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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...... 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...... Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): Mrs.Gradstein was my sixth gradeteacher in 1955-6. I remember the old furniture. I never new it had been changed up till now.
Therr were fruit and vegetable stores across the street from the school on Schenecktady...... anon (CPE00115044f024-CM001bd7a81f6c.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com): These are by Toronto artist Dan Bergeron (Fauxreel). All of the portraits are of Regent Park residents.... anon (24-117-4-82.cpe.cableone.net): But Niagra falls is still nice... anon (24-117-4-82.cpe.cableone.net): I don't believe that Niagra falls has any better looking hotels than Las Vegas... 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.... anon (modemcable042.35-201-24.mc.videotron.ca): really nice car....the person should have got 4 tickets, and they should have towed the car to Verdun...... anon (CPE003065d674bc-CM00186851eeae.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com): this is a new watermain installation. the hydrant on the left is feeding the hydrant on the right through backflow preventer to stop bacteria in the new line from entering the existing line. ...... Steve - Albox, Almeria: If (en español)
Si puedes mantener tu cabeza cuando todos acerca de usted
Están perdiendo el suyo, y que culpar a usted,
Si puedes confiar en ti cuando todos los hombres duda usted,
Sin embargo, para...... anon (d141-73-27.home.cgocable.net): I just moved to Hamilton in June. Never actually seen anything tornado related in real life but in these three months I've seen two funnel clouds at least. Not fun.... 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...... anon (CPE000c7625cae9-CM0018c0c4cec2.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com): i seen the same one by my house on eglinton west it was really close ... M. Collins: Glad to hear that Mayor Daley finally won over city approval to have the last of the Cabrini Greene structures razed and cleared for new development. Although once a decent complex in the earlier half...... jeeff: and this is far too late, but if katybee is still around, check out the novel __cabbagetown__ by hugh garner.... jsmooth: Reply to OPEN YOUR EYES...
I thought that your response made complete sense and that you are right in many aspects of your comments and if my response seemed to come off racial than I apollogize....... 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...... anon (CPE0050ba1c08ae-CM0014045d2346.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com): hello just white female omo oshun,nice store i live in canada and wan to buy some items,thank you... 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...... 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...... anon (dhcp35b.drake.brockport.edu): Some of the posters up there had a very good point about Cabrini Green. Although it was claimed that it was the most dangerous area ever that even the police is scared to go...... kms: My life got flipped turned upside down. I want to type this up and tell you all about how I came to the town called Bellaire.
In Cabrini Green, where I grew up and played on...... anon (d193-238-254.home3.cgocable.net): I actually live in this building right now...Theres 2 apartments, very big.... 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...... Who Cares for Kensingtion: OG FROM GCC, Good piece! Take it back 1 block at a time. All in a given block may not participate, but those that do should stick together and clean it from end to end...and...... anon (user-387hekd.cable.mindspring.com): yoooo!! i seen this same truck with some people selling fruits and food in the back of that same truck...... 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...... ante croatia: oooooh my god every bridge in new york has it's own charisma.i am 13 and i love all bridges especially suspension ones and cable stayed bridges but new york bridges-paradise for me.i especially love the...... anon (CPE001d7e0bfd12-CM0012250076ce.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com): Yeah, I think Igor's place has been finally shut down - good riddance! I'm off to Jacob's to look for my girlfriend's stolen bike. Anyone know of any other good places to look...... mixed opinion: I have been to Cabrini-Green several times. I have a friend that used to live there, I'd go and visit her alot. It is a place that, that city needs. I think they should keep...... Sashay: Cabrini-Green started over 100 years ago as a place for people to live and have a community. Somewhere along the line it got derailed. Althought Chicago's plan is not going to be 100% fantastic, it...... anon (user-160ujmj.cable.mindspring.com): is so beautiful
... anon (77-98-187-194.cable.ubr02.blac.blueyonder.co.uk): possilpark people are always taken stick for the way it is portraid regaurds of being run down i myself was born and bread in possilpark and have a lot of fond memories. you see its...... Northwestern Student: Hey, my name is Bradley Akubuiro - I'm a journalism student at Northwestern University and I'm working on a huge project about Cabrini-Green (from the former residents and where they ended up, to the current...... Condo nuisance: Wow... great testimonials! I say, get rid of them any way possible - before they take over. Having an open garbage dumpster at these condos doesn't help. They eat then live in our our garage...... anon (CPE001731affc09-CM0017ee54e572.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com): yeah, hurting others while enjoying a pretty lite show....NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THAT... anon (modemcable030.78-83-70.mc.videotron.ca): I am sure you have seen cockroaches in your kitchen or bath.does that mean we should not eat there any more.
... anon (modemcable030.78-83-70.mc.videotron.ca): our hospitals are full of rats. does that mean we should not go there.BE FAIR......... MY FRIEND... V from Bettendorf: I grew up in Cabrini @ 412 W. Chicago Ave & the circumstances of my surroundings did NOT dictate who I have become. Some people who grow up in Cabrini become productive members of...... anon (251-181.69-92-cpe.cableone.net): Any one know where to find the video of the swiftwater training excersize that went bad. Fire and E.M.S. personell were killed during a drill that they were conducting at a low head dam...... anon (user-387hql9.cable.mindspring.com): i live in bushwick pjs my name is kenny wat poppin boy... Peter: Ok, so I just got back, and here are the photos:
[[img:27389]]
the northwest corner of {central} and {bleeker}...
[[img:27390]]
a wider view of the same spot...
[[img:27391]]
the southwest corner of {central} and {bleeker}...
im sure that {upfromflames} could tell us...... anon (S0106001346fafe93.no.shawcable.net): i'm naturally blonde and resent that so many ditzy fake peroxide addicts are ruining it
being blonde used to be rare and special and beautiful remeber that
there ARE smartm, funny, engaging, REAL, blondes... anon (d150-45-10.home.cgocable.net): kleen ur skope... anon (79-69-220-95.dynamic.dsl.as9105.com): he is a disgusting despicable old man, who sexually molests young women and people think it's funny cause he's drunk. everyone calling him a legend is vile.... chevy: i just want to know which bldg was built first for cabrini was it 412 w chicago ave?... anon (24-113-112-103.wavecable.com): nice job bro. good pics... Sheila Hilton: Hya Sue,
Have just been catching up on this site. I remember Mrs potter's shop and that. Don't think I ever went in there but I remember all...... NYwondering: I'm originally from Illinois and now i'm doing a research project on Cabrini Green and specifically the Candyman urban legend. I know the movie took place in the housing project but I was wondering...... katwoman: hey bill, sounds like you live not too far from where i used to 11 years ago (I was on LaSalle & Oak). I had no idea there was a culinary school in Cabrini....when was...... jakeela: hi I used to live in this place.I actually grew up here. I would sit in my room waiting for all of that to go away.Im only 12 & I lived in a place like...... Deb Simpkins (nee Massey): Hi Alan,
I agree with Rob, please keep trying... and I am keen to know what your response to me is.... my email is msi31309@bigpond.net.au if you don't have any luck here.
Norma, my dad didn't...... cyril bagshaw: Hi Alan
Father-in-law once showed me "his" soaking pit. Looking down into that gas heated pit watching with what had to be an experienced eye the"cooking"(bringing up to an even temperature) those giant steel ingots...... EvilGentleman: I really have to dig out some of my old pictures and get them scanned. I know I have one that shows me sweeping up dead flies. Like about 2000 of them. The hazards of...... EvilGentleman: Well Elicar, my previous article on this particular location has become something of an online focal point for those who lived there during its heyday, much like Corsatki's {Cabrini Green} articles.
Thus, this page is intended...... anon (mn-71-55-143-56.dhcp.embarqhsd.net): i lived in the row houses on the west side of cabrini and that shit was the bomb the laws hit the buildins all the time!!!!R.I.P CABRINI....... Mr.Cak: love it can you do one on alleyways in montreal, start at cabot square a head east...... enjoy the passages!!!!!... anon (cpc3-mfld9-0-0-cust345.nott.cable.ntl.com): Cedric BOOTH well into retirement
Is his family's Lombardian still going?
I recall it being on both sides of the road next to Cadishead bridge.
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... bill: i live 5 blocks east of Cabrini and i went to the culinary school in Cabrini. its just a neighborhood. at break we use to play basketball on the court with people from there and...... daniel: I saw cabrini green... from the top of Hancock through a telescope. That's as close as I ever wanted to get. ... simon: i was in chicago lastyear - travelled from ireland on business but main purpose was to visit cabrini green as i didnt do it the first time i was there. i rented a bike...... anon (CPE000f3d3731bf-CM00111ae43f36.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com): rasterbator! [[http://homokaasu.org/rasterbator/]]... Longwayaway: I wonder what it would have been like to walk from say one of the "reds" buildings in Cabrini-Green along those dark paths and open spaces between the high-rises and to another building within the...... Peter: karen: ive often wondered that, too, so i googled it and found the answer:
"Cables are pressurized with nitrogen to reduce corrosion and prevent
combustion. They transport it as liquid because they can get more of
it in...... 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...... Mr. Tibbs: you wonder why there is a disconnect between white America and Black America? Check out Cabrini Green... CarrieBicknell: an interesting note about the needle in Auckland, NZ is that you can jump off of it. Yes, they actually have a harness/cable system they can hook you up to and you walk out...... EvilGentleman: I was living in the Arctic when the restaurant burned down, but I will always remember it. It's the spot where I stood and watched my present-day wife head off to her classes in a...... bob: hey, this might be ignorant but im not from chicago... was cabrini green really as bad as it is made out to be? did people die almost everyday?... Gee: I was a resident from 1962 to 1969 1230 North Burling Apt#802 (White buildings) The Greens will make you or break you. I Thank god to have come this far with my life, and to...... Keith Smith: Hi Cadisheaders,I used to live on Atherton lane behind the George hotel,and spent years down the bamas fishing on the newt pond,had a great bonfire every year on the bamas,shooting slug guns on the railway...... Cabrini Mean: We fed the rats apples so they could fart. Some days I took some to school or the crack house down my way. My guitar gently weeped as I shot up at Cabrini Green.... anon (CPE0012c92d1211-CM0012c91dfd4c.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com): Peter:
No, in fact I'm lower than that. But I do wish I was still a teenager.... J.J.H 543WDIVISION: I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT OF CABRINI GREEN SINCE FEBRUARY 1962 COME FROME A FAMILY OF TWELVE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THIS BLOG THAT KNOWS ABSOLUTLY NOTHING ABOUT CABRINI GREEN.... Kathleen from SC: My husband and I were driving home from a hunt in Nebraska. We stopped and rented a cabin for the night about 5 miles from the castle. The owner of the cabins told...... anon (modemcable198.107-201-24.mc.videotron.ca): Super Contact was 15$/song minimum of 2 songs + tipping(5-10$)... Mushi: Jane,
I've lived by myself in Bushwick off of the Jefferson Street stop. My theory with being a single woman living in any part of NYC: take the subway until a certain part of the night...... Genny: Oh dear, all these tales of sadness and I have my own to add.
My previous bike was stolen last year from where it was locked in front of the Canadian Tire on Yonge St. and...... Indeed Bill Harding they cut kite lines, but with what type of line??:
Pakistan province lifts 2005 kite ban
Kite flying is a popular sport in Pakistan
The government of Pakistan's Punjab province is to allow kite-flying during the Basant spring
festival in February 2007.
But officials said the kite-makers...... nuclearrabbit33: Seems some people have the Robert Taylor homes and Cabrini mixed up. The Robert Taylor homes are the buildings which you see from 94. Cabrini would be hard to see from the expressway. ... nuclearrabbit33: By the way, the Robert Taylor homes along south State St. have always been worse. There are the projects you can see from the Dan Ryan Expressway. I'd rather be lost in Cabrini any day.... nuclearrabbit33: I used to work for a carriage company in Chicago. We had to pass through Cabrini Green every single day...both on the way to downtown and the way back to our barns at night. In...... anon (cpe.net.cable.rogers.com): Very cool , The dc-3 is a work horse . Some still flying regular service around the world ...... anon (82-44-1-121.cable.ubr01.tonb.blueyonder.co.uk): I've just started at Goldsmiths. New cross isn't beautiful, but it's fine and your're one dtop from london bridge...about 7mins to get easy access to central london.... HushUp: For the person who thinks that someone should ask the side of the 'Gang Member' on why they shot and killed my son's friend - It's obvious you have no clue what it's like to...... jonatan: maura es hermosa yo la amo mas qe ivan cabreras ... Hope: There are great young men and women who are rising out of Cabrini Green. You won't see it by the comfort of your Volvo's. You'll see it by actually getting involved in the...... Someone in Detroit metro: Wow.....some of the comments made here have been really ignorant, but then again everone is entitled to their own opinions right? Here's mine:
I have lived in Detroit metro area my whole life. I...... Luis: Being from the Projects in NYC I have some idea what it's like but to be honest the projects I grew up in in no way are the hell that Cabrini Green was. I...... Chris Rodriguez: oh shit i used 2 go 2 saint francis cabrini right across dat buildin haha dats da shit brooklyn baby... Chris Rodriguez: oh shit i used 2 go 2 saint francis cabrini right across dat buildin haha dats da shit brooklyn baby... Louis Le Grand: I just had my racing COPPI bike stolen, last saturday. Went to visit my aunt at Soeurs St Joseph, in Lachine, west of Montreal. Asked the security man if possible to let the bike in,...... Belroc: Yes it's a caboose. You can tell by the Cupola on top.
I didn't think it was that important to correct anyone.
More pictures of that please. {If you have any}... stevo: That's not a boxcar...it's a caboose. Nice picture, if you like that sort of thing... EvilGentleman: How I miss good old "Half-lax", as my friends and I used to call it. And especially the concerts. Billy Idol, Iron Maiden and Twisted Sister in the Metro Centre, and Nazareth at the Misty...... anon (82-44-54-54.cable.ubr08.croy.blueyonder.co.uk): this is bullshit... Cyril Bagshaw:
The picture is the Saints vesus Bradford Bulls match that I though was pretty good
Dear Cyril and Helen,
This is the first time I have seen this web address and I found the contents incredibly interesting....... little ukraine: i need to expand my vocabulary, because it's not enough to say these pics and you're story are awesome and inspiring. i love the anthropomorphic lampposts and cable supports.... 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...... Michelle: I use to live in Cabrini Greens in the 90's. And I miss it soooo much, even though I had a hard life I never forgot where I cam from because I know it made......
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