Comments about great wall

There are 72 comments about "great wall"

Kaeleen: Hey Michelle- I knew the Wallaces very well and my best friend was Denise.We rode horse ALL the time and ALL over as well as with Amy Rynes.Have tons of pix of Yuba and us......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Richie Fisher: Wow. I lived on the corner of Harmon and Wilson till June, 71. Cried wnen I left. I went to St. Barbs, grad. in '71. I lived 2 houses fom the other Fisher's, Georgie, Kenny......

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

Michelle M: I didn't live there but would frequently visit Jan and Arnold Wallace. I believe that I know most of you as I was a year younger then Linda was. My Email is: Iroot42@aol.com What a......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Peter: a couple of new gaskets and that compressor will be as good as new! also: there used to be some great graf on that cement wall in the background... until it got pressure-washed recently....

in response to: Found: Stray Machine by upfromflames

Al Pierro: Just came across this website in search of info on what has happened to St. Joseph's church where we used to play softball back in the 50's & 60's. I attended a grade school on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Dean Ogden: Hi Sheila, Yes my dad was the youngest. He always used to spend his time on Barton Grange Farm with his mate Steve Ratcliffe messing around with cars and motorbikes. He was born when the......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

ROB WALLS: i think irlam is great, i have lived and died here in this sunny suburb. But the sadest thing i have ever watched with no power over is the demise of the fish population of......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter: destruction or art? i always find it interesting when people refer to graffiti as "destruction", as its not like theyre carving their tag into the wall with an air-chisel or something. painting seems to be......

in response to: Destruction or Art by Robert Emanuel

Marisol F.: Awesome piece, I graduated from Bushwick HS in 1983 and let me tell you those cement plain walls never looked so BEAUTIFUL, Kudos to the artist and the mentors who guided this project!! EXCELLENT, keep......

in response to: Bushwick: History in the Making by upfromflames

Joe: To hairsy. I thought I would add clarity to my message from April 16th. The only thing that I left was Kensigton. My first marrige ended when my wife left me and this opened the......

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

Sammy Perez: antblack, you mentioned skelly, stickball, tops and coco carts. Those are some serious memories there. Here a few more for you: punchball, cocolerio 1,2,3, off the wall and chinese handball along with riding......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Steve Weir: Higher Irlam Co-Op was a great place, they stored the empty pop bottles around the back & it was rather easy to climb over the wall & "liberate" a few...for shall we say recycling at......

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

Marissa Chaplin from Laura Young (not that you know me!) : Hello! I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for posting these pictures! Marissa, I am now 31 and living in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and was just looking on the internet for some pictures......

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

ed marecek: go yorkville pirates....grew up 76th second and third....east side house, john jay park[yea, we played softball] and association in the street, remember that?? sold shopping bags on 2nd ave....doubles and homers of the wall [77th......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

xREDx: just went to the wall today...some crazy stuff...but if you follow that road that is right on the river on to the other side of the cty over by trigen there is an abandon train......

in response to: St. Louis Graffiti by Brad

K Teesdale: Growing up in Kensington, I knew I had to get out. The social environment was not one to be taken lightly. I learned everything I need to survive growing up in Kensington. I walked. I......

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

Marti Cruz: Thanks for the memories. Grew up in on Jefferson St until the age of 14 when we moved to Queens. Drugs weren't such a problem, but you could see the heroin creeping in.......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Cinic: Thanks for the photo joey. Great picture! As for Peter, hilarious! I really hope I dont get the triangle or the rectangle with the jagged edges to swallow....

in response to: High Street by joey

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Helen, Good luck with your graveyard hunting !!!!! I was appalled when I returned there to find that all the graves in the church grounds have been removed (there were lots there when......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

wallace: 11th of september 2007: the shots of the construction site are amazing. great angles...

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

Kaeleen: OMG ! Jim & Teresa, Yes, I remember you guys VERY well.Jim I lost contact with you a few yrs back.Do you still live in the eastern side of WI yet? Teresa where you living now......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

jack: red hook was developed by the dutch in the middle 1600's, the clay was red which was great for english tennis courts and if you boated down river from queens and passed under the brooklyn......

in response to: They\'ll Need a Crane by CartLegger

jack: thank you wally, my great-grandfather was one of the workers on that bridge and he also worked on the battery tunnel, roebling has a town named after him, roebling new jersey where his wire factory......

in response to: Brooklyn Bridge and World Trade Center by WallyG

upfromflames: [[img:22876]] And finally, thanks for all your hard work, planners, leaders, student artists. It was great to see this come together, in your minds, on the wall, and in our community. ...

in response to: Bushwick: History in the Making by upfromflames

PEMA: i love graffiti art. makes me want to move to NYC just to see all the beautiful work. for real if any great writter out there cares to write CRYSTAL on some lucky......

in response to: SCAM GRAFFITI by SCAM28

PEMA: i love it. i wish some great graffiti writer would imortalize (till some goes over anyway) my name(CRYSTAL) on a random wall somewhere in the world:) awww well one can dream cant they. ......

in response to: Bronx Graffiti Art by metro

shankill: Wouldnt live anywere else!! thers great shops and cafes and the people are the most friendly by far. tourists walk freely all over the shankill and along the peace walls, signing their names and leaving messages......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Anne M. Berger: I grew up in Brooklyn in the forties and fifties. It was truly the melting pot. I went to St. Joseph's on Sydam St. My Irish friends went to St. Lenords on Toutman?......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: i love old boats. especially boston whalers. i took a cruise to europe with 1000 soldiers, we slapt in hammocks four up to the top, stormy weather in north atlantic, guys were throwing......

in response to: A Walk Along The Embankment by Jamie

Nicolas: I am from Montreal, Quebec. I am not a tagger, but I like graffiti. In my opinion, there's...let's say a "way" to do it. I totally agree with the fact that graffiti is an art. Those......

in response to: Albuquerque Graffiti Flood by Relapsed

EvilGentleman: I would agree with the majority of what has been said, but I will state my opinions on each issue, so it becomes obvious where I stand. I think the best way to have notification on......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

jack: catherine i love your shots. this is something you would see but not pay attention to. i have to say you have a bit of genius. if you were to look at the......

in response to: Backwards Dentist by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Greatest bomber ever = biggest loser ever: Without question JA has bombed more shit than anyone ever. He's the Michael Jordan of graffiti. But graffiti is a sad and pathetic vocation. This is a person who had the resources (maybe not the intelligence)......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

autumn: Michele,gg, keep it up. I am educated to the PhD level but also have "street smarts". Worked 20 yrs. as a CPS Social Worker. My home & 1 acre of property are the sum total......

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

elise: look u american twats if it wasnt for us u wouldnt be who u r today weve helped u so much and whats all this shit bout u havin great comedy fuk u nearly all......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Jim QV: Tony, I read your posting and wanted to respond to it. I was born in Queens, but my Moms whole family is from Bushwick. Her grandfather (my great grand dad) was the original owner of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Sirhcbre: My wallpaper right now is a slightly differently cropped, black and white version of the [[5144:Beaudoin Street]] article I made last week. I think it's one of the best photos I've ever taken and......

in response to: Colour and Texture: Metro Mont-Royal by CE

Donna: Raccons have been living in an old home that I recently purchased and am in the process of renovating. We have ripped out the ceilings and some walls and much poo!! has fallen out. It......

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

Chris Erb: This is the oldest style of busses in the cities fleet. Some new funding is being thrown at transit in Canada (this may change with our new Conservative government) so I imagine these busses......

in response to: L\'autobus Partie Deux by CE

jamie: ##"I want to swallow Peterborough whole, wrap myself, innit, like a tin-foil blanket, absorb its heat"## - {quote of the week}! unfortunately i don't live in peterborough anymore. my mum does though. and my nan. i'll......

in response to: Lost in the \'borough by 12manymornings

anon (d14-69-175-113.try.wideopenwest.com): Me, my husband and 3 kids went here last year and the kids had a blast walking through the river and climbing the fossil wall and going under the falls. My husband and I......

in response to: rock glen conservation park by zagg

buddah: grafitti is not a crime it is art of a great form. theres nothing wrong with someone wrighting there name on a wall.LEGALIZE GRAFITI - THE WRIGHTING ON THE WALL......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

SICE ONE: Naaah bro ja is the true kamakazi bomber, from hells gate to any other bridge such as the 7 and shit like that, but these days there are mad people gettin up and doin crazy......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

EvilGentleman: Matt, if I have offended, in part it was intended, but I know I was overreacting. I felt that being mocked over my objection to products that cause harm to myself and even 72% of......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I bet you can get some great off-the-wall-and-into-the-hoop action....

in response to: North Melb Basket by Selig

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

jack: how about this....her hand is close to mine. i've waited three days to be near her and now her hand is next to mine. what should i say? she is so beautiful,......

in response to: Subway Hands by Peter

Editor:: 640 is a tad large, especially for graf... as in the photo you psoted above in the comments, so much of it is just wall... with the key graf in the middle. if you might......

in response to: Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti by Peter

EvilGentleman: To my way of thinking, graffiti should be both encouraged and it's location controlled within reason, with penalties for those who put graffiti in places where it has no business being. Now, before you all......

in response to: Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti by Peter

GGP: wouldn't it be great to live in a world where greed was truly taboo and colorful expression on walls was honored? you may say i'm a dreamer, etc. etc....

in response to: Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti by Peter

jack: 1st pic - girl thinking, 'i should'nt have worn this green skirt, it draws too much attention'. 2nd pic - the smoker reels in disbelief at the obscene thing sticking out of the wall. 3rd pic -......

in response to: March 29 2006 Toronto by hool

unknown-ott: great peices...abit to legal for my taste,i was recently arrested for a petty little tag inthe local mall and am now band from the area..i find i probobly do it for the adrenalin, and i......

in response to: graffiti alley / style in progress \'05 by jeeff

stinkyben: You should have visited a different part of the wall besides Badaling. There are some great stretches where you'll see perhaps one or two other tourists on a 20 mile hike....

in response to: Beijing & The Great Wall of China by Czizou

jack: there used to be a mc anns bar and restaurant near there. greatest fresh ham sandwiches on the face of the earth. im really touched that you would take a pic of a......

in response to: For Jack: by Peter

GGP: great shot! i got dive-bombed by tree swallows last year--and that was scary enough...those angry little faces coming at me at top speed then swooping away at the very last moment--I wanted to get pictures......

in response to: Peregrine Falcon Chicks by EvilGentleman

Jorge: Woohoo. Lets vandalize public property in an already poor country that needs upgrading in their public trains. Great job guys! Aren't there any walls instead?? idiots....

in response to: Destruction of Lisbon City by cool-tsk

Christine: Good for her. I would do the same thing. What do people mean, the car is his personal space? I consider the outdoors my personal space and it looks like she does too. What right does......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

a friend: after watching "mother and son" I find it incredable that even today, people still have not learned to work towards a common peace. Why do all the great people (bobby sands, william wallace, martin......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

WTF??: A, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT THE FUCK IS GO'N ON IN BROWARD? THERE AINT SHIT GO'N UP AND, THER IZTN 1 CREW STEPN UP, WE GOT FUCKN SK, SLOK OR WHAT EVER THA TOYS......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

jack: peter usually takes great pictures but catherine you have out done all with this shot. it is and should be a poster for manhattan. i worked for a while as concierge at the......

in response to: Slice of Grand Central by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: these are great. i traveled that train everyday when i lived in bklyn. it was called the sea beach line. i remember running down the ramp to get to surf ave to cross......

in response to: The ~old~ BMT Stillwell Ave Terminal by Balloonhedz

GGP: kc! you have outdone yourself. the tern in the towel is stunning, and how wonderful to see these amazing swallows. they have completely disappeared from upstate NY, where they were much enjoyed nesting in boxes......

in response to: Birdnoise (mostly) by kc

Peter: great stuff! i love it when someone takes the efort to make a little scene... like whomever did this... going to different levels of the structure and painting on both walls and ceiling... so whimsical......

in response to: airplanes by vz

MoeRex: yourpony: cool! yeah, that reminds me of the jeepneys i used to ride in when i lived in the philippines as a kid. sure would be great if taxi drivers in the us could get......

in response to: Graf Trux 9: Return of the Original Graf Trux.... by moebius rex

jeeff: hi jo. here's a quickie travel guide for toronto, ##but## i'm writing this with one condition for you: please take some photos, write some stuff, and post an article here about your trip! first off,......

in response to: Toronto for a week by jo

Jamie: i particularly like the second and last ones. they'd make great desktop wallpaper at a higher resoultion. Feel free to contribute more to the site. I think i speak for many of us here when......

in response to: Red Bank Display by Laura

Paco: I don't know if it has been heavenly inspired, I don't know if this man is completely crazy, I don't know the future impact of this issue in Spanish authorities. I only know what I......

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

kobe: my goodness, what a wonderful series of photos! the great wall is one of those landmarks thats become ubiquitous, but you rarely ever see non-postcard-style candid shots of it. nice. china sure is beautiful....

in response to: Beijing & The Great Wall of China by Czizou

Peter: this is a great entry, marc. thanks for showing up on this site... im fascinated by much of what you wrote, and indeed, couldnt have put it any better in regards to hacking-via-transportation... ive often thought......

in response to: Hack the City by Marc

Lance Corporal Diaz: i sit here in iraq and a tear comes to my eye after reading some of the things people had to say. i was born and rasied in humboldt park and it taught me many......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Tim: Great shots. I like all of them, especially the one with the man turned towards the intensely red wall. I makes me think of someone in a gallery or museum viewing a large, minimalist......

in response to: butts by hool

Peter: wow, this is such a great photo, man. its now my computer desktop wallpaper....

in response to: evening walker in yellow by hool