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CartLegger: I am just an observer at this point, enjoying the inertia of this passionate and informed debate. I am glad that citynoise can be the place where the Synagogue has finally spoken--thank you Rabbi Andelman....... adam: Okay, where do I begin? I have lived in Jacksonville for pretty much my entire life. I am 29 years old and I recently moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL which is a much...... Renee: Hi AP & Bayside Watcher - I agree wholeheartedly and there are no arguments here. The entire place is a complete disaster. If you scroll up a little, you'll notice that I've posted several...... Bayside Watcher: Renee, your concern and outrage for the condition of the mausoleums and the internal crypts are spot on. And reinterring the remains of the dead in those crypts and securing the mausoleums should be...... Candy: Hi, I graduated from ACHS in 2003 so I can't really comment on what it is now but I can tell u what it was then. Aside from my college years, my 4 years at...... Afroblanco: Ms. Andelman, I agree with Renee, NWhyC and most of the others. Despite all those words you typed, you really didn't say much at all. Like it or not, as the first officially-involved person to...... Renee: Dear Rabbi Julia Andelman,
I am probably one of those people you would categorize as the uneducated by believing everything I read off the internet to be true. As you can see by...... Wendy: About a month ago, I took our little dog out for "last call". We walked down our front steps to the sidewalk. About twenty feet away stood two raccoons. The dog started barking. ...... Ron: Hello again Teri,
I had to smile when I bumped into your posting here.
Something I didn't mention in my recent long e-mail was one time when I was playing on the Eastern Parkway mall and...... yoyo: Okay, I'm giving my opinion. Everybody here is trying to sound so smart, but in reality it's your opinion and not reality. This planet first of all is not ours, it has been lended to...... bob: I like Tish lived at 350 E 92nd St.
I remember so many things John's Candy Store's must have hamburgers after a night out. Also remember Linda peeling potatoes after leaving shool at OL. No frozen...... Willie: Doc, Rick - Town Hill at Eastern Parkway and Bedford Avenue was in the 1950s a place to have a drink and catch live entertainment. My mom and older sister remember seeing Sam Cook...... ChiPhi: Wow...this thread has had some staying power and I am glad it has the legs. :)
Full disclosure...(Please read my earlier comments above for my perspective regarding this neighborhood). I am a male in my...... Rick: Willie/Doc - I, too, was a fan of Tung Sang (first tasted egg foo yung, there). I was even a bigger fan of Busches' hot fudge sundaes. As I recall it, however (and my memory...... Mike: I think alot of American guys masturbate in public places because they are circumcised and there penis head rubs on there underwear and it makes them horny and they have to get it out and...... CartLegger: Very good point, and powerfully described. These areas are in their own way forgotten, started by Jewish communities long since moved on in demographic transitions past.
This cemetery is actually one of the oldest Jewish...... mitch: Hi Rich...
What an amazing thing ... All through jr. high, high school and part of college I worked in my dad's store (Maiman's Pharmacy) and of course I knew Johnny and Herbie really well. I...... Julia Astralla ?: first to RR. Yeah, I know 'FOXY Cohen" didn't she marry Jackie Nolan ? (One of Tommy O'Malley's friends ? )
to everyone else ................... Indulge me please !
Who else besides me stood...... Sean: If you can see, the RMP is assigned to FSD, not a precinct car, therefore they would indeed have to notify the precinct first. This article in many ways in false, that precinct house has...... Jane: Allan,
This is funny but I do know you. I lived on the first floor. My entrance was a private one where you had to walk up about seven stairs. As you entered...... Rohinton Ghandhi: November 27th, 2008
To City Noise Editors,
I have recently begun writing articles for the Verdun Messenger's new English Corner segment. They cover Verdun's history and the people within it.
I thought your group...... Greys, Reptilians, Masons, Nazi's, NWO: ARe you kidding me?! Three people can't keep a secret amongst themselves, now do we expect there to be ANY secrets when hundreds and hundreds of people are involved in the so-called "Subterranean" Denver Airport...... Eleni: Thanks for existing for my first trip to montreal. It was the first time visiting a place like this. The guys were amazing - especially the super-tall security guard. And to Andrew, who...... Howard : I saw Harry Truman in a motorcade campaigning for President riding through Eastern Parkway. It was Petach Tikvah (Gate of Hope)on Lincoln Place & Rochester Ave. . For a couple of years Dubrow's had...... nz: okay i love saber first of all i read his book its so fucking dope that kunt is off the chain mad love for la and san fran graff , even tho i dont even...... Peter: i had to climb up a fence and over a wall to get that first shot (thats why its a little askew), and while i was doing that, a guy pulled over in a truck...... Rich: I grew up around the corner from this armory, back in my time growing up it was used to store tanks, trucks and half-tracks. I saw and heard these vehicles as they labored very noisely...... Red Flag alert: I'm a tenant in a building that had windows installed by Park Slope Windows & Glass (hereto to be referred to as "PSWG"). Overall impression: very negative.
Red Flag #1: My landlord had to repeatedly call...... Eris Paul: omg that blond is me!!! i wasnt too cure at first but now i know it is i use to have bleach blond hair and a blue tommy coat and a white bag i use...... Sanford : To Esther
In an idle moment I googled PS 167 to find out some details to compare with childhood memories and saw your comments. I was one year behind you at PS 167. My memories of...... Thelma Fuentes: I lived at 146 Grove Street and moved to Staten Island in early 70s (I didn't get to graduate with my class at St. Barbara's in 1972)...I remember Barbara Ann's, my first dance at the...... Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): for Suzy R.
I remember you.Your Mother (MRs. Gradstein)was my 6 grade teacher in 1955-6.Perhaps she brought you to school then. A classsmate of mine,Sharon, who lived on Lincoln Place and Troy Ave, and I once...... Santana: Brodidly AB and all the rest of you who got to live in Bushwick during the 60s and 70s are so lucky. Those were the years when "minorities" took over and made Bushwick what it...... Keith Bernstein: Hi Richie--a trifecta between two Tilden guys. My father took me to the St. George pool during the 1950s and once to Betsy Head pool around 1960 and to the Coney Island fireworks several times.
Here's...... Esthr Herschman (Rechtschafner): I enjoyed this site very much. I graduated from PS167 in 1958.Now i will try to list yu some of my memories. Kindergarten teacher Miss Shapiro. (there was another kindergarten class and teacher -Mrs. Pinkerton....... Alan Kupperberg: I’m terribly gratified that some of you enjoyed my reminisces. Richie Rubin is correct in that I sure don’t have Alzheimer’s.
I live in Greenwich Village and I haven’t been back to that...... Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories
By Alan Kupperberg
Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for...... Keith Bernstein: What memories these posts conjure up!
Although I can't remember exactly what Judy O looked like, I do remember her as tall and pretty and all of the boys in the class thought so. I'm glad...... Rich: Hi Everybody,
I lived at 1003 Carroll ST between Franklin and Bedford from 1957 til 1969, we then moved to 1048 President St which was directly behind the first address. Needless to say, for all of...... CartLegger: And I'll have ya know that the first ice grinder there was made in Ecuador. They don't make anything in the US anymore, it seems!
... Doc S.......: Yo, Rick - What a memory!! I think I got my first baseball glove at "Circle". The "other" store for upscale chocolates was Barton's, on the north side of Eastern Parkway and Franklin Ave., if...... Dan: It's funny how people will say "oh man thats such a sweet peice of graffiti, and then they will turn around and say "but i think that tagging is ugly and is not art" if...... EvilGentleman: Thanks for reposting, Mitch.
And thanks for the explanations, editor.
From the way you wrote "Come on guys", I suspect you felt I was complaining. Just to let you know, that is definitely not the case at...... punsterbill: Born in Williamsburg Hospital in '41. Lived on first floor of 99 Stockholm St until '47 when we moved to Cornelia Street. went to PS 56 on Bushwick Ave, Halsey JHS and one...... Bob O: Thanks for all the memories of Yorkville where I grew up from the 30s through the sixties. I was born over in New York Hospital, went to school at St. Ignatius and then Cardinal Hayes....... Bob O: Thanks for all the memories of Yorkville where I grew up from the 30s through the sixties. I was born over in New York Hospital, went to school at St. Ignatius and then Cardinal Hayes....... Bob O: Thanks for all the memories of Yorkville where I grew up from the 30s through the sixties. I was born over in New York Hospital, went to school at St. Ignatius and then Cardinal Hayes....... Jay Parker: I was there on 9/20/08. I was visiting my home town with my son for the first time and wanted to show him this spot [along with E Manual on 66th & Montifore in Queens...... unknown: I met my now fiance in a small town. I learned that he was born and raised in CG until he was shot not in his neighbor, but on the southside of the Chi. The...... Stan: I was born at 1074 Eastern Pkway, moved to 919 then 915 and around the corner to Albany Ave, between Lincoln and St. Johns. My wife can't understand why we always lived within a few...... Dave S.: I lived on East 93rd Street between First and Second Avenues. I remember the Ruppert Brewery and its demolition. Also the big blue Woolworth's on 86th Street.
http://www.glunch.com/GlunchGenesis/woolworths.html
http://www.glunch.com/GlunchGenesis/PS151.html
http://www.glunch.com/GlunchGenesis/93rdstreet.html... Dr Jayne: Great site. Did anyone go to dancing school at Miss Helen's School of Dance in the early 1960s? Probably on 19th ave? If you did, there was a family with three girls...... herb weitz: got to union & kingston around 1938-9 went to 167 for 1
semester then the crown heights yeshiva (310 crown)next to ps161 at 13 I discovered Shwabies poolroom HEAVEN, a warm place to play hookey and...... linda: I'm a teacher on my first day of school. Came outside, 3pm, school's out, sun's out, it's gorgeous. Love to swim in bays and sounds, saltwater, no waves, so having passed this closeby...... Sean O' Muileann: Do u think that bobby was scared, fighting for the cause is one thing, coming within an inch of your own life, knowing the risks and chances of being killed on active duty, but to...... Lino: Hello everyone. I came from Italy in holiday and end up working in Netherne as a porter first and then in the kitchen. The patient was treated very well and I have great memories. Beautiful...... ChrisB: Hilarious. I have been skating off and on for my whole life. I stopped for several years for fear of an injury damaging my income/I had no insurance. Now I am 27 and 2 weeks...... Jersey Guy: Thanks for the heads-up....you can find the same differences here in the states too. Bottom line.....you have to know where to go. Along those lines, I'm going to Montreal for the first time...... 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...... anon (ool-18b8a3a7.dyn.optonline.net): I'm sorry first impressions are important. I happen to know the area so I know this has to be the side of the school that's in the back or side, etc. The school...... 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...... Mike: Indeed, I used to shop at the IGA, while it was further west on N-Dame st., near parc Sir G-É. Cartier. I can still remember people stocking up on on chicken legs, milk, canned juices,...... Anna: anon if you were born in 70 then you remember the teenages that hung in the park-- (little park they were called) I know for sure I was picked on alot in the 70's I...... Ursus: I have just applied the Black Anti-Vandal/Intruder paint to My connifer because the local brats were severely damaging it, It looks a real eyesore from the damage they caused so I decided to coat it...... santoro: for those of you concerned about your ink running just photo copy your origional and paste the copies yea you can only do them the size of a piece of paper but thats all you...... river otters21 girl: I had read somewhere that the decline of the neighborhoods is a part of the "Billy Penn curse". No Philly sports team won a championship since 1983 and since that time period Kensington...... jon: Hey guys to make posters like the pros your going to have to learn the two fields of reproduction. The first one is printmaking, this includes wood cuts, Linocuts, dry point, etching, engraving, color...... Jla: Hello to all my fellow kensington neighborsand friends, i lived in kensington all my life i grew up at 2nd and cambria then moved to D & clearfield. met my husband and moved to kensington...... Gamester: I too just found this page after searching for "too old skateboarding" in Google. I am 23 years old and work as a technical support agent in Boulder, CO. Right now, here is...... Liz in Canada: I am Canadian and my ancestry is Irish/Scottish. Some of my ancestors were Catholic and some were Protestant, but I am non-religious by choice. My Irish ancestors were forced out of Ireland and...... Some Guy Ya: Hi folks.
I got sick of my bikes being taken back in 92. So since then, I've been keeping it inside. I still have my 1992 Ironhorse. Lovely bike. For the first...... Natasha Totin: wow, people really know how to judge things. Did anyone ever stop and think that they didn't even look at it like that. My dad has worked for Staten Island Hospital for over 30 years,...... Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969...
The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story :
I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive...... naturelover: For Missyelliot, you ask quite a lot if the person debating you ways in Kauai. First off last time I checked it was quite easy to get rid of chickens i.e. A DOG. And number...... OG FROM GCC: I just got back from a mission trip to Kensington.
We worked at a kids camp that was located at a church on the corner of C and Indiana. Before the kids would get there. Every...... anon (82.153.71.49): This has just happened to my cat. We had to take the cat to the vet and have him sedated and bathed at over £100 for the first consultation. My brand new £1200...... Ron A. (aka Ronnie): I lived at 486 Brooklyn Avenue and played on Sterling St. with my friends. I went to PS91 between 1958 - 1964. Next to Lefferts JHS. We left Brooklyn in 8th grade for Westchester. I...... Hapless: See, I wouldn't know about the debate, I'm relatively new here...in fact, this was, I think, the first topic I've created. I have heard about the dual nature element that you've mentioned before...interesting how...... CLaSS oF '09 [Ms. Me]: Class of '09..YESS!!!, we're seniors now. But i would be wrong if I were to say that our journey thus far has not been memorable. As a senior, I've definitely grown up since the first...... lynnlindsayward@yahoo.com: Seems all the memories are from the 80's and 90's territory. Where are the 60's and 70's people that grew up in the 40's and 50's? Louies candy store.
Blochs drug store...the Chop House....the Praha...and the...... Anonymous Honest Tax paying citizen of Fredericton: This is yet another example of how much the fredericton police are a bunch of uneducated airheads, typical protests and offenses most cities in canada wouldnt be bothered with or treat with less scrutiny...... C: I haven't read all of the posts, but have read many. It was quite interesting to find this post when doing a random search for something else. My family and I moved here...... Chris : First of all Toronto is hated on by all Canadians outside of the Golden Horse Shoe. One of the main reasons why is,....... the Toronto Maple Losers!!!!!!!!. It's a hockey country and the leafs used...... mark: that first picture is amazing... have you ever been down the the baths at night and followed the cave to the end?
it's scary as hell. but it's still a blast when you're with a...... Rita Spencer Knudsen: 27th Jun 2008 : I lived around Flatbush Ave. and my Mom would take me over to Decatur St. to see my Aunts Francis and Nellie. Nellie had the Nellie Cook Dance Studio on Broadway and I took dance...... 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...... Cecilia Midiri: Wow, Kimmer Teesedale...you remember the Midiri's? Me and Mamma Ceil are still on Keim Street. She refuses to move...and hey, who am I to make her. I can't complain too much. The street was so...... Tex: Yes, there are a lot of people up there that are unemployed for whatever reasons and are having to live with relatives, parents, etc., in order to stay there.
As far as them moving away,...... Tish: Great article, I lived at 350 East 92 Street from 1957 to 1972. Graduted from OLGC, my mother also attended the same school and graduted. I just went to visit the old neigbhor when the...... Tracy Kelly: What a great site first visit but will definately be returning.i have been talking to a great couple, and Mr Jack Scallan told me that No 7 Marlborough Road used to be a police station...... Peter: i noticed the rear-view shots; nice technique. they threw me at first as everything wasnt in reverse. tricky!
i love these little series that are borne from the everyday banal stuff... whether it be passing through...... FEM: Wouldn't you think that Cicero Avenue at the Stevenson Expressway going South towards Midway Airport be cleaned up and looking better for our out-of-towners who come to visit. What a first impression, Shame on...... Jamie: This is the first time i've read this... exactly 6 years - 1 day since you wrote it. How odd. You should write more. Use up some of that spare time you have so much...... Open your eyes !!: I have read mostly all of the comments on here and it makes me sad to see how ignorant some people really are.
What a lot of you need to do is...... 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...... colavitos ghost: there's a "joseph m. gallagher middle school" in my neighborhood that is home to a particularly humorous piece of partial signage.
the last two letters of the first name have fallen, leaving the interesting...... Sheila Vaudrey:
Thanks for the photo's legal or otherwise. I remember standing on Barton Lane, to watch the chimneys fall, you should have seen the clouds of dust. also Another first for our area, Trafford...... jack: screw 'em, lets give the beef away to the poor people and welfare cases we have here, lets feed our country first and take care of Americans first.... Jeff: I went to Super Sexe a few times around 2002-2004, had a great time. Gorgeous women and good price, very entertaining overall. I have done nothing but spread the good word since, telling...... Chris Crozier: Hi Pat if you are the same pat brannan im thinking of i went to school (irlam high school)with your brother mark in the seventies and you were indirectly
responsible for me meeting my first wife......
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