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margarita kontarovich : i will be decorate of the christmas on monday december 1st, 2008. i will be buy real plastic tree christmas day on thursday december 18th,2008. it is very cold today. new york city very cold......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Paul Baines: I agree about the beach ones - little bit king Canute goes a long way...

in response to: Anthony Gormley on the Southbank by kathy archbold

Richie Rubin: Yeah,dem N.Y.C.street games..how innovative WE were! a`Spauldeen'made a day of fun/excercise/kvetching,etc. WE played into da nite..no?did anyone else fill their `checkers[bottlecaps]w/wax?to make`em heavier? & did anyone play`Chinese'[against a wall]those were`city' games,but when WE went away for the summer[catskills, beach,bungalows f-a-r......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Rich: Hi Everybody, I lived at 1003 Carroll ST between Franklin and Bedford from 1957 til 1969, we then moved to 1048 President St which was directly behind the first address. Needless to say, for all of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

dglenn: Getting back to Toronto neighbourhoods... The Bluffs, The Beach, Queen West, Kensington(Kensington Market), Cabbagetown, Corktown, Regent Park, Liberty Village, Yorkville, Christie Pits, Swansea, Parkdale, Roncesvalle Village, etc....

in response to: October on the Danforth by Michelle

Jules: Okay....BORING is the reason my husband and I left Jacksonville in July '06. We did everything a modern Metropolitan couple could do. We lived on the river, we had season tickets with the......

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

Robert: since the 80`s , The N.S.B Norgate Solide Brothers,,,there are extremly dangerous crews affiliate with a lot of Gang in Montreal City,thers rolling Cote-Vertu Metro with the BLF Bronw Latin Family,Décarie street and......

in response to: Norgate Shopping Centre by CE

jan: My grandparents (Rankin) and my Mom later (Raney) lived on Barren Island for a lot of years-they brought their houses by boat to "Bergan Beach" to continue living, They had to leave because of Floyd......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Barker777: I love Jacksonville. We moved here from Northern California and have not been back to Nor Cal since - 5 years now. Same as Nor Cal – spread out but if you can......

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

linda: I'm a teacher on my first day of school. Came outside, 3pm, school's out, sun's out, it's gorgeous. Love to swim in bays and sounds, saltwater, no waves, so having passed this closeby......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

debbie brown: I was at Plum Beach in 2005. I was sadden by the way it was kept up. I live in Michigan we don"t have beautiful places like that is. I stumbled over this article, while......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

transplant: Older neighborhoods near downtown - Riverside, Avondale, Springfield, etc. make it easy to use your car less and get out into the world more. If you are really open-minded you can always find like......

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

CartLegger: [[img:28540]] This was probably abandoned after being stolen, found on the swampy edge of Howard Beach. ...

in response to: A Sign of Past Times? by CartLegger

Amber: Nice shots. I like the stormy one the best. And I love the smoke stacky one -- great composition. Same with the cityscape, beach, foliage in front. Thanks....

in response to: Panama City, a Little Darker by artisan

JoeyD: Sticky: 4th Aug 2006 - 01:13 GMT UUummm, that's a skater kid, not a hippie, check out the "rainbow family" or all the kids that used to be on Phish tour type stuff for what modern......

in response to: Modern Hippie by JoeyD

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

Steven: Back in the early 80's I lived in a great old dump of a building on Kings Hwy directly overlooking the N Train line as depicted in the last image. My fire escape hung......

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

jack: now this area i know well since i grew up in bensonhurst and gravesend and the last picture looks like the sea beach express which is in gravesend and kinda skirts bensonhurst, better know as......

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

jack: well i have no idea about that part of ca. but the sign said lajolla beach and there were many people walking about it and i assumed it was lajolla. i took pic's of......

in response to: LaJolla Beach for Joey by jack

Jess: That's not really the beach. That's the cove :) You can see La Jolla Shores in the distance of the third picture, but noone calls the La Jolla beach the beach. ...

in response to: LaJolla Beach for Joey by jack

John (aged 44 and a bit): Ahh so many memories. I left irlam in 1985 not i may add for the sandy beaches and climate of a far off land but the more mundane surroundings of Oldham. I grew up on......

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

IBM: Lived in St Laurent 1980-88. Just east of Decarie on Cote Vertu in fact. Probably ate more Decarie Steamies than was good for me and I still have the occasional Jones for a couple. You'd......

in response to: Decarie Hot Dogs by CE

Arnold Magraner: In the mid to late 50's even into the early sixties, I used to go to Brighton Beach Bay3, during the summer with many of my friends from the Borough of Manhattan. We had formed a......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Jilch: I agree with several postings here. I love living here in Jax. I am a technology professional, who lives in the south side of the city, which is much cleaner than a lot of parts......

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

yeah yeah: i think its amazing how people are suggesting that jacksonville should become like miami or orlando in order to become more "entertaining"... havent any of you people taken a walk around outside or a swim......

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

Michael Aronne: I grew up at Barren Island Marina in the early 1980's thru late 2000 and still go back. I grew up sein netting and combing those beaches from the one bridge the belt Pkwy goes......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Louie: I loved the article well written and so true. Its to bad NY politicians arent interested in caring for the beaches and they arent cleaned up. A high school extra credit outing of cleaning up the......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

anon (205.173.35.130): I have lived in Jacksonville for all of 3 months now, and I have to say that I haven't found it all that great. Once you get over the beach and the shopping/dining, there......

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

Tex : Yes come on down, you'll are welcome! It's a little piece of heaven down here, I earn about twice as much (72k) as what I made up there, no state income tax, no taxes on......

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

shawnie: It was point lookout causeway @ Jones Beach toll Booth....

in response to: Godfather\'s Home by jack

Andrew Smith: Nice photo's Jamie, On the subject of the Great British Seaside, Hunstanton in Norfolk has most of the things you would expect. A fairground and promenade [[img:27106]] [[img:27107]] A Pitch and Putt course [[img:27108]] and beach huts [[img:27109]] It did have a pier too......

in response to: The Great British Seaside by Jamie

Hannah: Cleethorpes is great :) I live here, and I've been to the beach and it's an awesome view! I came across this page whilst trying to find info on the dog walking area! None so far.........

in response to: The Great British Seaside by Jamie

Peter: i never made it to the shore in summer 05. come to think of it, i havent been down the shore since, shit, 2001? wow. thats the [[wiki:jersey shore]]. i mean, ive been to [[wiki:coney......

in response to: Untitled by elaine

iman: and the second one had to be from rocky point or sound beach...

in response to: Sometimes, Long Island Can Be Pretty by little ukraine

EvilGentleman: Wait, is it possible the "fuck" is actually a verb, and not an adjective? If so, then am I in compliance, considering my wife is an ex-cop? Mind you, she did quit that job before......

in response to: Fuck Police! by Elicar

clucky hen: We just returned from Kauai, and we must also admit, the birds made the trip. Everywhere you go, from Walmart to the beach- you will see birds. They are hillarious and beautiful. Not to worry,......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

anon (75-164-240-214.ptld.qwest.net): You are a very articulate imaginative Intelligent & WISE person~ You NEED to consider writing as a serious avenue of success~ IF that is what you may find to be your forte! You may have been......

in response to: Trenches by Stephanie L. Jackson

Lorraine whitford: My grandfather grew up on barren Island. My grandmother worked at her aunts candy store during the summers.My graet grandmother bought the jailhouse on Barron Island and moved it to bergen beach. I......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Thanks for the last pics... Cyril I was unsure when Brian passed away and didn't want to upset you by asking, now I know. Believe me, life will be different but you will slowly......

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

Guy: It was at the very least a song. A band called the Euclid Beach Band made up of studio musicians including David Sanborn recorded a song by that name in 1978. A homemade vid of......

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

jack: anyone who has rode the subway remembers this sign, i took the n train which is the old seabeach express into brooklyn to kings highway. many, many years ago....

in response to: 42nd street subway sign by caracarn

Not-a-dicks-fan: It is what it is, but in comparrison to other "Favorite local eats" it doesn't compare to the goodness of others. The comet in Milwaukee Hodads in Ocean Beach ...

in response to: Dick\'s by Peter

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Norma, Yes, we have enjoyed driving through the Adelaide hills up to Hahndorf village many times.We live 5 miles from Glenelg on Henley Beach road. I went to Irlam Central school with a......

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

Elicar: Well, sad to say, the snow is almost gone. Itwill be gone for sure tomorrow as forecast is 8 degrees Centigrade. Here's more snow beach shots. [[img:25721]] [[img:25722]] ...

in response to: After the Storm by Elicar

Peter: snowy beach shots are always cool... and yeah, no real snow here in {nyc}. whats up with that? it was flurrying this morning, as mentioned, but nothing stuck......

in response to: After the Storm by Elicar

EvilGentleman: Thanks, little ukraine and Peter. My family was indeed part of the Mohawk ironworking community. I went to the museum in my hometown of Kahnawake with my grandmother one time, and there was a good-sized display......

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

kEmS: Palm beach county graff game has and had mad talent. I think normel is dope and tearing shit up for real out here.But i think maer has the illest style in palm beach. Who......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

riana: I moved here in 1989 and if you people hate Jacksonville now you would of really hated it back then, there was really nothing to do, and everyone here talked funny. Ive seen it grow......

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

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): PS Deb, We are in South Frankston near the beach, so it is only 1 hr for us to come and see you, or vise versa.x...

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

Remenber when: This is the beach that I went for my first BJ by another guy. I was 15 yrs old and was 1970. When skipped school the warn spring day (I attended Wn E Grady class......

in response to: Plum Beach II by kc

XSPARKS: The aerial view of the harbor is nice, but you have the islands wrong. Swinburne is south of Hoffman, which is just off South Beach and close to the bridge. I spent months......

in response to: All of Staten Island by champ

Chris: Washington Baths, Tilyou's Steeplechase Park [the fan blowing up the skirts , the giant slide, the spinning circle, the round ticket with George's face on it] Wonder Wheel's sliding car, Nathan's fried shrimps in......

in response to: Coney & Surroundings by kricket

jack: I love that song, i marched again with my VFW post on Veterans Day, the old men tell me stories about the attack on Pearl and the invasion of normandy and what it was like......

in response to: Lest We Forget by Michelle

jack: peter you bring tears to my eyes, the old brooklyn-manhattan transit, the sea beach express, the f train and others, i rode them almost everyday, i would walk to school and pass under the el......

in response to: Coney Island, Stillwell Avenue Station by Peter

BathBeach: In December of 2006, I moved from Salt Lake City to Manhattan. I lived there around 66th street for half a year. [rent: $2,500 a month]. After I had been here a while, I realised......

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

tSB: good view , you know the boards near the so called bristol arena , that group who do blairaq is a section of classwar , a general anarchic movement which is alot more based in......

in response to: Scrawl on the Wall by Natali

Ilona: I love these pictures and I love Brighton Beach..It's great to see how russian that area is....

in response to: Coney & Surroundings by kricket

pat montelbano: we lived on knickerbocker bet willoughby @ starr atended ps 123 jhs 85 then on to bushwick hs i satayed later on in grove street park. there we heard the fascinators and the......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

susannah: haha - I'm at the beach and would like to be on the amtrak coast starlight...sort of...

in response to: The Beach, Part 6 by jack

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

steve : Cartlegger; I'll try to be brief with some details. Please don't hold me to the exact dates because I am going back from memory and not researching. Barren Island as we knew it......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

colavitos ghost: jack: you say this beach is "too dirty and too trashy"... do you believe you want change? if so, go clean up this beach! in related news, all cleveland area readers: this sunday i'm organizing a beach......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

jack: too dirty and trashy, i was there many years ago when it was an ok place to run around, floyd bennett had air shows that were spectacular, the beaches were clean, breezy point was nice......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

steve : I have this bike in a "Beach Cruiser" style. Anyone interested in purchasing, let me know. elitecomm1@sbcglobal.net ...

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

BANKSY: This is a follow up work to statues placed on a little known beach in the North of England, I think the beach ones are better ...

in response to: Anthony Gormley on the Southbank by kathy archbold

CE: Ah, the ETS residences, there always seem to be weird parties in that building. I was invited to the annual beach party in the court yard by some people at the bizarre student dep.......

in response to: Griffentown (William) by Cinic

jack: barry, you lucky dog, i wish i could go out on a party boat and catch some stripers. i usually go down the shore to union beach and fish for stripers but i only......

in response to: City Island by barry

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

JoEllen: I just came back from the beach in Coney Island. I moved to Jersey but still love to come back to Brooklyn to see my freinds and hang out on the Boardwalk. Coney......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

RickC: I stand corrected. Paul got whacked in the city. I used to love getting pizza at that restaurant. Back then only italians hung out on that part of knickerbocker. I wonder if any of the......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

anon (c-66-177-176-226.hsd1.fl.comcast.net): I agree with Dave, Jacksonville is terrific! These 6 pictures are of buildings and over passes downtown...whoever photographed these should have ventured out to the beaches or intercoastal water-ways...Jacksonville is beautiful...if you don't like it......

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

EvilGentleman: The gray areas of the beach in the satellite photo are beach gravel. The two stripes running lengthwise through that gravel are seaweed from the high tides. That is where this shot was taken. [[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&om=1&t=k&ll=61.600641,-71.958443&spn=0.002485,0.007231&z=17]]...

in response to: Ice Cubes and Seaweed by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Photo 5 was taken from the east end of this hill, looking SE at the lake. [[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&om=1&t=k&ll=61.601947,-71.936975&spn=0.00994,0.028925&z=15]] Photo 6 was taken along the beach to the W of town, looking N [[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&om=1&t=k&ll=61.598763,-71.988516&spn=0.019882,0.05785&z=14]]...

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Photo 1 was taken from the protrusion at the north side of the lake, looking west. The road was not there yet, and the vantage point has since been buried under gravel. [[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&om=1&t=k&ll=61.600702,-71.929293&spn=0.00994,0.028925&z=15]] Photos 2, 4,......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: The pictures were taken looking NW from this strip of beach: [[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&om=1&t=k&ll=61.600518,-71.95943&spn=0.002485,0.007231&z=17]]...

in response to: Kangirsujuaq by EvilGentleman

Loretta McKenna: My Father James McKenna worked at 233 Butler St. ASPCA...as a child I played along Gawanas Canal..waiting for his truck to pull in. He eventually was manager of shelterin LONG BEACH..until his death.......

in response to: Forgotten Structure: ASPCA by GGP

Misawa: Jhymie Two Hats, the Birdman of Bondi should be allowed to live in peace on his cliff-side perch. Save the Caveman of Bondi Beach. Laguna Beach rules!...

in response to: Bondi Beach by seanStranks

robert: I know yall moved off the subject of ConeyIsland but some ppl talkin like its a nice place. Maybe if you stay by the amusmentpark you will be okay but if you go into places......

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

iman: and the first one was from mastic beach, right?...

in response to: Sometimes, Long Island Can Be Pretty by little ukraine

iman: man i grew up in sound beach, selden, centereach, rocky point and middle island....

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

Peter: i got out of bed this morning and saw snow! id rather see beaches and flowers, for sure......

in response to: Laguna Beach in March by jack

SMOKE: in the movie lord of war close to the starting of the movie when the dude is by the beach on the wall if you look closley you can see sane's tag its realy cool......

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

EvilGentleman: I see it mentions just about every kind of wheeled transport except... **motorcycles!**. Maybe the bikers have reserved the beach nowadays?...

in response to: No Escape by jack

joey: where is the **no** smoking, cell phone, graffiti, loitering sign ##?## kind of conservative there in laguna beach...

in response to: No Escape by jack

EvilGentleman: In May 1989, I stopped in Laguna Beach to watch a wakeboarding championship at the beach. It was pretty cool....

in response to: Laguna Beach by jack

Don't worry about it: I love the shot of the moon in the last photo, It makes plum beach look romantic.TIP for guys don't bring your date there it smells and has garbage around ...

in response to: Plum Beach II by kc

seasideguys: we moved to cleethorpes a year ago,great place.fantastic dog walking beach,loads to do.better family place,not bombarded with amusement acardes and the like. and in the winter it stays open!...

in response to: The Great British Seaside by Jamie

emily.stella: Gotta love Kew Beach....

in response to: Of Park Benches and Picnic Tables by Elicar

colavitos ghost: i think you should make a spooky movie involving aquatic zombie children on that beach/playground. or at least do a vogue fashion shoot there....

in response to: November Thunder by ghost of grandin

Red: Moved into 2555 Linden Blvd. in Cypress Projects when they were new; until I got into a fight (1964) with one of the black neighbors...we were all so friendly for a few years and......

in response to: Brooklyn Broadcast & Audio by Peter

don\\\'t worry about it!: I went to plum beach a couple of times,sadly it's dirty and if u walk all te way down (away from the bay) it gets a little less filthy. There are thousands of them! They......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

jeeff: i think its just one of those silly things people hang on to in order to seperate "us" from "them". just like the endless argument over "the beach" or "the beaches" neighbourhood. my own opinion......

in response to: Quay to the City by jeeff

tomig: ok.. as famous as bondi is, being austrlia's most popular beach and msot central beach... why do so many people assume that its actually a GOOD beach? i got a lotta mates who live there......

in response to: Bondi Beach by seanStranks

hool: love the one with the red mushroom lighthouse and checkered headscarfed person on the beach. ...

in response to: Seokcho Beach by chiamattt

jack: WELL NOW, A TRIP TO THE PAST...the last time i was at the fair was when it was in it's actuality. it was in full bloom, you kids should have seen it. it......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

adam: thanks! i don't really know how/why things work over there but its definitely different than most other beach areas in la.. ...

in response to: Venice Beach by adam

colavitos ghost: wow, venice beach looks pretty amazing! i would expect it to be kind of cheesy, but this shit looks real. seems like the authorities don't care about people tagging up the beach....is there......

in response to: Venice Beach by adam

jeeff: great entry! you really convey the strong sense of place in these photos. i've seen venice beach portrayed in movies and video games, but never before has it been "real" to me....

in response to: Venice Beach by adam

procyon: the second one is my favorite. my aunt lives in huron by a beach that looks a lot like that, and the crane toward the left reminds me of the crane some developers apparently left......

in response to: It\'s Been Getting Cold by David

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