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Joe Drexler: I was born in Bushwick and lived on Himrod St. between Central and Wilson Aves.from 1962 to 1974.I enjoyed reading the blackout article but must say that there was an approximate 17 year downward spiral......

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

HOBrien: Hi Tom, My name is Harry O'Brien. I lived at 569 Central Ave between Eldert and Covert across the St from FHM. You and I started school together and played with the same kids .......

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

Richie Fisher: Wow. I lived on the corner of Harmon and Wilson till June, 71. Cried wnen I left. I went to St. Barbs, grad. in '71. I lived 2 houses fom the other Fisher's, Georgie, Kenny......

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

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

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

Kevin_in_the_Uk: So what's with the "House Of Pain"? Do your US firemen name their trucks or stations? ...

in response to: House of Pain by Peter

Barbara Schneider: I just visited my Great Aunt Veronica Hilinski Maiden name (Zawatzki) Nick name (Fanny) She was lived on Barren Isand before she married, she is now 93 she said that her house was the first......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

laz81: wow!have read with interest, the coments posted about the HAMC, sadly, its clear many know very little about the club. and i say club because it is just that, a club not a gang! to the bros and......

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

Andie: Cody, I know you and your family personally. I grew up in Hutchinson and attended church with you. You are not representative of the average Hutchinsonian. Your mother is a hospital administrator and your father is......

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

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

Joe: As others have stated, the good memories exceed those that were bad: Joe the pretzel guy at Front & Allegheny, Christmas and the stores on the 3200 block of front St., local bakery shops and......

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

John Dereszewski: Puffy, Linden between Central and Evergreen is a block that has undergone a considerable transformation over the last decade or so, clearly for the good. I knew this block very vividly during the bad days of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mike: Hells Angels member arrested on assault charges Hybrid Apr 11, 2008 12:29 PM (3 hrs ago) by Staff, The Examiner SAN FRANCISCO (Map, News)- A Pacifica member of the Hells Angels was arrested Thursday on suspicion of assaulting......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob The Dr Howard Walker that you mention was no relation to the Dr Walker of the 1930's who retired from practise around 1960.In my childhood I remember a gentleman knocking on our front door......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

anon (adsl-074-183-055-035.sip.cha.bellsouth.net): I was just sitting here at my computer when I heard a loud scary whining right outside my window. I grabbed my pistol and flashlight (my house is in the woods) and opened the door......

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

anon (d58-106-117-137.adl2.sa.optusnet.com.au): Hi Anne I was brought up in one of those small cottages (Claybank Cottages) on Liverpool road opposite the old Twenty Row where your grandparents had their business. To go down to the Old River was......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Michael Waugh: Directions: Recalling since '75, west of the SAPI mill about 5-10 km I would say. There was a small post office/store. Dirt road went north over the railroad tracks, just beyond it turned to the......

in response to: Mans Contribution to Nature by Guy McLaren

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......

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

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): For us to travel from Cadishead to Irlam was a big day out hehe. When we used to go to the little wading pool behind Irlam pool, we used to take sandwiches and a......

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

Andrew Smith: ...and some more taken this morning. Not the best, but they include most of the things you mentioned! Vicarage Road [[img:24962]] Two Churches, Liverpool Road. [[img:24963]] The Band Stand [[img:24964]] The old skateboard ramp, which we used to ride our bikes down......

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

Frank S: Holy cow, I can't believe it. A friend e-mailed me about the story. I did a google search and sh*t I'm back in Brooklyn. 169 Harmon -3rd floor. I hope word......

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

jack: great barbara, nice writing, it is a beautiful time of year, in brooklyn in the 40's and 50's the old men in the neighborhood would gather up leaves in piles in the streets and burn......

in response to: We All Enjoy the Colors of Autumn Leaves by Barbara Christensen

Bob Salmon: Re the Bobs Ferry Accident: As remembered by Bob Salmon, an Inquest Witness. On the morning in question, I was awoken by a neighbour in Lytherton Avenue Cadishead, saying that she thought there was a gas leak......

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

Peter: thats weird, because {luna park} was destroyed by fire in 1944... and the warbasse houses werent built until 1963......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Mark: Thanks for posting the photos of Barton power station; they have assisted me enormously with my research. I'm a legal academic in the field of environmental law and am putting the final touches to a......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Sam: I remember when this neighborhood was Italian. My grandmother owned a house on division street between Chicago and North Avenues. The neighborhood was beautiful and the houses well maintained. The Our Lady of......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

firecraker: Mr Pine's Purple House was a family favorite at my house. http://loganberrybooks.com/most-kessler.html...

in response to: Most Holy Theotokos, Save Us! by little ukraine

February 6, 1958 United players killed in air disaster: The Munich air disaster took place on February 6, 1958, when the British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at the Munich-Riem airport in Germany.......

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

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

EvilGentleman: The Olympic Stadium is one of the most beautiful of Montreal's vast collection of White Elephants. Originally expected to cost 134 million dollars, it wound up costing 1.61 **billion** dollars, or about 1200% of its......

in response to: The Big-O by Cinic

Dee: I grew up in Bushwick as a matter of fact iwas born in Bushwick.Iwas born in Wycoff Heights hospital in 1955.I lived in the same house with my family until I married in 78 my mom......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Dee: I don't know if people remeber but alot of the kds used to throw things at the firemen when they were on a call. Also the houses in Bushwick were all clapboard so......

in response to: 180 Central Avenue: What Was Lost by upfromflames

Dee: I was born in Bushwick in 1955. I left when I got married in 78. Bushwick was a really nice area until the mad exodus of the 60's everyone ran.Brodway was a great shopping area......

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

upfromflames: cjh: thanks again for your post. I used it on a walking tour of Bushwick today. One more story to add to the many, found in buildings gone, standing, and yet to be. Hope you......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

john urbanski: I remember the fire very well. Was in front of my house about a mile or so away and seeing a great deal of smoke coming from that direction. Grabbed my camera and headed for......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: The All Hands Fire by upfromflames

jewelia 4/30/07: got racoons in the crawl space under my house. They are pooing under the porch area and under the foyer area and boy does it stink! I am going to try firecrackers and......

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

sara: I lived in kensington (A St.) from birth until I was 9. I still have fond memories of being a kid there. I haven't been back to that neighborhood for many many years. Unfortunately the......

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

jack: must be a firehouse....

in response to: April 23 2007 Toronto by hool

upfromflames: [[img:19022]] [[img:19023]] [[img:19024]] [[img:19025]] a few more images of buildings in the zone, that I wanted to get in before Peter! The locked buildings are part of the abandoned housing transfer system. The decayed house front is a reno......

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

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

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

Brad: $$$. Insurance money was a major motivating factor among other problems at the time, in NYC, and in other major cities like Chicago. At least that's what I've read about time and time again, as......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

firecraker: you can tell you're living in a good neighborhood if there are a bunch of family vans parked on the street outside your house...

in response to: I\'ve Lived in Crown Heights for Just About Fifteen Days by little ukraine

amnda fouracre: do you remember julie anderson at number thiteen ,,and karen and marie cunningham that lived at number three,where you with us when the jarvis's went on holiday and we snooped around their house after finding......

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

Guy McLaren: It happened over the road, Everyone went to bed as normal, Fireworks had been thrown into the sky by some inconsiderate neighbours most of the afternoon. Suspicions are that a rocket landed on the tarp......

in response to: Fireworks Causes Fire by Guy McLaren

Jerry Pflugh: 17th Oct 2006 : My dad, Ted Pflugh, was Commander of that VFW post, the Mohr-Christie Post #158, several times during the fifties, and my mom, Eileen, was President of the Ladies Auxiliary. They were in office when the......

in response to: Disused VFW Hall by mike a

Where will the smokers end up?: It has been a few months since the bill 112 came into effect in Québec and I have to say that I do not see how ¨Québec is breathing any easier¨as the government funded propaganda......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: I have to translate this. It's just too much to resist. 가장 큰exsqisite, 나는 말해야 한다! 여기 모든에EvilGentleman포획은 이것 이다: 1 - 감시는 시간외에 하고 있다. 2 - 그의 할아버지 새로운 틀이를 얻기 위하여 농부는 도시로 가고 있다. 3......

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: Most exsqisite, I must say! Here is the EvilGentleman take on all this: 1 - The guard is doing overtime. 2 - The farmer is going into town to get his grandfather's new dentures. 3 - The child......

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

Tony Iommi: At one point, while I was attending undergrad, I lived in an apartment building (actually, a house converted to apartments) where a rather large family of raccoons lived as well. They chose to reside......

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

EvilGentleman: Well, I can tell you, a number of the creatures in the zoo are quite delicious. I never tried snake either, but my father had to as part of his military training, and he did......

in response to: $95 For a Bowl of Soup? by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Chris, I agree it is cool to see us having an effect on the charts here, but after the initial excitement wore off, I realized it is better to just post because something is too......

in response to: Dilapidated by groovehouse

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: These are really lovely pictures. My neighbor lights off fireworks in the middle of the street, right outside our window. I'd have a great view, if I wasn't so scared that they were going to......

in response to: Fireworks: 4th July by oneon

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.

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I've always thought that they should have poles as fire escapes (just like at the firehouses) for the able bodied to get out superquick. Although I would put on a negligee and wait to be......

in response to: NDG by CE

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

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,......

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

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

groovehouse: here it is a little bit later... {Space Bear} makes an appearance!! It went from {Give Up} to some random pastings then to {Space Bear} we can only hope {YAR!} shows up! [[img:12183]] At this moment my......

in response to: The Patron Saint of Eternal Suffering by groovehouse

Morgan: ahh this is crazy that i found this page but thanks so much for all the wonderful compliments and responses 1) my mother and two strong men carry those boulders from various places in the neighborhood......

in response to: Boulders on B Street by GGP

SadStateOfAffairs: Rich - come back soon - a lot has changed since '94 - the park has been renovated, boathouse etc...the founders of the Kings still live in the hood but they have gotten older too.......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jack: it is exciting to sneak into a place like that. in brooklyn there was a house on the corner of west 4th street and kings highway that was owned by two old x-firemen and......

in response to: Abandoned Building Complex by David

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: On beauty and decay: I was sent a poem from a book by Toyohiko Kagawa, called Songs From The Slums. He grew up and worked around the Kobe slums of Japan and was thrown in......

in response to: Cross Street and Blossom 2002 by Jamie

jack: holoween is an ancient religious custom that shooed away evil spirits. it was for a remembrence of all those who died but to let their spirits go to GOD. children dressed up in......

in response to: Liquor and Candy by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Peter: you missed the best part! that ##huge## mural, on the wall headed up Bergen, that depicts tons of boulders and rocks with faces staring up at a starry night. so strange. i noticed it was......

in response to: Boulders on B Street by GGP

elaine: tastic post. i saw a fire in san francisco once, those wooden houses sure produce some big licky flames. when i got home i told a lady fireperson about it, and that is when i......

in response to: Graf Trux 9: Return of the Original Graf Trux.... by moebius rex

elaine: apparrently them little USB keys are as robust as black boxes on aeroplanes, even if you hit them with hammers data can still be got off them same as a proper HD so even if......

in response to: Two Hundred Years From Now by Jamie

bob slezak: hoboken n.j. city noise ..tugs ferrys, holland america line fog horns in bad weather.days gone by..the street noise .kids playing stick ball..jump rope.car horns..moms calling there kids to come in and eat..push carts ..horse drawn......

in response to: Disused VFW Hall by mike a