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Warren S.: I think this is a fabulous Web-page; it brings back memories of Bushwick, Brooklyn and Queen, where I grew up. Until I was 14, I lived on RC church property in the "old rectory" building......

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

Steven H.: I just love this site! Growing up in Bushwick was a big part of my life.I had friends in all walks of life. I grew up at St. Mark's Lutheran at Bushwick and Jefferson. A......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

jonathan avildsen: anyone want beef? bring it. Born Jul 1969 217 CATALINA ST LOS ANGELES, CA 90004 PEEKSKILL NY VALLEY VILLAGE CA JOHN G AVILDSEN Born 1935 2423 BRIARCREST RD BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 9049 ALTO CEDRO DR BEVERLY HILLS,......

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

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I'm sad. I haven't been taking citynoise-worthy photos to post. I'm kicking myself for not getting Astoria on the map. I'm a bad Queens resident....

in response to: This Month On Citynoise by Jamie

Peter: also, for those that dont know: ##"...Two famous stone lions guarding the entrance were sculpted by Edward Clark Potter. They were originally named Leo Astor and Leo Lenox, in honor of the library's founders. These names......

in response to: 42nd Street Library Lion Lenox (or Is It Astor...?) by Mike L.

kgraham: Does anyone in Harrowgate Remenber The Kensington Roller Ring Or Middway Theater, iris Theater,Kent Movie,Belgrade TheaterOr Adriatic Theater. Born And Raised Frankford & Castor Aves. Love The Neighboor Hood And Still Ride Past 2000......

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

little ukraine: yeah, i wasn't sure what to make of the cartoon characters either, though i've definitely seen them elsewhere. i'm just remembering now that there is a mural on Astoria Blvd. featuring stewie griffin... though......

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

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Yay for Astoria!...

in response to: Jesus and LED by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

joey: amazing clarity. god bless astoria, queens, new york...

in response to: Jesus and LED by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I suggest Astoria and parts of Long Island City. Lot's of nice apartments close to the city....

in response to: Help This Newbie by lou

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: And the Astoria Historical Society. They have walking tours round the hood....

in response to: Broadway Hoopla by Queen LaLa

Queen LaLa: Yes. Broadway Street Fair, complete with donkeys, plaintains, jumping jacks, and health insurance booths! Only in Astoria....

in response to: Broadway Hoopla by Queen LaLa

GGP: Now I will tell a Jack-like story. When I was a kid, we would drive home at night from visiting my grandparents in Astoria (who, by the way had a Ravenswood phone prefix: RA8-4089, I......

in response to: Kraftwerk by Peter

little ukraine: good news - saw Jim the other day and apparently the mosaics are on their way back! he was collecting money for a new project in astor place. do a good deed and......

in response to: This Is Outrageous! by Little Ukraine

Tonya James-Rance: The pic dated 23Feb looks like my old church and school St. Marks Lutheran.. Bushwick Ave... Wow!! Troutman sure looks bad.. When I was younger it was much prettier.. Well.. I thought it looked nice......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

jack: little ukraine your photos are terrific. bravo, maestro. astoria, i love astoria, i was in boot camp with friends from astoria and when we completed boot camp we had a 2 week leave......

in response to: Astoria Park by little ukraine

little ukraine: oops, posted too early.. pictured above are Astoria Park, the Triborough Bridge spanning Hell Gate, and a marker at the entrance of the Charybdis Playground (where's Scylla? Presumably Ward's Island) next to the Astoria Pool,......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

Peter: cay: firstly, i think its humorously ironic that you qualify "not scaremongering" by saying "god knows {nyc} is scary enough". thats a dated, inaccurate and stereotypical statement that i dont appreciate much, as a {new......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: 1. Astoria, Queens. 2. It wasn't acid, it was advertising for a design firm 3. $15 a tab...

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

tache: I looked at an apt last night right near the Jefferson L. How is this area? I'd be moving in with my boyfriend and his brother. Right now we're living in Astoria. My boyfriend has......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: Part IB - Birth - Billyburg's First Hipsters Came From.....Bushwick: Bushwick was mainly pastoral in pre- and post-Revolutionary War Kings County; salt meadows offered excellent grazing. Farming was central to the local economy. However, by the......

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

Guy McLaren: Just for you Catherine the door and window frames are chocolate and the windows are castor sugar....

in response to: Gingerbread Cottage by Guy McLaren

Kevin: They're actually a great little store! And they just opened a whole new back room with TONS of hard to find fish. They have everything you need-and if you're right around the corner......

in response to: Big Bamboo Aquarium Pets by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

The Healing Leaf: Hey, Ulsterman and Republican! Yo! Interested in what my Canadian government did to our First nations people 100-150 years ago? Exactly what the British did to ALL the original Irish 400 years ago, and beyond!......

in response to: snapshots on a refrigerator by manda

KEM198: A friend of mine told me SANE jumped off the Hellgate in Astoria. How that could happen and have him found in the Hudson would be odd since Hellgate is on the East River. He......

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

EvilGentleman: Hmmm, interesting. I have never encountered this data before. I know that if you look at a topographic map, you can see an easily identifiable line of hills and mountains sticking out of the flat......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Come to Astoria. Bring a screwdriver....

in response to: Fallout Shelter by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: [[img:12878]] Radioactive Astoria. The apartment building next to my house. ...

in response to: Fallout Shelter by Peter

Peter: a quick look at the wiki entry for [[wiki:bushwick]] shows that the displaced people youre talking about are far from the first to be displaced, whether from gentrification, changing demographics, modernization, urbanization, etc. i mean,......

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

Mitch Waxman: P- there's a Buckminster Fuller exhibit at the Noguchi museum in LIC (astoria's next door) at the moment. http://www.noguchi.org/ Bucky invented the geodesic dome and noguchi is... noguchi Mitch...

in response to: Cold, Hard. by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Peter: hahahaha. i really need to get out to {astoria} one of these days, and take a look around....

in response to: Cold, Hard. by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

mikey irish: some of the best bakeries anywhere in the city are in astoria- remember kury's...

in response to: Ditmars Avenue, Sweets by GGP

Jamie: it's true we need better nonclemature when it comes to city naming conventions.. though at present Astoria, Queens, NY articles do appear in the list for Queens, NY see for yourself [[http://www.citynoise.org/hood/queens@ny]] [[http://www.citynoise.org/hood/astoria@queens@ny]] and furthermore, NY [[http://www.citynoise.org/hood/ny]] lists everything under......

in response to: New CITYNOISE Logo? by groovehouse

EvilGentleman: Say, is there any way that cities could be linked together? For example, "Astoria, Queens, NY" could still appear as-is, but would also appear on the lists for Queens, NY and New York, NY. This......

in response to: New CITYNOISE Logo? by groovehouse

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Sorry, EvilG. At least Hell hasn't frozen over. You wouldn't believe who I have to sleep with when that happens. and if it makes you feel better, I saw pink elephants on Saturday afternoon at the......

in response to: Flying Pigs by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

EvilGentleman: I never knew Jim Carrey worked at Jack Astor's....

in response to: Here\'s to a Long Weekend! by Elicar

Elicar: It is! Jack Astor does not have a marguarita glass, so we gave our server a hard time. It did not get us a free dring though. Some of my friends think he is hot!......

in response to: Here\'s to a Long Weekend! by Elicar

Peter: nice! [[http://www.curbed.com/archives/2006/04/03/spoonful_of_astoria.php]]...

in response to: An Equation That Evokes the Spirit of Astoria by GGP

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Astoria at its finest. ...

in response to: More Astoria by GGP

GGP: will do, hool! thanks for the tip. you inspired this! cat, need to check the name of the place. can't recall offhand. my grandparents lived in astoria and i spent a lot of time there as a......

in response to: Shooting from the Hip in Astoria by GGP

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I lurk in Astoria, just a bit south of where you were. Excellent food there. Where did you eat?...

in response to: Shooting from the Hip in Astoria by GGP

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Whoop, whoop, Astoria! Great shots. I was in Manhattan being held up by the Greek Independance Day parade. Looks like I should have stayed in Astoria....

in response to: Shooting from the Hip in Astoria by GGP

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: When the Astoria Library wanted to get rid of a bunch of its books, it dumped them outside in clear plastic bags. I saw the commotion outside the library and instantly thought, "book burning" because......

in response to: Booktrash by Peter

kc: are both those buildings the gifts of NYU? Geez. I know that spot, but I did a double take when you said Astor Place, the high rises....a changed neighborhood. but I see it. a sports......

in response to: Hockey Silhouette by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I love the blood and scabs in Astoria....

in response to: Obscure Violence Aftermath Debris by BZZZP

BZZZP: i need to hit up the astoria noise, myself... http://www.horriblemonster.com/things/20060206/night-walk/ that and got some new day-noise but not yet imbued with a thesis/soul, so difficult to care about ...

in response to: Beckett by BZZZP

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I'll catch up with Astoria, Queens posts in, say, 385 posts. Interesting place for a Beckett quote. But I like to think in toilets anyway....

in response to: Beckett by BZZZP

Laura : its kinda like our own cube in Astor Place. Our spins. Does that one?...

in response to: Vancouver in February by johnny E

jack: but when the snows melt, and it will, then the sports car will look good in astoria....

in response to: Car Lumps by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Peter: cat: i forgot to tell you! i was at a friend's house in astoria for a superbowl party, and saw a "mitch waxman" business card on his desk, hahaha. small world, eh?...

in response to: Cause and Effect: by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Astoria is full of christmas tumbleweeds. People have put them out in the street but the garbage men won't pick them up. Our tree is ornament-less, but still taking up a large portion onf......

in response to: Ghost of Christmas Past by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I second that emotion. I knew Peter would document the strike! Good man. I set out with every intention of walking to 55th and 3rd from Astoria with two of my neighbors. We got about two......

in response to: Transit Strike! by Peter

BZZZP: it IS hobo xmas under there. they've scattered a bit since twin donut burned down, but they're still there, hangin around the bodegas and benches. why, i dunno, but i think they sleep in a......

in response to: Xmas Lights by BZZZP

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: It's freaky that you were about to post your pic! I've had this in my files for a while and just hadn't got round to putting it up. These alarm boxes range from the really......

in response to: I Double-Dare You to Pull It by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

WOW: To Surviver it is true what you say that many people are suffering and we have to make a change we have to take actions. And thanks to the grace of GOD he has blessed......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

elaine: peter - why pastoral? ...

in response to: abject objects by elaine

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Yeah, I've been posting some Astoria, Queens stuff as New York (which it is) but I'll be more distinct in the future. Astoria Rocks! And if that Teddy is still there when I get home,......

in response to: Like Christ by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Peter: aha! this is a good entry, elaine. i love seeing fascination in the mundane. some of my fav entries on here have been people sharing everyday/pastoral stuff like this, the sort of stuff thats easy......

in response to: abject objects by elaine

Peter: heh cool. i can picture that place perfectly. im not a big fan of mcdonalds, but i have run in there tons of times in the summer to get a softserve cone. id get the......

in response to: Times Square, McDonalds by vz

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: [[img:5876]] Talking of dodgy foods, after reading this thread I was hungry (chips! Pickled eggs!) so I went to a great Pollo A La Brassa place here in Astoria, Queens for lunch. The soup is......

in response to: Chips for Lunch 2 by Jamie

Francine: Came upon your site and love all your fantastic bridge shots. I have a question, what is the name of the bridge in Astoria. Is it the Triborough or Hell's Gate? Thank You...

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

BZZZP: it's facing south, actually, from a ways up in lic/astoria... those lights you see at the bottom are the queensboro plaza NW/7 platforms. speaking of neo-tokyo/akira scenes, the poulaski bridge between queens and bklyn is excellent......

in response to: Crescent Street, night by BZZZP

elaine: yeah, I suddenly wanted to show why it was so well placed, because the close up shows how good it is but not that. What I also havn't shown is that across the road is......

in response to: Banksy et al by elaine

CAPTAIN AMERICA: email: finaljustice05@yahoo.com You take great pictures. You're Crazy! Here's one for ya. Please trust me. I live in El Paso, Texas. I lived in "East New York, Brooklyn", until I joined the Military 6 years......

in response to: Brooklyn Broadcast & Audio by Peter