Comments about dec

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margarita kontarovich : i will be decorate of the christmas on monday december 1st, 2008. i will be buy real plastic tree christmas day on thursday december 18th,2008. it is very cold today. new york city very cold......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Allan: Howard, Now that you mention it, I do remember playing 'knucks'. Not recalling how the number of knucks were determined but I think we used a deck of cards. Something about you could decide to get......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Richie Rubin: Allan;well,dat BIG space `twixt bldgs seemed like a`courtyard/atrium']WE[on St,Johns pl.]didn't have any`open spaces'like YOU Union st.kids had,but WE had a`backyard'w/fences WE climed over & were in a`strange'woyld'..some folks even had nice fruit/vegi.gardens[on Sterling pl.]& on `Google Earth'YOU......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

margarita Kontarovich: windy very cold and freeze and north artric ice snow igloo in canada. snowy in the wintertime in december 1st,2009. january 1st,2009. happy thanksgiving day!...

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

pat barfoot: hi. to everybody who is interested in pearly kings and queens. my mother annie was the eldest child of george and emma dole they had 19 yes 19 children .alf dole was the second born......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Joey: .. and that's why I ride with a fat chain. Not only is it a decent bike lock, but a pretty effective melee weapon as well. Clock that fucker in the back of the head,......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Rich: The old building in the background with the water tower became a church, but, it used to be the old Savoy movie theater. This place had the old world decorations like you don't see anymore.......

in response to: Car Wash by Peter

anon (ool-182f920f.dyn.optonline.net): um NO! I have worked in bedstuy across the street from Marcy Projects for 2 years. I get people comin up to me everyday "hey mami, god bless you, your beautiful" so there was NO......

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

anon (c-76-108-19-62.hsd1.fl.comcast.net): I see theres a new renaissance emerging!!!!the young kids cant hold it down so the old school is coming to teach and add the content and character thats been missing since the early 90's. I......

in response to: Miami Art Massacre by Bob Edelson

Ravennoir: ahhhhh clockwork orange:P not enough decay for my liking but the pictures is nice:P...

in response to: Glasgow Subway Pre-and-During Modernisation by Gap74

Richie Rubin: Suzy;picture dis:Your Mom[Mrs.gradstein]cranking up that old PS 167`Victrola'in the auditorium for:`music appreciation' WE`Rock & Rollers'didn't really dig dat`Longhair'stuff.. `til now!,& WE never imagined having`long hair a decade or so..in da future!..no?..Mrs.Dreeben & miss Hines also cranked up dat`victrola'.as did Mr.Lodato[our......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): for Suzy R. I remember you.Your Mother (MRs. Gradstein)was my 6 grade teacher in 1955-6.Perhaps she brought you to school then. A classsmate of mine,Sharon, who lived on Lincoln Place and Troy Ave, and I once......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Sol: Hi Teri, I also trecked from Brooklyn to Seattle......in time to watch them build the Space Needle & monorail for Century 21. Lived near Alki and then near the locks at Ballard. Did......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: I sent my photos to the editors at citynoise yesterday and we shall see where that leads. I'll keep my fingers crossed, Jane. Thanks for the tip. Janet, I've confirmed that the movie......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

RICHIE RUBIN: Folks,da reason I typed in CAPS..yep:BIGGER & EASIER to READ!..no?but it seems `tis`illegal'on dis site[?] so I'LL continue w/dese teeny lower case stuff..dig? Richie Rubin..& ALAN K;`Jungle Jim's coconut whip' on Amboy st./Pitkin ave.was da best!in fact,I recall `Jungle Jim'wearing......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Janet: Before Honey's moved to Eastern Parkway, the store was on St. John's very near the corner of Troy, right next to a little Jewish tailor who worked at the window on his Singer. Once inside......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mitch Spector: I saw them removing the bricks from the roof-level last week (didn't have my camera with me though). I wonder if they plan on removing ALL the bricks or just some, and what the purpose......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

ImpMyHyde from Kansas: Scott, I have been to Belleville a couple of times. The last was when I stopped there I was passing through but did get to see the Visitor’s Center. There isn't another one like it in......

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

EvilGentleman: I recall the same unfortunate small mentality when I used to live in {Chatham}, New Brunswick, now amalgamated with {Newcastle} to form the regional municipality of {Miramichi}. Most people were good decent folks, but there......

in response to: Home Pt. 6: Wrong Side of the Tracks by CE

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

AARON F,: I have lived in Jacksonville for over 26 years,I still think the city and 95% of the people in it suck.But no one SUCKS ass more then the JEA,rates increases,how the hell is it that......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

The Public Animals - Street Level Nine: This was one of the most inspiring and graffiti-Décollage rich sites I have ever visited in my life. As a young member and founder of The Public Animals, I used to wander in here early......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Mitch Spector: These photos were taken during the early morning of October 5th. Despite the former restaurant site still, for the moment, standing, it is an interesting contrast when comparing the photos (above) from 6 months earlier. [[img:29147]] The......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Robert: since the 80`s , The N.S.B Norgate Solide Brothers,,,there are extremly dangerous crews affiliate with a lot of Gang in Montreal City,thers rolling Cote-Vertu Metro with the BLF Bronw Latin Family,Décarie street and......

in response to: Norgate Shopping Centre by CE

Mitch: Well, sorry to say the dreaded day has finally come! This afternoon (September 25th) demolition was started. The bay windows have been covered from with orange plastic sheeting from the inside, and there's a barrier......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Peter: its a nice photo, rune, but ive seen this photo several hundred times online in the past half-decade or so... its a pretty well-known photo meme. why did you post it here? is it even......

in response to: Forrest by Rune Willem

USA faces bankruptcy: look at that empty field. that area gave food and happy lives for many families for decades until greedy american bosses in USA started to move jobs to india and outsourced all that work....

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Katchie: We all take different turns in our lives. It's the choice we decide to make....

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

Ed "Class of 60": I guess there are some people that look in the mirror and don't like what they see. They blame everyone but the person in the mirror for their miserable putrid lives. They look......

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

Dr Jayne: Great site. Did anyone go to dancing school at Miss Helen's School of Dance in the early 1960s? Probably on 19th ave? If you did, there was a family with three girls......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

thesouthernapple: Hey everyone, I'm sad to see the neighborhood in such decline. But I'm glad to see so many memories here, about the Ave. I graduated Valerdictorian from St. Marks in 1985, and I know that......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Herman from Elmhurst: I used to roller skate in there. My dad told me stories of going up to the cafe and observation deck. It's always been my fantasy of restoring it to it's original state......

in response to: Abandoned... NY State Pavilion by Peter

nk: You may not have intended for this to be a "school-choosing" site, but don't sit there and pretend that coming across a picture like this would not influence your decision in choosing a school for......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

nk: This picture is not a picture of the school - and it's sad that you would want to give the impression that the school actually looks like this. This is the back of the school......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Bea K.: Lou Romero, Upfromflames, all: I've heard so much about "white flight" just about all my life, that I honestly don't think that 'term' will 'ever' go away, how sad it that? I've also wondered if......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Beardo: Doesn't feel that way to me. The cat throws it off. Decent, but not Banksy....

in response to: Breakfast at Banksy\'s by banksyfan

Maz, Netherne: [[img:28967]] [[img:28968]] [[img:28969]] This site really does pop up alot on Google ! I was looking for Kew Gardens, West London, (Middlesex) and found this. I will let you all decide which you prefer ! [[img:28964]] [[img:28965]] [[img:28966]] [[img:28970]] [[img:28971]] [[img:28972]] [[img:28973]] [[img:28974]] [[img:28975]] ...

in response to: Kew Gardens by adam

Maz, Netherne: [[img:28938]] [[img:28939]] [[img:28940]] [[img:28941]] Hi everyone, I came across this site by mistake yesterday and was fascinated by everyone's stories and reading about the grave yard. I had heard other people here at Netherne mention it in the past......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

I must be boring and illiterate: Apparently since I was raised and educated in Belleville I am an illiterate and boring person. I left Belleville like all young people, went to college, worked in Manhattan for 8 years and decided......

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

Richie Fisher: Hey there Warren! I have to be honest, I almost fell off my chair reading your E Mail and I FLEW off my chair when I read your letter on the Casusos's......

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

Cliff: I live near Toronto, any time I am remotely close to Montreal I always take a side trip to Nick's. Once on the way home from the East Coast a car load of us......

in response to: Decarie Hot Dogs by CE

M. Collins: Glad to hear that Mayor Daley finally won over city approval to have the last of the Cabrini Greene structures razed and cleared for new development. Although once a decent complex in the earlier half......

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

awake: Alot people have been living with no direction and misdirection threw out there entire lives in the ghetto's,all over the world.The criminal mentality and immoral behaviors has not been wiped out off the face of......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

chiamattt: That is up to you to decide, i guess. heh...

in response to: Koreans Love Bush by chiamattt

poteto: never see nancy ,the last one i saw was joanne she was still running a store on Kensington @ york w/ the guy she married-not even sure when that was.Sandy and Candy? 25 years in......

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

Mike: Indeed, I used to shop at the IGA, while it was further west on N-Dame st., near parc Sir G-É. Cartier. I can still remember people stocking up on on chicken legs, milk, canned juices,......

in response to: Fuck the IGA by CE

Paul in Seattle: My 1st trip to NYC was in '85, I was there to see the girlfriend and a sister's wedding. While she was at work, I walked this entire line from BANK Street (that's right kids,......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

LOOK CLOSER: Please tell me that I am not the only person that notices the frightened boy all the way to the right in the left section of the 2-piece mural. Everyone views the picture as traveling......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

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

carol d.: hello to ronald lees and janice seifert...I remember driving down E St. and always seeing a couple of houses near the corner on Wishart St. decorated for each holiday.It was really nice.I worked at Cramers......

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

river otters21 girl: I had read somewhere that the decline of the neighborhoods is a part of the "Billy Penn curse". No Philly sports team won a championship since 1983 and since that time period Kensington......

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

Misha: Wow I made it on the internets. This is ME planning my escape although I never did go through with it. Thanks for taking my picture. I'm moving to Nova Scotia soon but......

in response to: Back Ally Finds by CE

Janice Seifert; July 2008: Hi Ronald Lees, I grew up on 600 Wishart St. Your sisters will probably remember me. My brother Joe used to hang out with your brother Earl and Freddie Beck. I used to love how......

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

Geoff: The little bastards are smart, cute, fearless and a bloody great pain in the ass. Our current local raccoon family has taken to digging up our outside plants every damned night (on our second floor......

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

A.E.: There is a pervert on the morning local W train and/or R train. He is tall about 5'9, skinny weighs about 150 pounds. He is of Latin decent, dark, black straight hair worn slick back.......

in response to: Pervert Masturbates on Subway by Peter

Hands and Feet: Just got this today. The reality is this all started about the mid fifties or earlier. I remember moving several times before I was five years of age. This was due to depressed economics in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Gamester: I too just found this page after searching for "too old skateboarding" in Google. I am 23 years old and work as a technical support agent in Boulder, CO. Right now, here is......

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

joe arndt: I used to live in Decatur I now live a few miles away, from what I understand, those pipes simply carry water. This is a r4eally fun part of Decatur to go to. There is......

in response to: Decatur Graffiti by Brad

Peter: This is a tale explaining the manner in which my way of life was rotated along a Y axis until it reached a position roughly 180 degrees from that which it started If I could......

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

Lou Romero: Good exchange UFF, The catholic schools other reason for closing was the declining enrollment from the local neighborhoods (ie: PRs and Blacks), many of these families could not afford the tuition. I remember classmates of mine going to......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969... The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story : I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Lou Romero: Thanks UFF, your response was almost totally on the money, except for the "poor Puerto Rican families" part. Many PR families were hard-working and wanted a better living conditions as well as good schools, many who......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

OG FROM GCC: I just got back from a mission trip to Kensington. We worked at a kids camp that was located at a church on the corner of C and Indiana. Before the kids would get there. Every......

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

Lou Romero: Amazing !! I didn't realize the quality of life and safety had began to decline as early as 1962. I know that the "white flight" was in full swing from 1965 onward, many neighboorhoods still had......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

carol: To Lp I raised 4 children in Kensington(3 of which went to college),and I thank God that they do not live in the Kensington of today.I am still here and probably will be till I......

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

Who Cares for Kensington: Carol, I left the neighborhood because I felt forced to do so by crime and apparent bleak future prospects.I moved to another section of the city that wasn't the greatest, but it served and a......

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

carol: to who cares for kensington..it is nice to move on with your life..but it is very different when it is by your own choice and not because you are being forced to move becausethe neighborhood......

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

river otters21 girl: It is a darn shame to see hear what happened to Kensington. Oh, I agree with YourOwnFault 100% except that this cancer known as white flight took place more recently than the 50s and......

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

Cecilia Midiri: Sandy, you must live on my street. Just yesterday, I wrote almost the same thing to the Daily News and today they called me to consider it for publication...I'm in the 25th also. Wow, RonS,......

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

Who Cares for Kensington: Sandy describes a perfect example of failure of the most basic services. At what point does a city department administrator decide that he/she will not offer resources to respond to a problem in a given......

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

luna park: nice flicks, particularly the 2nd one! i finally saw the brooklyn bridge one last night and was decidedly underwhelmed....

in response to: Water Falls on the City by CartLegger

YourOwnFault: For all of you who left for the suburbs, you have nobody to blame for the decline of Kensington except yourselves...you abandoned it! You chased after the imaginary American Dream of a big car and......

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

Director 9209: Nice pics, but you should keep off the High Line (Notice that it's two words or FO will get you!) because it is a bonafide construction site complete with all the OSHA phobic hazards, and......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

Cecilia Midiri: Ok Joseph I'm sorry about your father, that he went through that. He didn't move from here after that, that speaks volumes. My mother and I were in a similar situation, we found our 84......

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

Rita Spencer Knudsen: 27th Jun 2008 : I lived around Flatbush Ave. and my Mom would take me over to Decatur St. to see my Aunts Francis and Nellie. Nellie had the Nellie Cook Dance Studio on Broadway and I took dance......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Peter: Ryan: i hate chemical spills (this is more of a chemical spill than an "oil spill") as much as the next guy, but just for the record, its not the "largest oil spill in history".........

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

Scoopology: http://www.miamigraffiti.com/writer.php?id=IHS here some Inkheads work in Miami...they run shit in miami the 90'z rage http://www.miamigraffiti.com/search.php?search=rage&p=1 edec http://www.miamigraffiti.com/search.php?search=edec&p=1 ...

in response to: Brooklyn: Inkheads by Peter

surviving: All of the post I"ve been reading has some kind of validity to the experience and surviving in hutch. I will not capitalize the "h on hutchinson' so please don"t think I messed up.......

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

Cecilia Midiri: Wow, Kimmer Teesedale...you remember the Midiri's? Me and Mamma Ceil are still on Keim Street. She refuses to move...and hey, who am I to make her. I can't complain too much. The street was so......

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

Don worry bout it : Yo lookout for ''thin'' hes everywere i was in the car and saw his shit everwhere, whats up with segr i see him on the highway but his stuff isn't too good , not saying......

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

jack: gee since everyone from brooklyn is showing their streets i might as well join in as an x-brooklynite and show you my street from my deck, it doesn't look like where i lived in brooklyn......

in response to: Where Brooklyn At? by serlingrod

Tex: Actually my tennant lost his job about 10 years ago, and still hasn't been able to find employment due to health problems and also due to the fact there are no decent jobs to be......

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

EvilGentleman: I was wondering what it said. I am so useless when it comes to reading graf. Unless some goof like me decides to tag everything in Times New Roman or Arial... And speaking of graffiti timelapses,......

in response to: McBuffin by EvilGentleman

jack: shizen, could it be the sadist, 'lockinglear decrebided' he was in southern france and would take pictures of people and reproduced them onto models and used them for, (you know what) they were life size......

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

POWcityblog: you make a valid point about the size of the audience seeing this picture but the main point is that there there is a dignity/permission issue here. LiveJournal Urban Decay had a huge fuss a......

in response to: A Homeless Man Sleeping with His Most Cherished Possession by Leroy Allen Skalstad

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

Hutchinson Escapee: I'm not a religious person, but if there is a town in this county that truly is cursed, it's hutchinson, KS. The corruption at the judicial level is staggering. The forces that be actually got the......

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

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Debbie, I remember you very well, Matt often talks about Jennifer. He still speaks to a few of his old friends, pretty good really as he was only seven when we left. He......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

charlie : Great pictures I myself used to hang out in that tunnel for years back in the early years before the amtrak police kicked me out another time at the southern end one of the homeless nut......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

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

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

Jeff: I went to Super Sexe a few times around 2002-2004, had a great time. Gorgeous women and good price, very entertaining overall. I have done nothing but spread the good word since, telling......

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

Jamie: The smaller your outdoor space, the more you appreciate it. I don't think i'd decorate mine with used snack-food packaging though....

in response to: Beware of Owner by luna park

Peter: thanks you guys... i had a great time down there, so its been nice to share these shots. i took so many photos in there, so it was hard deciding which to post here... im......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

IBM: Lived in St Laurent 1980-88. Just east of Decarie on Cote Vertu in fact. Probably ate more Decarie Steamies than was good for me and I still have the occasional Jones for a couple. You'd......

in response to: Decarie Hot Dogs by CE

Mike L.: Thanks! I'm digging through decades of cobwebby, dusty troves (negatives, prints, etc.) hoping for something that isn't irremediably scratched or stained....

in response to: Times Square, Late 1960\'s by Mike L.

B Street: I grew up across the street from one of the few working factories in Kensington starting in 1965 until I was forced out 22 years later. While I too have fond memories of wall ball, swimming......

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

James cashan: This is a photo of the opening day of the princess park Train on Cadishead way with my step Grandad Ken Connor as guest of honour 2nd from left, he has now sadly passed away......

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