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Robert: since the 80`s , The N.S.B Norgate Solide Brothers,,,there are extremly dangerous crews affiliate with a lot of Gang in Montreal City,thers rolling Cote-Vertu Metro with the BLF Bronw Latin Family,Décarie street and......

in response to: Norgate Shopping Centre by CE

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......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Lynnette (Diaz) Madden: I had a dream about Webb's Bakery the other night. I woke up dying for one of their butter cookies with the chocolate center drop. I Googled Webb's and this is what I found! OMG--just......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

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......

in response to: Shearith Israel Cemetery by Peter

RICHIE RUBIN: I WENT TO TILDEN![MOST KIDS ON`OTHER SIDE'OF EASTERN PKWY WENT TO H.S.OTHER THAN WINGATE,IN FACT WINGATE WASN'T EVEN FINISHED WHEN I GRADUATED IN `58,NOT`59!ERGO,WE HAD MANY OTHER F-A-R-AWAY CHOICES! I SAW JUDY`O'A FEW YRS AGO IN MIAMI,SHE'S STILL......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Allan: Richie, What year did you graduate from 167? Me - 59. Judy also had another brother I think. We lived in same apartment house and same floor. I think I recognize the name Joel Bercy. Right......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Allan: Richie, I lived in the same building as Judy Oshinsky. I have a few photos of us back around '55-58. She had 2(I think) brothers. On the corner of Schenectidy and Union was a dry cleaner......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Antoine Whitfield: yo, I get a rush nostalgia when i hear you all talk about the the old hood... i didn't realize our shared history and how diverse we are as people "Bushwick Bred". Wow, i......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Steve: Hi from down under. On a recent trip to NY we took a boat ride around Manhattan and were very surprised to see a bridge similar to our famous Sydney Harbour Bridge. We were also......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

blast from the past: Does anyone remember hanging out on the hellgate bridge? I bet my name is still up there.. What about the kids from Bryant high school.... anyone remember Brian Wolfort...PJ's Bar....Wetsons on northern blvd........

in response to: Astoria Park by little ukraine

leosdragyn: I live in S Ca, and currently feed two stray cats in my backyard (apartment complex). One cat I had spayed the other day, and she is a sweetie, but my indoor cats hate her......

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

Dylan: Kingston pen surely isnt open for tours.. when you go to visit yur family.. that gate makes you feel like your not leaving. AND YES YOU WILL BE SCREENED FOR DRUGS!! they will even drugtest......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

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......

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

Lou Romero: Good exchange UFF, The catholic schools other reason for closing was the declining enrollment from the local neighborhoods (ie: PRs and Blacks), many of these families could not afford the tuition. I remember classmates of mine going to......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Thom Cartmell, US Army Retired: I grew up in Kensington. Susquehanna and Trenton Aves in the 40's and 50's Went to HB Hackett Elem School, and Penn Treaty, Jr High. Palm Movie House, Kent, Midway, Iris (Military in Uniform got......

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

upfromflames: Lou: It depends on what part of Bushwick you are talking about, as the process of demographic change proceeded differently in different part of the neighborhood. In ther southern side of Bushwick--south of Myrtle--the process......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

ekspo: [[img:28495]] this is the picture i took yesterday. this is sane's piece on the hellsgate bridge. i dont believe he fell off this bridge and died, but if i am wrong, please correct me. RIP SANE!...

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

ekspo: i was comin home from jfk yesterday and saw sane's piece on the hellsgate bridge. i will try to upload the pic. did he fall off the hellsgate when he died? RIP SANE...

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

anon (c-69-142-138-254.hsd1.pa.comcast.net): yo brushman you said you were from lee and westmoreland. i use to live near a and westmoreland from 81 when i was born till 89 when me and my mom moved to harrowgate. are......

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

stan: I live around 116th street. A year ago I found a way in (and while down their noticed a few ways out.) I went down with a friend, a lighter, and two cellphones (which we......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Renee: Just stumbled on this site. I was born in an apt Bushwick and Gates. We later owned a house on Linden just off Bushwick during the Depression. Went to what was then......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Bertha Gibson (Sanchez): Hello to all. Great blog here. Louis (Koochie....smile) Oh my goodness, I remember viewing Father Heitz' body in the rectory (1970?). Fourteen Holy Martyrs (on Central/Schaffer St) merged with St. Martin's (on Knickerbocker/Weirfield St) and......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Cecilia Midiri: All the people up there who are talking about when Kensington changed are talking about when the neighborhood became desegregated and people of color started moving in. Anyway...I work every day and so does......

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

Danger Jim: I grew up at kensington & Tioga at Harrowgate Park in the 60's it was like Happy Days!Now the goverment has turned into a dump!I am now a Forester in Washington State 3,000 miles away. Danger......

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

PJS: These posts are so fascinating. I grew up at Lawrence and Huntington. Went to John Welsh Elementary, then Girls' High. Mos.t of my friends went to St. Edwards at Seventh and York. I remember the......

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

Charlie Gouldie: I was born in Weir St 1960 and went to St Margarets, I still stay in Plantation next to the new Squinty Bridge. I still go round to the Stanley Bar where a lot of......

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

sablonneuse: Ah- home! I don't care how sad you look, you are a dear childhood friend to me, Colgate Clock!...

in response to: World\'s Largest Clock? by Peter

Busy MSD: It's really hard to forget a place like Bushwick, I used to live on Central Ave, between Putnam and Cornelia, and I still keep great memories. I used to hang out on Putnam, Between Knickerbocker......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Angela Bentley: This is sad there is no need for all this bickering. This is a nice site to see if anyone of the old timers remember each other...I am still looking if anyone lived on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

db: I wonder if it was built by the same company, but its amazing that while the one at Coney Island is gone the one in Sydney Australia is still in operation, and the gate is......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

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......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

truthteller facts: the houses on jeffferson starr troutman that are drug infested. Signs on the houses telling people to stay out or get arrested, the drug problem so bad on knick that the nypd has cameras to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

kidcapri22yrs: ok, ok what some people are saying are that, the nazi-ideology has infiltrated the american gov't from 1930's to present, built one of their many capitol structures to capture and enslave non-anglo americans. what are......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

James cashan: hi norma , yes i remember brian,may know your brothers by face,we would get anywhere from 1 to 2 hundred people down at tarzan bridge,crossie was a regular face at our shin digs and would often......

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

Bob Sisko: Does anyone remember the pizza truck that drove around @midnight. I grew up on Sergeant & Emerald in the 60's-70's and have not visited but twice. I am going back next week to drive through......

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

kgraham: Does anyone in Harrowgate Remenber The Kensington Roller Ring Or Middway Theater, iris Theater,Kent Movie,Belgrade TheaterOr Adriatic Theater. Born And Raised Frankford & Castor Aves. Love The Neighboor Hood And Still Ride Past 2000......

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

Harold Sewell, NB Canada: Peter, thanks ever so much for this collection of bridges... I have traveled over many of them... and I also like the movie "Queens Logic" which has the Hell's Gate bridge in it. Thanks again....

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

Barbara Leone: If anyone has pictures of St Barbaras please email them to me...........I miss that church so much. I lived on gates ave between central and wilson 1954 to 1965. Does anyone remember maxs grocery......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Marg Gunhouse (nee Dodds): My husband and I are going to Montreal in June 2008 for our 50th wedding anniversary. We had one of our first dates at a smoked meat place in Norgate shopping Centre. I guess it's......

in response to: Norgate Shopping Centre by CE

James cashan: Found this site through my friend gary sparkes, thrilled to see people had foresight to capture Irlam and Cadisheads social history in passing lest be forgotten forever especially photos by rob tynan, yes i......

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

Montrealbunny: Ha! Ha! When I moved to Montreal I specifically looked for a home without those stairs. They appear precarious at the best of times, but have you tried climbing them in 4" heels? And......

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

dirana1: You have got to be kidding me. Does anyone out there know the history of the place? It was British, you at least have that much right. However, it was originally and......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

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

Angela Bentley: I lived on gates have around 1975 or so then moved to onderdonk ave and palmetto street around 1978-1979...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

antblack: Steven H, Sammy - I remember going to Loews Gates on Broadway to see my King Fu Double features. We used to climb the roofs of the Rheingold brewery for fun. and also PS 274's......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Barbara Leone: I lived on Gates ave in the 60s moved in 1966. Angela what year did you live on gates ave I lives at 1301 gates ave and had lots of friends on Palmetto st and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Angela Bentley: Looks like no one has been on look at this wonderful site and letting people remember the past. I am still trying to find out if any one remembers kathleen fisher who lived on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Barbara Leone: I Lived on {Gates} Ave between {Central} and {Wilson}. Think about {St. Barbara}'s all the time. I lived in {Bushwick} from 1953 to 1964. Anyone know me please email. I had lots of friends from......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Angela Bentley: I lived on Gates ave then on Onderdyke avenue use to hang out on Palmetto street. I am looking for a family that lived on Palmetto street. This would of been about 25-28......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Lance Sterling: Played ball for Harrowgate RC on the field behind Richardson Mints. Is that still there? .........and how about Hembergers Funeral Home? My old house on Allegheny Avenue looks like a bombed out city from WWII. With all......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Marissa There was a reason it was named as such, because that piece of ground they were built on and the land stretching back to where it meets Boat lane, has only a couple of......

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

Steve Weir: Hope Graham Bate is still following the thread,hope your Mum is doing well & I here from your Steven once in a while. Sorry to here about Brian, Cyril.... There's been a lot of talk about fiddlers......

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

Alan Taylor: Thinking of Liverpool Road travelling towards Cadishead you had Tramway Road running diagonal from it to the railway embankment which had a 'tunnel' through to the side of the steelworks main entrance then from Liverpool......

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

Sheila Hilton: My children talked about playing on "the Jezzies". I didn't realise at first that they were talking about the jerry works. It was always the jerry works; never the jezzies when we were younger. We......

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

JoeyD: the Dirdon station and area around is one of my favorite places in SJ it really sits at the gateway to downtown as aproached from the alameda.... ...

in response to: Still Photo by joey

QNS4Life: Ive lived in flushing my whole life and went to school at Brooklyn Tech in Ft Greene which was once completely burnt out and is now becoming gentrified. Maybe we dont have so much......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

eyeofodin: isn't Rodin's 'Gates of Hell' located on campus? Would love to see a detailed pic!...

in response to: A Cloudy Day by iambznow

Alan Taylor: A few more oldies The Boathouse [[img:26017]] Irlam Locks showing the completed sluice gates [[img:26018]] Digging their way under the rail bridge [[img:26019]] ...

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

Sanatarium: On 14, That is actually proper, if you are in the left lane, and someone comes from behind, 2 flashes means "Please move over so I may pass" in a very polite and friendly manner......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Traffic by EvilGentleman

lisa merrick: i think there was a tobacco factory on ludgate hill. near sharpe street next to a school....

in response to: Sunday in Town by Andrew Smith

mike: elaine: is that the same as pebbledash? i think pebbledash is applied to a surface just like stucco. i think this is an aggregate concrete that is structural....

in response to: Ivy Tower by Tyfoid Kid

Andrew Smith: liesbeth I'm not sure if it is on the site of a chapel, it is on the junction of Deansgate and Gt Bridgewater St though. I'll try and find out if there was a tobacco factory- there......

in response to: Sunday in Town by Andrew Smith

liesbeth: I have just been doing some family research and have discovered that my grandmother (who I never knew) and her family (1800s) all came from Deansgate, (Alliance and Leicester building) 7,Liverpool Road, (building site), 39,......

in response to: Empty City by Myke

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): The building on the corner of Ferry Rd/Boat Lane - was that called Goodyers? I recall they had geese that ran to the gate and scared the hell out of my children......

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

eyeofodin: is this in golden gate park, near the chinese tea garden?...

in response to: Columnar Sight Seeing by joey

SCW: How about Bushwick East of Gates Ave and the proximity to Brownsville? Doesn't Brownsville have the highest murder rate in the city?...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

FRED MEGLIO: HI JIM I ALSO RECALL THE HALSEY BOBS AND ELLERY BOBS I RE CALL SINGING DO OPP MUSIC WITH A GROUP OF DUDES ON MY CORNER ANYONE RE CALL BRANDLERS BAKERY 1403 GATES AVE BETWEEN......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jimmy: Hi, I was born in Bushwick, 1950 and lived there till 1963. I lived on the corner of Grove Street and Evergreen Avenue. I remeber the Halsey Bops, The Ellery Bops, The Flaming Saints. Cypress Park, Hyland......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Alfred: I live in Hutchinson, and I knew this article was pure propaganda right when I saw the photos. The first photo is of an entrance gate to the State Fairgrounds, which the author describes as......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Hunter: I grew up in Hutchinson (HHS Class of '50), but have lived in California most of the time since. I visit friends there from time to time, and am fairly familiar with contemporary Hutchinson. The......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

jack: yeah, it looks like a nice building, the old architecture must give way to the newer sleek buildings, i am old architecture, and i have given way to the newer sleeker young buildings that have......

in response to: Viagra Headquarters? by serlingrod

riiiiiight: i was born and raised in bk. i just checked out a new "luxury condo" developement out there a whim (when i was told my rent was being jacked up another 300 bucks). ......

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

FRED MEGLIO: I LIVE IN BUSHWICK SECTION FROM 1946 TO 1979 THE 50S AND 60S WERE GREAT! LIVED 1403 GATES AVE BETWEEN WILSON AND KNICKERBOCKER AVENUES WE NEVER LOCKED OUR DOORS AT NIGHT TILL THE 70S CAME......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

kwazm@aol.com: I suppose, then, they built an artificial wall and gate running across this street, near where the silver car is parked. Does anyone know the filming location of Sonny's death scene on the causeway? ...

in response to: Godfather\'s Home by jack

Peter: have you guys consulted google maps to see if the building is there anymore? below is a link to a satellite photo of that block... you can see the {carroll} street {footbridge} on the left, and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Bk Finest: I never lived in Bushwick but am very familiar with the nieghborhood. Its funny back in the days Bushwick was known for its good weed. As far as I can remember we'd take trips......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

antBlack: Hi Guys. I grew up on Stanhope st, between Bushwick and Evergreen. Went to PS 274, then to the Annex, then to JHS 111. I went to Art & Design for HS. This was during......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

eyeofodin: Here is the view from my studio on Golden Gate Ave, San Francisco during sunrise (yesterday) The view is of the Western Addition/Fillmore/Alamo Square area: [[img:24914]] [[img:24915]] ...

in response to: Post a Picture of Directly Outside Your Window by CE

Randy: I remember the July 13, 1977 blackout if it was yesterday, i was 21, me and my brother had brought a brand new car that we shared an oldmoble 98 regency, we loved that car,......

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

Dick: The neighborhood during the early 40's was fabulous. PS 241 on President Street was new. In the schoolyard, softball center & right field were along the fence to the BMT trench. A home run hit......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

coastagirl66: i have an herritage to be a princess but have not put a suit on for years. i have met many many pearlies but one pearly stay's in my mind george pearly king of peckham;......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

mushi: It looks like something might be opening up next to Northeast Kingdom. I noticed this morning that the security gate was up on the storefront next to the restaurant. That is very promising!...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Paul R Taylor : In its heyday Liverpool was the richest city in the world and was the gateway to Europe, Asia, Australia, south America, north America and the world. The River Mersey, the Irish Sea......

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

Robert Patten: Finally (for now), three pictures from May 2007 from what we call Teletubby Hills, near the Northbank Industrial Estate and can be seen from the Cadishead Way bypass. [[img:24516]] You can see the Rehau building, and if......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Jim: I've just come to know that I my great, great, great Grandmother is buried at Mokom Sholom. It is my understanding that they now keep the gates locked at all times and that, if......

in response to: Bayside Cemetary: Rememberance Overgrown by CartLegger

Bob Salmon: Re the Bobs Ferry Accident: As remembered by Bob Salmon, an Inquest Witness. On the morning in question, I was awoken by a neighbour in Lytherton Avenue Cadishead, saying that she thought there was a gas leak......

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

jack: i think your having a nice time, seem to be enjoying each others company, if your all not into bad stuff then your enjoying your youthful years, days of being carefree and young are great......

in response to: Another Day in Oly by Alie

Mr M Gates: yes i was raise in the horner and i will miss that place mainly because of the remember of growing up there and the many friend that was lost because of the gangs and also......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

CartLegger: "At its core, psychogeography investigates the relationship between urban space and one’s psychological state. Nothing heightens a person’s awareness of his/her environment more acutely than being lost." [[http://www.confluxfestival.org/conflux2007/urban-disorientation-game/]]...

in response to: Conflux Festival: CrippleBush Ghost Tour by CartLegger

cindy: I am so upset right now since I just had my 2,600$ one month old bike stolen right on St Clair Ave. East close too yonge st, right outside the deerpark library. It took me......

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

anon (pool-70-19-88-151.ny325.east.verizon.net): Aughakillymaude is on the other side of the lough from here. Though it all looks quite similar, having tried to navigate it myself (not recommended). My mother used to row from her home on......

in response to: Upper Lough Erne. by barry

Frank: For the record, there are two entrances open on Sundays. One is at the south end of Mokom Sholom cemetery (the western strip) and the other is at the north end of Acacia cemetery......

in response to: Bayside Cemetary: Rememberance Overgrown by CartLegger

99¢Dreams: Damn! Major props to you, Peter! An overnight photo montage after my idle posting. You've even captured the full range, from the mundane to the overWROUGHT. Couldn't have happened better or quicker had I been......

in response to: Bushwick Gates: Part 1 by Peter

anon (ool-18bce7a2.dyn.optonline.net): Next time take this project to Gates Ave....

in response to: Bushwick Gates: Part 1 by Peter

upfromflames: nice work Peter! Photos on demand! It comes across as a photo poem, and I just keep hearing again and again in my head---The Gates are Open! ...

in response to: Bushwick Gates: Part 1 by Peter

John Dereszewski: In talking of Bushwick portals, you might wish to take a few pictures of the now vanishing number of awnings placed above the entrances of houses - both wood frame and masonry - in......

in response to: Bushwick Portals by Peter

upfromflames: The "gates" could also refer to the proud sculptures on the front gates of new Housing Partnership homes popping up all over Bushwick--specifically around Central Ave. M. Train Station. But the point here is that......

in response to: Bushwick Portals by Peter

99¢Dreams: Hey Peter, do you live in Bushwick, or are you just often there? I ask because your post reminds me of a photo project I've contemplated, but never executed: "Bushwick Gates" I'm referring to a quintessential Bushwick......

in response to: Bushwick Portals by Peter

Bushwick Girl: My Bushwick...I love this neighborhood. I've been in the bush since 1988 I migrated here when I was 8 yrs old. Back then I was too young to understand what was really happening in this......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew