Comments about fire escape

There are 34 comments about "fire escape"

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

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

in response to: Life Sentence by NWhyC

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.

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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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: 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

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

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: 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

jack: the thinking there of course is that the fire trucks come out on the streets and it is easier to get people out of a burning building thru the front fire escapes than it is......

in response to: Kew Gardens by adam

Cheesy_Member: That Building with the laundrette would look nicer if it wasnt for those silly fire escapes all over the front. Dont get them often in the UK and if you do they are to the......

in response to: Kew Gardens by adam

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Too right you win! But do you have Senor Clang smashing the rust off his fire escape with a hammer for five days? Do Russians sit on your steps and scream at hard-of-hearing friends over......

in response to: $1,500 a Month Window Screen by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Peter: beautiful! we had a lovely indian summer too, but now its all dissolved into cold, ceaseless autumn rains. i hope the tomatoes were growing on our fire escape have a chance to ripen before the......

in response to: the last gasp of summer by jeeff

Peter: i had to laugh, cause were growing tomatoes on our fire escape too :)...

in response to: tomatoes by kc

Indykid: If you scroll up and down whilst looking at the centre image of the fire escapes, if feels like your tilting your head up and down to look at the building....

in response to: keep lookin up V2 by fuzzytank