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in response to: Broadway Junction Graf by Peter

adam: Okay, where do I begin? I have lived in Jacksonville for pretty much my entire life. I am 29 years old and I recently moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL which is a much......

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

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

Renee: Hi AP & Bayside Watcher - I agree wholeheartedly and there are no arguments here. The entire place is a complete disaster. If you scroll up a little, you'll notice that I've posted several......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Bayside Watcher: Renee, your concern and outrage for the condition of the mausoleums and the internal crypts are spot on. And reinterring the remains of the dead in those crypts and securing the mausoleums should be......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Renee: Dear Rabbi Julia Andelman, Let's put aside the talks of misappropriated funds and discussions of amounts of money and man hours it would take to overhaul this cemetery. While I can only......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Candy: To Tyra I completely agree with u. When I was at ACHS we had a basketball team that was pretty good. I didn't really follow sports much back then so I could be wrong. I admire......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Jamie: Heh, I stil like this {toycam} shot more than six years on. Do you like how I used proper capitalisation this time?...

in response to: Officer Manson by Jamie

Jamie: The age old "This is not a true representation of my town/village/city" debate continues. Maybe I missed the part where i duty bound to paint a fair and balanced picture of everywhere I choose take......

in response to: Morning Walk: Part One by jamie

Bayside Watcher: There are many interesting posts here and many interesting questions and facts to check on. In one of the previous posts it is questioned if it is true that Congregation Shaare Zedek used funds intended for......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

hert: dats true cure! ay if anybody knows how i kan find aero...leme know ...

in response to: Pet Bird & Soler by Peter

Lord Whimsy: Kayaking? Hiking?! Hows the MUKTUK is what I want to know!...

in response to: Kangirsujuaq by EvilGentleman

mary elizabeth shaw: Beautiful pictures of a truly remote place. how is the hiking? kayaking?...

in response to: Kangirsujuaq by EvilGentleman

TCL: One man's glitch is another man's impossible photo. How's you manage this?...

in response to: Even the Trains Are Crooked in Brownsville by Peter

Craig: Thanks for bringing attention to the conditions at Bayside. I have many family members buried there (the grave of one--Helen Schwalb--is shown in two of your pictures above), and although I live out of the......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Tony: what the hell is wrong with you people this is amsterdam for god sake, guys piss in the woods all the, these guys are drunk most of the time and its probly better than pissing......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Kriestine Mangel: wow. it's cool to read about people's memories of Bushwick. I may be a bit younger than some of the posters...Our family lived on Halsey St. between Irving and Knickerbocker between 1964 through......

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

zagg: How did it go, CartLegger?...

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Nobody: id be more concerned about bankers and politicians adopting a "proposition or morals" before i would concern myself with writers doing it, ha. but it does raise a point... graf is just like anything else. there......

in response to: A Proposition to Graffiti Writers by Repine Graffiti Magazine

Heero: How can you say Urban Freeflow is GOOD? They act like they're the official parkour organization. Even more so, they even tried to create competitions. I don't know about you, but competitions will destroy parkour and make......

in response to: Le Parkour: An Introduction by 3flow

lina: Mummers parade is spectacular, interesting and very uplifting. Should have much more publicity. A must see show....

in response to: Mummers by serlingrod

fightingforward: How'd you like climbing all those switchbacks and stairs at Diamond Head?...

in response to: Oahu : V1 by fuzzytank

joey: [[img:29992]] how_small or big_it_is...

in response to: SF in Standard Time by joey

CC: I was born and raised in North Devon (1946-1976). I lived on Smith Street. The building in the 3rd pic was the CIBC bank. It was robbed in the early 70s. The 4th pic shows "Bolen's......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

ChiPhi: True Morgan693 that due to some nuture and nature aspects of our upbringing, it may be easier for some to "pull themselves up by the boot straps". However, the excuses and crutches have to......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Matty Paris: Roger Brown and Connie Hawkins were completely different ballplayers from very different cultures. Connie lived in a railroad flat off Franklin and Fulton Street with his mother and brother. She did maid work. He played......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

morgan693: Lot's of interesting comments here, but a lot of misconceptions, in my opinion. Not everyone can pull themselves up by their bootstraps, contrary to popular belief. People have different intelligence levels, different life......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Marco: I hunt up near there so every turkey season and deer season, we enjoy heading in to Buffalo from dear camp, grabbing a shower, and hitting the pizza pub for the best pizza in Western......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 9 by Scott Sargent

alice.: Me and my frend are from London England. We would really like to visit Derry, however we have been told stories of how it would be not safe for us to be there due to where......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

Peter: i remember seeing that! i couldnt remember where it was, though as i saw it before i was very familiar with the neighborhood. last time i passed, it wasnt there, but the corrugated metal barrier......

in response to: Rusted City Skyline Sculpture by CartLegger

bob: I like Tish lived at 350 E 92nd St. I remember so many things John's Candy Store's must have hamburgers after a night out. Also remember Linda peeling potatoes after leaving shool at OL. No frozen......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

jack: i grew up not too far from there. during the war many fighter planes would circle around my home and i could watch them descending for a landing. the drone of the engines......

in response to: NYC Naturally by CartLegger

Richie Rubin: Davida;it was`Ben Masticks'club,down near ave.U/Flatbush ave. & the`Jewelbox Revue'was an all male dressed as females show but many top entertainers performed there..fun place..no?...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

adam: this is at the bergen st f stop. not sure how old the wall itself is but probably a recent ad was torn off by some kids. i cant get enough of these wall textures......

in response to: Urban Decay Through Subway Advertisements by adam

guest01: Where did you find this and how old you think it is?...

in response to: Urban Decay Through Subway Advertisements by adam

Karlo: Well said Tracy. It really is sad to see things like this in this supposed day and age. Hopefully someday those of us who would bring their children up to hate will see the destructive capacity this......

in response to: Black and White by norniron

CartLegger: this seems more like urban mold than decay to me. but its a pretty pattern, if I deny myself the connotation of how this is affecting my lungs......

in response to: Urban Decay Through Subway Advertisements by adam

Doc S.......: Howdy again Willie: It's interesting to know the Franklin Avenue shuttle is running - when I was by there last year sometime it looked abandoned (President Street/"Botanic Garden" entrance)-all boarded and barred-up & overgrown with......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Doc S.......: Richie: Yes, according to what I can figure out (Google, etc.), it happened at what is now the Prospect Park station of what WAS the old BMT line (I don't remember what they renamed the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

ChiPhi: Wow...this thread has had some staying power and I am glad it has the legs. :) Full disclosure...(Please read my earlier comments above for my perspective regarding this neighborhood). I am a male in my......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Rich: This is real nice, did you ever notice when it snows in NY how quiet it gets? I'll bet you heard the crunch of the snow and ice under your feet when you were on......

in response to: Bushwick Glace\' by Peter

Rick: Willie/Doc - I, too, was a fan of Tung Sang (first tasted egg foo yung, there). I was even a bigger fan of Busches' hot fudge sundaes. As I recall it, however (and my memory......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

noa: Ahhh Bushwick, I love it there. my friend lives in a place where rent'd be 250/month if we shared a room together. How easy is it to get a job in NYC? I been......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

visited Olso over the summer: Does anyone know who panted the bunny-like creature with the hands reaching out(photo is not shown on this page) in the alley where the chandeleir is. Almost right across from that pink fish,on the......

in response to: Some Oslo Streetart by Osloman20plus

Renee: Hey Cartlegger... Kudos for good intentions but upon further research, this is a MAJOR task and I really don't think that it would make an impact. I found another site, a paper written by......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Espen: Espen: 23rd Dec 2008 - 02:04 GMT i vent to New york in november 96 i was 19 years old travelling alone from norway and got robd at a park wile smoking pot waiting for a man......

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

Espen: i vent to New york in november 96 i was 19 years old travelling alone from norway and got robd at a park wile smoking pot waiting for a man who i......

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

Peter: yup. thats how i found it... buried in some referral-logs, heh......

in response to: Hotel Detective by procyon

A Stokes (Gibson): i'm from Cabrini greens we moved to 939 hudson in 1957 we were about the fifth family to move in the building, we had good times there , I went to cooley high, jenner school,......

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

Jethro: How come people do this? I don't really understand. That's so pointless -_-. People who really need shoes could use those....

in response to: Sneakers on 34th Street (forever) by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Renee: These pictures have fascinated me to the point of doing a little research on this matter. It seems that the Congregation Shaare Zedek used the funds paid by the families for perpetual care of......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Renee: Although there is a haunting beauty captured in these photographs, the feeling I am experiencing most is how appalled I am by the conditions of this cemetery. I'm sure that when the families PAID the......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Richie Rubin: Hey? howcum MY messages keep gettin'cut short? like the last LOEW'S PITKIN pic.on:brooklynpix.com under`theaters'on ...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

dave in mlwaukee: Thank you for the stirring and poignant photos. Sadly, this is how this cemetery has looked as far back a I can remember, going back to my youth in the 1960s and 1970s. But the......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

steelisreal: needs more contrast, and how do I know it is his most cherished possession?...

in response to: A Homeless Man Sleeping with His Most Cherished Possession by Leroy Allen Skalstad

Warren S.: That pic of the CYO entrance is pretty depressing. I lived on church property, adjacent to that entrance. The church used to rent out apartments in the "old rectory," and my dad as the chief......

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

caren: Hey i just wanted to know were to get lessons and how this all started....

in response to: overcast morning by vz

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

Leviathan: "Jess: 24th Dec 2007 Hey, I used to work at Soho Zat back in 1983. I loved it. They only hired punks" I worked there for only a few weeks....before that however i lived in the joint.......

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

Rich: Howya doin' Mitch, This is truly amazing and it gets better. Thanks for your fast and friendly response. I've got a few things to say, I'll start with Herbie. A real nice guy, if he was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Howard: To ANON (nat2.northshorelij.com) I graduated from Our Lady of Good Counsel in 1963 and our Teen Club used to have dances with 14 Holy Martyrs kids, but I don't remember Fr. Hietz. I remember a Girl named......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Kregorious: Ya I know of this cemetery, its only a few blocks away from my house. Its a shame what has happened to the place. Seems that the congregation that was in......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Tom: I want to know how they manage to get so high haha.. Or were they permission murals or something..? I never understood the whole tagging/mural things I see around.....

in response to: Montreal Noise: Saint-Laurent 2 by EvilGentleman

CartLegger: Very good point, and powerfully described. These areas are in their own way forgotten, started by Jewish communities long since moved on in demographic transitions past. This cemetery is actually one of the oldest Jewish......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Dee: My thoughts . . . meh. It's always sad when cemeteries go unattended and the resting places of loved ones forgotten . . . but to my mind, it's a responsibility of the survivors to......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

anon (74.197.146.27): i have two racoons and i love them too death they are very smart and well behaved..i dont know how to post a picture or I would....

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

Rob: Wow. How does this even happen? How can people have such disrespect for the dead. It makes me sad to see a cemetery in such a state. An......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Mateo: Great pictures! Abandoned cemeteries are fascinating. I always wonder how they came to be forgotten, especially ones such as this with such ornate stones and fanciful crypts. It's......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Lauren: Heartbreaking and wild at once. This kind of thing gets my head spinning about the whole ritual of burials and grave-visiting (or lack there of in this case) and "family plots"--it's all so interesting to......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Seva: oh wow. the statue of the child standing in the overgrowth is haunting. all these pictures show pretty much what i think the cemetery in Neil Gaiman's "The Graveyard Book" looks like. it's so beautiful! except......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

anon (h69-128-203-42.cncrtn.dsl.dynamic.tds.net): So beautiful and sad. Thank you for posting. I agree with the poster above. These places deserve to be preserved and mantained. Seeing how many have been broken into is horrid. ...

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

mitch: Hi Rich... What an amazing thing ... All through jr. high, high school and part of college I worked in my dad's store (Maiman's Pharmacy) and of course I knew Johnny and Herbie really well. I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Julia Astralla: to Allan: I graduated 167 in 1958, Wingate in 1962 ! the last paramount show was 1961 - 1962 ! (MAYBE .......) I know we had some elaborate plans of escaping the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Bob: Crown Heights also went in the other direction, how about P.S. 138 it existed there also!...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Doc S.......: ....so the blog is being "monopolized" by those who went to P.S. 167 - nothing wrong with that, but how about us guys and gals who went to P.S.241??? Anyone else out there besides me????????????????...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

usmcsniper1: What I did not like about Eastern Pkwy, was that crime was on the way up. It was headed towards the infamous; ghetto status. Perhaps,we noticed how bad it was when we used......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

BBB: All u cats pluggin saber and frontin on JA are JV, son. Don't y'all know that JA is straight up Varsity Team? Until you learn to show some respects to someone who is arguably the......

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

EvilGentleman: Thanks, Peter. Pretty neat, how an artist from the Maryland suburbs of DC can have their work be seen in Montreal 6 years later. Thanks to {Sean Spenser} (NORES) for this one. [[img:29746]]...

in response to: 9-11 Train Graf: To All Those in Heaven by EvilGentleman

Rich: I lived just a couple of doors away from this corner store as a matter of fact some of the guys that ran this store lived in my building, they were from Yemen. The Brooklyn......

in response to: Walk! by Peter

=RASPeR=: Toronto only has the most graffiti in Scarborough and the actual toronto. like how Polar's hitting up North york.We need some more graffiti in rexdale! BOMBING UP T.DOT...

in response to: graffiti alley / style in progress \'05 by jeeff

WILLY: can you tell me how to find out which range someone is in and if you are sending them a letter do you need to know that information? thanks...

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

Peter: oh, sorry, i forgot to mention it earlier... its {NORES}, out of the metro {washington, dc} area [[http://www.robotswillkill.com/graffiti/showgraff.php?artist_id=4779]] [[http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A32246-2003Oct15¬Found=true]]...

in response to: 9-11 Train Graf: To All Those in Heaven by EvilGentleman

Allan: Julia A, Don't recall seeing when you graduated from 167 and attended Wingate? You probably posted this info but refresh. It's funny, I can remember names if I hear them, or faces in photos, from back......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Janet: 7th Dec 2008: Hi. I grew up in Williamsburg on south 8th street. I loved it at that time had great friends there. I wonder how and what ever happen to them where they are today. From south......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Rich: Hey Pete, people watching in Crown Heights has aways been fascinating to me, that's why I can relate to just about every picture you post about the area, I just wish I had the foresight......

in response to: NYPD by Peter

Richie Rubin: Julia A;da`Skyliners'were from cleveland,ohio.& nevah lived in b'klyn,but stayed & St.George hotel durink concerts!&Carole Cohen didn't marry Jackie Nolan..Helen Blitzer did!WE all useta go to `Town Hill'to see terrific shows..& needless to type/say dem R&R shows[Murray the K']@......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Julia Astralla ?: first to RR. Yeah, I know 'FOXY Cohen" didn't she marry Jackie Nolan ? (One of Tommy O'Malley's friends ? ) to everyone else ................... Indulge me please ! Who else besides me stood......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Sean: If you can see, the RMP is assigned to FSD, not a precinct car, therefore they would indeed have to notify the precinct first. This article in many ways in false, that precinct house has......

in response to: NYPD by Peter

JoannC: These comments bring a tear to my eye. I lived at 195 Linden Street and went to 8 years at St. Barbara's class of 1965 remember Sister Veronica Christi, she was such a doll.......

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

Allan: I recall that name (Klores) as a teacher but that's about it. I think I have a class photo from the 5th grade. That would've been 1956. If I can find it I'll try to......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

She Said it: Itīs funny how people keep asking if brooklyn is safe for a white girl.What does the color of your skin have to do with being safe or not?? Jayne why dont you explore brooklyn and......

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

Peter: you cant figure out how to catch a train to canal or west broadway? [[http://www.mta.info/nyct/maps/submap.htm]] trace the red, blue or yellow lines til they hit "canal street"... thats where you want to get off :P...

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

Rab1: it would be nice to get the train info on how to exactly get down there.... -Rab(up and coming graff artist)...

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

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......

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semetwo///spon3/tdc/atw: yo sekt is bad ass ,man...revolt ur badass too. my homeboy mex showed me a piece u did in his blackbook dat shit is tight as hell..big ups to u......

in response to: Clap Hands by elaine

Pronto Permissio: Oh this makes me laugh. I've used them a few times, all with similar results (or lack thereof) as some of the individuals above. Seems like a mixture of forgetfulness and their convenient location has......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

T Whoa!: I lived in Norton for 20 years. As a teenager you think I can't wait to get out of this town. But now as an adult I can't wait to move back. The city is......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

EvilGentleman: Yeah, those are DDR machines. My daughter was showing some to me when we were waiting for a movie to start. (Most theaters have mini-arcades by the lobby nowadays) I also noticed in the pic with......

in response to: Ye Olde Arcade by EvilGentleman

Stephaniee: Actually, yes, those are DDR machines right there. or pump it up machines. whatever u want to call it ^_^ how much on average do people spend there at a time?...

in response to: Ye Olde Arcade by EvilGentleman

JIm: Is there any kind of contact for this site. Honestly, our Car Club needs an autocross site pronto. I will work with anything to get us out there on the pavement agian. We used to......

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