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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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... corpo: will we see you at the trenton ave arts fest?... 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...... 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...... corpo: so that says "reack snak"..........nearby ...and i always
do up my neighborhood. berk station el stop...philly... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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....... 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...... 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...... 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.... joey: globalization; corporatization; it's all about brands.
no offense, it looks like times square, ny canadian style... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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. ... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... CartLegger: Scott: Maybe you should incorporate the innovation of **Google mapping** so we can all know just where all this spatial boredom is located. ... 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.... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Battle robots. Cyberdyne Systems Corporation. Arrggghh.... 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....... 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,...... .nanotech.: [[img:18501]]
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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...... .nanotech.: [[img:18457]]
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* 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,...... DAVE: [[img:17827]]
The wharf at Irlam handled the coal and ore used by the Lancashire Steel Corporation.... 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,...... corporal tanis: as usual to much talk no action new york should be ashamed... 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.... jeeff: kricket - you couldn't, but i like your idea. i don't think the bike towers will be incorporated into the permanent version.... 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...... 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...... Cam: Pickled eggs - oh so tasty
Leslie Dan building - the corporate bordello... 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...... 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...... zagg: Timbits gets mentioned on CITYNOISE often enough that they* should start paying for advertising on the site.
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* They = a specific large corporation that markets a dough ball and calls it 'Timbits' they will remain...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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!!!
...... 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...... 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? ... 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... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... chiamattt: yeah! you're such a corporate hack Hool.
... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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!... 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.... 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....... 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...... 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...... jeeff: i wonder if they'll incorporate littering motorists somehow...... 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...... 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...... 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. ...... 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...... 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?...... 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...... NET PI 156 KRT: For Immediate Release:
KILI is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by
...... 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...... 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....... 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...... 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...... 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...... Peter: awesome. im totally gonna incorporate this photo into the citynoise navigation menu bar...... 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...... joey: what about the separation of church and corporation ??... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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}.... Jamie: corporate graffiti, how lame is that? whatever next?... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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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