Comments about condo

There are 100 comments about "condo"

Humboldt/West Bucktown - whichever you prefer: I've been in this area for over 6 years. Bought a condo 3BR/3BA. The first year was rough with all the random shootings at night. I get the scoop from the locals,......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Babushkah Zblcowszksky: Hell NO....The place is spot-less..WHERE? I was there with my Husband Stanislaw last Monday,August 25-th and we took a walk through the path at the end of the railroad ties walking east towards the Marine......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

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

botchog: the towers in pic number 5 are the shangrila towers condominium in makati city...

in response to: Metro Manila by Laura

WR: Had my bike stolen out of my garage this afternoon, probably an hour before I was gonna go use it. Now, I got the thing for free from my neighbor, so I'm not out any......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

NF: Someone put a picture of what the Niagara Falls skyline might be turning into....there missing a building that is under construction right now. Were building a 52 storey hotel addition onto the Hilton. I also......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

angie: Greetings to all. I'm not from chicago at all, but I have alot of family who does. We used go ride by the high rises when we we kids, and I would wonder how in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Gremlin: 64. You've acquired a taste for crèton. 65. You don't own a house or condo but you own your own appliances, and if not, your roommate does. 66. You've never bought a piece of furniture, because it......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

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

Hutchinson Escapee: That's it? That's all you got? Knowing Hutchinson to be the seething cesspool of child rapists and pedifiles that it is, I am going to suggest in the strongest language possible that the Dateline NBC people......

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

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......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

EvilGentleman: Every condo comes with entertainment: You can play {plinko} with the other balconies....

in response to: M9 by CE

Peter: woah! cool building! nice design and nice color! oh wait, its a condo... i take it back! condos suck! but its still cool......

in response to: M9 by CE

joey: it's been over 3 years since this article first appeared. have they built the 30 story condos in memory of the two stray cats that used to live there?...

in response to: Stray Cat by ian

Peter: a good shot still eludes me... its like the doors are winking at me, revealing the {suv}s that belong to all the yuppies who live in the condos above... [[img:27737]] ...

in response to: Clean Canvasses? by Peter

Condo nuisance: Wow... great testimonials! I say, get rid of them any way possible - before they take over. Having an open garbage dumpster at these condos doesn't help. They eat then live in our our garage......

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

Kevin: Roamn candle fights have been around as long as i can remember....and I was a very active participant! Not condoning it....but its hardly a new phenomenon....

in response to: Victoria Day Fireworks by Gabi

ChiPhi: Christopher and others, why is there always a: "...somebody needs to do something to help..." why don't people take responsibility and pride for their own? I have lived in this neighborhood for 5 years......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Anne Priestley (nee Rigby): Hi Cyril I found the other site yesterday (Article4343) enjoyed all the photos that have been posted particulary the one of Roscoe Road and the one of Galliers Sweetshop. I noticed that you mentioned a......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Christopher : I agree of what they they are saying. The bad people should not come and take over by buying housing and making a condo and expensive for others. ...

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

yolanda deberry-franklin: wow, memories, memories,memories. my family and i moved into the henry horner projects when they were completed around 1956-57. i was about 4 years old at the time. we thought that we......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

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

ArchDoctor: I'm APPAULED that Mississauga wasnt an immediate top 10 candidate, have you guys been here recently?? the absolute world is gonna boast the tallest condominiums outside of Toronto, there are 35+ story monsters reserecting......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

EvilGentleman: I have posted new articles. The first is about the demolition of the original buildings facing Benny Avenue. [[7850:The Destruction of Benny Farm]] The second is about the preparations to build condos in the site where the......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

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

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

Peter: from what i could tell on my recent visit, {seattle} is undergoing major condo-fication, similar to what {nyc} is seeing these days... hmm....

in response to: Needle Vs Crane by fuzzytank

D.Bennett: Damn it`s like every time get on here i see a new paragraph about someone who has died from the hornets and often someone i new like (tony Wood aka Nuke i......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

John Boom: Portland, OR U start to look more and more or your surroundings on the MAX U see a bum for every regular person U see the service at VooDoo Doughnut get worse everyyear, but you still go U see......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Norma, Greetings from Adelaide ( arrived here in september 1980 ),and many thanks for your condolences on the passing of our much loved son Brian.He leaves his wife Jen and their 2 lovely children, Chris......

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

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Wow Longfield Lodge... you are right Rob, it did have a distinct 'hospital' smell. Now you've taken me back to the good old days when the Tar works was really smelly and Mum used......

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

Alan Taylor: Hi Cyril et al, Firstly my I pass on my condolences in the passing of your son Brian at such a young age. Yes I forgot to mention that the first one was a double fronted shop,......

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

Jan: Recently I took my grandson to the children's room in the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. It had not changed from the way I remember it in the 40's, except for the inclusion......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: yeah, it looks like a nice building, the old architecture must give way to the newer sleek buildings, i am old architecture, and i have given way to the newer sleeker young buildings that have......

in response to: Viagra Headquarters? by serlingrod

riiiiiight: i was born and raised in bk. i just checked out a new "luxury condo" developement out there a whim (when i was told my rent was being jacked up another 300 bucks). ......

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

rachael: hmmm... many of the comments i've read have either amused me or angered me...but I'll go on anyway... i'm a brooklyn native and originally from east flatbush. my parents left there to move to long island [for......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: Hey, no problem from my end. You can name your business whatever you like, and based on how vociferously you defend it, the kids there are probably well taken care of. I will still snicker a......

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: [[img:24650]] condo-minimum? Does this mean you won't pay much for your condo? ...

in response to: Artritis Cancer by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

alensky: well,that twin towers i supposed is the Glorietta complex? (not sure) but it's like a Condo then shopping mall.filipino like to do shopping......

in response to: Metro Manila by Laura

Jane: I saw a nice a condo in Bushwick. It was located in between Montrose and Morgan stops on L train line. The major cross sections are Flushing and Bushwick. The apartment was......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

nick castle: i worked in las vegas in 82 stayed in the AAA RENT A BED THEN stayed IN THE CONDOR HOTEL and worked in the old peoples home across the road,my boss was jim perry ,big......

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

Elicar: I might as well acquaint readers the exact place where this was taken. We were travelling along Ortigas Avenue, coming from Pasig City (Manila, as I refer to is the Greater Manila Area). The background......

in response to: Wrong Way, Buddy! by Elicar

little ukraine: oops hit post too soon- just a few more words - the area i described has been well under... er, 'development' for over a decade, and it's hitting the point where shitloads of condos are......

in response to: Help This Newbie by lou

corsakti: just to clear something up again; i was tryin to badmouth humboldt park and the puerto ricans who live there. As I grew up, we lived in a rented house there for years and were......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

EvilGentleman: I saw this post the day it was first posted, and had not looked back it till today. What a lot of comments about stolen bikes in the Toronto area! Incredible. Reminds me of this guy......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

corsakti: just to clear something up, for anyone who misunderstood - i wasn't tryin to badmouth humboldt park in general, we lived in a rented house there for years and were fine with it. our......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

EvilGentleman: Georges, The predominant prejudice in Montreal is still language. As an English-speaker, I seldom notice anti-Americanism among the French Quebecers. This may be due in part to my not being to understand most of what......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

Peter: im 30. im not rich. i live in bushwick because i can afford it and because its, for the most part, a hard-working, family-rich neighborhood thats free of yuppie condos, starbucks and the like. it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

serlingrod: [[img:23007]] Ha! I knew these buildings looked familiar! Here's the shot I snagged earlier this summer. F*** Best Buy! Something very similar happened in Philly earlier last year.....a row of very unique storefronts......

in response to: Say Goodbye by CE

colavitos ghost: good point; i've always thought that "loft condo living" pretty much requires that one live an "extreme" lifestyle....

in response to: DOW Brewery by Cinic

anon (cpe-72-229-159-89.nyc.res.rr.com): how about the Future. should I invest in a condo in east Orange? Maybe 20 years from now it will as nice as other Oranges?...

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

February 6, 1958 United players killed in air disaster: The Munich air disaster took place on February 6, 1958, when the British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at the Munich-Riem airport in Germany.......

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

jeeff: the whole thing has evolved into a huge OMB-city clusterfuck nightmare. the city missed a deadline to challenge one of the designs, and has resorted to desperate lawsuits. most recently, the [[5792:toronto fashion......

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

Tony T: Reading through all of these posts brings up a mixed bag of emotions. Like many here, I left Bushwick years ago (16 years ago actually). Japan is my home now, and it is a far......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Dan: Thanks for sharing your pictures. My parents got married at the Purple Hyatt in May, 1975 and they took us kids back there in May, 1985. I hadn't been back there since then,......

in response to: Hotel Detective by procyon

CartLegger: My condolences from Brooklyn. I just got off mine on the way home from a lovely sunset ride, and had a warm fuzzy moment scaring people out of the way on the Brooklyn Bridge. Man,......

in response to: Yet Another Bike by Sonia

help: I need help. I moved to the burbs from a city condo...we have racoon poo EVERYWHERE, all over our back yard. I have been resisting pesticides and fertilizers for our lawn and garden because......

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

Marylizbeth: Uggghh...RACCOONS. They have been haunting us and our neighbors for the last month. We each have a pool and fountains and these rotten raccoons have been using the pools and fountains as their bathroom. Every......

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

jeeff: a correction: i found out that the nearest building pictured IS memorable, as i guess all buildings are if you're willing to look closely. sorry for the error. from the Toronto Star, 'Fashion Incubator......

in response to: Dovercourt by jeeff

futurebird: http://www.curbed.com/archives/2007/06/19/high_line_construction_chronicles_caledonia_looming.php It's soon to be the loaction of some fancy condos....

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

jms: my wife and I have a 10 month old. Currently, we're looking in bushwick - want to save and purchase a home/condo once the real estate market recovers (maybe in bushwick). I've lived in......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

HSH: Peter, I'd love to stay in touch with you...you can email me at bbq_on_mars@yahoo.com. I personally have never encountered a problem there myself (though I did have the pleasure of witnessing 2 cops - one......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

AD: This picture doesnt represent ALL of Montrose. Some of the area has cracked-out broken sidewalks (and pple) that will fracture your ankles if you try to walk on them. There are areas that......

in response to: Montrose Sidewalks by groovehouse

Jamie: Yeah, well obviously i can't condone trespassing on British Rail property. It ##is## dangerous. Don't do it kids. But this particular stretch of track has very wide 'sidings' if that's the right term. Gravelled areas......

in response to: followup graffiti hunt by Jamie

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

Alec: I did an engineering internship there 21 years ago when I was 19. I went there this morning and viewed basically the same thing as the photos show (my first time back there). ......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

EvilGentleman: I guess I stand corrected, albeit with a bit of egg on my face. Would you believe that new condos in Montreal often look **exactly** like the lighter coloured buildings in this post? Especially the......

in response to: Debaliviere Place by maybetoday

EvilGentleman: cg: I guess I have an inherent dislike of sameness. Contrasts and variety are so much better. It might have something to do with most of my childhood being spent in military housing, where each......

in response to: Debaliviere Place by maybetoday

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

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: Condos, old and new. The great city of St. Louis deserves better than this graphic example of the full variety of sameness that gentrification produces....

in response to: Debaliviere Place by maybetoday

CE: It's just on a small one story building way out in the east end. Just a non descript office building amongst some empty lots that are being turned into condos. It'll likely be......

in response to: Quite Possibly the Weirdest Mural Ever Made! by CE

EvilGentleman: Photo 2: Construction of {Angrignon} Towers retirement {condo} complex [[http://www.reseauselection.com/residences-detail.asp?ID=31]] Map: [[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&t=k&om=1&ll=45.446561,-73.607492&spn=0.001833,0.003616&z=18]]...

in response to: Montreal Scenery, 2004 by EvilGentleman

Frank S. Besner: From experience: Only task harder than finding condoms in Times Square at 10:30 PM on a sunday night, Picking your nose with boxing gloves on. Diametric opposition of scenario: Times Square, 1979....

in response to: Times Square by jack

me: ah, pissed off tax paying citizen, we meet with a battle of words once again... i am not in disagreement that the work that these artists put up- is indeed vandalism. i admitted to that and......

in response to: Albuquerque Graffiti Flood by Relapsed

Sean (EvilGentleman): Treasure the years you had together. Celebrate her life. The reason that you have the level of respect at citynoise that you do is that your comments and insights show you to be a caring and decent......

in response to: Contemplative View by jack

Eviva: I just bought a condo off the Dekalb Avenue L stop. I really like the area and while it's true that Bushwick isn't quite Williamsburg, I see ample potential. Also, real estate in Bushwick is......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

dougieESQ: I think with all the changes coming to coney island in the next few years people will say its getting better but I think it will actually be worse. Luxury lofts and condos do not......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

CE: If you go to the one on Notre-Dame in Saint-Henri, there are murals painted on the walls above the shelves. One is a typical picture of the store but the other is of the......

in response to: Fuck the IGA by CE

procyon: ooh! i especially like the fifth one and the last one... it's always a surprise to see how beautiful pop is in the sunlight. the building on top of a building reminds me of the elevator......

in response to: DownTown Buildings by Tyfoid Kid

Earnest ( Bubble) Pettis, Crane '68": Well I grew up at Henry Horner at 1920 W. Washington # 606 and like John Bland, a classmate of mine so aptly stated this plan has been in effect for many years due to......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

BDweller: Hey, upfromflames, your picture of the entirely sealed-up apartment building [Feb 17th] looks like a burn-out to me. You can see the scorch marks around the fire escape. "Is it a careless landlord......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

groovehouse: Damn sad story, I guess problems are the same everywhere. We have quaint places that are being bulldozed for condos and shopping centers. ...

in response to: The Hambone Cafe by LoopZilla

alaska from brooklyn: Hey can any of you help me? I grew up in brooklyn over in greenpoint and i just found out my building was torn down and they built a condo. I am......

in response to: Atlantic Yards by Peter

been: The mail thing is no problem as it is a center hall walk-up job. I lived in here in 1985/1986. All of the apartments use the # 82 address. I think I was in apartment #5. This was......

in response to: One Building with 2 Addresses by Biff

anon (localhost): yeah, does anyone have info. about Decatur and the Wilson stop? I've seen new condos online on that street. They look to be about 8 blocks or so north of Bushwick Ave....

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon (localhost): St. Nicholas Hotle, built in 1857, was wher Lincoln wrote his inaugural speech - both this and the annex building are being converted from apartments to condo hotels - major renovation coming - will be......

in response to: Sunday Morning Tidbits by Brad

anon (localhost): There are two Bushwicks, first is one where you can still buy heroin and crack everywhere from Jefferson to Himrod... Heroin always was and always will be Bushwick hottest commodity. Trust me I've been around......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

RICH W: maritza,i agree with u 100%,i wrote before but it didnt get posted..theres a affordable housing shortage everywhere.i live between boston and n.y, every apartment building is being bought up by these people from n.y and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

groovehouse: Alas, this tree was felled by "professionals" and I use that term loosely. They cut down the whole tree and grinded the stump to make way for a driveway for one of the condos. Shame......

in response to: Dead Tree Killed By Construction by groovehouse

Susan F: I lived in Benny Farm during the 1950's & 60's. Certainly looked a lot better then and it does now. Was a great community to grow up in; tons of kids to play......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Beadle and Tatum: I think the thing about W. Clit, is that it never was as empty as Clit. Clit has had all these empty lots get condoed while people have always kept the houses on W......

in response to: The Streets of Ohio City by little ukraine

jack: welcome to the wonderful world of developers. as you may already know, developers do not care for human beings. they detest them. they feel humans should not get used to things in......

in response to: Soon To Be Demolished by groovehouse

RESPONSE TO : Yea-Yo: Im Puerto Rican and im buying property converting it into condos and giving it right back to the RICANS of Humboldt Park. Why might you ask because im RICH BICTH!!!!!!!!!! Sorry for you yuppies i......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Lucy: Any new shops and Restaurants in the area? I also heard that the 2 bedroom Condo at Hart Street (just passed Knickerbocker) was sold for 435,000???? Wow....

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

JNJ: Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I would be......

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

colavitos ghost: that condo tower at grand army is gonna be nasty (bad)....

in response to: Autumnal Facades by sine

JNJ: "I was running in Humboldt Park the other day, as I have for a few years, when 2 Puerto Rican 17ish year olds rammed their bicycles into me. I stepped to them, as it were,......

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

New Face in Bushwick: By the way, my condo is near L-train station in Bushwick. I do not find the area any dangerous at ALL. Meeting a lot of amigos. Many people cannot afford to keep a......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew