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pearlie prince of lambeth: just wondering if anyone knows of bill and martha morris? pearlie king and queen of bethnal green? or perhaps tom and florie arrowsmith, pearlie king and queen of whitechapel? any information would be wonderful...

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Allan: Richie, I DID live in the same building as Judy O. We both lived on the first floor. I was in the front. Her family in the back. She had a male dog 'Nipper' and I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (209.31.110.230.ptr.us.xo.net): omg i was just telling someone about Webb's bakery....do u remember rose's 5 & dime store! used to spend every dime i had there...hahah i remember all those stores........omg!!!...

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

Peter: heh... its so true, though. my reality indicates that just about every new yorker i know winces upon hearing the name "mccain", wanted to punch giuliani every time he over-invoked 9/11 while campaigning and basically......

in response to: Preaching to No One by Peter

Ender: This is simply marvelous. Thank you for sharing these photos. Contrary to what someone said above, the Clockwork Orange doesn't look much like this anymore, though I can just barely recall riding it in this......

in response to: Glasgow Subway Pre-and-During Modernisation by Gap74

EvilGentleman: Hi. I just arrived here from a Google search, and I just want to say that I find this picture very misleading. But at least you are not asking me to buy a membership......

in response to: Slutshole Lane by Ender

Peter: i just noticed that [[8001:this post]] is of the same lot... somehow, i didnt see this post the first time around... you posted it almost exactly 4 months before i moved within a block of......

in response to: Missing Tooth and Open Sky by upfromflames

siac 3: i just read every comment and to be honest ja is the shit he is up like fuck and he is a bomber ......

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

Peter: oh yeah, ive seen those sites, richie, good stuff. i was just hoping to see more "personal" photos. snapshots can show much more "life" (so to speak) than non-candid shots of streets and storefronts :)...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

nz: okay i love saber first of all i read his book its so fucking dope that kunt is off the chain mad love for la and san fran graff , even tho i dont even......

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

Lemming: Why the hell did he run? ahahaha! I'm laughing just thinking about it. ...

in response to: Tires by Peter

BELROC IOF: USA only. There are a few other "Bel's" out there. But I believe I am the most well known in 2008. Heres a piece i just did for my little girl Ani... [[img:29565]] ...

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

oh snap!: awesome post. Is that statue just sitting out somewhere!? Send it to meee!...

in response to: English Kills Graffiti by Peter

Peter: i had to climb up a fence and over a wall to get that first shot (thats why its a little askew), and while i was doing that, a guy pulled over in a truck......

in response to: Armer Graffiti by Peter

Paul Davies: I completed a 4 year apprenticeship in electronic engineering between 1973 and 1977 at Aquila. Just the fact that I gained my 'deeds' stood me in good stead when it came to getting work later. Aquila was......

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

stressiam: Roosters,Chickens and chicks makes alot of noise, population are growing,and stuff, but we human beings makes noise early in the morning, our population are growing, we carry disease,ect. Why can't we all just live in......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

Richie Rubin: ALLAN,Yep,dem daze are gone..4-ever! & I had:both albums `Paragons meet the Jesters' &`Rumble'then Link Wray came out w/an instumental:`Rumble'all in mid`50's,sure there were`gangs'in our`hood[mostly in Albany & Kingsboro projects & many members went to P.S.167..I knew a few,but there......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Allan: Richie, Went to the Brooklyn Paramount several times in the early 60's to see many of the 'doo wop' groups, early rock & roll groups too. Ben E. King, Ronnettes, Clyde McFatter, Martha & the Vandelles,......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

TOP NOTCH!!!: HOLLYYMOLLLYYY!!! hello moto just wanted to ask a you from the states because your hiits a banqqing iin nz as well! buht niice for hiitiinqq thee streets wiith STYLE? NiiCE taqqiingg...

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

Allan: Concord Hotel building has been raized and a multi-billion $ hotel/casino is being built on that site. Property all around is/has been bought up, probably for associated functions or businesses. Did you ever swim at......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Ashley: I really think you have to look at these photos in context. You have crime in every city - but unless it's shown to you on a platter you never really realize it. It reminds......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

Red Flag alert: I'm a tenant in a building that had windows installed by Park Slope Windows & Glass (hereto to be referred to as "PSWG"). Overall impression: very negative. Red Flag #1: My landlord had to repeatedly call......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

Allan: Sanford, I think we were in the same grade. In the summer of '55 I would have just finished the 4th grade. I think I had Ms. Hines that year. A memory that just came to......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: hi joey, its been almost two years since you asked for a story about the beat generation in the village. well its better late than never, so here is a short one. my......

in response to: Blue Note Lounge by jack

david swift: hi gus What an excellent web site! ive just seen my mum on the 1964 gala day photo (Susan Duxbury)a relation to the duxburys on another picture on this site. My grandad had a shoe shop......

in response to: Barnoldswick by Gus Brennan

Frank Sulman's: If you go on YOU-TUBE and type in Bens-Deli u can watch the whole demolishing of Bens. There is a part (1) and a part (2), and I tell you it is sad to watch, the......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Thelma Fuentes: I lived at 146 Grove Street and moved to Staten Island in early 70s (I didn't get to graduate with my class at St. Barbara's in 1972)...I remember Barbara Ann's, my first dance at the......

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

Chris: Hi, i just wanted to says thanks! my dad (Alan Marsden) also worked at Barton right up to it closing. and i think i actually went inside with him for a tour just before it......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Rich: Is this Nostrand and Pacific? If so, is the fried fish place still there just down the block towards Atlantic....

in response to: Masonic Meats? by Peter

Rich: A similar accident occurred on New Year's Eve at the intersection of Rockaway Ave. and Dumount, in the early to mid eighties. I was in church bringing in the new year and when I came......

in response to: Ambulance Crash by Second Road

Malcolm: Enjoyed many evenings at Rockheads. He handed out roses to the ladies. If my memory serves me rightly he was targeted by the Catholic church because he was a Jehovah Witness. They shut him down......

in response to: Rufus Rockhead Street by EvilGentleman

paul..: hi..i am paul.. i used to live up in netherne..i used to live at park lane.(no i wont say what number.lol)..i used to live at my parents house.their house is well haunted!! thats why i......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

adam: its not about having high expectations. just the fact that he made it in there makes me happy. you can only realistically expect so much considering how f'd everything is right now...

in response to: Voting in Brooklyn by adam

Peter: heh, these are the only voting machines ive ever used in nyc, for every election since 96, the first i could vote in. these are also the same type of machines pictured in the original......

in response to: Voting in Brooklyn by adam

Richie Rubin: Suzy;picture dis:Your Mom[Mrs.gradstein]cranking up that old PS 167`Victrola'in the auditorium for:`music appreciation' WE`Rock & Rollers'didn't really dig dat`Longhair'stuff.. `til now!,& WE never imagined having`long hair a decade or so..in da future!..no?..Mrs.Dreeben & miss Hines also cranked up dat`victrola'.as did Mr.Lodato[our......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Teri: Hi again everyone. I was remiss in not checking this board for a week or so. I was born in late 1947 and lived at 1074 until I was 18 1/2 years old......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

airo: Thats so dope! Hahah I just started. Mine also look like crap..//...

in response to: Silver Sufer Metro in Blackbook by Metro1

EvilGentleman: Mitch, I am as saddened as you are at the loss of Ben's, and I thank you profusely for your contributions. Without you, this article would just be a few pictures of a closed Ben's,......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch Spector: Yep, it's indeed very much GONE. Made one final pass by this morning (November 5th) to check things out and it's not what I saw, but what I didn't see that caught my attention! It's......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Sigh, all gone. Just a pile of broken concrete now. Sorry I have not been posting pictures, I have not posted anything in ages. Still slowly taking pictures, but I keep finding other ways to......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

The System: Denial of what? You're using this nebulous sense of "victimization" to play devil's advocate for those who don't take advantage of the system, on their own, to benefit. Don't build walls -- because hey, I......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Keith Bernstein: Hi Suzy R-- We have come full circle: fifty years after I had your mother as a teacher, I am delighted to connect with you. Unfortunately, I can recall only a little more about that year. During......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Arrest Development: Let's get real, gentrification, which means "from gentry, noble birth, good genes", is really a catering to Euro/Anglo culture who are given privilege, mobility, whether it's suburban or in the city, and easier access to......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Suzy R. (gradstein): to: Esther Herschman (Rechstschafner), Teri, and Keith Bernstein- My cousin, Doc S, just clued me into this site. I am Ida Gradtein's daughter, and it realy makes me feel good to hear the nice......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

CobraaaB: Thays for clearing that up, because I was just sooo completely perplexed as to what they meant :-P...

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

Brodidly AB: Bushwick!! What can I say? It can be an interesting place to live in and it can be a nightmare. To all those who are contemplating moving to Bushwick, on the serious tip you......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

elizabeth john: well just to add on, i ve been studying on this city as part of a college project... To me, tokyo has different faces to it.like it does have a huge number of parks, which seem......

in response to: Tokyo Architecture by Chris Jongkind

Alan Kupperberg: Yep, Richie, I remember the Coca Cola bottling plant on Linden Blvd between Georgia and Pennsylvania Avenues. Grandma Ann and Aunt Nettie lived in Starrett City. Coney Island Joe's was little more than a......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

I.C. Eric: Resnick was my history teacher!!!!! i graduated in 04, and i just started college... ive been following your work for some time. I know it was just a project but i learned alot from the......

in response to: Te Amo Bushwick! by upfromflames

o u didnt know? ur ass better call sumbody!: still killin shit on the L.I.E on the walls by Maurice Ave westbound towards Manhattan.Destroyed that shit just saw it over the weekend. Non stop killer. JA is outa his mind hes gunna be......

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

Stan: Just a note: I was bar mitzvahed at Petach Tikva in June 1943. It was on the corner of Rochester Ave. and Lincoln Place. The other Bar Mitvah with me was Gene Braunwald who lived opposire me......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Richie Rubin: ALAN K;hmm,MY MOM just told ME[in a call from Fla,] da tiny one on Buffalo/lincoln was MY RABBI's shul, & indeed it was a[cheaper]arm of`P.T.T'ergo,WE cho$e dat`branch'in Sept.`55 to throw MY Bar Mitz.oh,MY RABBI was GREENBERG on E.P.nr Troy......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: Richie, I think you may possibly be putting two different memories together. My mother was married on Buffalo Avenue in 1951 where you were Bar Mitzvahed in 1955. A narrowish "two family" brick......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mitch Spector: Today was demolition day--Saturday, November 1st. I went by 8:30am this morning yet apart from more bricks removed, it was still standing. When I visited the site again, by late afternoon, they had torn down......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Richie Rubin: Alan K; nah..I was Bar Mitzvahed there[Temple P.T.T'] &`twas a tiny shul on Buffalo ave./Lincoln pl.? but maybe,..just maybe, I'M havink a`senior moment'[?] & it was on mid-block..not corner!if I knew how to shpel it..I'D look it up![as would......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Lynnette (Diaz) Madden: No, I do not know Sharon. My grandparents lived at Kip and Westmoreland across from Stetson. I just got in contact with one of the Hazlett boys from A Street and Terry Deeney from B......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

tobow: love it just purchased a rust free 4dh in Australia 347 auto chasing some parts and contacts .How hard are parts ect ?...

in response to: Classic Cars 5 - 1957 Pontiac Star Chief by EvilGentleman

Peter: did you see the links i posted above? in addition to those, all of the following sites appear to show the identical image (though sometimes at different resolutions)... it was posted here in 2004: [[http://www.thatsweird.net/picture37.shtml]] it was......

in response to: Forrest by Rune Willem

Jane: Alan, why don't you just post the photos here?...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: Janet, I just realized that I have a photo of Dr. Borowitz's office window, that is, if he was directly above the Congress Deli. If you e-mail me at kupperberg@earthlink.net I will send you......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: Richie, I have no personal experiences with the E.P. Arena. I just know that it existed. I do know that my mother's step-father, Nat Klonsky, later Nat Kaye did some boxing under the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Ann: I was just wondering if someone had any pics of the piers of which the White Star Line and Cunard both owned of which they can send me. I am thinking about writing a book......

in response to: Cunard White Star Lines by Peter

An Afghan: It is the middle of the night and i was telling my little brothers about the previous names of Afghanistan and history of Afghanistan. I googled the topic and found this article. Well I think......

in response to: Name Change in Afghanistan by Ali Maisam Nazary

RICHIE RUBIN: HEY!,ALAN K,YOU SURE DON'T HAVE ALZ..WHEW!& YER ONLY A`TOTTALA'[B.`53?]I GUESS YOU GO BACK AS OFTEN AS I! NAH,NUTTIN'IS DA SAME!.& SHUL ON BUFFALO/LINCOLN IS [WAS]`PECH-TAK-TIKVA'I WAS BAR-MITVAHED THERE 9/`55 YEAH,YOU[ALAN K.]WERE JUST 2 YRS OLD!I'M AN OLD[ER] FART..LIVIN'IN BESERK-LY CALIF.[NO......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mitch Spector: Passing by on my way home this afternoon, saw the vertical red "Bens" sign was finally taken down. They also removed the the last piece of the wrap-around sign below it, that white section with......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Janet: What a collection of memories--things that surely resonate throughout this remarkable site. Just a few comments, Alan, though the Rochester-Buffalo-Ralph neighborhood from St. Johns to Eastern Parkway was not our neighborhood. The Congress......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories By Alan Kupperberg Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mitch Spector: I saw them removing the bricks from the roof-level last week (didn't have my camera with me though). I wonder if they plan on removing ALL the bricks or just some, and what the purpose......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

zagg: I know, I know. Though what he means is he doesn't want to make do any work that advertise a product/company. Just peace, love and Jebus....

in response to: For Your Wish Please Do 4 Acts of Kindness to Either Humanity or Nature. by zagg

Jane Breslin (nee Waddell): Hello Cyril I just wondered if the photograph (26th Feb) of the shopkeepers on 20 Row includes one of my mum at the front, bottom right hand corner. My mum, Kate Waddell had Katies Gown Shop......

in response to: People Shall Be Banned by an impossible child

BK: I both disagree and agree with alot of these people. I feel that if you're not looking for trouble, generally no harm will come to you. But that isnt always the case. There are in......

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

brushman: i dunno lynette , those names sound very familiar , i lived at 3329 lee st . , i am 39 and hung at howard and ontario sts , and on the corner of lee......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

Lynnette (Diaz) Madden: I was just on Classmates.com and found some old names. Check it out. You do not have to join to see the photos. I also started a page on Facebook for St. Hugh alumni. If......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

snappyhat: I come to Norway alot for work. Mostly around Aalesund, and Ulsteinvik. I really love this country and the people I've met. The hot dog is not a diet staple but is......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

zagg: I had to click the link because I saw the word "what is this man sucking?" and then I read the sentence "sucks blood out of his injured cock" and just... wow......

in response to: What Is This Man Sucking? by EvilGentleman

zagg: Just a lil' dish I make for my 7 kids for christmas each year: Wood Pigeons in Beer recipe ingredients 4 small wood pigeons 30 ml (2 tbsp) vegetable oil 25 g (1 oz) butter 450 g (1 lb) onions, skinned......

in response to: T & S Live Poultry by Peter

Rudy: Just to let everyone know, the Washburn Tunnel will be opening up tomorrow, October 25, at 5:30 AM!! YAY! So now you don't have to take the long way around. I'm glad to see it......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

Lady Sekhmet: Just a quick note to Anthony and his (wrong) comments about Osiris, Isis, and Horus-Ancient Egyptians did NOT have a satan or devil. The closest thing they had was Seth or Sethos, who was......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

kleyed: ok i love the leaf, hi chris, and i am going to the ulster tonight, but nothing compares to my bar on gerrard just west of the leaf, oooeeee baby....

in response to: Toronto Dive Bars by JayEastsider

Humboldt1: I love gentrification and will do everything in my power to promote it. For now, I have renters that are less than desirable, but pay, although usually late. I would much rather rent......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Rich: At this stop the train was just coming up from below the street, and you'd be right at street level, the rest of the stops the train gradually became elevated. The only stop like......

in response to: Sunday at Avenue H by Jim Kincade

Rich: Hi Everybody, I lived at 1003 Carroll ST between Franklin and Bedford from 1957 til 1969, we then moved to 1048 President St which was directly behind the first address. Needless to say, for all of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (153.57.236.121.broad.sz.js.dynamic.163data.com.cn): here are some more pictures, but before that let me tell you guys something. This tower in Karachi is going to be the 3rd tallest building in the world by 2010. Pakistan is making a......

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

Andrew Dawson: Well given the damage of the rails, they would have to be relaid any ways. What a lot don't realize was just how dumb the city was by not continuing streetcar srevice. Trams are much cheaper......

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

sythero: WOW! this is my hometown too; infact the orange bicycles in the 3rd picture are custom made in Chatt by a friend's father named Mic George. About a year ago we bartered for one......

in response to: Principal, KCRW, LLC by Ann Coulter

zagg: It's called a 'gentle leader' - it is not a 'band' and its not a muzzle - it just is a different way to walk a dog - it helps her not pull (aka not......

in response to: For Your Wish Please Do 4 Acts of Kindness to Either Humanity or Nature. by zagg

Mitch Spector: Here's another weekly photo update, taken on the very cold morning of October 22th. The building is starting to look less recognizable as they continue to de-construct it. My guess is the next photos I'll......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

justin: Cool, other photos in this series are featured here (with locations) http://refacement.com/....

in response to: Banksy Does Soho by Peter

Peter: it just so happens that im eating a slice of brooklyn pizza as i type this!...

in response to: Pizza to Go and Gone by CartLegger

Ron Taub: As an ex-Brooklynite, living in the Midwest, it makes me very sad to see that wasted pizza. Bet it would have been delicious. If anybody who knows how to make NY Pizza wants to get......

in response to: Pizza to Go and Gone by CartLegger

lol: i just saw that two days ago ^ i was mad surprised considering its mad small and mad faded...

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

pissed off local: you have just focused on the bad have u actualy seen anything u wanted to see or were u in a bad mood that day 1. the only flying lancaster bomber in europe 2. the 1......

in response to: Morning Walk: Part One by jamie

Frank Sulman\\\'s: Just Google Ben's Restaurant on the net. ...

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

hobson: yeah in parts of essex county life is like that.. newark is getting calmer, and the smaller cities like e.o., and orange, and especially irvington are getting worse and worse. just clowns with no common......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

pearlie prince of lambeth: just wondering if anyone knows of bill and martha morris? pearlie king and queen of bethnal green? or perhaps tom and florie arrowsmith, pearlie king and queen of whitechapel? any information would be wonderful...

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

jas: Do they still have them this time of year if the weather is nice? I will be there next weekend and just wondering. I would love to see them...

in response to: Sunday Tam-Tams by CE

Tina: I think that Jacksonville has its moments, but to be honest drugs and crime have taken over. You can no longer turn the news on and not see who was shot that day. The city......

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

jeff: Jacksonville is awesome if you aren't an overstimulated, whiny yuppie elitist. :) You are right, Jacksonville isn't Houston. In fact, it's got about 6 million less people and no fancy oil money like that......

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

college student: nice, you live across from 111.... erm 349 and 347. I still remember my old teachers Mr. Resnick (i think thats how you spell his name), Portes, Napolli, Ms. Greene and Mr. Cooper, cool teachers.........

in response to: Source of Beer by Peter

ImpMyHyde from Kansas: Scott, I have been to Belleville a couple of times. The last was when I stopped there I was passing through but did get to see the Visitor’s Center. There isn't another one like it in......

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