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Richie Rubin: Allan,Howard;`da Pit'was`PigTown'gang's hdqtrs as was`York Diner'
across Lefferts ave.from`White Castle'great Pizza joint next door
to`basement'Pit'.free Pizza when B'klyn Dodgers won series in`55,
& some deli's gave away franks & knishes!,what a day!remember
`Happy Felton's Knothole Gang'?[on tv before games]Kids...... Allan: Howard,
Now that you mention it, I do remember playing 'knucks'. Not recalling how the number of knucks were determined but I think we used a deck of cards. Something about you could decide to get...... Howard : Anybody remember playing "Knucks"? Packs with the rubber heel of a shoe? Marble season?
Knish carts. Tormenting the matron at the Carroll theater on Crown and Utica on Sat afternoon at the "matinee". Buying a Mother's...... Jason: Yellowknife? Really? YELLOWKNIFE??? You should've included Winterpeg in the mix somewhere. From one side of the river you get a nice look at downtown with the the Esplenade Riel cable bridge in the foreground, and...... Allan: Richie,
I DID live in the same building as Judy O. We both lived on the first floor. I was in the front. Her family in the back. She had a male dog 'Nipper' and I...... Howard : I saw Harry Truman in a motorcade campaigning for President riding through Eastern Parkway. It was Petach Tikvah (Gate of Hope)on Lincoln Place & Rochester Ave. . For a couple of years Dubrow's had...... Richie Rubin: Allan;yep,I also played in Lincoln Terrace pk[base/basket/softball,
w/guys from your blk & general`hood[even played in a`Blackhawks vs
Pigtown'football game..`rough tackle'..many of US got hurt!but it
fended off a`gangwar'& WE shook hands & went to `White Castle'for
.10 cent burgers...... Peter: heh... its so true, though. my reality indicates that just about every new yorker i know winces upon hearing the name "mccain", wanted to punch giuliani every time he over-invoked 9/11 while campaigning and basically...... Keith Bernstein: I also remember two basement areas in PS 167 used as gymnasia and remember receiving polio vaccine in the east basement area, probably in 1955.
Esther has brought up an old memory. During the 1952-53 school...... Allan: Now that you mention it, I seem to recall two(2) basement areas. One for boys the other for the girls. The one for the boys was towards the west, I think(?). However, I don't recall...... 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...... Jethro: I think phil. Makati is a nice city too. I think the city, economically along with there tourist attractions, are benefitely doing good of representing for south east asia.
The city looks very beautiful (uhmm.. except...... Richie Rubin: ALLAN,I went to PS 167 w/Roger Brown,I wonder where HE is now?
in fact,I gave HIM HIS 1st taste of a Knish[from Greff's on
st.John's pl.&`Skin-Neck-Titty'..it was a Potato,..& HE did
like it!..in fact,Juan Clemente was w/US..but it...... Allan: Never heard of that last gang you mentioned. I went to Wingate HS and in 1959 or 60 some gang member from the Pigtown gang stabbed a CXhaplain with a fork. I remember distinctly how...... Red Flag alert: I'm a tenant in a building that had windows installed by Park Slope Windows & Glass (hereto to be referred to as "PSWG"). Overall impression: very negative.
Red Flag #1: My landlord had to repeatedly call...... David B Perry: I was stationed at Plattsburgh Air Force Base,fron 1966 to 1970,best yers of my life.Was so sorry to hear it closed down,both my sons were born on base/My oldest son told me he went to...... jack: hi joey, its been almost two years since you asked for a story about the beat generation in the village. well its better late than never, so here is a short one. my...... Sanford : To Esther
In an idle moment I googled PS 167 to find out some details to compare with childhood memories and saw your comments. I was one year behind you at PS 167. My memories of...... Arrest Development: Let's get real, gentrification, which means "from gentry, noble birth, good genes", is really a catering to Euro/Anglo culture who are given privilege, mobility, whether it's suburban or in the city, and easier access to...... Brodidly AB: Bushwick!! What can I say? It can be an interesting place to live in and it can be a nightmare. To all those who are contemplating moving to Bushwick, on the serious tip you...... 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...... Esthr Herschman (Rechtschafner): I enjoyed this site very much. I graduated from PS167 in 1958.Now i will try to list yu some of my memories. Kindergarten teacher Miss Shapiro. (there was another kindergarten class and teacher -Mrs. Pinkerton....... Mitch Spector: Today was demolition day--Saturday, November 1st. I went by 8:30am this morning yet apart from more bricks removed, it was still standing. When I visited the site again, by late afternoon, they had torn down...... 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...... zagg: *snap*
Though now I really want to rewatch the Basquiat film...... jean-michel: jean-michel basquiat was NEVER a traditional graffiti writer. he was a painter who happened to use spray paint to write phrases on the walls in the street. big difference.... Jordan: I wish people in the states would do such wonderful damage to cop cars. No particular reason other than to cause some well deserved havoc on those to implement upon us on a daily basis....... Bob: Doc & Rick,
The PS 241 teachers from the '40's era that I remember were Mrs. Olsen in K; Mrs. Delaney in the lower grades; Ms. Sturzer - who tried to make students cry; Mrs. Sakheim,...... 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...... surfer: Ron, you have brought back some very old and very good memories.Growing up as a kid in Brooklyn,you learned alot from the streets because that'all we had.My neighborhood was Italian Jewish Irish & norwegian. Deposit...... kayesARE: Ill give love to anybody who at least gets up on a daily basis once but everybody else has no idea what graffiti is! it takes every second of your day, when your outside you...... Peter: thats a puerto rican flag, jack. as a commonwealth member of the usa, puerto rico is basically the 51st state, as they say.... rick: Doc - I think we all got our first basebal gloves and all of our sneakers at Circle ("Spaldeens" too, as I recall). Yes, your memory serves - Barton's was, indeed, across Franklin. Also, on...... Doc S.......: Yo, Rick - What a memory!! I think I got my first baseball glove at "Circle". The "other" store for upscale chocolates was Barton's, on the north side of Eastern Parkway and Franklin Ave., if...... Mitch Spector: I took updated photos exactly one week later, on Sunday, October 12th. As they continue to strip away pieces of the building, it's interesting to see what sat hidden underneath the wrap-around sign all those...... punsterbill: Born in Williamsburg Hospital in '41. Lived on first floor of 99 Stockholm St until '47 when we moved to Cornelia Street. went to PS 56 on Bushwick Ave, Halsey JHS and one...... 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...... Joe Bilardello: Hey Warren, Your article brough back a tremendous amount of memories. I was in your class, I lived on 91 Harmon Street between Central and Evergreen Ave. We use to play stick Ball until it...... Young meet the old Festival: If you fancy a good old Cockney Knee's up this weekend
Bermondsey based Pearly King Jimmy Jukes the Genuine Pearly king of camberwell
and Wayne Adams better known as The Barrow Boys, will be entertaining the...... Allan: Richie,
What year did you graduate from 167? Me - 59. Judy also had another brother I think. We lived in same apartment house and same floor. I think I recognize the name Joel Bercy. Right...... 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...... Stan: I was born at 1074 Eastern Pkway, moved to 919 then 915 and around the corner to Albany Ave, between Lincoln and St. Johns. My wife can't understand why we always lived within a few...... Ed "Class of 60": I guess there are some people that look in the mirror and don't like what they see. They blame everyone but the person in the mirror for their miserable putrid lives. They look...... 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...... arquitecto: Xavi, good post. I feel your pain. I am a central american immigrant who grew up in cleveland. Went to school in Portland and am living in Sacramento CA. I have gained...... 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...... Joe Drexler: I was born in Bushwick and lived on Himrod St. between Central and Wilson Aves.from 1962 to 1974.I enjoyed reading the blackout article but must say that there was an approximate 17 year downward spiral...... thesouthernapple: Hey everyone,
I'm sad to see the neighborhood in such decline. But I'm glad to see so many memories here, about the Ave.
I graduated Valerdictorian from St. Marks in 1985, and I know that...... C, B and Ontario: It is great to read all of those who remember how we grew up and how things used to be. It brings back tons of great memories, I moved out of the area once I...... eros: the basketball stickers is cool!!...... EvilGentleman: Based on the plaque below them, I suspect they are originals. But this is one of those cases of my not knowing about something I have driven by many times, due to my eyes usually...... Steve: Hi from down under. On a recent trip to NY we took a boat ride around Manhattan and were very surprised to see a bridge similar to our famous Sydney Harbour Bridge. We were also...... Garrett: My friend Jerry had heard a rumor on some website that the famous toll booth scene from The Godfather had been shot somewhere by Nassau Community College on Long Island (right by where we live)....... Garrett: The toll booth scene was filmed at the old Mitchel Field base, but still exists!!!!! I will provide photos shortly!... EvilGentleman: I hear ya. I used to love watching the heavies and the swing-wings take off from Plattsburgh when we would be shopping there back when I was a kid. And as a former base brat...... Warren S.: Sometimes, I had to report to the cloakroom straightaway or directly to the hallway. One nun had a big steel edged ruler, named "Mr. Brown;" she whacked kids across the palms of their hands with...... Mary A.: I graduated from St. Barbs elementary school in 1962. May all the nuns I had experience with at St. Barbara's burn in hell. They knew nothing else but to strip you of any...... og Shie 47 Los Angeles: the evolution of graff in la are the artists and u have to be good.so many people faded cuz they were limited on their skills. back in the day u could rock throw ups and...... 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...... bombers know whats up: ykk and xtc. what more you need to know?
