Comments about escape

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Richie Rubin: AAAAY-Men!WE now realize what a terrific life WE had back then, `twas the age of in-no-sense.no? it all `died' in Nov.`63,when JFK was killed.no?.what a week that was! WE watched the killing of his assassin>Lee Harvey Oswald,on tv!by......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Suzy R. (gradstein): to: Esther Herschman (Rechstschafner), Teri, and Keith Bernstein- My cousin, Doc S, just clued me into this site. I am Ida Gradtein's daughter, and it realy makes me feel good to hear the nice......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Teri: I had to add my two cents to this board after Keith Bernstein sent me the link. I lived at 1074 Eastern Parkway until I was 18 1/2. I went to 167, 210, Wingate and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

julio: when will the tunnel reopen need escape from traffic on 225...

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

Joe Drexler: From a building design standpoint many blocks in Bushwick were attached "row frames" as known by firefighters these row frames differed from attached brownstones in that the space or void between the roof and the......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

Warren S.: "...I think Father Zimmer was reading the weekly anouncements and DP and some other nuns were being sent to other Parishes. When Father said her name, I was stunned and looked at her with a......

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

pierre: he's hasidim, don't they use terraces, fire escapes for certain religious observances?...

in response to: Life Sentence by NWhyC

Misha: Wow I made it on the internets. This is ME planning my escape although I never did go through with it. Thanks for taking my picture. I'm moving to Nova Scotia soon but......

in response to: Back Ally Finds by CE

Kassie: I went here with my friend a couple months ago. We got some amazing pictures. I've never seen such beautiful graffiti in my entire life. We had a nice talk with a......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

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

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Steven: Back in the early 80's I lived in a great old dump of a building on Kings Hwy directly overlooking the N Train line as depicted in the last image. My fire escape hung......

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

serlingrod: and yet the doll collection escaped unharmed.....i feel bad for the kid....

in response to: Fire Damage by Peter

Hutchinson Escapee: That's it? That's all you got? Knowing Hutchinson to be the seething cesspool of child rapists and pedifiles that it is, I am going to suggest in the strongest language possible that the Dateline NBC people......

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

Me: Re to Hutchinson Escapee I will keep my reasons for wanting to know to myself,but thanks for the offer to post the case number anyway. But my oh my aren,t you an angry one. You probably......

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

Hutchinson Escapee: Really? Why? I have the case number - it's public record. You could go to the 4th floor of the courthouse and get a copy of the file (cost you about $2-$4.00). But why are......

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

Me: Re to Hutchinson Escapee That sick pervert lived in Pretty Prairie,as you stated,not Hutch,the sick pervert who sexually assulted and killed an elderly woman this past month also was from out of town,Mcpherson to be exact.They......

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

Hutchinson Escapee: Oops... seems Ryan Bloom wasn't a Hutch PD officer... no, he was a cop for a different city that LIVED IN AND COMMITTED his crime in Hutchinson, KS - and my mistake again - she......

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

Hutchinson Escapee: If a NYPD cop was charged and arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting (repeatedly) his 16 year old step daughter, it would be a national outrage and Nancy Grace would have a field day with it... Not......

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

Me: Re to Hutchinson Escapee Actually the Dillon Grocery Store chain was founded in the Sterling and Lyons area. As far as the judicial system being corrupt,show me one that isn't.The men who run this country are......

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

Hutchinson Escapee: I'm not a religious person, but if there is a town in this county that truly is cursed, it's hutchinson, KS. The corruption at the judicial level is staggering. The forces that be actually got the......

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

Mary: I love this shot. What memories it brings to mind. Some good, some bad. Bad was when I had to walk home after dark. The giant factory building enhanced my fear and the darkness.......

in response to: Harbison Dairy Milk Bottle by serlingrod

Bob Smith: KP has amazing walls, anybody who's escaped deserves a metal!...

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

Michelle Byrd: I grew up in the hornets as my generation called them,and while there were some bad situations happened there it was some very good times as well.Folks need to remember that bad events happen all......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

DDWhitecotton: Hey Hutchinson, I also live in sunny San Diego. I was raised in Hutchinon until I was 17, Kweed was the deal then, dragging main and hanging out at the sonic and a & w......

