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unknown: I met my now fiance in a small town. I learned that he was born and raised in CG until he was shot not in his neighbor, but on the southside of the Chi. The......

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

Peter: food for thought: General Motors employs over 30 times the number of people in {canada} as they do in india or korea, but i doubt we would hear you complaining about "hard working americans'" jobs......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

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

Anon: Pac's original nick name was "PacMAN" but later changed to pac. KTA is a crew, not a person. It consists of a few good friends of mine, PAC, LOWF, HAVIK, GNAR, SYGLE, MOD and a......

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

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

Tracy 3rd Sep 2008 21:30 GMT: All I want to say is I walked that road day in and day out for one reason being to take my daughters to school . On the odd Occision when I looked around me I......

in response to: Black and White by norniron

Bea K.: Lou Romero, Upfromflames, all: I've heard so much about "white flight" just about all my life, that I honestly don't think that 'term' will 'ever' go away, how sad it that? I've also wondered if......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

madamep: I was there then, and you really nailed it for what it was like. I was the groupie mom's roommate. I still don't know what that was about. Her trip not mine. I wasn't into......

in response to: Trenches by Stephanie L. Jackson

Maz, Netherne: Thats cool ! How old and what make and model is it ?...

in response to: Untitled by zagg

Warren S.: I think this is a fabulous Web-page; it brings back memories of Bushwick, Brooklyn and Queen, where I grew up. Until I was 14, I lived on RC church property in the "old rectory" building......

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

always a Bushwick kid: Hey Lou Romero: you mentioned Sr. Ann Melanie, Sr. Betty, etc. Well Sr. Ann Melanie died not too long ago and Sr. Betty still works in Bushwick- she runs Independence House on Cornelia Street (between......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

awake: Alot people have been living with no direction and misdirection threw out there entire lives in the ghetto's,all over the world.The criminal mentality and immoral behaviors has not been wiped out off the face of......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

scared with eyes wide open: believe what you see. They want us to see it. It cost them billions to build this airport that wasn't really needed, No paints a giant mural for public display without prior......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

run rabbit run: How come most of you can't spell, or tink itz mad kewlz to rite lik dis? You're probably wanna-bees from the suburbs.. Pay for paint what? I get on the LIRR or NJ Transit and......

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

BushwickBaBY08: i live in Bushwick..right on Knickbocker Ave.btw.Jefferson n Troutman..well to start it off.. Bushwick needes to be shut down..its full of 14-16 yer old girls whom are pregnate..thats so uncalled for..but what can we do......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Ursus: I have just applied the Black Anti-Vandal/Intruder paint to My connifer because the local brats were severely damaging it, It looks a real eyesore from the damage they caused so I decided to coat it......

in response to: Anti-Climb Paint by kobe

Janice Seifert; July 2008: Hi Ronald Lees, I grew up on 600 Wishart St. Your sisters will probably remember me. My brother Joe used to hang out with your brother Earl and Freddie Beck. I used to love how......

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

Anna: I was born and raised in Kensington (K&A) right acrossed from McPherson Square. My family still lives there, and my children grew up there! When I ws growing up in the late 60's and......

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

Gamester: I too just found this page after searching for "too old skateboarding" in Google. I am 23 years old and work as a technical support agent in Boulder, CO. Right now, here is......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Liz in Canada: I am Canadian and my ancestry is Irish/Scottish. Some of my ancestors were Catholic and some were Protestant, but I am non-religious by choice. My Irish ancestors were forced out of Ireland and......

in response to: NYC: The Empire State Building at Sunrise by Peter

Elijah: And with his chariots, like a whirlwind.............. That's how Christ is coming back. In the so called mystical thing that you see on the X-Files every Friday night. All the so called U.F.O 's. These......

in response to: Black Hebrew Israelites by serlingrod

Mike: I remember Sunset Park from the 50's and 60's I lived right down from the park. That's when It was a nice neighborhood you could walk the streets anytime and not worry about getting mugged.......

in response to: Sunset Park by little ukraine

stan: I live around 116th street. A year ago I found a way in (and while down their noticed a few ways out.) I went down with a friend, a lighter, and two cellphones (which we......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

The Hapless Hobo: By the way, let me take this opportunity to write a little blurb about my opinions on graffiti... Graffiti can range from classless, ugly scrawls on buildings to high art...whatever it is, however, it is the......

in response to: The Black Cat: Poetry in Spanish Graffiti by The Hapless Hobo

Lp: Reading all these Stories on here really piss me off! Everyone is saying that they moved away to make a better life for theirselves/family and say how much of a "Hell-Hole" kensington is. i was......

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

Anonymous Honest Tax paying citizen of Fredericton: This is yet another example of how much the fredericton police are a bunch of uneducated airheads, typical protests and offenses most cities in canada wouldnt be bothered with or treat with less scrutiny......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today 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

adr: im not gonna read any of these comments, all i know is that the pics were all of one area by the old hospital, not the church, i dont know what year, but now they......

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

Cecilia Midiri: All the people up there who are talking about when Kensington changed are talking about when the neighborhood became desegregated and people of color started moving in. Anyway...I work every day and so does......

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

Peter: if i had a dollar for every time ive heard someone from a hard/bad/depressed/rebuilding neighborhood comment something like ##"_______ is really that bad and has been for years"##... [[76:cabrini green]], [[1727:henry horner]], [[4368:hutchinson]], [[646:bushwick]], to......

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

serlingrod: Thanks Peter. It's nice to have a friend back you up. I just marvel at the stubborness of it though.....I mean, "keep on painting" ... Really? I've made it perfectly clear I'm not an artist..I'm......

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

surviving: Tex ......

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

surviving: All of the post I"ve been reading has some kind of validity to the experience and surviving in hutch. I will not capitalize the "h on hutchinson' so please don"t think I messed up.......

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

Cecilia Midiri: Wow, Kimmer Teesedale...you remember the Midiri's? Me and Mamma Ceil are still on Keim Street. She refuses to move...and hey, who am I to make her. I can't complain too much. The street was so......

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

Open your eyes !!: I have read mostly all of the comments on here and it makes me sad to see how ignorant some people really are. What a lot of you need to do is......

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

Peter: it seems like you fellas have managed to make this into a "you versus tex" argument, as opposed to a "hutch versus the rest of the world" thread, and i think the constant tit-for-tat bickering......

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

Peter: you have a point, though youd be surprised how many anal-themed photos ive snapped around {canal street}... enough to make a series, thats for sure, hahaha......

in response to: El R Restau by Peter

English Gent: There is an event venue not too far from this sculpture called docklands arena. I went there to see the Chemical Brothers back in the New Year of 2000/2001. The name of......

in response to: The Traffic Light Tree, Pierre Vivant 1998. by I.T.U.C.

Jon Burgess: Hi all, not been on for a while. Some names are ringing bells with me in the above entry, Malc Kennedy is a good mate of my dads (John Burgess), Pete lawson from irlam friends......

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

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

Cheyenne : I hope that people start to open their eyes about these things because teens,children,friends,and family die everyday! its so much more serious then people think it is. Texting, and other distractions need to be illiminated......

in response to: One Car Accident by groovehouse

Kyle: Only in AMERICA,==In 2008, Do We know have so many prude's verbally speaking out, attempting to perpetuate the FAULTS idea the Penis is Bad or shamefully , or nakedness is shamfull....that is simply for......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

how_rude: oh, it still works but what type/flavor of soda you'll get is random which makes it all that more exciting....

in response to: Oldskool Coke Machine by Peter

MrBrenzo: Hutchinson Kansas is a boring place, if you are a boring person. I lived in Hutch until I was 15 and remember it fondly. the state fair only happens once a year, but it was......

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

B Street: I grew up across the street from one of the few working factories in Kensington starting in 1965 until I was forced out 22 years later. While I too have fond memories of wall ball, swimming......

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

Dean Ogden: Hi Sheila (Vaudrey), my mum saw my uncle Colin this afternoon and told him how i came across this site and that ive seen some of his school pictures, and he wants me to go......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter: ok, people... what is it, exactly, that makes {bushwick} so "scary"? i mean, really. i wish someone would just come out and spell it out for us, because i dont buy it. sure, the neighborhood......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: OK, so she's a little overweight but if thats her son and husband they look like a nice family and that makes her beautiful, all women who take care of their husbands and children but......

in response to: Several Rather Unremarkable Glimpses of Great Yarmouth by Jamie

yeah yeah: i think its amazing how people are suggesting that jacksonville should become like miami or orlando in order to become more "entertaining"... havent any of you people taken a walk around outside or a swim......

