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CartLegger: I am just an observer at this point, enjoying the inertia of this passionate and informed debate. I am glad that citynoise can be the place where the Synagogue has finally spoken--thank you Rabbi Andelman....... CartLegger: Adam: outings? We have them all the time, man! You should join us sometime. I see your postings, and we not only share names, but tastes for corners of the city and odd photographic angles...... Renee: Hi AP & Bayside Watcher - I agree wholeheartedly and there are no arguments here. The entire place is a complete disaster. If you scroll up a little, you'll notice that I've posted several...... Renee: Dear Rabbi Julia Andelman,
I am probably one of those people you would categorize as the uneducated by believing everything I read off the internet to be true. As you can see by...... CartLegger: Tune in 6 months from now for encore of "romancing" and lovely gams.... Renee: Hey Cartlegger... Kudos for good intentions but upon further research, this is a MAJOR task and I really don't think that it would make an impact. I found another site, a paper written by...... jack: nah, la is nice as many places are nice but brooklyn and manhattan, well, they're special. the promenade, ahhh, i remember romancing many a young girl there, and when i say romancing i mean...... CartLegger: OK, I'll bite. But I'll also cheat and use the words of Daniella Romano, head archivist for the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
BLDG 1/291, Material Laboratory, Substation 27
Construction: 01/01/1940
##"The last active Naval building at the yard,...... Arrest Development: Let's get real, gentrification, which means "from gentry, noble birth, good genes", is really a catering to Euro/Anglo culture who are given privilege, mobility, whether it's suburban or in the city, and easier access to...... Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): Mrs.Gradstein was my sixth gradeteacher in 1955-6. I remember the old furniture. I never new it had been changed up till now.
Therr were fruit and vegetable stores across the street from the school on Schenecktady...... 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...... CartLegger: Love the wig man! Have a fine trip to PR after the long cold winter to come...... 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...... CartLegger: Peter: I hate to disagree with you, but a quick look at your sources points out a flaw in your conclusion.
Scorecard, a generally dependable site for a wide range of release, is way off...... RICHIE RUBIN: PACHMAN'S CANDYSTORE..A BLOCK FROM LIBRARY ON
EASTERN PKWY..REMEMBER?MMM,A MALTED & L-O-N-G
PRETZEL WOULD WAKE US ALL UP..NO? or A KNISH
FROM ANY DELI,or FREE SELTZER @ DUBROW's BLENDE
W/MAPLE SYRUP & THOSE tiny[FREE]GLASS CONTAINERS
of HEAVY CREAM,ERGO,A FREE[MAPLE]`EGG-CREAM'.AAH!
B'KLYN HAD SO...... brushman: hey , anon are you talking about frankie ormes ? anyone hangout between howard and ontario and b and ontario between 1982 till 1988 ? i am looking for people from that area . just...... Tracy 3rd Sep 2008 21:30 GMT: All I want to say is I walked that road day in and day out for one reason being to take my daughters to school .
On the odd Occision when I looked around me I...... Francine Cammarata: What a childhood in Bushwick!!! I think my passionate Italian background which was deeply rooted in tradition surely played a major part. What strength and power we had. I was born 1947 in Greenpoint Hospital....... Cartlegger: **or this one?**
WATERMELON MAN
Herbie Hancock
Hey - Watermelon Man
Hey - Watermelon Man
Bring me one that rattles when you lug it
One that's erd and juicy when you plug it
Do you understand - Watermelon Man
Hey - Watermelon Man
Hey...... CartLegger: Thanks people! you should see them all! I might add thought that the last one--on furman street--is mighty fun to play in. Its like a cool summer shower in the sun. Great place to...... CartLegger: Surely you jest Jack. I am closer than Peter (less inland at least) and I biked it! Boats make it too easy! On a boat, you can't play in the spray at Furman street--which I...... 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%...... James cashan: hi jon,
yea we`va all been there we played to one man and his dog at the jug in doncaster, a scene straight out of comic strips bad news episode! just gotta enjoy the buzz...... Sheila hilton: Hi Sue, I well remember the jubbly works. It was down Delhi Road, wasn't it? The road by the side of Peg's (Peggy Britton) cafe. Delhi Road is opposite Lower Irlam Post Office. Jubbly's used...... E$MONEY(1920 BABY 4EVA): I lived in 1920 for most of my life apt,209.My name is eric a.k.a(egg)and i've seen many people from that area fall from chidhood to adult.Caugt up in gangs,drugs,and life hardships.I'm not saying that im...... Franklin: hey colavitos ghost, who makes the criteria for what is and what isn't pc? And freedom of expression surely has power over thought crime.
Seems a matter of opinion to me.
I say gypsy. you say...... steve kettle: bliney smithy, you have created something awesome.
just reading through some of these names takes me straight back to my childhood.
i remember living in the shop Joyces fabrics (mum jean kettle (nee dixon) never changed the...... Peter: eg: for real. any info you have/get, send it my way. i promise ill seek out any locations youre interested in and send photos/info your way. im down in that area often. try to get...... janet: Hi Stan--You're probably close to my vintage. I'm trying without luck to call up a memory of Famous on Schenectady--I lived just around the corner and went to 167--so there it was during the...... peg658: Hello to Rich Backes. Were you one of the twins? If so, I spent many hours walking you and your brother in your carriage around the block with your sister, Mary. Tell...... CartLegger: Probably not this one. There are not really many people at all in here. Its just full of machines, computers, phone switches. ... Rachel: I CAN NOT stress enough how much that you should avoid this creepy crawly many legged creature motel. DO NOT GO. It has horrible and has bugs. Not to mention the horrible...... Someone Who Made it Out: I lived in Hutchinson for the majority of my adolescent life. By the time I had reach the 8th grade at Sherman back in 1999-2000, I had already become a product of which Hutch has...... Peter: guy: thanks for your posts; im glad to see youre taking a crack at going pro- best of luck! additionally, ive enjoyed looking at your posts; the ones concerning exotic animals, especially, are just so...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Hey Cartlegger, If you see a man in a red baseball hat on your travels around Newtown creek and that area, it is my beloved husband. You seem to be taking the same walks. I...... MaGoo: Thank you, Editor, and UFF and Cartlegger.
I won't go hog-wild here- as I realize that there are so many other areas of human endeavor that come into play when discussing this topic, that it would...... Michael: I grew up in Yorkville in the 1950's. We lived on 90th St between First and York. I remember the fireboat station at the foot of 90th St just outside the fence at Schurz park....... Elicar: Jeef was right drea. We had only moose. And this way back in 2000 when I had a crappy computer with no memory at all so the pictures are stored in small sizes. Lastman got...... CartLegger: update: I found the man himself, and am working on a school visit...let ya know how it turns out.... Bass Girl: I love those old photos above! It's good to see Hutch had a good start. I wonder what happened?
I had an interesting visit with a neighbor who has been trying to...... CartLegger: Thanks Jack. Summer almost over, sO I wanted to make the most of things, I'll post more from this series. But were you calling me Catherine, or were you referring to our other Queens friend,...... CartLegger: I am so happy to be a part of a site on which so many urban studies folks are able to snap their works. As a high school teacher of urban planning (Urban Soc/GIS), CityNoise...... todd from kansas: Scott, first of all, I do not know where you live but I would guess I would probably find it uninteresting. I think the only interesting cities in North America reside south of the border,...... steve : Cartlegger; I'll try to be brief with some details. Please don't hold me to the exact dates because I am going back from memory and not researching. Barren Island as we knew it...... February 6, 1958 United players killed in air disaster: The Munich air disaster took place on February 6, 1958, when the British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at the Munich-Riem airport in Germany....... CartLegger: here's some more historical background, compliment's of PBS POV program--the Spambot won't let me attach a link, so read below:
Barren Island, which appears on few modern maps, holds a special place in the city's garbage...... CartLegger: Damn. You are one productive guy. My sense of awe goes out to you, man. Great work. ... CartLegger: nice shots indeed! There are so many places to explore in that chunk of brooklyn.
how many wheels were you on that day? two or four or none?
... CartLegger: Yeah, man. I love my in-laws.
I could post lots of the places they've gotten me into, from hotels to restaurants to b'way shows. Wise of you to marry in such a direction. And fun!...... CartLegger: My condolences from Brooklyn. I just got off mine on the way home from a lovely sunset ride, and had a warm fuzzy moment scaring people out of the way on the Brooklyn Bridge. Man,...... CartLegger: Little Bungalows fall to make way for McMansions. Quick, someone call an urban sociologist!
Jack, thanks for taking the time to capture this part of the urban process. I'll make sure to use these fotos...... ilana: my boyfriend and i (brazilian and half filipino/half white) lived in bushwick for 8 months. we shared an apartment with a wonderful ecuadorian woman, Carmen, and her daughter Patricia on the first floor of a...... CartLegger: Milwaukee was a land of mystery to me in many ways. But no more. There is more to show. So show, please show.... CartLegger: I dig this. It provides sense of place in so many ways.... EvilGentleman: And nt, maybe the building would seem a little nicer if it had working escalators. Whenever I look at it, I can't help but think about the damn escalators inside. And don't tell me, lemme...... EvilGentleman: I see you like the Google Maps concept as well. We really must thank CartLegger/upfromflames for that idea... or did Jamie suggest it first? Heck with it, I thank them both, just to be safe.... CartLegger: Man, that is one angry graf. Fella needs a psych referral for that one. ... Julian: I've thoroughly enjoyed all the stories on this page. Especially the one about the pissed off squirrel, the pooing while begging for food cat, and the BYOT raccoon. What a trio.
I found this site via...... EvilGentleman: I guess I stand corrected, albeit with a bit of egg on my face. Would you believe that new condos in Montreal often look **exactly** like the lighter coloured buildings in this post? Especially the...... EvilGentleman: Here you go, CartLegger. I took it from in front of the hotel (The building casting the longest shadow) looking NE towards the building with the bright roof.
[[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&om=1&t=k&ll=58.107035,-68.399146&spn=0.00138,0.003616&z=18]]... EvilGentleman: Still getting the hang of it, CartLegger. If you also are party of the Google Earth Community, I have added a few placemarks there under the name of Arcticmohawk.
No problem, Cinic. As far as the...... EvilGentleman: CartLegger, I lived in the land currently known as the Territory of Nunavut from 1991 to 1999, except for a two-year break in the mid-1990's. From 1999 to 2005, I lived in Nunavik, the Inuit...... CartLegger: Word to EvilGentlman's suggestions. Why let thugs take over this site, by virtue of quantity, when there is so much quality going on?... EvilGentleman: And I was just playing with CartLegger's attempted link, and there are noty actually any spaces, so the last / must be the culprit. Lemme check...
[[www.citynoise.org/article/6597]]... EvilGentleman: Well, for citynoise articles, best spot to find info is on the "What is Citynoise?" page located at the leftmost position on the shortcut bar tucked under the banner header on this page. There are...... CartLegger: I know how it feels, EvilGentleman.
[[www.citynoise.org/article/6597/]]... CartLegger: [[img:19104]]
Glad I don't live in Manhattan. Imagine if this was your view!... Antoine Whitfield: Yo,
I was born & raised in bushwick (Wilson ave btwn. cooper & moffat st). Growing up in bushwick btwn yr. 71'& 88' I was fortunate to see the neighborhood go through transition....... Derek Jackson: Wow! Reading all this misspelled babble about being proud of being hispanic, about fighting the whites trying to take what's yours, and about complaining about gang violence is making me half-laugh, half-get pissed off.
Homboldt Park...... from starr st.: 1st. off upfromflames, i am going to my storage space and look for my pics and send them to you. now i was born and rasied in bushwick. PROUD of it.just as proud...... dfwtiger: The name....pickled eggs....and pigs feet. When I was a kid, you would see these two items on the check-out counter of small stores in the rural south. The name envokes many memories. ...... jack: good story, you drew a picture with words. is it true or is it a story? anyway i understand how you feel about the pro, i remember once i went to a women...... Peggy: To Barbara Wagoner
I too have relatives buried in Prospect. First you need to call Friends in Manhattan and make an appointment with them to have someone meet you at the cemetery. When you...... EvilGentleman: When I lived in Coral Harbour, Nunavut, we used to be overrun every summer with geese. After laying their eggs, geese shed their flight feathers, so they are flightless for two months or so, until...... jessica: Not to rain on anybody's fuzzy furry cute racoon parade, but that previously mentioned ( smart racoon guy, several entries above) roundworm is anything but cute. Try googling "racoon roundworm" if you don't believe me....... Ronan - North Belfast: Ardoyne is in NORTH Belfast!!!
Reggie it's bigotted people like you that hinder progression in such segregated societies, calling them "lazy, car stealing, pensioner mugging ballbags" is a gross over generalisation, how many people have you...... EvilGentleman: You sure are long-legged, Cat.... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: [[img:10801]]
I've been meaning to post this on the lunch/food/fries thread. This is a chopped liver and pastrami on rye sandwich from Arties (Broadway and 83rd street). Note the Dr. Brown's cream soda and coleslaw, the...... jack: italian taco - take an un-cooked pizza pie in the round and place browned chopped meat (pure angus) with fried onions, peppers, and mushrooms with olive oil (extra virgin) some scrambled egg and pinoli nuts,...... jack: i worked in manhattan from 1960 till 1978 and then on the island. in 87 i went back to manhattan to work down on maiden lane and what to my unbelieveing eyes did i...... jack: [[img:8688]]
on the corner of cedar street and west side highway. St. Joseph's Church was next to a Russian Orthodox Church, both disintegrated by the collapse of WTC tower. around the corner from the...... Mach: I dont get it then. I pick up after people sometimes. Its no problem. I help keep my hood clean. Many cities have Adopt a Street projects, where they conduct weekly cleanups of streets they...... BigHungryAntelope: I am torn on this:
On one hand, there is no excuse for her picking fights with people. People need to chill out and live and let live and stop acting like Pat Roberson! A...... jack: everything looked normal in the quiet countryside town. except for the fact that no one was around it seemed pretty quaint. we looked for a diner, needed coffee badly, so we saw one...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Kato, (Mum, actually) it's funny 'cos these carts do look like they were taped together each morning. It's very thin, pressed aluminium and plastic. I always wonder why the guy inside doesn’t come crashing out...... jack: okay here are the facts: 1=the strike started jan. 1, 1965. mayor john lindsay was arrogant and wanted to break the powerful union boss then. but both were arrogant and wanted to be...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I second that emotion. I knew Peter would document the strike! Good man.
I set out with every intention of walking to 55th and 3rd from Astoria with two of my neighbors. We got about two...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I have to stop checking out Ian's postings while eating breakfast. The legs nearly lost me my eggs.
Fantastic pictures. I'm partial to the potter and his wheel. Thanks!... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: [[img:5876]]
Talking of dodgy foods, after reading this thread I was hungry (chips! Pickled eggs!) so I went to a great Pollo A La Brassa place here in Astoria, Queens for lunch. The soup is...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I've eaten a pickled egg. I wasn't even drunk. It was pretty good. But the pickled onions are where it's at. It is delicious to see the chip shop and chips. I'm a Brit in...... iLLcITYeXTRODINAIRES: ICE came from the OG's of this west palm sh*t...RATMAN, CISCO, the original MOST, TEK, NOC2, MONEY B. SENSE aka VINYL, EROS, HEST, MOST, CROME, DOVE, MESK make things happen. Not a lot of get...... elaine: actually i cheated a little, like most days i eat out i had my camera but greedily started eating before i could get a snap... however, this one day, at hackney city farm, no less,...... Anonymous (user-12lcl9r.cable.mindspring.com): in a nutshell (or eggshell): "Major ecological impact of Starlings is driving out competitors. Because starlings are so aggressive and gregarious, they force out many native species. Starlings may attack established nests of other species...... jeeff: no. i was dealing with a major cockroach infestation for the first time in my life (they're much more common and larger in size in tokyo than in toronto). i wanted to keep...... that folk nigga jus shot that slo6b: folks are a family, not some "gang" we are an orginazation. one that utilizes growth and development, education, politics, social development, and education just to name a few. as we stand upon our 6 point...... hasslehoff: on a tangent: i used to know a guy who called himself ##the eggman##. He was a market trader, who naturally traded eggs. Farm fresh free range eggs. No one knew his real name. He...... moerex: A perfect distillation of the secret language of urban driving. Reminds me of the year I spent living in Manilla as a kid, where my father learned what he later came to call (once we...... Marc: damn they figure out so much cool shit about humanity by sticking a million freaks together to poop in each other's drinking water!!
the 2nd largest chicken producer in the states, Tyson, kills something like...... Marc: oh man that was my lame anonymous post, misshitting the enter key..
i grew up in suburbias and love cities now.. suburbias are like mosquito ponds, thick stagnant things that insects flock to to breed- the......
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