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Dale McIntosh: I lived at 6510 Monkland #13 from 1958 to (my sister still lives there)She is on Benny in a lovely apartment. They have done a great job and totally packed, and moved her.I used to......

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

Arnie Blume: To Norms Saw that you lived on Carroll by the bridge. Did you have brothers, one named Stan? I remember him as a great softball player. He was older than me and I think I am......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

overtherainbow: Hey, its gone, no more to rise in the sky. Red bricks of Cabrini, off White colors of The Green, grey bricks of the row houses. No more St. Phillips, St. Dominicks, No......

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

The Audacity of Attitude: Hey everyone. I'm a 29 year old white male who lives in Chicago and I rent an apartment in Lakeview a couple miles north of Cabrini Green. I drive by it almost every day and......

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

reijo: I do not know much about gods; but I think that the river Is a strong brown god—sullen, untamed and intractable, Patient to some degree, at first recognised as a frontier; Useful, untrustworthy, as a conveyor of commerce; Then......

in response to: tokyo waterways (the arteries) by jeeff

Gordy: I moved to 41 Eastern Parkway (Copley Plaza) in 1952. I attended P.S. 241. My 3rd grade teacher was Mrs. Lightcap, 4th grade, Miss Sternfeld, 5th grade was in the High School of Homemaking next......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Robert: Thank you CartLegger for your prompt answer. Isn't it interesting to find that the place still looks so modern?... I just looked it up on the Bridge and Tunnel Club and it surprised me to......

in response to: Atlantic Avenue 1956 - 57 by Robert

Franny Wentzel: Nice to see the twins even if obscured by that bridge I just sold to some gullible Nigerians......

in response to: Tomato Soup Under Brooklyn Bridge by Robert

Peter: are you talking about [[9915:this post]]? if so, it might be that the "recent articles" list to the left only lists the ten most recent posts, and many more posts have been posted since sunday. if......

in response to: Tomato Soup Under Brooklyn Bridge by Robert

Peter: [[img:36457]] [[9926:gowanus bridgeface]]...

in response to: robot building by elaine

Peter: i had a job like that once. not riveting, but working a job i hated just to get that time-and-a-half overtime and double overtime. lets see... the {williamsburg bridge} opened in 1903... the average wage was......

in response to: Williamsburg Bridge by Mike L.

SAR TMB: [[img:36389]] 238th street under the bridge Bronx, 2 young fans on the scene 1990...

in response to: Old School by Dr. Revolt

debbie griffin: just happened to come on this site...111 graduate class of 1973. The orchestra with mr montresanno was the best!!!attended ps 274 and hated ms eden with a passion...remember ms greene the typing teacher and my......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

My Block: Wow Laura, great story, I'm sure you got an "A" especially if the responses your article received had anything to do with grading you. I read every one of the responses and enjoyed them immensely.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Kirsty Smith: Hey guys some beautiful photos and some interesting points. I think the Brooklyn Bridge is one of the most beautiful bridges in the world. I hope to cross it some day myself, funds allowing. ...

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

ntatap: There is a small steel bridge that also crosses the Bronx Kills under the Hell Gate just a little up stream from this, it replace a wood bridge that was near the Bronx span of......

in response to: The Shortest Bridge to the Bronx by CartLegger

Arthur: I did a year here as an exchange form OxBridge. Was fun. Aussie birds ont he Strand.. ruddy beautiful....

in response to: James Cook University by Mime

different patrick: Where is the Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge that connects Brooklyn to Rockaway?...

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

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

Janet: The conversation has taken an interesting turn. We were poor, but we never thought of ourselves as poor. We had less than others, more than some, and expected that in the future we......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: this bridge is awesome......

in response to: Forth Bridges by Cheesy Member

EvilGentleman: Nice. Reminds me of some of Peter's urbex articles, such as [[6957:The High Line]] or [[8210:The Freedom Tunnel]], or perhaps my own [[3537:Train Derails on Bridge IV - The Aftermath (With Graf Train Passing By)]].......

in response to: Ditch Journey in Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.A.! by Centripetal Solaris Smith

The Bigger E: I remember that derailment...Mr Bigger E and I live on Highlands Avenue, right near the train bridge. There were all sorts of people hanging around at the end of Highlands Avenue and LaSalle Boulevard......

in response to: Train Derails on Bridge by EvilGentleman

MIke-cycle: Thanks for the info and pictures on the bridge. Crossed the bridge with my wife yesterday, pushing our bikes (Kahnawake-Lasalle). Being afraid of heights this traverse can be characterised as terrifying for me...1 and a......

in response to: Train Derails on Bridge by EvilGentleman

Anne-Marie in South Shields: My parents were married at All Saints Barton 50 yrs ago in 1959. I am from Urmston and my first student job was at GUS in Eccles in the 1970s so I crossed the swinging......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

brian: With regards Merkland st station chamber, it is in fact still there. Heading towards Govan the chamber is just visible from the inner circle platform about 50 metres in. it is easier to see when......

in response to: Glasgow Subway Pre-and-During Modernisation by Gap74

anon (64.150.176.78): There was another bridge built in the 80s to replace the original one. It is the closest the city has to a "city" traffic system, and the drivers are terrifying. I live in......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

Sanzay: It is all started nicely like this beach landscape [[img:35380]] And suddenly some ghost called me from this chair. [[img:35381]] Ghost said that there is the {abandoned} engine in an East salt marsh [[img:35382]] and raise of the dead horseshoe crab. [[img:35383]] No......

in response to: Plum Beach Cleanup July 26, 2009 by Sanzay

Franny Wentzel: loving the concrete arch bridge in the foreground......

in response to: Frosty Saskatoon by Blender

ntatap: The reason that some of these cars are the way they are is that some of these cars have been in the museums collection for many years and have been moved several times and they......

in response to: Kingston Trolley Museum by CartLegger

anon (host-84-9-41-243.dslgb.com): I moved to Brighton six years ago but spent my first 18 years living in Amersham Rd, New Cross. For culture and things to do the places are really not so different (I just think......

in response to: bleak day, new cross by elaine

All Melbourne bridges post height: And all trucks have a maximum height. Unfortunately for the literate, the labels and numbers do not always make for good physics. Hilarity ensues....

in response to: Bugger... by benji

Elsie Roberts: Great site I lived at 254 Barton Lane Eccles. As a child was a pupil at St Catherine's Church School Two teachers a Miss Bagot and a Miss Broom. I had to cross the Barton swing road......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Pat: Hi guys, WOW, I'm travelling to New York City in December 2009(from Johannesburg, South Africa), and I've developed a fascination for New York's bridges and your website has cerainly opened my eyes. I truly......

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

D'arvon: That Sixy Pixie can stand on my bridge any day!...

in response to: Sixy Girl Picture 6 by Franny Wentzel

Renee Snell: Hi - I'm wee Boaby's sister - we lived at 37 Marlow Street -I was born in 1948, my sister May Snell was born in 1945, before the war ended. All 3 of us......

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

Cathie: Can someone tell me if the entrance to Bridge Street underground as moved over the years. I'm convinced that when I got off at Bridge St from school, I had a short walk down......

in response to: Glasgow Subway Pre-and-During Modernisation by Gap74

Dick from Frogholler Iowa: I have driven through the baytown tunnel many times from 1964 to 1993. We lived in League City. We watched the new bridge being constructed. My son and I would walk up......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

anon (207-237-254-214.c3-0.nyr-ubr4.nyr.ny.cable.rcn.com): I got Jackie and Rachel Robinson's autograph and a candy bar and $1 from a Dodger many of you never heard of named Rocky Bridges...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: 20. from west to east, they are: the gwb spuyten duyvil (rail only) the hudson broadway university heights washington hamilton highbridge macombs dam 145th street madison ave park avenue (rail only) 3rd Avenue willis avenue triborough wards island (pedestrian only) queensboro williamsburg manhattan brooklyn...

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

steve mccarthy: I appreciate your help. How many bridges do you think you actually go under when you circum-navigate Manhattan?...

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

Peter: some of those bridges (like the [[wiki:triborough bridge]]) dont connect to manhattan, so you wouldnt have encountered them simply kayaking around the island. i wasnt thinking you were including those outer-boro ones......

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

steve mccarthy: I counted: George Washington on the Hudson, 5 bridges on the East River below Hells Gate, The Triborough, 12 traffic bridges on the east river (Willis, 3rd Ave,Macomb, Madison, 145st, 127th, University Heights, Broadway,Alex Hamilton,......

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

Peter: not unless you also kayaked all the outer-boro estuaries and waterways that are also part of {nyc}, and feature bridges. its not like theyre all on the three rivers circling manhattan, heh......

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

steve mccarthy: I just kayaked around Manhattan. Am I correct that I went under 22 bridges?...

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

Cathy Anderson: Thanks for the super photos. I love the Brooklyn Bridge & have accomplished my wish to walk across it which I did about five years ago. I also get mixed up on which is......

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

p chera: ...only structure missing is the Bridge to Nowhere!! ...

in response to: Campus Architecture: Stony Brook University, SUNY by little ukraine

anon (stjhnbsu83w-156034241136.pppoe-dynamic.nb.aliant.net): how does on get to the north side without crossing the princess margaret,s bridge? ...

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

Peter Quinones: I wonder if this station was also for the long ago City Island Monorail which I believe stopped just from crossing the bridge into City Island Peter Quinones > pquino7426@aol.com ...

in response to: Ruins of Bartow / City Island Station by ntatap

Douglass: This photo brings back memories of growing up on South Eighth Street between Bedford and Driggs Avenues and playing at a riverside park near where this photo was taken during the late 1940's and early......

in response to: Wallabout Bay by CartLegger

Peter: ahh, true. i heard that happened due to a ww1-era {harlem river}-widening project to assist with industrial/barge traffic (despite the {spuyten duyvil} bridge's annoyingly low-clearance). i used to row past there every morning of the......

in response to: Flashmaps: Neighborhoods, Piers and Terminals by Peter

anon (130.91.80.36): I have no photo but I saw a tile on the SE corner of Broad and Chestnut Streets in Phila. 5/1/9..I also spotted a tile on Frankford Avenue, one block south of Bridge Street, on......

in response to: Toynbee Tile Remnant by luna park

Franny Wentzel: Minor detail not visible in these reduced size images... [[img:32990]] Lady handing kid a freezie-pop is standing over a newspaper with an article about a bridge collapse with fatalities. From a calander on the shoe repair place's......

in response to: Neighborhood Friends & Helpers by Franny Wentzel

Sean Hopkins: I just want to make a correction here. In reference to the location of the bridge, I mentioned it was the 73rd Ave exit on the LIE. I meant to say the Clearview Expressway. Had......

in response to: Amazing Bike Trail by Sean Hopkins

bfonville: I hate the red cages now that I've seen what the bridge used to look like!...

in response to: J Train and the World Trade Center by ntatap

nosey ktk: bel, your fuckin awesome man. your the man around norwalk me and my crew always talk about you, pacer, ism, the iof dudes. your an inspiration man your fuckin raw, your mixer piece is still......

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

CartLegger: Poor bob diamond. If he had his way, we'd have trolleys stretching from Redhook to Brooklyn Bridge. Now, just this lovely curiosity behind a grocery store. well, the good news is that the bikes won......

in response to: Red Hook Trolleys by Peter

Keith: Well I did go get a board and skated down from midtown to downtown, was a bit freaked out not having stated for about 5 years, but was heaps of fun. Though my knees are......

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

CartLegger: Yeah, the bridge before as it looked before liability loonyness and red caged paths. I miss that city I never knew, and felt it for real here. Really nice shot! ...

in response to: J Train and the World Trade Center by ntatap

Peter: nice! love the {trade center} shot, of course... as well as a good reminder of how awful those wooden board walkways were before the major {williamsburg bridge} renovation... [[http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/bridges/willb.shtml]] anyway, these are some of my favorite......

in response to: J Train and the World Trade Center by ntatap

Afroblanco: I'm surprised that you didn't get pummeled about the head and face by the NYPD for taking photographs of a bridge. Explain yourself, terrorist!! (J/K, btw... LOL)...

in response to: Manhattan Bridge Nocturne by CartLegger

little ukraine: thank you for this! sadly, every time i've gone on this bridge it's been in an automobile, so the plaza goes by far too quickly for me to appreciate it. i'd love to......

in response to: Manhattan Bridge Nocturne by CartLegger

Rusty B.1%er:             In the 70's and 80's I rode .with the Huns and HAMC, Bridgeport,CT. During those times we would have lit the enemy, tossed his ass inside his clubhouse and watch them all......

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

Franny Wentzel: Would it have killed the engineers to design the new bridge to better match up with the old one?...

in response to: Tacoma Narrows Bridge #2 by Tyfoid Kid

Sanzay: April 18, 2009 the following groups hosted cleanup event named "Earth Day Restoration Project at Plum Beach" --- "This is a cooperative effort between the National Park Service and the American Littoral Society, NYC Dept. of......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

Planet MARS: What part of the Manhattan Bridge did he hit back in the day? The columns what columns?...

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

Chumbooka: Yeah JAone has beef with alot of ppl in ACC, FFF and BBB. It just started cuz someone went over someone and then it got out of hand. I saw SEER went over a Sane......

in response to: Ja All City King by Da Letter

CartLegger: point taken, on both counts. i was so excited about it, I missed considering the controversial name change--RFK would roll over in his grave to have such an auto-centric bridge named after him! ...

in response to: Triborough! by CartLegger

little ukraine: hey now, don't you mean the RFK bridge? i used to take the bus over this bridge every day - there was a lot of construction going on and it was hard to tell......

in response to: Triborough! by CartLegger

Louie Sep: when i was a kid we use to fish off a bridge that was half rotten with a big pipe that ran across you had to walk the pipe to get to the middle were......

in response to: Visit Barren Island by CartLegger

Ariel: i love the last bridge =)...

in response to: Hell Gate, NY by CartLegger

CartLegger: [[img:32470]] Well, once you get there you can look forward to getting off Randall's Island on the footbridge! ...

in response to: Triborough! by CartLegger

CartLegger: [[img:32463]] this the {Randall's Island} portion of the Hell Gate Bridge. ...

in response to: Hell Gate, NY by CartLegger

Oi!Ah!: I got the illest pic of my younger self in J. Hood Wright/ Jew park on 175th in Wash Hts. in like '92 and theres a big ass SMITH piece behind me in pink and......

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

Steve: I saw what I thought was a vulture on the exit ramp from West Shore to the Outerbridge, but I guess it was a turkey!...

in response to: Wild Turkey Parking by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Peter: ahhahaha luke! ##manhattan keep on makin it, brooklyn keep on takin it## ##bronx keeps creatin it, and queens keeps on fakin it## ##the bridge is over the bridge is over biddy bye bye...##...

in response to: The Shortest Bridge to the Bronx by CartLegger

Luke1972: That looks more a dam, weir or dyke than a bridge. Bridges over over, that goes through....

in response to: The Shortest Bridge to the Bronx by CartLegger

luna park: i was just contemplating crossing this very "bridge" about a week ago! i deemed it far too mossy and my footwear far too flimsy to withstand a a dry crossing....

in response to: The Shortest Bridge to the Bronx by CartLegger

Magnatum: love the contrast of the bridge compared to the hole/ground...

in response to: Hell\'s Mouth by Peter

Peter: at 4,260 feet/1,298 meters, the {Verrazano Narrows Bridge} was the world's longest [[goo:suspension bridge]] from 1964-1981, when it was finally surpassed by the [[wiki:Humber Bridge]]......

in response to: Hell\'s Mouth by Peter

little ukraine: what a lengthy bridge....

in response to: Hell\'s Mouth by Peter

Marg: 10 April 2009: Thanks everyone all these pictures help me with my family history. My ancestors had the wheelwrights at Barton and lived near Barton Bridge early 1800s....

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

pslugz: haha very ballsy i like that u didt no that was there main yard, the security booth for the whole yard is in ur first picture above that bridge, and there other security booth is......

in response to: New York and Atlantic Railway? by Peter

CartLegger: Yep. It really belongs here. Wish we could find it! The real issue of Beach's subway is not the nature invention, but the stubborn determination on the part of Tammany Hall not to allow a......

in response to: Beach\'s Pneumatic Subway by Franny Wentzel

Auxil Benevosoc: The Cross Harbor Rail Road runs along 1st Avenue in Sunset Park and around the Bush Terminal area. Last time i was there, they owned 1 ALCO diesel electric and a second one for parts.......

in response to: New York and Atlantic Railway? by Peter

Dunny: These are some great picture I live in New York for a while,well on Long Island I didn't know there were that many bridges. These are some great photos Thanks...

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

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

lostoneacb: april 1 2009: i just relize that they pianted over his throws and i am so fucking pissed off . i think someone should do a huge RIP SANE SMITH on brooklyn bridge or something that woul......

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

Gilles Belec: I lived in on rue de L'eglise, corner of Lesage Street from 1950-1955. These pictures brought back memories of me fishing in the Aquaduct, off the bridge. I attended Banantyne Elementary school to grade three,......

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

Peter: ahh, i never get tired of this bridge. i love it, even in foul weather :)...

in response to: Gray. by Jessikah Vee.

Peter Puleo: Hardly! Broadway Junction was once called Manhattan Junction, the station as we know opened in 1913. All those steel girders you see are the remnants of the old Fulton St and Pitkin Ave Els. Until 1918 the......

in response to: Lines and Shadows by Peter

adam: the only time the bridge isnt packed with tourists.....

in response to: Gray. by Jessikah Vee.

Marie Pestano (nee Hagan): I was delighted to find this.......I also know it as THe Old Castle.........as with Devenish it has had quite a 'facelift' since my young day. I do wish the Time Team would have a go......

in response to: Portora Castle by barry

Peter: curiously, the breakaway dry-rotted plastic (?!) catwalk atop of the bridge was the most hairy part......

in response to: Three Steps to Happiness by Peter

L: My English teacher recently told me about Sane Smith - he said he fell off the Brooklyn Bridge, not the Hellsgate Bridge. I think I'll look around for that little piece of Hunter High School art.......

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

lostone : i ve seen sane smith all my life every time i go by the hellsgate bridge i see him . ireally wish his not dead but just in case RIP. much respect to JA one your......

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

Peter: good eye and awesome lens! and as far as flicks of this bridge go, im all in... [[img:31528]] {1903} [[img:31529]] approaching form the south, {grand street} [[img:31530]] gnashing gear teeth [[img:31531]] the crew [[img:31532]] reflective conveyor [[img:31533]] {elik} [[img:31534]] {school bus}ses [[img:31535]] the {trap door} i also really like this one... cant believe......

in response to: From Under the Grand Street Bridge by Peter

CartLegger: A spherical lens view of all that Bridgeyness. Thanks for lending the lens, Sean Hopkins. And thanks Peter for getting us under! Never thought I'd be so close to Newtown Creek. [[img:31513]] [[img:31514]] [[img:31515]] [[img:31516]] [[img:31512]] ...

in response to: From Under the Grand Street Bridge by Peter

Franny Wentzel: Not nearly as lovely as 'The Thadd' in Albany... [[img:31493]] [[img:31494]] [[img:31495]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thaddeus_Kosciusko_Bridge]] ...

in response to: Kosciusko Bridge by Peter