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There are 63 comments about "grim"

Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969... The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story : I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

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

Mitch: I pass directly by Ben's everyday (I work in the Sunlife building just a block up). If I see any changes, I'll definitely post a message here or on the Wikipedia article I started...actually passing......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

brightflight: I'm not sure. I've eaten at a Nim Wah dim sum place in Chinatown but we might've just mispronounced Nam Wah. The food was really, really good but some old guys were smoking cigarettes indoors and......

in response to: Nam Wah Tea Parlor by Peter

D.B.: Whats good people i`m back again just tryin to put down some of the negativity to pay hommage to some of the friends and family who are no longer here and most who......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Phew, I can finally get back in, it will take days to catch up on all the news... I remembered that my Mum used to work at a bakery in Irlam when I was little. ......

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

The Grimm Girl: Our new motto should be "Come share our empty space" because there sure is a lot of it. Empty spaces downtown, empty spaces at the mall, empty spaces at the salt museum, empty spaces at......

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

bluenote : i lived in flint for 24 years,, its now the end of 2007 and life is lookin grimer.. you read the head lines.....

in response to: Diss Me by Cosmo

alana: I am currently applying to universities, and Goldsmiths is my number one choice - the course is perfect and the whole ethos of the place seems to suit me down to the ground. I am......

in response to: bleak day, new cross by elaine

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

jeeff: heh i recognize those buildings well. looks like a pretty grim day (weatherwise) in akihabara...

in response to: Shinjuku by serlingrod

Djrobluv: I lived in EO for 15 years 1980-1995 South Harrison St & Webster Pl. Boarder of Orange and E. Orange. When we first moved to EO our block was quiet not too much going on......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

CartLegger: Also, the title is taken from this book "The Cars that Ate Bangkok", which first turned my stomach 10 years ago when I was living in Bangkok, and dodging traffic everyday. It was a grim......

in response to: The Cars That Ate NYC by CartLegger

Dennis Maloney: Yeah, I knew the Grimmins family pretty well. They have a cousin living here in CA. and he is a pretty cool guy. He was born up in Joisey City and talks about Bergenline Ave......

in response to: Disused VFW Hall by mike a

Alan Clarke: Decarie Hot Dog is a Montreal cultural icon! I no longer live in Montreal BUT whenever I'm there even for a day I must make the pilgrimmage. I was there on the first day they......

in response to: Decarie Hot Dogs by CE

jeeff: february is grim, but the true love cafe at sherbourne & dundas is sure to raise one's spirits. especially considering the venerable filmore's hotel just down dundas street. here's a shot taken from......

in response to: Toronto - February 17-19 2007 by CE

Alfonso Criscuoli: My partner is from Cadishead, and like some people have said, there isn't much happening there but that is not a bad thing at all. Living in London, which I hate, I find Cadishead......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Paul: My father and his family are all from Irlam. We emigrated to Canada in the 70's when I was a youngster but I have been back to Irlam numerous times since (most recently in......

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

Peter Dykes: In this grim Orwellian world of ours where everything is controlled by a corrupt totalitarian state (read: vicious characters that have weasled and conned their way into power by hook and by crook) and regulation......

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

jack: welcome to the wonderful world of developers. as you may already know, developers do not care for human beings. they detest them. they feel humans should not get used to things in......

in response to: Soon To Be Demolished by groovehouse

KAYO: I REMEMBER BUSHWICK OF THE '50S. RIDING THE TROLLEY THEN BUS DOWN TO GATES AVE TO SHOP AND BANK WITH MY MOTHER. SHOPPING ON BWAY IN THE CANDY STORE,BAKERY AND MR. LAST'S DELI THEN THE......

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

Grimnir: Another thing I just thought of - WHO the Hell is mad enough to actually CLIMB up onto a railway bridge etc. and very carefully put these things up??? Why do we not see them????......

in response to: Call Out Gouranga! by Jamie

Grimnir: In case anyone is interested there is another one over the M56 near to J12 (?) - there is actually a band called The Gouranga Powered Band! Weird! This bridge over the M56 - every time......

in response to: Call Out Gouranga! by Jamie

joey: flint, michigan was the city featured in michael moore's first movie, roger and me. it looked grim then . . ....

in response to: Diss Me by Cosmo

anon (cpc3-grim7-0-0-cust276.nott.cable.ntl.com): fuck man....were you get that...that means smith sane hit up the bk twice...

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

Peter Grimwood: And the `White Cliffs of Dover` . Beautiful, natural and always welcoming. ...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

joey: here's looking at you pilgrim...

in response to: The West at 43,000 by jack

TheTruth: "I see it more as a class war than a race war." "...But that doesn't explain why, poor or not, the residents of Bushwick didn't have enough self-respect to take care of their neighborhood." Dave, did you......

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

Peter: sally: ill gladly take the cd. it will fit nicely next to the cd of music i got from the strange sionist hippy guy that plays songs about jerusalem in front of {the met}. also: what......

in response to: God Is Good by Peter

sally: wtf is today jesus day and no one remembered to tell me? i was walking through atlantic station today, listening to 'king of carrot flowers, pt II' when suddenly i found myself surrounded by 40 young......

in response to: God Is Good by Peter

jack: nah, you would miss the black and white and grime of the city. you would miss the vally's and canyons of steel and glass, the multitude, the lost, the happy, the tired, give me......

in response to: Villa Maria Metro Station by superkidlinh

elaine: 'espirit' de boston. do the pilgrims make progress? that church spire is nice, i like the holes, a bit like st giles in edinburgh...

in response to: The Other Boston by Jamie

elaine: i got a creepy feeling when driving in scotland and it turned out we were in glencoe [[http://www.electricscotland.com/history/glencoe/]] and then later i had that same glum shiver in france as well - i don't know......

in response to: Rattlesnake Dilemma by EvilGentleman

JESUS: Es triste, pero lo que va a suceder es que esgrimiendo problemas legales,de seguridad,etc.el ayuntamiento de mejorada derribará esa iglesia y construirá, acto seguido, alguna nueva urbanización. De esta forma, acabarán con el sueño y las......

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

Grim: Haha, poor you and walking down smelly corridors. But it looks cool anyways!...

in response to: The Endless Hallway by Peter

jack: that looks like a 69 olds. the guy looks like a tired businessman who needed a rest. i like the grimy looks of the back buildings....

in response to: Grime by Elliot

Lawrence: re: tex, haha, not all of London is as grimey... this is a series of photos from the Eastend which is a great deal less salubrious as the West. Prodominantly working class, wrecked by......

in response to: A Sunday Walk in Eastend London... by Lawrence

joey: as i remember, canadian, model car names are pretty exotic. different from their american counterparts. the photos? yes, grimy. grime as a consequence of society....

in response to: Grime by Elliot

nemolitta: grimacing hot-head will be my desktop for Feb. that way,i sure will remember 'is face eh?...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Schmal: Not to sound grim or anything, but I was happy to see a story involving a cyclist on the front of a newspaper that didn't have the words "dump truck", "tragic" or "funeral" in the......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

dude had a baseball bat!: Again the pathetic folks who defend Driver while ignoring the fact he took a bat to the photographer. You people are grim. Again I challenge any one of you losers to justify Driver's actions vis a......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

elaine: well, actually, that is true. those long wide main roads often belie very nice neighbourhoods behind them. i live near cambridge heath road which is filthy and grim, but bethnal green in general is varied......

in response to: bleak day, new cross by elaine

elaine: well, actually, that is true. those long wide main roads often belie very nice neighbourhoods behind them. i live near cambridge heath road which is filthy and grim, but bethnal green in general is varied......

in response to: bleak day, new cross by elaine

jeeff: ha, pretty ironic that there's a heart in such a historically grim location. i wonder what the condemned thought of that....

in response to: More on Edinburgh by Cheesy Member

jack: the thinking there of course is that the fire trucks come out on the streets and it is easier to get people out of a burning building thru the front fire escapes than it is......

in response to: Kew Gardens by adam

elaine: the famous and grand Tate Britain and Tate Modern galleries in london are built on the sweat of the slave labour of the past, for the sugar giant Tate & Lyle. the reality of such......

in response to: Something Sweet by groovehouse

jack: the whiteness of a newly fallen snow covers the dirt and grime of a city or town. its pure and we love the purity of freshness. its refreshing and unpollutes the air. ......

in response to: Proper Snow by Jamie

indykid: Peter, my feelings were very similar, I thought it would be much more grimy and industrial feeling. But everywhere you look new buildings are going up, and what's more is most of these wonderful attractions......

in response to: Manchester Dec 2005 by indykid

elaine: i do too. the sentiment is pretty conclusive and grim, though...

in response to: Dec 05 2005 Toronto by hool

NET ONE 156 KRT: Words of the Prophets Take to the Rooftops by Cathy Hong SUBJECT — The Extreme Graffiti Hall of Murals LOCATION — Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens Les had no equipment but a backpack full of spray cans. (He......

in response to: Wherefore ART Thou, Ellis? by GGP

adriana b: yeah im from the phil but i stay in cali ma hood so grimy wit it ..whhhhhh ...

in response to: urban form in north philadelphia by Kevin

elaine: hee hee, that would cheer up new cross no end. it's one of those places which is fine once you get off the main roads, but the traffic is relentlessly heavy, and certainly if you......

in response to: bleak day, new cross by elaine

Chino: Gangs you ant s#!t with out your followers. What's a man? A man to stand up for your hood your block. What's a gang sing? A bunch of fingers going in the air, you fools.......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

chino: No doubt. We're a pretty grimmy city....

in response to: chicago by velvetdebris

chino: love the view of my lost souls in the grims of Chicago CHICAGO ROCKS......

in response to: Alleyway by Prdem

grimreaper3248: Not from that area but is it the old Boiler house from the original water well that fed the park before city water? [[http://www.prospectpark.org/hist/archives/lost/the_well_and_boiler_house.html]] Second guess would be a Restroom. High windows would lend well to a......

in response to: Abandoned Structure, Prospect Park by Peter

elaine: grim...

in response to: another lost traffic cone by jeeff

Peter: ahh, nyc has that same phenomenon, what with the pollution/filth and the cleansing rain. in the summer, the hot, steamy rains work wonders... you can sometimes literally see the grime running off of walls and......

in response to: Seoul from hotel window by Trace

Peter: random fact: penicillin isnt completely metabolized by the body when it is taken to ward off infection. actually, a large majority of it is excreted in the piss... well, in ww1, when such antibiotics were a......

in response to: Seoul from hotel window by Trace

deap aka thots er! cf!: props to daze"king of dallas", primer, anik, spaced, sevo, grim, azco, ikee, mage, baht, and germs/joims. ...

in response to: Dallas Graffiti Like What! by Tick Tock

nika: Cada vez q veo la publicidad de Aquarius se me saltan las lágrimas de la emoción,y eso q no soy para nada sentimental ni nunca me pasó nada parecido,este hombre es en sí un ejemplo......

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

Jamie: they look pretty swanky as far as council flats go. they totally are not like that round here. Utilitarian 60/70s box like structures devoid of character or soul is what you tend to find down......

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

elaine: I structured this as a day trip to and from London. The photos are all pre-digital and scanned in and not altered. Pic 1 is from my then bedroom in London, 2 is yes, a......

in response to: day trip by elaine

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