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Peter: its that orange plastic construction-site mesh they staple and zip-tie around everything to make it "safer". it also helps to cut down on the gusts of wind whipping through wide-open scaffolding and such. still, scaffolding......

in response to: 81st and Central Park West by sine

dominique: i to have one the exact same it seems to be a print that could posably have been touches up with oil if that helps any ...

in response to: About Convents by jack

Peter: WOW. entries like this tend to be some of my very favorite on this site... good work! after reading [[wiki:Glasgow Subway]], i see that this modernization took place from 1977-1980, so that helped put a date......

in response to: Glasgow Subway Pre-and-During Modernisation by Gap74

zagg: It's called a 'gentle leader' - it is not a 'band' and its not a muzzle - it just is a different way to walk a dog - it helps her not pull (aka not......

in response to: For Your Wish Please Do 4 Acts of Kindness to Either Humanity or Nature. by zagg

mt: Never too old to skate, never. 37 years old, typing from Italy… Keep feeding your soul and go skate. Quitted for one solid year (suffered from a severe lack of vitamin b12 that prevented me to) but started......

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

Ron from Michigan: Just visited Jim and his castle. Found him standing in the bucket of his Bobcat building an archway over his mote. The topic of the moment was "why Michael Phelps didn't deserve any......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

Rob Tynan: Hi Steve, Here is a map from 1926. You can see the school. Elsinore Avenue dosnt exist yet. If you look carefully you will find the position of Lee Close. The Tennis......

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

Janey: For all the people doing reports on Norwegian food: I personally like Lefsa alot but thats just me. I don't live in Norway but my family is Norwegian and we have lefsa every Christmas (we......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Rob, Sheila and Norma, Rob yes that's right it's the same Mr Jimmy Iddon, he worked at Royles the same as my dad, now about Christine?????? sorry I don't know what made me think......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

EvilGentleman: To me, it would depend heavily on the particulars of the location where the photo was shot. If the man in the photo was in the midst of a well-frequented public space, then public domain......

in response to: A Homeless Man Sleeping with His Most Cherished Possession by Leroy Allen Skalstad

Peter: wow, the comments in korean are fascinating... i mean, im as prone to think that america is the global authority on conspiracy, but i think its a bit of a reach to say that america......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

Jim Isham: I would really like to see a map of where these bridges are located in NYC. It's great to see the pictures, so I can I.d them on the ground, but how about a location......

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

Jim Isham: I would really like to see a map of where these bridges are located in NYC. It's great to see the pictures, so I can I.d them on the ground, but how about a location......

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

Jim Isham: I would really like to see a map of where these bridges are located in NYC. It's great to see the pictures, so I can I.d them on the ground, but how about a location......

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

John (aged 44 and a bit): Ahh so many memories. I left irlam in 1985 not i may add for the sandy beaches and climate of a far off land but the more mundane surroundings of Oldham. I grew up on......

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

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

Joe : I have been forced back to respond to Bill F. I am one of at least two postings that referred to the Swanson & Clearfield shop. Now I am curious as to the identity of......

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

Joe Seeking Contact: Check the current demographics on Elkin school and it is evident that the neighbor hood makeup has changed. Just like Kensington was wonderful to us as kids, so it is today for the current residents.......

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

Peter: ive gotten in the habit of just carrying mine with me in my pocket every time i leave the house. wallet, keys, phone, camera all go into my pockets on the way out. it helps......

in response to: No Parking by Peter

Andie: Cody, I know you and your family personally. I grew up in Hutchinson and attended church with you. You are not representative of the average Hutchinsonian. Your mother is a hospital administrator and your father is......

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

hool: props chiam, good set. your photographs are completely different when you shoot them from the eye, a distinct style comes through quite clearly. nice edits too, the tonality is very good on all of......

in response to: Olympic Torch Relay by chiamattt

Newton: At their core, they're just a commercial enterprise, and are in business to make money, just like everyone else. Such a simple, blatant action as disregarding Earth Hour is practically enough to nullify all the......

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

ONELOVE: werd werd.... helps alot brothas! A homie is pasteing for RZST clothing.. Works like a charm www.canyourzst.com The steezzz gear!! Your info held it down=)...

