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Allan: Howard, Now that you mention it, I do remember playing 'knucks'. Not recalling how the number of knucks were determined but I think we used a deck of cards. Something about you could decide to get......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Howard : Anybody remember playing "Knucks"? Packs with the rubber heel of a shoe? Marble season? Knish carts. Tormenting the matron at the Carroll theater on Crown and Utica on Sat afternoon at the "matinee". Buying a Mother's......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Richie Rubin: Allan;yep,I also played in Lincoln Terrace pk[base/basket/softball, w/guys from your blk & general`hood[even played in a`Blackhawks vs Pigtown'football game..`rough tackle'..many of US got hurt!but it fended off a`gangwar'& WE shook hands & went to `White Castle'for .10 cent burgers......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories By Alan Kupperberg Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Rich: Great pix Wally, especially the first one, love your presentation this should be a collecter's item. Thank you for your time and effort. On the other side of this, my brother said he was on......

in response to: Brooklyn Bridge and World Trade Center by WallyG

Charles: I used to hang out in the tunnel back in 79 and again in the early 80's when the conrail had the frieght trains running and that was the best time back then. Too bad......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

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......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

herb weitz: got to union & kingston around 1938-9 went to 167 for 1 semester then the crown heights yeshiva (310 crown)next to ps161 at 13 I discovered Shwabies poolroom HEAVEN, a warm place to play hookey and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

blast from the past: Does anyone remember hanging out on the hellgate bridge? I bet my name is still up there.. What about the kids from Bryant high school.... anyone remember Brian Wolfort...PJ's Bar....Wetsons on northern blvd........

in response to: Astoria Park by little ukraine

Grace: Does anyone remember the bakery on dekalb and wilson near the police station it was owned my the messinas?? or amendalaras soda outlet on wilson.. does anyone know anyone on that block.. would......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Anna: Now that a team has won in Philadelphia (Souls) I guess the curse is broken! But I didn't see on the news that the El was set on fire or cars and buses were......

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

Rareity: I live in Marine Park- not too far from what was Barren Island. I'm 25 now but years back a friend and I stumbled upon a reference to Barren Island and had to go down......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Sheila Vaudrey: Hiya Rob, reading your post I went outside to hang some washing out to dry, then I remembered the hooks that hold my washing line in place, they are fixed to the wall of......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Steven: Back in the early 80's I lived in a great old dump of a building on Kings Hwy directly overlooking the N Train line as depicted in the last image. My fire escape hung......

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

Peter: ok! the first area of {brooklyn} that popped into mind was [[wiki:Bedford-Stuyvesant]] (bed-stuy)... i only poked around a little, but it looks a little closer to {serlingrod}'s {philly}-{brooklyn}: [[img:28262]] closer, but still not spot-on... i bet {upfromflames} could......

in response to: Where Brooklyn At? by serlingrod

Peter: nice! its a [[wiki:crankshaft]]... if you spotted it in {red hook}, odds are it came from a {togboat}, large truck or heavy construction equipment, heh......

in response to: Weird Industrial Thing by luna park

11:11: high street is great shopping. record shops, head shops, hookah bars, bars, OSU bookstores and chinesse food...

in response to: Downton Columbus by maybetoday

joey: a bit like hooked on phonics...

in response to: Staten: Once Upon a Line by CartLegger

Dean Ogden: Hi Cyril, ive been on Google Earth its great isnt it? And i still pass the house quite often (I somtimes cut accross the moss to get to work if the traffics bad. My aunty......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Another Ex-Bellevillian: As I recall, Belleville could have been the site of Cloud County Community College, but at that time community leaders vetoed that idea due to the potential of opening up the community to an 'undesirable'......

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

shook one : lotta love goin out to the mean artists on the streets if you evr wanna hit me up an shit brown_311@hotmail.com ...

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

luna park: heh, this was on a totally crappy street right by the BQE in red hook; a crazy lady with an off-kilter wig was feeding the rosters rice, all the while softly meowing to the feral......

in response to: Kitten and Roosters by lunapark

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

Peter: yeah, it does allow links. youre just doing it wrong. heres a good link to start with: [[http://www.citynoise.org/about.php#faq11]] speaking of links... so im assuming that its your own blog youre speaking of... fair enough. perhaps you......

in response to: Ditmas Park by Peter

E.stoned bushwick: I was born in wycoff in 72 lived on wilson av.in stockholm st.went to 123 111@ 162 wrote graffiti, rymed saw allmost all my boy,s get hooked on crack, heron do bids remember my......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

E.stoned bushwick: I grew up in the bush on wilson av in stockholm st.I was one of the f,ups had a baby at 14 with a girl named nelly . I would play hooky from school from......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

So!: is soho down under still there? i was in that place in like 94 was pretty nice/small but nice got sum of my caps there i got the address for this one store here if soho down......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

steelisreal: I love bianchi but I just can't believe these too hooked up, I mean a 3rensho is way out of it's league. Oh well they said the same thing about me and my wife....

in response to: Trackbike Sex by Peter

Peter: wow! man... i was gonna point out the ones i like, but after i selected more than i could keep up with, i realized they were all killer. i like the train going over the......

in response to: Compilation by chiamattt

Gully: I was there in 1983 summer time seen some expos games and went to super sex i was 19 and it was awesome,hooked up with one of the girls from the club spent the last......

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

Deb Simpkins (nee Massey): Hi Alan, I agree with Rob, please keep trying... and I am keen to know what your response to me is.... my email is msi31309@bigpond.net.au if you don't have any luck here. Norma, my dad didn't......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Deb I hope Alan manages to fix his new anti-spam ( I always thought it came out of a tin) and you can trade info. Your cousin Venice and her husband Val James of Cadishead descent......

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

Peter: i gotta second it as {rems}... the new stuff on that wall is much more intricate and better; its generally ok to go over a simple piece with something of higher quality, which definitely seems......

in response to: What Happened to BEMS? by Elicar

QNS4Life: Ive lived in flushing my whole life and went to school at Brooklyn Tech in Ft Greene which was once completely burnt out and is now becoming gentrified. Maybe we dont have so much......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

The Irlam weather watcher: An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale shook England early on Wednesday morning. One man was injured when a chimney fell through his bedroom ceiling and many homes and businesses were damaged by......

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

anon (216.79.193.56): your point is off the hook and i totally agree. I only spent my first 2 years there and i could take it anymore so an alternative was eiter moving or bombing the school or......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

serlingrod: Oh IKEA, what to do with thee? You offer great bargains on such aesthetically-pleasing, easy to assemble furniture, yet you continue to embrace the Walton-esque big box development model..... Our IKEA in Philly is a nightmare.......

in response to: Ikea\'s Watery Shadow by CartLegger

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......

in response to: Ikea\'s Watery Shadow by CartLegger

CHEDDI-FKS, JVC. G11 - NYC QBORO: Spoiled or not....your man is up, way up....up in the muthafucking sky. RESPECT. The NYC streetscene and subway system cannot be compared to, hands down the illest vandal cicumstances. If anything and @ the least......

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

Plasticbricks: Hahaha...love the 'tude Austin. Help me hook one of these babies up and your invite will be in the mail asap! ...

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

CarrieBicknell: an interesting note about the needle in Auckland, NZ is that you can jump off of it. Yes, they actually have a harness/cable system they can hook you up to and you walk out......

in response to: Spawn of the Space Needle by Machupicchu

Angel... Sunset Park Broolkyn: I was real young maybe 13 yrs old,during this black out, when the lights went out me and a some group of friends got together and tagged up the nieghborhood, atleast we weren't looting. I......

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

Michelle: I found citynoise after the cyclist/motorist incident that took place in Kensington market here in Toronto. Ever since then I've been hooked!...

in response to: Fall in Toronto by Elicar

Murph: I went to super sex a few years ago for my brothers bachelor party it was off the hook. That place is great. Easy to spend your money. (5 of us spent 4800 u.s. in......

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

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......

in response to: Coney Island, Stillwell Avenue Station by Peter

jack: red hook was developed by the dutch in the middle 1600's, the clay was red which was great for english tennis courts and if you boated down river from queens and passed under the brooklyn......

in response to: They\'ll Need a Crane by CartLegger

Tonya James-Rance: I have a gross memory of me taking the train to Fort Hamilton... On the ride I was treated to a pervert showing me his wanker behind a newspaper.. I got off the train and......

in response to: Pervert Masturbates on Subway by Peter

jack: unbelievable pictures, very informative, beautiful city, my daughter-in-law is brazilian-portugese, august 12th there will be a great display of meteor showers which can be seen all over america, i don't know about brazil, i have......

in response to: São Paulo by Márcio Barreto

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

Luis Acevedo: During the last couple of days I stumbled upon the website for upinflames. I couldn't believe my eyes. I am 28 and have lived in bushwick my entire life. I grew up on Wilson Ave......

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

Susannah: I remember it- I was at my father's in Bayridge (joint custody)... Everyone was hanging out...talking...sharing what they had. But some people with shops were guarding them with rifles. But my mother was working as a......

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

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I'd love one of those carts to hook my dog up to. Then she could carry her own puppy chow....

in response to: June 15 2007 Toronto by hool

chin316: Love the federation why dont you hook up wtih the Black Indians and do a tour together? that would really be something Peace and Love Cowboy Up...

in response to: The Federation of Black Cowboys by sine

UPforit: I would love to join you on a surreptitious trip on the highline, these pics are great. As I live in Red Hook I totally appreciate the need to document at length the urban landscape......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

dougieESQ: there is no east williamsburg...it is bushwick. If you haven't lived in NYC before you will find Coney Island to be sketch unless you are riding the Cyclone. Also, if you are a Brooklyn newbie......

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

chazzz: I've known about a racoon in my attic for about 3 weeks now. i have a very low crawl space there. i tried trapping the critter with sadines and had no luck. ......

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

CE: I hate cell phones with a passion. My phone was supposed to be hooked up yesterday but as of this morning I still have nothing....

in response to: Clocks of Drummond and Sainte-Catherine by EvilGentleman

elaine: want to hook up? contact me thru peter. i am out of town a bit but based in londinium...

in response to: Tyres in Snow by elaine

Red23: OFF THE HOOK......

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

Peter Dykes: In this grim Orwellian world of ours where everything is controlled by a corrupt totalitarian state (read: vicious characters that have weasled and conned their way into power by hook and by crook) and regulation......

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

little ukraine: awesome. the 'house of batman' makes me think of a bar i went to in barcelona called the 'hook bar,' themed after the classic (well, classic for kids my age, anyway) robin williams-dustin hoffman......

in response to: Handphone Dec 04 2006 by chiamattt

anon (ip72-197-235-121.sd.sd.cox.net): i here you,born and raised in Queens, I worked between Cropsey and Bay pkwy, Brooklyn for 5yrs the food was off the hook.Now on the West coast I miss that Brooklyn and NYC food.....

in response to: On the Way to Coney Island by jack

EvilGentleman: Judging from the responses to his articles, I would say that Scott Sargent has managed to piss off a lot of people with the "Most Boring Towns" series. I personally do not find it wise......

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

Susannah: [[img:16473]] What about antelopes posing as hookers?...

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

Sirhcbre: Yeah, hookers with the antelope picture is totally not happening....

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

EvilGentleman: Susannah: I find it quite funny that both your cowboy and my mountie are British Sirhcbre: I will get around to it when I have both free time and **no rain**. I think the regional headquarters......

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

Paulm: Sirhcbre, I thought you were after a challenge(hunt), a hooker with an antelope pricture is the best challenge so far. Go for it !...

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

susannah: Or Hooker's holding hockey sticks? Thanks for the Poutine link - it says that the word Poutine derives from the Provencal word Poutingo- that sounds an awful lot like another word but I won't go......

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

EvilGentleman: To be a true scavenger hunt, shouldn't you have to hunt scavengers? Perhaps catch a raccoon and a homeless guy in giant butterfly nets? The suggestion of pictures of hookers holding photos of antelopes is absurd.......

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

a disturbed young man: i'd like to see some hookers holding photos of antelopes...

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

Jon: Man! I just had a flashback to that talking tree. I couldn't have been more than 5 years old. I remember really long lines and there was some kind of neon lips......

in response to: Jury Duty by procyon

Sp33D: It's off the hook.... ...

in response to: Miami Design District - Police Museum by Hectop

A Volunteer: And yes EG , people like David Ervine and John White did exactly that in bringing peace to Ulster. The latters crime obviously more severe than the former, stabbing Senator Paddy Wilson ( if......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

aer: Lived on Starr St from 1980-1992 (5-17 yrs old). I went to P.S. 123 and I.S. 383. It was pretty dreadful. Men in the warehouses whistled at me as I walked to school and I......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

aer suzuki: zagg & joey : no reason to go unless you're a gambler or you want to see the spectacle for yourself. we had fun, can't explain why. it's expensive and we didn't even gamble that......

in response to: Viva Las Vegas, Part 1 by aer suzuki

Mike Ponytail : The angels are here to stay. Thay took over a place that the cops could not do anything with back in 69!!. The place was full of hooker dealers and main liners. Today it is......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Cosmo: I came here mainly for visual stimulation and I usually skip big text entries. Sometimes I wade a bit into some text, and am reminded of why I came for the visual. But you hooked......

in response to: Getting Off: by Peter

Karmen King: Its not very smart to say that you "experienced" Norman in any way since you were never farther than 10 feet from the highway. You missed Reynolds Performing Arts Center, Sam Noble Museum of Natural......

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

mike jonezz: the second is off the hook homies...

in response to: san francisco: cool paintings on the walls by frakt

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I'll give you ten Guineas if you can bring back Sovreigns (sp?) too. Then I can wear waistcoats to hook my thumbs in and spout Dickens all day. Sweeeet!...

in response to: But Is It ART? by EvilGentleman

franny: I grew up in bushwick on bleecker and irving during the 60's & 70's. It was the happiest time I had in my life. It was a blue collar hard working neighborhood. You could sleep......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: holes, i've seen holes, its your foot size! you would only be a size 10 1/2 it's your long toes evil. those are long toes with nice nike sandals. my toes are......

in response to: Potholes by EvilGentleman

anon (168.9.212.7): this is off the hook the last one please continue doing this...

in response to: toronto eyemods by hool

PimpmyHOOKAH: That shit is classic love n Haight st. Its become an invasion of phobic E-MOs....that dudes probably only showing his ass because he anit getting any. Have pity on those who just cant get any...and......

in response to: How To Annoy People by bashopoem

esix group member: sry evilg. i dont no who wrote that but its true. u cant always find a a speaker around nd anyways ppl today r using mp3's more than cd's so they use more earphones than......

in response to: The Future Einstein\'s? by Elicar

EvilGentleman: hool: when you come to Montreal in June, email me so we can hook up for a bite to eat or something. Peter has my hotmail addy if you don't already have it. My treat.......

in response to: Babelfishing by EvilGentleman

Kusala: I prefer the solution from "The Tao of Mrs. Wei" (from Malaysian-American poet, Hilary Tham Goldberg): MRS. WEI ON THE BUS found a seat thankfully set down her bags. Hot bodies jostled her: schoolgirls in blue,......

in response to: Beware: Perv Alert! by friendly_chic407

Get out of your car, buddy: Well, starting today, you are a new member of The Beach. Welcome to the club! I think the bars suck in The Beach too. Again, they are much better on Kingston Rd. You......

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

EvilGentleman: So if I get this right, anon from Hawaii is of the belief that we should not let our emotions guide our actions, but should instead do nothing. Yet this inaction should require that we......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

METRO1 : Yo bri, your off the hook...Metro 1 HOBOKEN NJ...

in response to: Walking in Williamsburg 3 by Peter

EvilGentleman: Hmmm, I wonder if hookers get charged with tax evasion very often. Do they have to remit T-4 slips that list their "personal escort" income in the appropriate boxes, and if so, are they later......

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

joey: you could try hooking up with these guys. they usually leave a mess as well....

in response to: Garbage Men Mayhem by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: And lest someone accuse me of America-bashing because the antagonists in the previous story were so clearly all Americans, Canada is no better. A year and a half later, in December of 1990, my American......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

Liz: the #1 thing i hate is when womans kids are being bad And when men's kids are being bad . . . ? and i hate hookers that come on the subway But you don't mind them anywhere......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Public Transit by EvilGentleman

Peter: awesome! these guys look like they should hook up with us brooklyners for this years bike-kill! [[http://www.toyshopcollective.com/bikekill/]]...

in response to: Re: Cycle / Rickshaws by elaine

EvilGentleman: K-Money: You wonder why I was in Cabrini Green at 1:30 AM? I was passing through, of course. Being hungry and needing a break after spending all day on the road, I went to the......

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

elaine: i don't know when or how, but i am certwainly warming to the idea of elaine the falconer. it was a goose - he pecked my bum, so i will have to make good and......

in response to: Wildlife Control Part II by GGP

Peter: a 150cc vespa i spotted last week in {red hook}: [[img:8624]] random detail of the engine on my {vespa}: [[img:8625]] ...

in response to: Vespas by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I'd find it very hard to stick a hook through this top hat wearing fellow. I suppose you aim for the bowtie....

in response to: Live Bait Vending Machine by Gregory St.Pierre

NDP Voter in Ottawa: Is anyone else wondering why incidents like this don't occur more often? Each of us has seen someone blantanly littering on our city streets. The reason is that anyone with an IQ higher than 70......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool