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Peter: heh... its so true, though. my reality indicates that just about every new yorker i know winces upon hearing the name "mccain", wanted to punch giuliani every time he over-invoked 9/11 while campaigning and basically......

in response to: Preaching to No One by Peter

a knowledgable source: very simply, Belleville blows. the town thinks it is this thriving mecca that people throng to...it is a cess pool people drown in. they are trying to take over the neighboring school system because ......

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

Rebecca: Wow, it's changed so much! Amazing....

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

CartLegger: ummmm...sorry, no more available. I had to miss the last public tear down due to a prior engagement. But keep your eyes on the Governors island website, as they post these events occasionally. good luck!...

in response to: Governors Island: The Death of Motel 8 by CartLegger

Janet: What a collection of memories--things that surely resonate throughout this remarkable site. Just a few comments, Alan, though the Rochester-Buffalo-Ralph neighborhood from St. Johns to Eastern Parkway was not our neighborhood. The Congress......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories By Alan Kupperberg Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Sautleoccalse: Finding one of her students making faces at others on the playground, Ms. Smith stopped to gently reprove the child. Smiling sweetly, the Sunday School teacher said, "Johnny, when I was a child, I was told if that......

in response to: Post a Picture of Directly Outside Your Window by CE

jack: ahh the bowery, i had an account in the old bowery savings bank that my grandparents started for me in the 40's. i still drive by there on occasion to visit stores for special......

in response to: October on the Danforth by Michelle

rick: Doc - I think we all got our first basebal gloves and all of our sneakers at Circle ("Spaldeens" too, as I recall). Yes, your memory serves - Barton's was, indeed, across Franklin. Also, on......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Humboldt1: Arquitecto, Seriously, you don't need to use all the 5 dollar words. I have been in Humboldt Park for the past 3 years, having purchased an apartment building here in which I live. I......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

thesouthernapple: Hey everyone, I'm sad to see the neighborhood in such decline. But I'm glad to see so many memories here, about the Ave. I graduated Valerdictorian from St. Marks in 1985, and I know that......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Richie Fisher: I always thought DP beat up only on us bad boys, hope she went to confession every week. There is a great movie called " Heaven Help Us" about a Catholic High School......

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

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......

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

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......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

darren mccaffrey: the "Dazza" on the wall, thats me XD...

in response to: Satan's Front Door by Jamie

Peter: ch. 13 is pretty standard for such bridge communications. but beware that if you need the bridge to be opened, you need to contact them well in advance, as they have to work around the......

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

chae sone: Mad cowed assemblymen. WHO REPRESENTS KOREA? The Korean people want to be free from the mad cow riots. It reminds Rousseau’s statement. “Man is born free, yet everywhere he is chains.” In this social condition, he proposed......

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

IBM: Lived in St Laurent 1980-88. Just east of Decarie on Cote Vertu in fact. Probably ate more Decarie Steamies than was good for me and I still have the occasional Jones for a couple. You'd......

in response to: Decarie Hot Dogs by CE

anon (h-67-101-223-88.snfccasy.dynamic.covad.net): that's america. the police protect the patriots. looking good there jack....

in response to: Memorial Day in My Home Town by jack

janet: Alma--Back to your memories of the old neighborhood. I remember the butcher shop, the one on Schenectady right near Lincoln Place (and next to a wonderful hardware store with long passage between loads of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter Creer: None of you Irlam or Cadisheadites seem to remem Morris's Pie shops. On the coner of Kings road oppsite Royles in Cadishead and some where in 20 row in Irlam. I lived on Morris's pies when......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Stuart Brennan: Hello again Deb Nice to see in your avatar that you've still got that big sunny smile! I'm not really in close touch with any of the old Irlam High lot. I last saw Gaz Siddall about six......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Anne, Our family had great respect for Dr W A Walker, we only lived just across Liverpool road from his surgery, and on many occasions whether it was scarlet fever, measles, births of my sisters,......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

CE: I have a friend who recently travelled through Europe for a few months and on a few occasions she said that there were people who were less than pleasant with her because they thought she......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

Dom Smith: I was taking a short cut through Back Piccadilly and was upset to discover this....

in response to: Demolish the Railway Arches by Andrew Smith

darren mccaffrey: fond memories anon is right, wish the clock could turn back...

in response to: Castle Balfour by barry

Elicar: These stopped two blocks west of Main (Westlake). [[img:26588]] But realtors' boundaries of the Danforth Village are: "Danforth Village spans from Victoria Park Avenue west to Greenwood Avenue, and includes the first few blocks north of The......

in response to: Going Around the World On Danforth Avenue by Elicar

ExKansan: I guess I missed all the above mentioned incest, pedophilia and lynch mobs growing up in Belleville, but I must say that would hardly be boring! Like other posters here I moved away to a......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob On the last of your photos, you can just about see at the edge on the left, a little opening cut under the railway that led into LSC (British Steel). I never worked at......

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

tristan: I hate it, this is not right for the financial district of Canary Wharf, better placed in Piccadilly!...

in response to: The Traffic Light Tree, Pierre Vivant 1998. by I.T.U.C.

{{A}}: Everyone is going to have there own personal opinion about the schooL regardl3ss. But for the ones who attend ACORN...they cant say that this school is all around bad. Just because this school may not......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Anne Priestley (nee Rigby): Hi Cyril Thank you again for the photo I have sent copies to my brother and Dad. Look forward to hearing from you about where it was taken and the occasion. Where does your......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Anne, My youngest sister is just peeping over the edge on the right has the original photo, a copy of which she sent to me. I will ask her what the occasion was for the group......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

liam mccann: yo jot its your couson liam from england like the stuff ur doin at the min i was lookin 2 c if i could c any music ur doin at the min but cant find......

in response to: StreetSentry Urban Arts by Jot Maxi

Alan Taylor: Dear Ian Clover, I don't think any harm to your income was intended, or if the posting had in fact damaged your income, although I do agree with your sentiments on copyright, which everyone can read......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

St John the Baptist church : Maybe I am getting old and long in the tooth but I can remember Vicar Lee being the vicar at St John the Baptist church and I can remember the shop that is......

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

wow crew 92': shit i was RIVAL an original member of the WOW crew and there were some tight writers back then yeah they were few and far between but still UP and we bombed the fucking city......

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

janet: Hi Stan—and all you 167 alums out there—The beautiful public library in classical style on Schenectady & Eastern Parkway was a place to visit, to use, but for me not to hang out in and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

rick: RD - I remember Bobby Fischer. He was a good friend of my friend Mike Demsky (a relative of Kirk Douglas, by the way) who lived in my bldg at 881 Washington. I would spend......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

janet: Hi Stan--You're probably close to my vintage. I'm trying without luck to call up a memory of Famous on Schenectady--I lived just around the corner and went to 167--so there it was during the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

janet: I moved from St. Johns Place between Schenectady & Troy to St. Johns & Albany in early 50's and boarded IRT to Manhattan at Kingston. Wish I could remember Famous Restaurant on Schenectady,......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Liam McCann: Reading your article was like going back home. I grew up on 87th ST. off of Lex and remember alot ot the locations you cited. I remember what the Rupert Towers development was......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

EvilGentleman: The areas bordering Verdun are pretty much the same, as well. Pointe-Saint-Charles, east of Verdun, is historically Irish, and today is a mixed community where English is not a problem. Ville-Emard, to the north of Verdun, has......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

Mary Aguanno Allocca: I think of my old neighborhood quite often. I lived at 101 Harman Street, between Central and Evergreen Avenues. Graduated from 8th grade at St. Barbara's in 1962 (was in the school "Brigade"......

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

Kimberly: This town SUCKS!! I have lived here 40 years,been in the bar ,in the drugs, in a couple good jobs,currently in one of the top paying postion and still have nothing to show for any......

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

EvilGentleman: The art/vandalism debate will go on forever, because both sides are correct. Many graffiti pieces are unquestionably artistic masterpieces. I have seen many pieces that are absolutely mind-boggling, provoke intelligent thought and debate, and are just......

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

Someone Who Made it Out: I lived in Hutchinson for the majority of my adolescent life. By the time I had reach the 8th grade at Sherman back in 1999-2000, I had already become a product of which Hutch has......

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

Logan: I am a 38 year old man born and raised in bushwick. I have seen bushwick go through many changes. I can remember when the wiseguys used to spend their days in the coffee shops......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Helen: I left Eldon Road when I went to University and I found the studies and way of life difficult. Life changed when I found a boyfriend and I found the social life lively. ......

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

Elicar: No offense taken joey. It was really modelled after New York's Times Square and, London's Piccadilly Circus. There were pro's and con's about the "development". I. for one prefer what it is now if I......

in response to: It\'s Christmas Already? by Elicar

catherine: my best friend and i are looking for an apt in brooklyn. neither of us are stupid, but we are young (20). naturally, my mother is worried that i won't be safe if......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

Dan Doyle: Hey Wanderer!! The cheesesteaks you had were from Bills Steakhouse at Kensington & Cambria. Bill's is where you went late at night or real early in the morning, it was open so late. ......

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

Johnny : Hi im from Nw London and am very interested in taking up parkour, not done much in it but am very athletic, fast, and got good jump use to do sprinting and long jump for......

in response to: le parkour: london waterloo jam by 3flow

Jason: I'm sorry to agree with Gentrification, The old Southeast Side used to be a mecca of beautiful homes with flowers and families enjoying life in the 1970's-early 80's. The area was majority Irish, Serbian......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Elicar: Yes, it is ONLY 12 hours. And it is a looooong 12 hours. You can only watch so much movies and can only sleep so much in those cramped economy seats. On rare occasions, my......

in response to: Alaska, From Above by Elicar

HushUp: Ok apparently not. So here we go (I guess because of my first post I used copy and paste so it didn't go through) Sooooo, I will type it all out, just because I......

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

serlingrod: Montrealers seemed very tolerant of my girlfriend and I whenever we asked to speak English, for Englsih menus, etc. They would start off in French, notice the confused looks on our faces, then switch to......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

Teresa: Jim, I took your email and will be in contact some time soon. A reunion of some sort would be awesome, especially the school in the school, I've wanted to go in numerous times just don't......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Peter: im 30. im not rich. i live in bushwick because i can afford it and because its, for the most part, a hard-working, family-rich neighborhood thats free of yuppie condos, starbucks and the like. it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

David Kruger: Hi. Very interesting to see these photos. My late father worked for the MOD (R.E.M.E.) and would very occasionally visit this place. I have no idea what work was done there by him ?...

in response to: MoD Aquila (Part Two) by Simon Cornwell

Myeisha: I received the book "There Are No Children Here" two years ago for a birthday gift and I've read it numerous times since them. I try to picture the way things were in my......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

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in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

CE: You probably won't want to know about the great pleasure I occasionally take in dipping my french fries in mustard then. I actually don't like ketchup, I haven't since I was very very young......

in response to: Decarie Hot Dogs by CE

jack: barry, you lucky dog, i wish i could go out on a party boat and catch some stripers. i usually go down the shore to union beach and fish for stripers but i only......

in response to: City Island by barry

EvilGentleman: We have both tended to focus on the area of downtown near Guy-Concordia metro, probably due to our being Concordia students. I also hang around with the native crowd in the west end of downtown,......

in response to: RCA Building by Cinic

Rebecca: IS it still there? Where can I find this fine establishment?...

in response to: The Hambone Cafe by LoopZilla

upfromflames: good question. glad you asked that, as I just pulled out my CB4 (Bushwick) zoning map out last night after too long. And now I get to use it! Y'see, its pretty easy for the city......

in response to: The Tower of Bushwick by upfromflames

CE: I'm willing to put up with the possibility of the occasional cockroach to have $1.50 zataars....

in response to: De Maisonneuve and MacKay by CE

Alfonso Criscuoli: My partner is from Cadishead, and like some people have said, there isn't much happening there but that is not a bad thing at all. Living in London, which I hate, I find Cadishead......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

John: Well the reason from the sudden Crime wave and violence is because of the Muslim immigrant groups who migrated to Norway such as the pakistani gangs the Albanian gangs and the Moroccans who are all......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

Sue: I had a family member who worked at this plant and is still with GM. It was sad to see this plant destroyed. It's sad really. This plant was already around when I......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Sonray: i live in bushwick its ight there in daytime occasional murder and rape more robbery really...

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

EvilGentleman: I would agree with the majority of what has been said, but I will state my opinions on each issue, so it becomes obvious where I stand. I think the best way to have notification on......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

Josh: I have been in Oslo several times over the past years and have liked it less every time. Norway has become fantastically wealthy, and this wealth has mirrored itself in a cultural vulgarity which......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

Rune Willem: Anon.. saw your comment on lefsa.. do u eat it a lot in your stat of Minnesota..? is there alot of norwegians there... or people with some connections to this scandinavian country.. Would you......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

K.H.: I visited the castle a few times back when I lived in Pueblo... truly amazing. I ran into Jim Bishop there on a couple of those occasions, and he was talking about building......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

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

jack: not you evil, actually montreal is beautiful. of course i've never been there but i came close one time when i went to niagara for a convention. i had a grand time, throwing......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

devil doc: Live and Let live. I remeber wen i was 14- 15 years old hanging out in front of CB GB'S and talking to a few members of the HA. Down right cool people. I......

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

kruzer: Ya know... it's an art what he's doing. Wish someone can donate engineering time and material to make sure the structure will stand. If some of you bitch about these things... how about the leaning tower......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Beadle and Tatum: My bad. I always thought he was an unawknowledged outta wedlock child to Johnson, but I looked it up. "Growing up in rural Arkansas, Mr. Lockwood learned guitar fundamentals from Johnson, who also functioned as an......

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

Tammy: Love the photo documentary. I work, go to school, and worship in Newark. It is a great city that has endured many injustices which gives new meaning to its nickname “Brick City"- its......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

anon (h-67-101-102-3.snfccasy.dynamic.covad.net): those wires on the fence look like plants...

in response to: signs by GGP

grace: I was born and raised in bushwick....lived on melrose st. until I got married in 1959...still keep in touch with very old and dear friends from that street..moved to canarsie and then to Long sland...have......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mecca Young: Very nice picture.It captures the moment....

in response to: North Main by rgalston

Mecca Young: I like this.Adidas my fav/shoe! ...

in response to: Melbourne at Night Part 2 by benji

Mecca Young: I love Montreal!...

in response to: Graffiti Above the Highway by CE

Mecca Young: My mother is from Korea. These are beautiful photos.Great dimensions!...

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

Mecca Young: Thats been there for a long time! ...

in response to: Michigan Places That No Longer Exist 002 by Cosmo

Mecca Young: Nice...

in response to: Barbed Wire by Peter

jethro: Tom Skilling's 7-day forecast Monday Very cold with occasional flurries. Near-record low maximums in the upper 30s. Freezing temperatures in the upper 20s to start the day. Partly sunny but still unseasonably cold with highs in the......

in response to: And The Winter Moves About Illinois by procyon

Micah: I love that second puppy, the black-and-white one held by the lady with her eyes closed. She looks like she's putting lots of mental winning energy into her puppy. But don't do silly......

in response to: Old Navy Canine Casting Call by GGP

Mecca Young: Neat!!!!...

in response to: Ocean Life by Cameo

Mecca Young: LOVE it....

in response to: Prey for Pills by sine

Mecca Young: Maybe, that place has died and,gone to heaven.When you go maybe you'll see it again but this time it will be even better.Im a visual person.Great description....

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mecca Young: That 3rd picture from the top is amazing.But I guess you already know that....

in response to: august 23 2005 toronto by hool

Mecca Young: It's so exciting to see that someone is still interested in detroits artistic growth like I am.I'm a female artist who grew up in detroit, my whole life but, are well aware of outside cities.......

in response to: Mexicantown by Cosmo

zagg: oh good, because I was afraid I'd have to bring up about the time my mom made him a black bow tie and cuffs with cuff links (i forget the occasion, this is over 15......

in response to: Cool Dog by ksedge

observer: The reasons that Braille is on the drive-up machine are two-fold -- 1) so the blind can use it from the back seat of a car and 2) the machine itself can be placed and......

in response to: I Assume You\'re Not Blind by Cosmo