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Ana: they should ban flying Kites at Milleken Park. One more thing i've noticed about some people who go to that park is that they always feed the birds although there is a sign not to......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

Andy yerks: im working for metro north, so were allowed in there, but also, teh guard post that u saw is storage haha, its filled with just garbage and signs, there hasnt been anyone in there in......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

gio: when u throw garbage into a car ur just asking for trouble sry to say...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Anon: Pac's original nick name was "PacMAN" but later changed to pac. KTA is a crew, not a person. It consists of a few good friends of mine, PAC, LOWF, HAVIK, GNAR, SYGLE, MOD and a......

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

anon (pool-71-167-193-106.nycmny.east.verizon.net): where can i get those garbage bins??...

in response to: Keep Bushwick Clean & Rats Out by Peter

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......

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

Gremlin: 64. You've acquired a taste for crèton. 65. You don't own a house or condo but you own your own appliances, and if not, your roommate does. 66. You've never bought a piece of furniture, because it......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

corrine: the garbage in moscow looks pretty gross yes. but, garbage is like that just nasty dirty gross. russia and the surrounding countries i guess just have the resources like the united states. but, believe me......

in response to: Moscow Garbage by Someone

Coon Captive: We have racoons in our attic that are doing insane amounts of damage, and they have avoided live traps for weeks now by destroying and bypassing any blocks I put up. They are like......

in response to: Forget Raccoons...Groundhogs! by Mat-E

Jesse: We moved to the northside when moving here from Ontario. Fredericton is about 20 yrs behind well anywhere else in Canada especially when it comes to shopping. My god its a capital city and full......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

Condo nuisance: Wow... great testimonials! I say, get rid of them any way possible - before they take over. Having an open garbage dumpster at these condos doesn't help. They eat then live in our our garage......

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

Disgusted!: I live in an apartment building on the third floor and a raccoon (or raccoons) have been using my balcony as their latrine. When I cleaned it up, I used a tarp, gloves and......

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

John: Article? All I've read here is vitriol venomous spew from people who claim to know God. I'll bet good money that He's sick of the fighting between protestants and catholics. Satan must be laughing with......

in response to: NYC: The Empire State Building at Sunrise by Peter

Peter: ive spotted these around, but never had a camera handy... i recently saw a half-removed one stuck to a garbage can in front of {newark penn station}... nice. id always wondered what they said......

in response to: The Devil Is the Boogie Man by Mr. Fang

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......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

antblack: Chinese Handball!!!! On the Bounce! Big Wheels, go carts made out of old metal roller skates, a 2 by 4 and a wooden milk crate, and chuck sticks using the chains off peoples garbage can......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Peter: {suydam} between {wilson} and {knickerbocker}... you know, just in case you didnt see the street name and number stenciled on the first garbage can, nor it being reiterated in the text under said photo......

in response to: Keep Bushwick Clean & Rats Out by Peter

CE: Wow! that street is filthy! The amount of trash on the streets seems to be one of the biggest differences I've seen between Canadian and American cities. Even in my neighbourhood in Montreal,......

in response to: Keep Bushwick Clean & Rats Out by Peter

anon (206-248-159-228.dsl.teksavvy.com): Wow! that street is filthy! The amount of trash on the streets seems to be one of the biggest differences I've seen between Canadian and American cities. Even in my neighbourhood in Montreal,......

in response to: Keep Bushwick Clean & Rats Out by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: [[img:24648]] St. Peter by the garage doors [[img:24649]] Budda contemplating the garbage. ...

in response to: BVM and Friends by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: so where's the dirt, the grime, the littered papers and turned over trash barrels, the tons of garbage, the people the tons of people all walking over each other not even a cloud, how does......

in response to: Broad Street by steelisreal

chiamattt: Thanks adam. Testeez, I am a Torontonian that has been living and working Seoul, South Korea for the past five years. Every year or so I head to Osaka to get my Korean employment visa......

in response to: Osaka Part One by chiamattt

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......

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

SS12: I also saw this asshole who busted a lock at Ossington station and his "girlfriend" rode away on the stolen bike while he dropped the lock into a garbage bin. Even if he is caught red-handed,......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

Frank: I have 3 or 4 huge fat raccoons that visit regularly on my flat garage roof. The mess they leave behind is utterly disgusting! I have to go up there at least once a week......

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

TiffT: Ha Ha! Oh so true...if you hear some of the local myths about Tim's you'll hear everything from tobacco in the paper lining of the cup to vanilla in the grounds to bolster addiction. I......

in response to: Tim in the Streets by Marlo

germz: 26 (?) pics: 16 contain large (25% or more of total) areas of underexposure; 15 contain garbage or spills; in almost every case something is tightly packed -- people, magazines, autos, bikes, etc. it does "feel"......

in response to: 08-05-07 by chiamattt

steve : Cartlegger; I'll try to be brief with some details. Please don't hold me to the exact dates because I am going back from memory and not researching. Barren Island as we knew it......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Luis Acevedo: Please send me your e-mail addresses and I will scan some images as well as send you the ones I have on my pc now. As for stories there are so many untold. Have you......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

CartLegger: here's some more historical background, compliment's of PBS POV program--the Spambot won't let me attach a link, so read below: Barren Island, which appears on few modern maps, holds a special place in the city's garbage......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

BelRoC: ^^That last picture is all mad from what most people would think is garbage. Back to the graffiti art.............. [[img:22292]] [[img:22293]] [[img:22294]] [[img:22295]] [[img:22296]] [[img:22297]] [[img:22298]] [[img:22299]] [[img:22300]] [[img:22301]] [[img:22302]] [[img:22303]] [[img:22304]] [[img:22305]] [[img:22306]] [[img:22307]] [[img:22308]] ...

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

jack: very nice pic's. you caught the accent of the squatting man and the busy working people on their way to their jobs, the guy who walks the line, pretty people, pretty flowers in a......

in response to: Around Montreal, July 2007 by EvilGentleman

XxxshannonxxX: last night, a little raccoon touched it's nose on my hand, cuz i freed it from a garbage dumpster bin. it was so cute, but i was shaking afterwards. does anyone know if there is any......

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

diana : to all the problems that we have the problem of Garbage disposal is what i hated most.....

in response to: Why Does This Happen? by EvilGentleman

chris: 1.you can buy beer at almost any age... 2.any thing you want in the world is accesable in NYC u just have to look hard... 3.youve seen a bum that covers himself in garbage bags.....

in response to: The Lost Rules of Living in NYC: by Peter

coles: This is one of the best graffiti art unlike all the garbage in the street...

in response to: Bronx Graffiti Art by metro

John : I mean, as a lifetime resident of megalopolis, I find this fascinating. I mean, what do people DO in these places? Name the garbage and stray cats? I can't even imaging how......

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

Andy: There was a pool exactly like this near my old house except with smashed tvs and everything else you could think in it. Apparently lots of older apartments were built with pools outside but then......

in response to: Apkujeong by chiamattt

Fast Eddie: To supplement: I'm in Toronto. We have never kept food or garbage on our deck. Starting some time last Winter, the coons poops right in front of our sliding door where we get in and......

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

mave1r: hey i saw that on my way to work with my dad ..i also saw a garbage can with "sofe" on the back of it...

in response to: graffiti trailer by fuzzytank

jack: many of the buildings constructed in the late 1800's that was used as housing by poor hispanics, blacks, jews, polish, german, italians and irish are still standing today and in livable conditions and very expensive.......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

Kevin: Being from a wooded area in South Jersey, I have much experience with Raccoons, and I can say they are both cute AND dangerous. First - if you see them during the day -......

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

Don't worry about it: I love the shot of the moon in the last photo, It makes plum beach look romantic.TIP for guys don't bring your date there it smells and has garbage around ...

in response to: Plum Beach II by kc

stillsken: i guess the garbage can needs love too...

in response to: Scraping Love off the Wall by stillsken

EvilGentleman: The old name of the neighbourhood, Notre-Dame-de-Grace (Our Lady of Grace). It was also the name of the area from when it became an independent city in 1906, until it was swallowed up by Montreal......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

fedup: It's been awhile since my last post. Summary: Got TWO raccoons in my live trap, and relocated them to a friendlier neighbourhood (a little more than 1 km away I guess, about 25......

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

Susannah: I didn't know raccoons were a danger to cats. My cat is almost as big as a raccoon, I think he would be okay. But they are brazen, they were going through my garbage one......

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

Cocosins: Anyway, Is people did put the cups in the garbage there would still be a lot of garbage in the landfill sites! So if Tims made the cups recyclable there won't be as much of......

in response to: Tim in the Streets by Marlo

pariah: Sometimes I wonder if the people defending Bushwick actually LIVE here. Gang violence (Bloods) is up, especially around Bushwick Houses (housing project). Streets are still covered in garbage. Car alarms because of break-ins still blaring nightly.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

zagg: Omgzzzzzzz, like real garbage? like trash? like stuff i put in a garbage bag? ew1...

in response to: M&Ms: From a Chocolate Addict by drea

Michele: Ok....here's my story My dog Milo passed away on May 2, 2006. I was and still am grieving from losing him. Anyhow on the day Milo died I noticed this raccoon which I have never seen......

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

jeeff: well, in a few years we might have a mountain of garbage somewhere nearby....

in response to: The Last Bird by Biff

Nibs: It is not Tim Hortons making the mess it is the lazy customer that cannot be bothered to put the cup or garbage in its right place, that being a garbage can. Pretty sad when......

in response to: Tim in the Streets by Marlo

EvilGentleman: Yeah, I gotta admit, I've done Vegas myself, once upon a time. Beautiful place, ugly place, boring place, exciting place, all in one. But I wonder, if all the water lying about everywhere winds up......

in response to: Viva Las Vegas, Part 1 by aer suzuki

i push base: this is 50% garbage. first throwie (whatever that shit is supposed to be) should be ragged on prinicipal. kardz is garbage as always. rest of that shit is ok-decent-good....

in response to: Williamsburg Graffiti by Peter

Carol: some people say a motion sensor sprinkler would do the trick. Sounds complicated. I've tried everything short of barb wire. Everymorning I trek out to the back with a mask, rubber gloves and bags to......

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

RE: Toronto animal Assult!!!: Hilarious post! (sorry) The leaf by leaf destruction of a frustrated squirrel. The racoon who brings his own garbage to scatter all over your yard. And the cat that begs for food......

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

Marlo: How can you trust a gaint garbage bin? ...

in response to: Be Happy by CE

jeeff: that's a ridiculous argument. whether the graffiti has any effect on people and their polluting habits is debatable, but how can a tiny amount of spraypaint compare to the huge amount of noxious chemicals,......

in response to: Please Don\'t Dump by CE

Chris Erb: The ultimate solution would be for everyone to carry a reuable coffee mug with a cover on it. There would be no litter, garbage or complicated recycling processes. It would also save a......

in response to: Tim in the Streets by Marlo

EvilGentleman: Hmmm, I suspect that the cups **could** become recyclable if they were processed in a way that heated them up to melt off the wax coating first. There may be a new industry here, just......

in response to: Tim in the Streets by Marlo

Chris Erb: I agree, the vast majority of us are slobs. I don't understand it, it's not hard to hold onto a cup for a few minutes until you get to a garbage can, or, if......

in response to: Tim in the Streets by Marlo

FORMER STUDENT: THE CURRENT PRINCIPAL AT THIS SKOOL IS MAD LAZY AND SLOW. MOST OF THE TEACHERS DON'T CARE AND R GARBAGE. I ADVISE PARENTS NOT TO SEND THEIR KIDS THERE....

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

jeeff: ew, i heard that canada goose tastes terrible (like pigeons) because they eat lots of garbage. true? i guess that wouldn't apply to rural geese, but these ones look like true city slickers....

in response to: Why Did the Geese Cross the Road? by drea

I hate raccoons: How would you like to be a hostage in your own house, unable to use your own backyard due to it have been taken over by 6, count em, 6 raccoons, who roam freely at......

in response to: No Mr. Raccoon, You May Not. by protocolotis

Toronto animal Assult!!!: Ok...solutions anyone please... I have a possessed squirrel and raccon that are ruining my life.... oh and a strange pooping stray cat....So... The squirrl rips up my garden every day, I looked out the window one......

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

PRPoet: Augusta and Francisco is not a bad place so long as you keep your eyes open and pay attention. Its like anywhere else in the city, a little common sense goes a long way.......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jessica: Oh- I neglected to mention THE perfect solution for when raccoons become pests, a tried and true method that my brother in The Adirondacks of Upstate New York invented: shoot the critters with a......

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

ebcunni: I'm SO incredibly sick of them, argh!!! One of the three we have here in Maryland came at me on the deck one night (it was in my neighbor's garbage at the time); I......

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

Sammy Finkelman: EvilGentleman: 10th Mar 2006 - 16:55 GMT I cannot believe there are people who would throw out books that are still readable! What a waste! Have they never heard of used book stores, > or perhaps......

in response to: Booktrash by Peter

Elicar: Looks like the first one is at the Eaton's Centre (logo on the garbage can and the floor tiles). But I wonder, what is she doing? ...

in response to: May 08 2006 Toronto by hool

Janet Jubbet: Eat only ORGANIC CHOCOLATE.You can find the natural M&M at the health food stores, along with other natural chocolates. The rest has garbage in them. ...

in response to: M&Ms: From a Chocolate Addict by drea

Experienced: Rest assured, you noticed a group/gang trying to locate the buyers for their drugs. Stop by and check out the corner of Maplewood and LeMoyne around 3:00pm. You'll see a series of thugs......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Concerned HP'er!: Is it necessary to blast the bass thumping radio at 6:00 AM? Is it necessary to hang out on corners and deal drugs? Is it necessary to live in public/low income housing and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

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......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Michelle: Precisely my points! I really can't stand all the advertisements. It is really hard to find a bit of free public space that you can enjoy for its natural qualities. Everything has advertisements on it.......

in response to: Messing Up My Neighborhood Trees by Michelle

Elicar: Love the first one! The shadow of the guy holding a garbage bag looks like a chicken! ;)...

in response to: April 06 2006 Toronto by hool

Peter: you should send them a link to this thread... im imagining the flamewar that could break out... "EvilGentleman versus RCI Carting... FIGHT!" plus, arging with your garbage collector on the internet would be about as meta......

in response to: Garbage Men Mayhem by EvilGentleman

jenna: Actually, it looks more like an independent contractor (RCI) takes care of the garbage.. call them up directly and email them some pics... you have the proof of their sloppy work. ...

in response to: Garbage Men Mayhem by EvilGentleman

grange: Nice !!! I would complain to the city about that ...geshhhhhhh pot hole fillers that take 9 hours to do 3 hole , water mains that gush, garbage men who sling trash ... Get out......

in response to: Garbage Men Mayhem by EvilGentleman

grange: Maybe they have a bull horn attached that yells" "Homeless person , step away from the garbage ""...

in response to: Keep Your Hands off by FlamingRRose

galaxy: ahhhh, greenpoint. brings back memories from the year the garbage collectors went on strike in the summer time. nothin' like the whiff of diapers mixed with rotting food in the humid summer of......

in response to: Greenpoint by Curbed

EvilGentleman: On May 5 of 1989, I was in the middle of a long road trip with my best friend, Mike. We were in San Diego, California, after having driven 5000 miles through two Canadian provinces......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

SadStateOfAffairs: Rich - come back soon - a lot has changed since '94 - the park has been renovated, boathouse etc...the founders of the Kings still live in the hood but they have gotten older too.......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jack: of course the person who is sick and throws his garbage in the street is illiterate. and yes i had to scan in those two pics because i took them in 1965 or there......

in response to: 130 Cedar Street by jack

jack: again my daughter and my wife helped me on this, but i think i'm starting to get it. i may just become computer litterate. i always thought that the word litterate meant a......

in response to: 130 Cedar Street by jack

jack: we can start it by describing the partially opened garage door to the mind of the building. if buildings could talk and streets yearn for the soft rays of the sun, then think of......

in response to: Drab by Peter

jack: its under surveillance, so what. a theif can get the garbage and be in alaska before the police do anything about it. and who knows whats in the garbage? maybe your information....

in response to: Keep Your Hands off by FlamingRRose

jack: in brooklyn around cropsey avenue there is a tall tale of the ghostly garbage man who still comes around at 6am to collect the garbage. ...

in response to: Garbage Truck Eyes by Peter

Peter: no, i think its operators are out putting trash in its back-end. note the *two* steering-wheels. {nyc} {garbage} {trucks} are made so you can drive them from either side. i think it makes collecting the garbage......

in response to: Garbage Truck Eyes by Peter

kc: My favorite was...uh...10, garbage that rolls. There's always that sense of apprehension---you hear it, it's coming, what is it, is it leaking......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Public Transit by EvilGentleman

poops: peter caine, how does it feel to be a target? U need to keep your mouth shut. You may have coverage, you cant replace your garbage you claim as art.2o2s2f2 ...

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

grange: #34, People eating some strange suff that smells like it came from a third world garbage dump #35 Same people who don't close their mouths when they eat . #36 same people who leave the......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Public Transit by EvilGentleman

jack: reminds me of the blizzard of 48. kids used garbage can covers for sleds. people walked in the streets. i remember the snow so deep that i could'nt see over it and......

in response to: Blizzard of \'06 by GGP

jeeff: you know the old saying... one man's garbage is another man's tiara....

in response to: Clothing Bank by Elicar

NotYou: I was recently working in Afghanistan which is not the safest place. I was given training on what to look out for and what to do. Most things are common sense but the......

in response to: Anti-terror Recycling Bin by Ken

Cavit8: We have raccoons in our backyard. When they get fighting, it's a little crazy. The babies are very cute. With our garbage bundled up, they simply go elsewhere. I have more of......

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

moose: "they will eat just about anything" In theory correct but not a given. On occasions we have goofed and did not place all the bungee cords on the garbage cans. The......

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

anonymous coward: actually i read somewhere they switched to bags to prevent shrapnel if the regular stone garbage bin ever blew up.........

in response to: Anti-terror Recycling Bin by Ken

jeeff: it's great when they really want some garbage in your backyard and you have a hose with a spraygun handy. they creep up, you spray 'em, they run away. 2 minutes later they......

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

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