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Tony: what the hell is wrong with you people this is amsterdam for god sake, guys piss in the woods all the, these guys are drunk most of the time and its probly better than pissing......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Kriestine Mangel: wow. it's cool to read about people's memories of Bushwick. I may be a bit younger than some of the posters...Our family lived on Halsey St. between Irving and Knickerbocker between 1964 through......

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

steelisreal: Editor please see my first comment that this post was before the coffee had set in this morning. I take no responsibility for my horrible spelling and grammar at such an early stage in......

in response to: I'M BACK! by steelisreal

itagyomombitttch: wow.. "give your head a shake" that is wayyy offf why u making innocent people look guilty. gramz the graffiti writer is not who you just said it is. ......

in response to: April 21 2007 Toronto by hool

margarita kontarovich: in september 2008 happened to shorefront senior center. mental health i were bad behavior contiued to bad behavior in the lunch in the backyard stay with group with my staff candace robinson in the afternoon.......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

margarita kontarovich : bird happened in the cross the street in the morning. bird was died today in the morning. hit a car. cross the street. bird was hitting a car in the morning. cross the street. i......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

eyeofodin: Awesome picture Peter. That are some old voting machines though...maybe better that way instead of a computer program that can be hacked and cracked....

in response to: Voting in Brooklyn by adam

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......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Keith Bernstein: I would like to add some comments about Mrs. Ida Gradstein. I thought her to be an effective teacher and a sweet lady. The mention of her name brought back some memories of my sixth......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Sol: Hi Teri, I also trecked from Brooklyn to Seattle......in time to watch them build the Space Needle & monorail for Century 21. Lived near Alki and then near the locks at Ballard. Did......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

RICHIE RUBIN: Folks,da reason I typed in CAPS..yep:BIGGER & EASIER to READ!..no?but it seems `tis`illegal'on dis site[?] so I'LL continue w/dese teeny lower case stuff..dig? Richie Rubin..& ALAN K;`Jungle Jim's coconut whip' on Amboy st./Pitkin ave.was da best!in fact,I recall `Jungle Jim'wearing......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Tina: I think that Jacksonville has its moments, but to be honest drugs and crime have taken over. You can no longer turn the news on and not see who was shot that day. The city......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

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......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Jason: Here's something to contemplate: Welfare and other social programas that "progressives" love so much are extremely costly. Between section-8, medicare, foodstamps and 101 other prograns a welfare family easily runs the tax payers $20,000 per year. The......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

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......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Tyra: I'm currently a senior [class of 09] and I've enjoyed my years in ACORN. F.Y. I: if you're going to make comments about the school then at least make them memorable ones or use proper......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

living in Hutchinson: Wow. Interesting website. I would like to comment too. I live in Hutchinson. I have been here my entire life. I moved to big cities in other states for a few......

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

sandy: my opinion is that Kensington was designated to be a dumping ground for section 8 .It is an abused program to say the least.slumlords are even getting sick of fixing up the houses that these......

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

Who Cares for Kensington: Serlingrod, It reminds me of something I was told at a very young age, "men lead lives of quiet desperation". I am amazed at myself and others that accept such poor leadership and politics from elected......

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

serlingrod: I do not defend the status - I wish to change it. I do not "draw a salary on the backs of the suffering" - the little funding we receive goes towards helping these people......

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

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......

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

luna park: i lived at 45th and spruce. did 2 years in a phd program at penn, but dropped out after the masters because i couldn't stand it....

in response to: Trolley Tracks by serlingrod

Peter Creer: Hello Eric Teal< I came across a Lancashire Steel Education Prizegiving Programme for 1958. We are both on it.If I had your Email address I could scan it for you. regards Peter....

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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......

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

Big Dog: Ha! KP is not open for tours. As for becoming a CO (CX1), you just have to keep an eye on the federal government web site (jobs.gc.ca). Positions are usually only posted......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

Sylvia, Wellington, Fl.: Hi, I found this on Ask whilst listening to The Whistler. What a great program. Thanks for the history explanation on what happened to Signal. I came from California, and lived many years......

in response to: Signal Gasoline by fuzzytank

Jamie: "LEARN TO WRITE, SPELL AND USE PROPER GRAMMER" - Quoat off Teh Day!...

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Dr F. Crane: It's a pity they didn't done teach you the grammars...

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

tasha: i curently reside in the projects the philadelphia housing auth. i go to school and have a job but still proverty stricken i believe the book portrayed good image of the projects. people who......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

SCAM28: There need to be more programs like these.......

in response to: The Murals of Leslieville by Elicar

emeleef: I have to admit I was a little disappointed the pentagram was the wrong way up. Definite false advertising!...

in response to: Satanic Jesus by EvilGentleman

uterak: first do some research before u write any more crap.. the symbol of satan is the UPSIDE DOWN pentagram, not this.. this here is just a pagan symbol with hundreds of meanings, one of them......

in response to: Satanic Jesus by EvilGentleman

Peter: 4 years later, i saw a program about this crash on the history channel (sorry for the low-quality pics, but theyre cameraphone snaps of the tv screen, heh): [[img:26740]] [[img:26741]] ...

in response to: Helicopter Crash in Brooklyn by Peter

David Stonehouse: All of us at Evergreen were thrilled with Toronto's embrace of Earth Hour and indeed all staff went to enormous lengths to do our part. Unfortunately, when it comes to Brick Works site we are......

in response to: Not So Green... by Michelle

EvilGentleman: Drew, There is a diagram of the plans for the Benny Farm changes in the article that I posted in 2006. I hope it will make things clearer for you. [[4408:Just click this link.]]...

in response to: Benny Farm: The Future Site of the Benny Square Condos by EvilGentleman

Junito: Wow! It was hard reading all of that. Lets all study our cultures of the western hemisphere (e.g., Tainos, Aztecs, etc,.) We are decedents of moral, loving, industrious and spiritual people. We are greater then......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Deb Simpkins (nee Massey): Hi Alan, I agree with Rob, please keep trying... and I am keen to know what your response to me is.... my email is msi31309@bigpond.net.au if you don't have any luck here. Norma, my dad didn't......

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

Heavy Mike: Oh BTW that is not the broadcast tower. That may be the STL (Studio Transmitter Link) that gets the signal from the programming studio to the broadcast site which is out in Dewalt....

in response to: Defunct Radio Tower At Dusk by groovehouse

jack: chrislla and victoria you both sound like intelligent students, school is probably the best place to be, you can learn about the great people of the world and the only thing you have to do......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Chrislla: As class of 09's vice president, I can say that the school is not the best and it is not the worst either. Its average, andi recommend it to others dependin what your major is.......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Hunter: I'm back again, and will comment again on Tex's "statistics". Tex your reply to my criticism of your use of crime statistics was simply to attribute the data to the FBI, but I did not......

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

Achiever: I like living in Hutchinson; however, it has shrunk. When my family moved here in 1980 there were more than 50,000 residents in the city, not the whole county. Because of our wonderful city government,......

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

Fred, The.: I'll agree that there are still alot of good people here with good hearts beating in them and it is a shame that they're not more visible.. There sure are alot of able bodied welfare......

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

Janet .Witcomb(nee Sutton): To add to the info. from my sister Jenny Foster. .we lived at 48 Harewood Road. I went to Eccles Grammar School in 1952. I also attended St Johns Sunday School . Does anyone rember......

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

Roger Barton: I lived near & attended Salford Grammar School in the early '60s and made regular trips to Barton Swing Bridge & Barton Lock on my pushbike. I remember being chased off the bridge whilst......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

KADEEM. : ok heres how acorn goes once you past freshman year. and u havent gotten in good with all teachers...if they arent what u want them 2 be.THEN EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE..ur fucked.. sorry its the truth if......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Just me: After reading every single one of these posts, I have formed my own opinion about the majority of the people expressing their views here. My gosh,their are some extremely intelligent people here in Hutch,you can......

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

Alan Ingram: My wife is trying to find any info about her uncle, Derek Arthur Bateman, who died in Netherne in May 1978. Any leads as to why he was there or any memories would help us......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

Someone Who Made it Out: I lived in Hutchinson for the majority of my adolescent life. By the time I had reach the 8th grade at Sherman back in 1999-2000, I had already become a product of which Hutch has......

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

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.

John Dereszewski: Crystal, as I'm sure you know, the block on Covert that you lived on went through some very difficult times in the 1970's and 80's due to the many buildings that were lost through numerous......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

gus hassler : I am now working as the master mechanic on the second ave subway.anyone have photos of brewery before and during demolition and would like to share them with me.my only connection to yorkville was the......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

EvilGentleman: Gotta love bikinis.... mmmmmm..... I know, jack. My Sexe Cite post is right through the roof, and Super Sexe and Sex Appeal are doing pretty good, too. Sex sells. Too bad you never got to see the......

in response to: The Time I Almost Saw the Beatles. by jack

jeeff: anybody know of a place in toronto to get your bicycle microchipped? i know on the university of toronto campus they have a program with dummy bikes tagged with RFID microchips that are locked......

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

HushUp: Ok apparently not. So here we go (I guess because of my first post I used copy and paste so it didn't go through) Sooooo, I will type it all out, just because I......

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

D.Bennet-lived in 1943 apt 606: I grew up in the Henry Horner Holmes a.k.a. the Hornets i live in 1943 4 trey i also grew up with pharoah and laffy and that movie portrayed them as innocent fun loving children......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Miss Positive.: Those who live in Hutch need to help change Hutch. What can you do to make Hutchinson a better place? Can you volunteer to plant flowers on a street corner? Can you volunteer to arrange a......

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

Kristen from Hutchinson: "I always love it when someone makes remarks about grammer/spelling. This is a cheap comeback or stab. But maybe you don't have enough common since to think that it may have been a typo.. Not......

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

jeeff: "Your grammer is very bad." lolz!...

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

Armstrong: No, I am definitely not a trustfunder, LOL. I realize as a white person-no matter my economic status-I am seen as a gentrifier. Actually, I am a student in a nursing program at a city......

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

Hutchinson=Poor Town USA: Angela, You must have not had a good english teacher. Your grammer is very bad. I am glad to hear that you are doing so well in New York. I live in New Jersey and......

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

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

Peter: you can blame the "tagger" all you want, but be leary about voting for officials who would rather blow millions of dollars (that could be spent on programs that need it) on cleaning up "tags". priorities......

in response to: April 21 2007 Toronto by hool

Give Your Head a Shake: GRAMZ is Graham UNIAC, 22 year old from Toronto goes back and forth between Montreal and Toronto. There are limits to everything and with the millions in damage he has done in each city......

in response to: April 21 2007 Toronto by hool

Peter: cool. we have a similar program here... [[http://www.ohny.org]] cant wait for this year's to roll around......

in response to: Detail of St. Lawrence Hall by Biff

CE: There's a dedicated academy of Urban Planning in New York? I have been toying with the idea of trying to get a high enough GPA to be able to go to Columbia someday to......

in response to: Destructionconstruction by jack

Bass Girl: Oh my gosh PAPERGIRL17....do you live in the salt mine hundreds of feet under Hutch or something? Lets try coming to the surface and having a cup of reality.... 1. The Cosmosphere (since there are......

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

papergirl17: Hutch may not have all the ammenities the larger towns have, but here are the "10 Specific Things That Make It Better" for you losers who don't have anything better to do than to rag......

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

..bog...: hi 2 all and rip 2 sane (sorry the grammatic but i'm from romania)if you have the chance to see bomb the system (the movie) watch it because i think that movie speak's about the......

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

DeadRagabash: First off, I was born in a nice little Indian Reservation in Oklahoma, lived all over Okalhoma lived all over New Mexico, Texas & Colorado. As well as 15 odd places in Germany over 2......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

upfromflames: Sure. The Brooklyn Historical Society Library. They have hundreds of them, mostly 19th century or earlier--though they include a few by that Brooklyn (Williamsburg/Bushwick) shutterbug Eugene Armbruster. They are not on public view, but you......

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

Rose Novy: Mt family and I grew up in and around Yuba, I would love any pictures of the town. I haven't been back home for a while but still have fond memories of the Yuba school......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Wannabe-Farmboy: I always love it when someone makes remarks about grammer/spelling. This is a cheap comeback or stab. But maybe you don't have enough common since to think that it may have been a typo.. Not......

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

returned_farmboy: I was going to go to all the trouble to refute some claims about Hutchinson made in this post, but then I cam to the realization that: 1) If the author was doing a serious......

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

david: I love Kensington so much. It is truly a joy. Granted, there are prostitutes and drugs around but for the most part, you will be OK if you know now to mind your......

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

Peter: nice as always... i love the first one with the odd pictograms. and, of course, the last one where it looks like shes about to molest him with a golf club, heh......

in response to: Chung-ju by chiamattt

?: Nah, Gramz is still kickin around the T-dot....

in response to: April 21 2007 Toronto by hool

Lea: Thanks for all the advice, guys! I'll try to find a better program... And a camera (the one that I've used for these is kinda broken.) :) Then I'll post some more.. Till then I'll......

in response to: Vancouver by Lea

Lea: Hey Jamie. Thanks. Yeah,I know they look kind of blurry.. I don't know much about computers- I've used Microsoft Photo Editor to resize the pictures (my only photo program..) Which program would you recommend?...

in response to: Vancouver by Lea

Heartbreaker: I'm glad i don't live on the east coast not to say the west coast is any better but, The housing issue here in california is slowly getting better. The cost of living is high......

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

Taino: I cant understand why the US goverment doesnt just drop a nuclear bomb on the park and just rid all you sorry fucks of you're miserabel existence. and if my english grammer sucks thats cuz......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

VinniethePooh: There's oe on the block of Nostrand between GATES AVE. & QUINCY AVE. The Gates side used to have a club before the arabs took the store on the corner. The Quincy side has a......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

wee davie: I was born at 40 Cornwall St. in 1948. I remember well the Kinning Park tube station. It dad a remarkable smell that I loved... fresh, clean. My grampa told me the smell came from......

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

CE: Weird, the {Gramz} tag has been popping up all over downtown Montreal lately. S/He must have moved....

in response to: April 21 2007 Toronto by hool

teachnyc: I work in bushwick's schools and I can't tell you how many times I hear my counterparts from our sister districts in queens talk about how bad it is in BW (they never want to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: Clarifications: I’ve found out a lot more about the Bushwick Initiative this week, after talking to Annie Marie Mirez, who helped to develop the program and currently helps to oversee it for HPD. The first thing......

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

sirhcbre: I agree with a lot of what has already been said. Here are my two cents: -Profiles would be nice but shouldn't be mandatory. If someone wants one, they should be able to create......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

joey southside: 1st I'd like to say I dig the site sort of a memorial for the falling buildings...But In the chicago project buildings, more people were killed and commited sucide ( due to their situation) then......

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

artM: Where to start? Planes can't get high enough to see the "largest Nazi symbol on American soil"? Of course they can. This diagram (or even aerial photos) of the runway layout can......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

been: Looks like part of the old air raid siren system. I remember in the 70's these things would occasionally trigger and sound off just like in the movies, sometimes for hours. Into the 80's they would test......

in response to: Air Vent Art? by ksedge

Jon Dominguez: "... and take back what used 2 b ours we should not be the minorities anymore we got black and brown teaming up we both are minorities we both have struggling histories we should take......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

This is real!!!: I sit here sad as hell listening to all the disrespect everyone has for each other. WOW. im trying to understand how can we be so ignorant and not get our act together. I lived......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Kelsey Grammar: oh my god. shoot me. shoot me now. and actually, having a hypohetical argument with yourself... wow.. that was good....

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Jason: I'm 31. I'm married. I'm a programmer. I'm 15 lbs. overweight. I ordered a complete board last night on the web. I've never really skated before, but dammit, I'm going......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Beadle and Tatum: http://www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/images/congrat1a.jpg Its a hand written rambling note about the Sex Pistols calling the mueseum a "piss stain". There was some pettitioning and a USA today poll that helped locate the hall. I did some research, this is the......

in response to: RIP Robert Jr Lockwood by Beadle and Tatum

Giovanni: i grew up in a mostly Italian neighborhood in bay view in milwaukee and Latin Kings were a huge force in my neighborhood, all my family was in it, most of my family pics were......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Merchant Marine Memorial: I don't know if Happy Grammie is still around, but the memorial is to the merchant marine -- the men of the shipping companies who ferried goods (and sometimes troops) to Britain during WW2, at......

in response to: Battery park( NYC) memorials and sculptures by barry

Jerry Pflugh: 17th Oct 2006 : My dad, Ted Pflugh, was Commander of that VFW post, the Mohr-Christie Post #158, several times during the fifties, and my mom, Eileen, was President of the Ladies Auxiliary. They were in office when the......

in response to: Disused VFW Hall by mike a

fedup: Okay I'm basically illiterate. I should have re-read my previous post for grammer and spelling mistakes. Sory ...

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

Bonnie : I saw the article in today's NYPOST about the death of Romeo and the injuries to the rider. I live in Manhattan and ride horses in Central Park -- I've met some of the riders and......

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