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

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Babushkah Zblcowszksky: Hell NO....The place is spot-less..WHERE? I was there with my Husband Stanislaw last Monday,August 25-th and we took a walk through the path at the end of the railroad ties walking east towards the Marine......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Great post! I love the total sadness and futility of the empty swing with the huge muddy puddle. And I'm particularly fond of the door knocker....

in response to: Things Seen Prior by chiamattt

Billie: I live in Florida, my boyfriend lives in Tarrytown. The first time I saw this site it brought back sad memories of my own. My mother, father, uncles and friends all worked in factories in......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Sam: What is so very interesting to me in a sad way is looking at that area from Live Search (msn.com)....most blocks are empty..is here any project going on there to rebuild..the last time I was......

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

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

in response to: Pervert Masturbates on Subway by Peter

Joseph Bridge: sorry, but this is the reality i see when i rarely visit family who still live there. the cup is half empty, thanks....

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

Returnee: Just happened on this site and was amazed that so many "high Paid executives" would spend so much time bashing someplace. Is your glass half full or half empty? Don't bother to reply......

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

Peter: im fascinated at how people love to say such cliche and empty things as ##"Maybe if you changed your outlook on life, you wouldn't be so bored!"## im sure that if scott ever sees that, he'll......

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

Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot! A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo. [[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]] by Adam Enright I was thrilled to read about......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

G: I grew up in kensington.I went to Sheridan.Mr Strong was a great teacher.I was on top of a #3 bus @ k&a in 74@when the flyers won the cup.I still ride kensington ave sometimes.The mill......

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

Peter: also: definitely an [[1474:empty reference]]......

in response to: Ghost Graf by Peter

Edwin DeBerry: I remember when the Whites lived in 111 N.Wood. He went on to play with his brother in Earth, Wind and Fire. I anybody remembers me, I can be reached at edwin.deberry@ots.treas.gov I went......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

upfromflames: Peter, I had thought that Dave's photo was from the block directly across from St. Barbara's, but it might be that empty lot. Thanks much for the hunting! Hope we see you and the rest......

in response to: Bushwick Remembered Photo Collective by upfromflames

CartLegger: Yes. this is a fine spot, an old fashioned joint that is the oldest continuously operating restaurant in Chinatown. It always looks empty, but you feel like a real important customer with undending offers of......

in response to: Nam Wah Tea Parlor by Peter

Former Hutchinsonite: If you can find an empty parking stall, most of theme are probably full with people sleeping in their cars. ...

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

Sheila Hilton: Hi Cyril, Do you mean the cottage we knew as the forge, where the blacksmith's place was? If it is that one, it was later owned by Rita Holt who had the ladies dress shop......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Baby Snooks: That was quite a party there in that empty lot. Balloons and ham! Any other party favors left behind?...

in response to: Cabeza by Peter

Baby Snooks: Why would there be a pig's head in an empty lot? Theories?...

in response to: Cabeza by Peter

Nobody: Saul- perhaps sarcasm doesn't travel well through the internet. I do have a few points for your consideration, though: 1. "thats there [sic] idea of a community. Whose idea? The people who live in the projects? I......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Yes: 'So just move and all will be better' So does that mean when everybody moves out and the town is empty, Hutchinson will be at its' best? Sounds like that's what people are doing since the population......

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

Tex: You are absolutely right, we should be thankful for what we have and the great country that we live in. We are very blessed and fortunate to live in a country where we have......

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

Tex: I actually had to journey up to the fair city of Hutch a couple of weeks ago. I made a visit to your Hutchinson Mall. Do you remember the scenes from 'Dawn of the Dead'......

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

Steve Weir: Higher Irlam Co-Op was a great place, they stored the empty pop bottles around the back & it was rather easy to climb over the wall & "liberate" a few...for shall we say recycling at......

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

DAVE: I am curious about oldirlamvillage.atfreeforum.com because there is absolutely nothing there besides tons of spam and empty forums with generic headings and no entries and content that duplicates everything already on this thread. What gives?...

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

nancy: that old space is still empty...we need a cheap little fruiterie there...the prices at that IGA really are astronomical!! Its also really disorganized...and their organic section sucks..notice too, that anything that is on sale......

in response to: Fuck the IGA by CE

Tex: Here's a sad example In the Hutch news, was this story, "Owner of Wiley building leaves tenants in the cold" "The coffee group can joke about it - but the tenants of the Wiley building aren't......

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

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......

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

Marissa Chaplin: Hiya all Thanks for all the info on the photos. Boundary Rd Church is still methodist, not sure when it was rebuilt, I will try and find out. The Fabric Shop was and still is double fronted (although......

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

NervaVels: I lived on the block of Green/Evergreen/Harman for almost 20 years; prior to that, I lived on Jefferson St between Knickerbocker and Irving (still remember getting picked up by the bus to go to a......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Rob Tynan: Longfield lodge is still here. It was empty for a while after the clinic closed. It then became a private house. About 7 or eight years ago a doctors surgery and a dental......

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

The Grimm Girl: Our new motto should be "Come share our empty space" because there sure is a lot of it. Empty spaces downtown, empty spaces at the mall, empty spaces at the salt museum, empty spaces at......

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

Jan: Recently I took my grandson to the children's room in the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. It had not changed from the way I remember it in the 40's, except for the inclusion......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

sonia: bushwick is a very good place to live you have a lot of low income families who live there but there are alot of whites moveing in i have notice a lot of new houses......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

K Teesdale: Growing up in Kensington, I knew I had to get out. The social environment was not one to be taken lightly. I learned everything I need to survive growing up in Kensington. I walked. I......

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

Bob: The Hutchinson, KS haters amuse me. I'm sure some of them have lived in other cities, some have attested to it in their diatribes. However it seems that they are either young or......

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

EvilGentleman: Could someone please translate the above comment? The best I can make out is: Oh what a change, the days of the princesses at the Super are over. Some still remain, but they are quiet, polite,......

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

Chris: Hey i might as well add since i'm reading through the posts, I myself grew up in coney island. I am now 25 and love to check out old photos at times , i've seen......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Cp: I'm not from Salina, but live here now. I've lived in some larger cities and now that I have children I now that this is a great pace to raise them. I agree with the......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 7 by Scott Sargent

EvilGentleman: Three weeks ago, my van was hit by a man from Toronto driving the wrong way down {Sainte-Catherine} Street in Montreal. I was standing outside the bar having a cigarette and drinking a Coke (I never,......

in response to: Wrong Way, Buddy! by Elicar

pete. r: im from lisnaskea and i really enjoyed the photos, i have always dismissed that place as a shit hole only good 4 gettin pissed up drinkin bottles of buckfast on a summers eve, i do......

in response to: Cross Street and Blossom 2002 by Jamie

From Newfoundland: I grew up in Sussex, and returned home this summer after several years away. I rather liked the murals, and think Sussex is demonstrating more energy and creativity than scores of other Maritime communities. There......

in response to: Downtown Murals by CE

Big Momma Becky: I am going to straddle the fence,so to speak,about my hometown,which happens to be Hutch. I am a middle aged woman,so someone younger might not have my same opinion,which is understandable. I have lived here......

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

ZD: If any of you are interested, the Council is holding a consultation event about regenerating Catford, this week. It's in an empty shop in the shopping centre. They want people's views on revamping the town......

in response to: The Giant Cat of South London by I.T.U.C.

why not: Why not place a large meat-processing plant in Hutchinson? It would create lots of decent paying jobs and enlarge the tax base as well.Empty apartments would be a thing of the past and overall business......

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

tito: Brooklyn bushwick is gangster look back in the 80's and 90' when john gotti was running it . Now theres a new breed of gangster !!! The only thing that has change is the pack of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CartLegger: You don't have to walk around at dawn to find empty streets in NOLA. When I was there last Jan, there were streets empty all day long in the Quarter. Empty and waiting. I have......

in response to: French Quarter at Dawn by serlingrod

John Humperdink: Sally, tell us about the "active" area's of hutchinson, We'd all love to know since they aren't obvious. I think the most active place is the highway out of town. Usually trailer trash......

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

Bass Girl: Oh my gosh PAPERGIRL17....do you live in the salt mine hundreds of feet under Hutch or something? Lets try coming to the surface and having a cup of reality.... 1. The Cosmosphere (since there are......

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

EvilGentleman: One thing I have noticed about your posts, chiamattt, is the stunning beauty of the women in many of your photos. And then today came along. The day is boring. Suddenly, a smile comes across my......

in response to: Trying to Find Chungmuro by Chiamattt

dannigirl: woah! the photography is everlasting isnt it just? creating such an empty effect- which is exactly what you feel on the cold harsh streets of tokyo at night.. great work soldier! Xx...

in response to: tokyo by night by jeeff

Osloman20plus: Thanks for the comment Jamie, the "tag-bundle" was not intentional, lol, I didn't remember how the tag-function actually worked.. Yeah I agree Norway is underrepresented. I'll try to remedy that somewhat, but unfortunately, I only......

in response to: On a Walk from Grunerløkka to St. Hanshaugen by Osloman20plus

CE: It's just on a small one story building way out in the east end. Just a non descript office building amongst some empty lots that are being turned into condos. It'll likely be......

in response to: Quite Possibly the Weirdest Mural Ever Made! by CE

Jamie: Nice photos from an under-represented city. I was in Leeds earlier this year, without my camera and I was very surprised by all the regeneration going on. Not being a fan of NCP cark park......

in response to: Student Days - Leeds by Andrew Smith

VL: So, that's why. I have just been to that store in St Henri yesterday, and thought that it looked a bit empty for that time of the day (10 customers on a Sunday late afternoon?).......

in response to: Fuck the IGA by CE

joey: i see where the litter comes from. the waste management trucks do a sloppy job of emptying the dumpsters. several little milk cartons were blowing around in the street this morning....

in response to: Cloud_scape by joey

Chris Erb: That's why I took the picture, it's rare to see a completly empty car. I think this was even taken early in the evening but it might have been late at night. I guess......

in response to: Empty Metro by CE

Frank S. Besner: Well done! I'm a big fan of empty metro cars... Conceptually, that is. Seems I'm never lucky enough to catch one, myself. ...

in response to: Empty Metro by CE

upfromflames: [[img:19349]] Old Skins [[img:19350]] New Skins [[img:19351]] And all empty Inside...but not for long Bushwick does not stand still ...

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

Yoshi: Wow... what great views, similar to the train station that I was last at(subway). The pics are kind of empty; i remember kids playing in the streets at night. Where were these pics exactly taken......

in response to: tokyo by night by jeeff

upfromflames: I was a little disappointed at your original presumption that the mysterious empty spaces in Newark once held decayed housing full of junkies. Actually, some of them used to contain thriving neighborhoods, some Italian white,......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

Frank S. Besner: Yessir! probably one of my favourites too. See it on my way back from work every day. Super nice work by NME & crew. Wonder waht they're planning on doing with the empty lot in front of......

in response to: Mtl Graffiti by Cinic

upfromflames: Clarifications: I’ve found out a lot more about the Bushwick Initiative this week, after talking to Annie Marie Mirez, who helped to develop the program and currently helps to oversee it for HPD. The first thing......

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

bk racer: the area i walk through is usually pretty empty after business hours, but that's when you start to see all the strange details!...

in response to: Never-boring 14th St by bk racer

Sirhcbre: Coffee places should offer a discount to people who bring their own cups. I see empty coffee cups all over the place all the time!...

in response to: Why Does This Happen? by EvilGentleman

jack: a drippy heart on a wall, an empty gas tank, an owl to keep mice away, and the red duster or the blue duster or union jack,,,i, jack, prefer union jack and we should meet......

in response to: Out and About with Elaine by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

upfromflames: [[img:18658]] [[img:18659]] [[img:18660]] [[img:18661]] This emptiness of this space at the corner of Central Ave and Suydam St. is made more powerful by its cause. A friend of mine had an aunt die in a fire on this spot......

in response to: Missing Tooth and Open Sky by upfromflames

BDweller: Hey, upfromflames, your picture of the entirely sealed-up apartment building [Feb 17th] looks like a burn-out to me. You can see the scorch marks around the fire escape. "Is it a careless landlord......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

King of the Frogs: Sadly, these interior shots are old - the machines are al gone now. I was in the facility last week, and believe me, it is --empty--....

in response to: Old Shipyard by Damon

pierre: i lived on the corner of Evergreen and Dekalb in the mid 70's. i remember a fire on the opposite corner that took down the whole Dekalb side of the block, something like 10......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

been: I used to wonder why I never would see any examples of the rail car type in the fourth picture loaded with cargo--only empty. But we all have. This type of car is used to carry......

in response to: Take Me Away... by Elicar

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: The barrel wasn't empty, it was probably frozen (mmmmmmmm, frozen wine)...

in response to: An Old Lush Stealing a Drink at the Brotherhood Winery by jack

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

jack: AM I LOOKING UP OR ARE THEY LOOKING DOWN, THE COLD HARD WIRES, BRANCHES, EMPTY NEST WHERE ONCE BABIES WAITED FOR THEIR MOTHER TO FEED THEM, WHERE ONCE THE SUN SHONE AND THE WARM AIR......

in response to: Bird\'s Nest Silhouette by aer suzuki

little ukraine: I'd be interested to hear the opinions of the NYers on this site (or of anyone who is familiar with it, for that matter) of the Bobst Library, seen here on the left. I......

in response to: A View Down the Avenue by jack

joey: serenity found in an empty auditorium foyer...

in response to: Untitled by dfwtiger

Beadle and Tatum: I think the thing about W. Clit, is that it never was as empty as Clit. Clit has had all these empty lots get condoed while people have always kept the houses on W......

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

Beadle and Tatum: dang! what time were you there? The place looks empty. Its always full. ALWAYS. the bustling of local folks adds a whole 'nuther dimension to that place...

in response to: The Well-Known West Side Market by little ukraine

GGP: yeah, it's been razed all right. it's an empty lot now with some greenish bricks strewn about....

in response to: Samuel Underberg Building by GGP

Red: Moved into 2555 Linden Blvd. in Cypress Projects when they were new; until I got into a fight (1964) with one of the black neighbors...we were all so friendly for a few years and......

in response to: Brooklyn Broadcast & Audio by Peter

jeeff: i think its just one of those silly things people hang on to in order to seperate "us" from "them". just like the endless argument over "the beach" or "the beaches" neighbourhood. my own opinion......

in response to: Quay to the City by jeeff

kricket: for the most part, i'm sick of big empty sterile manicured green fields of grass that no one walks on (usually it just looks like a poor excuse for green space) - but here i......

in response to: Quay to the City by jeeff

Peter: wow. now ##this## was a nice read. curiously, ive been to the fair site a couple of times, even ridden my bike in the empty unisphere fountain and gazed forlornly at the decay of the......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

Where will the smokers end up?: It has been a few months since the bill 112 came into effect in Québec and I have to say that I do not see how ¨Québec is breathing any easier¨as the government funded propaganda......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

adam: you're saying fort worth is big empty and full of concrete?...

in response to: How I See Fort Worth by dfwtiger

Grant: I am sitting in an apartment in 1230 Burling (one of the buildings in Cabrini Green) as I type this. I have lived here since 2000 (and before that I lived in a house......

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

procyon: Thanks for the kind words, everyone. CG: Cleveland Trust Tower! That's what it's called! I couldn't remember and was feeling uncharacteristically lazy about googling it/rushed about posting. Well, that's good to hear, especially if it's true.......

in response to: Jury Duty by procyon

Marc: look at that guy in the first picture, calmly looking at the street, oblivious to the evils of the empty paper coffee cups rolling around behind him....

in response to: September 10 2006 Toronto by hool

Chris Erb: Wal-Mart will do nothing but destroy Sussex. I guarantee, downtown Sussex will look very different in five years and it won't be pretty. I don't see how Sussex needs revival, for a small New Brunswick......

in response to: Sussex Stationers by CE

GeneralTsao: Not to dispute that Bazine may be a boring town, but just for the sake of accuracy, the high school building is not used anymore since district consolidation some years back. Also, the empty field you......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 13 by Scott Sargent

aer suzuki: oh yeah, these are cool. the top one's the best although i also really like the empty elevators....

in response to: 5 Times # by joey

Lurv1: I like Graffiti. I,ve photographed it in different alley ways throughout the city. But when it starts showing up on historical buildiings I thinks that's wrong.Many of these architectural landmarks could be considered art in......

in response to: Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti by Peter

Cosmo: I am fascinated with these old abandoned houses, and even the entire neighborhoods that are empty. I get lost in wondering what they were like before the trouble started. I wonder where those......

in response to: Mexicantown by Cosmo

Chris Erb: I really like the pictures of the empty mansions from Detroit. it's sad to see but the decay of Detroit can be very interesting....

in response to: Mexicantown by Cosmo

EvilGentleman: I have to translate this. It's just too much to resist. 가장 큰exsqisite, 나는 말해야 한다! 여기 모든에EvilGentleman포획은 이것 이다: 1 - 감시는 시간외에 하고 있다. 2 - 그의 할아버지 새로운 틀이를 얻기 위하여 농부는 도시로 가고 있다. 3......

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: If you take an empty 2-liter plastic bottle and whack the spider with it, you will have discovered one of my fave sports, "spiderball"!...

in response to: Backyard Spider by Tyfoid Kid

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: [[img:14682]] Empty barber shop sign ...

in response to: empty reference repeat by elaine

tricia: raccoons like to hang in my yard at night and trash stuff. last night they kept revisiting, mamma and babies, they slashed big holes into a chair, dug up my cactus, and in my......

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

Chris Erb: I agree, the vast majority of us are slobs. I don't understand it, it's not hard to hold onto a cup for a few minutes until you get to a garbage can, or, if......

in response to: Tim in the Streets by Marlo

Peter: that blue... and the moon and shadows. wow. also: i like the {empty reference}s......

in response to: Citadel, Flag, Moon by okcomputer

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