Comments about houses

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pauline curran : hi fionathe old houses faceing drum haw park is the house i was born in .good to see they are still standing. my mum lives in drum haw park . she is not......

in response to: Back Street by barry

embarq: I heard in the 70's that the couple that lived in the house for many years, somehow got a zoning clause that prevented the houses from ever geing torn down...thus the new owner is using......

in response to: LaJolla Beach for Joey by jack

Matthew Goeringer: Scott, I will admit that Bessie is not the most exciting place in the world; but did you really look around? I don't think that you did. You took pictures of the School and......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 6 by Scott Sargent

lucy hart: Hi Catherine,the part of netherne that is now blue leaves avenue did not house any patients,when i moved here in the 70's as a child the area to the left of the green bungalow was......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

EA: I also grew up in the Luna Park houses (west 8th) from the early 60's, when the bldgs opened, to early 70's. I remember the Bonomo Turkish Taffy Bldg, and I remember hanging......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Allan: Carol(Foxy), When did you attend/graduate from 167? As I recall, Judy was a year younger than I. She had a friend, Roni ____ (something), from north of Eastern Parkway (I think) who stopped by her apartment......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): I agree,this is really a nice site.It is nice to think back on Memory Lane. I remember the "field days", in Boys High Field on Maple Street. In my day,it started in fifth grade.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

TAone 417: Yo that piece JA fucked up (saber piece) was mad crazy, I saw that shit n started laughing! ..no ones a toy if u get up u get up, fuck this "oh he's a bomber......

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

Allan: Richie, I DID live in the same building as Judy O. We both lived on the first floor. I was in the front. Her family in the back. She had a male dog 'Nipper' and I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Dennis: We have been wondering about these houses since squatters were living in them in 1972. We were in La Jolla last week and my wife heard the following story: These buildings were originally life guard......

in response to: LaJolla Beach for Joey by jack

Jethro: I think phil. Makati is a nice city too. I think the city, economically along with there tourist attractions, are benefitely doing good of representing for south east asia. The city looks very beautiful (uhmm.. except......

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

Brodidly AB: Bushwick!! What can I say? It can be an interesting place to live in and it can be a nightmare. To all those who are contemplating moving to Bushwick, on the serious tip you......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Esthr Herschman (Rechtschafner): I enjoyed this site very much. I graduated from PS167 in 1958.Now i will try to list yu some of my memories. Kindergarten teacher Miss Shapiro. (there was another kindergarten class and teacher -Mrs. Pinkerton.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Ruppert Houses Problem: Ruppert House Crack Dealers Crack cocaine drug dealers, some actual residents of Ruppert House, are peddling crack cocaine in front of the Ruppert Houses. It has been going for years without exposure. Until now.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Crack Dealers dealing drugs @ Ruppert Houses, Yorkville, N.Y.C.: Ruppert House Crack Dealers Crack cocaine drug dealers, some actual residents of Ruppert House, are peddling crack cocaine in front of the Ruppert Houses. It has been going for years without exposure. Until now.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Doc S.......: Yo, Mitch - I don't think my uncle owned the store - he was just employed there as a pharmacist. Did you go to 241 also??I'm trying to remember some of the other stores in......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Janet: Well, the adage 'the more things change the more they stay the same' does not apply to the old neighborhoods or the old movie houses where those of our generation got a colorful taste so......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

tommy mc gowan: hi david, tommy mc gowan here ,my sister marion kelton lived in 26 tower st.k/p 3up left etta mcglory lived in bottom groud floor house imyself lived in 28 tower st, 2up left when i......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

jan: My grandparents (Rankin) and my Mom later (Raney) lived on Barren Island for a lot of years-they brought their houses by boat to "Bergan Beach" to continue living, They had to leave because of Floyd......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Doc S.......: ...I graduated from P.S. 241 in 1958 - lived on Union Street (1060) between Franklin and Bedford. I vividly remember Ben & Sol's, and Radin's delicatessens - I ate at both. The Pharmacist at......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Gemini: I have lived in Bushwick for most of my life. I have lived on my street for 34 yrs. Bushwick is like any other neighborhood it has it's ups and downs. I referred to it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Juergen (an immigrant): Dear EvilGentleman, it seems I'm the first one in this blog that MOVED into one of the Benny farm houses ( in the Prince of Wales section) and up until now I can only say it......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

river otters21 girl: What neighborhood is that in? I like the big old urban houses on the street in the background.Those houses are cool looking....

in response to: Cameraphone Funnel Cloud by jeeff

moutouxlaw@yahoo.com: I have visited La Jolla Cove each year since 1983. What is the history behind those two abandoned houses near the La Jolla Cove Motel? They have been in the same dillapidated condition for over 25 years and......

in response to: LaJolla Beach for Joey by jack

Linda Steinmetz: found this site while looking for info on P.S. 113 - the one on Moffat Street. I Grew up on Moffat Street, same block as the school, We had one of the houses with backyards......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

kls: My husband and I have lived in Humboldt Park for 4 years since moving to Chicago from Guatemala. I cannot think of a better compromise for us both. I love being near the shops......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

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

carol d.: hello to ronald lees and janice seifert...I remember driving down E St. and always seeing a couple of houses near the corner on Wishart St. decorated for each holiday.It was really nice.I worked at Cramers......

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

OG FROM GCC: Cecilia Keep it up. Keep going. We brought a group of 25 to Philly. Half worked in some gardens in the Dauphin area. We stopped by there on Thursday morning on a way......

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

Cecilia Midiri: I have to say that it is so true about monkey see, monkey do...every weekend when I'm off from work, I get out to sweeping and I never end up alone doing it. Sometimes......

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

VeeJay: Found this sight quite by accident. Like many of you I grew up in Bushwick and we left there in 1962 because I was mugged and beaten several times - we lived on Goodwin......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Rob Tynan: Hi Steve, Here is a map from 1926. You can see the school. Elsinore Avenue dosnt exist yet. If you look carefully you will find the position of Lee Close. The Tennis......

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

living in Hutchinson: Wow. Interesting website. I would like to comment too. I live in Hutchinson. I have been here my entire life. I moved to big cities in other states for a few......

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

carol: to who cares for kensington..it is nice to move on with your life..but it is very different when it is by your own choice and not because you are being forced to move becausethe neighborhood......

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

river otters21 girl: It is a darn shame to see hear what happened to Kensington. Oh, I agree with YourOwnFault 100% except that this cancer known as white flight took place more recently than the 50s and......

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

sandy: my opinion is that Kensington was designated to be a dumping ground for section 8 .It is an abused program to say the least.slumlords are even getting sick of fixing up the houses that these......

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

Cecilia Midiri: Okay so, like I said some days are better than others. I'm trying right now to get 4 houses next to me cleaned and sealed. I'm here in the 25th police district. ......

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

G. Groulx: I think it's sad that there are over 150,000 homeless people in Canada. Abandoned houses or building can be fixed up and be used for the homeless. They can also be used as low income......

in response to: Abandoned Homes by JayEastsider

serlingrod: I don't think I paint a rosy picture of Kensington at all. If you read what I wrote I actually said there's lots of crime, disinvestment, and the schools are broken. Those were my words.......

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

john: If you think the tunnel looks great now you should have seen it back in the 70's I was 12 years old when I started going down there. Thats when there were five tracks down there......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

luna park: there are actually large swathes of brownstone rowhouses in brooklyn, where the houses are set back from the street and allow space for front yards. in many cases, the yards have been paved (as is......

in response to: Beware of Owner by luna park

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

eric guerra: Its me again. No matter how bad it is, it is still my birth place, St. Josephs Hospital, lived on Preakness Ave for half my life, then moved one block away to Ryerson ave. I......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

truthteller facts: the houses on jeffferson starr troutman that are drug infested. Signs on the houses telling people to stay out or get arrested, the drug problem so bad on knick that the nypd has cameras to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Dean Ogden: Wow, what a site. Im only 25 and i feel like i know what everyone is talking about. I see pictures of what Irlam and Cadishead use to be like and listen to the stories......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

ROB WALLS: i think irlam is great, i have lived and died here in this sunny suburb. But the sadest thing i have ever watched with no power over is the demise of the fish population of......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Stasia: Just out of curiosity, what is the HA's stance on getting involved in domestic disputes? I have two friends who are being stalked and harassed by some loser who shows up at their houses......

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

Peter: the signs said "bushwick houses", so... i assumed that thats what they were! i know the projects on flushing/bushwick aves, and these houses are definitely not the same, thats for sure......

in response to: Bushwick Houses by Peter

Matt Parde: I was born and raised in Belleville, lived there for almost 30 years. I always had something to do and had a lot of fun. It's nice to know who lives in your......

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

John Dereszewski: I also don't understand this. Bushwick Houses is a large - and rather oppressive - complex situated at Flushing and Bushwick Aves. on the Williamsburg side of the border. As Adam notes, these are pictures......

in response to: Bushwick Houses by Peter

upfromflames: Rather than call them "bushwick houses" they are better known as Hope Gardens. And they make up what is the last housing project ever built in the United States. ...

in response to: Bushwick Houses by Peter

Peter: Ok, so I just got back, and here are the photos: [[img:27389]] the northwest corner of {central} and {bleeker}... [[img:27390]] a wider view of the same spot... [[img:27391]] the southwest corner of {central} and {bleeker}... im sure that {upfromflames} could tell us......

in response to: Bushwick Remembered Photo Collective by upfromflames

Deb Walker: I lived in Atherton Lane (as mentioned before) mine was the second house (19) as you look down the street from the end that Rob took the photo - used to be able to look......

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

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

Eric from Port Richmond: A Richmond boy with a few comments. Its NOT just Kensignton that took a turn for the worst in the area. I grew up in the late 70s and 80s in Port Richmond. The neighbors would sit......

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

ex-Bellevillian: Personally...I think Belleville is the most boring town in the world and I grew up there. Still have family there too. Belleville has always had this gran idea of itself because it host......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Norma, Yep, I thought it was....In later years it became a Funeral directors for a short time before being converted into flats or houses...difficult to really tell. As for the camouflage pants.....don't really......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Ron, The houses in Atherton Lane Cadishead are the original houses that were built after the railway arrived. Next time I'm passing I will take some pics and post them. Rob...

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

Ron Urry: Hi , I have read Bob Salmons comments with interest having just come across this site. My maternal grt grandmother was a Royle from Flixton and my grt grandfather was a Davies from Cadishead, lately of......

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

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

chiamattt: Andy, the demolished houses WERE in Bulgwang Dong (up line 3 and 6) other pics were near Gov't Complex and a few were at Tuksom resort. ...

in response to: Compilation by chiamattt

Rapheal Robinson: I love Flint,From the Mansions to the abandon houses.to the corupt cops to the Drug dealers.I was born in the 70's.I still can remember a time when it really was a nice place.It was dead......

in response to: Diss Me by Cosmo

Andrew Smith: Here's some photo's contributed by Dom Smith (friend but no relation) - photo's of Irlam in the late 1980's The parade on the estate - butchers on the left, newsagent in the middle (run by Dom's......

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

David Warrior: James, There is a great photo of Higher Irlam on Andrew Smiths site http:www.citynoise.org/article/4343/by/Andrew%Smith20Smith "these things no longer exist".It shows the Margarine Works and The Cresent back in 1928 when they were still building the......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

James: Hi David, You are correct, it was the roundabout on The Crescent where I was lost. I could only see a few feet in front of me in the smog and I didn't have a clue......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Rob Yes I remember the two houses near Lupton's, my sister and her then husband rented rooms there, before they moved Kings Road. Hi Cyril Thanks for email address hope you manage to sort me out picture......

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

sonnet: When I hear parents talking today about arrangeing "play-dates" for their children, it makes me laugh as I think back to a real Kensington childhood. We just all played outside on the sidewalk (or......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi everyone, Fred Dawes was the father of Martin Dawes, the multi media and TV empire in Gemini Warrington. Does anyone remember the two houses that adjoined to Luptons. They were demolished in the late 70s......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Norma, What do you mean, the posh end!! Do you remember the small park/ playarea behind the houses on Victory Road, and the old garages. There was always some old car abandoned in a garage......

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

Deb Simpkins (Massey): OK guys.... What's a "jubbly"???!!! I have only ever heard the word used in the Austin Powers movies and I'm guessing that's not what you are referring to!!! ps: Steve, interesting to read about......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Deb Your aunt ( born 1929) can only identify her Mum and Aunt Edie,and the photo was probably taken in the garden of the newly built Princess avenue houses opposite the Margarine works entrance. The......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Marissa There was a reason it was named as such, because that piece of ground they were built on and the land stretching back to where it meets Boat lane, has only a couple of......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Andrew I could just see the goal post of Irlam AFC though the railings, but really not sure where they play now. The ground they used first of all that I remember was on Gill Field......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Deb Simpkins (nee Massey): Wow! My Uncle Cyril (Bagshaw) put me onto this site and I have just spent the last hour reading all the comments. My mum (Edith Jaques) was born in Irlam and my dad (Jim Massey)......

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

Alan Taylor: Hi Cyril, That glow would be from one of two sources, when they ran the manganese or pig into the beds aside of the blastfurnaces, was rare really, the other would be from the slag ladles......

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

Nick: Its too bad, because these look like great houses. I wonder who owns them and if they would be willing to sell them....

in response to: Abandoned Homes by JayEastsider

Rob: I've read that developers engaged in "block-busting" in the 1950s in that area, buying as many houses as they could and then boarding them up. The idea behind this was to kill the neighbourhood and......

in response to: Abandoned Homes by JayEastsider

Alan Taylor: Andrew, Sheila, Cyril et al, Platts Brook was a popular play area and it went underground through vertical iron bars and waterfalled about 10 feet under Liverpool Road opposite Ferry Road. The part that was from where......

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

Rob Tynan: Before the "new road" was built through Irlam in the early 1800s Platts brook was open with a bridge over it. The Old Road, going towards Cadishead, went up Boat Lane, down Ferry Road,......

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

Sheila Hilton: My children talked about playing on "the Jezzies". I didn't realise at first that they were talking about the jerry works. It was always the jerry works; never the jezzies when we were younger. We......

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

Andrew Smith: Cyril - it's interesting to hear your memories of the locations of old fun fairs and walks through fields down to the old river - I'd never have guessed as it's always been built up......

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

D.Bennett: Damn it`s like every time get on here i see a new paragraph about someone who has died from the hornets and often someone i new like (tony Wood aka Nuke i......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

callmejeremiah: [[img:26134]] they're in Rotterdam too. I spotted some near the "cube houses" playing some futbol....

in response to: tlp - stickers and paste-ups by Jamie

anon (mn-71-55-143-56.dhcp.embarqhsd.net): i lived in the row houses on the west side of cabrini and that shit was the bomb the laws hit the buildins all the time!!!!R.I.P CABRINI.......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Alan, The whole area around what was known as the jerry works, including Kwik Save has been redeveloped. The raised area where the Jerry works existed has been lowered and has been completely built......

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

Alan: I hope you like the Oh Fred sketch as it reminds when we played in the old cemetery near the Broadway estate houses...

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

Alan Taylor: Hi Marissa, When they built the Margarine Works Estate then built the roads and laid the services, then built the corner houses, afterwards they built the infills between the corner houses, so there was lots of......

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

Phillip Zimmerman: I grew up in Kensington, on Westmoreland St. I moved to Ohio and oftern return to visit my family still living in Philadelphia. When I am there, by brother and I go to Four Sons......

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

walkhere: this all kinda creeps me out.. just reminds me of that simpsons episode when they're in brazil and someone explains to the simpsons that the slum-houses are all painted bright, happy colours just to make......

in response to: The Living Mosaic by serlingrod

serlingrod: CE - you can find those houses on Warnock, just north of Cumberland. Streetview is so addictive! here´s a few more pics... [[img:25688]] [[img:25689]] [[img:25690]] [[img:25691]] ...

in response to: The Living Mosaic by serlingrod

CE: You can see even more great mosaics by going onto Google Maps and turning on the StreetView feature. Do you remember which street the houses painted white are on?...

in response to: The Living Mosaic by serlingrod

Marissa Chaplin: Bottom of pic, new houses on site of old margarine works middle of pic Fiddlers Lane Community Primary School 2007 [[img:25643]] ...

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

rich backes: hi peggy no i'm the twins older brother i used to hang out with your brother bobby.how is your brother? i thought that was you from your nov.message.couldn't get this site back kept getting another......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Ken: What are you people talking about? Kensington (at least parts of it) are getting better not worse, there are many great things going on here and I am offended by some of the comments that......

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

Alan Taylor: Hello Graham, from the prefab shop past the old Spring Villas with the last one being an house not a shop, I was born 1944 and lived in the 4th house past on the same......

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

Graham Bate: Hi Andy, This thread is a real blast from the past! so many names I recall, Brian Bagshaw, Roy Bamber, Steve Weir and all the history that goes with the town. I come from Irlam myself......

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

Get it together Hutchinson people!: People of Hutch need to take pride in their community by painting their houses, picking up trash in and around their yards and wearing clean clothes!...

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

Alan Taylor: Hello everyone, lots of names cropping up that I recall, but more are from after I left my birth town in 1965/6 although I continued at the steelworks until 1972 & transfered to Scunthorpe Works.......

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

pearly princess peckham {tammy}: hi to everyone that knows me. its very sad the way people talk about pearlies. my mum rest her soul was one of the greatest pearly Queens {Ann Major} my dad Has always been a......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie