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Candy: Hi, I graduated from ACHS in 2003 so I can't really comment on what it is now but I can tell u what it was then. Aside from my college years, my 4 years at......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Espen: Espen: 23rd Dec 2008 - 02:04 GMT i vent to New york in november 96 i was 19 years old travelling alone from norway and got robd at a park wile smoking pot waiting for a man......

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

Espen: i vent to New york in november 96 i was 19 years old travelling alone from norway and got robd at a park wile smoking pot waiting for a man who i......

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

Diane Roberts...: Great ideas Rohinton...would like to see an article on "The Pav" on the boardwalk...meeting place to hundreds of teenagers in the late fifties early sixties. I grew up on 3rd Ave having an extremely happy......

in response to: Verdun Neon by CE

vanessa: uugghhh @ Putnam btw Bushwick/Broadway... wonderful apartment...crackwhore Neptune Hotel on the corner, not so nice. ...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

vanessa: I lived at 277 Menahan btw Myrtle/Irving. LOVED it. So sorry I moved. Living on Putnam btw Bushwick/Broadway. =( No likey....

in response to: Menahan by Peter

Peter: you cant figure out how to catch a train to canal or west broadway? [[http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/submap.htm]] trace the red, blue or yellow lines til they hit "canal street"... thats where you want to get off :P...

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

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

margarita kontarovich: happy thanksgiving day! summer deaf camp 2011 mid hudson valley camp in ecoupe esupoe new york esucop epscue new york states i will be stay in camp for one weeks for 7 days......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Jane: I had to comment. This is awesome. I was born in 1949 and I lived at 1587 Carroll Street which is between Carroll and Schnectady. I lived there until I was 12 years old.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

margarita kontarovich : bird happened in the cross the street in the morning. bird was died today in the morning. hit a car. cross the street. bird was hitting a car in the morning. cross the street. i......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Del Prophet: Born in Woodward and lived in Buffalo as a child. It has always been a friendly town with real folks living there. Has not changed much as most small towns don't evolve much but......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 9 by Scott Sargent

Thelma Fuentes: I lived at 146 Grove Street and moved to Staten Island in early 70s (I didn't get to graduate with my class at St. Barbara's in 1972)...I remember Barbara Ann's, my first dance at the......

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

antblack: Barry, did you see my post above about Mr Tomaselli? antBlack: 30th Jan 2008 - 18:51 GMT Hey, Anyone remember Mr Tommicelli (sp)? Taught math at ps 274. Also had an old school meat market on Broadway.........

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Barry: I remember Mr. Tomaselli. A teacher for all time. I lived in the heart of Bushwick Avenue from 1967-91. Attended PS274 where he taught. Knew my siblings who also attended his classes. He did worked......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

sanjeet: Is this Javed Bhai from Kistwar. Saw ur artical on Bhalesa. Nice one. I am from Bhadwarwah. www.bhadarwah.com admin@bhadarwah.com...

in response to: Te Amo Bushwick! by upfromflames

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

Rich: Hey, anybody got any pictures of the long ramp (at the coney island stop) that you walked up or down from the "D" train? How about some pix of under the boardwalk, (when it was......

in response to: Coney & Surroundings by kricket

hawaiiansong: I had the good fortune to sail into Kauai to repair my sailboat earlier this year. I found the people wonderful, and the chickens remarkable. They seem to have evolved and adapted to......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

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

Gemini: I have lived in Bushwick for most of my life. I have lived on my street for 34 yrs. Bushwick is like any other neighborhood it has it's ups and downs. I referred to it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Jamal Washington Brownsville Bk: Wow, i was about 17 yrs old when this took place. I grew up on Chauncey and Broadway. My dad quickly took us out of the nieghborhood. It was some hot......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

Gem One Inwood NY: Is this swan from 225st Broadway TVS/ lans brother? used to hit 1 lay ups & Ghost Yard A line with KM/Ki/ST/Gor/Kren/Kev/Dino/Ski/ LMAD Living Madness 207st Inwood NY......

in response to: NYC Graffiti Train, 1995 by Metro

EvilGentleman: I hear ya. I used to love watching the heavies and the swing-wings take off from Plattsburgh when we would be shopping there back when I was a kid. And as a former base brat......

in response to: Snafu at the Former Plattsburgh Air Force Base by EvilGentleman

Dennis: Hi neighbors,I lived at 6 Covert Street between Broadway and the almighty Bushwick Avenue. I too remember those classic games of playing skelly,stoop ball and johnny on the pony ouch! I just caught a neck......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

anon (cpe-68-173-176-107.nyc.res.rr.com): the address to the scrap yard is 300 w broadway (bewtween canal and grand st.) New York, NY 10013(area code) Phone number-(212)-343-2557...

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

gane 2: the address to the scrap yard is 300 w broadway new york, Ny betwwen canal street and grand st. the phone number is (212) 343-2557...your welcome!!..lol...

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

LUCKY: hairsy ......

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

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

Thom Cartmell, US Army Retired: I grew up in Kensington. Susquehanna and Trenton Aves in the 40's and 50's Went to HB Hackett Elem School, and Penn Treaty, Jr High. Palm Movie House, Kent, Midway, Iris (Military in Uniform got......

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

VeeJay: Found this sight quite by accident. Like many of you I grew up in Bushwick and we left there in 1962 because I was mugged and beaten several times - we lived on Goodwin......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Peter: to those that keep asking for the location, let me just mention (for like the 5th time in this thread) that its at 300 {w. broadway}, between {canal} and {grand}. i mean, i know its realllly......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

upfromflames: historically yes, but currently, no--according to the boundaries of Community Board 4 Bushwick stops at Flushing on the North... Broadway on the West... Wyckoff (roughly) on the East... MostHoly Trinity Cemetery on the South... So where you are talking......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Bertha Gibson (Sanchez): Hello to all. Great blog here. Louis (Koochie....smile) Oh my goodness, I remember viewing Father Heitz' body in the rectory (1970?). Fourteen Holy Martyrs (on Central/Schaffer St) merged with St. Martin's (on Knickerbocker/Weirfield St) and......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Cecilia Midiri: Read backwards Joseph, you brought up the race card: JOSEPH BRIDGE: 22nd Jun 2008 - 12:21 GMT yeah, white flight. that about sums it up. I'm white and I know that that is when people started moving out...I......

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

Melissa: There might not be a so called night life in Buffalo, but at least we do have a theater. Our community has worked very hard to get our old theater up and running again.......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 9 by Scott Sargent

Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Annon I am one of the O'Reilly's from Caroline Street. Very respectable family! You will see an earlier entry about my dad Tom, he had an allotment on Tramway Road. Both he and my......

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

FEM: Wouldn't you think that Cicero Avenue at the Stevenson Expressway going South towards Midway Airport be cleaned up and looking better for our out-of-towners who come to visit. What a first impression, Shame on......

in response to: Midway Airport by joey

Debra Sumner nee Warburton: Hi found your article by accident i went to moorfield school, and Irlam High and lived on Kestrel drive until 1983 i then moved onto Harewood road, i remember Brian Bagshaw being in my class......

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

PJS: These posts are so fascinating. I grew up at Lawrence and Huntington. Went to John Welsh Elementary, then Girls' High. Mos.t of my friends went to St. Edwards at Seventh and York. I remember the......

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

jessie : If this is the one off Broadway there is also a "mystery button" haha...

in response to: Oldskool Coke Machine by Peter

Peter: also, for those that dont know: ##"...Two famous stone lions guarding the entrance were sculpted by Edward Clark Potter. They were originally named Leo Astor and Leo Lenox, in honor of the library's founders. These names......

in response to: 42nd Street Library Lion Lenox (or Is It Astor...?) by Mike L.

joey: now the light in this photo looks like an edward hopper painting. (e class?)...

in response to: FDR Drive Just Before 7pm by Mike L.

sandra: broadway and hewes st is dangerous i am planning to move there i don't know anything about brooklyn new york.! help mee!...

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

Re: Wow,this brings back memories.I lived in Kensington from the time I was born untill 2004.First in the area of Frankford & Coral then Silver St Between Emerald & Frankford Ave.I traveled all over the area......

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

anon (nat2.northshorelij.com): Hi I grew up in Bushwick, along with most of my cousins. I went to Fourteen Holy Martyrs School- graduated in 1964. I have wonderful memories of my growing up years in a culturaly......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Peter: it is indeed a good store. many of their products are a bit on the pricy side ($10 for two ounces of [[goo:krink]], etc), but in all cases, you get a very good product, and......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

colavitos ghost: joey (and other people who might be interested, if you notice, the roadway all along euclid from public square to university circle has been significantly enhanced in the past 4 years. it's all a......

in response to: Posturban by joey

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

in response to: Midway Airport by joey

Dean Ogden: Hi Sheila, Yes my dad was the youngest. He always used to spend his time on Barton Grange Farm with his mate Steve Ratcliffe messing around with cars and motorbikes. He was born when the......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

janet: Alma--Back to your memories of the old neighborhood. I remember the butcher shop, the one on Schenectady right near Lincoln Place (and next to a wonderful hardware store with long passage between loads of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

k: Why do this people kill innocent people?I think the should not ask for anything from the government since no way they will be allowed to take money they have not worked for,and they should stop......

in response to: Understanding the Mungiki by mnguru

crystal palmer: The henry horner reunion will be held at union park on 7/26/08.t-shirt are being sold for $10.00 regular size 2x 3x 4x 5x for 12.00 contact Anthony Wolf, Crystal Palmer, or Dwayne Tart for shirts.......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Peter: interesting... there are (have been) three warships named [[wiki:uss midway]] this one seems to be the [[wiki:USS Midway (CV-41)]]. nice photos, jack. reminds me of the [[6120:intrepid]]... ...

in response to: U.S.S. Midway by jack

Jon Burgess: James Cashan, It would be great to start a thread dedicated to irlam and cadishead musicians and bands, there have been so many. My mates cousin from New Moss Road was the singer of a band......

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

Stuart Brennan: Hello again Deb Nice to see in your avatar that you've still got that big sunny smile! I'm not really in close touch with any of the old Irlam High lot. I last saw Gaz Siddall about six......

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

kgraham: Does anyone in Harrowgate Remenber The Kensington Roller Ring Or Middway Theater, iris Theater,Kent Movie,Belgrade TheaterOr Adriatic Theater. Born And Raised Frankford & Castor Aves. Love The Neighboor Hood And Still Ride Past 2000......

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

Mystery History of Kensington Phila.: To Richard Barron. The automat was Horn and Hardart. I remember the Midway movie house. Do you remember the Wishart near Front & Allegheny? We need morer related historic information from all past - current......

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

Richard Barron: What memories! My father was bar tender at Bob Renzies, 'I'and Russell Sts.Then at Lafferty's,Kensington Ave. and Madison. That was in the 50's. We lived at 'F'and Allegheny Ave.in the 60's. I went to......

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

Jimmy Legs: i say that part of Melrose is pretty safe nowadays. to me the litmus test is to go there on a weekend night and see how comfortable you feel. and to Jim QV: th worst......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Cyril Bagshaw: Hello Anne, Yes, Jim is Millie and Dick's son.He has 3 children and 5 grandchildren. Wakefield's chippy and Mrs Milner's little hardware business no longer exist, and is now the site of the Irlam Library, photos you......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Anne Fahy: Hi Cyril, The man your sister-in-law married - J Massey could this be the son of Millie and Dick? Years ago before we came here we would go to the Cadisheads Cons on a Saturday......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter: [[img:27112]] spotted on {woodward} avenue, between {metropolitan} and {flushing} avenue in {bushwick}......

in response to: Graf Trux 21: Bushwick by Peter

Steven: This was an amazing night. I lived on Troutman Street at broadway and Myrtle, right in the action. I was 16 and was amazed and scared. I remember walking the block to Broadway the next......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Jenny and Janet(Sutton), I lived at No 42 Harewood Road and I do remember you living there also I remember the field that belonged to your granddad, it came at the side......

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

Edward: The tiles originally appeared in Philadelphia. The tagger is widely thought to live about 22nd and Walnut Streets. In philadelphia there are hundreds of the tags as well as newer ghost like creatures(think strawbery, vanilla,......

in response to: Toynbee Tiles by Cosmo

bill: Born in 1941 at williamsburg hospital. Lived at 99 Stockholm until '46 when we moved to 41 Cornelia Street betweenBushwick and Broadway (third house down from the congregationalist Church. went to PS 56......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Aiden I remember Alan Shaw, he married a girl called Lorraine. I also remember there was a lady called Mabel who ran the White Horse. My mother Josie O'Reilly and a neighbour......

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

Peter: cherie: {broadway}, in the area around {hart} street is the border between {bushwick} and {bed-stuy}, so i suppose it depends on which side of {broadway} the place is on, heh. the west side being {bed-stuy}......

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

Cherie: Okay, can someone help me out? I'm looking at an apartment at corner of Broadway and Hart in Bed-Sty or is it Bushwick? Landlord says Bed-Sty. It's a good deal and the Myrtle subway's close.......

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

antblack: Steven H, Sammy - I remember going to Loews Gates on Broadway to see my King Fu Double features. We used to climb the roofs of the Rheingold brewery for fun. and also PS 274's......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Gem One.... INWOOD NY..: Nice place to get your inks & tools.. They had the old style minis markers there nice... just as good as the old Bombbay store on 96 street & Broadway.. you can buy there not......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Sammy Perez: Steven H., two things you mentioned bring back great memories. First of all, you mentioned theaters on Broadway. The one I remember is 'Teatro Rio Piedras' where they would show Kung Fu double features......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Lefty: E John btwn Broadway and 10th. Just past the Ethiopian restaurant. ...

in response to: Oldskool Coke Machine by Peter

Kathleen Knight: Right now i think that i am the only one making a comment from from my class. I am a former student. i am part of the class of 2000 , And PROUDLY reps MY......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

D.B.: Whats good people i`m back again just tryin to put down some of the negativity to pay hommage to some of the friends and family who are no longer here and most who......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Steven H.: antBlack is right. I grew up in Bushwick in the 60's and 70's, and moved to the other side of Brooklyn in 78. I remember it being a true neighborhood, my friends were black, hispanic,......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Justin: If you think this place is hell, come to Highland Park, Detroit. (Six-mile and Woodward) The Kensington area is very dangerous, but Highland Park Detroit is unforgiving. ...

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

Deb Simpkins (Massey): Hi Sheila, the name Crossfield House rings a bell - I know I heard nanna discussing it in the past. I think you may be right! Steve - I lived at 103 Broadway, in the mid......

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

michele bangs: i'm so glad i found this site! i was born in kensington and raised in kensington.Married in visitation church, raised my three son's there.i divorced 20 years ago, and went back to my maiden name.......

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

anon (cpe-72-225-146-236.nj.res.rr.com): yea ^... and its on west broadway between canal and grand on the west side of w. broadway more towards canal....

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Rob Patten: Just to add there are photos of the refurbished train on the Cadishead Way bypass on the Salford web site: [[http://www.salford.gov.uk/business/design/engineering/highways/cadisheadway-stage-2/cws2-photos.htm]] Under 'Photographs 2005' the second and third links show it in its new paint. There is also......

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

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Deb, Just to fill you in - sorry I didn't think about others not knowing who I was referring to... I met Natalie via this site and we soon realised that I was at......

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

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Debbie, I remember when you and Stephen first arrived from Australia and lived on Broadway up near the Boathouse end. I went to school and hung around with stephen. He had sunbleached blonde......

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

ghost of grandin: elmer grandin was one of the most famous residents of patchogue, my home town. of course, it doesn't take much to be famous in patchogue -- he was a broadway star and was unfortunate enough......

in response to: Fog and a Streetlamp by ghost of grandin

Deb Simpkins (nee Massey): Wow! My Uncle Cyril (Bagshaw) put me onto this site and I have just spent the last hour reading all the comments. My mum (Edith Jaques) was born in Irlam and my dad (Jim Massey)......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Great photos on both sites Andrew. Harry Bates's hardware premises were as you quite rightly say, were where the "new" semis are now. As for the butchers shop with the red stripe blind, the adjoining......

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

Andrew Smith: Cyril - it's interesting to hear your memories of the locations of old fun fairs and walks through fields down to the old river - I'd never have guessed as it's always been built up......

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

jameth: Viet Nam on Broadway/Stockton in {San Francisco}. And yeah anything on Jackson in Little Saigon is typically good, especially when you have to have a child translate for you or point at the menu. Pho Cyclo......

in response to: Pho in Seattle by Peter

pullthestars: I quite enjoy Pho Cyclo up on broadway....

in response to: Pho in Seattle by Peter

Bonnie: My sister emailed me about this site. We were born and raised in Kensington, 2504 Front St. We lived there from 1949 until we left in the 70's. My parents lived there......

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

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Alan, I lived off Broadway, and we referred to it as "The Cow Fields" too, I never knew it as "The Jezzies" until my now husband ( from the Estate) called it that one......

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

zelda: i am currently from ngodwana wanna email me zelru@telkomsa.net...

in response to: Shopping in Africa by Guy McLaren

Zelda: Hey i am from ngodwana i love it here wanna email me zelru@telkomsa.net...

in response to: Mans Contribution to Nature by Guy McLaren

Julie Skidmore : There was a girl called Julie Skidmore who lived on Broadway Estate who wore leg braces but I do not know the reason why. The last we heard of Julie Skidmore was when......

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

Joanne Amorello-minor: Didnt one of the shops collect used stamps for charity or something?I seem to remember having a stamp collection as a kid(I know!!)and getting fed up with it and giving them my stamps there were......

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

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

Alan: I hope you like the Oh Fred sketch as it reminds when we played in the old cemetery near the Broadway estate houses...

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