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

Jesse: We moved to the northside when moving here from Ontario. Fredericton is about 20 yrs behind well anywhere else in Canada especially when it comes to shopping. My god its a capital city and full......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

James Connelly: Acorn High School the student body is pretty Urban there nothing like a school who loves the good ole Fire drill every week...And the bathrooms being close cause some one was smoking in there or......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

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

Elkin School Rules!!! DJD: If I could move back to Kensington I would. However, that can't happen, due to the realities of life. Reality sometimes is a bitch! Reality forces you to make decisions that you wish......

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

Tom: Hairsy and Mike(Violas Grandson) Hi Hairsy I know you will remember me but Mike will not, but Mike might remember my Grandparents last name(SHAW)since we live across the street from Violas on Cambria St.......

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

bill: Hey katwoman. C.H.I.C. is on orlands and chestnut right in front of the reds. I graduated last year. I still live in the area and it really sucks whats happening. I did get a homeless......

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

Shannon Anderson: These pictures with all of these grafitti shows what bushwick is all about. It doesn't matter if the building is new or old, if the van does or does not belong to you,or if the......

in response to: Saturday Afternoon, Bushwick by Peter

Adelina Rivas: This show how many deli ther is in Bushwick. That what makes Bushwick 4 me!...

in response to: Saturday Afternoon, Bushwick by Peter

ChiPhi: Christopher and others, why is there always a: "...somebody needs to do something to help..." why don't people take responsibility and pride for their own? I have lived in this neighborhood for 5 years......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Mrs.L: For all of the people who are down on Hutch; how old are you?? For the people who think this town is such an awful place, you must be young. I am still in my......

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

anon (ppp-70-248-117-38.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net): I was born in 1933 at 151 Central Ave. between Willoughby and Suydam. It was mostly a Sicilian neighborhood. It was considered a slum then,but NEVER was it filthy like shown in the pictures......

in response to: Keep Bushwick Clean & Rats Out by Peter

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

disillusioned: can someone explain to me how it is possible to make friends or have a boyfriend/girlfriend if you live in new york city, esp. williamsburg..it seems completely impossible since people are unfriendly and full of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: All I know, is I have seen a lot of the little speed limit signs along the bike trails, usually proclaiming a limit of 20 km per hour. I confess that I have not been......

in response to: How Much Is That Pussy in the Window? by Montrealbunny

EvilGentleman: Actually Peter, logic would tell you that a loss would have been catastrophic, I agree. But that is not the case in Montreal. Had the Canadiens ##lost##, the crowds would have been grumpy and sullen,......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Nobody: Saul- this is the internet, and you're not the boss of it. Now either get on topic and finally get around to this "more to come" that you keep mentioning (yet never get around......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

CB : It is easy for anyone to put down our inner city areas and declare them a war zone. But the truth of the matter is that if we had more people involved to make change......

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

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

Peter: are you crazy, or just seriously uninformed? nothing rebuilt, nothing touched? thats not true at all! i commute through the WTC site/station every day, and theres so much going on there... sure, its a slow......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

Outside observer: I had a chance to recently visit the fine city of Hutch for a job interview. I would say that the city faces many of the same issues that other cities face in the mid-west.......

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

Nobody: Saul- perhaps sarcasm doesn't travel well through the internet. I do have a few points for your consideration, though: 1. "thats there [sic] idea of a community. Whose idea? The people who live in the projects? I......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

EvilGentleman: To Born and Raised in NYC: Sorry to ask, but exactly who made the condescending comments, and which ones in particular are you referring to? I just re-read everything here, and the general vibe I get......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

hello: Hutchinson has a chance to be at it's best if all the complainers will move and leave the doers here to try and help this city. The complainers will never go to a city meeting......

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

Peter: tom: i think its ludicrous to simply look at the "thousands of lives lost that day" without trying to dig deeper into the why and how of it. i think it disrespects both those who......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

Tom: hi, i'm from the u.k, so u probably won't care what i think, but sod it. I dnt kno the politics of your country v.well, but wether it's a cover up or not, the terrible......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

David Stonehouse: All of us at Evergreen were thrilled with Toronto's embrace of Earth Hour and indeed all staff went to enormous lengths to do our part. Unfortunately, when it comes to Brick Works site we are......

in response to: Not So Green... by Michelle

Tex: You are absolutely right, we should be thankful for what we have and the great country that we live in. We are very blessed and fortunate to live in a country where we have......

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

SLA: I read the book "ther are no children here" It was a very sad book.As I read the coments abouve it makes me wonder how much of the book was fact and what was really......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

This note is for you: What lucky people in Hutchinson, Kansas, USA, to be able to have a place to live and call it "home". Do you know how much a person earns in a "third world" country?, did you know......

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

Tex: I actually had to journey up to the fair city of Hutch a couple of weeks ago. I made a visit to your Hutchinson Mall. Do you remember the scenes from 'Dawn of the Dead'......

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

EvilGentleman: The house in the second-last photo is not too bad looking for a recent construction, even though it is somewhat lacking in "soul". Perhaps the soul will be acquired over time, although the building rising......

in response to: 80% of Everything Ever Built in North America... by CE

grrrl: Dude The graffiti scene up in Dallas is pretty much all the same. Sekt, to this day in 2008, still dominates. He's got some mad skills and hating on this kid, I found, is just useless. He just......

in response to: Clap Hands by elaine

Renee: I enjoyed reading this thread. However, there are a lot a personal prejudices and biases here. However, that's Americans for you now isn't it. I enjoyed the person who said judge people......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

my town: fuck all u niggas talkin shit bou da east coast and west cost if yo bitch ass aint never been down dat road den bitch dont try to make a point to us about da......

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

my town: fuck all u niggas talkin shit bou da east coast and west cost if yo bitch ass aint never been down dat road den bitch dont try to make a point to us about da......

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

W-Bear: What can I say? Post-84 New Jack has won himself a lollipop. Make that two: he get's a bonus for catching my typo. How groovy. ...

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

Post-84 New Jack: See, thats the general difference in our perspectives, "W-Bear". I prefer to look to the future, and push things to new heights than to dwell on the past and the past's faded glories and talk......

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

Stuck in Hutchinson: I need some advice on getting out of this hell hole. I'm pretty lazy, like most of the people in this town, but I still have some hope that maybe I could make something......

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

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

Post-84 New Jack: Embarassing ourselves, you say, you old geezer? You're like every other oldskool cat who's riding some already-done-shit and gave up on innovating YEARS ago and now you sit around and talk shit online because you......

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

Saiz: Im not sayin thers a "guide to graffiti: dos and dont's" What I meant was I see a lot of kids putting up graffiti in the city, but they dont do their research first, they......

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

Bob: March 7th 2008: Are you serious? If you seen a termite in your house, would kill just that one or would you tear the house apart and kill every one of those bastards? That's just one reason we......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

Sammy Perez: Let me start by saying, this is unbelieveable. On a whim I typed in Enrico Fermi JHS 111 on Google and up comes this blog. What's even greater is that there are one......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Peter: its {smug} and {osker}. i was holding my breath trying to not be the first to mention it and out myself as the resident graf nerd fanboy, for what its worth. that photo is a great......

in response to: What Happened to BEMS? by Elicar

EvilGentleman: El, since they were government-funded homes originally intended for the families of veterans returning from WWII, it is most unfortunate that the government decided to stop funding them. If you look at the comments in the......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

Philly Phil: I was glad to find this blog I was born & raised in Kensington 2800 N Hurley a block from the Hissy Playground I got out in 72 I have been a filmmaker since 84......

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

iheartretards: Pho Viet Anh on lower Queen Anne next to Bamboo Garden and down the block from the Opera house. It's the best Pho in town, I can't even palate nasty Than Brothers anymore. That shit......

in response to: Pho in Seattle by Peter

ahh a ghost: heres my list of the top 10! (im from the chicago-land area) First off, all you dallas-houston and toronto-montreal people fighting, shut the hell up. 1.Tokyo, Japan- to me, every picture i see of tokyo looks great.......

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

Brittany: Oh wow, you have such a good outlook on life. I personally don't care what you think. How about that? Hutchinson is a falling place. Sorry, facts are facts. Even if Macke-Dick Married you. How......

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