Comments about bushwick resident

There are 50 comments about "bushwick resident"

Gemini: I have lived in Bushwick for most of my life. I have lived on my street for 34 yrs. Bushwick is like any other neighborhood it has it's ups and downs. I referred to it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

CHRISSY-46: what a cool site. I can't even believe I found people that came from my childhood, teenage, neighborhood. I grew up on Melrose St. between Knickerbock and Wilson in the early 50's. ......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Ed: Bushwick Buddies is a private web site devoted to former residents of Bushwick, Brooklyn. You can register by contacting the administrator at bushwickbuddies.com. For the most part the site consists of pictures of 1950s Bushwick and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: I'm glad ya'll have found each other here. Bushwick has an important place in the hearts of CityNoise contributors and editors. If you have any photos of Bushwick from your youth, you are welcome to......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Peter: if i had a dollar for every time ive heard someone from a hard/bad/depressed/rebuilding neighborhood comment something like ##"_______ is really that bad and has been for years"##... [[76:cabrini green]], [[1727:henry horner]], [[4368:hutchinson]], [[646:bushwick]], to......

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

Eleanor: Have read this article many times and I'm pleased to see it is still drawing comments. NewYorkDave ... you said you were on Bushwick Buddies but left because of the "right-wing" politics ... You're probably right......

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

Peter: ok, people... what is it, exactly, that makes {bushwick} so "scary"? i mean, really. i wish someone would just come out and spell it out for us, because i dont buy it. sure, the neighborhood......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Kathy Mondello: It's so great to see that there are caring people living in this neighborhood. I have nothing but fond memories of growing up in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn - having graduated from Bushwick......

in response to: Bushwick: History in the Making by upfromflames

John Dereszewski: I also don't understand this. Bushwick Houses is a large - and rather oppressive - complex situated at Flushing and Bushwick Aves. on the Williamsburg side of the border. As Adam notes, these are pictures......

in response to: Bushwick Houses by Peter

Peter: hey "movin to wick", wake up! youre working with a conception of {new york} thats about 20+ years outdated... i mean, serously. youd think {brooklyn} was {beirut}. perhaps youve been watching too much ##law and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: jack, i think many {bushwick} residents would agree that the pigs are a big problem around here......

in response to: Keep Bushwick Clean & Rats Out by Peter

sonia: bushwick is a very good place to live you have a lot of low income families who live there but there are alot of whites moveing in i have notice a lot of new houses......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

riiiiiight: i was born and raised in bk. i just checked out a new "luxury condo" developement out there a whim (when i was told my rent was being jacked up another 300 bucks). ......

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

Peter: this is classic {bushwick}. im partial, though, as i live in the midst of that residential/industrial netherworld. love it. wouldnt trade it. ...

in response to: Mixed Messages by CartLegger

CartLegger: Its a residential/light industrial netherworld of a mix, with houses facing businesses. This one was a residence. Woodbine, between Evergreen and Bushwick. ...

in response to: Mixed Messages by CartLegger

Peter: hey "like it is": even our 'beloved' [[4368:hutchinson, kansas]] has more sex offenders per capita than {bushwick}! your brand of reactionary bullshit is just that... bullshit. whats your point? i mean... i live in {bushwick},......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

MaGoo: PS: Just for context- so that you realize that my observations are quite balanced and unbiased: I was raised by a single parent on welfare- we were abjectly poor. Most of our neighbors who were Bushwick......

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

MaGoo: Thank you, Editor, and UFF and Cartlegger. I won't go hog-wild here- as I realize that there are so many other areas of human endeavor that come into play when discussing this topic, that it would......

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

UpFromFlames: As I am fond of saying, Memory is the surest antidote to history. That is the main issue I have with your perspective. While I have done a lot of documentary research [[www.upfromflames.com]] I could......

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

MaGoo: I grew up on Lawn Guyland in the 70's; most of my neighbors were "caucasian-Americans" who were from Bushwick and East New York. They had been displaced by the "diversity"- when the city used THEIR......

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

John Dereszewski: Smudgy, your block is not doing that badly. Most of the really nice buildings on Linden between Bushwick and Evergreen, e.g., #64, are still there and doing very well. The few buildings that were lost......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

99¢Dreams: Damn! Major props to you, Peter! An overnight photo montage after my idle posting. You've even captured the full range, from the mundane to the overWROUGHT. Couldn't have happened better or quicker had I been......

in response to: Bushwick Gates: Part 1 by Peter

Bushwick Girl: My Bushwick...I love this neighborhood. I've been in the bush since 1988 I migrated here when I was 8 yrs old. Back then I was too young to understand what was really happening in this......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: This is just a notice that the third walking tour associated with the "Up From Frames" exhibit will occur this Saturday - August 11 - at 1 PM. We will gather at the NE corner......

in response to: Bushwick: Up From Flames by upfromflames

upfromflames: This is just a notice that the third walking tour associated with the "Up From Frames" exhibit will occur this Saturday - August 11 - at 1 PM. We will gather at the NE corner......

