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Mitch Spector: These photos were taken during the early morning of October 5th. Despite the former restaurant site still, for the moment, standing, it is an interesting contrast when comparing the photos (above) from 6 months earlier. [[img:29147]] The......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

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

Anna: Now that a team has won in Philadelphia (Souls) I guess the curse is broken! But I didn't see on the news that the El was set on fire or cars and buses were......

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

Who Cares for Kensington: I'll leave race out of my comments and will continues to focus on the radical change of culture and values. The changes are what thay are and I am sure that the government nor activists......

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: In response to the last post - first of, let me say that I live in Philadelphia and have worked as a community organizer in Kensington for the past several years. I mention this to......

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

Peter: wow, the comments in korean are fascinating... i mean, im as prone to think that america is the global authority on conspiracy, but i think its a bit of a reach to say that america......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot! A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo. [[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]] by Adam Enright I was thrilled to read about......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Dean Ogden: Hi Sheila, Yes my dad was the youngest. He always used to spend his time on Barton Grange Farm with his mate Steve Ratcliffe messing around with cars and motorbikes. He was born when the......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

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

Peter: hey "movin to wick", wake up! youre working with a conception of {new york} thats about 20+ years outdated... i mean, serously. youd think {brooklyn} was {beirut}. perhaps youve been watching too much ##law and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

dublin girl: hey ive been livin in dublin all my life and was always hearing about the troubles up the north! i went and started a course 2 months ago up in belfast and i have to......

in response to: Northern Ireland is the most intrguing of places by Jamie

Post-84 New Jack: Thanks for the lolly, W-Bear. I'll be sure to pass it on to my son. He's teething right now and its a bitch. As for you, Bilrock Rolling Thunder Whiter- oops, I mean Writer. You failed......

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

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

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

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.

SF: Hate to change the subject on the negativity of Hutchinson...at least is in the US!! I was born in Hutchinson KS at the hospital that used to go by the name Grace Hospital, it was 1964.......

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

Cyberdish: I don't get even the slightest hint of negativity or homophobia from you. There are, unfortunatly, those in the gay cmmunity who are reluctant to embrace any other lifestyle or thought pattern that isn't their......

in response to: Le Stud by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Probably the guy in the Honda stopped to count his change, and the guy in the Nissan impatiently tried to pass, pissing off the Honda guy, who raced to keep his spot in line, and......

in response to: Tight Squeeze by jack

janet grayson: Anyone attend P.S. 167 (Mr. Lodato, principal)? Lincoln Terrace sometimes opened its skating rink (but almost never when I got there); Dubrows (directly across Eastern Parkway from St. Matthews RC Church) was a favorite--then they......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Pettis - December 09, 2007: Your comments resonate the truth in so many ways. When you peel back the years, you'll find that many families raise their children in the Henry Horner Homes. The Mitchell family was a......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Anonoymous: I will try to be succinct with my words. The symbols, ideology, artwork, whatever you prefer to call it serves one grand purpose, and this purpose, I will reveal in the conclusion of this......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

my misgivings: NORTH Wales’ Chief Constable Richard Brunstrom is calling for the legalisation and regulation of all drugs – and next week will ask North Wales Police Authority to back him. The region’s top cop reckons existing......

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

Cloned Prince: I wrote a Parkour Rap! Things just aint the same for todays traceurs, Cops and pigs want to see us in handcuffs Yamakasi and the Belle are aging, The old traceurs, well they're all changing, Making way for new......

in response to: Parkour Trip to Lisses by Ben Nuttall

Someone in Detroit metro: Wow.....some of the comments made here have been really ignorant, but then again everone is entitled to their own opinions right? Here's mine: I have lived in Detroit metro area my whole life. I......

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

anon (cache-dtc-ag08.proxy.aol.com): Gentrification is obviously evident not only in Bushwick but all over New york City,its just a shame that it takes race to improve a community. ie: Farmers markets,trendy stores, bistros, and uppyish bars.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

PhillyGuy83: People exaggerate so much about New York that its sickening. If you are from a picket fenced suburb and want to know if you'll be safe in some inner city neighborhood then more than likely......

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

CE: It is important to remember that every city has many different faces and this is just one of them. Montreal has the ability to change drastically from one block to another. Just a......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

upfromflames: Dunno where you are coming from with that. I am working out there now interviewing some of the folks of the block association, which helped the neighborhood to stay solid after the blackout, like starting......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

sirhcbre: I agree with a lot of what has already been said. Here are my two cents: -Profiles would be nice but shouldn't be mandatory. If someone wants one, they should be able to create......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

Hunter : I am not under the impression that any of these murals were intentionally dictated to Leo Tanguma by some elite agency. Instead, I think he may have been picking up on some type of a......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

dimeadozen: Thank you to everyone for this discussion especially The Truth and those following who elevated the discussion. I moved to Bushwick very recently and completely randomly. Although I work hard, support myself and am forced......

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

vwpimpster: not a disgrace(I spelled it right), but it would be cool if the copter bits were fold-away, so you could drive to one area, unfold the copter bits and take off....so which one of you......

in response to: Kunstwerk by Prettyspecial

.nanotech.: [[img:18457]] [[img:18458]] [[img:18459]] [[img:18462]] [[img:18463]] [[img:18464]] [[img:18465]] [[img:18466]] [[img:18467]] [[img:18468]] [[img:18469]] [[img:18470]] [[img:18471]] * The Queen of England has reportedly been buying up property in Colorado under a proxy. * There is a lot of "secret society" symbology at the airport,......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Derek Jackson: Wow! Reading all this misspelled babble about being proud of being hispanic, about fighting the whites trying to take what's yours, and about complaining about gang violence is making me half-laugh, half-get pissed off. Homboldt Park......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Muffin Man: Ok..well I been interested in this art form for a while. And I think its time I get around to getting something out there. I got my design, pretty simple for now. ......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

The Chi-ster: We need to see the bigger picture here. Its almost heartbreaking to see people of a common struggle wasting time and lives with petty arguments. I am boricua, I stayed on Kedzie and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

JNJ: Again. The problem isn't your, "whiteness". Human phenotypes don't necessarily always reflect the genotypes. "White", just like Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, is just a generic term used to separate people for the......

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

EvilGentleman: I must agree with some of this quite heavily. To repeat a comment I posted on VampireFreaks, my opinion about the human race, regardless of ethnicity, race, religion, subculture, style of dress, or social "class"......

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

KING CISCO 95TH ROSLAND: IM READIN ALOT OF SHIT ABOUT HUMBOLDT MY AUNT LIVED THER FOR 4 YEARS AND I SPENT ALOT OF TIME OUT THERE. (IM MEXICAN). I GOT SOMTHIN TO SAY ABOUT THE FOOL TALKIN ABOUT EDUCATION......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

EvilGentleman: I have to translate this. It's just too much to resist. 가장 큰exsqisite, 나는 말해야 한다! 여기 모든에EvilGentleman포획은 이것 이다: 1 - 감시는 시간외에 하고 있다. 2 - 그의 할아버지 새로운 틀이를 얻기 위하여 농부는 도시로 가고 있다. 3......

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

peacefrog: As an American who has lived in Canada most of his life, visiting the US and especially NYC is a harsh reality check, and a reminder that the ravages of racism are still alive and......

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

EvilGentleman: The art, if authentic, should be supported by buying it. I personally feel the best way to buy native art is to go to an Indian reservation and buy it directly from the artist, wherever......

in response to: Fast Cash by joey

phill: There are white people in the neighborhood of cabrini green, and Cabrini Green is not all black either, and there are blacks in Cabrini green that are not racist, so why are the youth of......

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

shelia/neworleans : I am sure that if one of those buildings is still standing you will have some remnants of the life that once was. Evil spirits don’t leave gracefully. As long as there is a......

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

ZooPaul: Right on Anon The only rational response to conflict is the restoration of harmony. I was born in Canada of Catholic parents from the Republic of Ireland, and came to Ireland when I was 4. I remember......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

TheTruth: "I see it more as a class war than a race war." "...But that doesn't explain why, poor or not, the residents of Bushwick didn't have enough self-respect to take care of their neighborhood." Dave, did you......

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.

hipster: its true white people are poor too it doesnt matter what race you are there are rich and poor in every race it's how and what you do in life that makes you wealthy......

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

Peter: a quick look at the wiki entry for [[wiki:bushwick]] shows that the displaced people youre talking about are far from the first to be displaced, whether from gentrification, changing demographics, modernization, urbanization, etc. i mean,......

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

jack: jayne, thx for the gramatical come back, i try to watch my grammer and spelling when i type but most times i just fly throught it. mitch seemed to wrap the whole thing up.......

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

EvilGentleman: I remember during my 1999 tour of America: The Eastern 30, we stopped at a supermarket somewhere NW of Lafayette to get some munchies to keep the family going while on the road to the......

in response to: Does Anyone Else Find This Stupid? by EvilGentleman

Elicar: Speaking of a thread evolving to a different life of its own... Apartheid... in Canada? For a country who has opened it's borders to everyone, for a country who has legislated equality in the workplace, for a......

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

Peter: yup, its the old {schwinn}. i took my aero/bullhorn bars and just flipped em over. heres another shot: [[img:10284]] the, i got the custom frame, which i built up to race in {monster track} 6: [[img:10285]] sometimes, though, i......

in response to: At "The Spot", Central Park and fixed-gears by Peter

Elicar: If America has almost closed her borders, Canada has opened hers. Not only do we accept qualified immigrants with open arms, we have legislated that certain groups be given (more) equal chances in the public......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

Chuckles: G'day Sean: Appreciate your response and interesting comments. The great thing about photography is it truly allows the "shooter" to express themselves in ways that are really quite remarkable. There is no right way / wrong way......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

insightoner: Good stuff. A couple of things to keep everything in perspective: Humbolt was white untill the 70's. Don't you think the whites that lived there pre70's felt the same way when Puerto......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jack: i feel the govt. is getting too involved in citizens affairs. but look at these politicians, they are all scared of terrorists. it is too easy to infiltrate the cities and cause death.......

in response to: Privacy Vs Law by realCanadian

jack: well since no one is going to read my commentary on this photo, i can say pretty much anything, so here goes. first, JPII earned his resting place. he was a great Pope.......

in response to: The Pope\'s Tomb by pietro

Stephanie: FIrst of all if you guys actually read the storys and interviews in the newspaper from leah herself... she had said that she knows now that she shouldnt have opened his door and "tossed: the......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Old Kensington Dog: A couple of points re. the confrontation specifically, and Kensington Market in general: -The SUV in the photos is owned by the business accross the street, not the "Motorist". His four cylinder smaller car with......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Think of poor White Vest Girl!: First of all - Leah, you are my new hero. Yes, you over-reacted, but at least you 1.) have respect for your town and your environment and 2.) you had the grace to admit that......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Leah: Hello all! I am the girl in the pics. My name is Leah and although I am a courier, I was WALKING my bike up Agusta when the incident took place. He was driving and......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

ted357: Ya'll crazy to an extent. I'm moving to HP soon. I'm moving because I can't afford no other shit on the north side. I'm a white boy from the south side. Damn, I understand some......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Young Father: Im straight up Latin to the bone. I dont show it through logos, clothing, chants, etc, etc. I let it show itself as a result of reading, travels, music, learning, worship, and everyday......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

JayEastsider: check this out it something interesting i found Think You Know Everything????? A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. A crocodile cannot stick out......

in response to: Leningrad by JayEastsider

jack: to caracan, life is not a series of unfortunate events. life is what we make it. your story was great, thanks. jamie is correct, we all have our toms. you......

in response to: The Tale of Tom by caracarn

benrox: Alright - I've read a good amount of these posts. Let me start off by saying that I am white. I've been living in "the hood" my whole life. I don't live in Humboldt Park,......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Mystical Witness...: The basis of an individual's existence is governed by self-dertermination. The distinction which is made to those who fail & refuse to fall through the cracks of an industrialized society is based primarily in the......

in response to: The King Was Correct by Lili

Peter: babelfish tells me (in really fractured english): manifest/listovka/zaveshchaniye/ob"yavleniye/anketa (necessary to emphasize) Explaining everything and simultaneously questioning WHY! you this make vyaloradikal'naya anarkhoterroristicheskaya proyevreyskaya counterrevolutionary group, band, gang, party, force WHY! It calls to deny everything and to......

in response to: Oktyabrskaya by piranha erem

Witness...: There will always be others- people who will in a perverted fashion misuse the fabrics & the dynamics of a society. The ills of a society will always look "attractive", "alluring", and "inviting" to those......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

cafeconleche...: Mia about your comment about finding a way to afford to live in Humbolt Park--that's comment is SO wrong on SO many Levels there are layers to my rebuttle...YOu know--I'm part of the middle......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

kinglight55@aol.com: AMOR DE REY: My brothers and sisters i hope you all find yourself in good health when you read this... I am here to ask all of you to please try and help out as much......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

elaine: well, it's history and geography. the romany gypsies are one thing, then there are irish gypsies, and then there are elective 'new age' travellers. the new age travellers came out of a long standing squatting......

in response to: urban transgressions and taboos by elaine

an Irsih republican : An Ulster loyalist, is that the best you can come up with? Waht about Ian Paisley cocksucking Motherfucker murdering orannge blue nose bastard? That has a better ring to it. Now lets set......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

XklusivRicaNmAmi: This is a sad story nd mah luv goes 2 all mah ricans keep ya headz up high and go on with life as best you can. Unfortuantely things like this happen everday, but thats......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

ElViejoDeArriba: "Papo: 28/01/2005 - 11:37 [top] hey joe, did your people come to this country to learn proper grammar and spelling? no? well, it sure shows in your comment, papi." nice. im not taking sides, but speaking of......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti