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Comments about folk streetThere are 51 comments about "folk street"
Richie Rubin: AJS,I knew several folk who were murdered in old`hood',yep,it did
change..for`da woyst',WE probably can't walk da streets safely @
nite..anymore..& chain-link fences/bars on many of da b'ldgs I usta
play/hang-out in[esp.on St.Johns pl.]a sad state OUR former living
quarters/spaces...... Brodidly AB: Bushwick!! What can I say? It can be an interesting place to live in and it can be a nightmare. To all those who are contemplating moving to Bushwick, on the serious tip you...... 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...... always a Bushwick kid: Hey Lou Romero: you mentioned Sr. Ann Melanie, Sr. Betty, etc. Well Sr. Ann Melanie died not too long ago and Sr. Betty still works in Bushwick- she runs Independence House on Cornelia Street (between...... always a Bushwick kid: What a great site... I've read almost all the comments and they ring true for most of it. I grew up in Bushwick- lived on Jefferson in the 60’s, moved to Bleecker Street in the...... little ukraine: ...and others will say it's New York's W 4th in Greenwich Village, once home of Gerde's Folk City and near MacDougal Street where Kettle of Fish was. NY likes to take credit for everything...... Cecilia Midiri: I have to say that it is so true about monkey see, monkey do...every weekend when I'm off from work, I get out to sweeping and I never end up alone doing it. Sometimes...... Outside the box...: When you hear and see what is going on down in that part of town I find it difficult to feel sorry for the majority of those folks. The previous post hit the nail on...... Joseph Bridge: beautiful response serlingrod...you paint a rosy picture of kensington... you must be an artist type. lets talk reality here. business investment in kensington: mom and pop stores, laundrymats, stop and go...for that 40 oz,...... Who Cares for Kensington : B Street,
Well stated, but you have probably upset the professional social worker class, professional community activists and some local and long seated goverment officials of both parties that like to be known as public servants...... B Street: I grew up across the street from one of the few working
factories in Kensington starting in 1965 until I was forced
out 22 years later.
While I too have fond memories of wall ball, swimming...... Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot!
A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo.
[[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]]
by Adam Enright
I was thrilled to read about...... bill: Born in 1941 at williamsburg hospital. Lived at 99 Stockholm until '46 when we moved to 41 Cornelia Street betweenBushwick and Broadway (third house down from the congregationalist Church. went to PS 56...... Joe: It is interesting to see so many postings from current/past Kensigtion folks (and others that give an address that has nothing to do with the neighborhood). I grew up there from 1957 throghh 1972, and...... Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Rob - see I wasn't losing my mind, Maddens did exist, though I don't remember it from WWII years lol...
In the days of getting up to mischief, if we got a clip round the ear,...... Upstate Jim: Born in Bushwick in 1963 and moved to rural upstate in 1971. Lived on Dekalb close to knickerbocker ave (about 3 doors down from the pizzeria). I came from a great big family...... ...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...... MaGoo: I grew up on Lawn Guyland in the 70's; most of my neighbors were "caucasian-Americans" who were from Bushwick and East New York. They had been displaced by the "diversity"- when the city used THEIR...... sandie: hi there!
this is fantastic, thank you Dave and others who have added photos. i started life out in Trafford Park (third street!) and most of my folks all worked at Trafford Carpets, formerly Textilose...... KB: Lived in Bushwick on Eldert Street, btw Knickerbocker & Irving, from when I was born, until we moved away in 1967, when I was 16. Things had gotten rough in 1966, when there was...... RickC: I wish we would stop refering to Bushwick as the Ghetto. It is a community in transition. I was there when it was great and celebrities such as Jackie Gleason lived on Chauncey Street. Will...... Armstrong: I just got an apartment on Starr St and Knickerbocker so I a little bit resent rosecoloredglasse's last comment. at the same time, I'm a realist and yes, that area would be considered blighted by...... jack: iman you sound like a smart kid, in the 50's in brooklyn there were little street gangs on every other corner. a gang then were just a group, a clan, kids from down the...... upfromflames: Dunno where you are coming from with that. I am working out there now interviewing some of the folks of the block association, which helped the neighborhood to stay solid after the blackout, like starting...... LR: Here's the lick from a lincoln park reared and raised guero who kicked it in HP (east of Cal) back in the late 80's/early 90's....Oh yeah, and before people are dismissive, let me state that...... TheTruth: Nice try at history, Sylvia, but you've missed some huge factors. My family was part of that 1st wave of nonwhites to integrate Bushwick in the 1950s. They weren't Gentry -- sorry--even though they were...... shandy: I'm white and my place in Bushwick was the first I moved to when I came to New York. I had no idea what neighborhood meang what, I moved there firstly because my friend lived...... Jack: Heh, didn't realize HTML was disabled. So here's just some of what I wrote at http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2006/04/28/62
I lived in Bushwick for two years before moving to my current neighborhood in Brooklyn. And while living there,...... Dale: There is a place for everything. Nudity is not bad per se; however, when the person flashing has no concern for others, it is a bad thing. I think there are nothing but victims in...... Culture Club: Can I get a few examples of the HP culture that everyone is so keen on holding onto? I don't see it. If there was so much pride you wouldn't let people treat the neighborhood...... LOL : Chicago Gang Watch Journal:
“Ready to fuck” Humboldt park: Hernando “King Cock” Martinez, leader of the Almighty Crazy Gay Latin Kings (ACGLK’s) has split from the gang. Rumor has it that he was kidnapped by...... OldUncleMike: True story:
As a 14 year old I was riding my bicycle between 2 small towns in Ohio, a pickup truck passed and a huge glob of cold brown stuff landed on my chest,..it tasted great....... Axel: i believe in clean streets.
so for those that appear to be saying, 'just say no to refuse', i think you people are right on the money. the part of the story that a lot of...... whatever: I didn't read all the comments, but i am damn sure that if someone threw my garbage back into my car I'd be pissed off enough to throw coffee at them and assault their bike....... mr_walker: too much writing to digest. tried to leave a comment earlier, now i'm so text-drunk i'm not sure if it made it ...
anyways, GOOD ON YA, LEAH! i've done the same (i.e. return...... Retired Cop: Hmmmmm???? This is rather embarrassing isn't it? Sort of ... internet posting = road rage?
I can see how we elected the Cons. Oh, and thinking about it, how we elected the Crimi... I mean Libs...... AAA: Sure the "Fat ass" person above has no civic sense like the motorist. These folks are the ones that litter streets, sidewalks, subway cars and other public spaces. The motorist should have been...... AAA: Sure the "Fat ass" person above has no civic sense like the motorist. These folks are the ones that litter streets, sidewalks, subway cars and other public spaces. The motorist should have been...... Scunny: Back in the day (25 years ago), when I first started as a bike courier, I too was guilty of returning litter to motorized slobs in much the same manner (although I never actually had...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: On beauty and decay: I was sent a poem from a book by Toyohiko Kagawa, called Songs From The Slums. He grew up and worked around the Kobe slums of Japan and was thrown in...... Pounder: Crook and Crome were amazing, but they get what they get just like normel and all the others, it's agaisted the law. And you know it, so if you get caught. It is completely your...... rose: yes, it's called alcatraz ave. i used to live there in an older victorian house that we called the 'alcatraz house'. some folks think the street got it's name since i runs east to west,...... joey: a few years ago, i saw my neighbors wife removed from their house on one of those. she was an old lady, he was an old man. i was walking up the street to get...... Peanut Gallery: It's nice that you looked it up for everyone but a definition is kind of a fluid thing and many times it takes a while for the dictionary to catch up to the street or...... Confused to Nikki: Nikki - be worried, but also understand that the majority of folks in the neighborhood would wish this gang stuff would go away. Be worried but be smart, do not go out past 11. Get...... angelina: said... nice folks, saw that benotto bike, told them to build it up for me, now i got the nicest bike in the world from this cool store. i just walked down the street, suddenly...... elaine: it's a fiction - as close as i get to fiction. the shoes were where they were on the street, but they were near 'god worshippers' who often leave stuff out for folk to have,...... CynLaLinda: Soy Puertoriquena y Houndurena,I lived in humbolt park on and off all my life and even though things are bad i still miss it ive seen alot of shit and learned alot of shit from...... that folk nigga jus shot that slo6b: folks are a family, not some "gang" we are an orginazation. one that utilizes growth and development, education, politics, social development, and education just to name a few. as we stand upon our 6 point...... C-LoCsTa: Wattz 7tH StReEt WaTtZ tOWeRz, Bk aLl dAY 6 pOpIn 5 DrOpIn /6 FoLk nAtIoN
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