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

Montrealbunny: Bwaahahahaha!!!! The best part of this is, from what I can see, there was no easy way for the drivers to exit their cars. Were they pinned in there with no escape from......

in response to: Tight Squeeze by jack

jack: i was in berlin in 1961, there was a young man hanging dead on barbed wire, shot while trying to escape the east, tensions were high, the russians stood looking at the americans, the german......

in response to: Berlin April 22 2008 by hool

Joe: To hairsy. I thought I would add clarity to my message from April 16th. The only thing that I left was Kensigton. My first marrige ended when my wife left me and this opened the......

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

davidoneleven: Fred is,and always has been a calculating, devious, thieving snake. Only last year he escaped justice(by turning Queens evidence) in the matter of the Spalding double murder.He has never shown any remorse.Do NOT feel pity......

in response to: Dancing Fred by clarky

EvilGentleman: dirana1, thank you for commenting. I can respect your opinions and your insight into the prison is a welcome bit of education for the rest of us. I am certain you know a lot more......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

Me: To Tex,why do you keep posting on this site and why do you care who answers your questions,if you are so happy to escape Hutch,and you have such a better life and Job? I think......

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

SH*THOUSE: Born and Raised in NYC. Why would you move from one large city to another to escape big city life? I don't understand that. Could it be that you are making stuff up?...

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

Born and Raised in NYC: honest to God I wish Boston where I live now was this dead sometimes ... the never ending traffic,rush hour and crush of people on the trains .... and I thought leaving NY I escaped......

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

EvilGentleman: You mean we can get arrested for not using government-authorized positions? I am soooo busted... ##Six months later, in a Toronto courthouse...## Defense: "Your Honour, my client maintains his innocence in the face of these outrageous claims.......

in response to: Fuck Police! by Elicar

Bob Salmon: A bit late, sorry, my internet connection broke down. Hi Alan You are correct with what you say about the sky lighting up. Having worked in all the areas that could light up the sky, I will endeavour......

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

Steve Weir: Hope Graham Bate is still following the thread,hope your Mum is doing well & I here from your Steven once in a while. Sorry to here about Brian, Cyril.... There's been a lot of talk about fiddlers......

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

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

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

Barbarian Clive: Damn, I've been tricked! :P But yes. You're absolutely right. I'm not sure if you live in America or not--I'm assuming you do, since you refer to Hollywood, and this sort of hypocrisy has......

in response to: Two Beautiful Girls in Bikini\'s Jumping in the Waves. by jack

?: i am a bigger fan then u lot your just people that have heard a couple of songs and like the sound of her but i am a real fan i have been to her......

in response to: gwen stefani's wedding by Steelisreal

UpFromFlames: As I am fond of saying, Memory is the surest antidote to history. That is the main issue I have with your perspective. While I have done a lot of documentary research [[www.upfromflames.com]] I could......

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

CartLegger: What a great collection of photos that I never noticed. A nuance of the city once escaped has now been captured by my eye. ...

in response to: Tender Buttons by GGP

Sam: I remember when this neighborhood was Italian. My grandmother owned a house on division street between Chicago and North Avenues. The neighborhood was beautiful and the houses well maintained. The Our Lady of......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

CartLegger: In the narrative sense of things, yes, there's no denying that. But I am thinking of the statistical matrix that holds us all in its grasp, and could throw us down in front of a......

in response to: The Cars That Ate NYC by CartLegger

anon (165.84.1.71): Banksy is the shit! The puppet masters will want to squash this kind of expression but they forget they bombard us with their crap non-stop, theres no escape! Go hard brotha...

in response to: the world\'s largest open prison by Unknown

one more comment: ok, i got to this site by accident but it caught my attention so I continued to read. I should have gotten out the dictionary to make sure I spell everything right so you dont......

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

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

Gwen's REAL #1 Fan: COME ON people!!!!!!!!!!!! You actually think your Gwen's #1 fan? To tell you I'm her Real #1 fan. I know all her NoDoubt and solo songs by heart. I even met Gwen at The Sweet......

in response to: gwen stefani's wedding by Steelisreal

Marylizbeth: I just realized this was a "city" website. And I thought I could move back to the city (native NY'er) to escape these rascals. Who knew!...

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

wanderer: My parents grew up on Waterloo St, and my grandparents ran the corner store at Somerset (catty-corner from what was the Boys Club) until a bad robbery in the early 80's. Some of the......

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

UPforit: I would love to join you on a surreptitious trip on the highline, these pics are great. As I live in Red Hook I totally appreciate the need to document at length the urban landscape......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

Tony Coppoletta: Lovely. I'm looking forward to enjoying the green space once it's open--although it'll be in spurts since I don't live in New York... It's really exciting that this is happening, though, since it......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

SCAM28: I really like the second and third pic...I guess it's cause I love them fire escapes......

in response to: Some Boston Pics by Chris

Jimmy Legs: that first boarded-up building may not be a fire victim, a lot of these old buildings get stains on their facades (in this case probably from rust from the fire escape). i mean, it coudl......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick 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

firecraker: beautiful. this is my new escape to home....

in response to: Cleveland from the Golden Hour on by procyon

Thomas H: I grew up on Stanhope and Knickerbocker lived there and around there from 1951 to 1966. I remember Knickerbocker shops and Bargin Town on Broadway.I remember sleeping on the fire escape and hitten two and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Beadle and Tatum: http://www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/images/congrat1a.jpg Its a hand written rambling note about the Sex Pistols calling the mueseum a "piss stain". There was some pettitioning and a USA today poll that helped locate the hall. I did some research, this is the......

in response to: RIP Robert Jr Lockwood by Beadle and Tatum

blake: all low head dams are called "drowning machines" because you cannot escape them and they are the perfect "machine" for killing people. That one looks particularly nasty....

in response to: The Drowning Machine by ksedge

Fire Escape Services New York: 80% of most fire escapes have not been inspected in the past 20-30 years as required by law. Call your local official to come and look at your fire escape and site the owner with......

in response to: crumbling, rusted fire escape by Vulgar Lad

GGP: what a great, great series. that last one, with the crab trying to escape, the bucket, is a heartbreaker. all of these are stunning!...

in response to: Fish Market by chiamattt

jeeff: i went by here in the daytime and the whole area is full of poison ivy. there are signs. how did i escape?...

in response to: Swans at Night by jeeff

EvilGentleman: Personally, I find it disrespectful of life to treat a dead animal in such a manner. And this is coming from a man who has **eaten** squirrel, so the cute factor is irrelevant. But I......

in response to: Party Squirrel by hool

Tony: I WAS born in a house on Bushwick Avenue and Halsey Street. My father and mother were both immigrants from Italy, They left italy for the new world to improve their lives and to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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: Most exsqisite, I must say! Here is the EvilGentleman take on all this: 1 - The guard is doing overtime. 2 - The farmer is going into town to get his grandfather's new dentures. 3 - The child......

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

Susannah : Whoa - creepy!The panda and the bee look like they want to escape....

in response to: Heidelberg Doll House by Cosmo

Tony Iommi: At one point, while I was attending undergrad, I lived in an apartment building (actually, a house converted to apartments) where a rather large family of raccoons lived as well. They chose to reside......

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

ERQLE: It escapes most writers but the keys to good graf is 1)the object/spot and 2) the execution, cleanliness, control etc, drunken bombing missions aside yes there is a lot of crap goin up on the......

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

Genaro: During the late 1940's and 50's, many of The Manhattan Elite thought it proper in calling the less popular working or the poor social White under class, WHITE TRASH! This would also include Whites who......

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

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

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I've always thought that they should have poles as fire escapes (just like at the firehouses) for the able bodied to get out superquick. Although I would put on a negligee and wait to be......

in response to: NDG by CE

Chris Erb: Thanks Peter! I love the staircases in Montreal but I've heard they're not allowed to be used for fire escapes on new buildings anymore. Apparently people will become disoriented when rushing down the stairs and......

in response to: NDG by CE

Peter: love it! these are some of my favorite sorts of posts... the informative ones- both visually and textually- that leave you with a real feel of a place. also: those spiral staircases on the fire-escapes are......

in response to: NDG by CE

franny: I grew up in bushwick on bleecker and irving during the 60's & 70's. It was the happiest time I had in my life. It was a blue collar hard working neighborhood. You could sleep......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: Matt, if I have offended, in part it was intended, but I know I was overreacting. I felt that being mocked over my objection to products that cause harm to myself and even 72% of......

