Comments about historical

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Dee: My thoughts . . . meh. It's always sad when cemeteries go unattended and the resting places of loved ones forgotten . . . but to my mind, it's a responsibility of the survivors to......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Allan: If I recall correctly, and that's not likely, Judy O was a grade behind me and my brother a grade behind her. The building with the "courtyard" was down the block towards Utica. I lived......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Avery: You really need to put on the historical & beautiful skyline of berlin! I love Frankfurt!!! ...

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

CartLegger: And, of course, was never solved! Great Geohistorical reference!...

in response to: 23 Wall Street by Peter

Xavi: Humboldt Park has its social ills (and as you can see from the rest of my diatribe, there are specific historical/social/political reasons why) but it is a ghetto struggling to maintain the rich social networks,......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Garry Johns: Well why is it that, some always have to find fault? If you don't like it fine, but for crying out loud don't try to crams your views down our throats! As a......

in response to: Ugly, Heritage, or Both? by Cameo

upfromflames: historically yes, but currently, no--according to the boundaries of Community Board 4 Bushwick stops at Flushing on the North... Broadway on the West... Wyckoff (roughly) on the East... MostHoly Trinity Cemetery on the South... So where you are talking......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

~Me : I wish the best to everyone who was raised in the projects in chicago, the horners, the greens, robert taylor homes etc.... Its sad to see them tear down historical land marks and homes to......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

mixed opinion: I have been to Cabrini-Green several times. I have a friend that used to live there, I'd go and visit her alot. It is a place that, that city needs. I think they should keep......

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

upfromflames: More to the point, you are confusing problem with solution, and memory with history The cameras by Maria Hernandez park are part of the [[6459:Bushwick Initiative]], the latest in a long line of projects to fight......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

drew: they just cannot put those down, its part of history and protected. I live pretty close and go for grocery there every week, and you should have go INSIDE the loblaws cause they kept lifters......

in response to: New Use for Urban Ruins? by CE

BELROC IOF: Well it's on Metro-North property and that little stone bridge that you have to cross is historical. They should work with the state to make it some kind of park. The kind you can paint graffiti......

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

CartLegger: That would be the [[wiki: tompkins square park police riot]], I believe. Quite a historical turning point in the gentrification of NYC....

in response to: A Tree and Resident in Tompkins Square Park by jack

CartLegger: That would be the [[wiki: tompkins square park police riot]], I believe. Quite a historical turning point in the gentrification of NYC....

in response to: A Tree and Resident in Tompkins Square Park by jack

Ricky K: OH MY GOD, you guys just don't understand, this place and I have a special bond I LOVE IT !!! Back in the days when I use to take the bus, my favorite part of......

in response to: Decarie Hot Dogs by CE

EvilGentleman: The areas bordering Verdun are pretty much the same, as well. Pointe-Saint-Charles, east of Verdun, is historically Irish, and today is a mixed community where English is not a problem. Ville-Emard, to the north of Verdun, has......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

jack: sorry kevin, you should read my words a little closer, i said, "or am i", i,m talking about years past, i have made no such statement about people having to remember, "each historical fact", and......

in response to: Walking Through Washington Square Park On My Way to Dinner by jack

UpFromFlames: Its amazing the things that Google can do! [[http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=186]] I feel that this is a great summary. I'd love to be able to identify Carlos, but he has since left the city and lives somewhere......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

iman: that place is a historical landmark, they should just leave it the way it is ...

in response to: Abandoned... NY State Pavilion by Peter

kevin: the fact that you took the time to photograph people having a good time and all-around lively place of washington square park and then had the nerve to write captions about how nobody stops to......

in response to: Walking Through Washington Square Park On My Way to Dinner by jack

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......

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

UpFromFlames: As I am fond of saying, Memory is the surest antidote to history. That is the main issue I have with your perspective. While I have done a lot of documentary research [[www.upfromflames.com]] I could......

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

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: And the Astoria Historical Society. They have walking tours round the hood....

in response to: Broadway Hoopla by Queen LaLa

CE: The Fredericton Historical Society came up with what I thought was a rather excellent plan that would both allow an expansion and also save York House. the reason for that plan (or some sort......

in response to: Soon to Be Demolished: York House by CE

Bass Girl: I love those old photos above! It's good to see Hutch had a good start. I wonder what happened? I had an interesting visit with a neighbor who has been trying to......

