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The Public Animals - Street Level Nine: This was one of the most inspiring and graffiti-Décollage rich sites I have ever visited in my life. As a young member and founder of The Public Animals, I used to wander in here early...... Robert: since the 80`s , The N.S.B Norgate Solide Brothers,,,there are extremly dangerous crews affiliate
with a lot of Gang in Montreal City,thers rolling Cote-Vertu Metro with the BLF Bronw Latin Family,Décarie street and...... Lynnette (Diaz) Madden: I had a dream about Webb's Bakery the other night. I woke up dying for one of their butter cookies with the chocolate center drop. I Googled Webb's and this is what I found! OMG--just...... always a Bushwick kid: Hey Lou Romero: you mentioned Sr. Ann Melanie, Sr. Betty, etc. Well Sr. Ann Melanie died not too long ago and Sr. Betty still works in Bushwick- she runs Independence House on Cornelia Street (between...... always a Bushwick kid: What a great site... I've read almost all the comments and they ring true for most of it. I grew up in Bushwick- lived on Jefferson in the 60’s, moved to Bleecker Street in the...... kls: My husband and I have lived in Humboldt Park for 4 years since moving to Chicago from Guatemala. I cannot think of a better compromise for us both. I love being near the shops...... little ukraine: ...and others will say it's New York's W 4th in Greenwich Village, once home of Gerde's Folk City and near MacDougal Street where Kettle of Fish was. NY likes to take credit for everything...... OG FROM GCC: Cecilia
Keep it up. Keep going. We brought a group of 25 to Philly. Half worked in some
gardens in the Dauphin area. We stopped by there on Thursday morning on a way...... LSpegal: I didn't grow up in NY but I have a few ancestors who grew up or lived in Brooklyn. I'm researching them and the areas where they used to live and Arthur THAMM lived at...... TRANS KOF 2008 : Hey all this talk about Paterson brings back alot of memories I grew up in Paterson on Main st. and Wiess St.a block from St.Josephs hospital. my neighborhood was known as little San Juan...... POWcityblog: In Toronto the authorities are pretty quick to get rid of abandoned cars. They never last more than a day or so. Having said that there is a '89 or '90 black Honda Civic hatchback...... serlingrod: Here’s a list of contact numbers for city services…..
##NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES##
City Hall Operator 215.686.1776
Abandoned Car (Automated Service) 215.683.2278
Abandoned Car Supervisor 215.685.9500
Barking Dogs, PAACA 215.685.9040
Citizen Crime Commission 215.546.TIPS
Illegal Dumping (Neighborhood Services) 215.685.3097
Nuisance Bar, Underage Drinking 215.726.6200
Public...... Outside the box...: When you hear and see what is going on down in that part of town I find it difficult to feel sorry for the majority of those folks. The previous post hit the nail on...... Scope -P.C.S.: I Luv diz store......once my cuz steady showed me where da scrap yard is located....everytime my parentz give me money i go strait to da scrap yard.....Im in a crew call P.C.S. which standz 4...... CartLegger: Surely you jest Jack. I am closer than Peter (less inland at least) and I biked it! Boats make it too easy! On a boat, you can't play in the spray at Furman street--which I...... adr: im not gonna read any of these comments, all i know is that the pics were all of one area by the old hospital, not the church, i dont know what year, but now they...... GREG WYATT: I WAS BORN AND RAISED ATT KIP AND WESTMORLAND STREET IT USED TO BE THE SPOT TO PARTY AND HANG OUT WITH GOOD FRIENDS I STRUGGLED AND WORKED MY ASS OFF TO GET OUT...... serlingrod: I guess its not easy finding Philly's Brooklyn Street in the actual Brooklyn Thanks everyone for posting your street shots....Brooklyners and non-Brooklyners alike!
Here's my Philly street, with a corner camera store that shares its...... Tex: Actually my tennant lost his job about 10 years ago, and still hasn't been able to find employment due to health problems and also due to the fact there are no decent jobs to be...... john: If you think the tunnel looks great now you should have seen it back in the 70's I was 12 years old when I started going down there.
Thats when there were five tracks down there...... EvilGentleman: BostonVisitor, I honestly have no clue about the costs of prostitutes in the city, nor where to go for the best deals. But like any other commodity, the sex market will provide better quality for...... Tex: I don't drive down 17th, I drive to work in a brand new convertable down streets lined with palm trees and seagulls flying overhead. Because I live and work in a city that promotes good...... Peter: i was amused by some of jennifer's more nebulous comments, like ##"everyday street gang attacks"##, ##"why should there be only one way to be? We have so many ways"## and ##"Latin people usually tend to...... jack: nice shot, johnnie pumps were all the rage back in the 40's and 50's, the city would attach a hose and hang it on the fence at the schoolyard at boody jr. high on avenue...... hugglez924: I have lived in Hutchinson nearly all my life and it is a wonderful place to live and raise a family. My children are grown and dont plan on moving to any other town....... 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...... Peter: truthteller: the signs on the building are standard nycha signage, stating "only tennants and their guests are allowed in building", you know, the sort of signs you see on section-8 housing all over the city......... luna park: yes, this was on south street, sadly the only one i found. i had a feeling there might be more in center city, but i didn't have time to walk around there as well.... 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...... Joe: As I review most of the comments posted it seems that there are many faded memories of a better time for Kensington (including many of my comments and memories). I do love history and therefore...... Eric from Port Richmond: A Richmond boy with a few comments.
Its NOT just Kensignton that took a turn for the worst in the area.
I grew up in the late 70s and 80s in Port Richmond. The neighbors would sit...... Hutchinson Hater,Now: I just looked in the Hutchinson News today and noticed that in todays paper Apr 30 2008 that Officer Mike Collins of the Hutchinson PD and his assisting thug Mr. Schofield beat a dog until...... EvilGentleman: All I know, is I have seen a lot of the little speed limit signs along the bike trails, usually proclaiming a limit of 20 km per hour. I confess that I have not been...... Me: Hmmm,I have lived in this town many years and have never seen anyone sleeping on the street or in their cars. Tell me exactly where to find them and I will give them a sandwich...... Jennifer: This is so not representative of Montreal! Montreal is a city where you can hang out safely at night without being scared of everyday street gang attacks. Of course, attacks happen but not...... GuRu: The Do-ers are the ones wreckin the place! and i dont just mean the ones doin meth either. ever wonder why city council got thier butts audited? HHHMMMMMMMMM, i wonder????? Latest example is that dirty...... Peter: cherie: {broadway}, in the area around {hart} street is the border between {bushwick} and {bed-stuy}, so i suppose it depends on which side of {broadway} the place is on, heh. the west side being {bed-stuy}...... Peter: im sure the cops would prefer it be used as a verb. you think that if the whole of the {nypd} got a little more action, they'd be a more humane and less aggressive bunch?...... Mr. Jones: Yeah, The Bricks was bad, but in many ways it was surreal. Go back and read it's real history.Before the great migration and the riots.Even after that, boring could never be said about the city...... Joe: It is interesting to see so many postings from current/past Kensigtion folks (and others that give an address that has nothing to do with the neighborhood). I grew up there from 1957 throghh 1972, and...... jeeff: bloor west village in toronto was the very first BIA in the 1970s. for those from out of town, danforth becomes bloor as it passes west through the city, so essentially along the same...... Post-84 New Jack: Thanks for the lolly, W-Bear. I'll be sure to pass it on to my son. He's teething right now and its a bitch.
As for you, Bilrock Rolling Thunder Whiter- oops, I mean Writer. You failed...... Post-84 New Jack: See, thats the general difference in our perspectives, "W-Bear". I prefer to look to the future, and push things to new heights than to dwell on the past and the past's faded glories and talk...... Gav: real estate is a long slow thing. those properties are being amased by some developer that might be waiting for the last piece (little old lady)to fall into place. Think 20-25 yrs out,it's not that...... Peter: its {smug} and {osker}. i was holding my breath trying to not be the first to mention it and out myself as the resident graf nerd fanboy, for what its worth.
that photo is a great...... 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...... jack: haha, so where is armondo's, and no it cost an extra dollar on top of that amount, so we probably were going to l&b's at the same time in the 50's and 60's, remember when...... jim: I grew up in the Bridge,and pratt area when you could go to the store and not have to lock your doors.Now you have to armed to the teeth just to walk down the street.
That's...... CE: Wow! that street is filthy! The amount of trash on the streets seems to be one of the biggest differences I've seen between Canadian and American cities. Even in my neighbourhood in Montreal,...... anon (206-248-159-228.dsl.teksavvy.com): Wow! that street is filthy! The amount of trash on the streets seems to be one of the biggest differences I've seen between Canadian and American cities. Even in my neighbourhood in Montreal,...... Upstate Jim: Born in Bushwick in 1963 and moved to rural upstate in 1971. Lived on Dekalb close to knickerbocker ave (about 3 doors down from the pizzeria). I came from a great big family...... merbenz: i also went to holy name school at gaul and berks st , now look at it , and look at penn treaty jr high school down the street ran down and...... liesbeth: Do you know if the new Beetham tower is built on top of the Great Bridgewater Street Wesleyan Chapel? or if not, where that might have been? I love all these sites on Manchester. Does...... G-Rock: Interesting. I always thought the name originated from the streets being paved with bricks. I love these pictures. There's a certain electricity in the air I feel the moment I get off the...... Lenny Santiago: I too remember JHS 111. I graduated from PS 274 to 111. Graduated 111 in 1976. I was in the band with Mr. Montesano. I attended City college after that, then...... Evinrude: Jeeff, Income taxes are Higher in this state than many others. Infact, some states don't even have income tax. Please notice I said "STATE" when refer to income taxes. I was comparing Kansas to other...... Evinrude: Alfred, people like you are the problem with this country. A socially ran country fails, do the research. Why don't you just join the communist party! Free market is what has built this country. If...... Alfred: I live in Hutchinson, and I knew this article was pure propaganda right when I saw the photos. The first photo is of an entrance gate to the State Fairgrounds, which the author describes as...... 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...... birdy[kirstiem92@gmail.com]: Kay, first off, if you would have gone a tiny bit further down Main Street Scott, you would have found Sooner Fashion Mall.
Or you could have continued going down Interstate 45 headed towards Moore,...... EvilGentleman: I still come back and look over this article every once in a while. This time, I followed a link on Wikipedia leading here.
The memories have begun to fade, yet that last shot, the one...... Randy: I remember the July 13, 1977 blackout if it was yesterday, i was 21, me and my brother had brought a brand new car that we shared an oldmoble 98 regency, we loved that car,...... Mitch Waxman: The legs are from abcesses caused by the heroin. Used to know a guy on 22nd street called "Johnny Rottenlegs" who did this to himself as well. Shoot dope, and veins collapse, causing swelling and...... 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...... ...just lookin for a job, lookin for a job...: OMG! I thought I lived in a pretty good place until I stumbled onto this site while surfing for nursing jobs in this area. I've been HappyInHutch for 30+ years and known about...... sisters birthday: Eric and Maxine were married on the 11th May 1959 and Eric Broome had lived at 86, Silver Street, Irlam. Eric worked at the Irlam Council Offices as a clerk before moving to a...... 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...... chiamattt: Thanks adam.
Testeez, I am a Torontonian that has been living and working Seoul, South Korea for the past five years. Every year or so I head to Osaka to get my Korean employment visa...... bklyn: Help us help the street homeless
Call 311: to report homeless individuals and families who you see on the Streets of New York City (all Boroughs)
Outreach Teams will be sent to offer assistance.
Thank you
... 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...... 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...... 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...... Cloned Prince: I wrote a Parkour Rap!
Things just aint the same for todays traceurs,
Cops and pigs want to see us in handcuffs
Yamakasi and the Belle are aging,
The old traceurs, well they're all changing,
Making way for new...... BathBeach: In December of 2006, I moved from Salt Lake City to Manhattan. I lived there around 66th street for half a year. [rent: $2,500 a month]. After I had been here a while, I realised...... Hutch Hater Too: I agree that Hutchinson is a hell hole. The writer who mentioned how those in charge are nothing but a bunch of snobs is right. Money grubbing, ignorant snobs at that. I'm...... 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...... little ukraine: glad to see so much love for Missing Foundation and the like. CartLegger, there is a pretty decent amount of information online. Try
http://www.hungryeyerecords.com/bands/missing_foundation/index_old.html
http://petemissing.de/
in addition to Peter's links above.
Also, the work of...... Re. Hush up: If you delt with the economic conditions of this town (LIKE I DO) on an everyday basis you would see the truth. Hutchinson is a low income area! PERIOD!
Why do you demand attention, you...... 106!!: well well.... i guess us cycling types need to band together to protect one another.... a few years ago my girlfriend bought me a new bike for my bday!! i was my first new bike...... 99¢Dreams: Car vs bike has never been a fair fight. But c'mon guys, the city was designed for HORSES, aye? Those early bikes had it rough on the cobblestones, though far less deadly. ...... CartLegger: In the narrative sense of things, yes, there's no denying that. But I am thinking of the statistical matrix that holds us all in its grasp, and could throw us down in front of a...... jack: thank you wally, my great-grandfather was one of the workers on that bridge and he also worked on the battery tunnel, roebling has a town named after him, roebling new jersey where his wire factory...... Pep: you are completely right, Eric. I even think about trade some for my own city. I assure, it's much worse the smell and walk over one hundred "urinary discharges" spreading over the street.... 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...... CE: That's too bad that you weren't able to go to Concordia. it's a good school and Montreal is a wonderful city.
Yeah, this really is too bad. the new building is supposed to be...... Not from Hutch anymore: I would like to say that I do not live in Hutchinson anymore. I have, however, lived all over the country since I left. This includes New York, San Francisco, LA, San Diego, Seattle, Florida,...... jack: unbelievable pictures, very informative, beautiful city, my daughter-in-law is brazilian-portugese, august 12th there will be a great display of meteor showers which can be seen all over america, i don't know about brazil, i have...... steve : Cartlegger; I'll try to be brief with some details. Please don't hold me to the exact dates because I am going back from memory and not researching. Barren Island as we knew it...... Luis Acevedo: Please send me your e-mail addresses and I will scan some images as well as send you the ones I have on my pc now. As for stories there are so many untold. Have you...... jack: at one time randalls was an adventurous place, dumps, weird people, but in the 70's they built apartments and a tram and now it's respectable. don't be afraid of times square, i worked at...... jessica: Hello, my name is Jessica Sant, and for my class we are goin to the city in victoria to look at street art. i got 4 friends in my group and we all like your...... Slick Slack: "bust in yards or on freeways not on peoples shit you fuckin toys they get what they deserve people like tha make graff look bad"
FUCK soft ass highway toys and freight faggots, this is graffiti...... Gata: the term "Brick City" originated in the Central Ward (most notably, Prince Street; a friend of mine coined the term) in the 70s-80s. It took a minute, but the term started to spread like crazy,...... serlingrod: this is so childish, yet somehow its still funny! In Philly several years ago SEPTA changed the words at the 5th Street station from "Olde City" to "Old[] City" by putting a piece of tape...... 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...... Dee: I grew up in Bushwick as a matter of fact iwas born in Bushwick.Iwas born in Wycoff Heights hospital in 1955.I lived in the same house with my family until I married in 78
my mom...... Brad: Oops, never made it to Ay Carumba. I rode through that area a bit, if I remember right, there was some cool graffiti at 15th & Valencia. The Tenderloin district seems kind of crazy like...... CartLegger: I don't really think that Brooklyn neeeds a Gehry. We need the life of our streets, not a pompous architectural tribute to corporate profit. His skills as an architect are without a doubt. But when...... JPH: I am looking for an older street sign, Montée du Zouave (Now Terrasse Saint-Denis) Any ideas what the City does with retired Street Signs?... Local ASS: I know that theirs plenty of pathetic places to live. Ever day I deal with Hutchinson Kansas, I never got lucky and got out. Hutch is a trash hole,infested with lazy non-working......
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