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Comments about highwaysThere are 30 comments about "highways"
river otters21 girl: It is a darn shame to see hear what happened to Kensington. Oh, I agree with YourOwnFault 100% except that this cancer known as white flight took place more recently than the 50s and...... EvilGentleman: dirana1, thank you for commenting. I can respect your opinions and your insight into the prison is a welcome bit of education for the rest of us. I am certain you know a lot more...... JBone f.b.w.: i started writing back in 91,and remember ja was the king of the A line,he killed all the train stations and roof tops in far rockaway,him and eu,at the beggining i tought he was local,then...... Rob Patten: Just to add there are photos of the refurbished train on the Cadishead Way bypass on the Salford web site:
[[http://www.salford.gov.uk/business/design/engineering/highways/cadisheadway-stage-2/cws2-photos.htm]]
Under 'Photographs 2005' the second and third links show it in its new paint.
There is also...... EvilGentleman: Ah yes, I know this run well. Journeyed from Nunavut to Winnipeg by plane, then to Montreal and back by Greyhound. With my son, who was age six at the time. And that was all...... EvilGentleman: We were lucky here. Our IKEA is located in a commercial/industrial area wedged between two highways and the airport. Exactly where it belongs.... EvilGentleman: Wow! Just wow! Great post, TK.
As far as the "20/20 hindsight" inspections of other structures **after** the collapse goes, we have the same thing happening here.
After the overpass collapse that killed 5 people in September...... EvilGentleman: The art/vandalism debate will go on forever, because both sides are correct.
Many graffiti pieces are unquestionably artistic masterpieces. I have seen many pieces that are absolutely mind-boggling, provoke intelligent thought and debate, and are just...... EvilGentleman: Perhaps someone should post a series on "America's Most Boring Interstate Highways"... gingha: i used to live in oklahoma city. the thing the makes norman, and the greater oklahoma city area seem lackluster is because of its relative regional proximity to the dallas/ft. worth area, and also because...... EvilGentleman: That pic I took, I actually got out of the car, had a cigarette, took a picture, read a little bit, then hopped back into the car. Nobody had moved yet.
jack - maybe it should...... EvilGentleman: LOL, fair enough, since you encounter Decarie daily and I encounter Cote-de-Liesse daily. In all honesty, I usually hate the Decarie Expressway more, but today was special. At one point, I moved 3 metres in...... ea: lightning strikes and missing you
heat dreams of animals
wounding one another with human tools
palms rattling my sense of being coagulating
risk the risk arterial fist thump bumping
keep roll hum drumming over highways
time slides sideways
and when I wake...... EvilGentleman: Actually, on the road map of Quebec, Highway 132 follows the south coast of the Saint Lawrence River, then curves around the Gaspe peninsula until it intersects itself at Mont-Joli. I have no idea how...... Elicar: I agree with Get out of your car, buddy! Toronto is one of the top 10 best cities to live in the whole world.
Suburbanites, here's something for you to ponder about. Have YOU ever...... Get out of your car, buddy.: Toronto must be a tale of two cities. If you live in the inner city, it fits like a comfortable old shoe. There are few places in the world that can boast such...... jenna: I live in Toronto and I have been fortunate to travel a fair bit. I have to say that desipte my love of Toronto ... the urban planning here is horrible. We have nice cityscape......... EvilGentleman: Ahhh, driver education. I remember my first time behind the wheel. Everything was fine, till I reached the end of the block. I managed to do a 140 degree right turn into an empty lot...... GGP: On cold days, the smoke from smokestacks looks even more potent and portentious than usual. Here is one of my poems about smokestacks.
INDUSTRIAL TRINITY
Three squat smokestacks cinched
a little at the waist
will always evoke Three Mile...... jack: the old williamsburg bank. i went there many times in the fifties with my aunt. as i pass thru the highways around brooklyn i often see that tower and realize it may now...... Mugs: One thing I find hilarious is you people from the city, crying bloody murder when it comes to littering, while your garbage is trucked by the tonne down rural highways into the states.
How nice...... NO ONE DESERVES TO GET BEATEN: It's disappointing to read and see what transpired between Leah and the motorist, involving, and endangering the lives of themselves and those around them. It is even more disappointing to read the comments here endorsing...... Kevin: HEY FAT ASS!-What do you mean you're not a motorist, what do you do walk everywhere or hitchhike? This asshole would not have had his litter throw back at him, if he had thrown it...... a: i dont get it keep dallas safe from what, the graffiti writers......?oh i forget the kill people and do other crimes like that!!! i wish they would worry about bigger stuff then some dumb shit...... Peter: jeeff: why is neckface so notorious? well, how can i put this delicately... he had a few very visible ups in some really hot spots in brooklyn. add a few graf-scenester/williamsburg hipsters who flicked them...... Peter: nice. airplanes over highways... i love shots of how incoming/outgoing flight traffic lines up with the rest of the scenery.... Peter: i like where you said: ##"...art will happen in spite of industry and flowers will grow up along highways..."##... 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...... Peter: the uk has a much better nomenclature system for its motorways than america does. im sure ours made sense way back when, but since teh nationwide interstate highway program in the 1950s, everything got muddled......... 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......
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