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

Xavi: Most of the eastern part of Humboldt Park until the mass Puerto Rican migration of the 1940's and '50's was Jewish and Polish, with some German and Italian elements. When those ethnic groups were......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

John Dereszewski: Smudgy, you should, at once, access the www.upfromflames.com web site ASAP. While the show has closed, the site is still live - for now. If anything, it has more info than the exhibit did. (An......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Chris Rodriguez: i KNOW THE HISTORY OF BUSHWICK... i know the history of brooklyn, of all of new york. i wrote a 10 page essay on bushwick for school. Im not saying im a know every single......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CartLegger: here's some more historical background, compliment's of PBS POV program--the Spambot won't let me attach a link, so read below: Barren Island, which appears on few modern maps, holds a special place in the city's garbage......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

karlo: By the way,What you see here are murals,not grafitti. As some-one already pointed out,grafitti is usually carried out by just about anyone with a spray can or bucket of paint with the sole intention of splashing......

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

little ukraine: that must be the same AUP involved with the Up From Flames exhibit at the Brooklyn Historical Society - that place looks amazing, best of luck and congratulations!...

in response to: Destructionconstruction by jack

bed sty-cee!: hello chicago folks-well lets have a little history lesson non of you are spanish, spaniards or latin. all of those words,terms or descriptions belong to europeans, aka white people. all so called hispanics,......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

realworldgirl9: You know, the reason our entire country is in a shit hole right now is because of the lousy attitudes of people today. I have lived in many places in my life, for instance:......

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

upfromflames: Sure. The Brooklyn Historical Society Library. They have hundreds of them, mostly 19th century or earlier--though they include a few by that Brooklyn (Williamsburg/Bushwick) shutterbug Eugene Armbruster. They are not on public view, but you......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

colavitos ghost: do you have any old photos of bushwick that weren't included in the exhibit at the historical society? or do you know of anyplace where they may be on public view (either on line......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

Xavi: I live in Humboldt Park, in the Paseo Boricua commercial strip. Reading through most of these comments, I have this to write: In order to understand the state of Humboldt Park and the Puerto Rican......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Tim Hoekstra: It looks awesome. I hope the inside of the old building is as impressive as the new building next to it. I hope some attempts to retain its historical nature were kept.--...

in response to: Ivy Tower by Tyfoid Kid

Clay: There's an exhibit at the Brooklyn Historical Society called "Up from Flames." It chronicles Bushwick from 1977 to now. It has lots of articles in the 70's when Bushwick landlords were buring their......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: Kim: You can't stand under a stone and ask it to stop falling. You speak out romantically against historical forces much broader than the scope of your sentiment. The neighborhood will never be what it was......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

oompaloompa: Great historical piece. makes me remember that there are still parts of this city that can be explored and yet are hidden in plain sight just waiting for someone with the sense of adventure and......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

K. Rooney: I loved the historical info on the neighborhood and the family. You should be very proud....

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

upfromflames: HSH: I'd love the opportunity to see your photo doc on Bushwick. I've been working on one this year. To see part of it, check [[6851:upfromflames]]on citynoise, or better, hit the Brooklyn Historical Society's opening......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

T: I should add that for the most part, historically, Victoria's skyline has always been less-than-impressive because of height restrictions for reasons similar to Vancouver's (wouldn't want to block the view of the Olympic Mountains across......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

maybetoday: The North Market Place development is actually happening. Several buildings and homes have already been rehabbed for apartments and homes. Infill is currently being built on vacant land ("historically-sensitive" single-family homes). The......

in response to: Revitalize by maybetoday

maybetoday: All but one of the buildings pictured were built between 1915 and 1920. One building was built in 1930. There hasn't really been any new construction here for quite a while. The......

in response to: Debaliviere Place by maybetoday

upfromflames: Word, peter. I was a bit shaken up this morning when I found out a fellow teacher was held up at gunpoint at 5PM Tuesday--on the M train platform at Central Ave--one that I have......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

zilep: Bought a house in the heart of Bushwick- on Central avenue and Cornelia streets (one of those cookie cutter homes with all the meters showing- you know the ones the BROWNSTONER people love to hate).......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Loki : This is totally inspiring: And to those who question the structure's strength: I work in Construction and Demolition. I can say that from pictures, he has done a great job for "scab" work. and......

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

JPK: I am in love with brutalism. I admire it in subway stations, and many buildings on campus. Have u seen wright's fallingwater? http://www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca/bios/02/historical_images/1972RobartsLibrary.jpg http://www.ontarioarchitecture.com/InternationalTo.jpg...

in response to: Brutalism by Tyfoid Kid

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: In response to upfromflames regarding Bushwick Corners: This response requires both historical perspective and adjustment of mind set to the Colonial New World. The 17th Century was a fundamentally agrarian society dedicated and tied to land......

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

upfromflames: Thanks Jack. Try to make it to our show at the Brooklyn Historical Society from 5/23/07 to 8.28/07. I am hoping to bring a lot of these ideas and elements to the fore there, although......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

upfromflames: 1989 [[http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=186]] ...

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

upfromflames: [[img:18641]] Copyright NYHP 1995 I want to thank the NY Housing Partnership for lending me these photos for the Up From Flames Exhibition at the Brooklyn Historical Society. This is a sample image from that batch.......

in response to: Once Was a Wasteland by upfromflames

upfromflames: Dimeadozen: That's one thing I am working on in our Museum Exhibition at the Brooklyn Historical Society. I am of the inclination that if people in Bushwick--whether they be older leavers, young folks growing up......

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

upfromflames: ** The Urban Ecology of Arson** The power of the Wallace's interpretation is its integrated systems approach. just as flames cannot burn in a vacuum, the flames of July 13th did not arise out of nowhere.......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

upfromflames: Sammy: Thanks for that link to wiki's description of Bushwick. It is indeed a good one, but it does repeat the common historical flaw of Bushwick history: the fires associated with the blackout were an......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

upfromflames: Well, the show is called Up From Flames: Mapping the Recovery of Bushwick 1977-2007 Its focussed on the redelevelopment of Bushwick, as a success of urban planning. Much of the work is being carried out by......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

Peter: you know, i just remembered [[2645:this post]]. interesting. so what of this exhibition at the historical society? let us know the details as it develops, as i, for one, would like to check it out......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

BDweller: My friend Mike graduated from JHS 111 in the early seventies. It had already acquired a rough reputation by then, as I recall. Like Pierre said, the gang/thug threat was present. All......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

upfromflames: If its history does that mean it's over? we'll find out this summer, when a Bushwick exhbition hits the Brooklyn Historical Society. We are a group of teachers working with the Academy of Urban PLanning at......

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

Robert: Good old unusual stuff. Things like this should be displayed here more frequently, it gives a historical touch to the site. If I'm allowed I'll post some color photos of my sister and I in The Brooklyn......

in response to: Rooftop Photo on July 22, 1945 by jack

upfromflames: I am teacher in Bushwick, who is working on a history of the last 30 years in Bushwick. I'd appreciate hearing from anyone who lived through that time in the neighborhood. You could be a......

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

upfromflames: I am historian working on a history of 1977-2007, to show how Bushwick has come. If anyone has some pictures of the past in Bushwick, I'd love to get a chance to see or use......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

JNJ: Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I would be......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

Christine: The building was not designated historical. If it was, everyone would have to leave anyway, because it would not make the building legal....

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

Att Change: Let's face it, 48 Abell was a great rental deal. Where else in the city are you going to replace it with? If it's deemed Historical, can we stay at the same rates??? ...

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

Diana: Hello Dilletante, We are trying to restore the facade at the left of the photo above, at 143 Newark. Do you have any more historical photos? Or where did you find the photo of 145......

in response to: 145 Newark Ave, Jersey City by dilettante

S: I'm all for saving historical buildings and do love history, but I really don't see whats so special about this place. Aside from being old, what does this building have that makes it worth......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

S: That was a pretty antagonistic and incoherent post JMJ, and I find it to be consistent with other white racist feelings that I some times experienced from some residents of Humboldt Park. ......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

American automotive history wrecked: Why is it so that everything has to die??? This GM site is culturally important also - it already has historical value. They should have never wrecked it! What a mistake!...

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Karlo: Ok ok,now you ARE funny. 'Loyalists the world over'.... Oh,you mean your support groups such as Combat 18 (for those who dont know,C18 is a 100% Nazi organisation..18 stands for the 1st and 8th letters of the......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Lurv1: I like Graffiti. I,ve photographed it in different alley ways throughout the city. But when it starts showing up on historical buildiings I thinks that's wrong.Many of these architectural landmarks could be considered art in......

in response to: Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti by Peter

EvilGentleman: The art, if authentic, should be supported by buying it. I personally feel the best way to buy native art is to go to an Indian reservation and buy it directly from the artist, wherever......

in response to: Fast Cash by joey

jamie: i hate to add to this argument but didn't the 'americans' pretty much eraicate the native population of their country back in the day? And the english didn't clear the Gaelic speakers out of their......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

EvilGentleman: I find it absolutely incredible that historical stuctures are valued so little in a land where they are so rare. I could understand Europeans not being terribly attached to hundred-year-old buildings, but they also have......

in response to: Long Time Gone by Joe

anon (ip68-97-53-138.ok.ok.cox.net): Norman's really not that bad. As far as OK towns are concerned, I do prefer Tulsa, but Norman has a lot more going for it than the pictures you posted. That building is......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Trish: I was very sad as I read the article...Since it's now 2006, I am wondering if it is still there? The photos were beautiful, capturing "time standing still". I am all for preserving......

in response to: Stone house on Cardinal Hill by Goingincirclez

Tyfoid Kid: I did a little digging (thank you U of M libraries) and found some more stuff on The Ivy (actually probably more then you'd want to know:) ******************************************************************************************************************** From an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune Dec......

in response to: Ivy Tower by Tyfoid Kid

Elicar: ##"elderly as opposed to the young and beautiful. "## Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. When I was in my first year high school, for some reason, our English teacher asked the class, "Who......

in response to: April 19 2006 Montreal by EvilGentleman

Elicar: Nope, it makes you swear off ice cream because of the size. The kid's size ($2.00) is humonguous and they used to sell it to kids at heart. They have changed their policy as everyone......

in response to: The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade by Elicar

EvilGentleman: Um, just to clarify things a bit... When I said that Canada was the home of Apartheid, I was neither being derogatory, nor trying to attribute South Africa's old conditions to Canada. I was merely......

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

Tyfoid Kid: Actually this one is on the historical register so it's not going condo but every building on either side of it up and down the river in downtown Minneapolis is going condo or being torn......

in response to: Pillsbury A Mill by Tyfoid Kid

Chuckles: G'day Sean: Appreciate your response and interesting comments. The great thing about photography is it truly allows the "shooter" to express themselves in ways that are really quite remarkable. There is no right way / wrong way......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

Jo : March 18 2006, The Elevator is not run by the parks department, or at least not Physicaly. The Elevator Operators are outsorced. They are from a private company that applies for a contract each year.......

in response to: Public Elevator by stillseeingred

grange: I agree Jack , too bad someone puts up ugly box's, call them artfully designed , next to some really nice historicaly splended building though .Especialy in historic area's Maybe HRH Charles has a pretty......

in response to: Bauhaus My Ass by FlamingRRose

jack: by the way, thx evil for the pic, i feel its important to see places of history and the people who died there. its as if their spirits are calling to me and saying,......

in response to: Rattlesnake Dilemma by EvilGentleman

jack: london is so full of history and every street looks dickensonian. i'm amazed that they gave away such a beautiful and historical bridge. it's like putting the brooklyn bridge in las vegas. oh,......

in response to: Citizen Cat by Jackie

jesus: as well as general etymology i am interested in place names, and london is so old and the place names can be so historically knotted that it is not always possible to undo to a......

in response to: Elephant & Castle by an impossible child

elaine: i know. although, on the other hand, it is a beautiful beautiful word. meaning pocket or hiding place, etymologically. superceded, historically, by vagina, which is also rather lovely, being as it is the sheath for a......

in response to: Passing Airliner Triggers Wonder in Arctic by EvilGentleman

elaine: muahahahahaha! london's historical mojo ...

in response to: All Poets Are Alchemists by an impossible child

moose: " it is we ,the humans , who have intruded on their hahitat" This is true from a historical point of view . BUT. I work in the cnstruction industry and we......

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

Old Kensington Dog: A couple of points re. the confrontation specifically, and Kensington Market in general: -The SUV in the photos is owned by the business accross the street, not the "Motorist". His four cylinder smaller car with......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

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

jeeff: looks very historical. i used to pick queen anne's lace as a kid, only to find that it was always crawling with tiny black beetles in the center....

in response to: Historical Site by psypink

Tonya: I would live in such a house. With little work it could look very livable. These types of old stone homes remind me of fairy tales and romance. There so beautiful and intriging......

in response to: Stone house on Cardinal Hill by Goingincirclez

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I nearly won a pub in Cobn, thanks to the Guinness company. I spent 5 days drunk in the company of 20 other contestants in a writing contest. Cobn is a really beautiful place, full......

in response to: Cunard White Star Lines by Peter

elaine: catherine, the hospital is due to close within the year. the state of the hospitals, in general, in this bourough is absolutely disgusting, so the whole thing is being rethought. it seems to me that......

in response to: st clement\'s from the hip by elaine

JamJar: They're going to cane one of the most interesting, historical (and not to mention environmentally important) sites in London. And I just moved to E15, we'll see how my rent goes....

in response to: JPEG Mulch PhoneLondon by JamJar

adam: oh man! when i drove cross country we stopped at the botanical garden but didnt go in.. didnt feel like spending the money.. its a cute city but i couldnt find shit to do there........

in response to: Oklahoma City by Saint Clair

no_brakes23: I wonder if they realize the historical significance of what they are doing. Between Kilroy the bomb factory worker in the 40's and Cornbread trying to impress a girl in the 70's, after Charlie Parker died......

in response to: Pet Bird Outing by Peter