickass stories to tell my grandkids. Hope this is the 1st of many....

in response to: The Meatball Caper by jack