Comments about class war

There are 98 comments about "class war"

Allan: If I recall correctly, and that's not likely, Judy O was a grade behind me and my brother a grade behind her. The building with the "courtyard" was down the block towards Utica. I lived......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): I remember gettingth polio vaccine.It wasthe only time Iwent to the nurses office on the second floor. I remember squatting in the corridor at the time of the Korean War in1951, and that everyone got......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Richie Rubin: ALLAN,Yep,dem daze are gone..4-ever! & I had:both albums `Paragons meet the Jesters' &`Rumble'then Link Wray came out w/an instumental:`Rumble'all in mid`50's,sure there were`gangs'in our`hood[mostly in Albany & Kingsboro projects & many members went to P.S.167..I knew a few,but there......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Red Flag alert: I'm a tenant in a building that had windows installed by Park Slope Windows & Glass (hereto to be referred to as "PSWG"). Overall impression: very negative. Red Flag #1: My landlord had to repeatedly call......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

Thelma Fuentes: I lived at 146 Grove Street and moved to Staten Island in early 70s (I didn't get to graduate with my class at St. Barbara's in 1972)...I remember Barbara Ann's, my first dance at the......

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

Keith Bernstein: I would like to add some comments about Mrs. Ida Gradstein. I thought her to be an effective teacher and a sweet lady. The mention of her name brought back some memories of my sixth......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mime: Ha, nice. This reminds me of the other day when I was coming out of a class at Uni, heading towards my little scooty when I noticed a tree branch about the thickness of my arm......

in response to: Best Costco Moment of 2008 by EvilGentleman

Esthr Herschman (Rechtschafner): I enjoyed this site very much. I graduated from PS167 in 1958.Now i will try to list yu some of my memories. Kindergarten teacher Miss Shapiro. (there was another kindergarten class and teacher -Mrs. Pinkerton.......

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

JoAnn LaForte: I can't believe I am reading all this stuff. I lived on 130 Grove Street - bet. Central/Evergreen, from birth [1953] till we also did the mass 60's exodus (right after the beatles came)......

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

Warren S. : Jeeeezzzz... guys! Richie... Joe, thanks for the support on this one. Once I had my responding comment out there, I couldn't return for a while just to cycle it out of my system a tad.......

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

EvilGentleman: Thanks for reposting, Mitch. And thanks for the explanations, editor. From the way you wrote "Come on guys", I suspect you felt I was complaining. Just to let you know, that is definitely not the case at......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Janet: Well, the adage 'the more things change the more they stay the same' does not apply to the old neighborhoods or the old movie houses where those of our generation got a colorful taste so......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Joe Bilardello: Hey Warren, Your article brough back a tremendous amount of memories. I was in your class, I lived on 91 Harmon Street between Central and Evergreen Ave. We use to play stick Ball until it......

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

Allan: Found this site, and these posts are fascinating. PS 167 brings back memories. Graduated in 1959. Sorry I hardly recall any of my teachers' names. Might remember if I heard them. I do recall my......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Ed "Class of 60": I guess there are some people that look in the mirror and don't like what they see. They blame everyone but the person in the mirror for their miserable putrid lives. They look......

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

Warren S.: Sometimes, I had to report to the cloakroom straightaway or directly to the hallway. One nun had a big steel edged ruler, named "Mr. Brown;" she whacked kids across the palms of their hands with......

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

Warren S.: To: Mary A... I wonder you and I know each other... I blotted out so much of “back then” I forgot exactly when I would have graduated St. B's -- if I had graduated --......

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

Dennis: Hi neighbors,I lived at 6 Covert Street between Broadway and the almighty Bushwick Avenue. I too remember those classic games of playing skelly,stoop ball and johnny on the pony ouch! I just caught a neck......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Warren S.: "...I think Father Zimmer was reading the weekly anouncements and DP and some other nuns were being sent to other Parishes. When Father said her name, I was stunned and looked at her with a......

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

Richie Fisher: Hey there Warren! I have to be honest, I almost fell off my chair reading your E Mail and I FLEW off my chair when I read your letter on the Casusos's......

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

Warren S.: I think this is a fabulous Web-page; it brings back memories of Bushwick, Brooklyn and Queen, where I grew up. Until I was 14, I lived on RC church property in the "old rectory" building......

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

CLaSS oF '09 [Ms. Me]: Class of '09..YESS!!!, we're seniors now. But i would be wrong if I were to say that our journey thus far has not been memorable. As a senior, I've definitely grown up since the first......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Debra Sumner nee Warburton: Hi found your article by accident i went to moorfield school, and Irlam High and lived on Kestrel drive until 1983 i then moved onto Harewood road, i remember Brian Bagshaw being in my class......

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

joey: now the light in this photo looks like an edward hopper painting. (e class?)...

in response to: FDR Drive Just Before 7pm by Mike L.

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

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Dean, I remember colin we were in the same class at school, I also remember him living in Harewood road, I have posted a few photo's on the school site, and he is on......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Kathleen Knight: Right now i think that i am the only one making a comment from from my class. I am a former student. i am part of the class of 2000 , And PROUDLY reps MY......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Peter: what a comprehensive and interesting post... thanks for your recent posts, {michelle}. this is a classic example of how its nice to see some places ive never had the chance to see in person before... i......

in response to: Parliament Hill Cats, Rideau Canal, and RCMP Stables by Michelle

Roger: I'm an artist who is not a hipster. I am moving further east in Bushwick because the rent is cheaper for what you can get, as I'm saddled in debt. I'm half Peruvian......

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

jack: in lafayette high school, you walk out the door and down the hall backwards so if the hall guard spots you you just start walking forward and it looks like your walking to your classroom....

in response to: The Lost Rules of Living in NYC: by Peter

Rob Tynan: Heres one!! Does anyone in Cadishead remember the "Bettaware" man who used to bring samples of "revoluntionary" household gismos round to your house, I remember he drove a 1960s Ford Classic....

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

Andrew Smith: Thanks for the pictures Rob - the Co-op certainly looks different! The last time I was in the old hall of the Endowed school was 1983 - Lou Macari, ex-Celtic and United player, was presenting the......

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

jamal: I remember the Henry Horner projects very well. I never lived in any of them but lived one block away on Warren Blvd. near Damen. I remember as a little boy when they were......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

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......

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

Padre Island: I graduated from HCC in the late 70's, back when Hutchinson still had somewhat of a downtown. I remember our business law class one day invited the Pres. of the Hutch Chamber to come speak.......

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

Joining the Whine: What a bunch of whiners. It seems like many of you have never visited, let alone lived anywhere else. Some of you certainly haven't taken a close look at the idyllic places you......

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

Remenber when: This is the beach that I went for my first BJ by another guy. I was 15 yrs old and was 1970. When skipped school the warn spring day (I attended Wn E Grady class......

in response to: Plum Beach II by kc

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

JOHNNY MOSS: I HAVE TRAVILED THE UNITED STATES QUITE A BIT AND HAVE LIVED IN SEVERAL DIFERANT CITIES AND STATES, AND CAN TESTIFY TO THE FACT THAT ANY TOWN THAT YOU GO TO HAS MORE THAN......

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

Victoria Ware: i was in the class of 2007 and to be honest my first impression of acorn wasn't a good one. i was always the quiet type and never spoke to any one (yeah i did......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Peter: although im a {new york}er, i agree with mcarthur. ive watched this post for over a year and though its taught me a lot about a place ive never been (and about some of the......

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

my misgivings: NORTH Wales’ Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom is calling for the legalisation and regulation of all drugs – and next week will ask North Wales Police Authority to back him. The region’s top cop reckons existing......

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

MaGoo: Thank you, Editor, and UFF and Cartlegger. I won't go hog-wild here- as I realize that there are so many other areas of human endeavor that come into play when discussing this topic, that it would......

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

tSB: good view , you know the boards near the so called bristol arena , that group who do blairaq is a section of classwar , a general anarchic movement which is alot more based in......

in response to: Scrawl on the Wall by Natali

jack: thanks little ukraine, would like to know your first name, but i informed my son who lives on the street where that drug bust took place. i'm generally down there every so often and......

in response to: Your House Is Mine - Return of a Legend by little ukraine

2less2: it's to bad that you guys haven't taken the time to see the actual truths as they relate Las Vegas and all you've managed to find fault with. first, one of the biggest reasons the......

in response to: Viva Las Vegas, Part 1 by aer suzuki

KB: Lived in Bushwick on Eldert Street, btw Knickerbocker & Irving, from when I was born, until we moved away in 1967, when I was 16. Things had gotten rough in 1966, when there was......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: woody allen, although a great movie director and entertaining movie person. is my last idea of a man with knowledge of women. calling men and women whores and pimps is a low class, low......

in response to: All the Whores Shall Go to Heaven by Sohail Moughal

colavitos ghost: EG, i don't get what you're talking about. i've never been to st. louis, but this seems like a totally reasonable middle class neighborhood. blind hate toward condos simply doesn't make sense. ...

in response to: Debaliviere Place by maybetoday

EvilGentleman: Nah, I'm just a guy who likes to take lots of pictures and post them on the internet, sharing the world I see with others, using my preference for a comprehensive photojournalistic presentation style. I......

in response to: Sexe Cite by EvilGentleman

Former Student -Class of 03': I graduated from ACHS, and although I had some great experiences there, they did not have the latest equipment and technology. The gym is pretty small, but I didn't care because I hated gym.......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

westcoast LK: real spit to the author who wrote this article.... i used to live in las vegas...in fact i resided about a block away from the strip itself near warm springs. I feel as though vegas taught......

in response to: View of Vegas by jack

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

upfromflames: ** The Urban Ecology of Arson** The power of the Wallace's interpretation is its integrated systems approach. just as flames cannot burn in a vacuum, the flames of July 13th did not arise out of nowhere.......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

upfromflames: yep, it sure is. A ghost of a past that few are aware of. No SP classes (presuming that means top track smart kids), they were replaced by the class number system, as in 631......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

BDweller: My friend Mike graduated from JHS 111 in the early seventies. It had already acquired a rough reputation by then, as I recall. Like Pierre said, the gang/thug threat was present. All......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Patti: What in the hell is going on with our nation... The concentration camp would of course not be for the Americans you idiots!!!!! If you were intelligent you would know we have quite a......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Beadle and Tatum: http://www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/images/congrat1a.jpg Its a hand written rambling note about the Sex Pistols calling the mueseum a "piss stain". There was some pettitioning and a USA today poll that helped locate the hall. I did some research, this is the......

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

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

Kiana: Im a senior in high school.. in houston, texas. After graduation I plan to move to NY for school. Ive been to brooklyn and yonkers a few times - but that has not impact as......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Karlo: Well observer,i have to be honest and say they are not all tattooed thugs. There are assholes and hardmen where-ever you go,but regrettably,the macho thug image certainly is synomonus with Loyalism. There are however,huge efforts on the......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Maria Latore: British people who complain about America need to get something through their heads. First, Britain was the original mega-power who everyone hated. Just because we kicked your ass in the revolutionary war and because......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

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.

TheTruth: "I see it more as a class war than a race war." "...But that doesn't explain why, poor or not, the residents of Bushwick didn't have enough self-respect to take care of their neighborhood." Dave, did you......

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

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.

monster: norman oklahoma, just so you know, is the home of the flaming lips, the starlight mints, mainsite contemporary art, opolis productions and forward foods, just to name a few things. Not to forget the university......

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

TheTruth: Nice try at history, Sylvia, but you've missed some huge factors. My family was part of that 1st wave of nonwhites to integrate Bushwick in the 1950s. They weren't Gentry -- sorry--even though they were......

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

SingleGuy: If bored kids want to spray paint things why don't they go to an abandoned industrial area and do it? Because here the tag means something. it means u can do what you please here,......

in response to: Respect in River Park by jeeff

Jack: Heh, didn't realize HTML was disabled. So here's just some of what I wrote at http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2006/04/28/62 I lived in Bushwick for two years before moving to my current neighborhood in Brooklyn. And while living there,......

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

Peter: yeah, thats what i thought... in which case, i think: a) this was probably done by a bored lower-middleclass white guy in his late teens who cant find anywhere better to get up than the sign......

in response to: Respect in River Park by jeeff

EvilGentleman: Matt, if I have offended, in part it was intended, but I know I was overreacting. I felt that being mocked over my objection to products that cause harm to myself and even 72% of......

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

Chris Erb: I didn't realize that the "box" is no longer in use as the actual arts building. I didn't notice the graffiti but I'll check for it next time I'm in the city (should be......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

Zoila: Lived in Bushwick all my life. Seen the worst, experienced the worst, seen the best, experienced the best. I am in college now. Quite possibly the most opposing place to Bushwick. It's......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: Considering the fact that this frozen spectacle was later reported by the NY Post to be a rabbit, one can only assume that the Post reporter either witnessed the block of ice at a later......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

a dose of reality: This topic is being beat to death by people without a real grasp on the term "life". this cat/rabbit in the scheme of things is as worthless now as it was when it was alive......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

Mike: Peter, you are a fuckin' tosser......a cancer of society!!!! I know my country is shit (England), but who the fuck are you to judge, shit face!!! What war did your country save us from you dick, did......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

anon (nytgate05.nytimes.com): I been back and forth between E O and Newark in the early 80's. No matter if you live on N. Maple or Renshaw...if you're from Nutley or some shit like that...If they......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

EvilGentleman: Having lived through a different type of troubles, I know how hard it can be to deal with the legacies of colonialism. My ancestors fought the French for the British (and won!), they fought the......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

elaine: yeah, it's like "blah blah blah - class war"...

in response to: Class War Sunset by elaine

grange: I like these shots too . History is interesting , well at least for me . Something you may not know . You use tobe able to get those barrels for distillrys . Maybe you still......

in response to: Distillery Historic District by Elicar

Chris: billy i dont believe u have ever been to the UK judging from ur... review of it. I have met many cool americans that apreciate there only allie on the planet and are nice......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

jeeff: from [[http://www.dictionary.com]]: ar·chi·tec·ture (ärk-tkchr) n. 1. The art and science of designing and erecting buildings. 2. Buildings and other large structures: the low, brick-and-adobe architecture of the Southwest. 3. A style......

in response to: African Architecture by Guy McLaren

adam: its been especially warm the past few days.. mid 70s. quite nice :) night time is upper 40s/50s these parts of la arent very classy.. they basically live in hollywoods shadow but theyve been opening up......

in response to: Downtown LA, Feb 2006 by adam

delphine: i've studied the irish civilisation in university and then, i decided to come in northern ireland to learn things far from the books and the classrooms, i've been living here for 5 months. i have......

in response to: The Bogside by norniron

sidney: Only some of the losers!! Paco. Matt. Hans. Get a life! You are such LOSERS! Your comments remind me of somebody who crawled out of a cave. That's how aware or evovled you are.......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

EvilGentleman: re: Awards 18:57 You can't miss me. I'm the 305-pound Indian ex-bouncer and jail guard. But I prefer well-lit streets, as I am a more in-the-open type of person. I live with my choices. I have......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

vancouver: Having read the story on CBC.ca and clicking on the link, I have to wonder about people. To the courier: It was fucking trash, hopefully you didn't get hurt. Some of the pics show you......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

LitterBlitter: Don't litter in Toronto. This is kind of a cultural norm thing (although you couldn't really tell by looking at Kensington). I'm not particularly environmentally aware -- I grew up middle class in Toronto, and......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

joey: After reading through this board I saw how racist people are towards whites. Im Italian/Irish from Chicago. My dad grew up in the Italian hood on Taylor street. I feel the pain......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

ea: it's classified here in Oregon as a noxious weed and revolutionaries are staging guerrilla warefare to rid Forrest Park of it. they are known as the No Ivy League. the city park is......

in response to: City Cabbages by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

J.J. From a Puerto Rican brother: I'm not writing this to judge or criticize anyone. Just to try to open a little conscience on la raza Latina. Mi gente, how can you speak of love when you talk everyone else down.......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jeeff: hey mr norway. i think its cool that you're posting articles and trying to start discussions here. we don't often talk about what kind of website citynoise is because it means different things......

in response to: Ms Jorun Stiansen by Mr Norway

seeking a future I agree with you: The thing is ---there are a lot of factor that can be attibuted to not moving up---Firstly the U.S createda system of dependency when FDR intorduce Operation Bootsrap which was ppart of the NEW Deal--in......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

cafeconleche: This is in regards to Reality's take on what is happening in HP. People...its called regentrification. Its been happeingin since I was a student at Clemente...WHite people Do have a chioice! The......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jeeff: hi jo. here's a quickie travel guide for toronto, ##but## i'm writing this with one condition for you: please take some photos, write some stuff, and post an article here about your trip! first off,......

in response to: Toronto for a week by jo

Marc: i have been writing and working (very hard) and traveling, but nothing in the citynoise genre as of late- though i desperately want to! Have to trepan some other stuff out of my head first........

in response to: hackney city farm by elaine

fuzzytank: for some reason you and my class readings are pretty much in sync.... "The advantage of straight through-streets has been recognized since Aristotle, and a rectilinear street pattern has also been restored to keep under watch......

in response to: police and thieves in the streets, oh yeah by elaine