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Larry B.: Just discovered this wonderful Eastern Parkway thread through our collective lives. My father and uncles owned the Famous Restaurant on Eastern Parkway and Utica Ave.(now occupied by McDonald's). Does anyone have recollections of the Famous......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

britishbitch: im liking the deliverance purdy hahaha, well im doing a writing on graffiti art and am reading up onit, would anybody like to elaborate on your views of graffiti art and who i......

in response to: Berlin Wall Graffiti by Heiko Burkhardt

Robert: I can assure you that Bob and Ben had just about finished singing all the songs in Higway 61 Revisited when the painting was done... and, please, let me make clear to some of the......

in response to: Bob and Ben by Robert

Julia Carlson: I'm wondering whether I can use a photo from this site to post on an NDG project website- a Time Bank, where people can exchange services to members within for time instead of money. Who......

in response to: Sherbrooke & Clifton, N.D.G. by EvilGentleman

Mary Ann: Hi, I attended Bishop McDonnell Memorial High School which was the girls Catholic High School at 260 Eastern Parkway right near Prospect Heights girls high school around the corner. These blogs bring back memories,......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

TOOK US FOR 8K: Park Slope windows keeps changing their name. We paid them for a deposit to install 19 windows in our home. They first never ordered our windows after 6 months of promising that they had been......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by Peter

Roseanne Morris ( Jackson ): Hi!. I was born on "Blackburn St " I went to "St margaret's" Catholic school.I moned to "Ruchazie" when I was 10.I would loved to find a few of my friens .they are- Fiona Crew......

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

Franny Wentzel: and I just got an e-mail from one of them asking me to help them claim the fund of a bank account left behind by Steve Brodie......

in response to: Tomato Soup Under Brooklyn Bridge by Robert

Robert: Very nice images, the structure appears to be some kind of cousin to the Williamsburg Bank in Flatbush and Hanson, Brooklyn, without the clock....

in response to: Commerce Building by Franny Wentzel

Monz: that massive banksy peice is mad sick. he really thought about how he could change his stencil work, and this time he thouth yea ill go suprer SSIIZZEE!! where is it??? ...

in response to: There is Always Hope by Tankist

marj: Funny I should find this site now. My husband and I are completing his memoirs, he lived in Norton from 1945 to 1960. His great grandparents homesteaded 13 miles outside Norton in the......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

Esther (Herschman) Rechtschafner : Wasn't ther once a bank on the north-east corner of Franklin Ave. and Eastern Parkway? Does anyone know what happened to the Brooklyn Jewish Center (located on Eastern Parkway betwen Brooklyn and New York Ave.?...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Sol: Helen, Your 10/8/06 talks about a bank being located on the corner of Bedford & Eastern Parkway, where Towne Hill was. I recently drove by and noted that the bank is now Chase. Also, no......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Art Student. : There is nothing wrong with recreating what a master like Banksy does. And I use the term master loosely. That is how an artist is born. They find a motif that they enjoy and like......

in response to: graffiti stencil making a statement... by Skulz

susan: Hi my mother used to live in new moss road in a cottage on the right hand side just before the bridge. on the corner of Lynthorpe and new moss road was a big house......

in response to: The Flying Foundation Stone by Andrew Smith

Mary Barnett: what is happening to this bk bldg? the bank building here is to become a Crowne Plaza Hotel. creative people + creative spaces g.o.n.e....

in response to: Chattanooga Bank Building Vault(s) by Mary Barnett

Peter: its always nice to see old tidbits like this hanging on, unspoilt by progress, as it were. though i gotta admit the word "banks's" is driving me a bit nuts, hahaha....

in response to: Unspoilt by Progress by Jamie SL

Maggie: OMG! This site has brought back so many memories, good and bad but mostly very fond ones. I grew up in Bushwick from the mid to late 70's until early 90's and regardless......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: eg's earlier comment packs double the laughs 3 years later, in light of gm's bankruptcy hahaha......

in response to: Compact Car Parking by groovehouse

anon (c-76-98-166-243.hsd1.nj.comcast.net): Hi Laura, I don't know a thing about Yorkville excepte that my daughter and family are looking favorably at an apartment on 89th, near Lexington and 3rd. I'd be much obliged if you, or anyone else......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

nytlc: it's the [[wiki:Kotelnicheskaya Embankment]] building. One of the 'seven sisters' highrises. exactly, CartLegger :) ...

in response to: Moscow postcard by yurikim

Babushkah: My great granfather Saul and his family are interred there in an old family mausoleum since 1886.However,the family today has no deed or keys to this old relic and can not access or claim it.Needless......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Sam: T.wat didnt add the purse, that came after it. And Ronnie was the gay Kray, the twin depicted holiding the purse however is Reggie. Why so surprised to see high quality stuff not by Banksy? There......

in response to: Kray Stencil Graf by elaine

kryme: this does look a lot like banksy!...

in response to: Street Art by groovehouse

wiliams tower = transco : The Williams Tower is one of the most wonderful buildings in Houston ,Texas I love the design of the 1983 building so do Ilove the bank of America design in great memory of Philip Johnson......

in response to: In Memory of Philip Johnson by groovehouse

Buck: I'm 32 years old and have been considering skateboarding again. I skated for a long time. I started around '87 (I was in the fifth grade when I got my first Veriflex skateboard......

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

Cindy MARSH: Exactly how long did he spend in Norton Kansas before he got his obvious yuppie viewpoint of this quaint little home town. I grew up in Norton and have spent a lot of years......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

elaine: aha! is he, now. i was surprised to see such a high quality stencil in london that wasn't banksy. but the first stencil graf i ever saw was in new york....

in response to: Kray Stencil Graf by elaine

outraged: CROOKS!!! all of them. took all our deposit and didnt even put in the order for the windows. then went bankrupt. CROOKS!!! never use RT window or Park Slope Windows and......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by Peter

Keith: I skated for about 15+ years right up will I finished UNI, was pretty kick arse if I don’t say so myself :), most of my mates were sponsored but I was a bit on......

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

John_S: curiousgeorge....to youtr question...ya diddlers dont have a nice time, but having done a 10-bit myself for "respectable crime" if there is such a thing, I realised that the armed robber that kills a bank teller......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

Bill: People who can afford cars like this don't care about fines. They don't even pay car insurance because they have the cash in the bank to meet the minimum standards as required by law. They......

in response to: Best Costco Moment of 2008 by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: It would appear that these paste-ups were part of a 2008 {Vespa} {guerrilla advertising} campaign, which commissioned street-artist {Fauxreel} to paste these around Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary, in promotion of the {Vespa S}. [[http://spacingmontreal.ca/2008/05/04/antlerheads-in-montreal/]] I wonder......

in response to: Prada Meinhoffish Bad Art by EvilGentleman

Tom Tsao: I am one of the people who moved to Belleville recently. I chose to leave my town (a suburb of a 750,000 person city) due to the loss of my home and business due to......

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

ian: They built it. Both towers are in bankruptcy....

in response to: Going Up by ian

poisonedapple: this is SO ironic! i live in rosebank and am obsessed with this community. rosebank has SO many great picture opportunities, i'm really glad someone noticed. i just picked up a lomo Diana to start......

in response to: The Wrigley Gum Factory by Peter

CartLegger: [[img:32211]] **photo by Peter** Staten island is also the home of Chewing Gum, and still possesses the remnants of the [[9203:Wrigley Chewing Gum Factory]] [[http://www.inspirationline.com/Brainteaser/gum.htm]] [[http://www.eastandard.net/InsidePage.php?id=1144009017&cid=457&]] [[http://kensinger.blogspot.com/2008/09/wrigley-building-rosebank-staten-island.html]]...

in response to: Rosebank, NY by CartLegger

Peter: [[img:32198]] [[img:32199]] [[img:32200]] [[img:32201]] [[img:32202]] [[9202:pilot no. 2]] [[img:32204]] [[img:32205]] [[img:32206]] [[img:32207]] {rosebank}, {staten island}: home of disco-hating racists [[img:32208]] ...

in response to: The Wrigley Gum Factory by Peter

CartLegger: LOL! i don't think most anybody in NY is familiar with Rosebank, either. When I get off work, I'll make sure to post photos some of the amazing stuff that you can find there! Now,......

in response to: Rosebank, NY by CartLegger

Ani: Although I'm not familiar with "Rosebank", this is one of my favourite "postcards" of yours, CartLegger!...

in response to: Rosebank, NY by CartLegger

Hal G: I was born in 1953 at Unity Hospital on St. John's Place. We lived at 1420 Eastern Parkway (between Ralph and Howard) in a 3 bedroom apartment across from the Eastern Parkway Arena and Brooklyn......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Phillip G.: I have lived in Bushwick most of my life. I moved to Bushwick when I was 3 years old when my Mom bought a building on Wilson ave and Jefferson ave in 1983. I still......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

ChiPhi: Arrested Development, Thanks for the input. You are certainly entitled to your opnions and I respect that. I respect that enough not to call you names since that just dilutes an otherwise interesting......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

superduper: the super is retarded, instead of painting over it, he should have supplemented his income by removing any neckface surfaces and placing it on ebay for the japanese money morons to purchase, super makes $25K......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by Peter

ReCyCler: Newtown Creek is part of the Hudson Estuary, flowing west for 3.5 miles between Queens and Brooklyn and empting into the East River. The creek is comprised of small branches known as Dutch Kills, Maspeth......

in response to: Newtown Creek: The Bad Old Days by ReCyCler

Anne b: It is about time, I have been waiting for my garden to appear from under a snowbank. Thanks for the pic, it is beautiful....

in response to: Spring Has Sprung! by EvilGentleman

Irving: My respect and love to all humans for their good efforts to promote and spread peace , education knowledge among interested individuals anywhere on our mother earth . We should admire you and we do......

in response to: Feeling Sixy? by Peter

jake: this is fake banksy doesnt put his logo just next to it he puts it near the floor or at an angle.some ones a wanna be...

in response to: Banksy Stencil by banksyfan

Laujoydar@aol.com: I am trying to find where Park Slope Glass and Windows bank. Does anyone know where they do their banking? Our building is trying to get back $8,000 from them. Please help. Thanks....

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by Peter

Jamie: ditto. now got fetch us some Banksys! go go go!...

in response to: Harry RaeMAN Is Talking Sense by Luke1972

EvilGentleman: **Developer drastically scales back Griffintown project** Company wants less land than originally planned for residential-commercial development Last Updated: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 | 6:13 PM ET CBC News More changes are in the works for a multi-billion-dollar......

in response to: Griffintown by CE

EvilGentleman: With all the NYC visitors to Citynoise, I think we really need more 9/11 coverage. I know it has been plastered all over the net already, and I recognize the trauma and nightmares that many......

in response to: Ground Zero Visit 5 May 2002 by Franny Wentzel

Mime: [[img:30487]] Locally called the '{Sugar Shaker}' until recently this was the tallest building in Townsville. [[img:30488]] Sacred Heart Cathedral situated on the side of {Castle Hill}. [[img:30489]] The Bank, a nightclub along the strip and an historical facade. [[img:30490]] This ramp no......

in response to: Presenting Townsville by Mime

Rachel: Correction concerning the date, as per Jeremiah's Blog vanishingnewyork.blogspot.com/2008/11/eagle-clothes.html "By the late 1970s, as low-end leisure and high-end tailor-made suits did well, Eagle was failing. They filed for bankruptcy. Then, after a few acquisitions, they turned......

in response to: Brooklyn: Former Home of Eagle Clothes by CartLegger

Dare: all you arty farty idiots have no clue about real graf, and it's origins..... Banksy started out painting track sides and bombing... and as for 'novice's'.... oh my god listen to yourselves grafiti and street......

in response to: more london graf flix by SpankyHam

Franny Wentzel: Best one was where this one prankster planted a "Jesus Saves" sign in front of a bank....

in response to: Jesus Saves by Geoff R.

CV: Moved here from Denver to start a biz 4 LONG years ago. Biggest mistake of my life. What few waterfront restaurants that were here when we moved were torn down for condo development......

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

Nobody: id be more concerned about bankers and politicians adopting a "proposition or morals" before i would concern myself with writers doing it, ha. but it does raise a point... graf is just like anything else. there......

in response to: A Proposition to Graffiti Writers by Repine Graffiti Magazine

Ron: Hello again Teri, I had to smile when I bumped into your posting here. Something I didn't mention in my recent long e-mail was one time when I was playing on the Eastern Parkway mall and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

CC: I was born and raised in North Devon (1946-1976). I lived on Smith Street. The building in the 3rd pic was the CIBC bank. It was robbed in the early 70s. The 4th pic shows "Bolen's......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

Rich: Hey Davida, This is Rich from the hood. Was it the Fox, downtown at Nevins St station with "Murray the K" and all of the old groups? If it is, it's a utilities center (Con Ed)......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

muymalgal: looks like banksy...

in response to: Street Art by groovehouse

me: apparently that banksy stencil has been destroyed by someone with a bucket of silver paint :'(...

in response to: Street Art by ninety9lives

Willie: Does anyone out there remember the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Nostrand Avenue? The old Loew's Cameo (pronounced 'LOW-ees) by the Assistant Principal of Lefferts JHS in the early '60s. Rubin Chemists on......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

davida: Hi Mitchell, you were in my wedding to Bill Gardinera. I lived at 990 President st and went to Lefferts J.H.S. I have lived in California for thirty-one years now. Bill and I have two......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Rich: Howya doin' Mitch, This is truly amazing and it gets better. Thanks for your fast and friendly response. I've got a few things to say, I'll start with Herbie. A real nice guy, if he was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Keith Bernstein: I would like to add some comments about Mrs. Ida Gradstein. I thought her to be an effective teacher and a sweet lady. The mention of her name brought back some memories of my sixth......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories By Alan Kupperberg Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Stan: Janet Whe Honey's was on St. Johns Place they were near Friedman's department store. Was there a bank there also?...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Diane: I am also from the Yuba area. Actually I am Kaeleen, Helen and Kim's relative. I was a Machovec and my mother's maiden name was Revels. I happen to work with Teena Wallace who lives......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

jack: ahh the bowery, i had an account in the old bowery savings bank that my grandparents started for me in the 40's. i still drive by there on occasion to visit stores for special......

in response to: October on the Danforth by Michelle

Evansy: it may not be banksy but its still a talented piece of art...

in response to: Banksy Work Painted Over by Islington Council? by Jamie

USA faces bankruptcy: look at that empty field. that area gave food and happy lives for many families for decades until greedy american bosses in USA started to move jobs to india and outsourced all that work....

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Humboldt1: Arquitecto, Seriously, you don't need to use all the 5 dollar words. I have been in Humboldt Park for the past 3 years, having purchased an apartment building here in which I live. I......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

44 year old loser.: I've been making paintings for 20 years using some of the same images as Banksy uses...however, he is much more clever (and prolific and successful) than I will ever be...I'm glad he's gettin' the message......

in response to: graffiti stencil making a statement... by Skulz

Former Multidick Employee: Some did get it right they did sell multilith presses and A B Dick presses, that where the name came from Multi and Dicks. Unfortunately the company went bankrupt in 2006. ...

in response to: Multidick by EvilGentleman

Marinus Abrahamse: These are very valuable photos. I am a Hydrometric Surveys Technologist with Water Survey of Canada (part of Environment Canada). We have a water level monitoring gauge a few hundred feet below the Pottery Road......

in response to: Don River Flood by Michelle

oh word?: I don't see why so many people think this dude's dad is eternally funding his existence, as though this oscar-winning director is going to be real happy that his son ended up a notorious crack-smoking......

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

Hush.: That's a bite off of Banksys' work. ...

in response to: graffiti stencil making a statement... by Skulz

antblack: Whats up Antoine. I lived on Stanhope btw Bushwick and Evergreen. I only had one brother who (shockingly!) didn't like NY and subsequntly moved to NC when I was about 9. Now I wander if......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Beardo: Doesn't feel that way to me. The cat throws it off. Decent, but not Banksy....

in response to: Breakfast at Banksy\'s by banksyfan

Robert: Yeah!! These things do exist.. and just like 'Snowbank' said, there is one in PORT CREDIT in MISSISSAUGA at the corner of HWY10 (Hurontario) and LAKESHORE. Its basically a CAN with a GREEN LID (almost......

in response to: Live Bait Vending Machine by Gregory St.Pierre

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

BILROCK 161: FREEDOM is a big fake. He was a toy who never paid his dues(what?, 10 pieces, maybe?), never got up, got his ass beat at NOGA, and hung out with other toys(eg. AW.). His perpetration......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Gary sparkes, re the maypole there was a shop that sold electrical goods next to the shoe shop and laundrette on the other side. Over near lesters newsagents there was a haidressers. The supermarket was......

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

Sheila Hilton: Gary Sparkes - re shopping centre: There was also a shoe shop opposite the entrance and a little to the right (not too far from the bank).I remember buying my son a pair of Doc Martens......

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

Sally S: I'm delighted to have a theater in a neighboring community that has good movies at a reasonable price. It's nice not to have to break the bank to take kids to a movie. ......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 9 by Scott Sargent

serlingrod: Thanks Peter. It's nice to have a friend back you up. I just marvel at the stubborness of it though.....I mean, "keep on painting" ... Really? I've made it perfectly clear I'm not an artist..I'm......

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

Kevin : if anyone knows any good spots around London apart from Embankment and Westminster please Email me @ soccerkidd@hotmail.co.uk i do parkour with a group of guys were 15. Were up for going to jams. .......

in response to: le parkour: london waterloo jam by 3flow

BigBankHank: I was horrified when this went out 8 years ago but some of the same people that were walking their children to school via Glenbryn were the same persons that carried out attacks against the......

in response to: Black and White by norniron

Jamie: And further to that, here are some photos of the actual work in-situ. [[img:28023]] [[img:28024]] [[img:28025]] And here is the photo published by The Daily Mail in their story: [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1024884]] which appears to be the original source of all......

in response to: Banksy Work Painted Over by Islington Council? by Jamie

Jamie: Yes. That's clearly not a Banksy piece. Congratulations to the mainstream media for putting 2 and 2 together and coming up with 5. That's not even an AK is it? And one of the 'girls'......

in response to: Banksy Work Painted Over by Islington Council? by Jamie

grd: it wasn't banksy, it was some guy called Hutch. Here it is... [[img:28015]] I don't see why the neighbours complained, it's not really offensive. ...

in response to: Banksy Work Painted Over by Islington Council? by Jamie

Who Cares for Kensington : B Street, Well stated, but you have probably upset the professional social worker class, professional community activists and some local and long seated goverment officials of both parties that like to be known as public servants......

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

luna park: so banksy's doing humanitarian work now too? :)...

in response to: Fragile Silence: Money In The Banksy by Jamie

cider: when is there a pk jam at south bank...

in response to: Southbank Parkour by 3flow

Peter: if you take the wtc path to exchange place and walk towards the hudson river bank, you cant miss it. it faces east, towards lower manhattan, right across the river....

in response to: World\'s Largest Clock? by Peter

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Joanne, Here is a photo of my old family home where I was taken to live after being born several months earlier in 1925 the one nicely painted in pink and nicely kept......

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

Joanne amorello-minor: Hi Guys... sorry i've not been on for a while..had my reasons!well with many thanks for their help which without I would still be lost to Alan Taylor and Marissa we pieced up a lot of......

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

Julian Austin-Seal: Hi Natalie, I think you might be talking about my twin brother, his full name being Mark Leonard Austin-Seal, my brother did go through a phase in which we did refer to him as Leonard,......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith