Comments about downtown

There are 100 comments about "downtown"

Julia: Er, havent seen those downtown......

in response to: Wierd Post Up by steelisreal

Franny Wentzel: You make friends with people on the other side of town just so when you meet up downtown you can swap transfers for a free bus ride home....

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

Robert: [[img:36785]] Just got this very good image and text from the Anderson Associates site: Vanderbilt Place Residences (Old P.S. 9) 279 Sterling Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238 279 Sterling Place in Brooklyn is an historic landmark built in 1893. When......

in response to: PS9 by Robert

Cream - HKI: Cool. I thought the idea is to keep the number of articles as low as possible so people (especially noobies like myself) can find stuff easier. Like, the stuff I had was from the exact......

in response to: Graffiti Factory: Behind the Babcock & Wilcox Boiler Plant Part 1 by EvilGentleman

Cream - HKI: Heres some more pics portraying a some what different view. I wanted to capture the filth and dirt of the alley's. These are taking mainly from downtown area with my Nokia N90 mobile. [[img:36658]] [[img:36659]] [[img:36660]] [[img:36661]] [[img:36662]] [[img:36663]] [[img:36664]] [[img:36665]] [[img:36666]] [[img:36667]] [[img:36668]] [[img:36669]]...

in response to: Montreal City Graffiti by Cream - HKI FIN

Robert: .[[img:36455]] Here's a photo of Downtown Miami taken by photographer Pedro Velazquez ...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

The guy: I'm not suggesting this city for the list obviously, but I do want to point a funny observation...Regina,Sk, (currently less than 200 000 people) has a "skyline" that is surprisingly cool and inovative. I drove......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

JovanG: Woo!!! Reunion Tower was one of the only positive reviews (if you can call it that). My only qualm, is that it always looked a little like the ball on top wasn't exactly......

in response to: Spawn of the Space Needle by Machupicchu

zentox69: "69.The habs win one damn series and the downtown looks like a war zone." not one damn series a GAME, one DAMN GAME...

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

anon (c-66-177-107-53.hsd1.fl.comcast.net): Wow I am SO glad that I am not the only one who hates living here. I moved here from northern Virginia and its has been hell for me. The whole energy of this city......

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

Becko: I saw one this morning in Mobile, AL. It was in downtown right down the road from the Hampton in on an old building. Cop looking at a hooker. I made the......

in response to: Banksy Stencil by banksyfan

SethBoogie: I love the bird-man... he is a NYC icon, I think he is a delivery guy / messenger and delivery guy, and can be found around 34th and 8th Avenue doing his thing, as well......

in response to: Urban Eccentricities: The Bird Man of Lenox Rd. by CartLegger

Peter: sorry nick, thats just not true. its not a hole in any way shape or form, and your perception of what should and should not be done with such a huge slice of real estate......

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

Beth: I saw someone above ask what type of activities are you looking for. Well, I have a 20 month old and I moved to one of those planned communities with the amenity center, pool, tennis,......

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

Cameo: I never suggested that Garry Johns... Nor did I cram my opinion down your throat like you suggested. All I did was post some pictures and ask a question. I voiced my opinion only. ......

in response to: Ugly, Heritage, or Both? by Cameo

POWcityblog: They went and got rid of all that cool stuff! Railyards, oil tankers, right downtown. Now there's just a load of stupid corporate and tourist crap in its place. Stupid CN Tower. Stupid convention centre....

in response to: Toronto Without the Tower by Franny Wentzel

Franny Wentzel: Here's a little something of Brasilia that's in the novel I'm writing... the lead character Jennifer Platt has been invited to speak on a TV panel discussion after visiting a ribbon cutting ceremony for a......

in response to: Brasilia in Old Photos by Franny Wentzel

anon (c-76-117-218-59.hsd1.nj.comcast.net): Welcome to beautiful Newark! I got lost in downtown Newark at night last night. It was frightening D:...

in response to: James M. Baxter Terrace by Peter

Peter: you know, your comment reminded me that i shot a TON of much higher-wuality photos of downtown {newark} a couple of months ago and never got around to posting them... ill try to get them......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

Franny Wentzel: Yes the Erie Canal - there's been talk of rehydrating it as part of a downtown revival plan. [[img:34353]] [[img:34354]] [[img:34355]] Found this interesting colour photo of downtown back when people used to go there... [[img:34356]] Incidentally, Syracuse, NY also......

in response to: Old Photos of Schenectady NY by Franny Wentzel

David: I just moved back to Belleville which is my home town. It is sad to see a town that use to be thriving and now downtown looks more like a ghost town. Where......

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

Anthony G.: You've got to love the Internet. I am in the midst of writing about my childhood to keep some memories safe somewhere before it all fades away, and every time I remember something, I do......

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

Beth: I had posted above a few months ago and came back to see if anyone listed any places to visit or things to do in Jax. So far nothing. I can see that the "locals"......

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

Der Wachter: Probably the hottest ladies in Montreal. Compared to some other downtown clubs the cabindance at SS is realy hot - ulitimate contact :). U basically get fucked, while your pants are still on. On the......

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

RWgirl: Someone challenged people who didn't live in Hutch to come up with 10 great things about their city. I can do that for Portland. 1. Involved citizens- the people of this community......

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

Mary Ann: Memories are made of many of above comments. I graduated from St. Matthew's on Lincoln Pl at Utica Ave and St. Matthew's church in the 50s, then attended Bishop McDonnell Memorial High which was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Tom Jones: We have some in Seattle, they were downtown yesterday (May 30 2009)...

in response to: Black Hebrew Israelites by serlingrod

killacozzy.com/selfportrait: THE BAD PART: I've lived in this city for about seven or eight years. I moved from Detroit, Michigan. For the few years, my home was in Arlington, and I worked in......

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

James: Do most of these sites just for "art" or other purposes of the graffiti? This guy called Isaiah Zagar has put mosaics on numerous buildings all throughout downtown Philadelphia. His work has become a signal......

in response to: Graffiti Factory: Inside the Babcock & Wilcox Boiler Plant by EvilGentleman

James: How far does the street art spread throughout the city? I just saw the trailer for this movie called "In A Dream" off of Apple and some guy has been creating mosaics on buildings throughout......

in response to: St. Louis Graffiti by Brad

Franny Wentzel: "And... if... the lights are all out... I'll... follow... your bus downtown... see who's hangin' round..."...

in response to: L\'autobus Partie Deux by CE

Franny Wentzel: If you mean the picture of Long Island, its from a book called Man-made America - Chaos or Control? by Christopher Tummard & Boris Pushkarev ©1963 Yale Press Page 156 The second from the last in......

in response to: Flying over the City Back in the Day by Franny Wentzel

Keith: Well I did go get a board and skated down from midtown to downtown, was a bit freaked out not having stated for about 5 years, but was heaps of fun. Though my knees are......

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

anon (pool-72-95-130-229.pitbpa.fios.verizon.net): Pittsburgh?? Pfft... I live here (unfortunately) and there's nothing impressive about the skyline. Maybe the hicks who never the region think it's cool, but unless you're looking at it from that EXACT angle......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

EvilGentleman: **sigh...** We're out again. Four straight losses. Guess I better head downtown to get some pictures of the riots......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

anon (c-24-22-145-140.hsd1.wa.comcast.net): There is a floating shanty town in Olympia, WA called Camp Quixote. They tried to take over public parking lots in downtown Oly, but kept getting kicked out. They have been relocating from......

in response to: Tinytown by Peter

Tom Tsao: I am one of the people who moved to Belleville recently. I chose to leave my town (a suburb of a 750,000 person city) due to the loss of my home and business due to......

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

JoeyD: LOL The answer is very chill bugs as my lens is just a 10-40 I was probably 5 inches away from the dragonfly lying on the ground underneath. his perch wich towered at least......

in response to: Mt Uhmunhum by JoeyD

ani: Arriving from Los Angeles, my first impression after getting off the train at New Cross Gate station was the aroma mixer of barf and urine, also a soft spoken addict sitting on the ground asking......

in response to: bleak day, new cross by elaine

Peter: [[img:32110]] {downtown brooklyn}...

in response to: Bedbugs!!!!! by CartLegger

larry prusak: Hello to all you 167 Alums. I was amazed and amused to read all these comments about the old school and the surrounding neighborhoods and eateries. I thought some of you might be interested in......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

EvilGentleman: All this debate is irrelevant. I just happen to have a love of picking on arrogant assholes. That's all. The driver of the car provided me with all the material, all I had to do was......

in response to: Best Costco Moment of 2008 by EvilGentleman

suepurcell@videotron.ca: I need to find a place in Montreal to buy raw caribou and Arctic char for two patients in the downtown hospital where I work. They hate the hospital food and miss their "country......

in response to: Muktaaq and Arctic Char a La Box by EvilGentleman

SomeonefromToronto: When will they build the new waterfront and this infamous building the "Ritz Carleton", if that's how you spell it. I haven't been downtown lately....

in response to: Architecture by TCL

latino in the south: hey is that picture up on top from Melrose street. If it is I used to live right across from it many years ago when it was still a factory.Wow i didnt grow up in......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: **Developer drastically scales back Griffintown project** Company wants less land than originally planned for residential-commercial development Last Updated: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 | 6:13 PM ET CBC News More changes are in the works for a multi-billion-dollar......

in response to: Griffintown by CE

Paul from Durant: Whoever said that the highway photos are "downtown" was too lazy to actually see the downtown a few miles to the east. It really is interesting with historic buildings and brick streets....

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 12 by Scott Sargent

EvilGentleman: Thank you as well, Mitch. To me, Ben's was a place that I dropped into on occasion when I was downtown, starting from my teen years in the 80's. Always loved the food, and since I......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mike: Miami, Florida, USA deserves to be atleast an honorable mention. [[img:30558]] above is a view of Downtown Miami at night. There are many other views including that of Brickell (the financial district) which adds to the skyline. ...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Mitch Spector: EvilGentleman: Thanks for the compliments! I may try some shots of other Montreal landmarks and events and post them here in future. Like Barry, I didn't even know about the existence of Citynoise until your......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Rai Ai: Did Twist also paint in SF CA? I remember seeing a series of paintings in the tunnel between downtown and the west, on one of the MUNI lines (N I think) where there is a......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

joey: what about the woolworth building in downtown nyc. it's still there is it not ?...

in response to: The Death Of A Giant by RickNunn

adam: Okay, where do I begin? I have lived in Jacksonville for pretty much my entire life. I am 29 years old and I recently moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL which is a much......

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

jenn: I have never been impressed with London.. "downtown" is like 4 tall-ish buildings, there isn't much to make up a "top 10 Canadian skyline". Personally, I'd put Quebec City at the top of this list....

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

BethAnn: Ugh...I hate living in Jacksonville!! My husband is in the military and we had to leave wonderful San Diego to come to this dump! I am not black, but this place is so racist it......

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

Rich: Hey Davida, This is Rich from the hood. Was it the Fox, downtown at Nevins St station with "Murray the K" and all of the old groups? If it is, it's a utilities center (Con Ed)......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Adrian Dec 6,2008.: I grew up in NDG in the 60's and 70's on Montclair between Fielding and Somerled.I remember Dave Valente and Terry Hindley from a great punk rock bar called the "Oxygen" in downtown Montreal on......

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

Adrian Dec 6,2008.: I grew up in NDG in the 60's and 70's on Montclair between Fielding and Somerled.I remember Dave Valente and Terry Hindley from a great punk rock bar called the "Oxygen" in downtown Montreal on......

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

Rohinton Ghandhi: November 27th, 2008 To City Noise Editors, I have recently begun writing articles for the Verdun Messenger's new English Corner segment. They cover Verdun's history and the people within it. I thought your group......

in response to: Verdun Neon by CE

Jason: Yellowknife? Really? YELLOWKNIFE??? You should've included Winterpeg in the mix somewhere. From one side of the river you get a nice look at downtown with the the Esplenade Riel cable bridge in the foreground, and......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Richie Rubin: AAAAY-Men!WE now realize what a terrific life WE had back then, `twas the age of in-no-sense.no? it all `died' in Nov.`63,when JFK was killed.no?.what a week that was! WE watched the killing of his assassin>Lee Harvey Oswald,on tv!by......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: hi joey, its been almost two years since you asked for a story about the beat generation in the village. well its better late than never, so here is a short one. my......

in response to: Blue Note Lounge by jack

Mitch Spector: Yep, it's indeed very much GONE. Made one final pass by this morning (November 5th) to check things out and it's not what I saw, but what I didn't see that caught my attention! It's......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Peter: you should check out [[wiki:Downtown 81]]!...

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

Rich: Hi Everybody, I lived at 1003 Carroll ST between Franklin and Bedford from 1957 til 1969, we then moved to 1048 President St which was directly behind the first address. Needless to say, for all of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Jules: Okay....BORING is the reason my husband and I left Jacksonville in July '06. We did everything a modern Metropolitan couple could do. We lived on the river, we had season tickets with the......

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

Janet: Thanks Stan for the Strand reminder--but wasn't the Strand on Fulton Street, just before the downtown movie and shopping district began? If you emerged from the subway, you were just about in front of the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Janet: Well, the adage 'the more things change the more they stay the same' does not apply to the old neighborhoods or the old movie houses where those of our generation got a colorful taste so......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mobaby: Really, man? You judge the 6th best place to live in America ( http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2008/snapshots/PL4052500.html ) by the Denny's off the interstate? Virtually no crime, variety of people, college town, art museums, unique campus and downtown......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Chuck: Love these shots downtown l.a has the flavour !...

in response to: Downtown LA by Adam

Guitarista81: We went to manhattan in 05' and felt so safe, 1st time ever been there im 26 walked all around uptown-downtown at night, I felt safe as shit. People like force could be believable if......

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

transplant: Older neighborhoods near downtown - Riverside, Avondale, Springfield, etc. make it easy to use your car less and get out into the world more. If you are really open-minded you can always find like......

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

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

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

TRANS KOF 2008 : Hey all this talk about Paterson brings back alot of memories I grew up in Paterson on Main st. and Wiess St.a block from St.Josephs hospital. my neighborhood was known as little San Juan......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

Anonymous Honest Tax paying citizen of Fredericton: This is yet another example of how much the fredericton police are a bunch of uneducated airheads, typical protests and offenses most cities in canada wouldnt be bothered with or treat with less scrutiny......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

Tabersnack: 68. People on the street ask you if you speak English or French and you assume they will just ask you for money and keep walking. 69. The habs win one damn series and......

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

Ben: This little lunchtime favorite run by two, has become a bit of an institution downtown. The owner is friendly and engaging. Lines are fairly regular. The best dessert is an apple cake. It is absolutely......

in response to: Mystic Muffin by Biff

Cecilia Midiri: All the people up there who are talking about when Kensington changed are talking about when the neighborhood became desegregated and people of color started moving in. Anyway...I work every day and so does......

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

Me: Re to Tex and Peter I would post pics here,but I do not know how.Maybe I can get my 17 year old to do it for me,but she is usually too busy,like many other folks here......

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

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

in response to: Red Light District by CE

Peter: yes, the tunnel is very much in use, as the tunnel is the main artery that connects [[wiki:Metro-North Railroad]] and [[wiki:amtrak]] trains to [[wiki:penn station]]. dodging the trains and staying out of their line of......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Mitch: Pretty sad, it's quite literally a piece of Montreal being erased forever (I can't even visualize that part of downtown without that tiny 3 story building with the red "Bens" sign). I last passed by......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

little ukraine: nice joey. i like your downtown shots but i'd love to see some of your home neighborhood too!...

in response to: Cleveland in May by joey

joey: Chicago Midway Airport (MDW) is located just ten miles from downtown Chicago....

in response to: Midway Airport by joey

Another Ex-Bellevillian: As I recall, Belleville could have been the site of Cloud County Community College, but at that time community leaders vetoed that idea due to the potential of opening up the community to an 'undesirable'......

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

Miss_1989: I had lived in hutch for 12 years growing up as a child, but my family ended up moving due to my parents job transfers and also because Hutchinson (even in the middle class neighborhoods)......

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

Andie: Cody, I know you and your family personally. I grew up in Hutchinson and attended church with you. You are not representative of the average Hutchinsonian. Your mother is a hospital administrator and your father is......

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

67502 May 7, 2008: Hutch has not grown since I came here in 1978. It's a retirement town with lots of low income housing and those people DO NOT support our downtown or help us stay in business.......

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

EvilGentleman: Thanks, Mitch. You just saved me about 50 bucks worth of gas. I have been going downtown more often lately, specifically to check on the current status of Ben's....

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

anon (205.173.35.130): I have lived in Jacksonville for all of 3 months now, and I have to say that I haven't found it all that great. Once you get over the beach and the shopping/dining, there......

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

Johnny: The cost of living is cheaper here but it still sucks. Why don't we leave you ask? Because now we are stuck here with the housing market and all the other crap. Jacksonville......

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

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

marie: you mentioned one main reason Saskatoon did not make cut was because there were no distinguishing features. I often sit in car or walk along Spadina viewing our skyline in wonder at the very......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

You are an idiot.: Of course you would show the picture of the crappiest hotel in the city to try and prove your point. "Passing through" does not give you enough taste of a city, especially one as interesting......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Ken: The building in the 4th pic down is The 1250 Rene Levesque Ouest formerly it was the Tour IBM? if I'm not mistaken, it opened sometime in the early '90s? Another interesting skyscraper downtown is the......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

Paul: I live in downtown Toronto and I think our downtown is quite impressive, with the coloured lights on the Skydome and CN Tower it really enhances the night view and the Royal Bank Plaza glitters......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

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

ExKansan: I guess I missed all the above mentioned incest, pedophilia and lynch mobs growing up in Belleville, but I must say that would hardly be boring! Like other posters here I moved away to a......

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