all yall la writers need to get your shit in check and respect the birthplace. yall are like graffiti's bastard child. no one cares about yalls shit...... 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...... Dam, was it the late 80's too...?: Shit, I guess late 80's too, my crew laid the base wall paint down for a lot of the pieces under the light shafts north of Freedom's pieces... So, my old works are probably under...... mike: I lost my home in this fire and these pictures bring back sad memories of that day.I come from a family of 8 children and we basically lost everything.That knitting mill was abandoned for years.I...... 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...... 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...... Sebastien: Tokyo is "as dirty as hell?" I must have missed that while living there for seven years and thinking everyday how amazingly spotless this city of 25 million could be. Seoul, on the...... anon (bas13-toronto63-1178013163.dsl.bell.ca): ttc subway is the best... F- Messengers: Badass? more like Dumbass. F- Messengers... LOOK CLOSER: Please tell me that I am not the only person that notices the frightened boy all the way to the right in the left section of the 2-piece mural. Everyone views the picture as traveling...... 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...... Skip: I remember being an idiot while in the Navy stationed in Chicago in 1995 and driving through Cabrini at 1A.M just because my friend had an obsession with "The Hood." He flashed some fake gang...... river otters21 girl: I had read somewhere that the decline of the neighborhoods is a part of the "Billy Penn curse". No Philly sports team won a championship since 1983 and since that time period Kensington...... Tyra: I'm currently a senior [class of 09] and I've enjoyed my years in ACORN. F.Y. I: if you're going to make comments about the school then at least make them memorable ones or use proper...... 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...... Geoff: The little bastards are smart, cute, fearless and a bloody great pain in the ass. Our current local raccoon family has taken to digging up our outside plants every damned night (on our second floor...... BILROCK 161: I am a writer from the seventies, and was a good freind of Jean-Michel Basquiat. He started the copyright thing in 1977. No one else was doing it period.... Hands and Feet: Just got this today. The reality is this all started about the mid fifties or earlier. I remember moving several times before I was five years of age. This was due to depressed economics in...... Ryan: if he DOES come back though, hes not gonna be able to haul his ass around nyc AGAIN and crush shit like he used to. based on his date of birth he's 39. no 39...... Peter: This is a tale explaining the manner in which my way of life was rotated along a Y axis until it reached a position roughly 180 degrees from that which it started If I could...... Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969...
The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story :
I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive...... Stephen Barnes: Yoo I graduated from Acorn in 06.I had a great time there. I knew almost every graduating class starting from 04 all the way to 09 so the high schoool experience is basically what you...... Brushman: Today, lawyers would have a field day with our antics.
We played Kick the Can, where everyone would hide in various places and then try to run in and kick the can before being tagged by...... k&a mort: I just tripped over this site and took the time to read all postings and I was particularly jolted by the most recent. Almost all the 17 year old girls have dropped out of school...... jack: looks like a bass drum in a marching band. i wonder how west 6th street up by kings highway is doing, i remember after the war all the soldiers marching in formation along that...... Andy: I'm sure that kid isn't planning to hit any baseballs with that bat.
Some "peaceful" protest you seem to be having there.
And those comments were not written by a Korean. Someone just having fun with an...... Anonymous Honest Tax paying citizen of Fredericton: This is yet another example of how much the fredericton police are a bunch of uneducated airheads, typical protests and offenses most cities in canada wouldnt be bothered with or treat with less scrutiny...... Steve Boyle: Can anybody help me? I'm trying to find out what was originally on Lee Close, Irlam (Basically just around the corner from Irlam Primary school and close to Irlam Endowed. Lee close I think was...... 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...... admod: the freedom tunnel.top notch graf
all the way.
leeds band bedlam-ago go.
back on the estate,so ya better watch ya bassbins..
... adr: im not gonna read any of these comments, all i know is that the pics were all of one area by the old hospital, not the church, i dont know what year, but now they...... anon (bas3-toronto01-1177783038.dsl.bell.ca): just traveled from toronto to edmonton, long ,long journey!!! ... Joseph Bridge: beautiful response serlingrod...you paint a rosy picture of kensington... you must be an artist type. lets talk reality here. business investment in kensington: mom and pop stores, laundrymats, stop and go...for that 40 oz,...... 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...... Tex: Actually my tennant lost his job about 10 years ago, and still hasn't been able to find employment due to health problems and also due to the fact there are no decent jobs to be...... Returnee: Just happened on this site and was amazed that so many "high Paid executives" would spend so much time bashing someplace. Is your glass half full or half empty? Don't bother to reply...... Open your eyes !!: I have read mostly all of the comments on here and it makes me sad to see how ignorant some people really are.
What a lot of you need to do is...... charlie : Great pictures I myself used to hang out in that tunnel for years back in the early years before the amtrak police kicked me out
another time at the southern end one of the homeless nut...... Peter: wow, the comments in korean are fascinating... i mean, im as prone to think that america is the global authority on conspiracy, but i think its a bit of a reach to say that america...... EvilGentleman: It should be pointed out that I never "Advertised" the {statue} to be truly {Satanic} in nature. I have merely stated how the people in the {Village Des Tanneries} part of {Montreal}'s {Saint-Henri} district describe...... Andrew Smith: A few characters in the pubs on the edge of town, but I wouldn't call it rough (though I am from a Salford overspill town).
The walled town itself and the setting is lovely - used......
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