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

ExKansan: I guess I missed all the above mentioned incest, pedophilia and lynch mobs growing up in Belleville, but I must say that would hardly be boring! Like other posters here I moved away to a......

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

brnxbaby: Nah, I got fam in brooklyn and they are just fine..I stayed my summers there alot when my moms was working... You have nothing to worry about sweet heart... But still be on your guard,......

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

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

Tex: Remember to your dying day, one of the most precious rights we have is Freedom Of Speech, which is guaranteed to each of us under the Constitution of the United States. Excercising this freedom......

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

Alan Taylor: Cyril & ex-pats, For those that don't have the '£' (pound) symbol on their keyboard, try = hold down left hand 'Alt' key and type '1' '5' '6' from the number pad on the right of keyboard,......

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

Former Hutchinsonite: I packed up and left years ago, moved to Dallas, job pays about twice as much as what I could earn in Hutchinson, no state income tax, no taxes on your vehicles, just pay for......

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

Kimberly: The sky maybe clear but I recall gas in air, burning, killing people, do you think its all gone? The great city helps everyone forget....

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

Elicar: In a morbid way, it's nice to hear EvilG rant again, if ya know what I mean! EvilG, In Ontario, we pay a health care premium. I am not sure about the amount now as tax......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

Genny: Oh dear, all these tales of sadness and I have my own to add. My previous bike was stolen last year from where it was locked in front of the Canadian Tire on Yonge St. and......

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

CE: These are my favourite kinds of posts; the ones that really give you a feel for a city. This would be so ordinary and almost boring to someone who lives in Kingston but to......

in response to: Autumn by AG

EvilGentleman: The simple reality is, Americans are welcomed warmly by most Montrealers, and generally disliked but tolerated by the rest. And that dislike is often because they are getting mistaken for Torontonians, or other English-speaking Canadians. Dislike......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Terrible tragedy, amazing photos. Thank you for thinking of sharing this with us, it really helps us understand the need to fix the crumbling highway infrastructure across North America. Here in Quebec, we are presently having......

in response to: Bridge Collapse 1 by Tyfoid Kid

CartLegger: The spirit of neglect places helps us reflect on the neglected places and times in own lives. The road above may buzz, as others drive by, but there you are, still, in the midst of......

in response to: A Summer\'s Afternoon Stroll by a Cool Refreshing Stream Where an Elderly Gentleman Who Grew Up on the Streets of Asphalt and Cement in Brooklyn Now Takes His Grandchildren by jack

Paul Ellington: Deborah - Cadishead Primary is now on allottment road, I think this used to be a high school some time in the past. hope this helps....

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

johnny barracuda: Being from Detroit it's nice to see a city with leaders who (even though it's probably taken longer than it shoud've) are doing something about blight. If only we had politicians in Detroit with......

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

fedup: Hello, I'm back for another season. Re-reading my previous posts, it seems like I might have been somewhat deranged back then. I am much more calm now. In fact, only last week, I came......

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

Anon: To help with recovering your other bike or even bringing attention to this problem (and perhaps Uncle Jacobs as well) I would suggest contacting "silverman helps" through City TV. He works with city TV and......

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

EvilGentleman: Lea, you definitely have "the eye". Keep up the good work. And as far as your choice of photo editing software goes, I tend to do all my cropping and resizing with Microsoft Photo Editor......

in response to: Vancouver by Lea

joey: i find in my approach to photography i look for a contrast of the urban and natural worlds. in this photo for example, i see the natural distortion of the tree branch in contrast to......

in response to: Golden Temple by joey

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

EvilGentleman: I've noticed that after a month or so, the hit counter on the bottom starts becoming very inaccurate, as far as how many months or years it has been since the article was posted. If you......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

Dave: Hi Gerry I missed a little bit at the end If your photo does upload you will notice some numbers in Type your comment here Leave them there and if you want to type comments about your photo......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

anon (localhost): Hi Gerry If you press the upload photos which i guess you did. Then a page will open that reads upload photo,s. Then press Browse. Then find the Picture you what to upload in (your)My pictures. Then press upload. If the......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

shreyas: nice,beautiful,good,fablous,great.as we can't see the regions of cold these photos helps us to see it.as i am an indian.thank you. ...

in response to: Igloo Construction by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Sorry for the insult, Nancy. But you know, living in a multilingual, multicultural city such as Montreal, it helps to keep translations in mind when naming your business....

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

little ukraine: those leaves on the sidewalk in front of the tailor's kill me. For the wider CN population... I feel like Patchogue has an appropriate presence on this page because, like GoG pointed out, it is,......

in response to: Stop Me If You Think You\'ve Heard This One Before by ghost of grandin

kim: hi there was a turner family of pearlies they were pearly king and queen of edmonton there is a bit about them in pearl binders book called the pearlies a social history you can get......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

EvilGentleman: It helps explain the food better, but I still wonder why the owners thought "ravioli" was a good translation for "dumplings"? Thanks for the info, it is always good to learn things....

in response to: Manchurian Ravioli by EvilGentleman

lighten: 1st of all if you did not live in cabrini you should not speak about it and our way of living. cabrini was a place where people had alot of unity, loyality,love respect for each......

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

aer suzuki: for the time of year it depends on what kind of weather you like. if you like having a huge grey smear hanging above your head for a sky (which i do, mostly, perversely) and......

in response to: Japanese Garden by aer suzuki

Jamie: totally. the overall quality of a photo lies more in the person pressing the shutter release than it does in the quality of the equipment used. certainly a nice shiny lens helps a lot but......

in response to: Heidelberg Doll House by Cosmo

.JAONE XTC: @ dave ..yes min lived with me for a while in 1991...i lived on suffolk st, in the les before all the trucker hat hipsters took it over...hope that helps.....

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

Sirhcbre: I felt the same way when {Marlo} started posting from Fredericton. I like wandering around and recognizing something only to remember that I had seen it from one of your posts. It's a......

in response to: Blvd Decarie, Ville Saint-Laurent by CE

EvilGentleman: I hope you return soon. I miss your talent, which shows up so very well in these photos. Your artistic perspective helps expand my own horizons....

in response to: Citynoise: My 1 Year Anniversary by GGP

ksedge: i just moved here and the first thing i said when i went downtown was, "where is everyone?" the downtown core felt completely empty and emotionless. i soon found out that everyone just walks through......

in response to: You\'re in Calgary When... by ksedge

aer suzuki: EvilG: yeah that helps...even though i have a [relatively] cheap little point and shoot, i still spent what amounts to a nice chunk'a change on it [for me] so for a long time didn't trust......

in response to: Sidewalk Time Capsule by EvilGentleman

Editor: Mofidious, here's a quick guide on how to post an article. **1.** Click "Post your own Citynoise" at the top of the page **2.** Fill in the form, author = your name, title = title for your......

in response to: Mofidious by Mofidious

mofidious: the guy that helps me is known as 515 his tag is a 515 stencil it will be appering the same night as the new mofidious stencil...

in response to: Mofidious by Mofidious

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: You cannot enter unless you are: authorised (twice), wearing a hardhat and safety equipment, have put your smoke out, are watching out for the step and falling things, and able to close the door behind......

in response to: Overkill Signage by Peter

JJ: I love the sign. I wonder if it helps....

in response to: Secret Gardens by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

anon (wnpgmb01dc2-25-214.dynamic.mts.net): Attention Smoking Cessation Re: Smokers Edge There is no question more Canadians are anxious to quit smoking as a result of anti-smoking regulations and by-law’s in effect throughout Canada. Many smokers who once thought about quitting are......

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

Dale: There is a place for everything. Nudity is not bad per se; however, when the person flashing has no concern for others, it is a bad thing. I think there are nothing but victims in......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

Brian: The letter "ø" sounds just like "eu" in French, if that helps....

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

elaine: taking photos mainly to put on screen frees up a lot of purchase anxiety about dpi. and comparing film based photography to digital, it's financially freer once you've made the original purchase, and if you......

in response to: Lost in Thought by Elicar

jeeff: the barbed wire helps. i wish i could get 2.7 megapixels out of my camera. recently it's been down to 0....

in response to: Saturday Walk by chiamattt

Robert: This also helps to activate good memories from childhood days. Mighty good job you're doing here!...

in response to: Regional by GGP

racheeeellll: i was doing a report on this project, the comment that they still have leaks helps! thank you, it will be in my paper...

in response to: Union Station by Peter

steve: freedom of religion All men are created equal What does the divorce rate show, concerning the sanctity of marriage The Jews were persecuted The blacks were persecuted, Now it is politically incorrect to say are do......

in response to: chicago gay pride parade by corsakti

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Elaine for president! (except that you have to be a natural born American citizen, who has lived in US territories for 14 years and is over 35. Also, it helps if you are a white......

in response to: The Pope\'s Tomb by pietro

EvilGentleman: Interesting shots of the skeleton of the old porn theatre (was it the Eve or the Picadilly? I can't remember. Never went in one of those places in my life). It really helps to illustrate......

in response to: montreal by hool

EvilGentleman: Well, I have gotten some rest and have done a little catching up on what was posted here while I was away. I am coming to the realization here that no matter what somone posts,......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Bushrider: Dear Serves Her Right: Let me get this straight: that is your sister and her husband gracing the front page of today's Star, and the top of this blog? And you agree he should be throwing......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

LitterBlitter: Don't litter in Toronto. This is kind of a cultural norm thing (although you couldn't really tell by looking at Kensington). I'm not particularly environmentally aware -- I grew up middle class in Toronto, and......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

elaine: singing the smiths helps you not die - it is totemic...

in response to: Manchester Dec 2005 - Part 2 by indykid

jack: i think its ok to have a black guy there it shows the black kids what a man looks like. black kids are taught the wrong things all the time. why do you......

in response to: Potrait of a Hero by ian

Jai-o: That's a pcp or primary connection/cross connection point, breaking into them and stripping the wires is generally associated with 'phreaking' which involves attaching another series of wires and hardware called a 'box' (usually with a......

in response to: new junction stencils by elaine

Peter: when i read them, i try to follow the "handstyle", or the movements one would make to write the tag. because its made to be hasty and easily reproducable, there are often shortcuts that are......

in response to: GGP\'s Voo-Voo Building by Peter

Judah-Baer: This helps cops get fatter. That's a good thing....

in response to: NYPD Segways by Peter

Peter: one thing i love about this site is that someone can post photos of a catenary wire in london, and someone can answer back with a similar photo of the same obscure thing in japan.......

in response to: pensive technology by elaine

elaine: commodification is about turning something which is not 'naturally' a commodity into one. historically the body has been seen differently in different cultures, but typically as the mortal carrier of the soul, whether sexually celebrated......

in response to: Skin Deep by Billy Stroud

Peter: i dont know if {coca-cola} is doing "positive work" so much as they are trying to co-opt imagery that appeals to their potential consumers, and therefore helps sell more of their product. there is so......

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

dc: It can happen, but this really just makes a statement by saying that the art of Parkour is really an EXTREME event. :-D Practise helps minimise injuries......

in response to: Parkour - Cat Leap by DC

Maribel: Hola a todos!Es increible, llegué a esta página movida por el interés de conocer si es real la labor de Justo Gallego. Soy española y nunca he oído a hablar sobre él. Me encantaría que......

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

fuzzytank: for some reason you and my class readings are pretty much in sync.... "The advantage of straight through-streets has been recognized since Aristotle, and a rectilinear street pattern has also been restored to keep under watch......

in response to: police and thieves in the streets, oh yeah by elaine

Helps: fuckin dopeness...i was there. Cesa, Esie and no idea on the last 1...

in response to: Indy Graf Jam by Dyslo

Helps: ITS DYSLO OF KA!!!!!!!!...

in response to: Indy Graf Jam by Dyslo

Peter: i love the "from teh archives" feature because it helps me find articles like this... that i havent ever seen for some reason. nice!...

in response to: Backwards? by Zag

hotdogx: Dissapointing to see some of the stupid an unitellectual comments here, This realy illustrates the necessity for a lot of "growing up" to be done! People not from ireland must really believe us to be......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

Peter: this helps... though the language doesnt matter; the past few days, weve gotten so much traffic from russian domains (thanks to having an article here posted on two apparently very popular russian sites...) but the......

in response to: Junk Yards of Moscow by UHOCTPAHEZ

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