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Mitch Spector: These photos were taken during the early morning of October 5th. Despite the former restaurant site still, for the moment, standing, it is an interesting contrast when comparing the photos (above) from 6 months earlier. [[img:29147]] The......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Rudy: If anyone would like to read a short notice about the closing of the Washburn Tunnel and a photo of what the tunnel looked like with the water coming up to one of the entrances,......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

Allan: Richie, I lived in the same building as Judy Oshinsky. I have a few photos of us back around '55-58. She had 2(I think) brothers. On the corner of Schenectidy and Union was a dry cleaner......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Lexxi: Great to know that the legend of Mr. Rufus Rockhead lives on with the naming of the street near Atwater Market, unfortunately most Montrealers have no idea of the history associated with this brilliant man......

in response to: Rufus Rockhead Street by EvilGentleman

nk: This picture is not a picture of the school - and it's sad that you would want to give the impression that the school actually looks like this. This is the back of the school......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Rafael Moneo.: Entrance to the Audrey Jones Beck Building, an annex of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Designed by the architect Rafael Moneo. alert("hej!")...

in response to: Patterns by groovehouse

Paul Revere: I'm sure you can never receive enough accolades for your photography. Great work. Personally, I've roamed those tunnels repeatedly for the past year. As someone remarked you can't hear the train untill it's prcaticly upon......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Sheila Hilton: Gary Sparkes - re shopping centre: There was also a shoe shop opposite the entrance and a little to the right (not too far from the bank).I remember buying my son a pair of Doc Martens......

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

T J O'BRIEN, ANNANDALE, VA: The article below it will mention the Luna Park. During the WW II I worked part-time for the New York Daily News as a copy boy. One afternoon I came in early at......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

James: Have to say though, the six lights are good, but my fave is the entrance. The contrast of it is brilliant...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Jane B.: hey PETER, can you PLEASE ANSWER this question?? =D how were you able to get up there in that 125th street entrance? i've been trying to get into the freedom tunnel for so long but i......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel 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.

Mitch: I pass directly by Ben's everyday (I work in the Sunlife building just a block up). If I see any changes, I'll definitely post a message here or on the Wikipedia article I started...actually passing......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Andrew Thanks for adding Dom's photos.The frontage of the Rialto cinema is very little different from when it was The Globe picture house. Even the Large door to the right of the main entrance is......

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

Alan Taylor: Hi Cyril, Beswick's Dairy between the Steelworks Club & the Telephone Exchange there was/is? a double fronted shop and I think it was a grocery/green grocery shop with the dairy to the rear with the dairy......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Deb Your aunt ( born 1929) can only identify her Mum and Aunt Edie,and the photo was probably taken in the garden of the newly built Princess avenue houses opposite the Margarine works entrance. The......

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

Alan Taylor: Thinking of Liverpool Road travelling towards Cadishead you had Tramway Road running diagonal from it to the railway embankment which had a 'tunnel' through to the side of the steelworks main entrance then from Liverpool......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob Really interesting old photos.I can all but see the "back entrance" under the railway to the Steelworks canteen. I wonder if there were many loyal workers there as my father-in- law was, after spending 50years......

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

cyril bagshaw: Hi Norma, Tradition has it that the city of Adelaide has this Annual Christmas Pageant with these magnificent floats and bands heading the spectacular entrance of Father Christmas and his team of reindeer. Sorry, but no......

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

David: The photo shows an entrance to a secured parking area in back of the school. The school is a very large, lovely well-maintained school. The photo in the comment above shows Eastern Parkway in front......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Allen T: I visited New York and found this Pier by accident. What a pity that NYC haven't recognised what a tourist attraction this could be by saving it from just rusting away and turning the entrance......

in response to: Cunard White Star Lines by Peter

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......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alfred: I live in Hutchinson, and I knew this article was pure propaganda right when I saw the photos. The first photo is of an entrance gate to the State Fairgrounds, which the author describes as......

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

Mitch: I believe there was a bar on the corner of Franklin and Carroll with the entrance on Franklin (the southeast corner of Franklin & Carroll). I used to live @ 969 Carroll and it was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Studio M: From the Castle's Entrance: [[img:24960]] ...

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

...just lookin for a job, lookin for a job...: OMG! I thought I lived in a pretty good place until I stumbled onto this site while surfing for nursing jobs in this area. I've been HappyInHutch for 30+ years and known about......

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

Galen J: I drove through this tunnel hundreds of times beginning in the mid 1950's. It always amazed me how AM radio stations would immediately go off once you hit the entrance. Driving a motorcycle through......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

Craig: I had a motorcycle wreck in 1980 coming out of the south side of the tunnel. Back then the entrance and exit to the tunnel were paved in cobblestone, which is very slippery, especially if wet......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

Frank: For the record, there are two entrances open on Sundays. One is at the south end of Mokom Sholom cemetery (the western strip) and the other is at the north end of Acacia cemetery......

in response to: Bayside Cemetary: Rememberance Overgrown by CartLegger

John Dereszewski: In talking of Bushwick portals, you might wish to take a few pictures of the now vanishing number of awnings placed above the entrances of houses - both wood frame and masonry - in......

in response to: Bushwick Portals by Peter

99¢Dreams: Hey Peter, do you live in Bushwick, or are you just often there? I ask because your post reminds me of a photo project I've contemplated, but never executed: "Bushwick Gates" I'm referring to a quintessential Bushwick......

in response to: Bushwick Portals by Peter

EvilGentleman: I dunno how terrorism is supposed to be stopped by more guns. If the terrorists are deterred by machine guns on USCG boats, then they are pretty lame terrorists. Fact is, America and Canada are......

in response to: Did You Bring Protection ? by joey

little ukraine: oops, posted too early.. pictured above are Astoria Park, the Triborough Bridge spanning Hell Gate, and a marker at the entrance of the Charybdis Playground (where's Scylla? Presumably Ward's Island) next to the Astoria Pool,......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

Chris: Monday July 9th, I made a point to stop by today and view the progress. The family spent the weekend up on Greenhorn. The forest service has work ahead of them to reopen the road......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

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......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

Gregory Brent: Wonderful. Montreal is so livable! In the third photo, the building complex with the green roofs in the left foreground is Ravenscrag, home of Sir Hugh Allan of Allan Lines Shipping Co. It is sadly......

in response to: Mont-Royal Park by CE

CE: Not to be picky but the Metro entrance is actually in the art nouveau style, designed by Hector Guimard. Paris has dozens of them, many of them much more elaborate than this one. ......

in response to: Paris Arches by indykid

EvilGentleman: The entrance to the Atwater metro station is at the west end of the park. The light green roof of the building in the picture above is just barely visible among the trees about 30......

in response to: Ice Cream Toilet by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Le Stud seems to have entrances on both Sainte-Catherine and {Papineau}, with the bar wrapping around the businesses on the corner. East side of the intersection in the satellite shot below: [[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&om=1&t=k&ll=45.522691,-73.552233&spn=0.00183,0.003616&z=18]]...

in response to: Le Stud by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Yes, they did. I asked his permission before taking the shots of the entrance. He said it was ok, so long as he was not in the shots....

in response to: Gentleman\'s Choice by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: And here is the entrance as seen from the sidewalk. [[img:19654]] [[img:19655]]...

in response to: Gentleman\'s Choice by EvilGentleman

anon (pool-70-104-204-105.nrflva.fios.verizon.net): Having grown up in Gardenside during the 1960's, I and good friend Jim Varney frequently rode the Versailles Road bus past this home and wondered about how neat it would be to live there. ......

in response to: Stone house on Cardinal Hill by Goingincirclez

kathryn: I grew up near Eastern Parkway....I have not been in Brooklyn in over 30 years but I do remember the area known as Prospect Heights...I remember Ebbets Field on Sullivasn Place and Bedford Ave......I remember......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

pierre: BD: thanks for reminding me about the SP classes, I was in SP1 which is why we took French instead of Spanish and why all SP1 students were in the band with Mr. Montasano (i......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

pierre: isn't this the entrance to the holland tunnel?...

in response to: Apartment to Let by jack

Peter: woah, thats definitely the fountain at {columbus circle}, at the southwest entrance to {central park}......

in response to: Ninjas Killed My Family - Need Money for Kung-Fu Lessons by Jayson

J. Gandley: I remember at least 2 elegant apartment buildings opposite the Eastern Parkway entrance to the Botanical Garden. One was Turner Tower and the other may have been Copely Plaza. Well known Judges (like Judge Schwartzenwald),......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

EvilGentleman: Lemme guess, you mean the red uniforms and the park ranger stetson hats? They only wear those in parades and in front of places like Parliament Hill and at the entrance of the Prime Minister's......

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

Tube: People thinking that they are right to not use cars. We need cars, trucks, buses, trains and planes. What we also need is good common senses. so many examples exist about lack of common sense: Speed......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Traffic by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: I am sure the staff at the local Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) store must think I am odd, since I will often hold my breath and dash at high speed through the entrance area, clinging......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Traffic by EvilGentleman

Robin Majumdar: Great write-up and nice to include the photos as part of the story. I went to Dawson on Saturday with my 3 and 5 year old boys, who placed a small African Violet flowerpot at......

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

SuziQ: Even better than the place mentioned above is a place close to the subway called "FreezePeach Cafe". It's right on the corner of 29th Street and Ditmars Blvd, but hidden away a little because it's......

in response to: Astoria's Hidden Jewel by Musicman

raccooned: I was up painting late last night and I looked up and saw what I thought to be one of the feral cats in the neighborhood that several of us feed. It was on......

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

EvilGentleman: I remember Wilmot pretty fondly from my teen years. Lemme think now. Rick and his brother Ron, Cynthia (now Rick's wife), her best friend Jocelyn, Peter, who was the kid who always threw wild parties......

in response to: Downtown Murals by CE

Sirhcbre: This is the only one of this sort. Most of the entrances to the Metro here are pretty ugly kiosks. They're usually very utilitarian looking concrete bunkers that take up half a block.......

in response to: Montreal or Paris? by CE

jack: i wish we had that kind of entrance to our trains here in new york....

in response to: Montreal or Paris? by CE

naj a la plage: that first pic is breathtaking. what are those gear/wheel contraptions on that one rock? looks like the entrance to the batcave....

in response to: 5 Days After They Shot 2 Ladies by fuzzytank

John: It makes me sad, but what really ticks me off is that those bastards around the lake want the county to pay for it to be fixed. These are the same people who told the......

in response to: The Case of the Disappearing Lake by sine

EvilGentleman: Yesterday's paper had an article about how there are bylaws coming into force to make bars put ashtrays outside their entrances. The city estimates that 600,000 people use the downtown core each weekday (not counting......

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

EvilGentleman: Good point, Chris. Most of the truly spiral staircases are in fact, either fire escapes or accesses to rear balcony entrances. Then there are the double spirals, one for the left side and one for......

in response to: NDG by CE

Chris Erb: When I was in Montreal, I didn't see too many main entrances that were full sprial staircases like the one above. Most of what I saw (Mostly in the [Plateau], I didn't make it......

in response to: NDG by CE

EvilGentleman: Many of the winding staircases you see here in Montreal (although not this one) are in fact, main entrances. This is especially true in Verdun and the Plateau Mont-Royal. Just imagine having to shovel 3......

in response to: NDG by CE

mobie: **sum loser:** that {6poppin} {paste-up} is/was down the side of woolworths, opposite the entrance to the churchyard....

in response to: Mofidious by Mofidious

Myke: Thanks for the comments every one. Jack it was indeed a Sunday morning. Pic 1: The Beetham Tower. Designed by Ian Simpson Architects, this building is nearly completed and will house a new Hilton hotel......

in response to: Empty City by Myke

EvilGentleman: As far as homelessness among the wealth goes, I think I may have already mentioned in some other post my experience of seeing a homeless man sleeping in the glass and chrome entrance of a......

in response to: Only in Toronto... by Elicar

jack: entrance in rear. opposites. to go in the front you have to enter into the rear. smart, i'll put the front of my house in the back of it and i wont......

in response to: Dirty Red by elaine

jeeff: all hail the information age. [[http://sageauthoring.com/fdny/construction/vacant.pdf]] Fire Department, City of New York __FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES__ __VOLUME 1 BOOK 3__ **MARKING OF VACANT BUILDING** **1.3.1** As vacant buildings shall be identified and marked to indicate the degree of hazard involved. In marking vacant......

in response to: Slated for Demolition by Peter

Elicar: 27. People who pour a bottle of cheap perfume just because it is easier than taking a shower. 28. People who do not go inside and crowd by the entrance thus not allowing more people to......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Public Transit by EvilGentleman

Laura : HAHAHAHAHAH Oh so true, Hikerman. 22. People who stare 23. People who jam out to their 30 second cell phone songs. Then do it again. And again. All the way to work... 24. People who crack......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Public Transit by EvilGentleman

jack: break down the word bermondsey for me, where does it come from, is it a foul word, slang or curse, is it like 'creepers' or 'my gosh' nice writing enjoyable, i guess hellmouth is the......

in response to: All Poets Are Alchemists by an impossible child

Peter: those are actually from {cental park}, looking south towards the southwest entrance of the park at {columbus circle}. i can tell because i see the dual glass-towers of the {time warner center} building there, rather......

in response to: Trees and Buildings by julie

GGP: makes me think of the famed Women's Pentagon Action demo way back when (in 1980): "Four huge female puppets created by Bread and Puppet Theatre led some 2,000 women in a march past Arlington Cemetery to......

in response to: Wholesome Urban Graffiti by groovehouse

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Wow! I love these! The one of the entrance to the posh building with the perspective in lights is great. ...

in response to: toronto night by jeeff

John: To gain entrance to the Cemetary, I would actually contect the Friends before I would contact the park. As far as I know, the cemetary is controlled by the Friends. From time......

in response to: Quaker Cemetery, Prospect Park by sine

jeeff: there was a nice flowery sign at the entrance to a sauna near my house in tokyo that said "foreigners please refrain from entering". too bad i never got a pic of it....

in response to: urban transgressions and taboos by elaine

Blacklight: Cool. If you drive up Rt 1 towards NE Philly right around the home depo you got another one of those Ladies Entrances. Silk City on Spring Garden and 5th has one, too. Pretty funny.......

in response to: Ladies\' Entrance by JJ

vz: the entrance on noble st... either go under the gate as there is a bit of a gap, or to the right of it, along the precarious and decaying wooden support structure along the "outside"......

in response to: On the Reading Viaduct by vz

GGP: [[img:4138]] here's a road robot i drove by last night, near the Lincoln Tunnel entrance in New Jersey....

in response to: robot building by elaine

GGP: i hear you about "professional"--but must there be dead and dying vehicles with smashed windows right at the entrance of the building? it would be nice if they would clean up their front lawn. ;) ...

in response to: Pining Away by GGP

jack: peter, they are great. when you take more photos try to get 130 cedar street. there were golden doors at the entrance. ...

in response to: Commuters, WTC Station by Peter

jeeff: alexandra - i'm glad you like the photos. those photos are from a variety of lines and stations: 1) entrance to kanda metro station 2) shinjuku station 3 & 4) akihabara jr platform 5 & 6) the sobu......

in response to: tokyo trains by jeeff

Peter: {the met} entrance from above: [[img:3363]]...

in response to: Sculpture by sine

ian: There is one at the "Gulfgate Shopping Complex," across the 610 loop. The entrance has been locked for years, and the sidewalks to it either broken up, replaced with sand, or hidden under weeds. There......

in response to: I580 by jyk

trekk: where's a good place to climb up onto the viaduct these days? a lot of places along the line have full fences around them ... esp in area of peco etc. there's the old entrance......

in response to: On the Reading Viaduct by vz

sine: the presence of a torii signifies a shrine or temple nearby. indeed, there is a shinto shrine dedicated to Inari hidden in the woods behind the torii. here is some info from the site: Torii The......

in response to: brooklyn botanic garden : april 19, 2005 by sine

elaine: I didn't put the second tourist info pic in because obviously it's a crap photo, and then I got waylaid by the whole issue about resizing - but let me just say 2 things. This......

in response to: Banksy et al by elaine

Peter: similar but different... as in, the space is similar... the ramp you can see biscecting the middle photo is very much still there, and is the only entrance to "the hole" as far as i......

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

trouble: what a great looking amusement park entrance. makes me think (as much as i didn't care for the city as a whole) of one of the parks in myrtle beach s.c. nice shot....

in response to: St. Kilda, Melbourne by O