Comments about housing

There are 100 comments about "housing"

Debra (Brown) Bowden: I lived next door to this gas station in a house that is now college student housing...I am getting old...I too remember the ice skating pond by the hospital. Haven't been back there in years......

in response to: Kimchi? Sushi? Slush Puppy? Fill\'er Up! by GGP

Pantera: Unfortunately these cases or even WORSE happen many times. When I was a kid in my hometown Szeged (M.E.-Europe, Hungary) there were 2 abandoned cemeteries, a protestant and a catholic (mainly......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

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

Santana: Brodidly AB and all the rest of you who got to live in Bushwick during the 60s and 70s are so lucky. Those were the years when "minorities" took over and made Bushwick what it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Heather: Thanks for the journey into the past. I grew up close by and I had many friends who lived there. I am glad they are rebuilding and designing special housing there. We had so much......

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

thesouthernapple: Hey everyone, I'm sad to see the neighborhood in such decline. But I'm glad to see so many memories here, about the Ave. I graduated Valerdictorian from St. Marks in 1985, and I know that......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

mami: bushwick cant wait to go back............. i lived in bushwick|flushing until i moved into my housing apartment in coneyisland and let me tell you i can:t wait to go back.... i miss siting in front......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Hands and Feet: Just got this today. The reality is this all started about the mid fifties or earlier. I remember moving several times before I was five years of age. This was due to depressed economics in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): probably, pubs, clubs and bars and cheaply constructed housing sold at extortionate prices !!!...

in response to: Demolish the Railway Arches by Andrew Smith

carol: a helpful article to read ...http//www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/memphis-crime . the correlation between the imploding of the housing projects and the rising crime rate in places which these tenants were relocated to....

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

serlingrod: I do not defend the status - I wish to change it. I do not "draw a salary on the backs of the suffering" - the little funding we receive goes towards helping these people......

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

Devil's Advocate: There is so much injustice involved with all of the unaffordable housing in Chicago and displacement of the former residents of "the projects." Throughout this blog there is so much talk of what should and......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

phantom: Actually, a number of sociology papers have been written on "white flight" in Kensington. Census & demographic data supports the theory that the largest exodus was to follow jobs. As the mills closed (Houghton's, Stetson......

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

kim-plateau: looks like welfare housing found in any U.K. area. I'm not kidding. They are sad looking and for that price?!! Fools come in all colours....

in response to: M9 by CE

bighouse: This is totally unreal. People go on about living conditions and so on. Why is it that people who get things for free and so on expect free forever?? I get no......

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

LoveNorman: I moved to Norman from Telluride, Co about 9 months ago....and I would NEVER move back!!! Norman has what Telluride could never have....moral, friendly people, available housing and jobs for the working class, and......

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

Genevieve: Indeed, that building housing the Uniprix was once home to the Savoy theatre. Good eye....

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

sharon, swansea: hi could i explain why i`m posting this please, I LOST MY 19 YR OLD SON KARL,( AKA KARLO...) TO METHADONE MISUSE, IN OCT 2007, AN ABSOLUTE WASTE OF A LIFE, HE WAS......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Peter: truthteller: the signs on the building are standard nycha signage, stating "only tennants and their guests are allowed in building", you know, the sort of signs you see on section-8 housing all over the city.........

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

crystal palmer: ther is a public housing museum that is being fomed presently in ABLA we are looking for story furniture a things that can be place in the museum for more information you can look on......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Joe Seeking Contact: Check the current demographics on Elkin school and it is evident that the neighbor hood makeup has changed. Just like Kensington was wonderful to us as kids, so it is today for the current residents.......

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

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

Jon Burgess: My Gran lived on Atherton Lane for 50+ years, I always remember the massive bonfires on the bammer throughout the 70's / early 80's. Down the bammer was a newt pond with protected species of......

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

67502 May 7, 2008: Hutch has not grown since I came here in 1978. It's a retirement town with lots of low income housing and those people DO NOT support our downtown or help us stay in business.......

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

Johnny: The cost of living is cheaper here but it still sucks. Why don't we leave you ask? Because now we are stuck here with the housing market and all the other crap. Jacksonville......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

colavitos ghost: if those "suburbs" are only a block away from a "very urban part" of town, they can't realistically be called "suburbs" then, can they? for me, a "suburb" is much more than just a style of......

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Jenny and Janet(Sutton), I lived at No 42 Harewood Road and I do remember you living there also I remember the field that belonged to your granddad, it came at the side......

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

tasha: i curently reside in the projects the philadelphia housing auth. i go to school and have a job but still proverty stricken i believe the book portrayed good image of the projects. people who......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

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

imon: jacksonville has a cove ,yeah its looking decent,yes its trying to compete with other major cities,but it is a racist city ,it has the good ol' boy mentality, paysucksno matter what you say, housing might......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Dom, I will pass on to my son John the photos of the housing estate shops where he and his nana Jaques ( Vi as she liked to be called) had the greengrocery at the......

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

Christopher : I agree of what they they are saying. The bad people should not come and take over by buying housing and making a condo and expensive for others. ...

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

James: This is great site, have just discovered it. I have many happy memories of schooldays at Irlam in the 1960s. Spent half my time down at the canal watching the big ships pass through, especially......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

James: This is great site, have just discovered it. I have many happy memories of schooldays at Irlam in the 1960s. Spent half my time down at the canal watching the big ships pass through, especially......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Angela Bentley: Looks like no one has been on look at this wonderful site and letting people remember the past. I am still trying to find out if any one remembers kathleen fisher who lived on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

NYwondering: I'm originally from Illinois and now i'm doing a research project on Cabrini Green and specifically the Candyman urban legend. I know the movie took place in the housing project but I was wondering......

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

me: The cost of living is much higher in larger cities compared to smaller cities in most cases,so a person has to make more money to cover the higher costs of housing,gas,groceries,etc. But hey,overall I agree......

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

CSR: There Are No Children Here really moved me to do something about public housing, and raise awareness about it. Being a kid myself, I don't know what I'm going to do about it, but I'll......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

ExKansan: I guess I missed all the above mentioned incest, pedophilia and lynch mobs growing up in Belleville, but I must say that would hardly be boring! Like other posters here I moved away to a......

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

Steve M: Hi Deb I was brought up in Collins Close during the 1970s. I remember the cat story. I can't confirm whether this was true or not, even though I worked at the pub briefly......

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

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

anon (d58-111-103-252.adl2.sa.optusnet.com.au): Hi Anne No private fireworks for us now, the danger of bushfires is too great.Leaving Irlam after spending 55 years there was a big pull, and came about after visiting my wife's sister Edith (nee Jaques)......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

Alan Taylor: Hi Rob, Yes I certainly remember that wilderness and the stories but my time period in there and along the River Glaze to the footbridge that connected Glazebrook to Cadishead over a big rough n wild......

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

Hunter: I'm back again, and will comment again on Tex's "statistics". Tex your reply to my criticism of your use of crime statistics was simply to attribute the data to the FBI, but I did not......

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

noname: Tex, you have brought up very good points. Hutchinson is a poor example of a city even when compared to other towns in Kansas. Hutchinson has been on a steady down fall for years. People......

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

Tex Re: Hunter: Hunter, I also noticed you didn't comment on these statistics: Hutchinson compared to Kansas state average: Median household income below state average. Median house value significantly below state average. House age above state average. (Which means......

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

Tex: Ok, lets start with the facts instead of people's 'opinions' about how great life is in Hutch. city-data.com/city/Hutchinson-Kansas.html Median Household Income for 2005 Hutch residents: 33,300 Kansas residents: 42,920 Hutch govt. employees: 53,604 !!! Hutchinson compared to Kansas state average:......

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

Hannah: I read the book "There are No Children Here" by Alex Kotlowitz a few weeks ago and it was a wonderful book. A real eye opener to the terrible conditions of the housing projects in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Great pics Marissa, I can't believe the state of Irlam High school............what the????? How do Governments expect children to function to the best of their ability in an unaesthetically pleasing environment such as that? ......

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

Rob Tynan: Alan Ship hotel is very much the same as the picture you posted except there is a new housing estate in the carpark and over the bowling green, and "Marvels Market" building which was to the......

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

Malou: What I am wondering is where do the gangs go when these housing projects are torn down? ...

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

Andrew Smith: Roy - it wasn't me, I'm afraid. I did know a few people who lived in the police houses on Fiddlers Lane and was friends with the Richardson's. My address was Fiddlers Lane but it was actually......

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

mchll_vallance@yahoo.com: which project was it that yaki kadafi got murdered by the gun in. i know it was 325 mechanic street 3rd floor, east orange, it was a housing project but does anyone have a photo?......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

jamal: I remember the Henry Horner projects very well. I never lived in any of them but lived one block away on Warren Blvd. near Damen. I remember as a little boy when they were......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Rob Tynan: Natalie The "old shed" next to the ship was "Marvels Market" Before that I believe it was the first picture house in Irlam, and before that the local bus run by the landlord of the......

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

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Thanks guys. Yes it was the building that was next to the doctors surgery, on the corner of Fairhills road and liverpool rd. I remember there was a Lidl supermarket there last time I......

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

Alfred: "Old bastards" - I'm 26. Maybe young people in this city should learn to take enjoyment from simple things like taking a stroll at Dillon Nature Center or listening to non-commericial, uninterupted classical music on......

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

Evinrude: Alfred. Again you stated over again what has been brought up before. If you have looked through the site you will see that old bastards like yourself enjoy the same things, the comsmosphere, NJCAA,......

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

John Dereszewski: To DeSales again: My long excursion into the history of this street might not have answered your question, which probably was: How would it be to live on DeSales Pl. now? The fact is, DeSales is one......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Thanks Bob, that has cleared a few questions up for me. However, What do they do with the bones and gravestones when they develop the land for housing such as the housing estate that was......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

EvilGentleman: I guess they would go home to England. Mind you, the writer of the wall scrawl above has not considered what that might also imply for the French of Quebec. Oh well, at least I'm......

in response to: Anglos Go Home by CE

UNU: isnt there public housing around that area such as St. Jamestown, Regent Park, Moss park, and Parkdale?...

in response to: Abandoned Homes by JayEastsider

KG: Neglected doesn't apply to Lower NDG. The city councillor is the mayor's brother and it has benefited from that connection, as witnessed by a $4 million new community center, St. James has been totally rebuilt,......

in response to: Two Strips of Dirt by CE

Kim: I live in Jacksonville, FL for the last 3 years and I still can't am unable to find anything to do. This is the most BORING city I have ever been in. I think once......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

McArthur: Peter-- Right on!! I Agree-- see, you're another person who's pointing out flaws and then digressing into a rant. What are YOU doing to change the "problem"? Complaining online? I was with you for your......

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

I agree: Mcarthur, that is the problem. People would rather brag about wastes of money like the football team or the SALT museum which has to be bailed out by the tax payers to stay open! Also,......

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

J.Smith: 22 October 2002 "Pearly King" Jailed for Fraud - George Major, 64, the self proclaimed Pearly King of Peckham was jailed after he was convicted of eleven counts of defrauding benefits. Major was caught after a......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): : Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): 15th Nov 2007 - 05:01 GMT Have the CWS soap works near the canal all gone? and been built on my thos atrocious brick housing blocks? atrocious brick housing blocks? ...

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

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Have the CWS soap works near the canal all gone? and been built on my thos atrocious brick housing blocks?...

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

anon (ip68-103-169-13.ks.ok.cox.net): i do live here and the post is pretty right on. This town has the highest housing market , and the lowest paying jobs. The Salina Jouranl is the newspaper i town and it post......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 7 by Scott Sargent

MaGoo: PS: Just for context- so that you realize that my observations are quite balanced and unbiased: I was raised by a single parent on welfare- we were abjectly poor. Most of our neighbors who were Bushwick......

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

MaGoo: Thank you, Editor, and UFF and Cartlegger. I won't go hog-wild here- as I realize that there are so many other areas of human endeavor that come into play when discussing this topic, that it would......

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

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Helen, Good luck with your graveyard hunting !!!!! I was appalled when I returned there to find that all the graves in the church grounds have been removed (there were lots there when......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

MaGoo: I grew up on Lawn Guyland in the 70's; most of my neighbors were "caucasian-Americans" who were from Bushwick and East New York. They had been displaced by the "diversity"- when the city used THEIR......

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

John Dereszewski: Crystal, as I'm sure you know, the block on Covert that you lived on went through some very difficult times in the 1970's and 80's due to the many buildings that were lost through numerous......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Limmpy: I tell you want, just go to walmart and see the quality of the Hutchinson People. Also, I just read the Hutchnews about the housing market! I cannot believe what I was reading. Hutchinson is......

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

the university of chicago: ok.. i am reading the book, with mixed feelings. part of me sympathizes with the family, the other part enrages me...how the hell do you let your kids grow up like that? i mean......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

unsure: Actually, as I look back on what I wrote, and after reading every single comment on this page (whew!), I realize that I do need to spend more time in Bushwick and see how I......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

John Dereszewski: Smudgy, your block is not doing that badly. Most of the really nice buildings on Linden between Bushwick and Evergreen, e.g., #64, are still there and doing very well. The few buildings that were lost......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: The "gates" could also refer to the proud sculptures on the front gates of new Housing Partnership homes popping up all over Bushwick--specifically around Central Ave. M. Train Station. But the point here is that......

in response to: Bushwick Portals by Peter

serlingrod: East Kensington does have alot of problems, but just like everywhere you go there are good people trying to make a difference. I actually work full-time in this neighborhood for the New Kensington Community Development......

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

Tony T: Chris, thanks for posting the Freedom Square pict. I grew up a block away on Evergreen and Willoughby. I'm 42 now and live in Japan, but I still enjoy looking at old photos of where......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

VVW: I live on the Aquila Housing developement, which used to be MOD Aquila. Your articles are exellent and very interesting. I believe my house is situated on the site of the X-ray block. I have......

in response to: MoD Aquila (Part Two) by Simon Cornwell

Xavi: There are many stories of Puerto Rican families who are making a killing off of their homes by selling and moving to Florida, or back to Puerto Rico or wherever and they do so for......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Not from Hutch anymore: I would like to say that I do not live in Hutchinson anymore. I have, however, lived all over the country since I left. This includes New York, San Francisco, LA, San Diego, Seattle, Florida,......

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

cowgirl82: Yes Hutch can be very boring. But we do have a few things to do. And the person that said the Hidden village was low income housing...not even...I used to live there and I am......

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

DITTO: Has anyone paid attention to the people in this town? FAT mega beasts setting around eating pizza a Cici's Pizza or one of the other major buffets in town. I noticed that someone has posted......

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

Armstrong: No, I am definitely not a trustfunder, LOL. I realize as a white person-no matter my economic status-I am seen as a gentrifier. Actually, I am a student in a nursing program at a city......

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

Do the Hutchinson.: Yes, it is a great adaptation to that great 70's hit. EVERYTIME I drive I get behind some old fossil who is driving 10 to 15 Mph under the legal posted limit and randomly hitting......

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

Bass Girl: Oh my gosh PAPERGIRL17....do you live in the salt mine hundreds of feet under Hutch or something? Lets try coming to the surface and having a cup of reality.... 1. The Cosmosphere (since there are......

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

papergirl17: Hutch may not have all the ammenities the larger towns have, but here are the "10 Specific Things That Make It Better" for you losers who don't have anything better to do than to rag......

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

maybetoday: I don't know a whole lot about the history of this neighborhood. I do know that it is in the midst of gentrification right now. It seems to me that the housing on......

in response to: Forest Park Southeast by maybetoday

MAR: Here's another one to ponder on, Todt Hill - (means Dead Hill) the housing projects there were built on Indian burial grounds.... Things that make you go hmmmmmmm....

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

CE: The first half seem so wealthy to me because they look very much like the housing stock in parts of {Westmount} (and some of the wealthier areas of {NDG}) here in Montreal. These neighbourhoods......

in response to: Forest Park Southeast by maybetoday

serlingrod: to me the first half looks like a middle-class neighborhood that's always been stable...the second half looks like a result of white flight. just my guess.....what's the story? thanks so much for sharing by......

in response to: Forest Park Southeast by maybetoday

Dee: I remember this very vividly. the looters were running down my block with televisions, diapers, stereos u name it. We sat on my stoop just watching. Now I'd be petrified but then well......

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