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

John Dereszewski: This is just a notice that the third walking tour associated with the "Up From Frames" exhibit will occur this Saturday - August 11 - at 1 PM. We will gather at the Irving Ave.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: upfromflames might be able to help you with that one... hes the resident bushwick expert around here... if you like, the editors will pass along any info to him youd like to share. see above email......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

Tony T: Reading through all of these posts brings up a mixed bag of emotions. Like many here, I left Bushwick years ago (16 years ago actually). Japan is my home now, and it is a far......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

whiteP: Ahh Bushwick, what is funny is how young professionals live like kings while blacks and hispanics can barely afford wholesome food. Whats even funnier is the way these so called thugs have the biggest mouth......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Clay: There's an exhibit at the Brooklyn Historical Society called "Up from Flames." It chronicles Bushwick from 1977 to now. It has lots of articles in the 70's when Bushwick landlords were buring their......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Kat: Is it true that the new residents of Bushwick are calling it 'Shiwck'? For serious, I will die if this is true. I've lived on Bushwick all my life, and the idea of some yuppies......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: HSH: I'd love the opportunity to see your photo doc on Bushwick. I've been working on one this year. To see part of it, check [[6851:upfromflames]]on citynoise, or better, hit the Brooklyn Historical Society's opening......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Armstrong: All this talk of crime is interesting yet Bushwick is changing everyday. It is inevitable. I think it will change for the better, remaining a mixed neighborhood demographically and economically. It is closer to Manhattan......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Jimmy Legs: it's a strange attitude to adopt, rosecoloredglasses: bemoan safety issues but still admit the neighborhood is coming back. how does a neighborhood come back without change? and in this case one undeniable aspect of this......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

teachnyc: I work in bushwick's schools and I can't tell you how many times I hear my counterparts from our sister districts in queens talk about how bad it is in BW (they never want to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

John Dereszewski: It is hard to imagine how anyone can misinterpret the last 30 years of Bushwick's history more than BDweller did in his comment. To believe him, Bushwick endured decades of neglectful Planned Shrinkage followed by......

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

upfromflames: Info From HPD: The Bushwick Initiative Year One: Results • 51% of the buildings assessed in poor condition were improved and were rated fair by the end of the first year. • With the cooperation of residential building owners in......

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

dimeadozen: Thank you to everyone for this discussion especially The Truth and those following who elevated the discussion. I moved to Bushwick very recently and completely randomly. Although I work hard, support myself and am forced......

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

from starr st.: 1st. off upfromflames, i am going to my storage space and look for my pics and send them to you. now i was born and rasied in bushwick. PROUD of it.just as proud......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Rey: How come nobody talks about West Bushwick. The area that is more residential than along the L-train. You know Bushwick Ave. and Broadway along the J-M-Z trains. That area is changing too with new 24......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon (user-0ccen13.cable.mindspring.com): I am a reporter and I will be covering Bushwick. Any residents care to share their thoughts on the neighborhood? Please email me at snf2103@columbia.edu. Any thing you can tell me would be helpful. Thanks!......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

carlos mario: Since I'm writing about gentrification in Bushwick, this all is so interesting, especially the part of the story that The Truth mentions, as it relates to what I'm writing. Roger Starr, planned shrinkage, arson, disinvestment,......

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

Dave: You know, it occurred to me not long after I posted that some of what I wrote would seem offensive to positive Bushwick residents who had been working for a better neighborhood. (Such guiding lights......

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

TheTruth: "I see it more as a class war than a race war." "...But that doesn't explain why, poor or not, the residents of Bushwick didn't have enough self-respect to take care of their neighborhood." Dave, did you......

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

Dave (a Bushwick native): I see it more as a class war than a race war. I'm from the last generation (born mid-1960s) of German-Americans from the Ridgewood/Bushwick area before the Great Exodus of the 1970s. If I claimed......

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

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.

Peter: a quick look at the wiki entry for [[wiki:bushwick]] shows that the displaced people youre talking about are far from the first to be displaced, whether from gentrification, changing demographics, modernization, urbanization, etc. i mean,......

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

foodguy1: I'm planning alittle space on Bushwick ave..small italian trattoria style place? I see those lofts on Mckibben filling up with new residents..anyone have any stories on the current area...Buswick from flushing to Montrose and surrounding area?...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Former Bushwick Resident: I am a 36 year old hispanic female. Lived all my life in Bushwick. Four years ago, I decided to move to New England and escape the city. I was a single mother of 3.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew