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Rich: I grew up around the corner from this armory, back in my time growing up it was used to store tanks, trucks and half-tracks. I saw and heard these vehicles as they labored very noisely......

in response to: Armory by Peter

jack: hi joey, its been almost two years since you asked for a story about the beat generation in the village. well its better late than never, so here is a short one. my......

in response to: Blue Note Lounge by jack

Mark Brown: That is so wild that I saw this I was looking at this page & I saw Blue knight lounge & it caught my eye I lived right up the street from it actually I......

in response to: Blue Note Lounge by jack

Peter: heh, these are the only voting machines ive ever used in nyc, for every election since 96, the first i could vote in. these are also the same type of machines pictured in the original......

in response to: Voting in Brooklyn by adam

Brodidly AB: Bushwick!! What can I say? It can be an interesting place to live in and it can be a nightmare. To all those who are contemplating moving to Bushwick, on the serious tip you......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Alan Kupperberg: My pal David Helbon and I used to swim at the Brownsville Boys Club on Linden Blvd. Then, reeking of chlorine, we'd bop across the boulevard to "Coney Island Joe's," for great franks n'......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

EvilGentleman: I took some pictures this afternoon, as well. From the looks of the back, I was within half an hour or less of you. I was only able to snap pics from inside my van......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch Spector: Today was demolition day--Saturday, November 1st. I went by 8:30am this morning yet apart from more bricks removed, it was still standing. When I visited the site again, by late afternoon, they had torn down......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories By Alan Kupperberg Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

K Bernstein: Hi-- Judy Oshinsky must have made an impression on many of us. She and I were both in the same class (the IGC) at PS 167 in 1958-59. The class was half fifth-grade (that's me) and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Janet: The luncheonette on the corner of Lincoln Place and Schenectady Avenue sold charlotte russes at the window--all fluffy whipped cream and a cherry over sponge cake (half as much cake as one expected because of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Stan: That other movie house was the Strand. At one time it had live acts along with the movie (vaudeville I guess). I remember my father taking me there to see a magician who supposedly sawed......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Peter: its a nice photo, rune, but ive seen this photo several hundred times online in the past half-decade or so... its a pretty well-known photo meme. why did you post it here? is it even......

in response to: Forrest by Rune Willem

pearlykingjim: Just got back from Old red cow in Smithfield market what a blinding gig we had i would like to thank Claire and her other half, and special thanks to all the customers. All the best of......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Peter: food for thought: General Motors employs over 30 times the number of people in {canada} as they do in india or korea, but i doubt we would hear you complaining about "hard working americans'" jobs......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Gemini: I have lived in Bushwick for most of my life. I have lived on my street for 34 yrs. Bushwick is like any other neighborhood it has it's ups and downs. I referred to it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Ed "Class of 60": I guess there are some people that look in the mirror and don't like what they see. They blame everyone but the person in the mirror for their miserable putrid lives. They look......

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

sadie.bleu: i lived & worked in norton for about a year & a half. hated it while i was there, too far from friends & family, but it got under my skin & into my heart......

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

rick: i grew up in kensigton area as well on willard and frankford its a shame im 35 years old i moved away in 1984 i live at the shore with 2 kids i took them......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

EvilGentleman: Sigh, such a Canadian response there, zagg. "One of these days, I'm gonna make a sign" ranks right up there with "I have half a mind to write them a stern letter"....

in response to: Exotic Slurpee Plant? by zagg

Warren S.: Sometimes, I had to report to the cloakroom straightaway or directly to the hallway. One nun had a big steel edged ruler, named "Mr. Brown;" she whacked kids across the palms of their hands with......

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

CHRISSY-46: what a cool site. I can't even believe I found people that came from my childhood, teenage, neighborhood. I grew up on Melrose St. between Knickerbock and Wilson in the early 50's. ......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

scott hall : dam its been 26 years im not maried (was once wont do that again) i got 5 kids 4 girls and 1 boy ages from 2 to 17 ......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

PEARLYKINGJIM: Its been along time since i have been on this site thank you Mrs Strong for you kind comments which leads me to answer somethng that was said about me over the weekend two of my friends......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

M. Collins: Glad to hear that Mayor Daley finally won over city approval to have the last of the Cabrini Greene structures razed and cleared for new development. Although once a decent complex in the earlier half......

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

mort: york & dauphin was a getto in the 60's. almost no one from the k & a section would walk through that area. i was attcked by a small mob of stone......

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

poteto: Yep;from Emerald & dauphin.worked for john gardner stocking his soda box on sat morn.played halfball on arizona E & A 1/2.Remember morgans @ fletcher st?Priscillas next to shortys? Giant great dane(GUNTHER)had to pass @......

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

LUCKY: hairsy ......

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

Tyfoid Kid: How's that old song go: Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty Been down, isn't it a pity Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city All around, people looking half......

in response to: Watermelon Man by Cartlegger

Janice P.: To OG From GCC: I lived on E. Dauphin St. a block and a half from Kensington Ave. My cousin bought the house from my parents in 1962 and is still there. Her house inside......

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

OG FROM GCC: Cecilia Keep it up. Keep going. We brought a group of 25 to Philly. Half worked in some gardens in the Dauphin area. We stopped by there on Thursday morning on a way......

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

Tick: This reminds me of the game Half Life 2. These are kick-ass images....

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

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

serlingrod: Thanks Peter. It's nice to have a friend back you up. I just marvel at the stubborness of it though.....I mean, "keep on painting" ... Really? I've made it perfectly clear I'm not an artist..I'm......

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

Joseph Bridge: sorry, but this is the reality i see when i rarely visit family who still live there. the cup is half empty, thanks....

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

Don worry bout it : Yo lookout for ''thin'' hes everywere i was in the car and saw his shit everwhere, whats up with segr i see him on the highway but his stuff isn't too good , not saying......

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

Returnee: Just happened on this site and was amazed that so many "high Paid executives" would spend so much time bashing someplace. Is your glass half full or half empty? Don't bother to reply......

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

Mark Brannan: Hi Chris, I remember you and Steff and that bleached hair down the middle that you had . We were so trendy then wasn't we lol. I left gardners and worked as a sales rep. I......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

English Gent: There is an event venue not too far from this sculpture called docklands arena. I went there to see the Chemical Brothers back in the New Year of 2000/2001. The name of......

in response to: The Traffic Light Tree, Pierre Vivant 1998. by I.T.U.C.

Jamie: i fell asleep half way through the jim carey movie. not that it wasn't a good movie. i was just tired. i've never gotten around to re-watching it. i think i should. here's some related {Peterborough}......

in response to: 23 Van by Peter

Sheila Vaudrey: Hiya Joanne, I remember you mum Susan, we lived next door but one to her in Harewood Road, I think her father was an ambulance driver and her mum also worked for the health service,......

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

eric guerra: Its me again. No matter how bad it is, it is still my birth place, St. Josephs Hospital, lived on Preakness Ave for half my life, then moved one block away to Ryerson ave. I......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

yeah yeah: i think its amazing how people are suggesting that jacksonville should become like miami or orlando in order to become more "entertaining"... havent any of you people taken a walk around outside or a swim......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Dean You can see your family home in Fiddlers Lane on Google Earth. It is the last house in the lane, which is a semi detached at a 45 degree angle, making one half in......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Lisa: Spent the first half of my life trying to get away from Jacksonville. Now here I am in San Antonio texas, wishing for home. :O( ...

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

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Stuart, I don't remember being in Mr Killers class... I will scan the pic I have, hopefully it will come out half decent, tho it's not a good copy to start with. I remember......

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

Julian Austin-Seal: Hi Anne, thanks for your reply, tried replying earlier, but found problems posting my comment, im glad you have simmilar opinions about the film 'stand by me', now its summer and i would like to......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

EvilGentleman: Let hear it for slinking! I am reminded of [[7658:this post]] by jack. Nice one. Joey, the problem with the height signs is, they are all metric here. I have no clue how many centimeters tall......

in response to: Wedgie!!! by Montrealbunny

Packer: I lived in Kensington for a number of years with my Dad when my parents split in the early 90's I lived back a coupple blocks from frankford and sommerset on Rush St. many people......

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

Flatbush Gardener: "They" have many blogs covering this area of Brooklyn. There are at least a half dozen I know of....

in response to: Ditmas Park by Peter

Eric from Port Richmond: A Richmond boy with a few comments. Its NOT just Kensignton that took a turn for the worst in the area. I grew up in the late 70s and 80s in Port Richmond. The neighbors would sit......

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

CE: I like these fire-extinguisher tags when done right. I've been seeing a lot of them in Montreal lately. Half are done well and look very impressive and the rest tend to look like......

in response to: Curtis & Ster by Peter

ex-Bellevillian: Personally...I think Belleville is the most boring town in the world and I grew up there. Still have family there too. Belleville has always had this gran idea of itself because it host......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

janet: I don't remember the pretzel man outside of P.S. 167, only the knish man (and that most fondly!). Yes, the pickle lady . . . with her half-and half gloves, the palms covered but......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Peter: hey "movin to wick", wake up! youre working with a conception of {new york} thats about 20+ years outdated... i mean, serously. youd think {brooklyn} was {beirut}. perhaps youve been watching too much ##law and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Max Shacklady..........A name that rings a bell. My husband used to go to a gym near Eccles baths owned by Max. He was at the gym when Max died in there in front of everyone.......

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

Beni: I lived in Jax for one and a half years. I don't like it. My main problem with the city is the lack of public transportation, the non-centralized infrastructure and the low intellect of the......

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

Peter: ##I wasn't at all interested in any of the possible aesthetic qualities of graffiti, just transfixed by the look of a city that couldn't afford to clean itself up## i like that phrase. god, i vaguely......

in response to: Two Stories by Peter

EvilGentleman: You mean we can get arrested for not using government-authorized positions? I am soooo busted... ##Six months later, in a Toronto courthouse...## Defense: "Your Honour, my client maintains his innocence in the face of these outrageous claims.......

in response to: Fuck Police! by Elicar

James: This is great site, have just discovered it. I have many happy memories of schooldays at Irlam in the 1960s. Spent half my time down at the canal watching the big ships pass through, especially......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

James: This is great site, have just discovered it. I have many happy memories of schooldays at Irlam in the 1960s. Spent half my time down at the canal watching the big ships pass through, especially......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

anon (64.122.171.154): i lived in kensington from 62 till 82,went to ascention school,bought my chuck taylors at bobmans,and played stickball and halfies at mcpherson square,graduated from st gabriels hall!anyone go there? it was a great place to......

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

db66: i grew up at Sergeant and Coral street....went to HA Brown....Jones Jr. High and then to Frankford class of 1984. Hung out at "The Lot" and loved every minute of growing up there!!!!! ......

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

walkhere: half cthulhu, half drippy skull, i think....

in response to: Graffiti at Night by walkhere

woo hoo: whoever said that yellowknife, canada should be on the list is half retarded. just look at the skyline (if you can call it that). it looks like it might have 1 building over 10 stories......

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

Voide: Haha I remember that half pipe brings back some memorys when I sucked ass at graffiti if anyones wondering its up on the mountain by bruce trail...

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Norma One of the week's highlights during and for a few years after the war, was the saturday night dances held above the Higher Irlam Co-op.The haunting music produced for the evenings by the Fred......

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

Crystal: I agree that this town in boring but like another person pointed out You only took a picture of like ONE spot here. There are beautiful things here too not just an old hospital that......

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

Tex: Here's a sad example In the Hutch news, was this story, "Owner of Wiley building leaves tenants in the cold" "The coffee group can joke about it - but the tenants of the Wiley building aren't......

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

EvilGentleman: For those of you not in the know, LCBO is the acronym for the Liquor Control Board of Ontario. Their stores have the monopoly in Ontario for all carry-out sales of hard liquor, and they......

in response to: LCBO Delivers? by Elicar

Roger: I'm an artist who is not a hipster. I am moving further east in Bushwick because the rent is cheaper for what you can get, as I'm saddled in debt. I'm half Peruvian......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Viewed from our shop about 1970 of Fiddlers lane primary school [[img:26036]] Our young son Brian at the time and now sadly missed having passed away on the 19th january this year is seen ouside the school......

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

karlo: Very progressive comments King Billy. I suppose you think you are speaking on behalf 'true' Loyalism? Does this train of thought epitomise the Loyalist mindset? If so,they have my pity....

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

joey: eye; we saw some of the eclipse in oakland. the latter half anyway, when the clouds cleared away. no pics. btw the next lunar eclipse comes in 2010....

in response to: Blood on the Moon at 11:00pm. by jack

Fred, The.: The only good thing Hutchinson Kansas has to offer is reasonable and tough law enforcement and reno county court judges. Kansas does nothing but steal and waste as evidenced by, well, just about everything you......

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

JimQV : A young lady named Geraldine just posted that she had moved to Bushwick Ave & Eldert St, and doesn't feel insecure. My Mom was born in a house on Eldert St is 1922. Her relatives......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

unknown: half or at least a quarter of this grafitti is legal work wich was done with property owners permission. about the vandalism aspect of graffiti.. hamilton has used moey from grats and from the cities......

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

noname: I was driving to WORK this morning and saw something that truly pissed me off. I left my house to see 1 million plus dollar crane picking up Tree limbs! Along with this crane were......

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

anon (72.20.128.250): All these areas (beleive it or not or half owned by my family relatives...

in response to: Where Yoakum Turns Into Waugh by groovehouse

joe bridge: halfies, fresh pretzels, stick ball, homicide/suicide, adresses painted on sidewalks,cheap lamposts installed, popvision, mr. softy, corner candy stores,the ave, pinball machines, asteroids,record spot, levins,humphrys store, moes meats, jewish pickles, the belly buster hoagie, mr. cocos......

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

pc: i lived in kensington from when i was born in 81 till 93 and i loved living there. i use to live at a and westmorland and i went to St hughs. i dont remember......

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

colavitos ghost: this post is way to cool to take down, but let me say, on behalf of the CN community, SORRY KEITH!...

in response to: Keith McClusky Is a Child Mellester by little ukraine

Freddy: I used to skate like every single day from when I was 10-17. Slowed down only a little and pretty much stopped at 20 when I left the country to travel. I'm 33 now, i......

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

Re: Hunter: The photos are not faked, except for the first one, they are all of the old St. Elizabeth hospital over on north Monroe street. The sixth photo is from a side street looking towards......

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

Rob Tynan: Alison There is a book published by CHALFORD called The Archive Photographs Series Irlam and Cadishead compiled by Marion Beeston and Irlam and Cadishead Local History Society, which on page 67 shows Thomas Hurst Grocers Hurst......

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

pnav: That is my laneway! My house is half way down on the left. Yeah, that really is a cool part of NDG. This is the lane between Belgrave (west) and Clifton (east),......

in response to: Two Strips of Dirt by CE

Floody: I agree that it will never get back to where is was in the past...nothing ever does, but please do not put down the efforts that the New Kensington Community Development Corporation is currently doing.......

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

jack: so far its almost twice the hits as my icy cold day in half the time posted, wow,, no WOW....

in response to: Two Beautiful Girls in Bikini\'s Jumping in the Waves. by jack

Pat Kenny: I grew up in Barlick. Lived at 24 Avon Drive until 1974 when the family emigrated to Canada. Most of my early memories involve ordinary things like going to Redmans for bacon on a Saturday......

in response to: Barnoldswick by Gus Brennan

Dee-Dee: I live in kensington and have been living her all my life, It really was much to begin with that I could remember, but things have really went from bad to worst. Part of......

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

Emilie: Ok. Gwen is OK, but some of you people are OBCESSED. She has the most annoying voice! I don't see how half of you LISTEN to her music let alone MEMORIZE it. Seriously....

in response to: gwen stefani's wedding by Steelisreal

a: MY RESULTS: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: [Civic Sign Inquiry] Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:31:21 -0500 From: "Sleeth, Chris" CC: "Contactus" Hi A, Can you please let me know where this new installation took place? We have been removing signs from many of the trees......

in response to: We Nail Road Signs to Trees. by AG

steelisreal: so far this is the only answer i have received from the city of kingston. Good Morning, Thank you for taking the time to provide feedback with your concerns for civic signs attached to trees in Kingston. By......

in response to: We Nail Road Signs to Trees. by AG

catherine: my best friend and i are looking for an apt in brooklyn. neither of us are stupid, but we are young (20). naturally, my mother is worried that i won't be safe if......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

-=FuNkIe^MoNkIe=-: Thats some great work.........keep it coming P.S the half pipe needs a makeover...

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

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

janet grayson: Just reading these posts bring back very fond memories. I remember the Schenectady Ave. (at Lincoln Place) pickle lady with her barrels of sours and half-sours. Also, I too stood among the crowds......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown