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Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): I remember gettingth polio vaccine.It wasthe only time Iwent to the nurses office on the second floor. I remember squatting in the corridor at the time of the Korean War in1951, and that everyone got......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

maurilio tendilla: damn joe how come you didnt call me for this mural. i want to paint so badly. the mural looks great, great images, how about giving your old muralista a call for the next one.......

in response to: Bushwick: History in the Making by upfromflames

Cop43: Great stuff, I'm a cop in Paterson and love to get into all the old factories and buildings in our fine city. We've been in some real cool spots most can't get into. I've been......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

Thelma Fuentes: I lived at 146 Grove Street and moved to Staten Island in early 70s (I didn't get to graduate with my class at St. Barbara's in 1972)...I remember Barbara Ann's, my first dance at the......

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

6souls: Thats @ Dale & I-94 in St. Paul, MN. Tiger Jack was the fucking man, too bad that his old store front got defaced with all that BS....

in response to: Accept Christ and Buy a Gun by jack

Franny Wentzel: Armed people show their colours, disarmed people wear them. Too bad they didn't have branch stores next to synagogues in 1930s Germany. ...

in response to: Accept Christ and Buy a Gun by jack

Santana: Brodidly AB and all the rest of you who got to live in Bushwick during the 60s and 70s are so lucky. Those were the years when "minorities" took over and made Bushwick what it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Richie Rubin: ALAN K:`Coney Island Joes'[in brownsville/E.N.Y]W/train tracks behind da joint..yep,great`hotdogs'[franks were made of 100%beef[parts]&greasy fries!I usta work a few blks down Linden Blvd @ COCA-COLA bottling plant nr Georgia st.in early`60's,did anyone ever go to the `batting cage'/min.golf on Penn.ave.nr Belt......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): Mrs.Gradstein was my sixth gradeteacher in 1955-6. I remember the old furniture. I never new it had been changed up till now. Therr were fruit and vegetable stores across the street from the school on Schenecktady......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: Yeh, Richie, FEH! Wit' d'hand! Sometimes when my father smelled a bad oder he'd say, "Lima, Peru!" really drawing out the Peru. He might also say, "Billy Eckstine!" in the same circumstances. ......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Robert O Byrd.: Imagine my amazement when i bought the movie jumper and seen thishotel in it as it was a good cheap place to stay while i handled some bad legal issues i do want to thank......

in response to: Dinner and a Bed by jack

homeowner in eo: East Orange is not soo bad and is getting so much better i give it a few more years and I will hold my head all the way up to the city!!!...

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

Keith Bernstein: What memories these posts conjure up! Although I can't remember exactly what Judy O looked like, I do remember her as tall and pretty and all of the boys in the class thought so. I'm glad......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

dglenn: Too bad there were no dogs in the park at the time....

in response to: Dog Park by dglenn

procyon: thanks! the thing about me, citynoise and honolulu is that (a) 2 of the 5 or so posts here are the Hawaii Graffiti series, which are some of my favorite cn entries ever and are......

in response to: All Things Go by procyon

hares((dead kids)): man pizza got a sick style.. but rewd is even sicker and sekt is bad ass.. i think yall should stop beefin....

in response to: Clap Hands by elaine

JoAnn LaForte: I can't believe I am reading all this stuff. I lived on 130 Grove Street - bet. Central/Evergreen, from birth [1953] till we also did the mass 60's exodus (right after the beatles came)......

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

Humboldt1: I love gentrification and will do everything in my power to promote it. For now, I have renters that are less than desirable, but pay, although usually late. I would much rather rent......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

anon (153.57.236.121.broad.sz.js.dynamic.163data.com.cn): here are some more pictures, but before that let me tell you guys something. This tower in Karachi is going to be the 3rd tallest building in the world by 2010. Pakistan is making a......

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

Humboldt1: Gentrification is being caused by yuppies and professionals from the east moving further west, displacing current long-time residents. The park itself is beautiful and a true gem in the Chicago Park District, but is......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

pissed off local: you have just focused on the bad have u actualy seen anything u wanted to see or were u in a bad mood that day 1. the only flying lancaster bomber in europe 2. the 1......

in response to: Morning Walk: Part One by jamie

Tina: I think that Jacksonville has its moments, but to be honest drugs and crime have taken over. You can no longer turn the news on and not see who was shot that day. The city......

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

Charles: I used to hang out in the tunnel back in 79 and again in the early 80's when the conrail had the frieght trains running and that was the best time back then. Too bad......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Bea K.: Just goes to prove there's good and bad 'no matter where we live' and that includes Bushwick. For those who've moved on to "safer areas" (whatever that constitutes these days, as I most certainly 'don't'......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

ndg boy: and tommmy arsenault went to jail a few years back for killing a guy on the street with a punch over a traffic dispute........ya they were bad.........but most of them are dead or in jail......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

ndg boy: ....i remember the bad old days of the benny gang.......when they went around kicking in peoples heads with their steel toe boots and lumberjackets......before the punk thing and the shaved heads kicked in....monkland high school......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

sexyflax: Raccoons are so dangerous so dangerous that raccoon is a bad raccoonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn. Yah Yah Baby...

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

nshd: the projects in orange are high rise, life a few min from them. there pretty bad. not all of orange is a "war zone" but its pretty ruff. doesnt mean the people from there arnt......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

germanlady: hey!! I am from germany and I saw the guys on TV today!!! And I was so fascinated how they ride along the streets and everybody who saw the black cowboys was so proud to know......

in response to: The Federation of Black Cowboys by sine

Lynnette (Diaz) Madden: I had a dream about Webb's Bakery the other night. I woke up dying for one of their butter cookies with the chocolate center drop. I Googled Webb's and this is what I found! OMG--just......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

ja: yo im happy to hear from all you that respectin my shit and yeah i get it i made some bad choices in my life and i HAD a drug problem but im off the......

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

Jay Parker: I was there on 9/20/08. I was visiting my home town with my son for the first time and wanted to show him this spot [along with E Manual on 66th & Montifore in Queens......

in response to: Shearith Israel Cemetery by Peter

revok LA&808: asalt is from los angelas. bad thing is, he is in jail for vandalism, fuck the pigs!!!...

in response to: Hawaii Graffiti, Part II by dubside

Peter: food for thought: General Motors employs over 30 times the number of people in {canada} as they do in india or korea, but i doubt we would hear you complaining about "hard working americans'" jobs......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Hello, Brooklyn: Please dont come to Brooklyn... Please stay wherever it is you live if you're going to post dumbass questions like "Is Brooklyn safe for a pretty young girl?" Please, please, please do all of us a......

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

Richie Fisher: You tell 'em Warren. Although D.P. didn't affect me as bad as others, she hurt people like Mary A. and others like yourself. This "Ed" guy shouldn't judge other people......

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

Nina: La Junta is not a bad place to live. I lived in another small town next to it called Las Animas. And were not creepy hick people. There is no gangs not really......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 8 by Scott Sargent

mike: im from the philippines, and i think all cities are awesome, specially shanghai and dubai with its fast growing rise of structures. Also the Global city in Taguig is developing fast. i heard the Tallest bldg......

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

EvilGentleman: Lemme guess, your friends did not have it explained well enough to them that the $20 each was PER SONG, am I right? And tipping is virtually mandatory on top of that. Strip bars are......

in response to: Gentleman\'s Choice by EvilGentleman

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

Pia: What a great site. I am soooooooo glad that I fell upon it. Wish I would have before now. It brougt back so many great childhood memories. I often say what a rich childhood I experienced......

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

Karlo: Wrong.None of the people who walked their children to school were involved in any attacks.There had been a number of incidents involving people from both communities previous to this,and im not going to argue who......

in response to: Black and White by norniron

Maz: I'm having a bad hair WEEK ! [[img:29021]] ...

in response to: Farm Animals by jack

Bea K.: Lou Romero, Upfromflames, all: I've heard so much about "white flight" just about all my life, that I honestly don't think that 'term' will 'ever' go away, how sad it that? I've also wondered if......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

ms hall: I went to Acorn from 1997-2001. When i told younger kids that i went the this school they were like, "You went to that bad school?" The school was not bad when I left 7......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

dave: I stopped there looking for a nice place to fish never realizing it's past history. Is this place safe?. After reading these articles I don't think I'll ever visit this place again.To bad because the......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

Warren S.: Richie, you are right on the money there! It's like it was practice for more violent things to come. I hear that St. Barbara's church is or was closed, and they only say masses on......

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

David Welch: I was stationed at Plattsbugh AFB from Jul 83 to Oct 86. To bad it had to close, it was a nice assignment....

in response to: Snafu at the Former Plattsburgh Air Force Base by EvilGentleman

bikeguy: Uncle Jacobs is getting a lot of negative reviews here as a stolen bike shop. Look, if you're going to sell used bikes in the world capital of bike theft then you're obviously going to......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

Richie Fisher: She is the toughest nun alive, but I remember Sister Kathleen Thomas, and Sister Betty They must have had notches on their belts for wacks on the cheek / butt / ear / hair pull......

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

Richie Fisher: I always thought DP beat up only on us bad boys, hope she went to confession every week. There is a great movie called " Heaven Help Us" about a Catholic High School......

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

Francine Cammarata: What a childhood in Bushwick!!! I think my passionate Italian background which was deeply rooted in tradition surely played a major part. What strength and power we had. I was born 1947 in Greenpoint Hospital.......

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

I must be boring and illiterate: Apparently since I was raised and educated in Belleville I am an illiterate and boring person. I left Belleville like all young people, went to college, worked in Manhattan for 8 years and decided......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

Girl: Dudes, I'm 16 and I was gonna take up skateboarding. I was looking around to see what age it caps at incase it's a bad investment of time, and I guess there really is no......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Path Engineer: Too bad you were passing a westbound newark train in that picture over the Hackensack bridge, I should know I drive them. And just to let you know what ur doing is illegal and hope......

in response to: Newark Penn to Manhattan\'s WTC Via PATH by Peter

Ecto 5000: i lived on Menahan st and Wilson ave rite on the corner in the projects.They were called p60 now they are called Hope Gardens, ive moved away and came back and things have change.But for......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

awake: Alot people have been living with no direction and misdirection threw out there entire lives in the ghetto's,all over the world.The criminal mentality and immoral behaviors has not been wiped out off the face of......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

anon (): I live in Ithaca now. The summers ARE paradise...the winters aren't so fun though. But because of darkness there is light and left there is right and, of course, summer there is winter. Take the......

in response to: Ithaca Is Gorgeous! by Peter

emc: ok- so after reading a lot of the above it seems that it may be a bad idea to stay at my friend's place who will be out of town. i will be visiting......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

kls: My husband and I have lived in Humboldt Park for 4 years since moving to Chicago from Guatemala. I cannot think of a better compromise for us both. I love being near the shops......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

christina : I went in the Tapan Zee Bridge which scared me very badly because I am afriaid of bridges. I'm going on it in September and hopefully it will be safe while I am driving. Thank......

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

christina thompson: I'm going to be coming to this school starting September 2nd and i think that this school is s good school so far i like what i see and what i hear, so i hope......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Anna: anon if you were born in 70 then you remember the teenages that hung in the park-- (little park they were called) I know for sure I was picked on alot in the 70's I......

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

F- Messengers: Badass? more like Dumbass. F- Messengers...

in response to: Bike Messenger Pinned In East Side Crash by Ken Rosatio

TulsaMedic: Salina is not that bad at all. Most of these photos were probably taken on a sunday. Anyway, I've lived in the big city and sure I miss it, but I now appreciate......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 7 by Scott Sargent

santoro: also ive kept wheatpaste non refrigiated in a jolt can for far over a week probly over 2 yea it will start to smell but who cares u get a bad smell for 3 seconds......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

diverdan363: city of jacksonville does not want you to know that the air polution in jacksonville is very bad so much so that you kids will suffer some type of breathing problems due to the......

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

Janice Seifert; July 2008: Hi Ronald Lees, I grew up on 600 Wishart St. Your sisters will probably remember me. My brother Joe used to hang out with your brother Earl and Freddie Beck. I used to love how......

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

Anna: I was born and raised in Kensington (K&A) right acrossed from McPherson Square. My family still lives there, and my children grew up there! When I ws growing up in the late 60's and......

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

Jla: Hello to all my fellow kensington neighborsand friends, i lived in kensington all my life i grew up at 2nd and cambria then moved to D & clearfield. met my husband and moved to kensington......

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

badsha.badshazeb: sixy viduo...

in response to: sixy trolls under a bridge by elaine

OG FROM GCC: I just got back from a mission trip to Kensington. We worked at a kids camp that was located at a church on the corner of C and Indiana. Before the kids would get there. Every......

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

RonS: hairsy-mike o'd was my age joe was a little older,I think joe still works for wallace roofing on front st.I saw june branagan a few years back,june and terry were living around front & westmoreland,terry......

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

keegan: dude he is bad ass!!!!! throw ups are dope!!!!!!!!! but me personally i think cope2 and ja have the same lookin throw up letters i see his stuff all around town true king...

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

WR: Had my bike stolen out of my garage this afternoon, probably an hour before I was gonna go use it. Now, I got the thing for free from my neighbor, so I'm not out any......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

A: Jacksonville is a really nice place to live compared to a lot of places in the country. There are really only 3 good public high schools......

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

jerseyboy: i live in newark jersey were i was born and i have ben to east orange and newark is ten times bader...

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

CLaSS oF '09 [Ms. Me]: Class of '09..YESS!!!, we're seniors now. But i would be wrong if I were to say that our journey thus far has not been memorable. As a senior, I've definitely grown up since the first......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

like it is: dear suburban white male not that bad, but not great either, look in a different area...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

BNPC-: Pez to bad they coverd up your shit up on the back of hamilton builder supply off the linc....

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

living in Hutchinson: Wow. Interesting website. I would like to comment too. I live in Hutchinson. I have been here my entire life. I moved to big cities in other states for a few......

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

surviving: hutch is safer than a lot of big cities, and the commute to work is not so bad,(hour wait traffic jams etc.) I have traveled and it"s not fun to set ,......

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

Who Cares for Kensington: Sandy describes a perfect example of failure of the most basic services. At what point does a city department administrator decide that he/she will not offer resources to respond to a problem in a given......

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

angie: Greetings to all. I'm not from chicago at all, but I have alot of family who does. We used go ride by the high rises when we we kids, and I would wonder how in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Jerrod the "Wildchild" Racerboy: Hutch Really isnt as bad as some make it out to be. Great paying jobs arent plentyfull but there are plenty of jobs out there if you REALLY want to work!! Most people in this......

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

Who Cares for Kensington: I'll leave race out of my comments and will continues to focus on the radical change of culture and values. The changes are what thay are and I am sure that the government nor activists......

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

EvilGentleman: They now seem to take place every Sunday, rain or shine. But when the weather is really bad, only the most hard-core tam-tam people stay there. Last year, they kept going until Halloween, if I......

in response to: Sunday Tam-Tams by CE

Cecilia Midiri: Ok Joseph I'm sorry about your father, that he went through that. He didn't move from here after that, that speaks volumes. My mother and I were in a similar situation, we found our 84......

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

GREG WYATT: BACK TO PETE THE REAL REASON I ROLLLED OUT OF KENSINGTON IS I WAS TIRED OF WORKING MY ASS OFF TO HAVE ANYTHING AND WATCHING MY FRIENDS GO TO GRAITERFORD PRISON IN AND OUT LIKE......

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

Peter: if i had a dollar for every time ive heard someone from a hard/bad/depressed/rebuilding neighborhood comment something like ##"_______ is really that bad and has been for years"##... [[76:cabrini green]], [[1727:henry horner]], [[4368:hutchinson]], [[646:bushwick]], to......

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

JOSEPH BRIDGE: by the way peter, kensington is really that bad and has been for years....

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

Peter: serlingrod: i get the same shit about {bushwick}. some people (usually the ones who least-closely read your commentary) just cant resist twisting and misinterpreting anything you say about the place thats vaguely positive, and automatically......

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

serlingrod: I don't think I paint a rosy picture of Kensington at all. If you read what I wrote I actually said there's lots of crime, disinvestment, and the schools are broken. Those were my words.......

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

Who Cares for Kensington: Everyone has someone else to blame and I guess that's the ameriacan way for losers these days. Buildings, streets and real estate agents do no breed ignorance, but sub-cultures do and Kensington is definitely a......

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

Cecilia Midiri: Wow, Kimmer Teesedale...you remember the Midiri's? Me and Mamma Ceil are still on Keim Street. She refuses to move...and hey, who am I to make her. I can't complain too much. The street was so......

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

Don worry bout it : Yo lookout for ''thin'' hes everywere i was in the car and saw his shit everwhere, whats up with segr i see him on the highway but his stuff isn't too good , not saying......

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

The GumbyUF MSD: Bushwick...oh, Bushwick. How I love and miss thee. Sorry I left you, but I had to explore other states and neighborhoods. Needless to say, you are still the very, very best piece of real estate......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Me: Re to Peter This thread is getting out of control and the topics are not even what this thread started out to be about. But I do not have to prove anything to any out of......

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

Me: Re to voice You said it well. I wonder why Tex doesn,t sell his property and break completely away from Hutch,if he hates it so bad. If I hated something so bad,I would sever all ties.......

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

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