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Matty Paris: Roger Brown and Connie Hawkins were completely different ballplayers from very different cultures. Connie lived in a railroad flat off Franklin and Fulton Street with his mother and brother. She did maid work. He played......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: oh WOW... this is straight-up classic citynoise porn! i love it... everything looks so new in these photos... even the photos on the [[wiki:Brasilia]] wiki look so much more developed and aged since these. i dont......

in response to: Brasilia in Old Photos by Franny Wentzel

redchickpoet: I loved your photos. I found them facinating, but they broke my heart. I want to buy that place and keep it safe from developers. I wonder what happened. I'll have to research this one.......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Peter: your photos are really nice... you should consider sending the {payphone} flick to 2600 ([[http://www.2600.com/phones]]). i like how the photos are scans of prints with nice white borders. its getting harder and harder to find developers......

in response to: Panama City, a Little Darker by artisan

serlingrod: Thanks Peter. It's nice to have a friend back you up. I just marvel at the stubborness of it though.....I mean, "keep on painting" ... Really? I've made it perfectly clear I'm not an artist..I'm......

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

anon (itsc083.itsnpt.com): East Orange is only an address. It's the people who are the products of young parents who have little education and poor parenting skills that have made the places in East Orange unsafe. ......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

chiamattt: jack, its funny you should say "in an area of possible war" because NO ONE here thinks the DPRK will invade the ROK. It's just not gonna happen. Also, there are NO real guns here.......

in response to: Cosplay by chiamattt

Jon Burgess: My Gran lived on Atherton Lane for 50+ years, I always remember the massive bonfires on the bammer throughout the 70's / early 80's. Down the bammer was a newt pond with protected species of......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Ron, Here are the pictures I took of Atherton Lane and Anglers Close (Whitefield Street) today. [[img:27368]] [[img:27369]] As you can see Atherton Lane is more or less original and Whitfield Street has been redeveloped. Rob...

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

Joe: Hello CB Dare, Sounds like you have very important things to say and the courage to go with it. I can only explain my experience with my early years in Kensigton. There is somethimg to be......

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

Deb Walker: Rob You're right about Atherton Lane. I lived on Atherton Lane for approx 2 years, round about 1988, in no.19 (next door to an older guy who frequented The George, morning,noon and night, it seemed)......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: Hi Ron, As you say Whitfield Street has been demolished. That area has been redeveloped approx 10 years ago I think, carnt be sure though. Atherton Lane itself has remained standing, more or less......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: Hi Cyril, Developers have caused more devastation here than adolphs bombs. It never was the best looking place on earth, but now it is becoming more faceless than ever with the destruction of local landmarks......

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

Ron Urry: To All Looking for information on Atherton Lane and Whitfield Road ( Street ). Whitfield has been demolished but Atherton lane is still there..info from Google maps Has Atherton lane been redeveloped or is it still as......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Aingeal: Being from the Bogside, Doire, (Derry). I've developed a strong sense of awareness, passion for all people, and the need to uphold my Irish heritage. I was saddened to read Seamus's (from the south) comments.......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

EvilGentleman: The house in the second-last photo is not too bad looking for a recent construction, even though it is somewhat lacking in "soul". Perhaps the soul will be acquired over time, although the building rising......

in response to: 80% of Everything Ever Built in North America... by CE

Steve M: Hi Deb I was brought up in Collins Close during the 1970s. I remember the cat story. I can't confirm whether this was true or not, even though I worked at the pub briefly......

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

Gav: real estate is a long slow thing. those properties are being amased by some developer that might be waiting for the last piece (little old lady)to fall into place. Think 20-25 yrs out,it's not that......

in response to: Abandoned Homes by JayEastsider

jeeff: "block-busting" is a little different than what you describe, and probably not exactly what went on here. in the US, real estate agents would leave pamphlets and things in target neighbourhoods warning that minorities......

in response to: Abandoned Homes by JayEastsider

Rob: I've read that developers engaged in "block-busting" in the 1950s in that area, buying as many houses as they could and then boarding them up. The idea behind this was to kill the neighbourhood and......

in response to: Abandoned Homes by JayEastsider

Rob Tynan: Hi Alan, The whole area around what was known as the jerry works, including Kwik Save has been redeveloped. The raised area where the Jerry works existed has been lowered and has been completely built......

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

noname: Tex, you have brought up very good points. Hutchinson is a poor example of a city even when compared to other towns in Kansas. Hutchinson has been on a steady down fall for years. People......

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

Vicki: I grew up in Kensington (Coral and Clearfield) or Coral and Elkhart...block down from Frankford Ave. I went to Mastbaum for HS, Conwell for Middle and Williard for Elementary. I have many great......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Nat Im afraid its already gone. It has been replaced by apartments /rabbit hutches / executive homes or what ever you would like to call them about 4 years ago. Developers get more money for......

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

Rob Tynan: Found more pics. This is one of the cottage on the corner of Boat Lane and Ferry Road during demolition!! [[img:25512]] This one is of Hulme farm opposite taken from Ferry Road during demolition for the......

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

Rob Tynan: Natalie The "old shed" next to the ship was "Marvels Market" Before that I believe it was the first picture house in Irlam, and before that the local bus run by the landlord of the......

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

riiiiiight: i was born and raised in bk. i just checked out a new "luxury condo" developement out there a whim (when i was told my rent was being jacked up another 300 bucks). ......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

McArthur: Dear Rest of the World, I would like to point out that Penelope's opinion (stated directly above this comment) is typical of about 99% of Hutchinsonians, and is a major part of the "problem" facing our......

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

Penelope: I live in Hutchinson and think its a great place! Our 6A high school football team is going to win state again this year, which makes it a 4-peat! Yeah Baby! Go Salthawks! We also have......

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

MaGoo: PS: Just for context- so that you realize that my observations are quite balanced and unbiased: I was raised by a single parent on welfare- we were abjectly poor. Most of our neighbors who were Bushwick......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Adriel: Tokyo look so amazing I wish my country was developed as that...

in response to: tokyo skyline by jeeff

anon (216.100.215.5): cope you are a true legend from elope...

in response to: Cope2 Metro by Metro1

jack: red hook was developed by the dutch in the middle 1600's, the clay was red which was great for english tennis courts and if you boated down river from queens and passed under the brooklyn......

in response to: They\'ll Need a Crane by CartLegger

serlingrod: [[img:23007]] Ha! I knew these buildings looked familiar! Here's the shot I snagged earlier this summer. F*** Best Buy! Something very similar happened in Philly earlier last year.....a row of very unique storefronts......

in response to: Say Goodbye by CE

VVW: I live on the Aquila Housing developement, which used to be MOD Aquila. Your articles are exellent and very interesting. I believe my house is situated on the site of the X-ray block. I have......

in response to: MoD Aquila (Part Two) by Simon Cornwell

Xavi: There are many stories of Puerto Rican families who are making a killing off of their homes by selling and moving to Florida, or back to Puerto Rico or wherever and they do so for......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

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!......

in response to: Montauk Manor by little ukraine

JG: You're absolutely correct about the visual compression--but I think the larger issue remains the same: the road widening, signage, etc. is just plain ugly. And I say this as someone who loves Tallahassee. If more......

in response to: Two Views of Tallahassee by JonathanGarrett

Marylizbeth: Uggghh...RACCOONS. They have been haunting us and our neighbors for the last month. We each have a pool and fountains and these rotten raccoons have been using the pools and fountains as their bathroom. Every......

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

jeeff: a correction: i found out that the nearest building pictured IS memorable, as i guess all buildings are if you're willing to look closely. sorry for the error. from the Toronto Star, 'Fashion Incubator......

in response to: Dovercourt by jeeff

CartLegger: I don't really think that Brooklyn neeeds a Gehry. We need the life of our streets, not a pompous architectural tribute to corporate profit. His skills as an architect are without a doubt. But when......

in response to: CWRU Bldg by joey

jack: procyon, thx for not kneeing me, and thx for the nice things to say but one last comment and your free to answer this, i never said tv, family or books developed children, i'n tking......

in response to: All the Whores Shall Go to Heaven by Sohail Moughal

HSH: Peter, I'd love to stay in touch with you...you can email me at bbq_on_mars@yahoo.com. I personally have never encountered a problem there myself (though I did have the pleasure of witnessing 2 cops - one......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CO-TX: Ok you want some real dirt on denver look: at South Table mountains (west denver) NREL complex it is officaly of solar research station but really a tunnel door (south west corrner of the facility......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Alec: I did an engineering internship there 21 years ago when I was 19. I went there this morning and viewed basically the same thing as the photos show (my first time back there). ......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

kobie: Yeah in glasgow it tends to be that the older working class parts do have good council housing. The problem is that there is not a lot of it remaining in these areas because......

in response to: Glasgow Schemes4 by kobie

EvilGentleman: cg: I guess I have an inherent dislike of sameness. Contrasts and variety are so much better. It might have something to do with most of my childhood being spent in military housing, where each......

in response to: Debaliviere Place by maybetoday

upfromflames: http://www.maplib.net/map.php?id=1198 You can also find a panoramic map here. Not as developed, but coming along.......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: The All Hands Fire by upfromflames

Cinic: Griffentown is under developement with the recent Windsor station, Loney and ETS projects. This was one of the few real artistic n-hoods of the city which will sooner than later be consumed by luxury lofts......

in response to: 5 Roses by Cinic

maybetoday: All of St. Louis isn't as clean cut as these pictures show. I've only started taking my camera around as I walk through the City recently and these are the first places I've been......

in response to: Lemp Brewery by maybetoday

serlingrod: Jamie, this is not a true representation of Philadelphia as a whole. In addition to Center City, Philly is really a collection of neighborhoods. The area I photographed (Vine to Fairmount from Broad to 9th)......

in response to: Spring Garden / West Poplar / Loft District: Lost in Transition by serlingrod

John Bland: The reason it is cleaner is because they have displaced the residents they didn't wanted and now providing superb services, except to those areas that they are still trying to bulldoze. I grew up on......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Marc: BJ my guess is the 50s, when Hatley developed the area. Check out "Eanes: Portrait of a Community" by Linda Vance- it came out in 86, contains lots of interviews. I think they have a......

in response to: And so this is winter at Bandit\'s Cave by Marc

John Dereszewski: It is hard to imagine how anyone can misinterpret the last 30 years of Bushwick's history more than BDweller did in his comment. To believe him, Bushwick endured decades of neglectful Planned Shrinkage followed by......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: In response to upfromflames regarding Bushwick Corners: This response requires both historical perspective and adjustment of mind set to the Colonial New World. The 17th Century was a fundamentally agrarian society dedicated and tied to land......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

Jon Dominguez: "... and take back what used 2 b ours we should not be the minorities anymore we got black and brown teaming up we both are minorities we both have struggling histories we should take......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

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......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Cleveland: It's safe to say that at the rate things have been changing for quite sometime now,we knew Cabrini would not last very much forever.Its kind of hard not having any resentment toward the city and......

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

Graffiti Pervert: This shit is pushing the envelope right here!! He painted this during 5:00 rush hour traffic. Anyhow I know for sure the DOC is free and healthy as I write this. He......

in response to: Dr. Sex Graffiti by Legalize Life

I am Puerto Rican, and Really Angry at your Lack of Concern and Knowledge:: I have attended various universities in both Chicago and Puerto Rico. I am currently a student at the University of Puerto Rico, and at one point I was Trying to recieve my BA from......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Guy McLaren: That is how I tell the difference between my "developed shots" and the RAW ones. Would you prefer I made the boder red?...

in response to: Moth in My Garden by Guy McLaren

colavitos ghost: carrie: i'm intrigued by the specificity of your knowledge of the west side. i feel like i must know you! perhaps "carrie" is a pseudonym? as to your question--and a good one it......

in response to: The Streets of Ohio City by little ukraine

jack: welcome to the wonderful world of developers. as you may already know, developers do not care for human beings. they detest them. they feel humans should not get used to things in......

in response to: Soon To Be Demolished by groovehouse

Brad Doner: Presently there is no guarantee for the affordable housing aspect of the 48 Abell proposal, and it is a slippery slope argument for anyone to say they're against affordable housing because they are against this......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

little ukraine: joey, i'd love to see your shots. we'll be seeing some from cleveland heights soon. gosh, i really have to get that last roll developed... ...

in response to: Sierra + Courtney: C-Town\'s Finest Bitches by little ukraine

Toze: All graffiti is born from biting, someone creates a style and others copy it, that's how it spreads and artists develop their own skills, we learn by copying and emulating others, it's in our nature,......

in response to: Graf Trainz 3: South-East London: Aroe by Jamie

Sirhcbre: I was actually thinking of this picture today and saw there had been a comment left. The more I learn about what Decarie used to be lie and what it could have been for......

in response to: Traffic by CE

Susannah: Do you think Hool could make a micro-mini for my antelope?...

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

New Face in Bushwick: Need more than Starbucks. Northeast cafe is the only one that I can relax and enjoy the meal at. Italian, Japanese restaurants would be wonderful.. Investors and developers out there - business......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Michelle: I am happy to have stumbled upon this chat. I live at 48 abell st. and am part of a newly formed residence group called Model48 that is fighting alongside Active 18 to keep......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

little ukraine: I do have some pictures of the town on my 35mm roll which I haven't developed yet. I'll try to get them up in a later post. It is indeed a really nice......

in response to: The Green Mountain State by little ukraine

Susannah: [[img:16473]] What about antelopes posing as hookers?...

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

Sirhcbre: Yeah, hookers with the antelope picture is totally not happening....

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

EvilGentleman: Susannah: I find it quite funny that both your cowboy and my mountie are British Sirhcbre: I will get around to it when I have both free time and **no rain**. I think the regional headquarters......

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

Paulm: Sirhcbre, I thought you were after a challenge(hunt), a hooker with an antelope pricture is the best challenge so far. Go for it !...

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

Susannah: These remind me of some of the bizarre mail I used to have to go through when I had a temp. job at an insurance company while I was in college - stuff about the......

in response to: I Know You Did It!!! by CE

JNJ: Everybody is missing the point here and underlying factor. I grew up in Humboldt Park. I lived there for 32 years. Yes, it was stressful. However, I had allot of fun......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

EvilGentleman: To be a true scavenger hunt, shouldn't you have to hunt scavengers? Perhaps catch a raccoon and a homeless guy in giant butterfly nets? The suggestion of pictures of hookers holding photos of antelopes is absurd.......

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

a disturbed young man: i'd like to see some hookers holding photos of antelopes...

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

anonymous: Hey Sue, what sort of developer lets a so-called "illegal" building stand for over 20 years, then... and then coincidentally decides to suddenly cash in on a local housing boom? incidentally, id really like to know......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

Sue: Are you aware that the "developer" at Abell Street has owned the building since the early 80's? The building is illegal, and will be replaced by 200 legal affordable housing units?...

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

jeeff: ps. on rereading my letter, i think i didn't explain myself well at the end. it probably seems counterintuitive that i'm arguing against condos as destroying the residential flavour of our neighbourhood. in......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

procyon: the second one is my favorite. my aunt lives in huron by a beach that looks a lot like that, and the crane toward the left reminds me of the crane some developers apparently left......

in response to: It\'s Been Getting Cold by David

Carol: Bay Girl: where can you buy ammonia? I went to Home Depot and they said they don't sell it anymore. Furthermore, regarding ringworm, some kids have developed serious neurological problems and have even died from......

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

Brian: I too emigrated to Australia over 20 years ago and only revisited Irlam for the first time, at the end of last summer, (2005). Irlam and Cadishead are strange places. Isolated to some degree, they lie......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

colavitos ghost: well, euclid avenue's not in wonderful shape right now. however, things are looking significantly better than they were five years ago. good stuff: 1)the rta is redesigning the roadway itself to improve public......

in response to: Rant by procyon

"harpo" middle village: The Italian landlords really ruined Bushwick and Ridgewood They rented to multiple families of central and latin Americans - at a ridiculous rate of rent and forced the whites out of the area As usual these......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Jamie: totally. the overall quality of a photo lies more in the person pressing the shutter release than it does in the quality of the equipment used. certainly a nice shiny lens helps a lot but......

in response to: Heidelberg Doll House by Cosmo

jeeff: but i should emphasize that the city so far only plans to proceed with the core aspects of the plan, in line with the original competition brief. so don't expect to see something like......

in response to: Dereliction by Cameo

The Owner: It has lots of windows - just not facing the street. They mostly face south. I believe I get a net gain from solar energy. It exists to provide shelter for the owner......

in response to: Modernism on Squires by CE

carlos mario: Since I'm writing about gentrification in Bushwick, this all is so interesting, especially the part of the story that The Truth mentions, as it relates to what I'm writing. Roger Starr, planned shrinkage, arson, disinvestment,......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

jamie: i hate to add to this argument but didn't the 'americans' pretty much eraicate the native population of their country back in the day? And the english didn't clear the Gaelic speakers out of their......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

EvilGentleman: The new configuration of the complex, when completed, is supposed to have close to 550 new housing units in it (There are still a number of veterans remaining from the original complex as well, who......

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

EvilGentleman: Yes indeed, it was hard at first, but once bag-tagging was taken to hand, a good stiff competition soon developed. One great prospect after another would rise to the forefront, only to be sacked shortly......

in response to: Montreal Police Bicycle by EvilGentleman

Nancy: I did a search on the GM Tarrytown (now called Sleepy Hollow) site after reading an article about it in today's local Westchester County newspaper, the Journal News ("Secrets on the Hudson", http://www.lohud.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060709/OPINION01/607090315/1151). To......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Andrew, I managed to get into the site thru your name search ! I remember sliding down the embankment under the bridge on pieces of cardboard "borrowed" from Quicksave. And dangerously walking along the railway......

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

Chris Erb: The yellow building by the catering place? I walk by that every day on my way to work. This city is far too small! haha Also, if you search "Regency Landing" in google, this......

in response to: Yuppy Scum by CE

Andrew Smith: Natalie -I don't think the air raid shelters are there, though I may be wrong. The Kwik Save site is currently being built on with more new houses. The horse stables have gone, I'm afraid. As......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Do you know if the air raid shelters on Fairhills road on the way to quicksave( near Jezzes) are still there. They were on the bend as you round the corner to Quicksave and......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith