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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

Peter: food for thought: General Motors employs over 30 times the number of people in {canada} as they do in india or korea, but i doubt we would hear you complaining about "hard working americans'" jobs......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

arquitecto: Xavi, good post. I feel your pain. I am a central american immigrant who grew up in cleveland. Went to school in Portland and am living in Sacramento CA. I have gained......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Captain Obvious: What really grates about Quebec's degenerate infrastructure, is that they have not only incredibly high taxes, but they *also* have incredibly high subsidies from all the more productive provinces, BOTH. To have billions poured into a......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

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

JOSEPH BRIDGE: what kind of boost are we talking about. we both agree that goverment assistance didn't work. it sounds like you believe corporate america will do the trick. i think they will take advantage of the......

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

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

Nick Aceto: I had to comment on this one, plus it was written on my B-day. Anyway, I, too am reaching that age, 27, where skateboarding just doesnt feel quite the same. Still, I've found that a......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

corpo: will we see you at the trenton ave arts fest?...

in response to: Journey Down Baltimore Avenue by serlingrod

ex-Bellevillian: Personally...I think Belleville is the most boring town in the world and I grew up there. Still have family there too. Belleville has always had this gran idea of itself because it host......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

Renee: I enjoyed reading this thread. However, there are a lot a personal prejudices and biases here. However, that's Americans for you now isn't it. I enjoyed the person who said judge people......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

corpo: so that says "reack snak"..........nearby ...and i always do up my neighborhood. berk station el stop...philly...

in response to: Kensington / North Philly Graffiti by serlingrod

Rob Tynan: Hi Alan, Cyril The doctors surgery is still there. It was originally built as a single storey building, because of the previous subsidence problems. The structure remained in one piece, so they added another......

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

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

skip: art has always been about expression, and this is why most graffiti is plain vandalism.writing a tag and some crew under it has no expression.there are a few graffiti artists that used/use expression. heres......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Joanne Amorello-minor: Cadishead and Irlam Guardian Fri Dec 3rd 1976 front page Died after overdose An Irlam man with a "tremendous amount to live for" was......

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

noname: I was driving to WORK this morning and saw something that truly pissed me off. I left my house to see 1 million plus dollar crane picking up Tree limbs! Along with this crane were......

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

Dunny DuNsTeR: Dawn, I totally agree. This is totally the point, Banksy's work is all about culture. I am sure if they do take it down he will come back with something equally provocative. Just as he......

in response to: Giant Rat Destroys Liverpool by banksyfan

Proletariat: It's my duty to care about others. You're right, I've never lived in kensington, however I've lived in worse places. I've lived in the poorest country in South America, where more than 50 % of......

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

K Teesdale: Growing up in Kensington, I knew I had to get out. The social environment was not one to be taken lightly. I learned everything I need to survive growing up in Kensington. I walked. I......

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

Floody: I agree that it will never get back to where is was in the past...nothing ever does, but please do not put down the efforts that the New Kensington Community Development Corporation is currently doing.......

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

Joining the Whine: Hey Padre Island - Texas schools ARE crappy, at least the Houston ISD. JSC, NASA's location in Houston, has nothing to do with anything but the fact that NASA needed a way to transport......

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

BJ: I agree with ette. Looking at corporate war profits in USA and Europe today shows how immoral war is. We blindly send our youth to wherever the powers that be decide, then start shipping them......

in response to: Memorial to Berlin Wall Deaths by nomad

serlingrod: [[http://www.nkcdc.org]] New Kensington Community Development Corporation. I'm telling you....we're doing great things here. There's still hope yet....

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

joey: globalization; corporatization; it's all about brands. no offense, it looks like times square, ny canadian style...

in response to: It\'s Christmas Already? by Elicar

R.W. Texas: I found this also by a search engine. I am a history buff and did some research. Signal Oil went through a lot of mergers and divestitures before all was said and done. AlliedSignal was......

in response to: Signal Gasoline by fuzzytank

BBC Reports Kite deaths in Lahore: BBC News Kite deaths mar Pakistan 2005 festival It is not the first time Lahore has seen kite-related deaths Up to nine people have been killed and dozens injured during an annual kite-flying festival called Basant in the......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

Mark: Thanks for posting the photos of Barton power station; they have assisted me enormously with my research. I'm a legal academic in the field of environmental law and am putting the final touches to a......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

serlingrod: oh lovely - featureless corporate landscape! :) these pics look like they could have been taken in the "downtown" of Harrisburg, Binghamton, or any other ity bity city. ...

in response to: Anyplace, Brooklyn by CartLegger

CartLegger: To me, its about one's inner relation to the outer environment. The terms was originally conceived of by the Situationists of 1960's France as an conceptual art activity focusing on one's experience of space. More recently, American......

in response to: Conflux Festival: CrippleBush Ghost Tour by CartLegger

HushUp: Ok apparently not. So here we go (I guess because of my first post I used copy and paste so it didn't go through) Sooooo, I will type it all out, just because I......

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

serlingrod: East Kensington does have alot of problems, but just like everywhere you go there are good people trying to make a difference. I actually work full-time in this neighborhood for the New Kensington Community Development......

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

aer : well, i don't actually think it looks like darth vader, it's more like i picture darth vader living there. you know, darth's corporate headquarters. just having a bit of fun. when i was choosing a......

in response to: The Darth Vader Building by aer suzuki

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......

in response to: CWRU Bldg by joey

CartLegger: Scott: Maybe you should incorporate the innovation of **Google mapping** so we can all know just where all this spatial boredom is located. ...

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

serlingrod: i work for New Kensington Community Development Corporation. If you're interested in seeing what we're doing in this area to improve the lives of others, please visit our website at www.nkcdc.org....

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

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Battle robots. Cyberdyne Systems Corporation. Arrggghh....

in response to: Mill Parts by Tyfoid Kid

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

Chevrolet Fan: New York Times - Tarrytown G.M.'s 2-Week Shutdown Published: February 10, 1982 The General Motors Corporation has ordered a two-week shutdown of its North Tarrytown plant beginning next Monday and 4,600 employees will be laid off. The shutdown,......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

.nanotech.: [[img:18501]] NAZI REGIME.911.REICHSTAG - parliament of Germany [[img:18502]] Even the location was a deliberate attempt to conceal it by constructing it in Denver Colorado's 1 mile high mountain area, knowing that planes flying at a maximum altitude will......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

.nanotech.: [[img:18457]] [[img:18458]] [[img:18459]] [[img:18462]] [[img:18463]] [[img:18464]] [[img:18465]] [[img:18466]] [[img:18467]] [[img:18468]] [[img:18469]] [[img:18470]] [[img:18471]] * The Queen of England has reportedly been buying up property in Colorado under a proxy. * There is a lot of "secret society" symbology at the airport,......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

DAVE: [[img:17827]] The wharf at Irlam handled the coal and ore used by the Lancashire Steel Corporation....

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

groovehouse: reminds me of this installation in San Antonio, Tx by Anton Vidokle Corporate Art - blog post by San Antonio Daily Photo [[http://sanantoniodailyphoto.blogspot.com/2006/05/corporate-art.html]] A more in-depth article on the artist and this installation. After you click the link,......

in response to: Advertisements on Rietveld Art Acadamy by RobertR

corporal tanis: as usual to much talk no action new york should be ashamed...

in response to: The World Trade Center Site by Peter

zagg: You only wanted to include part of the net meme? (http://www.theparticle.com/fun/fun.php?topic=corporate&id=529) For a minute I thought I was reading the crappy forwards that land in my inbox and not Citynoise....

in response to: New Retirement Policy by jack

jeeff: kricket - you couldn't, but i like your idea. i don't think the bike towers will be incorporated into the permanent version....

in response to: Quay to the City by jeeff

EvilGentleman: Susannah: I find it quite funny that both your cowboy and my mountie are British Sirhcbre: I will get around to it when I have both free time and **no rain**. I think the regional headquarters......

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

EvilGentleman: You're welcome, Susannah. I thought I was just spouting gibberish, like I usually do. No matter whether it is called religion, politics, kinship, patriotism, corporatism, ideology, loyalty, authority, "support", righteousness, or what have you, they are......

in response to: U.S. Congressman Foley by sine

Cam: Pickled eggs - oh so tasty Leslie Dan building - the corporate bordello...

in response to: Pickled Eggs: Inside the Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building by jeeff

sine: Update: I just watched the ABCNews report on Nightline about the Foley 'incident'. Earlier I had reported Mark Foley's connection with Scientology after he entered rehab in Clearwater, FL (Refer to above article). Segment one involved......

in response to: U.S. Congressman Foley by sine

zagg: Wikipedia: "Prattsville -- The hamlet of Prattsville is in the south part of the town on Route 23A. It was incorporated as a village in 1883, but later abandoned that status." --- sounds like a......

in response to: Prattsville Rules by GGP

zagg: Timbits gets mentioned on CITYNOISE often enough that they* should start paying for advertising on the site. ______________________________________________ * They = a specific large corporation that markets a dough ball and calls it 'Timbits' they will remain......

in response to: The focus in these captures are all in the details by zagg

joey: berkeley, ca has a bmw dealership located in an old steel plant/warehouse. it's the best selling bmw dealership in the area. but bmw corporate thinks bmw buyers want a luxury showroom so when the lease......

in response to: A Small Looping Tour in Seattle by aer suzuki

zagg: yep, you heard me right. i prefer the march over the parade --- maybe for semi-obvious reasons --- plus its far more grass roots and not a big giant corporate showcase like the parade......

in response to: Toronto Pride: the Importance of Attending Church by zagg

EvilGentleman: Hmmm, I suspect that the cups **could** become recyclable if they were processed in a way that heated them up to melt off the wax coating first. There may be a new industry here, just......

in response to: Tim in the Streets by Marlo

JG to AH: Report from the front 2006. Looks like our new plans are working mein Fuhrer. Now with America destroyed it won't be long before the whole of the free world is obliterated again once and for all!!! ......

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

dT: Blaming white people for gentrification is pointless; capitalism is the real problem. Exploitation will continue to exist as long as our corporatist economy exists. Also, if you are white, stop complaining about being......

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

Tamara: That's what the Pride parade in Toronto has become... very sad, but the corporate beast has taken over the whole affair! Have you all got your party hats on and water guns armed? ...

in response to: End Gender by Biff

peter connolly: if you shut both eyes the tower block disappear's ha ha we have jelly moulds incorporating children's names this is new can I send you one...

in response to: Kitchen Symmetry by elaine

Peter: "do i have the right?" well, most people accept the tenet that anything done in public is in the public domain, unless otherwise specified. thats why cabs that use cc-tv warn you, thats why calls......

in response to: Mullets Galore! by Peter

I.T.U.C.: Yeah, the Regency (UK, 1760-1820). A mad monarch under the influence of the first stirrings of corporate greed and the peasant-hood blessed with rickets, scurvy, beaten down with rum sodomy and the lash; what a......

in response to: Yuppy Scum by CE

Thankyou!: All I have to really say is thanks. I read somewhere above about a smoker who said he's allergic to perfume. Imagine then that your cigarettes (as a bottle) and your smokey by-product (as a......

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

chiamattt: Test run? I thought there were "readings" and "debate" before a law was enforced. The fact is, politicians are NOT doing their jobs, while corporations work long hours figuring out how they can confuse and......

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

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

chiamattt: yeah! you're such a corporate hack Hool. ...

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

chiamattt: I am by no means a 'corporate hack', and while you said you would not attack me personally, you did. Whatever man, I just feel that these matters can be handled outside the realm of......

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

EvilGentleman: Make light of it if you want, Matt. My health is **not** negotiable. The reality is, I have had to actually get off of an aircraft because some idiot thought perfume would be a suitable......

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

A Poet in Philadelphia: Having lived in Belfast several times, I can agree wholeheartedly with the above comment that the change begins with the person in the mirror. And having lived in the US for most of my......

in response to: snapshots on a refrigerator by manda

Cameo: Heh... good point. But it is often hard to incorporate a reflection of yourself as being behind the camera often excludes you from the shot!...

in response to: An Experiment by Elicar

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Yes. The smaller surface area cuts down on wear and tear on the corporate carpets. Plus, they put cattle grates at the exits to make it hard for you to leave....

in response to: Shadow Box by elaine

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: May I add: BT Telecom Tower, London A famous London landmark since the 1960s Location: 60 Cleveland Street, London W1. 189m (620ft) It had a revolving resturant open to the public until a bombing in the early '70's.......

in response to: Spawn of the Space Needle by Machupicchu

Big REd: Irish mike is definetly right, i think were forgetting that england is a graff writer but whatever, the point is everythings fucked up and instead of fighting eachother, we should be joining up to fight......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

michelle: What comes around goes around. It didn't stay Polish, Italian and German. It won't stay Puerto Rican either. Humboldt Park community was incorporated into the City of Chicago in 1869, the same year that saw......

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

jeeff: i wonder if they'll incorporate littering motorists somehow......

in response to: Monster Track 6: NYC Messenger\'s Race by Peter

popasmuf: Why does this become a battle of car verses bike? She might drive a Hummer after work who the fuck knows, it really has nothing to do with the incident. If she threw a meat pie at......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Viernes: That is why we have laws. To prevent self righteous fundamentalist zealots to try to impose their beliefs on us all by the use of violence and intimidation.Yes littering is wrong, we have laws......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

jack: no you are a catherine. i can tell by your hyphened name . its so business. it sounds like a corporation or a printing company. im catherine of the penfold-waxman's. ......

in response to: Jan 10 2006 Toronto by hool

Peter: wow! this is an intersting story... that link is great, btw. thanks for sharing this. bland corporate radio is why i rarely listen to the radio now. i prefer short-wave lately......

in response to: Defunct Radio Tower At Dusk by groovehouse

The Birdman: Probaly the longest dwelling residents remaining in this neighborhood are the Woodberry family. How about asking them for a little commentary and input on the destruction and redevelopment of the neighborhood to accompany your photos?......

in response to: Brush Park, Detroit by Tmax 400

ELLIS G.: For Immediate Release: KILI is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by ELLIS G. Continues through 12/1/05 @ KILI 81 Hoyt St. bet. State St. and Atlantic Ave. Bklyn NY A,C,G Trains to Hoyt/Schermerhorn......

in response to: Wherefore ART Thou, Ellis? by GGP

NET PI 156 KRT: For Immediate Release: KILI is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by ......

in response to: Brooklyn Street Art Initiative by Peter

Corporal Diaz U.S.M.C.: Some time has gone by since I first laid my thoughts on this forum. I can see nothing has changed sine I left Humboldt park. And to some degree it saddens me, but it does......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Colin: I'm not sure that the civicheraldry.co.uk web site is correct to say that the device is known as the Southwark Cross or even that it symbolises the London Borough of Southwark, without further corroborative evidence.......

in response to: victoria park bench by elaine

Young Father: Im straight up Latin to the bone. I dont show it through logos, clothing, chants, etc, etc. I let it show itself as a result of reading, travels, music, learning, worship, and everyday......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jeeff: yeah, it's definitely a fine line to walk. aside from the logos everywhere (and having to present your card to get in??? ##that's## crazy) it sure is a nice opportunity to relax in......

in response to: TennEx, anyone? by kc

kc: I can't deny I benefited from it, since I don't have cable and wouldn't have seen the tennis otherwise. But the park isn't very big and there were related events at the other end, so......

in response to: TennEx, anyone? by kc

Peter: awesome. im totally gonna incorporate this photo into the citynoise navigation menu bar......

in response to: Wire Tree by sine

kc: boy did I want to go there when it was still around...there, or maybe the one near suffern (or wherever 17/the Thruway intersect), where there's now a hotel that looks like Darth Vader...my father had......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

joey: what about the separation of church and corporation ??...

in response to: Corporate Faith by JoeyD

Oliver: This building, at 550 Madison Avenue, is now the home of Sony Corporate of America and SonyBMG (Previously Sony Music), where I worked for too many years. One of the oddest things about it......

in response to: NYC: The AT&T Building by Peter

Laura : The sound of birds in the background is amazing-I really like the way you incorporate sound into the post. Touches more than one sense. Too bad there isn't a way to smell the grass too......

in response to: montreal fields 2 by hool

Peter: thats the citicorp building out in queens. my guess is that this shot is facing due east... [[http://www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com/bigmap/queens/lic/citibank]] theres an interesting story on that building... its in a very remote, non-built-up area of queens... rumor has it......

in response to: Crescent Street, night by BZZZP

Jamie: whilst you are still in {Brighton} you should retaliate with some "forced child labour - just do it" stencils. Extra points for incorporating the {swoosh}....

in response to: trashed car in wild park by elaine

Jamie: corporate graffiti, how lame is that? whatever next?...

in response to: trashed car in wild park by elaine

Peter: i thought the exact same thing re: blueshirtguy and the powersuitman. im sure its the case of one being upper management anad one being a lowly prole in the corporate world... if you dont wear......

in response to: Commuters, WTC Station by Peter

Peter: weird fact: because of disney's huge profits at disney world, the whole state of florida doesnt have any sales tax. thats alot of money changing hands and filtering into the state's economy. also: disney is considered......

in response to: I Want To Eat Your Brain by Jamie

Lili: Thank you Jamie. Wonderfully put, Jamie and Elaine. I believe that there is transcendence and that that is the significant example that the story of Christ set for us. Have you ever been really ill......

in response to: I Want To Eat Your Brain by Jamie

Lili: Coca-Cola Company, I would like to thank you for drawing attention to the work of Justo Gallego Martínez in Spain. I can, on one level, identify with difficult creative work that goes unappreciated. As odd as this next......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

jeeff: i don't mind most posters, but increasingly postering is getting co-opted by big corporations with glossy mega-posters covering whole stretches of construction boardwalks. it's disgusting, and odd that they can get away with such......

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