Comments about italia

There are 100 comments about "italia"

jack: its an italian solar clock. see each slice is pointed at a different time zone in the world time cock. right now the fourth slice is pointing to my time here in new......

in response to: Pizza to Go and Gone by CartLegger

needa_dayoff@hotmail.com: I grew up on knickerbocker avenue parallel to the park in an appartment just over the italian cafe and across from the bar always interesting outside my window I was a little kid when we......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Warren S. : Jeeeezzzz... guys! Richie... Joe, thanks for the support on this one. Once I had my responding comment out there, I couldn't return for a while just to cycle it out of my system a tad.......

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

Carlos: It's not people . It's also the sanitation dept and Construction going on .I live in Bushwick for about 40 yrs. when the Germans where here before the Italians. you still have rodents,roaches they travel......

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

punsterbill: Born in Williamsburg Hospital in '41. Lived on first floor of 99 Stockholm St until '47 when we moved to Cornelia Street. went to PS 56 on Bushwick Ave, Halsey JHS and one......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Allan: Richie, What year did you graduate from 167? Me - 59. Judy also had another brother I think. We lived in same apartment house and same floor. I think I recognize the name Joel Bercy. Right......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

surfer: Answer to Megan> Bensonhurst is changing from Italian to Chinese. Still a good neighborhood. Answer to Danielle> Sunset park is now called the 2nd Chinatown. Excellent neighborhood. I grew up there in the 50's & 60's.......

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

eyeofodin: England fascinates me...I worked there for a summer teaching Germans and Italians (axis powers of course!) English in the country side of Suffolk. I loved every minute of the weather and afternoon cocktails. ......

in response to: Hogwarts? by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Jason: What's most ironic is that liberals are deeply "conservative" when it comes to gentrification. They are seeking to take a vibrant city of constant flux and movement and freeze it in time. No one group......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Francine Cammarata: What a childhood in Bushwick!!! I think my passionate Italian background which was deeply rooted in tradition surely played a major part. What strength and power we had. I was born 1947 in Greenpoint Hospital.......

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

Rita: Thank you for these pictures. My two Italian, Great and Grandfather were stone carvers on this bridge. ...

in response to: Lorain-Carnegie Bridge by procyon

MOTI WEISBROT : Nice fron yard ! We wish you all the best with your Bottega ( in Italian) . Moti Weisbrot ...

in response to: Source of Beer by Peter

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

Liz: Dear Mr. Hammond, I was born 1948, so I don't think we hung out together, but my Mom was a nurse at St. Mary's, probably at the time your siblings were born I have......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (cache-ntc-ab03.proxy.aol.com): Liz: My sister was born in St Marys Hospital in 1929,the only one of seve siblings born in a hospital. We all went to St Matthews school and church in the 1930s. The boys......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

upfromflames: Yeah I appreciate your voice here too! Question for you: When Puerto Rican folks replaced Italians, did they tend to join the catholic congregations--i am thinking about St. Barbara's Cathedral and school, which i am writing......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Lou Romero: Amazing !! I didn't realize the quality of life and safety had began to decline as early as 1962. I know that the "white flight" was in full swing from 1965 onward, many neighboorhoods still had......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Liz: Smiling...Eastern Parkway...Irish, Italian, Jewish...how come we all knew how to get along back then??? I can remember a Jewish couple coming up to me and saying something in Yiddish, and then noticing a surprise......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

alan: jUST BY ASKING A SIMPLE QUESTION CONCERNING SOMEONE IN THE PAST,A ENTIRE WORLD OPENS TO YOU. I lived at 4802 Snyder and left Tilden in 1960. What a different world. My grandfather owed the buiding......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

EvilGentleman: Jeez, and I had always thought that Eritrea was a country on Africa's Red Sea coast which recently (early 1990's) gained its freedom from Ethiopia. Capital Asmera, population around 5 million? And a former Italian......

in response to: Est. 1985 by Peter

Al Pierro: Just came across this website in search of info on what has happened to St. Joseph's church where we used to play softball back in the 50's & 60's. I attended a grade school on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

luna park: i don't think so. my landlady told me this tree was planted by her italian grandparents, who emigrated to brooklyn at the turn of the last century. here's another crack at a recent nytimes article......

in response to: Brooklyn Backyard by luna park

upfromflames: More to the point, you are confusing problem with solution, and memory with history The cameras by Maria Hernandez park are part of the [[6459:Bushwick Initiative]], the latest in a long line of projects to fight......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Alan Taylor: Hi Sheila & Cyril, I recall both farms and used to go and watch 'young' Max Shacklady and his followers practice wrestling in one of the upper barns behind which the threshing machine with long belt......

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

onephed: I'm in houston until 21 april 2008, I'm an italian graffiti writer 29 yo (I paint since 1997) and I would like to meet people here in houston to paint with legal stuff. please contact me......

in response to: Legal Graffiti by groovehouse

Bill Foss: Hey Bobby, I lived on Jefferson St. between wilson and cenral, right next to the funeral parlor...remember caruso's drug store? how about the Italian store on the corner of troutman and wilson..Email me dude..its pool07@aol.com...

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Roger: I'm an artist who is not a hipster. I am moving further east in Bushwick because the rent is cheaper for what you can get, as I'm saddled in debt. I'm half Peruvian......

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

jack: my little italian beauty, how are you able to spot all these european beauties....

in response to: 1965 Fiat 500 by Peter

Laura : YOU PPL...BIMBO IS ITALIAN FOR CHILD,PLEASE GET YOUR FACTS STRAIGHT....

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

NervaVels: I lived on the block of Green/Evergreen/Harman for almost 20 years; prior to that, I lived on Jefferson St between Knickerbocker and Irving (still remember getting picked up by the bus to go to a......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

antBlack: LOL...Well, the Orchestra did suck! The band was great and Montesano was a great teacher. I played Bflat Tenor sax...not many solos, but still, it was the Tenor sax! Anybody remember Mr Weintraub in......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

pierre: its pretty good in fact, the fries are hand cut by the owner himself(!) and they make their poutine and italian poutine sauces from scratch (fresh veggies) try it!...

in response to: Frites Dorées by serlingrod

Diana Manchur-Henke: Rick, Michael lives upstate now near Albany. I'll let him know you asked for him. My father passed away 2004. My mom lives in Queens and is doing well. I'm glad the neighborhood is......

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

EvilGentleman: The areas bordering Verdun are pretty much the same, as well. Pointe-Saint-Charles, east of Verdun, is historically Irish, and today is a mixed community where English is not a problem. Ville-Emard, to the north of Verdun, has......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

what?: hello, i'm italian, i'm in New York. do you konw other graffiti store in new york? thank you ...

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

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

Joe D.: Buswick late 1960's - early 1970's was the best!!! Born on Harman Street in 1965...The entire family lived within blocks of eachother..Grandparents on Starr Street next to the pretzel factory..Aunt lived on Buswick Avenue and......

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

EvilGentleman: Hey, no problem from my end. You can name your business whatever you like, and based on how vociferously you defend it, the kids there are probably well taken care of. I will still snicker a......

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

ndgcatlady: Been down that alley many times. Nice Italian neighborhood. Many well kept flower and vegetable gardens. Yes, and a brand new Community centre down there...St. Raymonds....and of......

in response to: Two Strips of Dirt by CE

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

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

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

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

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

EvilGentleman: Wow! Kinda makes you wonder how such a common Italian word wound up being used in English the way it currently is. We English-speakers are weirrrrd people, I guess....

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

Brooklyn-Pete: Bushwick is not the worst neighborhood in Brooklyn, it's definately no Park Slope but it is not as bad as some would have others believe. The neighborhood is very noisy and extremely filthy on many......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

bushwick facts:: in the 60-70s all white italian and germans on irving side Puerto ricans were from other side of central it was like a border muslims locked down bushwick ave in the 70 -80s and prior......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Dee: I also went to jhs 111. The years I attended were 1966-1969 the school was about a year old then. I hated it, and to the young man that said your friend wasn't encouraged......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

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

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

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

whowalkinbrooklyn.com: lots of interesting comments here, some ridiculous yuppie wannabes, but many more sincere & heartening-- esp. about Bushwick's Italian heritage & Spanish-speaking peoples. One thing i'd like to add tho' is, all this BULLSHIT about,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Bonnie: I too lived on Wilson Ave., between Cooper and Moffit Streets -- in the 1950's. We lived on the 3rd floor of one of the cold water railroad flats, right down the street from......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

RickC: I stand corrected. Paul got whacked in the city. I used to love getting pizza at that restaurant. Back then only italians hung out on that part of knickerbocker. I wonder if any of the......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

upfromflames: I think you mean Carmine Galante--boy, is that a great story! 205 Knickerbocker Ave. at Joe and Mary's Italian Restaurant. ...

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

RickC: Bushwick and Troutman?? Based on your personal info, I would keep looking. The area still can be scarey at that time of night. You did a good job upfromtehflames. I got the post card you......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Martina : Hi, I might in the near future have some shot you can take from my Blog (http://miglioraroma.blogspot.com) it's in Italian -sorry- but still I plan to fill it with pictures from the Roman subway, and......

in response to: I\'l See You in Rome by pietro

jack: mariana, sorry but non comprende italiano, e non polare, scusa mia italian, prego, si capeto english, and to jerry, i am a member of the VFW, and its nice that you have good memories of......

in response to: Disused VFW Hall by mike a

jack: sure she did, she's the italian looking girl....

in response to: While Waiting for Sooky by chiamattt

upfromflames: I was a little disappointed at your original presumption that the mysterious empty spaces in Newark once held decayed housing full of junkies. Actually, some of them used to contain thriving neighborhoods, some Italian white,......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

jack: many of the buildings constructed in the late 1800's that was used as housing by poor hispanics, blacks, jews, polish, german, italians and irish are still standing today and in livable conditions and very expensive.......

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

Dave: Father owned a Italian Bucher Shop in the 50's-60's on the corner of Central and Bleeker, caddycorner from St. Barbara's Church ,burnt out in the 70's, never went back ! , What's there now......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: Jon: Thanks for your informed contribution. That makes more sense to me than just bureaucratic bungling In terms of fight or flight, most of the Italians took straight to LI. For those that stayed,their power was restricted to......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

John Dereszewski: In a recent post, you noted that Bushwick was denied Model City designation in 1969. I believe that a key reason for this had less to do with either the Federal Government's or the Lindsay......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

upfromflames: Dimeadozen: That's one thing I am working on in our Museum Exhibition at the Brooklyn Historical Society. I am of the inclination that if people in Bushwick--whether they be older leavers, young folks growing up......

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

upfromflames: ** The Urban Ecology of Arson** The power of the Wallace's interpretation is its integrated systems approach. just as flames cannot burn in a vacuum, the flames of July 13th did not arise out of nowhere.......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

Nowheretobeseen: When i first found out that Bimbo meant something else in italian i was quite amused. Its funny how different the meaning between english and italian bimbo are. ...

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

Nancy D'Elia: Good grief indeed, Mr. Wilson. How would you explain all the business names of restaurants in New York or in Montreal for that matter that have Italian names in them?I realized that some people might......

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

pierre: i remember knickerbocker park and the avenue were so nice when the italians dominated the area. it's a shame to see what it's become....

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

dominick: the italian neighborhoods are always the safest such as bensonhurst and dyker heights. Ive never had a problem in either....

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

EvilGentleman: Good grief. Admit it, Nancy. You messed up when you named your daycare. As sweet and innocent as the name may be in Italian, you cannot possibly tell me that 100% of your clientele speak......

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

Nancy D'Elia: Of course you would not call her bimbo - you would call her bimba - the feminine ending for the noun. Sheesh! You really don't know nutnin!!! If one should say of her "ma......

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

Thomas H: I grew up on Stanhope and Knickerbocker lived there and around there from 1951 to 1966. I remember Knickerbocker shops and Bargin Town on Broadway.I remember sleeping on the fire escape and hitten two and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

little ukraine: wandered past this building tonight and got some info on it- it is the ottendorfer branch of the nypl. http://www.nypl.org/branch/local/man/otinfo.html "The Ottendorfer Branch of the New York Public Library opened in 1884 as New York City's......

in response to: Anders Celsius by little ukraine

jack: my goodness you folks are still posting and chatting after almost one year about a topic that was in jest and then became an insult to our business day time activity, and what next may......

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

from starr st.: 1st. off upfromflames, i am going to my storage space and look for my pics and send them to you. now i was born and rasied in bushwick. PROUD of it.just as proud......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Nancy D'Elia: Hey! That's my daycare you're making fun of. Goes to show your affinity for "bimboism". Bimbo means infant in Italian. Don't you have anything better to do with your time. ...

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

jack: i don't know but do you think the vehicle matches the store. and you are correct it seems the old things are being replaced by the new, which is as it should be in......

in response to: Where Have You Gone, Mr. Fresh Bread? by little ukraine

Giovanni: i grew up in a mostly Italian neighborhood in bay view in milwaukee and Latin Kings were a huge force in my neighborhood, all my family was in it, most of my family pics were......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

New Face in Bushwick: Need more than Starbucks. Northeast cafe is the only one that I can relax and enjoy the meal at. Italian, Japanese restaurants would be wonderful.. Investors and developers out there - business......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

JNJ: Everybody is missing the point here and underlying factor. I grew up in Humboldt Park. I lived there for 32 years. Yes, it was stressful. However, I had allot of fun......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

Børge: I don't think the fact that oslo is an expensive city has anything to do with the high crime number. It's also a fact that oslo is unique in norwegian matter. I live in the......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

Alissa- Some where in the Midwest, USA: Being a granddaughter of a Retired Col. of the United States Airforce/ Retired Policital Science Professor, I am proud of what he and others like him (both USA/ English) who fought for freedom of the......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

jack: im putting up wine grape arbor in my garden. i have shadows like these in my garden and i have a table with a couple of old wooden chairs, with a slice of cheese......

in response to: Shade on a Hot Day by dfwtiger

aer suzuki: ok this might be considered off-topic for citynoise but what the hell : i finally made it to the frye, pictured above, to see the henry darger exhibit and i strongly recommend it if you're......

in response to: A Small Looping Tour in Seattle by aer suzuki

Tony: I WAS born in a house on Bushwick Avenue and Halsey Street. My father and mother were both immigrants from Italy, They left italy for the new world to improve their lives and to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

"harpo" from middle village: My old church and school St. Brigids looks like some Guatemalan refuge camp . All the freaken phony whites from the 70 and 80' s moved out and ruined the neighborhood - they were mostly......

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

"harpo" middle village: The Italian landlords really ruined Bushwick and Ridgewood They rented to multiple families of central and latin Americans - at a ridiculous rate of rent and forced the whites out of the area As usual these......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

"harpo" middle village: My old church and school St. Brigids looks like some Guatemalan refuge camp . All the freaken phony whites from the 70 and 80' s moved out and ruined......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Nick: I'm embaressed by the number of stupid Brits here who have come looking for an arguement, by slagging off the US in the most derogatory, assinine way possible. I'm a Brit and I also *shock......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

EvilGentleman: Aw darn, I was hoping to see the trinkets. Most of us Native Americans find it hilarious to see "authentic" Native souvenirs that have little innocuous labels proclaiming them to be made in China, the......

in response to: Beaver House Trading Post by jfilip

Genaro: During the late 1940's and 50's, many of The Manhattan Elite thought it proper in calling the less popular working or the poor social White under class, WHITE TRASH! This would also include Whites who......

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

Dave (a Bushwick native): I see it more as a class war than a race war. I'm from the last generation (born mid-1960s) of German-Americans from the Ridgewood/Bushwick area before the Great Exodus of the 1970s. If I claimed......

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

The Truth: Remember Brownsville was nearly all white less than 40 years ago.... Should we blame black people for this...How dare they take white homes..... Italians were drivin out by black people from east new york........ So there we have......

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

TheTruth: Nice try at history, Sylvia, but you've missed some huge factors. My family was part of that 1st wave of nonwhites to integrate Bushwick in the 1950s. They weren't Gentry -- sorry--even though they were......

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

Sylvia: I am a hispanic who lived in Bushwick from 1971 to 1993, moving there from the Bronx where I was raised. The irony of what I have been reading here is that when I......

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

Michael Morrison: This wonderful diner was a part of my childhood in Aberdeen. I have never tasted spaghetti and meatballs that could rival the dish there, my favorite - and that was 45 years ago!!! I never......

in response to: New Ideal Diner by EvilGentleman

franny: I grew up in bushwick on bleecker and irving during the 60's & 70's. It was the happiest time I had in my life. It was a blue collar hard working neighborhood. You could sleep......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: i love the brackish part of downtown {nyc} where {chinatown} and {little italy} literally run together... lots of italian flags and restaurants, but a huge majority of {signage} in chinese....

in response to: Not-Chinatown / Fish-heads On Ice by aer suzuki

EvilGentleman: As far as I know, the block you are referring to (the north side of Sainte-Catherine between Lambert-Closse and de Chomedy) has closed down simply due to the fact that the Forum closed in 1996,......

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

BOCKER: You making it seem as if the people are the ones who made it completely like this higher powers and not god had something to do with the way it is. Yeah the people added......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CityDweller: Exposing your genitalia in public is considered a misdeamoner according to state law under public lewdness and indecent exposure so serious or not the man in the pic is in the wrong. To make it......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC