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Peter: they ##were## really nice there. hmm.... Peter: theyre there to work on the arrow laying on the ground. those are its last two segments that theyre holding.
when i was a kid, i must have had trouble perceiving 3d for a while or...... Doc S.......: Willie - I remember most of what you've said - and the "Cameo" toy store around the corner from the Loew's "Kameo" movie theater (note different spellings). Now, you've mentioned a Lefferts JHS - but...... CartLegger: Peter: I hate to disagree with you, but a quick look at your sources points out a flaw in your conclusion.
Scorecard, a generally dependable site for a wide range of release, is way off...... Peter: hook us up, andy! how did you get a car out there? last time i was there, it would have been impossible, but they still had a small guard post.
id love to ride my longboard...... 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...... Peter: i think methrsk was trying to say that the "we apologize" was likely photoshopped in; we can only wish a state would be so bold as to post a sign like that for real ;)...... LSpegal: I didn't grow up in NY but I have a few ancestors who grew up or lived in Brooklyn. I'm researching them and the areas where they used to live and Arthur THAMM lived at...... Country Boy: Peter, am sorry I didn't see this months ago so I could respond then. Thank you for your photos and update on the progress at "ground zero". I apologize for everyone for not being as...... JOSEPH BRIDGE: hey peter, i'll give you one reason why kensington sucks. my father, hard working, family man left work early one night in march of 1990 because he was sick. you see he worked the graveyard...... Peter: if i had a dollar for every time ive heard someone from a hard/bad/depressed/rebuilding neighborhood comment something like ##"_______ is really that bad and has been for years"##... [[76:cabrini green]], [[1727:henry horner]], [[4368:hutchinson]], [[646:bushwick]], to...... Peter: i know, right? hahahaha. go go mickey d's... im sure they thought the pressure-washer would blow it right off, but anyone uninformed enough to use one of those on wood deserves to learn the hard...... Anne Priestley (nee Rigby): Hi Debbie
Good to hear from someone who went to the same school I did, you must be about three years younger than me though.
My first teacher there was a Miss Peters. Do you...... 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...... Jane B.: hey PETER, can you PLEASE ANSWER this question?? =D
how were you able to get up there in that 125th street entrance? i've been trying to get into the freedom tunnel for so long but i...... Peter: thanks you guys... i had a great time down there, so its been nice to share these shots. i took so many photos in there, so it was hard deciding which to post here... im...... Peter: yes, the tunnel is very much in use, as the tunnel is the main artery that connects [[wiki:Metro-North Railroad]] and [[wiki:amtrak]] trains to [[wiki:penn station]]. dodging the trains and staying out of their line of...... Peter: yeah, i skipped that movie. i think they were just trying to capitalize on the fabled {23 enigma}, anyway. nice graf... theres some {23 graffiti} around {bushwick}, too. ill snap a pic next time i...... Peter: it is indeed a good store. many of their products are a bit on the pricy side ($10 for two ounces of [[goo:krink]], etc), but in all cases, you get a very good product, and...... Peter: the car-crash photo above is the corner directly across from st. barbara's, so... ill double-check next time im by there, but none of those buildings appeared to be the ones in the photo... though they...... Peter: Ok, so I just got back, and here are the photos:
[[img:27389]]
the northwest corner of {central} and {bleeker}...
[[img:27390]]
a wider view of the same spot...
[[img:27391]]
the southwest corner of {central} and {bleeker}...
im sure that {upfromflames} could tell us...... Peter: speeders on the bike trails? theres a bike speed-limit? do they use radar? are you supposed to have a bike speedometer or something? heh...... 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...... Peter: are you crazy, or just seriously uninformed? nothing rebuilt, nothing touched? thats not true at all! i commute through the WTC site/station every day, and theres so much going on there... sure, its a slow...... Peter: well, id imagine someone probably put it there because they didnt want to deal with it in their trash can...
in related news: [[http://www.stinkymeat.net]]... Alan Taylor: Hi Sheila & Cyril,
I recall both farms and used to go and watch 'young' Max Shacklady and his followers practice wrestling in one of the upper barns behind which the threshing machine with long belt...... Peter: tom: i think its ludicrous to simply look at the "thousands of lives lost that day" without trying to dig deeper into the why and how of it. i think it disrespects both those who...... Peter: im sure the cops would prefer it be used as a verb. you think that if the whole of the {nypd} got a little more action, they'd be a more humane and less aggressive bunch?...... michele bangs: i'm so glad i found this site! i was born in kensington and raised in kensington.Married in visitation church, raised my three son's there.i divorced 20 years ago, and went back to my maiden name....... Peter: bob: i was poised to go to great effort to provide you links to mass-media sources that refute almost everything you say- about the misplacement of blame in iraq, about soldiers who refuse to go...... Peter: hahahaha. i dont know which is worse... that there are so many flies... or that theyre all dead!... Joanne Amorello-minor: Cadishead and Irlam Guardian
Fri Dec 3rd 1976
front page Died after overdose
An Irlam man with a "tremendous amount to live for" was...... Peter: i was in {red hook} last weekend for the [[7734:idiotarod]] and overheard tales of up-and-coming places pulling out of {red hook}, due to the expected "influx" of folks not happening as expected/predicted... a shame. classic...... EvilGentleman: Thanks, little ukraine and Peter. My family was indeed part of the Mohawk ironworking community.
I went to the museum in my hometown of Kahnawake with my grandmother one time, and there was a good-sized display...... Peter: admittedly, this was in front of the {urban outfitters} at {14th} street and {6th} ave in {manhattan}. it figures... this is typical of the sort of crap they sell there.... Jeroxy: hey, johnny were abouts in Nw london coz im there aswell in harrow and wanna get gd at parkour if ya wanna contact me my email peter_jeroxy2_0_smile@hotmail.co.uk but i only 13 well.. 14 in under...... Peter: theyre tearing down pretty much ALL the old graf-covered warehouses in {harrison}, the ones all around the {path} station there, and many on towards {journal square} too. any idea whats up? i mean, i knew...... Peter: procyon: interesting observation about the parks department... frankly, i was surprised at how easy it was to just walk right into the place. i mean, theres a fence, but it has several door-sized holes/flaps cut/pried...... PLUSHMONSTER :): everyone here has to realize that art is all about expression.Neck face is good at writing on walls, and peter caine is cood at ummmmmmmm.......... sculpting naked santas getting raped by people.The bottom line is...... Paul R Taylor : In its heyday Liverpool was the richest city in the world and was the gateway to Europe, Asia, Australia, south America, north America and the world. The River Mersey, the Irish Sea...... Peter: i pass that place every day going to/coming back from the train. i never see anyone in there. im assuming its because theyre still pretty new. with all the cheap (but admittedly spartan/utilitarian) {bodega}s around...... jack: peter you bring tears to my eyes, the old brooklyn-manhattan transit, the sea beach express, the f train and others, i rode them almost everyday, i would walk to school and pass under the el...... graff: there are no limits to anyones potenital if they are truly dedicated. graffiti brings tourisim to toronto not just murals, bombing and tagging (real graffiti) aswell. I agree with peter and i think police should...... 99¢Dreams: Peter, you didn't just run with my idea -- you sprinted with it! And I guess the finish line isn't yet in sight since you titled it "part 1". Great work -- I just...... 99¢Dreams: Hey Peter, do you live in Bushwick, or are you just often there?
I ask because your post reminds me of a photo project I've contemplated, but never executed: "Bushwick Gates"
I'm referring to a quintessential Bushwick...... Peter: im 30. im not rich. i live in bushwick because i can afford it and because its, for the most part, a hard-working, family-rich neighborhood thats free of yuppie condos, starbucks and the like. it...... Chris Rodriguez: Im not (just a 12 year old) im an honor student at bishop laughlin memmorial high school. Peter if you feel safe good for you... how old are you things are different for a...... Kiminbushwick: Hi, new to the site, but have been following along in more ways than one. I am 7 years proud in bushwick, and just wanted to say, that I think ALL of this conjecture and...... Mushi: There are mean people everywhere in this city, whether it's Bushwick, Sunnyside, Park Slope, the Upper Eastside, Soho...it doesn't matter.
People with attitudes like some mentioned above really upset me. Yeah, I'd love to live...... Peter: i love it when people make blanket assumptions about a post and get off on random tangents concerning their own insecurities or issues (see any of [[http://www.citynoise.org/author/scott_sargent]] for example, hahaha).
i dunno; as far as "education"...... Jamie: Peterborough City Council Graffiti ##Removal##. If removal means paint over it with green or grey paint i guess. The most genius thing i've seen them do is with some tree along the river near {railworld}....... jack: once upon a time, an aging man, was left home, alone, his wife had gone off to work, his children all at their places and with their families, and this old man, well older gentleman,...... Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi D,
My family had the bakery for over 10 years, and the shop next door which we sold and it became peters boutique. When we were there on 20 row, we had Tommy Wrench...... jack: yeah, peter is from brooklyn, like me, and we are uncivilized, according to british standards, because as a nation we had lost that victorian elegence and charm. when we broke away from our mother...... Guy McLaren: Catherine 66 Jaguar 3.8s also in some quarters known as the MkII. Manufactured in England
Jack Eastern Transvaal is the previous name for Mpumalanga which is a province In South Africa, Thats at the Southern tip...... sine: Update:
I just watched the ABCNews report on Nightline about the Foley 'incident'. Earlier I had reported Mark Foley's connection with Scientology after he entered rehab in Clearwater, FL (Refer to above article). Segment one involved...... EvilGentleman: Of course, you drive the editors bonkers by really pushing the limits and posting a series of skyline picks for each province and territory. I can just imagine New Brunswick... Moncton, Saint John, Frdericton, Bathurst,...... jack: wow, really great. st. petersburg was once stalingrad, but they placed the name back after the dictator died. many russians died fighting the germans. i believe 16 million russians in all died...... aer suzuki: Wasn't sure what that silver thing was when I posted, but just did a quick search and found these links:
http://www.vancouverplus.ca/alcan_omnimax_theatre/398855
http://www.vancouverinfocenter.com/merchant2.php/list2/250/Alcan+Omnimax+Theatre
As for the wires, my guess is they're for electric busses. They had trolleys up there...... mofidious: rite "peterborough pete" we wer a full 6 piece band wiv a full set ready for gigs but our singer decided 2 leave at the last moment 2 go 2 uni to study music and...... Whipslinger: Peter, to cure your curiousity about all those vast vacant lots, they used to house 12 story clusters of housing projects with names like Prince St. and Hayes Homes and Scudder Homes etc. They...... 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...... Peter: i was gonna mention something similar. ksedge, do you find that there are fewer people on street-level because of these pedestrian walkways? i was wondering... it seems like that might be the case, but then...... aer suzuki: jeeff: i think alot of public murals look like they were painted by high school kids. maybe that's just me. hell, i paint like a high school kid. anyway, yeah, i was skeptical too, doesn't...... Peter: also: i used to live up the avenue from a [[wiki:Tastykake]] factory, one which made strawberry pop-tarts. the whole neighborhood smelled like overpoweringly fresh-baked artificial strawberry tarts every morning, starting at about 5am... it always...... Peter: a quick look at the wiki entry for [[wiki:bushwick]] shows that the displaced people youre talking about are far from the first to be displaced, whether from gentrification, changing demographics, modernization, urbanization, etc. i mean,...... jack: jayne its bad anywhere bad people are. look at the kids getting killed by stray bullets. lets put it this way, a guy has a better chance than a pretty white girl. ...... EvilGentleman: Yeah, it was heavily attended, too. Over 54,000 people were there, although you cannot see it because of the way I cropped the photos. The empty seats you see were the only empty seats in...... Peter: thats really great that its accessable. i like how the road just runs right up beside it. if it were here in america, theyd have it surrounded by a fence, cluttered with signs and plaques...... drea: hey man! on my defense: 4 exams, 5 days of work, 2 10page essays, 20 hours of sleep in total...the room could be worse! lol
And your welcome Elicar, good to know there's someone out there...... Peter: considering that its right atop a {buff}, perhaps someone made this statement to avenge the {buff} itself, for going over whatever they had put there before?... Peter: strangely, i went in there looking for veggie patties (a new quest im on- to try all the veggie patties in the neighborhood, heh) and discovered that they had no food at all on hand,...... Peter: i am growing very leery of how insular, provincial and xenophobic america is becoming... it smacks of fascism and... dare i say it... prewar germany. after all, every single one of us living in america...... Peter: lol jamie! check the comments on [[1680:this entry]]. blech! {yummy taco} is one of zillions of "ghetto-chinese" places that are a phenomenon in {brooklyn}, that though they serve cheap, fast (and often low-quality) chinese take-away,...... Jamie: hey lucky you, i'm in idiot mode pretty much all the time. But the web cafe was probablly your problem. Public computers are genrally set up with quite harsh restriction on what you can and...... Peter: i see cops like that all the time here in nyc. granted, theyre not always storming some building, but in our post-9/11 police state, there has been a profound overproliferation in swat-clad cops, and to...... Peter: lol, jack. thats what theyre doing all over {brooklyn}. theres an old school (PS 9) thats recently been converted into high-end luxury condos...... EvilGentleman: Peter, Tim Horton's is a doughnut-and-coffee chain owned by Wendy's, which has a very devoted following in Canada similar to that of America's Krispy Kreme chain.
[[http://www.timhortons.com/en/index.html]]
They have franchises in almost every part of Canada, as...... kc: Hey, Peter. Nice shot. I do kinda hate that building...although maybe more than anything I hate the signs for the incredibly expensive apartments and the giant bank facing down the cube--hard not to believe they'll...... Peter: there is a building in my old neighborhood, on the {upper west side}, that houses a healthclub on the 7th floor. and wonder of wonders, they have a pool there! there are apartments all around...... Peter: i used to live in {hell's kitchen}. its still wild, though its getting amazingly expensive there for what it is as it begins gentrifying. i moved out when they tried to raise the rent on...... jack: by the way the people are looking for you peter, and now i know who did that kicking and they want to thank you because in the old dresser was there grandmothers money box which...... Peter: ...and then there are those of us who just have a fetish for machinery. shiny chrome and powerful engines are a plus! i, for one, love motorbikes. seeing these shots made me drool. especially the...... jack: i'm crying right now. oh, the beauty of a warm day, sunshine, happiness, children laughing. mu flip flops next to my lounge and me with a dry martini in my hand or a...... Peter: theyre not any more available there (or any more common there) than anywhere else in nyc...... Jonesitis: Clearly this is not a case of motorist vs. cyclist. It is a prime example of urban vs. suburban lifestyle. In suburbia, it is OK to disrespect the envinronment, and people you don't...... Peter: here in {nyc}, when you put out a dead refrigerator to be taken away with the trash, theres a law that requires you to remove the doors; apparently, back in the days when fridges had...... Peter: wonder what theyre building there? housing?... Peter: lets hear that poem, jack!
i hear that in {san freancisco}, every year, they drag the dead christmas trees out onto {ocean beach} and have huge bonfires with them there...... jack: hello train,
why hello tree, how are you today,
ok im ok i guess. lost all my leaves.
i see that tree, but dont worry, you will get new leaves soon.
yes, soon. then you can pass...... Peter: the whole {trainspotting}/{railfan} phenomenon fascinates me... we have it here in {nyc}, too, but on a much smaller scale... i bet most people wouldnt even know what you were talking about.
but, categorizing all the trains...... Jamie: What an interesting little story. I'm from peterborough :-) I've heard there is talk of redevelopment of the station quarter of the city. New apartments and offices etc and a new station of course with...... jack: peter, you awaken many memories when you mention coney and stillwell. i grew up in 50's gravesend. my family moved from bay 13th and bath to gravesend. i walked many times from...... Peter: jack: ever seen coney island in the snow? ive always wanted to, but never manage to get out there in a snowstorm... {stillwell} avenue seems like a million miles away in bad weather. but i...... Peter: this was waaaay too long to read. all i know is that he took the photo from [[568:this entry]] and edited it a bit. i dont really follow this person's posts much. theyre pretty out-there.
i...... Peter: hmm, good point, though the odds of that (around here at least) are slim to none.
but you can help me out! what goes on there? what are they famous for?... Peter: hool: lately, when i meet new people, many of them ask me if im canadian, upon first hearing my voice... this struck me as odd, but i suppose that after living in {nyc} for 10...... Peter: aha! theres a rumor (urban legend?) that there was a "speakeasy" in-between the two floors of that elevator back in the prohibition days that a special "heyword" to the operator got you into. its too...... jack: there is a cult in st. petersburg that collects drain pipes and rolls them down the steppes to frighten cockroaches. when the little buggers are scared they jump into the pipes and run inside...... Peter: also: the weird thing is that there's still a homeless shelter in the ground level/basement of the armory. it was odd to come out of work when they were having a big track/field meet and......
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