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Howard : I saw Harry Truman in a motorcade campaigning for President riding through Eastern Parkway. It was Petach Tikvah (Gate of Hope)on Lincoln Place & Rochester Ave. . For a couple of years Dubrow's had......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

adam: peter: WTF?! that thread is insane! how have i not ever noticed it. talk about a social commentary.....

in response to: Slutshole Lane by Ender

siac 3: i just read every comment and to be honest ja is the shit he is up like fuck and he is a bomber ......

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

Rich: I made a mistake in my previous comment the name of the school for the deaf was Bishop McDonnel not McLocklin....

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Paul Baines: Westminster Council are up to the same tricks - they even posted a comment at my blog defending their actions :/...

in response to: Banksy Work Painted Over by Islington Council? by Jamie

Sanford : To Esther In an idle moment I googled PS 167 to find out some details to compare with childhood memories and saw your comments. I was one year behind you at PS 167. My memories of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: since someone beat me to the guns/religion comment, ill instead offer this: [[wiki:Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition]]...

in response to: Accept Christ and Buy a Gun by jack

Peter: use the "upload photos" link right above where you type the comment ;)...

in response to: Voting in Brooklyn by adam

Editor: alas, comments have been closed on this post, as its become nothing more than a list of horny middle easterners and their mobile numbers! :-0...

in response to: Feeling Sixy? by Peter

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

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: Janet, I just realized that I have a photo of Dr. Borowitz's office window, that is, if he was directly above the Congress Deli. If you e-mail me at kupperberg@earthlink.net I will send you......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: Richie, I have no personal experiences with the E.P. Arena. I just know that it existed. I do know that my mother's step-father, Nat Klonsky, later Nat Kaye did some boxing under the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: I’m terribly gratified that some of you enjoyed my reminisces. Richie Rubin is correct in that I sure don’t have Alzheimer’s. I live in Greenwich Village and I haven’t been back to that......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Nobody: Richie -- might it be possible to not comment in ALL-CAPS? It's kind of hard to read, annoying (people consider it the equivalent of YELLING online) and I think it's been getting your comments deleted......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

An Afghan: It is the middle of the night and i was telling my little brothers about the previous names of Afghanistan and history of Afghanistan. I googled the topic and found this article. Well I think......

in response to: Name Change in Afghanistan by Ali Maisam Nazary

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

Lady Sekhmet: Just a quick note to Anthony and his (wrong) comments about Osiris, Isis, and Horus-Ancient Egyptians did NOT have a satan or devil. The closest thing they had was Seth or Sethos, who was......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

emily: Thank you Humboldt1, and as a response to J's comment I want to say that I believe that the gentrification is a HUGE problem and it is completely unfair, but there has to be something......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

hobson: yeah in parts of essex county life is like that.. newark is getting calmer, and the smaller cities like e.o., and orange, and especially irvington are getting worse and worse. just clowns with no common......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

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

Editor: Mitch's comment was deleted at his request, and I removed EG's comment as it was to Mitch's deleted comment, and when I've left spurious comments like that in the past, EG has complained that such......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch Spector: About the disappearing pictures...I forgot to add comments/descriptions and inadvertently sandwiched them together edge-to-edge, making them look as one. Asked the editors to remove my post so I could repost it properly, which got done......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Or for the matter, the comments I made in reply?...

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Thank you for commenting, Vanesa. I think we actually agree, since what I meant by temporary is that I believed that the torch was only lit during the period that IOC-approved games were happening. I......

in response to: The Olympic Rings and Flame by EvilGentleman

David: Past comments indicate Tower St. now mostly new developments. My mother in law was born at 26 Tower St in 1904. Does anyone know if that building is still there? We live in......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

Mary: people have commented that they put down a "SHEET" by that what do you mean, an old bed sheet? do i put it where it has been pooping? do i soak it in bleach......

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

EvilGentleman: If you look carefully, the nationality of the cuisine was corrected over 2 years ago. Someone commented the same thing on July 11, 2006. But thanks for the correction....

in response to: Save Yre\'s! by EvilGentleman

Peter: your comment speaks of entitlement, nk. i guess thats where you have to use your own judgment and not assume every tidbit of information you come across online will be tailor-made for your specific needs......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

EvilGentleman: Heh, just realized that I used the technically-correct (although misspelled) spelling of the band's name, with the little dots over the o and u. This means that unless I add a tag here in the......

in response to: Heavy MTL 2008: Mötley Crüe by EvilGentleman

Maz: Not sure if I have understood that comment correctly methrsk, or understand the point behind it. I googled the 2nd & 3rd picture but the top one is my own I took at Chessingtom World of......

in response to: Private Parts ! by Maz

madamep: I was there then, and you really nailed it for what it was like. I was the groupie mom's roommate. I still don't know what that was about. Her trip not mine. I wasn't into......

in response to: Trenches by Stephanie L. Jackson

Antoine Whitfield: yo, I get a rush nostalgia when i hear you all talk about the the old hood... i didn't realize our shared history and how diverse we are as people "Bushwick Bred". Wow, i......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Sean O' Muileann: Do u think that bobby was scared, fighting for the cause is one thing, coming within an inch of your own life, knowing the risks and chances of being killed on active duty, but to......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

zagg: Took 55 months; and 3393 viewings but this entry finally got a comment! Come on kids, it contains a REAL LIFE BARBIE VICTORIAN HOUSE. JEEZ!...

in response to: Barbie\'s Victorian Dream House by zagg

me: Sean, your comment is crap - the case is still open with the Marshals - There was no body found as you claim....

in response to: How to Disappear... Alcatraz Style by Frank M. Ahearn

Karen Brandon: Judalina, what an absolutely awful attitude you have ! Shame on you for your bigoted, nasty remarks about overweight women. Your description is unfari and GROSS. Shame on you for your unenlightened,......

in response to: Chinese Toilets by stinkyben

geraldine: just been reading all the comments with a tear in ma eye. Stayed in housten street 1948 went to st. margarets school with my brother bobby (Diack) mr downie h/master. Fr Rawlings was the priest.......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

kman: Hey Evilgentleman (two yrs later...) my remarks about close mindedness was not directed towards you but rather towards the comments from other posters ("yuck", "silly"). And yes, i think glossed over your point about the......

in response to: $95 For a Bowl of Soup? by EvilGentleman

Mary A.: I graduated from St. Barbs elementary school in 1962. May all the nuns I had experience with at St. Barbara's burn in hell. They knew nothing else but to strip you of any......

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

PEARLYKINGJIM: Its been along time since i have been on this site thank you Mrs Strong for you kind comments which leads me to answer somethng that was said about me over the weekend two of my friends......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

artisan: thanks for your kind comments. i have a page called "London, a little darker" which has some earlier work. ab...

in response to: Panama City, a Little Darker by artisan

Eleanor: Lou, UFF and everyone else who is reading this post. I certainly don't think that Bushwick Buddies is too crowded ... as a matter of fact we have more and more interesting pictures every......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

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......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Shannon: Peter: I dig every point you're making and wish there were more like you (us) out there. The backwards ignorance evident in previous comments is terrifying...really! The propaganda machine with much help from......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

MOTI WEISBROT : All very nice comments in indeed ! ...

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

olive: just read all the comments, my god it really takes you back! I was born and lived a2 5 lambhill street above mckays pub, went to st.margarets primary school. Fond memories!...

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

Osloman20plus: I wouldn't mind comments. :) Isn't the motifs of pic 1 & 2, at the very least, a little interesting? It sure is to me. Hehe....

in response to: Oslo Has History by Osloman20plus

jsmooth: Reply to OPEN YOUR EYES... I thought that your response made complete sense and that you are right in many aspects of your comments and if my response seemed to come off racial than I apollogize.......

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

Ursus: I have just applied the Black Anti-Vandal/Intruder paint to My connifer because the local brats were severely damaging it, It looks a real eyesore from the damage they caused so I decided to coat it......

in response to: Anti-Climb Paint by kobe

Tyra: Ohh yea one more thing, Depend on yourself and not the safety agents/ security guards. If they want to know what's going on in your life and then make rude, obnoxious comments then that's a clear......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Tyra: I'm currently a senior [class of 09] and I've enjoyed my years in ACORN. F.Y. I: if you're going to make comments about the school then at least make them memorable ones or use proper......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

myeisha: OMG!!! I'm SO glad to see all these posts. I haven't put anything on here since August of last year and I'm just amazed at all the comments from former resident's of Horner. ......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Grant: Thank god Park Slope windows didn't show up for our two appointments we scheduled for an estimate. Sure they wasted 2 days of my time, missing both appointments, however after reading all these comments,......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

EvilGentleman: Hell no! Saturday was Maiden day, and Sunday was Crue day. And thanks for commenting here, I totally forgot about posting all the other pics of the other bands....

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

EvilGentleman: Two years and a few months later, this article still defines several different conflicts in a way that few if any articles can. {Motorists} vs {Cyclists} {Road Rage} vs {Radical Activism} {Male} vs {Female} {Entitled} vs {Empowered} The article that......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

colavitos ghost: before reading your comment, zagg, i was thinking just the same thing... if the products are coming from somalia and belgium it wouldn't exactly fit the definition of what i think of as a "farmer's market".......

in response to: Dekalb Farmers Market by Peter

J: For the record, St John and Moncton do not have the tallest buildings in the Maritimes... Halifax has at least 5 buildings that are more than 20 floors. I agree with your comments about......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Andy: I'm sure that kid isn't planning to hit any baseballs with that bat. Some "peaceful" protest you seem to be having there. And those comments were not written by a Korean. Someone just having fun with an......

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

Who Cares for Kensington: Cecilia, My most recent comment was actually a compliment to serlingrod for posting some useful information (please read the last sentence carefully..."thanks for the contact information"). Seems that some residents would be grateful for the......

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

Jamie: I think this is a good a place as any to wind this post up. **Comments closed**...

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

Rob Tynan: If anyone wants to discuss any aspect of Irlam and Cadishead in detail, then you would be very welcome to join Irlam and Cadishead Ancestry at [[http://oldirlamvillage.atfreeforum.com]]. The content of which is entirely made......

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

Peter: im with jamie on this one... no offense, like... this thread is just generating lots of hyper-specific commentary thats become sort of tangential to the greater scope of this site as a whole......

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

Editor: I think I speak for all of us when I say I'm sick of this tit for tat small-town school-yard squabble. **Comments closed**....

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

Mr. T: re: baffled, you sure are, your name matches you. what dumb -ass comment tells me what you eat!!!!!....

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

vanessa: what a total shame, i was nearly about to comment if it would be able to purchase one of his pieces!...

in response to: Phono-Graf by EvilGentleman

living in Hutchinson: Wow. Interesting website. I would like to comment too. I live in Hutchinson. I have been here my entire life. I moved to big cities in other states for a few......

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

Ago'cs Pali / San Francisco,CA: ". . nobody should die, 'till spends at least a month in Hungary" ( Comment of a New York Times journalist.)...

in response to: Trees, Wires, and Mysterious Buildings by elif

surviving: hutch is safer than a lot of big cities, and the commute to work is not so bad,(hour wait traffic jams etc.) I have traveled and it"s not fun to set ,......

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

artisan, London: I use a combination of old Nikon SLR's from a baby EM or my FM2, and more recently a beautiful F3. I always use 400ASA and slightly underexpose, which lets the blacks seep in from......

in response to: London, a Little Darker... by artisan, London

Who Cares for Kensington: I'll leave race out of my comments and will continues to focus on the radical change of culture and values. The changes are what thay are and I am sure that the government nor activists......

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

Sheila Hilton: Hya Sue, I take it that your comments about your family (O'Reilly) were in response to anon's comments above. I suspect they were made in jest, but that wasn't made clear if they were. Perhaps anon......

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

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......

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

Peter: if i had a dollar for every time ive heard someone from a hard/bad/depressed/rebuilding neighborhood comment something like ##"_______ is really that bad and has been for years"##... [[76:cabrini green]], [[1727:henry horner]], [[4368:hutchinson]], [[646:bushwick]], to......

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

JOSEPH BRIDGE: look, i do agree with some of your comments.you are trying to help out the residents of kensington.but there will never be a total sense of community in the neighborhood. that is vital. and thats......

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

serlingrod: Thanks Peter. It's nice to have a friend back you up. I just marvel at the stubborness of it though.....I mean, "keep on painting" ... Really? I've made it perfectly clear I'm not an artist..I'm......

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

Peter: serlingrod: i get the same shit about {bushwick}. some people (usually the ones who least-closely read your commentary) just cant resist twisting and misinterpreting anything you say about the place thats vaguely positive, and automatically......

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

serlingrod: I don't think I paint a rosy picture of Kensington at all. If you read what I wrote I actually said there's lots of crime, disinvestment, and the schools are broken. Those were my words.......

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

Renee Harrold: Hi, I lived in 111,1957-1968 and 120 until 1972, 1847 until 1974. I, read the book there are no children here and I remember a much better time. We could sleep with our doors......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

serlingrod: In response to the last post - first of, let me say that I live in Philadelphia and have worked as a community organizer in Kensington for the past several years. I mention this to......

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

sharon, swansea: hi to all thanks for the lovley comments, like i said, it was karl`s way of getting the message through, it was a very vivid dream, i`ve always been a sceptic, when......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Me: Re to voice You said it well. I wonder why Tex doesn,t sell his property and break completely away from Hutch,if he hates it so bad. If I hated something so bad,I would sever all ties.......

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

voice of reason: If life is good then you would not be typing rhetorical crap in front a computer screen. On that note good bye and good luck. I am sure that you will find time......

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

Jamie: Well, that's what i thought immediately after I made my comment. "Wee" is quite a {Scottish}/{Irish} thing to say and those windows look ever so [[1173:Scottish]] also....

in response to: While You Are Reading This.... by David G.

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

Open your eyes !!: I have read mostly all of the comments on here and it makes me sad to see how ignorant some people really are. What a lot of you need to do is......

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

Peter: ever heard of the internet, dana? or humor? I KILL YOUR FLAME COMMENT WITH FIRE! see? it works something like that. as opposed to, say, sitting at home and shooting raccoons with a flamethrower. also: i am curious......

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

Tex: They don't have any defense to my claims, they don't comment on specific issues I bring up, they don't engage in a meaningful discussion on the topics, because they know everything that I have said......

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

Me: Re to Peter Can't say I wouldn't blame you after reading so much negativity,but people like Tex who don't even live here but keep posting negative and slanderous comments,especially about the man who committed suicide,is enough......

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

chiamattt: Amsterdam eh? Perhaps a tourist from Mokpo was hittin the brownies a little hard before starting to write his/her comment? ...

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

zagg: With so many vegetarians, maybe I'll have to have an entire post dedicated to my vegetable garden: JUST YOU KIDS WAIT UNTIL MY EGG PLANTS BARE ME SOME PURPLE ORBS OF YUMMNESS (now only 73%......

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

Eleanor: Have read this article many times and I'm pleased to see it is still drawing comments. NewYorkDave ... you said you were on Bushwick Buddies but left because of the "right-wing" politics ... You're probably right......

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

Peter: wow, the comments in korean are fascinating... i mean, im as prone to think that america is the global authority on conspiracy, but i think its a bit of a reach to say that america......

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

anon (cache-mtc-ad08.proxy.aol.com): I have been at 20 Harman Street since we bought it in 1988. Of course everyone thought I was crazy! Among the many comments was this one "Who would buy a house in Bushwick?" smile.......

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

EvilGentleman: I remember as a child in 1980, sitting in an Ocala, Florida parking lot with my dad while my mother shopped in a _HOPPING ___TER. We have made random "hopping ter" jokes ever since. And Jamie is......

in response to: El R Restau by Peter

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......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

EvilGentleman: Jennifer, you must be unfamiliar with this site to post comments such as you did above. If you browse CE's other articles, which you can do by clicking on his name just under the main......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

EvilGentleman: That is one interesting-looking ruin. Any chance of you adding some more pics of it, possibly in the comments below?...

in response to: Irak Crew by luna park

futurebird: I just did a painting today (from memory) of the freedom tunnel-- so, of course, the graffiti is all made up-- in fact, it's YOUR FAULT I started thinking about this again and did this......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

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