Comments about climbing

There are 32 comments about "climbing"

Excuzmepleez: This post is in response to "remember 1966." I remember the sad accident. It happened on Troutman Street between Central and Evergreen and it involved a boy named Joey Mistretta who was 9 years......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Kassie: I went here with my friend a couple months ago. We got some amazing pictures. I've never seen such beautiful graffiti in my entire life. We had a nice talk with a......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Al Pierro: Just came across this website in search of info on what has happened to St. Joseph's church where we used to play softball back in the 50's & 60's. I attended a grade school on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: Well, at least you did not catch her a la Britney, Paris and Lindsey, with the obligatory upskirt shot climbing out of a limo....

in response to: The Shady Lady of Notre - Dame St. West by Montrealbunny

Jose: Curious idea. Not seen yet in Spain (by me). About cats and other climbing creatures, we would make no exceptions. Marked ones are obviously thieves, and they'd be prosecuted....

in response to: Anti-Climb Paint by kobe

Montrealbunny: Ha! Ha! When I moved to Montreal I specifically looked for a home without those stairs. They appear precarious at the best of times, but have you tried climbing them in 4" heels? And......

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

EvilGentleman: Well Elicar, my previous article on this particular location has become something of an online focal point for those who lived there during its heyday, much like Corsatki's {Cabrini Green} articles. Thus, this page is intended......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

David: I lived at G & Tioga with my Grandparents in the early 60's. They had a corner drugstore (Ben's) over which teh house was built and I would serve soda's and sandwiches when old enough.......

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

Joanne Amorello-minor: I have this childhood memory.i must of been really young..but my dad used to take me to what seemed to be a nursery or playgroup next to or near the doctors surgery on liverpool road......

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

antBlack: Hi Guys. I grew up on Stanhope st, between Bushwick and Evergreen. Went to PS 274, then to the Annex, then to JHS 111. I went to Art & Design for HS. This was during......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Dick: The neighborhood during the early 40's was fabulous. PS 241 on President Street was new. In the schoolyard, softball center & right field were along the fence to the BMT trench. A home run hit......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Coon-B-Gone: I had my first run in with raccoons in Toronto last summer just before vacation. My family was already gone and I woke to the sounds of something scratching at the door outside of my......

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

EvilGentleman: It would be a barrel of fun in the home of a chronic drunk, just imagine how long they would spend climbing before giving up. I'm picturing a cross between a roller coaster and a......

in response to: Pretzel Stair Sculpture by EvilGentleman

Anonymous - 36: Great !! If someone ever asks me the what was the best time of my life - without a doubt it was 13-16, great memories to last a lifetime. My 9 year old daughter can't......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

NERC: "He can never compare to graffiti artist that have nothing and risk every thing including their lives to lose,all for their art, people with no other outlets, and if it wern't for graffiti they'ed probaly......

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

Ric Romero: This cement structure was to be the elevator shaft of a tall building. But -ooops- they run out of money for the rest of the building. There was once an ad for a mutual fund......

in response to: White Elephant Down by Tom Miller

autumn: Michele,gg, keep it up. I am educated to the PhD level but also have "street smarts". Worked 20 yrs. as a CPS Social Worker. My home & 1 acre of property are the sum total......

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

fuzzytank: no special, just tryin to lean on something solid since no tripod... fence has a curve to keep ya from climbing over but since that didnt work they wrapped the sign truss with barbed wire....

in response to: I5 & Roy by fuzzytank

anon (d14-69-175-113.try.wideopenwest.com): Me, my husband and 3 kids went here last year and the kids had a blast walking through the river and climbing the fossil wall and going under the falls. My husband and I......

in response to: rock glen conservation park by zagg

jack: in italy in the year of 1888, a man, a thief, went over a fence like that into the grave yard to steal any valuables he could from dead people. he would dig up......

in response to: Warning by elaine

JB: Perfect titles!! I really HATE roller coasters - I might almost rather try climbing over this - it might hurt, but it wouldn't scare the s*** out of me!!!!...

in response to: Barbed Wire/Roller Coaster by Pat

elaine: is it climbing out of a crack in the pavement???? aaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!...

in response to: dead hair day by Elaine

Peter: linear parks can be problematic? how about {riverside park}? its one of my all-time favorite parks in {nyc}... not only have i spent countless hours lounging about in it on sunny days, watching the river......

in response to: The Highline Debate... by Nick Aster

EvilGentleman: Thanks, all. I just wish I could have gotten there before all the media attention had been generated. As far as I know, that is the first derailment on that bridge since it was built......

in response to: Train Derails on Bridge by EvilGentleman

Hobart: Ice climbing! Wow! That looks very dangerous but also very exciting....

in response to: Ice Climbing Near Banff by Helen

The Right Honourable Stephen Harper: Perhaps I should rejoice that my face was too contorted with zeal for any of you to recognise me as I celebrated my election victory in Kensington Market, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Olivia......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Reggie: its a shithole and the only reason is because none of the lazy, car stealing, pensioner mugging ballbags have any self respect and prefer to live in squallor among burned out cars and empty bottles......

in response to: Black and White by norniron

elaine: more cultural difference, huh. i didn't know you didn't have this anti climb paint. the warning signs are everywhere here, i can't remember for how long - and they add to the weight of prohibition......

in response to: more signs by elaine

bekind: Northern Ireland - it's like someone pushed you into a cesspool and instead of climbing out of it, you just stay there slinging shit at each other. I feel sorry for anyone growing up and......

in response to: Amsterdam-Schiphol by ian

hasslehoff: You'll never see a barefoot homeless person in Brooklyn. They're quite adept at climbing poles i wager....

in response to: Shoes by Peter

elaine: hee hee hee. My brother works at Ikea. I have emailed him to tell him about your poem. He wrote me a poem of his own on the day of the riots as you might......

in response to: Motorway Haiku: UK (Part One) by Jamie