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EvilGentleman: Thanks for reposting, Mitch. And thanks for the explanations, editor. From the way you wrote "Come on guys", I suspect you felt I was complaining. Just to let you know, that is definitely not the case at......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Editor: Mitch's comment was deleted at his request, and I removed EG's comment as it was to Mitch's deleted comment, and when I've left spurious comments like that in the past, EG has complained that such......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

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......

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

vickie : I was living in Texas at the time of the Murrah bombing. As I watched the coverage on television, my eyes filled with tears, not just for the victims, but for the way Oklahomans......

in response to: OKC - June 9th, 2007 by Brad

BushwickBaBY08: i live in Bushwick..right on Knickbocker Ave.btw.Jefferson n Troutman..well to start it off.. Bushwick needes to be shut down..its full of 14-16 yer old girls whom are pregnate..thats so uncalled for..but what can we do......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

eliza: been visiting since the 1960's.......a step back in time. A fond memory is a day where we began the morning with breakfast at new ideal diner, followed by lunch at the Big M, down the......

in response to: New Ideal Diner by EvilGentleman

Cecilia Midiri: I have to say that it is so true about monkey see, monkey do...every weekend when I'm off from work, I get out to sweeping and I never end up alone doing it. Sometimes......

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

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

Me: Re to Tex and Peter I would post pics here,but I do not know how.Maybe I can get my 17 year old to do it for me,but she is usually too busy,like many other folks here......

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

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

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

B Street: I grew up across the street from one of the few working factories in Kensington starting in 1965 until I was forced out 22 years later. While I too have fond memories of wall ball, swimming......

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

Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot! A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo. [[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]] by Adam Enright I was thrilled to read about......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

anon (ppp76.tc-5.kal-ch.mi.localnet.com): Does anyone remember Bushwick High School during the 1960's, and some of the teachers there, such as Mr. Abel (Orchestra and music), Mr. Holden (swimming), Mr. Fieldler (Track and sports coach), Mr. Cohen (Sports and......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

EvilGentleman: dirana1, thank you for commenting. I can respect your opinions and your insight into the prison is a welcome bit of education for the rest of us. I am certain you know a lot more......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

bubba: What I dont understand is....if so many people dont like the HA, why do you "know" so much about them. I cant count how many times I have just read that they are dope......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Anne, The doctors that I have known in Irlam....well our family doctor was a Dr. Walker who had the big house and surgery on the corner of Moorfield rd and Liverpool rd Then there was a......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Len Lipner: For Alma (Weinstein) Scull: C'mon, toots, I didn't answer your emails 'cause I didn't get 'em! You know I still love you, and would've answered every one. The funny thing about Tommy's was that when it changed......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

NervaVels: I lived on the block of Green/Evergreen/Harman for almost 20 years; prior to that, I lived on Jefferson St between Knickerbocker and Irving (still remember getting picked up by the bus to go to a......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Roger: Even the movie dosent grasp the sheer horror of what they went threw even BEFORE the hunger strike. If you read bobby sands book, it will bring you to tears. As example, there were three......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

east villager: This new place is atrocious. I loved the "no frills" of mr. fresh bread. The best bacon egg and cheese and coffee around and good service. I saw this new place actually had a a......

in response to: Where Have You Gone, Mr. Fresh Bread? by little ukraine

Terry: I love that the original complaints and pics from this person come from the closest and cheapest CHAIN restaurants and hotels to the exit ramp off the highway. I dont like Dennys so I......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

jamal: I remember the Henry Horner projects very well. I never lived in any of them but lived one block away on Warren Blvd. near Damen. I remember as a little boy when they were......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

106!!: well well.... i guess us cycling types need to band together to protect one another.... a few years ago my girlfriend bought me a new bike for my bday!! i was my first new bike......

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

EvilGentleman: I always consider the 600 pixel size to be equivalent to a speed limit. If I keep it to 600 or less, I know I am safe. But if I go over, I run the......

in response to: July 30 2007 Toronto by hool

Lee : My point is he breaks the law but then hides behind it to protect himself. That is funny and ironic. My point is he is such a rebel he has a PR and......

in response to: Banksy Rocks! by EvilGentleman

Do the Hutchinson.: Yes, it is a great adaptation to that great 70's hit. EVERYTIME I drive I get behind some old fossil who is driving 10 to 15 Mph under the legal posted limit and randomly hitting......

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

ilana: my boyfriend and i (brazilian and half filipino/half white) lived in bushwick for 8 months. we shared an apartment with a wonderful ecuadorian woman, Carmen, and her daughter Patricia on the first floor of a......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mama Mia: After spending reading all the comments, I've come to the conclusion that way too many people believe everything they read.Makes me wanna start a news paper and write that I'm God and I have all......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Alec: I did an engineering internship there 21 years ago when I was 19. I went there this morning and viewed basically the same thing as the photos show (my first time back there). ......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

EvilGentleman: I have to laugh when I think about this one, Guy. No matter which way I view this piece, I keep saying "Yeah, but..." in my head. I don't know if they ever used the American......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

CartLegger: Straight into the belly of the beast. I did this for you, Citynoise! The sign may have said "no photos, strictly enforced, but I went in ninja style and with a quick roll on the......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

Caleb Chatfield: Yes Scott, the old Sankey Motors building comprises the sum total of what goes on in Belleville. Maybe this is your point, to get a rise out of individuals and to make broad sweeping......

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

jack: many of the buildings constructed in the late 1800's that was used as housing by poor hispanics, blacks, jews, polish, german, italians and irish are still standing today and in livable conditions and very expensive.......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

NOT SURPRISED AT YOUR CYNICISM: You clearly passed through during the summer when all the college students are at home (or a break). Try going there anytime during the school year and good luck getting anywhere on those two lane......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

been: Looks like part of the old air raid siren system. I remember in the 70's these things would occasionally trigger and sound off just like in the movies, sometimes for hours. Into the 80's they would test......

in response to: Air Vent Art? by ksedge

Brad: Wow, parts of Brooklyn look so amazing. I remember the last time I was there riding the subway around, it was so cool looking down the streets from the elevated sections at the rowhouses. I......

in response to: I\'ve Lived in Crown Heights for Just About Fifteen Days by little ukraine

LicieLove: I'm a chicago native reading this book for the first time, I'm 20 now. I grew up on the Southside in Inglewood, but I went to private schools my entire life. And at 8......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

The Chi-ster: We need to see the bigger picture here. Its almost heartbreaking to see people of a common struggle wasting time and lives with petty arguments. I am boricua, I stayed on Kedzie and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Beadle and Tatum: http://www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/images/congrat1a.jpg Its a hand written rambling note about the Sex Pistols calling the mueseum a "piss stain". There was some pettitioning and a USA today poll that helped locate the hall. I did some research, this is the......

in response to: RIP Robert Jr Lockwood by Beadle and Tatum

JNJ: Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I would be......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

pariah: Sometimes I wonder if the people defending Bushwick actually LIVE here. Gang violence (Bloods) is up, especially around Bushwick Houses (housing project). Streets are still covered in garbage. Car alarms because of break-ins still blaring nightly.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

procyon: Thanks for the kind words, everyone. CG: Cleveland Trust Tower! That's what it's called! I couldn't remember and was feeling uncharacteristically lazy about googling it/rushed about posting. Well, that's good to hear, especially if it's true.......

in response to: Jury Duty by procyon

shelia/neworleans: OK THE OLD WAY OF LIVING IS OVER. IT IS; SO... HATE ME IF YOU MUST. HOW MANY YEARS HAVE THEY BEEN TALKING ABOUT TEARING DOWN THE PROJECTS AND PUTTING UP CONDOS? HOW LONG WAS......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

markus: I been a bike courier for years in different cities, but in the early 90's bikes were getting ripped off from couriers in T.O, they were using a larger bar to break them at......

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

markus: Did you go for breakfast in NDG and was it Cosmos if you didn't try to next time little grease spoon was placed third in favourite breakfast in Montreal. Thanks for the pics haven't been......

in response to: NDG by CE

jfilip: I haven't been over the bridge in years. I kind of miss it. Although nothing can beat the feeling of being a little kid driving over there. The drive on the bridge......

in response to: Beat the Current by zagg

zagg: I'm loving these photographs --- and what is with the having sex with patients ... and then the specification FEMALE patients at a later time? Niiiice. I love the shot of the clock......

in response to: Haverford State Hospital by Nairi

EvilGentleman: Well, what are they gonna do, call 911? It's not like they can bring the guy back to life. The transit cops will find him sooner or later. Picture the cops interviewing the commuter (let's......

in response to: Blood on the Platform by Peter

GUS BRENNAN: [[img:13318]] lucky john, and yours truly, on a break in times square new york. check the hawian shirt... coool eh!!!! ...

in response to: Barnoldswick by Gus Brennan

TheTruth: Nice try at history, Sylvia, but you've missed some huge factors. My family was part of that 1st wave of nonwhites to integrate Bushwick in the 1950s. They weren't Gentry -- sorry--even though they were......

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

the spectre: the 80's were that time to live chillin, graffin, breakin, not as much money for heat so plenty of fisticuffs...good ol days...

in response to: Oldschool NYC by Graffiti

EvilGentleman: One must take the view that all that is done in public is open to be published in the open domain. Otherwise, a whole bunch of considerations will overwhelm everything until **nothing** is fit to......

in response to: Mullets Galore! by Peter

Peter: also: i used to live up the avenue from a [[wiki:Tastykake]] factory, one which made strawberry pop-tarts. the whole neighborhood smelled like overpoweringly fresh-baked artificial strawberry tarts every morning, starting at about 5am... it always......

in response to: I Want One of These by CE

Chris Erb: I have pictures of the protest prior to the arrest which I will post when I get home. If you were there, you would know that the protest was completly civil and low key.......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

EvilGentleman: Chris, I can tell you from experience, that while the majority of police try hard to do a decent job, cases of police overstepping the bounds of the responsibilities entrusted to them by the citizens......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

EvilGentleman: In May of 1989, my best friend Mike and had been driving for 6 days when we arrived in Las Vegas around 1 PM, and rather than continuing on, we decided to stop there for......

in response to: Piano Man by jack

EvilGentleman: What are the odds of an "innocent" man being spotted so many times in "innocent" situations, that he winds up being photographed in the act not once, but **twice**? And one of those times was......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

EvilGentleman: There has been some confusion as to defining exactly what constitutes an outdoor structure or patio. I have heard that any structure enclosed on more than two sides will be considered to be indoors, and......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

A Poet in Philadelphia: Having lived in Belfast several times, I can agree wholeheartedly with the above comment that the change begins with the person in the mirror. And having lived in the US for most of my......

in response to: snapshots on a refrigerator by manda

EvilGentleman: Oh, I almost forgot, sorry. In reference to the link you posted, it is most definitely a horrific crime, and I very much hope that the people responsible face the full weight of the law......

in response to: Free Man? by Urbanghost (michael talbot)

EvilGentleman: I remember during my 1999 tour of America: The Eastern 30, we stopped at a supermarket somewhere NW of Lafayette to get some munchies to keep the family going while on the road to the......

in response to: Does Anyone Else Find This Stupid? by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: jack, do not forget June 11, 1958. That was the immortal day when Eddie Cochran released Summertime Blues. The day the music died was still a year in the future, so Buddy Holly, the Big......

in response to: A Little Taste of Screwed & Chopped to Metal Classics by Arthur Mercadante

elaine: it may be time to break out the tinfoil hats...

in response to: Stupidity Is a Virus by sine

urbanghost: thanks grange and thanks hool for the heads up about that intersection. You sound like you really know the city well, which i'm aware of by checking out your site and seeing how much......

in response to: Street Shots by urbanghost

Peter: i am growing very leery of how insular, provincial and xenophobic america is becoming... it smacks of fascism and... dare i say it... prewar germany. after all, every single one of us living in america......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

Tyfoid Kid: Sometimes the wagon of love breaks down under the baggage of life...

in response to: The Perfect Date by Elicar

Jamie: hey lucky you, i'm in idiot mode pretty much all the time. But the web cafe was probablly your problem. Public computers are genrally set up with quite harsh restriction on what you can and......

in response to: People Shall Be Banned by an impossible child

jeeff: #1 and #9 are really timeless shots. i'm surprised this is the biggest snowfall nyc's had. it's a lot of snow, sure, but it doesn't seem like a record-breaker....

in response to: Blizzard of \'06 by GGP

EvilGentleman: jeeff, thank you for the compliment. I was wondering how long it would take you to find this page. The area in these pictures that I used to live in (1999-2005) is called Nunavik, and......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

Vic Lopez: The Lady Bug Club Who runs it ….Nicholas Morado, I believe He Runs The Lady Bug Club in a most professional manner and you must attribute that to the success of the Club. Unfortunately He......

in response to: Infested by Bleeagh

What's Really Going On Here: Since this has become a cyclist vs motorist thing... Helmet Cams Just as Richard Nixon wouldn't have been nailed without the tapes, technology is available that cyclists can use to get motorists to behave. The technology......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

EvilGentleman: re: The Jury is STILL out on Evil Gentleman: 2nd Feb 2006 - 22:25 GMT Thanks for taking the time to read my posts. First off, I use the same nick in chat, and it is......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

EvilGentleman: Well, I have gotten some rest and have done a little catching up on what was posted here while I was away. I am coming to the realization here that no matter what somone posts,......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Think of poor White Vest Girl!: First of all - Leah, you are my new hero. Yes, you over-reacted, but at least you 1.) have respect for your town and your environment and 2.) you had the grace to admit that......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Paco: bike messanger Leah is an idiot. "accidentally" scaratched his car with her bike key? please. she threw garbage into his car, she had to expect a reaction. she got it. tough break. i hope she......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Paco: bike messanger Leah is an idiot. "accidentally" scaratched his car with her bike key? please. she threw garbage into his car, she had to expect a reaction. she got it. tough break. i hope she......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Film Buff: I love it. You guys are giving me the best material for my next short. It will be a day in the life kinda thing. The first scene will be this event......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

EvilGentleman: On Violence Against Women: Let me first state that there is no problem of men hitting women because there are no women who are hit by men. Any male who hits a female is not a......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Both sides: I have read/heard both side of the story. Unfortunately, the "motorist's" side was stated by his fiancé and not by him, as the actual participant. Both sides are plausible but I am still......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Randy: hi there its realy awsome what those guys can do but i have 1 question ive seen a movie a french 1 and forgot the name of it the movie goes like this a couple......

in response to: Le Parkour: An Introduction by 3flow

jack: i often wonder why women stopped wearing garter belts. it was so sexy. when you danced with a women you really felt the female form. the dresses and suits that women wore......

in response to: Brooklyn Bridge and the (defunct) Fulton Fish Market by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Jamie: **indykid:** i've fixed this article for you :-) i think what you did was when you saved your photos in photoshop, you saved them as ".psd" or ".8bim" files and then changed the file extension......

in response to: Berlin, Summer 2004 by indykid

jean: i live in Wells-next-the-Sea and i go to Holkam Beach with Frances and Angel nearly every day. It is different every time. The big sky and the light are the best in england.......

in response to: Untitled by elaine

DSK1: thats the dumbest question i've ever heard, john. why do people do walk down the street? why do people do the breaking wind? why do people do the wearing of socks under their shoes? sometimes......

in response to: Albuquerque Graffiti Flood by Relapsed

joey: U Can't Touch This - MC Hammer (Hammer) U can't touch this (x2) U can't touch this (oh-oh oh oh oh-oh-oh) (x2) My-my-my-my music hits me so hard makes me say oh my Lord Thank you for blessing me with......

in response to: good bird night tonight by joey

seeking a future I agree with you: The thing is ---there are a lot of factor that can be attibuted to not moving up---Firstly the U.S createda system of dependency when FDR intorduce Operation Bootsrap which was ppart of the NEW Deal--in......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

elaine: hee hee.. was apropos our food photograph discussion on my posting [[1332:today]]. i sent the link to the ex who cooked all this, as i thought he would ##like## it, but in fact it freaked......

in response to: unchained melody by elaine

metal 2: this is so sad, seeing as i was down south when it all started back in the day in dallas, watching people like mek and cider and rosco and all getting up, and now to......

in response to: Dallas Graffiti Like What! by Tick Tock

elaine: they have a special aura, swans. in the water they are like angels, but at the same time they are very solid, nothing etherial about them on land. here they are protected by the crown,......

in response to: swans throwing shapes by elaine

Peter: great. here comes yet ##another## bloods versus crips rant. prepare yourself, everyone. who cares? gangbanging is gangbanging, no matter what "set" you claim. and "game"? i hear his shit like 5 times an hour on......

in response to: swans throwing shapes by elaine

David: I've already told you that it is irrelivent what the labour government think about here because the United Kingdom as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is set in stone and things can never be......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

Marc: i have been writing and working (very hard) and traveling, but nothing in the citynoise genre as of late- though i desperately want to! Have to trepan some other stuff out of my head first........

in response to: hackney city farm by elaine

An Ulster Loyalist: Whats all this bullshit, "do you really think ay true brit wants you fools?"WE ARE THE TRUE BRITS Taigs always say that,England doesn't want us,or Labour government doesn't want us, but SO FUCKING WHAT????? Thats......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

elaine: well, exactly. mind you, i would never have got a job as a code breaker, i still think the shipping forecast is really just a beautiful poem, and have a hard time thinking it is......

in response to: A Found Note by Graham

Peter: yeah. philip johnson just died. the building is sony-america's headquarters now. and at&t just got bought by SBC, its underling after teh antitrust breakup. my, how times change!...

in response to: NYC: The AT&T Building by Peter

Jerry Hoff: I like your photography.You really have an affection for NYC. I'm from Rochester,but I lived six years in NYC,5 on Thompson & Spring,1 at Park Slope.The whole time I lived there,except to maybe pass through,I never......

in response to: Westside Market: NYC by Peter

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