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Diane Roberts...: Great ideas Rohinton...would like to see an article on "The Pav" on the boardwalk...meeting place to hundreds of teenagers in the late fifties early sixties. I grew up on 3rd Ave having an extremely happy......

in response to: Verdun Neon by CE

Rohinton Ghandhi: November 27th, 2008 To City Noise Editors, I have recently begun writing articles for the Verdun Messenger's new English Corner segment. They cover Verdun's history and the people within it. I thought your group......

in response to: Verdun Neon by CE

Kaeleen: Well, hello stranger...lol Ahhhh.... the good ole days of being in yuba. :) I loved the 2-day dances.I and Denise would go and do the polka's...lol we had fun dancing in our socks and sliding......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Keith Bernstein: I would like to add some comments about Mrs. Ida Gradstein. I thought her to be an effective teacher and a sweet lady. The mention of her name brought back some memories of my sixth......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: Richie, I think you may possibly be putting two different memories together. My mother was married on Buffalo Avenue in 1951 where you were Bar Mitzvahed in 1955. A narrowish "two family" brick......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Uh-huh: As a Torontonian I am apalled, embarassed, but not surprised that so many Torontonians are mouthing off on this site, and almost as many Montrealers. This insecure self-obsession comes of living next to the most......

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

Diane: I am also from the Yuba area. Actually I am Kaeleen, Helen and Kim's relative. I was a Machovec and my mother's maiden name was Revels. I happen to work with Teena Wallace who lives......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Mitch Spector: These photos were taken during the early morning of October 5th. Despite the former restaurant site still, for the moment, standing, it is an interesting contrast when comparing the photos (above) from 6 months earlier. [[img:29147]] The......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

d saunders: these photos of the website are wonderful as i mentioned earlier, my great uncle ernest died aged 12 at netherne asylum in 1920 and i am trying to find out if he was buried there......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

Bea K.: Lou Romero, Upfromflames, all: I've heard so much about "white flight" just about all my life, that I honestly don't think that 'term' will 'ever' go away, how sad it that? I've also wondered if......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Eleanor: Lou, UFF and everyone else who is reading this post. I certainly don't think that Bushwick Buddies is too crowded ... as a matter of fact we have more and more interesting pictures every......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

LOOK CLOSER: Please tell me that I am not the only person that notices the frightened boy all the way to the right in the left section of the 2-piece mural. Everyone views the picture as traveling......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Peter: Ryan: i hate chemical spills (this is more of a chemical spill than an "oil spill") as much as the next guy, but just for the record, its not the "largest oil spill in history".........

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

zagg: "The original flag had eight stripes, with each color representing a particular component of the gay community: hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sun, green for nature, turquoise......

in response to: The Churchmouse and Firkin by Biff

Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot! A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo. [[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]] by Adam Enright I was thrilled to read about......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Samantha: Hi... I've just come across this site accidentally as most of you did... I'm currently living in Dubai but I spent most of my life living in Irlam in between living in France and Abu-Dhabi... I......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

carrie: while i do agree that our nixon-era bred conservative government does employ a 'world cop' approach in their international relations, and also recognize the dangerously slippery slope this entails, i can't stomach yet another accusatory......

in response to: Exremist school.. by Rune

Miss_1989: I had lived in hutch for 12 years growing up as a child, but my family ended up moving due to my parents job transfers and also because Hutchinson (even in the middle class neighborhoods)......

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

Joe: As I review most of the comments posted it seems that there are many faded memories of a better time for Kensington (including many of my comments and memories). I do love history and therefore......

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

The terrible disaster: This article has been republished as I was asked to supply the details a second time. --- We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When......

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

James cashan: Found this site through my friend gary sparkes, thrilled to see people had foresight to capture Irlam and Cadisheads social history in passing lest be forgotten forever especially photos by rob tynan, yes i......

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

CE: I was there during the celebrations but left before the riots began. I was going to bike back up at about 1:30am but unfortunately got a flat tire when I was leaving (and my......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Pearlykingjim: Wotch ya Kim I know what you are saying and i agree 100% the problem is that we have a wave of new pearlies with little or no cockney pearly history,and they seem to forget that......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Pearlykingjim: Wotch ya all not been on this site for a couple of months, just thought i would catch up on things that are going on in the Pearly world i see mr smith is still about wotch......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Mr. Jones: Yeah, The Bricks was bad, but in many ways it was surreal. Go back and read it's real history.Before the great migration and the riots.Even after that, boring could never be said about the city......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

Post-84 New Jack: See, thats the general difference in our perspectives, "W-Bear". I prefer to look to the future, and push things to new heights than to dwell on the past and the past's faded glories and talk......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

Bob Salmon: A bit late, sorry, my internet connection broke down. Hi Alan You are correct with what you say about the sky lighting up. Having worked in all the areas that could light up the sky, I will endeavour......

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

EvilGentleman: Well Elicar, my previous article on this particular location has become something of an online focal point for those who lived there during its heyday, much like Corsatki's {Cabrini Green} articles. Thus, this page is intended......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

Bob Salmon: Anne I do not know what the church was that was on Lord Street adjacent to the graveyard, but I remember that it was a school for the children of the members of the Wesleyan Chapel......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

joey: ##can someone explain the history of this whole 'no surf in cleveland' thing? was it a song? a book? just a popular phrase from the 70s?## none of the above. it was something i thought of......

in response to: There Is No Surf in Cleveland by joey

Stella Magic: Great pictures. I was there in /96 doing some research on my family tree this property belonged to my ancestors and I have the history going back to the early 1600's so I was very......

in response to: Castle Archdale by barry

anon (host86-156-88-225.range86-156.btcentralplus.com): I have known George Major as The Pearly King of Peckham for many years, so I can write with true knowledge of this good man. I am writing in full defence of him as I know......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

John Cooper - john.cooper@airspaceinfo.com.au: Firstly, thanks for this site. I will see what I can scavenge in photos to contribute a bit. I lived in Allenby Road, Cadishead from 1947-1970 when I moved to Australia, I have......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester 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.

EvilGentleman: Gotta love bikinis.... mmmmmm..... I know, jack. My Sexe Cite post is right through the roof, and Super Sexe and Sex Appeal are doing pretty good, too. Sex sells. Too bad you never got to see the......

in response to: The Time I Almost Saw the Beatles. by jack

David: Visiting The Cathedral is alway a pleasure. To visit the ruined areas and to learn theis history would make the experience complete...

in response to: Cathedral Environs by Jamie

little ukraine: glad to see so much love for Missing Foundation and the like. CartLegger, there is a pretty decent amount of information online. Try http://www.hungryeyerecords.com/bands/missing_foundation/index_old.html http://petemissing.de/ in addition to Peter's links above. Also, the work of......

in response to: Your House Is Mine - Return of a Legend by little ukraine

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......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Bobs Ferry Accident: We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When the walk had ended I had a chat with Mrs Heap the ‘Irlam Historians’......

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

Alexander The Thessalonikian: An ethnic group is characterized by the common language, customs, religion, inscriptions, area of origin and ways of education and living. By that means all the area of todays Greece was inhabited by Greeks since......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

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

EvilGentleman: I found an article about the old Amherst Theater (1927-1968) which became the Arlequin Theater (1968-1979). Apparently it ended as a live theater, but I am unsure if it was always so. I have no......

in response to: Faith No More by EvilGentleman

upfromflames: BD: I truly appreciate your response. Maybe that is why I posted it. Thanks for taking the bait! Your perspective is clearly rich in experience, and me, well, I am a non-NYer who has just......

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

.nanotech.: [[img:18457]] [[img:18458]] [[img:18459]] [[img:18462]] [[img:18463]] [[img:18464]] [[img:18465]] [[img:18466]] [[img:18467]] [[img:18468]] [[img:18469]] [[img:18470]] [[img:18471]] * The Queen of England has reportedly been buying up property in Colorado under a proxy. * There is a lot of "secret society" symbology at the airport,......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Brian : Hi, As a London boy I am ashamed to say that I did not know where the Pearlys came from until I came across the story of Henry Croft today. I've followed up a number of sites......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Alexander The Thessalonikian: People from US shouldn't argue with the fact that a country with a glorious past like Greece is offended when a name that characterizes the most of the northern Greece and that has special meaning......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

procyon: sort of; important but not too important. the '33 world's fair was there, and it was the site of mayor daley's famous, ridiculous late-night bulldozing in 2003. from the next day's Trib: "Mayor Richard Daley launched......

in response to: Adler, 12th St. Beach and the Former Meigs Field by procyon

Janet: I work in the pearl department of a big store in Cannnes France. we are organising an English culture week and I remembered my dad (who was born in the old Kent road in 1928)......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Patti: What in the hell is going on with our nation... The concentration camp would of course not be for the Americans you idiots!!!!! If you were intelligent you would know we have quite a......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Andrew Smith: Excellent photo's & local history Dave, very interesting to see and read - thanks. Paul - there is still a Newsagents at Galliers, not sure if it's run by the same people. Irlam is looking......

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

I am Puerto Rican, and Really Angry at your Lack of Concern and Knowledge:: I agree with you Rich. I would love to live in a world where people can coexist peacefully along side one another. All I am saying is that most people make generalizations of people based......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

doc cunningham: Lot of work and beatiful completion..been into survival skills for many years and long treks....what do you line the ground to keep clothes and supplies dry....many places in travel have no sticks or bones unless......

in response to: Igloo Construction by EvilGentleman

little ukraine: i think it is total bullshit that the inaugurations are in new york and not cleveland. and that is a pretty annoying blurb about morrissey, i don't think anything about that song is a......

in response to: There Is No Surf in Cleveland by joey

Larry: I came to Chicago last year and one of the first places I wanted to see was Cabrini Green. I am from South East DC and I know what the projects are like. ......

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

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

JNJ: "I was running in Humboldt Park the other day, as I have for a few years, when 2 Puerto Rican 17ish year olds rammed their bicycles into me. I stepped to them, as it were,......

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

JNJ: Everybody is missing the point here and underlying factor. I grew up in Humboldt Park. I lived there for 32 years. Yes, it was stressful. However, I had allot of fun......

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

Karlo: Volunteer Im not trying to convince you of my views,i am merely trying to reach an understanding with you as a human being. If i were standing next to you,i would offer you my sincere condolences and......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Karlo: Whilst appreciating their reasons,I do feel it would be better if whoever was controlling this site didn't delete posts such as the one made by volunteer. Although it was bitter in the extreme,and potentialy liable,what it......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Diane Dole: Hello all very intresting to look at the comments about pearlies, why oh why all backbiting and arguements about who are original pearlies and who are not. surely the way a person conducts themselves ie love for......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

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

Matt : I'm an artist and writer in BK, NY. I'm involved in the beginning stages of a project called "Satellite Island" for a publication in the city Den Haag in the Netherlands. It will cover all......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

EvilGentleman: Ok, fair enough. But here in Montreal, you would be part of the majority, not the minority. Considering this city's history of being devoutly Catholic, it is quite surprising. At least until you count the......

in response to: Smash by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Andrew Smith: That's the guy Jack. I'm sure the guide said the wood came from Sherwood Forest! He was a bit of a turncoat, though, and sometimes used to steal windows from the poor to give to......

in response to: Very, Very Old Windows by Andrew Smith

TheTruth: Nice try at history, Sylvia, but you've missed some huge factors. My family was part of that 1st wave of nonwhites to integrate Bushwick in the 1950s. They weren't Gentry -- sorry--even though they were......

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

Grange: Found notes like this add history and intrige, even to a bath room . Sure is better that "for a good time call...." Evelyn , marry me instead i will not put your name in......

in response to: Please Marry Me! by Peter

Ruairí: Hi Jamie Just wondered - what area of london are you from? I am originally from Lisnaskea but live in London now. I have had the idea of going round to to your neighbourhood and taking photos of......

in response to: Cross Street and Blossom 2002 by Jamie

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

Pat: I'm doing research on the White Star Lines - the RMS Baltic, in particular. My mom was an immigrant to this country in 1928, and I'm trying to put a history of her journey together......

in response to: Cunard White Star Lines by Peter

EvilGentleman: This sounds very promising. I love Citynoise, I can hardly wait to see Citynoise Plus. Your devotion to your labour of love is very much appreciated by those of us who also benefit from it.......

in response to: New CITYNOISE Logo? by groovehouse

EvilGentleman: elaine, the pink Scotiabank building is not home to Barbie, but I think that Squirrel that hangs out with Spongebob Squarepants might frequent the place fairly often. Chris, I am a political science major who is......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

jeeff: sure - [[http://www.modernhistory.org/temp/11118_big.jpg]]...

in response to: Alley Art Gallery by jeeff

Elicar: If America has almost closed her borders, Canada has opened hers. Not only do we accept qualified immigrants with open arms, we have legislated that certain groups be given (more) equal chances in the public......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

Staci: Wow. This blog is great. I'm a resident of Humboldt Park for two years now and just signed my lease for another year. I don't have a lot of time right this......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

reality check: RE: the commments on biycycles and autos being invented at the same time... Wrong... bicycles have a far longer timeline. In fact the first paved roads in America were done so for......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

No_Seriously: It's no wonder that this city is in such bad shape when it comes to violence! Some of you people would rather think the negative instead of using some COMMON SENSE! What? you've NEVER IN YOUR......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Brittany -bst: The first photo at the top of the page is a girl name candace. These phots are history and probally will be posted alot of other place but im sure in the feauture things are......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

Charlene: the design is simply trying to allow for maximum window exposure to rooms. And the swatstika was a very popular symbol in history before the nazi's stole it....

in response to: Quite Possibly the Worst Layout for a Hospital, Ever by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

The Birdman: Probaly the longest dwelling residents remaining in this neighborhood are the Woodberry family. How about asking them for a little commentary and input on the destruction and redevelopment of the neighborhood to accompany your photos?......

in response to: Brush Park, Detroit by Tmax 400

TheManTheDeveloper: I drove through the area this summer and saw the wrecking ball actually swinging into them to knock it down. It was cool to see. It was was weird, you could actually look......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

adam: hah holy crap. i cant believe they have a website and even better they detail shamrocks "rich history". it doesnt really sound like the town was ever anything special aside from its yearly st patricks......

in response to: Route 66 // Shamrock, Texas by adam

benrox: Alright - I've read a good amount of these posts. Let me start off by saying that I am white. I've been living in "the hood" my whole life. I don't live in Humboldt Park,......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Mystical Witness...: The basis of an individual's existence is governed by self-dertermination. The distinction which is made to those who fail & refuse to fall through the cracks of an industrialized society is based primarily in the......

in response to: The King Was Correct by Lili

michelle: In a related but unrelated story. I tutor kids at the Chicago Park district...Horner Park to be precise. On Tuesday they unveilled a huge painting Horner. The whole history behind the projects is really interesting.......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

elaine: also, re context, our history with high rise building is very different from the US version, cheap tower blocks thrown up postwar to house the poorest when homelessness and slum clearance became acute, so we......

in response to: canary wharf porn by elaine

an Irsih republican : An Ulster loyalist, is that the best you can come up with? Waht about Ian Paisley cocksucking Motherfucker murdering orannge blue nose bastard? That has a better ring to it. Now lets set......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie