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CAPITAL_BEE: I used to by t-shirts and other graff stuff from there stii have my top-2bottom stuff from there GREAT-STORE ...

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

bikeguy: Uncle Jacobs is getting a lot of negative reviews here as a stolen bike shop. Look, if you're going to sell used bikes in the world capital of bike theft then you're obviously going to......

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

serlingrod: In response to the last post - first of, let me say that I live in Philadelphia and have worked as a community organizer in Kensington for the past several years. I mention this to......

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

surviving: All of the post I"ve been reading has some kind of validity to the experience and surviving in hutch. I will not capitalize the "h on hutchinson' so please don"t think I messed up.......

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

EvilGentleman: Jeez, and I had always thought that Eritrea was a country on Africa's Red Sea coast which recently (early 1990's) gained its freedom from Ethiopia. Capital Asmera, population around 5 million? And a former Italian......

in response to: Est. 1985 by Peter

eccles: That sure sounds nice, Jack, but who will pay for such an effort? Because I guarantee that the American beef industry is going to pursue profit over domestic philanthropy any day of the week. It's......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

Peter: yeah, i skipped that movie. i think they were just trying to capitalize on the fabled {23 enigma}, anyway. nice graf... theres some {23 graffiti} around {bushwick}, too. ill snap a pic next time i......

in response to: 23 Van by Peter

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

Jamie: Sharon, that's a very moving story, albeit entirely written in CAPITAL LETTERS, but quite possibly one of the most thought provoking comments ever to appear on this site **also:** [[img:27850]] lol@ebay...

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Jesse: We moved to the northside when moving here from Ontario. Fredericton is about 20 yrs behind well anywhere else in Canada especially when it comes to shopping. My god its a capital city and full......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

RAY ALAN: I have lived in jacksonville fla. all my life 51yrs. to be exact.First I cant belive Jacksonville fla. is being called a small town because there est.800,000 people reside here and it is......

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

if90b: New workout by on right side of I-84 heading west after 181st exit. There used to be a LUNAR out there on the fence and it got cleaned, then a few weeks later was......

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

ChiPhi: Christopher and others, why is there always a: "...somebody needs to do something to help..." why don't people take responsibility and pride for their own? I have lived in this neighborhood for 5 years......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Busch #11: Omg all the Capitals builds look alike.. oh jeeze...

in response to: Old Capital Building by Hobart

walter nyoike: You really inspired me with your wise,well thought and encouraging words which have made me to realise that my childhood thinking and dream is also shared by an intelligent kenyan out there.Am 22 and newly......

in response to: A Call for Reason in Our Country Kenya by magu nguru

EvilGentleman: El, since they were government-funded homes originally intended for the families of veterans returning from WWII, it is most unfortunate that the government decided to stop funding them. If you look at the comments in the......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

Dawn: I heard on the radio yesterday that people in liverpool are campaigning to get rid of it because they think its just graffiti and not 'art'. They also said that because Liverpool is becoming the......

in response to: Giant Rat Destroys Liverpool by banksyfan

Proletariat: It's my duty to care about others. You're right, I've never lived in kensington, however I've lived in worse places. I've lived in the poorest country in South America, where more than 50 % of......

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

armleglegarm: every second statement he makes is against capitalism and money, then i went to his exhibition in central london last year and he's selling postcards for £4... a postcard for £4 with an anti-commerce statement......

in response to: Banksy Rocks! by EvilGentleman

eyeofodin: winnipeg.....the capital of sorrow. just quoting a song!...

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

anon (c-24-13-220-12.hsd1.il.comcast.net): My guess is elementary school children visiting the capital.....got stickers then stuck them! ...

in response to: Got Stickers? by Brad

JKS: Hello. I'm a white, college-educated newcomer to Bushwick. I've always been poor, but by comparison white people are much wealthier than ethnic minorities. I'm white, and I have no trouble admitting that......

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

Peter: its hard to be objective about "safety" and "neighborhoods" in nyc in general, as everyone has their own stories and experiences, and fluke things happen in every neighborhood, from the hood to park avenue. but i......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

aer: What's happening in Seattle right now is bloody awful. You can see 10 cranes (on Capital Hill I'm assuming), there are supposed to be something like 12 new condo sites in downtown alone this year,......

in response to: Bye Bye Belmont by fuzzytank

sick: bushwick is probabably the heroin capital of new york i know b/c i i go to the needle exchange placed so conveniently on broadway dont raise your kids in this neighborhood they will grow up to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

serlingrod: I studied abroad in Tokyo last year while wrapping up my urban studies undergrad. Jeff, do yourself the favor and start planning now to study there. For those interested in urban development within a global......

in response to: tokyo skyline by jeeff

Mastaplann: That's a good point there about SE (South East) Asia. Indeed, almost all of them will boom specially the Philippines which Manila is its capital city. No wonder Euro contries are investing businesses there like......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

EvilGentleman: Good old Decatur, the Soy Capital. Been over 15 years since I was last there, visiting my fiancee who was studying at Milliken U. Wonder what's in the pipes?...

in response to: Decatur Graffiti by Brad

joey: What is Phnom Penh? it's the capital city of cambodia. here, in oakland, it's a trendy cambodian restaurant on 8th street near alice street...

in response to: Inside Phnom Penh by joey

.nanotech.: [[img:18457]] [[img:18458]] [[img:18459]] [[img:18462]] [[img:18463]] [[img:18464]] [[img:18465]] [[img:18466]] [[img:18467]] [[img:18468]] [[img:18469]] [[img:18470]] [[img:18471]] * The Queen of England has reportedly been buying up property in Colorado under a proxy. * There is a lot of "secret society" symbology at the airport,......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

LR: Here's the lick from a lincoln park reared and raised guero who kicked it in HP (east of Cal) back in the late 80's/early 90's....Oh yeah, and before people are dismissive, let me state that......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

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

JNJ: "I was running in Humboldt Park the other day, as I have for a few years, when 2 Puerto Rican 17ish year olds rammed their bicycles into me. I stepped to them, as it were,......

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

Phallen: Montpelier is the only state capital that doesn't have a Mcdonalds.......

in response to: The Green Mountain State by little ukraine

Susannah: I believe I've been to the Pecan Capital of the world. I think it was Seguin or some place near it - home of the largest pecan. It wasn't as pretty as this though....

in response to: Pecan Trees in Winter by dfwtiger

JNJ: Everybody is missing the point here and underlying factor. I grew up in Humboldt Park. I lived there for 32 years. Yes, it was stressful. However, I had allot of fun......

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

EvilGentleman: I figured as much, jeeff. Thanks for the confirmation. I had noticed that there were two "sam" comments followed immediately by two "EvilGentleman" comments, and then a final "Sam" comment. The big clue to me......

in response to: Hot Air Balloons by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Aw darn, I was hoping to see the trinkets. Most of us Native Americans find it hilarious to see "authentic" Native souvenirs that have little innocuous labels proclaiming them to be made in China, the......

in response to: Beaver House Trading Post by jfilip

GarinTeed: Doesn't look like much was goin on on Canada Day in the capital....

in response to: Fredericton: July 1, 2006 by CE

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.

dT: Blaming white people for gentrification is pointless; capitalism is the real problem. Exploitation will continue to exist as long as our corporatist economy exists. Also, if you are white, stop complaining about being......

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

zagg: Thanks Peter, a close friend of mine was living in Macedonia at the time (my tri was in May) and so I took life by the balls and flew over to Macedonia for 2+ weeks.......

in response to: In Steep Cliffs with Rocks All Piled Up Mysteries of Your Passing Luck by zagg

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.

Chris Erb: It could be argued that he was murdered by the opressive forces of capitalism....

in response to: Murder Alley by rgalston

GUS BRENNAN: thanks for your comments jack, as for the other jack, i have not got a clue who he is ,but, does it matter, after all typing anything in caps, is hardly, wait for it, a......

in response to: Barnoldswick by Gus Brennan

Allyson: I am well impressed, I agree with the capitals though. You have always been a good looking chappie haven't you would have thought it was only yesterday!...

in response to: Barnoldswick by Gus Brennan

Jersey City Capital of World: Jersey City is much nicer, cleaner, closer to manhattan, and cheaper that Brooklyn!...

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

GUS BRENNAN: hi jamie, yes i know that capital letters are considered to be shouting, i just can`t fathom this one out, internet manners i suppose.i honestly thought that cap. letters would be clearer and easier to......

in response to: Barnoldswick by Gus Brennan

Jamie: Gus, on the internet typing in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS is generally considered to be SHOUTING and is, on the whole, unwelcome. Thanks for the pics and info though. Did you take these yourself?...

in response to: Barnoldswick by Gus Brennan

Jack: I'm not really planning on engaging with most of the comments here, except to say to Mauvis: I'm not a "lady," so please, keep your fucking assumptions to yourself, thanks. And also, yes,......

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

Carley: I think the Gherkin is sooo unique and its a great place to vist and im so proud to have this part of my capital city !!!!!!!!!11...

in response to: The Gherkin by Hasslehoff

Carley: I think the Gherkin is sooo unique and its a great place to vist and im so proud to have this part of my capital city !!!!!!!!!11...

in response to: The Gherkin by Hasslehoff

Carley: I think the Gherkin is sooo unique and its a great place to vist and im so proud to have this part of my capital city !!!!!!!!!11...

in response to: The Gherkin by Hasslehoff

chiamattt: It is to capitalist christians. ;p Laurette Willis is also the author of "basic steps to godly fitness"...

in response to: God Is Good by Peter

Penpusher: Here's the thing about the geography of NYC. Everything radiates from Midtown. During the late 90s, the Giuliani era, NY developed a reputation as being a safe city, a clean city and as Rudy claimed,......

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

chiamattt: I am by no means a 'corporate hack', and while you said you would not attack me personally, you did. Whatever man, I just feel that these matters can be handled outside the realm of......

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

EvilGentleman: Make light of it if you want, Matt. My health is **not** negotiable. The reality is, I have had to actually get off of an aircraft because some idiot thought perfume would be a suitable......

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

chiamattt: More bylaws. I have a novel idea! A Capitalist, living in a free market economy, comes up with a great idea to open a non-smoking bar. All those who like a non-smoking atmosphere while sipping......

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

EvilGentleman: chiamatt, by any chance, are you in advertising? You seem pretty adamant about this. I am just stating my opinion, and explaining why this will affect my decision as to where I spend my gas......

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

Karlo: hello leecat,hope u enjoy your visit here,youll certainly find some parallels with your own country,but of course,major differences also..there are many guides and tours that explain to some degree,the facts about the conflict,but always keep......

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

Darren Gunn: I love this building. London has a new landmark that is unique. I am so proud to have this as part of my capital city. The architecht deserves any awards that are given. Awesome!!!!!!!!!!...

in response to: The Gherkin by Hasslehoff

Franny Wentzel: [[img:10063]] One of the more compelling skylines in the small city catagory is the city of Albany, New York. Until the 1960s there were only a couple building over 20 storeys tall but with the construction......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: My God, that's it exactly. My Marxist tendancies make me subvert my capitalistic job with other creative avenues....

in response to: Class War Sunset by elaine

vz: i don't know, i'm thinking maybe they should look like this http://www.metro.ru/stations/arbatsko-pokrovskaya/arbatskaya/ (or this http://www.metro.ru/stations/koltsevaya/kievskaya/ or this http://www.metro.ru/stations/arbatsko-pokrovskaya/kievskaya/ ... ) when the capital is also the largest city, and the national leader has a fascination with underground......

in response to: Subway Decay by Peter

EvilGentleman: We all know that lies are the fabric upon which all governments are founded. It matters not whether the nation is a democracy or non-democracy, capitalist, socialist, communist, fascist, agrarian, theocracy or dictatorship. The one......

in response to: Freedom of Speech! by Elicar

gringa latina: Hola, muy buenas. Hace dos anos llegue a Chicago desde Madrid. He vivido de alquiler en varios barrios de la ciudad pero siempre me gusto Humboldt Park. El ano pasado fui con unos amigos......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

kc: I rather like that clam with stick composition. And btw, since this is such an informative post: Mussel Shoals, CA: "If Rincon’s the Saks Fifth Avenue of California pointbreaks, then Mussel Shoals, located a mile south of......

in response to: Great Kills by GGP

ahimsa: thats easy-peasy mate they jst always exit 2 the right when leavin the capital...

in response to: FedEx Goes to Washington by Peter

denyelle viereck: I'm suposed to be looking up information for my oration on the Iowa capital building for school but instead I found this cool typing box and keep writing messages but this is probably my last......

in response to: Old Capital Building by Hobart

denyelle viereck: Yeah Iowa rocks I live there and we produce your corn so Yeah Go Iowa oh yeah and the capital building rocks to don't forget that!...

in response to: Old Capital Building by Hobart

Dotcommie: Anon: I "be lame to the max?" I "make up shit?" Huh? You MUST be the crazy violent guy in the pics. No one else can have that biased of a view of this situation. I'm completely......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I second that emotion. I knew Peter would document the strike! Good man. I set out with every intention of walking to 55th and 3rd from Astoria with two of my neighbors. We got about two......

in response to: Transit Strike! by Peter

jethro: the american criminal justice systems needs to make a profit. i once read that capitalism is sad. and i believe it....

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

Jamie: robert. friendly advice. turn off your 'caps lock' it's considered rude to post in all capitals. it's like **SHOUTING**...

in response to: my world in brooklyn by sine

jeeff: hooray for capitalism...

in response to: Attack of the Giant Phones by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

joey: capitalism is sad! all the zombie-like americans in photo #3 chasing the dream, the dollar....

in response to: Park Place & PATH by Peter

Jime 10, boston, MA, usa: fuck etch? etch is totally a natural progression of graffiti. just like those stupid wild style murals where you can't even make out a single letter in a 15 color spaghetti "burner" with tons of......

in response to: Snatch by Peter

Sez1: Good shit, dudes. Aside from Toronto being a concrete Swamp, yer lookin' like you make it on the books for these bombs. Don't worry about "legal vs illegal" >> it's all in how many......

in response to: graffiti alley / style in progress \'05 by jeeff

KelSey: Wow Lets All Use Unusual Capitalization...

in response to: StreetSentry Urban Arts by Jot Maxi

cafeconleche: benrox--I appreciate your p.o.v. I can totally see eye to eye w/U on the whole reversed racism...I have a blond blue-eyed son. I have dark curly hair and medium skin tone--everyone always assumes......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Peter: babelfish tells me (in really fractured english): manifest/listovka/zaveshchaniye/ob"yavleniye/anketa (necessary to emphasize) Explaining everything and simultaneously questioning WHY! you this make vyaloradikal'naya anarkhoterroristicheskaya proyevreyskaya counterrevolutionary group, band, gang, party, force WHY! It calls to deny everything and to......

in response to: Oktyabrskaya by piranha erem

Jack: Sorry to get you all upset about flag and politics. Whe nyou look back throughout history, soldiers and civilians died for stupid reasons... soldiers dont like war, especially politically motivated ones so they fight for......

in response to: grace in the city/4th july by elaine

elaine: people are getting sentimental about the days of the ira - they used to phone in a warning so they only damaged capital and morale - this is a different register...

in response to: Multiple Explosions Rock London by Editor

Mr English: anticapitalist i would say. an there's nothing wrong with that jack. 1000s of young americans have died and continue to die protecting US oil interests overseas. This is a bad thing. A bad bad thing....

in response to: grace in the city/4th july by elaine

jack: nice photo of grace, I remember when it was built. your x's flag is in a capitalist mood. i know 22 g i 's that died for the stars on that flag,......

in response to: grace in the city/4th july by elaine

Stakem: The idea I mostly receive from the whole situation in N. Ireland is a lack of communication, a lack of understanding, and, above all, complete friggin' ignorance. I can't sit here and lecture on N.......

in response to: Northern Ireland Memoirs: Part One by Jamie

elaine: commodification is about turning something which is not 'naturally' a commodity into one. historically the body has been seen differently in different cultures, but typically as the mortal carrier of the soul, whether sexually celebrated......

in response to: Skin Deep by Billy Stroud

fede: chicago= the capital of the midwest, its about 5 hours northeast of St Louis. its the only thing the US midwest region has other than corn wheat and soy fields. chicago is a miracle with......

in response to: metrametra7am by fede

Peter: wow, this thread has some very creative uses of capitalization....

in response to: Crip/Blood Graffiti: Washington Heights by anon

cityboi05: Well I live in Tallahassee.I believe development in this city is desperately needed. The things that keep the city of Tallahasse going are it's 2 universities, and the fact that Tallahassee is Florida's capital. Any......

in response to: Two Views of Tallahassee by JonathanGarrett

Jamie: This is usually when elaine chips in her two anti-capitalist pence......

in response to: Peterborough Electric Tramways by Jamie

elaine: very at home in Brighton, too. It might be pushing it's luck to call itself a city, but surely it's been the capital of gay for a long time...

in response to: Kissing Coppers by Banksy

Jamie: Heh, thats pretty unique in a funny sorta way. I've googled for other stuff by this guy and he has his own website. He's been quite prolific all over the uk, most notably in London......

in response to: Giant Rat Destroys Liverpool by banksyfan

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