Comments about character

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anon (wnpgmb014rw-ad01-11-34.dynamic.mts.net): Winnipeg is maturing and growing beautifuly and should defiitely be on the list. SO green in summer with so many trees and a fantastic mix of contemporary and character buildings of the Chicago school of design......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

JP1515JeffersonAve: I find it amazing that so many have so many different views yet we all have a common thread...the Love of our hood. I grew up in Bushwick back in the 70's through the 90's.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

arquitecto: Xavi, good post. I feel your pain. I am a central american immigrant who grew up in cleveland. Went to school in Portland and am living in Sacramento CA. I have gained......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

eyeofodin: Iron Maiden was my addiction back in grade, middle and high school. Nothing was so exciting as hearing and feeling the Somewhere In Time album infiltrate every pore of my body and make......

in response to: Heavy MTL 2008: Iron Maiden by EvilGentleman

Liz in Canada: I am Canadian and my ancestry is Irish/Scottish. Some of my ancestors were Catholic and some were Protestant, but I am non-religious by choice. My Irish ancestors were forced out of Ireland and......

in response to: NYC: The Empire State Building at Sunrise by Peter

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......

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

Peter: i noticed the rear-view shots; nice technique. they threw me at first as everything wasnt in reverse. tricky! i love these little series that are borne from the everyday banal stuff... whether it be passing through......

in response to: McBuffin by EvilGentleman

Peter: i spy the {high line}... nice finds. i like the levitating rollers up there that appear to have been done from a no longer existing rooftop... the characters on the ground have piqued my curiosity,......

in response to: Irak Crew by luna park

EvilGentleman: This was one of the more educational posts that I have done, at least in the sense that I learned a lot from doing this post. When I initially shot the photos, I was focused on......

in response to: Rufus Rockhead Street by EvilGentleman

Andrew Smith: A few characters in the pubs on the edge of town, but I wouldn't call it rough (though I am from a Salford overspill town). The walled town itself and the setting is lovely - used......

in response to: Berwick-upon-Tweed. by Andrew Smith

fembot: that spray can head character is totally fresh!...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

James cashan: hello Jim W. RE Margarine Works I remember peter hamburger (gruff voice)"oh yis oh yis", but who was the phantom! daily cries of "whose out now? am i out now?" waiting for......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

James cashan: hi jon, yea we`va all been there we played to one man and his dog at the jug in doncaster, a scene straight out of comic strips bad news episode! just gotta enjoy the buzz......

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

Peter: i bet if you lined up just as many similarly attired americans, itd be a truly ugly scene; so i guess i agree with chiam on this one. also: we should see who can identify as......

in response to: Cosplay by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: What's a telephone? Ohhhh, wait... Is that one of things that is like a cellphone, but plugs into a wall, and has wires coming out of it? Hehe, seems like yesterday, when my VCR remote had......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Rob Tynan: Hi Anne, Dr Howard walker died about ten years ago I think. You are right though, he as a bit of a character! Rob...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Anne Fahy: Hi Cyril Am I too late to straighten out the Dr Walker saga I was reading back postings .....We lived in Moorfield Close and our doctor at the corner of Liverpool Road and Moorfield Road was......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

CB : It is easy for anyone to put down our inner city areas and declare them a war zone. But the truth of the matter is that if we had more people involved to make change......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob, Truly, the old village character of Irlam and Cadishead is disappearing from what was a about a Two mile narrow strip with very little either side of the main road. I was thinking only the......

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

JKMI England: Great images. Unfortunately, looking at the final few shots (before the aerial views) I just can't help feeling an imminent sense of loss. A trip along the route of the High Line just won't be......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

Renee: I enjoyed reading this thread. However, there are a lot a personal prejudices and biases here. However, that's Americans for you now isn't it. I enjoyed the person who said judge people......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Marissa Chaplin from Laura Young (not that you know me!) : Hello! I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for posting these pictures! Marissa, I am now 31 and living in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and was just looking on the internet for some pictures......

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

Deb Simpkins: Hi Norma, as I remember it, Oak Ave wasn't very long so I wonder if our grandparents knew each other? I will ask my dad and see if he remembers Tommy and May.. Bolton... was......

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

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

Dave: His characters are dope. By the way, how old is he? He's been around for yonks! Is he still hiiting trains today?...

in response to: Graf Trainz 3: South-East London: Aroe by Jamie

Anshai: what are some characteristics of African Architecture?...

in response to: African Architecture by Guy McLaren

Rob Tynan: Anyone remember Len Jackson the milkman? He ran Jacksons Dairy from a shop opposite the Coach & horses with his wife. They both smoked like chimneys. They were both real characters. ......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Norma, Do you know any info on Isa Taylor (nee Tynan) who lived at No 3 Ferry Road. She died in Oct 1952 but her husband Will Taylor lived on until the early 60's......

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

little ukraine: yeah, i wasn't sure what to make of the cartoon characters either, though i've definitely seen them elsewhere. i'm just remembering now that there is a mural on Astoria Blvd. featuring stewie griffin... though......

in response to: Keith McClusky Is a Child Mellester by little ukraine

Peter: though im not sure what to think about the preponderance of south park/rugrats/pokemon characters, but that {chav} {statue of liberty} sure is something else! hehehe. also: much of the {graf} reminds me of oldskool nyc graf,......

in response to: Keith McClusky Is a Child Mellester by little ukraine

Helen Blitzer: These posts are great. Janet Grayson-I remember Dubrows very well, with a lot of characters eating there. I lived at 1285 Lincoln Pl. corner Schenectady, went to ps 167; remember pickel store; Principal......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

wakkawakkawakka: How's it? I'm writing a novel that takes place in Montreal and one of the places the characters visit is supersexe. Could anyone be able to describe the Vip section is like? You know, where......

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

anon (user-11faovk.dsl.mindspring.com): yes, shprence was a character, i also remember Mr garone as marvelous, and miss levy as a little rigid, .......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jos: one of the sweetest characters ive seen ina while,but then again it is nz graff.nice shot,keep documenting street art....

in response to: This photo was taken at the New Zealand Hip Hop Summit which took place this past weekend in Auckland by darren

anon (wnpgmb01dc2-99-69.dynamic.mts.net): Winnipeg has been the most understated and under appreciated city in the country for decades. Rich with a vibrant arts scene and steeped in an abundance of rich history and a plethora of great performing arts......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Anonoymous: I will try to be succinct with my words. The symbols, ideology, artwork, whatever you prefer to call it serves one grand purpose, and this purpose, I will reveal in the conclusion of this......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

upfromflames: Is the difference real? Or is it just what feels better? Does it really take worn down buildings to house a pedophile? Seems to me they could live everywhere... From my own experience, as a......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

bobby: this photo shows alot of character ...

in response to: City Life African Style by Guy McLaren

Paul: Bob Salmon, My father (Barry Robinson) had relatives with the surname Royle in Irlam. One of them (probably born about 1905) was called Winnie(fred) Royle. She was quite a character. Are you hoping in some......

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

joey: i really like the studies of 111 broadway. the gargoyles look like they actually fly. old buildings have much more character than those boring glass boxes in the earlier shots....

in response to: DownTown by barry

does it matter?: If you view Winnipeg from the south, so that Osborne Village is to your left and Fort Garry Plaza is to your right, you can see Winnipeg from a much more complimentary angle. Unfortunately, most......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Peter: heh, i know exactly where some of those shots were taken... i used to work up in {washington heights}, and commuted home to {midtown} by bike every day, and often took the scenic route through......

in response to: Moments in East Harlem by serlingrod

testeez: What does the red character say in the first one (sticker)?...

in response to: Osaka Part Five by chiamattt

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.

99¢Dreams: Hey Peter, do you live in Bushwick, or are you just often there? I ask because your post reminds me of a photo project I've contemplated, but never executed: "Bushwick Gates" I'm referring to a quintessential Bushwick......

in response to: Bushwick Portals by Peter

Alexander The Thessalonikian: An ethnic group is characterized by the common language, customs, religion, inscriptions, area of origin and ways of education and living. By that means all the area of todays Greece was inhabited by Greeks since......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

Cinic: honestly, no clue, if it is however, I really love this street, it has alot of character, its really unusaly quiet at night, its like no one has any business there. ...

in response to: Griffentown (William) by Cinic

CartLegger: Jack, I think you are remembering BK's Army Terminal, which starts at 58th street. That's where they also kept over 700 "suspicious" characters after 9/11. I was not even permitted to take a picture of......

in response to: Brooklyn\'s Rusty Shores by CartLegger

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

procyon: [[img:21411]] obscured by sunglasses, dirt on / spaces in the mirror telescope, and hair that did not like the uncharacteristically rainy arizona weather one bit. jeeff, what is yours from?...

in response to: Obscured Self-Portraits? by Peter

RickC: I wish we would stop refering to Bushwick as the Ghetto. It is a community in transition. I was there when it was great and celebrities such as Jackie Gleason lived on Chauncey Street. Will......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Kari: What amazes me, seriously, is that this debate isn't just about Norman. It's about the sameness that we have spread across the US. The original set of photographs, honestly, could have been taken......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

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

Brad: These condos and apartments look like they have been there for a while. The area around Forest Park and Washington University is pretty nice, and has a lot of buildings with character. Personally, I'd much......

in response to: Debaliviere Place by maybetoday

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

EvilGentleman: LMAO, not only did my second attempt work, but the space used in the first example was ignored, causing that link to work as well. Best to check the FAQ's cuz it's always so hard......

in response to: Omid, Where Are You? by EvilGentleman

AG: Thank you for this wonderful article. I grew up in Yorkville, went to OLGC and wandered 86th street all the time ... I loved the photos - thank you for the walk down memory lane.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

EvilGentleman: I could have sworn the first conquest of Alexander was Greece. So the big question would then be, was it a civil war or an invasion? Considering the classical Greek habit of describing both Macedon......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

Budajiho: I grew up in East New York of the '50s. My pediatrician's office was on President Street, which was known as "Doctors' Row." The brownstones were beautiful, with magnificiant gardens and exquisite stonework......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Sammy: I love the Mayan character in the first graf....

in response to: 5lowershop by Marc

Cay: Mushi and Pernell, Mushi- Thank you, thank you. Its good to hear. Your a strong woman obviously and best to you. Pernell- most definitely on the right track. Keep on going......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon (localhost): My Mema was born in NY 1928. THe Stories she told makes me wonder other than things change with time what happened???? The style, class,suffistication,respect people had for eachother, life,the communities. Its kind of sad......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alexander The Thessalonikian: People from US shouldn't argue with the fact that a country with a glorious past like Greece is offended when a name that characterizes the most of the northern Greece and that has special meaning......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

aer suzuki: nice set, love the church and the bridge, top picture is my favorite, and #6 is interesting, makes it look like sf is a city with character...never been, planning to. thanks for the photos....

in response to: San Francisco by adam

Peter Dykes: In this grim Orwellian world of ours where everything is controlled by a corrupt totalitarian state (read: vicious characters that have weasled and conned their way into power by hook and by crook) and regulation......

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

little ukraine: man oh man these are so awesome. really great job chiamattt. i wish i recognized more of the characters. i got final fantasy and pikachu. i'd like to think that #1......

in response to: Cosplay by chiamattt

Chiamattt: ##Costume Play, or **Cosplay**: A very popular activity during anime conventions. It consists of dressing up as an anime or video game character to participate in contests or simply for fun.## I went to Busan with......

in response to: Cosplay by chiamattt

JNJ: Again. The problem isn't your, "whiteness". Human phenotypes don't necessarily always reflect the genotypes. "White", just like Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, is just a generic term used to separate people for the......

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

Margaret Zeidler: It is very rarely more cost effective to tear down an old building and replace it with a new one. That is an old wives tale - but one which, unfortunately, is often cited......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

Sirhcbre: Did you take any other pictures of in the town? I've heard it's a really nice city and has done a really good job at retaining it's original character....

in response to: The Green Mountain State by little ukraine

joey: the old sculpture garden in a frozen state of winter. waiting for a john updike character to enter. or perhaps holden caufield....

in response to: moma part II by sine

rubber duckie: whats soler up to now a days.its sad he got caught in that arrest shit .his characters were freakin sick his canvases were high class.all im trying to say is soler was like the most......

in response to: Moscow Garbage by Someone

jeeff: ps. on rereading my letter, i think i didn't explain myself well at the end. it probably seems counterintuitive that i'm arguing against condos as destroying the residential flavour of our neighbourhood. in......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

Michelle: Not so sure why someone is complaining. I think that they add property value because the neighborhood is cute and these just add to its quirky character....

in response to: Who\'s the Monkeys Uncle? by Michelle

procyon: Thanks for the kind words, everyone. CG: Cleveland Trust Tower! That's what it's called! I couldn't remember and was feeling uncharacteristically lazy about googling it/rushed about posting. Well, that's good to hear, especially if it's true.......

in response to: Jury Duty by procyon

Brian: I too emigrated to Australia over 20 years ago and only revisited Irlam for the first time, at the end of last summer, (2005). Irlam and Cadishead are strange places. Isolated to some degree, they lie......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

EvilGentleman: Nature has nothing to do with it. The trees were aggressively pruned to keep an open area around the power lines. They definitely look freaky, though. For some reason, I am reminded of the hair......

in response to: Cleavage Tree by EvilGentleman

RE: Toronto animal Assult!!!: Hilarious post! (sorry) The leaf by leaf destruction of a frustrated squirrel. The racoon who brings his own garbage to scatter all over your yard. And the cat that begs for food......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

Marlo: How strange! A couple of my friends and I went to Fundy on Sunday and we passed through Sussex. I agree-- it's out of character and far too obviously commercial for them to be painting......

in response to: Downtown Murals by CE

C: Downtown Calgary is littered with drugs and generally unsavoury characters, not just the East Village. In fact, over the past two years I've noticed that it's cleaned up a lot (40 hours a week, nights......

in response to: Drugs, Drugs, Drugs by ksedge

Chris Erb: I find that vinyl siding gets pretty crappy looking at around the 10-15 year mark. it gets faded and warped and might have holes and dents in it. With vinyl siding, you can't......

in response to: Vinyl Siding by CE

Chris Erb: Nice set of pictures. At least you had some rain in Montreal to cool you off. We just had horrible humidity. I'm assuming all these pictures are taken downtown. I do recognize some......

in response to: Rainy Day by EvilGentleman

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.

jeeff: uh, just because there's supposedly some sort of rationale behind his character doesn't mean that "apparently" he's not crazy. also, who says people aren't laughing? did you read any of the comments?...

in response to: April in Toronto by Gabi

anon (fctnnbsc16w-156034208200.nb.aliant.net): This guy is creative and bold .. When was the last time you did something for what you believe in...?? The "act" of dressing as the "character" of Zanta.. was originally for his daughter who......

in response to: April in Toronto by Gabi

GUS BRENNAN: [[img:12898]] GREEN STREET UNION WORKING MENS CLUB, IF YOU VISIT BARNOLDSWICK, CALL IN HERE YOU WILL MEET SOME GREAT CHARACTERS ...

in response to: Barnoldswick by Gus Brennan

elaine: "rooby-rooby-rooo!!!" yes. i have stopped watching suspense thriller things, i can't take the suspense, it makes me feel ill. but also there is always that 'let's go towards the creepy noise/basement/woods' moment when i lose sympathy......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

Chris Erb: Unlike the others in the series, this town at least seems to have a little bit of character....

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 4 by Scott Sargent

EvilGentleman: Actually, I just looked up the definitions on Answers.com and cut-and-pasted the phonetics. But nice idea, using the character map. Time-consuming, but nice......

in response to: Overkill Signage by Peter

Peter: oops. though on an xp box now, i prefer mac at home. so. im assuming youre running osx... in which case they call it "character palette". it should be in the "edit" menu of any......

in response to: Overkill Signage by Peter

Peter: its all about "character map"... start-button -> programs -> accessories -> system-tools -> character-map... voila! all the characters you could ever want, right at your copy-n-paste fingertips ;)...

in response to: Overkill Signage by Peter

Maia: I'm writing a book in which the main character lives in Wicker Park. I was wondering if any Wicker Park native could tell me what street(s) the old buildings which have large studio/loft spaces are......

in response to: wicker park by corsakti

Robert: are all of you guys blind?? What about LA? Remember in the movie "Grand Canyon" one of the characters had a dream of flying around the LA skyline? Not a bad backdrop......

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

jeeff: i've been trying to find it but it's like it has disappeared. i remember the area where we saw it, but it was late at night and i just can't find it again. ......

in response to: Bad Graffiti Hall of Fame by Jamie

jeeff: yeah, it's mostly suburban in character, but there are still a few gems to be found even in suburbia. technically london is too far west to be considered a suburb of toronto; it's a regional centre......

in response to: Graffiti in the Other London by jeeff

Anne M: Re:Zanta Clause. I was on a Greyhound with him for 4 hours from Toronto to Belleville. Non-stop entertainment. He seems a bit nuts but harmles. He called me Princess and gave me......

in response to: April in Toronto by Gabi

ea: you wanna see houdini, donchu. I can tell. but he doesn't want to be seen! he's so irritated at suffering the utter humiliation of cuteness! ah well, he could use some......

in response to: Travelogue by ea

EvilGentleman: Naaaah, silence means I can't be bothered to go into a lengthy explanation of my character, combined with a desire to not appear too egotistical about my greatness, stunning good looks, superior intellect, amazing charm,......

in response to: Babelfishing by EvilGentleman

Jo: He's awesome - you stand in awe. He defies physics, he opens a window through the Matrix. I've seen him as other characters too: extreme rhythm and wit....

in response to: Will the Real Elvis Be Proud? by Elicar

indykid: One of the most visited places on the Marsh is Prospect Cottage: "Derek Jarman was drawn to Dungeness by its desolate character; he used it as the setting for his film The Last of England, an......

in response to: Looking Down Danger Nose by elaine