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

EvilGentleman: Sounds good, but unfortunately, in the downtown core, the bars and nightclubs are packed so heavily, that soon there will be nowhere to go for those who wish to escape the smoke. If you move......

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

EvilGentleman: Whoa, good article. Kudos to the Tallahassee CBS crew for that one. You should have seen the some of the things I have seen, like a terrifying high-speed chase with the Surete du Quebec (formerly the......

in response to: Free Man? by Urbanghost (michael talbot)

EvilGentleman: As you can see in the first pic, any prisoners attempting to escape will have a mop bucket and a squeegee thrown at them. I think that would hurt a lot, especially if it's still......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: I remember a few years ago, perhaps some time in the 1990's, there was a story in the Montreal media about a fire in an apartment building where one of the residents, a man from......

in response to: A Very Expensive Locksmith by groovehouse

Elicar: In 1998, I was working at Bay and Elm. A girlfriend of mine went for a walk and saw a man who appeared to be homeless picking the lock of a bike in front of......

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

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

Rapunzel: This beautiful. I miss the snow. This creature can escape it in some way that I'll never be able to miss, though....

in response to: Snow Angel by Tyfoid Kid

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

EvilGentleman: LOL, I just **knew** someone would do this post sooner or later. Might I add: 12 - By using a daily or monthly pass, you have one of the best ways to explore a new city......

in response to: Things I Love About Public Transit by Micah

EvilGentleman: The great irony of all this for me is that although I **love** Tim Horton's doughnuts (particularly their Boston Creme), I **loathe** coffee and all other hot beverages and even hot liquid meals such as......

in response to: Rrrrrrrrrrroll Up by Mata Hari

jack: sorry but i dont know his name. it was an incident at the wall and this kid tried to escape. the ruskies shot him and he hung on the wire....

in response to: Berlin Museum by nomad

GGP: i had pet snails once; they escaped and slithered behind my bedroom mirror....

in response to: Homage to Old Shoes by Peter

jack: wow, berlin has changed! when i landed in bremerhaven on christmas eve in 1961 i was headed for berlin but was sent to worms because a german tried to escape and his dead body......

in response to: Berlin Museum by nomad

colavito's ghost: this shot looks like it could be taken horizontally (rather than, as it is, vertically), like the top of the fire escape was a point far off in the distance instead of a point high......

in response to: Fire Escape by Elicar

jack: ha ha thx, i guess i've seen too much anger and violence in my day's in brooklyn and to escape the memories i turn to laughter. life is short. we don't pay attention......

in response to: Hornet\'s Nest by EvilGentleman

jack: when i was 22 i was in the army reserves and i wanted to get a bike and drive down to the tip of south america. i wanted escape, freedom, danger, adventure. instead,......

in response to: Biker Rally by Guy McLaren

EvilGentleman: Near Rigaud there is also a place where you can climb and zip along on pulleys between the trees called Arbraska [[http://www.arbraska.com]]. I was there on Sept 25, 2005, and I found it to be......

in response to: Beautiful Reminders of Yesteryears by Elicar

Old Kensington Dog: A couple of points re. the confrontation specifically, and Kensington Market in general: -The SUV in the photos is owned by the business accross the street, not the "Motorist". His four cylinder smaller car with......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Jay in 905: RE: The "Motorists"; I heard you on CFRB this morning and the account of the events as described by you match exactly what you have posted here. I find your story to be more credible than......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

mindme: The first rule of being a biker activist: make sure you have an escape route before you take on an ape behind the wheel....

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

jack: the beauty of a fire escape is its assesibility to the outside world without leaving your apartment....

in response to: Kew Gardens by adam

jeeff: well, to each his own. i like good modern architecture too, but i don't see how you can argue that a fire escape is somehow less a part of the building than window ledges......

in response to: Kew Gardens by adam

jeeff: i like fire escapes. they're one of my favourite fixtures of nyc architecture and i really miss them on more modern buildings. they're like the building's exoskeleton. [[img:7955]] ...

in response to: Kew Gardens by adam