Comments about flats

There are 42 comments about "flats"

pissed off local: you have just focused on the bad have u actualy seen anything u wanted to see or were u in a bad mood that day 1. the only flying lancaster bomber in europe 2. the 1......

in response to: Morning Walk: Part One by jamie

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Gary sparkes, re the maypole there was a shop that sold electrical goods next to the shoe shop and laundrette on the other side. Over near lesters newsagents there was a haidressers. The supermarket was......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Norma, Yep, I thought it was....In later years it became a Funeral directors for a short time before being converted into flats or houses...difficult to really tell. As for the camouflage pants.....don't really......

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

Andrew Smith: Here's some photo's contributed by Dom Smith (friend but no relation) - photo's of Irlam in the late 1980's The parade on the estate - butchers on the left, newsagent in the middle (run by Dom's......

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

ya boy $$moneymike$$74: If anyone who dont know the picture on the top of this page. Taken from the street first is the gate Im sure you can see the dude walking in the back, broken windows up......

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

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

Andrew Smith: Marissa We lived in the flats from when they were built in the 70's to about 1986/7 - my Mum was the warden in one of them. My mates Dad was one of the builders who worked......

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

Marissa Chaplin: Hi Rob Sorry I havent, they are mainly the High School and the Margarine Estate, as thats where I live. If I get the chance to go up again, I will get some. Glad you liked the pics......

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

Andrew Smith: Cheers for those Marrissa - they're great. The block of flats just to the left of centre in the second pic, just below the school field, is where I lived for the first 13 years of......

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

Andrew Smith: Roy - it wasn't me, I'm afraid. I did know a few people who lived in the police houses on Fiddlers Lane and was friends with the Richardson's. My address was Fiddlers Lane but it was actually......

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

John Cooper - john.cooper@airspaceinfo.com.au: Firstly, thanks for this site. I will see what I can scavenge in photos to contribute a bit. I lived in Allenby Road, Cadishead from 1947-1970 when I moved to Australia, I have......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Andrew Smith: Hello Helen Did you go to Fiddlers Lane primary before leaving Irlam? If so I would have been a couple of years above you and my brother (Matthew) would have been in the same year as......

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

colavitos ghost: in the sixth picture note the extreme proximity of the industrial flats and downtown. i've never seen another city in which the urban core and the industrial core are so close together. i......

in response to: De Tocqueville Was Here by little ukraine

Bonnie: I too lived on Wilson Ave., between Cooper and Moffit Streets -- in the 1950's. We lived on the 3rd floor of one of the cold water railroad flats, right down the street from......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

CO-TX: Ok you want some real dirt on denver look: at South Table mountains (west denver) NREL complex it is officaly of solar research station but really a tunnel door (south west corrner of the facility......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

kobie: well tenements in scotland vary in quality, think it depends on the building materials used. from what i know the grey sandstone ones tend to suffer from more problems than the red or blond......

in response to: Glasgow Schemes4 by kobie

Paul: Dave, Thanks for the picture of Galliers. It looks just like I remember it. I remember going in there to pick up "The Pink" with all the football results. You mentioned it is......

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

MGerlich: The red bridge is the Columbus Ave or Road bridge, which is a link between the East and West banks of the the river (and The Flats)...

in response to: Bridges of Cuyahoga County by Jon

Andrew Smith: Brian - They are very typical of the 'apartments' (flats, we used to call them!) springing up everywhere now. Here's a few more from the Flixton side of the canal the same day [[img:16482]] [[img:16483]] [[img:16484]] [[img:16485]] ...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Brian: Hi Reita, I remember once taking a short cut through your uncles field with a mate of mine when we were about 11. He caught us and threatened next time to throw us in the stable......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

joey: these are some nice shots of the flats. do you live in cleveland? we were there last month. it's been 30 years since i moved from cleveland to the west coast. i was on the......

in response to: The Flats by David

Miren Itxaso: HI, we are a couple of Mejorada del Campo and think both that the hobbles that the Mayor the Town hall "probably" should to itself to which, once missing person Don Justo, some money comes......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Peter: jamie: youre pretty much right. not all are as creepy as they appear in some of these sorts of photos, but theyre definitely desolate and full of tons of nothingness. when i drove from {nyc}......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

elaine: big nature is no domestic pet. in the uk we are accustomed to thinking of the sea as a play area, and although there are lifeboats they are for boating emergencies. we don't have much in......

in response to: Down Home Charm by Michelle

EvilGentleman: First and foremost, **never, ever** walk out to the water on the tidal flats. Those mud flats can sometimes extend for miles into the bay, and the Minas Basin of the Bay of Fundy has......

in response to: Down Home Charm by Michelle

Rob: Thanks Rick for your mini review and google search and paste for the words “buddy bike.” But as the owner of the above bike, let me clear a few things up: Regarding the bike pictured: It is......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

Rick Paulos: Every thing old will be new again. First invented and sold in the 1890s. They were called Sociables in the 1890's. They used to make 2 or 3 wheel versions. Regarding the bike pictured: I own one too. ......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

joey: i think the blue steel bridge on top is the superior ave bridge. it connects cleveland east side with the west side. the river and the flats is in the middle of both sides....

in response to: Bridges of Cuyahoga County by Jon

jeeff: elicar - the vast majority of poor people don't own their own homes outright, they're at the mercy of landlords. when an area starts to gentrify, it creates upward pressures on rents. landlords......

in response to: The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade by Elicar

Jon: I took that train to school every day. I always wanted to do a photo series cause its an interesting ride and an incredible contrast when you go from Tower City to Green Road. Its:......

in response to: On the Train by Zak

Peter: WOW... {best of}. ive never seen these before... though i did see people make similar rock-graffiti in the salt-flats of {nevada} wit hsticks and rocks, etc... or just simply write it in the dry mud,......

in response to: Roadside Graffiti by barry

TheManTheDeveloper: I drove through the area this summer and saw the wrecking ball actually swinging into them to knock it down. It was cool to see. It was was weird, you could actually look......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

TheManTheDeveloper: The area has passed hands through many cultures in Chicago's history. The only thing constant in life is change. My good Puerto Rican neighbors who worked hard and bought their 2 flats and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

steelisreal: oh you live in hoxton. i went there once for a damien hirst exhibition. i lived in the west end cause i wanted to be near charing cross for the bookshops and it......

in response to: abject objects by elaine

Kai: Connett House! Wow, i havent walked that way since I used to go to Oaklands School next door. We used to snick into them flats and smoke just how teenagers would do...

in response to: progress? by elaine

Martin: Nice flats Kobe, I particularly like the green chaute in the garden, least theres no Buckie bottles in shot.... ...

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

Peter: yay! hahahaha this cracked me up. man, those places sure look run down. are thos ethe flats in brighton?...

in response to: Defenestration of Bedclothes by Peter

elaine: plenty minging flats in glasgow, and also edinburgh, some really horrible estates (schemes). your schemie is not like your pikey or your chav, having been isolated away from any kind of commerce except a row......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

Jamie: they look pretty swanky as far as council flats go. they totally are not like that round here. Utilitarian 60/70s box like structures devoid of character or soul is what you tend to find down......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

Jamie: [[img:978]] Yeah i think that's a banksy too. This bridge is gone now I'm . It's part of the development of the area behind what was Shoreditch Library into flats....

in response to: Giant Rat Destroys Liverpool by banksyfan

elaine: yeah, but you know, this is a seafront property in the centre of town, and you don't have to look at it while you're in it. I don't think I've seen any of the flats......

in response to: romantic seaview... by elaine

lisnaskea resident: Apparently!"shots taken in the vicinity of my front door" those of you reading from afar should realise there is only one front door(to recently renovated flats) on a street that is otherwise completely commerical buildings,......

in response to: Beat-up Derelict Buildings in my Neighbourhood by Jamie