Comments about 70s

There are 97 comments about "70s"

Hello, Brooklyn: Hey Larry...I live there now - what was it like in the 70s?...

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

Joe Drexler: From a building design standpoint many blocks in Bushwick were attached "row frames" as known by firefighters these row frames differed from attached brownstones in that the space or void between the roof and the......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

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.

zagg: I'll have to ask my dad; I believe the photo itself is from the 70s due to the back of the other car (look to the far right). ...

in response to: Untitled by zagg

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

always a Bushwick kid: What a great site... I've read almost all the comments and they ring true for most of it. I grew up in Bushwick- lived on Jefferson in the 60’s, moved to Bleecker Street in the......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Nigel Blair: Pictures brought back very happy memories of staying on my uncles boat that was moored on the canal behind the power station in the early 70s. Great site, keep up the good work....

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

mort: sam. i must say that your description was not our experience and as kids we were not even permitted to walk the area circa 65-70. the only reason that i ever walked through was......

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

TRANS KOF 2008 : Hey all this talk about Paterson brings back alot of memories I grew up in Paterson on Main st. and Wiess St.a block from St.Josephs hospital. my neighborhood was known as little San Juan......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

ron ws: SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS FUZZ! A GRAFFITI KING WHO ROCKED THE NYC SUBWAY TRAINS FROM THE 70S ALL THE WAY TP THE MID 90S. FREAKS AT LARGE AND THE TFP OTB CREW. FUZZ FUZZ FUZZ FUZZ......

in response to: Metro Fuzz One by Metro

Peter: close, but i say 1967 galaxie: [[img:27983]] check the downward curve in the bumper below the headlight on the right, the curve of the rear fender right past the rear door, the placement of the gas cap,......

in response to: NYPD Partners, NYC, Late 1960\'s by Mike L.

elaine: ta. actually, it makes me think of the 70s and early 80s. very 'life on mars'...

in response to: Time Travelling by elaine

Eric from Port Richmond: A Richmond boy with a few comments. Its NOT just Kensignton that took a turn for the worst in the area. I grew up in the late 70s and 80s in Port Richmond. The neighbors would sit......

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

sam ross: hi all can anyone tell me the where abouts of brian croasedale(crozzie)he lived on school lane in the 70s aand 80s then on caroline st ......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi everyone, Fred Dawes was the father of Martin Dawes, the multi media and TV empire in Gemini Warrington. Does anyone remember the two houses that adjoined to Luptons. They were demolished in the late 70s......

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

jeeff: bloor west village in toronto was the very first BIA in the 1970s. for those from out of town, danforth becomes bloor as it passes west through the city, so essentially along the same......

in response to: Going Around the World On Danforth Avenue by Elicar

Steve M: Hi Deb I was brought up in Collins Close during the 1970s. I remember the cat story. I can't confirm whether this was true or not, even though I worked at the pub briefly......

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

Post-84 New Jack: Thanks for the lolly, W-Bear. I'll be sure to pass it on to my son. He's teething right now and its a bitch. As for you, Bilrock Rolling Thunder Whiter- oops, I mean Writer. You failed......

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

Post-84 New Jack: See, thats the general difference in our perspectives, "W-Bear". I prefer to look to the future, and push things to new heights than to dwell on the past and the past's faded glories and talk......

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

Post-84 New Jack: Embarassing ourselves, you say, you old geezer? You're like every other oldskool cat who's riding some already-done-shit and gave up on innovating YEARS ago and now you sit around and talk shit online because you......

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

Julie Skidmore : There was a girl called Julie Skidmore who lived on Broadway Estate who wore leg braces but I do not know the reason why. The last we heard of Julie Skidmore was when......

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

Rob Tynan: Alan / Norma, I was told about the cottages on the corner of Glazebrook lane. I think they went before I was born. Perhaps someone has some pics to download? As for the......

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

steve kettle: bliney smithy, you have created something awesome. just reading through some of these names takes me straight back to my childhood. i remember living in the shop Joyces fabrics (mum jean kettle (nee dixon) never changed the......

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

NervaVels: I lived on the block of Green/Evergreen/Harman for almost 20 years; prior to that, I lived on Jefferson St between Knickerbocker and Irving (still remember getting picked up by the bus to go to a......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Rob Tynan: Hi Norma, We lived just off Victory Road, Rosebank Road. My mum still lives there. It was me and my dad that were in Cadishead Band. I still am. My dad......

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

Peter: though im not sure what to think about the preponderance of south park/rugrats/pokemon characters, but that {chav} {statue of liberty} sure is something else! hehehe. also: much of the {graf} reminds me of oldskool nyc graf,......

in response to: Keith McClusky Is a Child Mellester by little ukraine

Uchie Martinez: wow, great pix! I wish I had pictures of my neighborhood back in the days.... that's 1970s to be exact....

in response to: Things Change by jack

headless horseman: They built Impalas in the late 60s and early 70s. Put six on a transport (Anchor Motor Freight) and roared down route 9 through Tarrytown to get to the Thruway. Every five minutes. Rocky (Gov......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Thanks guys. Yes it was the building that was next to the doctors surgery, on the corner of Fairhills road and liverpool rd. I remember there was a Lidl supermarket there last time I......

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

Alfred: I live in Hutchinson, and I knew this article was pure propaganda right when I saw the photos. The first photo is of an entrance gate to the State Fairgrounds, which the author describes as......

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

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

New York: So what has become of the Rivers family and the two boys? (Lafayette and Pharoah)? Anyone out there know? I heard Kotlowitz speak about 6 or 7 years ago here in Brooklyn and I liked......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Thanks guys, how about a few pics ? :) :) Of anything in irlam. Is the large bus shelter at the top of Ferryhill road diagonal from *Culshaws* still there? What about the......

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

joey: ##can someone explain the history of this whole 'no surf in cleveland' thing? was it a song? a book? just a popular phrase from the 70s?## none of the above. it was something i thought of......

in response to: There Is No Surf in Cleveland by joey

Gerd Gallus: Hi, I loved the cat. I live in Germany but in the 70s and 80s stayed with a friend who lived in Grove Park. I passed the cat many times by bus when on tour but......

in response to: The Giant Cat of South London by I.T.U.C.

catherine: my best friend and i are looking for an apt in brooklyn. neither of us are stupid, but we are young (20). naturally, my mother is worried that i won't be safe if......

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

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi John, what great pics. I remember a couple of incidents with that bridge in cadishead. Once during heavy rain, it became flooded, and much to the delight of all us kids, there was a......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Helen, Good luck with your graveyard hunting !!!!! I was appalled when I returned there to find that all the graves in the church grounds have been removed (there were lots there when......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

John: I grew up in Yorkville as a kid during the 1970s-1980s in "the projects". When I'm in town, I always think of Johnny and Matilda's Candy Store and Soda Shop. It was the center of......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Christina: It's actually still very much in use. It was built in the 70s, I think. I know they definitely still use the ice rink. There's a few apartment complexes nearby as well and the place......

in response to: Ugliest Building in New York? by Peter

Sandra (Savain)Fernandez: I lived on Eastern Parkway in the late60s-70s, 763 to be exact it was a beautiful building. I loved going to the Musuem , the Botanical Garden , the Brooklyn Library, Grand Army......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

2less2: it's to bad that you guys haven't taken the time to see the actual truths as they relate Las Vegas and all you've managed to find fault with. first, one of the biggest reasons the......

in response to: Viva Las Vegas, Part 1 by aer suzuki

Roy Bamber: Does anybody remember the day that the Manchester Ship Canal burst into flames trapping a rowing boat that was ferrying passengers across the canal? One on the passengers who was badly burned but survived lived......

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

bushwick facts:: in the 60-70s all white italian and germans on irving side Puerto ricans were from other side of central it was like a border muslims locked down bushwick ave in the 70 -80s and prior......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Gata: the term "Brick City" originated in the Central Ward (most notably, Prince Street; a friend of mine coined the term) in the 70s-80s. It took a minute, but the term started to spread like crazy,......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

whowalkinbrooklyn.com: lots of interesting comments here, some ridiculous yuppie wannabes, but many more sincere & heartening-- esp. about Bushwick's Italian heritage & Spanish-speaking peoples. One thing i'd like to add tho' is, all this BULLSHIT about,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

c. davis: I still live in Kensington and it is very sad to see what has become of it.There is trash strewn everywhere,people smoke pot on their front steps in front of their children and curse them......

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

joey: i know. seeking warmth. right. well, spring ended already and we have summertime temps these days. it was 97 in fullerton this week. 70s here in oakland. you say you visit relatives in vista, ca.......

in response to: Under Highway 24 by joey

BDweller: "The Bushwick Initiative...Who is this for?" Boy, you are some busybody, upfromflames. Digging, poking, photographing and posting; then posing provocative questions. I'll take your bait. The city's official response to the steady influx of Latinos and blacks......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

Peter: this is a pretty thought provoking topic, and definitely one that prompted me to also think of the {bronx}... check this: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx#The_Bronx_in_the_movies]] apparently, it had alot to do with arson-for-insurance fraud... which would certainly parallel with the fiscal......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

mark rogers: It was in the mid 70s called Clares. It was like a mini supermarket that sold everything and had a barbers upstairs. Emma the jerry works was a shoe factory that was home to german......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

iR: Thanks for the visual memories. I to grew up in Fredericton and lived on the north side up on Highland Ave. I can recall as a teen getting up in the......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

Dave: Andy - Found a bit of information on Barton Power Station Barton Power Station was constructed in the 1920s and was one of the most advanced power stations of the time, receiving coal from barges on......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Beadle and Tatum: http://www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/images/congrat1a.jpg Its a hand written rambling note about the Sex Pistols calling the mueseum a "piss stain". There was some pettitioning and a USA today poll that helped locate the hall. I did some research, this is the......

in response to: RIP Robert Jr Lockwood by Beadle and Tatum

little ukraine: i think it is total bullshit that the inaugurations are in new york and not cleveland. and that is a pretty annoying blurb about morrissey, i don't think anything about that song is a......

in response to: There Is No Surf in Cleveland by joey

GGP: oldskool, yeah. these bring back hues that have been lost to us since the '70s. Thanks!...

in response to: Gone Lakefront Memories by joey

joseph: i was born in the 60s in b'wick and i still live in the area.i seen it all from the imergence of graffiti to the constant fightings from all the gangs that imerged in the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Laura: My mother lived in a large apartment building on Eastern Parkway near Grand Army Plaza in the early 1970s. What a place it must have been in its heyday. It still had touches of grandeur......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

dave: JA - Min must've had maaaad stories to tell you. I've heard he became all-city king, in the years after 'Style Wars' was filmed. Most people from outside of New York don't know about that,......

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

jamie: the problem is that compromise, as obvious a solution as it is to you or i, is not an option. if northern ireland were merged back into the republic or ireland there would be an......

in response to: Northern Ireland is the most intrguing of places by Jamie

Mtv: Cabrini green was pretty bad,especially in the 1970s and 1990s gang wars between the Vice Lords and Mickey cobras.Except in about 20 years the new cabrini green we call now will just be the same......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

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.

Dave: That brings me back... I used to see sneakers hanging off phone lines quite often when I was a kid in Ridgewood (Queens) in the early '70s. Later on, I may have lofted a pair......

in response to: Shoes by Peter

TheTruth: "I see it more as a class war than a race war." "...But that doesn't explain why, poor or not, the residents of Bushwick didn't have enough self-respect to take care of their neighborhood." Dave, did you......

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

Dave (a Bushwick native): I see it more as a class war than a race war. I'm from the last generation (born mid-1960s) of German-Americans from the Ridgewood/Bushwick area before the Great Exodus of the 1970s. If I claimed......

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

t@ngent: i like how your cameraphone has taken a suitably 1970s style photograph of it too...

in response to: 1972 300sel by Peter

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Do you know if the air raid shelters on Fairhills road on the way to quicksave( near Jezzes) are still there. They were on the bend as you round the corner to Quicksave and......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter: random curious fact: in {prospect heights}, the signs for {st marks} just say {st marks}, and do not include the {ave} notation at the end, as they do in {park slope}. same goes for most......

in response to: No Horn Blowing Except for Anger by Peter

Jamie: i've just sat and read this entire thread end to end and i have to say, i think there are a lot of sticks being firmly grasped by the wrong ends. Northern Ireland is a......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

anon (cache-rtc-ad06.proxy.aol.com): As a life-long (more than 50 years) Brooklyn native there's no place I'd feel afraid to walk in the daytime, nor was there even in the 70s and 80s....

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

Rick Paulos: Every thing old will be new again. First invented and sold in the 1890s. They were called Sociables in the 1890's. They used to make 2 or 3 wheel versions. Regarding the bike pictured: I own one too. ......

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

Get out of your car, buddy: I don't find The Beach to be a snobby place, at least not more than the norm for this city. All income levels are represented, there is social housing, and close to 10% of......

in response to: The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade by Elicar

Peter: my mom lived in {seoul} for years in the 70s... shes had a chronic case of pneumonia that strikes every winter, and the doctors say it most likely stems from the wear-and-tear her lungs took......

in response to: Dirty Lense by chiamattt

Peter: franklin is a littel far north, sort of pushing {crown heights}, but id recommend {prospect heights}, for sure. its safe, of course. this isnt hte {brooklyn} of the 1970s anymore, you know ;)...

in response to: Building Slice by Peter

Paulie: It's interesting to read all these various comments about Bushwick. I grew up there in the 1950s-1970s when it was still 99% Italian (I lived mostly on Hart Street near Knickerbocker). It was......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Jamie: yeah we do jack. but there's nothing great about britain. we dropped the 'great' prefix some time in the mid 70s ....

in response to: Rickshaw Ride by elaine

kc: I rather like that clam with stick composition. And btw, since this is such an informative post: Mussel Shoals, CA: "If Rincon’s the Saks Fifth Avenue of California pointbreaks, then Mussel Shoals, located a mile south of......

in response to: Great Kills by GGP

adam: its been especially warm the past few days.. mid 70s. quite nice :) night time is upper 40s/50s these parts of la arent very classy.. they basically live in hollywoods shadow but theyve been opening up......

in response to: Downtown LA, Feb 2006 by adam

yoshi: to "Lets find out the truth"... you are quite right that this whole thing is getting embarassing, the allegations and illiterate, rascist, moronic comments coming out of the woodwork is making a mockery out of what......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Jamie: What an interesting little story. I'm from peterborough :-) I've heard there is talk of redevelopment of the station quarter of the city. New apartments and offices etc and a new station of course with......

in response to: Peterborough and the Smells of Pollution, Etc... by Colin James Watling

Dotty: Wow hard to believe i once lived and worked in Paterson How i miss the hot dogs at libbys lol I left in the 70s sure do have fond memories of my home towne...

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

NET ONE 156 KRT: the (C) symbol is used in graf alot in pieces, productions. tags too sometimes. throwies too. has for a long time.samo did not start doing that. writers in the 70s started that. ...

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

adam: thanksthanks.. paterson is a well of photographic opportunities since the whole city used to be an industrial town and then everything shut down and the city turned to shit sometime in the 70s/80s. for those......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I am so in love with these. I love the quality. I'm glad they have that "developed in the '70s" look about them. Freakin' cool....

in response to: Guangzhou, 1978 by ian

Peter: heh. thats a permastone wall. looks like sandstone (sort of) but is man-made. alot of {brownstones} that were renovated in the fiscal crisis of the 70s-80s were faced in cheap permastone as opposed to terra......

in response to: Orange Truck by GGP

kc: help! What's oldschool? vs. Oldskool? Assume the spelling means a different thing. That Soak at the end looked pretty classic, like from the 70s, the subway-painting days...the arrow at the end......

in response to: Graf Exit from Brooklyn by kc

Peter: that sounds eerily familiar: ##"...From the very beginning, the Citicorp Center (today, the Citigroup Center) in New York City was an engineering challenge. When planning for the skyscraper began in the early 1970s, the northwest corner......

in response to: church in san francisco by steelisreal

GGP: very good. a part of my growing up in this neighborhood. back in the 1960s and 1970s, across the street, was a German beer and frankfurter place called BERLIN BAR. Incredible franks and orange and grape......

in response to: Crooked Post by GGP

kc: I like progression to the smoky revelation...and the deconstruction/fracturing at the end. It reminds me of this brownstone in Greenwich Village that got blown up, by accident if I remember correctly, in the 1970s, I......

in response to: demolition by elaine

Peter: hardly, if youre smart and know how to act. safety issues in nyc, especially the outter boros, are greatly overblown. its not the 1970s anymore :)...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

hotdogx: Lets get something straight here, the last time you visited the republic must have been in the 70s or 80s when there was a standard of living diffirence between Ni and rep. Ireland is now......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

Marc: i have been writing and working (very hard) and traveling, but nothing in the citynoise genre as of late- though i desperately want to! Have to trepan some other stuff out of my head first........

in response to: hackney city farm by elaine

Jamie: they look pretty swanky as far as council flats go. they totally are not like that round here. Utilitarian 60/70s box like structures devoid of character or soul is what you tend to find down......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

Jamie: Lakeland Forum. It's a 1970s sports centre/swimming pool complex. Enniskillen is surrounded by Lough (lake) Erne. It is essentially an island. Lakeland is henceforth used as a prefix for many local things such as this....

in response to: Aaron\'s Vacuum Hospital by Jamie

Peter: i have a favorite quad shot you sent me that looks like 70s porno, man! hahahaha....

in response to: Ali\'s Kebabs by Jamie

Peter: the second one looks very 1970s. or very mtv. i like it, again....

in response to: fog, tin drum, me by hool