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Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): I remember gettingth polio vaccine.It wasthe only time Iwent to the nurses office on the second floor. I remember squatting in the corridor at the time of the Korean War in1951, and that everyone got......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Keith Bernstein: I would like to add some comments about Mrs. Ida Gradstein. I thought her to be an effective teacher and a sweet lady. The mention of her name brought back some memories of my sixth......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

chevys are made in korea now: Maybe not india, but current Chevrolets are built in Korea and that's a fact. Most of the american IT jobs have been outsourced to india....

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

my little town has grown up: so strange to see the quaint little town I grew up in, start to turn all metro. Japanese,sushi bar, korean, wow. I remeber when we went to Petes candy shop after school or hung......

in response to: Kimchi? Sushi? Slush Puppy? Fill\'er Up! by GGP

Stan: I was born at 1074 Eastern Pkway, moved to 919 then 915 and around the corner to Albany Ave, between Lincoln and St. Johns. My wife can't understand why we always lived within a few......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

BARON VON FANCY: Baron Von Fancy is not a man, he is an idea. And you cannot kill an idea. He has been called an artist. He has been called a maniac. He is a recluse. He never......

in response to: Baron Von Fancy by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Sebastien: Tokyo is "as dirty as hell?" I must have missed that while living there for seven years and thinking everyday how amazingly spotless this city of 25 million could be. Seoul, on the......

in response to: Chungdahm by chiamattt

SAJAD: I guess one can get some better pictures as we go inside the buildings were they sell the real Korean Electronics, for which Yongsan is famous for....

in response to: Yongsan Market by chiamattt

Andy: I'm sure that kid isn't planning to hit any baseballs with that bat. Some "peaceful" protest you seem to be having there. And those comments were not written by a Korean. Someone just having fun with an......

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

chae sone: Mad cowed assemblymen. WHO REPRESENTS KOREA? The Korean people want to be free from the mad cow riots. It reminds Rousseau’s statement. “Man is born free, yet everywhere he is chains.” In this social condition, he proposed......

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

Terry S. Singeltary Sr.: TO the Honorable and Brave people of Korea, keep up your fight for the truth. YOU are winning. ...terry [[http://www.grassrootsnetroots.org/articles/article_12387.cfm]] to be continued. ...TSS ...

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

zagg: With so many vegetarians, maybe I'll have to have an entire post dedicated to my vegetable garden: JUST YOU KIDS WAIT UNTIL MY EGG PLANTS BARE ME SOME PURPLE ORBS OF YUMMNESS (now only 73%......

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

Peter: chiam: ip info indicates {amsterdam}. i wonder how dutch translates into korean? lol... eg: not all vegans are fanatical ;) though id pass on the meat hat myself, the photos of that stuff did crack me......

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

chiamattt: According to a very close Korean friend of mine, the Korean above is really clumsy and doesn't really make sense (she initially thought they were similar to slogans die-hard protesters used but then thought differently).......

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

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

chiamattt: The president of Korea has an approval rating of less than 20%...

in response to: Night Walk 3 by Chiamattt

eyeofodin: The US beef thing is nothing but a big hysteria over in S. Korea in the present. I do give props to the government willing to resign because of the people's disapproval...isn't that how......

in response to: Night Walk 3 by Chiamattt

chiamattt: Why hello there djsalinger! Fancy meeting you here! Miss Korea yet?...

in response to: Compilation Part Seven by chiamattt

chiamattt: Hah! that was the best response ever!!! I still think South Korea is a city, but I do agree that US beef is dirty. ...

in response to: Night Walk 3 by Chiamattt

정이 김: South Korea is the Country not a City name! You are ignorant American if you do not know we have many city in ONE Counry called South Korea! Go back and eat your Dirty USA's......

in response to: Night Walk 3 by Chiamattt

정이 김: American want to send beef infected with mad cow — so dangerous that the Americans refusing to eat it — to my country! Myung-bak Lee sign a deal with America to lift a ban of......

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

chiamattt: Jack, it's not like the United States is going to 'give' the beef to Korea for free. In previous years (prior to 1994, i think) the Korean market was worth a little more than 3......

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

Jamie: i thought South Korea was a country...

in response to: Night Walk 3 by Chiamattt

Alexandra: I love South Korea i want to live there one day i think its an amazing city ...

in response to: Night Walk 3 by Chiamattt

Peter: it seems pretty obvious to me that this is, more or less, more about the state of the korean beef industry than the "health" of the consumers... especially when the korean government seems to freeze......

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

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

kidcapri22yrs: ok, ok what some people are saying are that, the nazi-ideology has infiltrated the american gov't from 1930's to present, built one of their many capitol structures to capture and enslave non-anglo americans. what are......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

jack: ok, i stand corrected, i know that they are a studious people and creative, but i guess your correct about some people here thinking that the north is wanting to invade the south, i guess......

in response to: Cosplay by chiamattt

chiamattt: jack, its funny you should say "in an area of possible war" because NO ONE here thinks the DPRK will invade the ROK. It's just not gonna happen. Also, there are NO real guns here.......

in response to: Cosplay by chiamattt

jeeff: i think the regional repercussions of the torch relay must loom large in korea. how were you received as a western dude taking photos?...

in response to: Olympic Torch Relay by chiamattt

Kent Arnold: Had one of these brand new a few years after I returned from the Korean War. I have had 7 or8 Pontiacs since then but this one was one of the best, if not the......

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

Kent Arnold: Had one of these brand new a few years after I returned from the Korean War. I have had 7 or8 Pontiacs since then but this one was one of the best, if not the......

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

chiamattt: Nah, I hear what you are saying. I won't lie. I like the uniforms. But I am also sane and don't look to take upskirts or other compromising shots. The low angle is due to......

in response to: Oot\'n Aboot (2) by Chiamattt

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

janet: Hi Stan--You're probably close to my vintage. I'm trying without luck to call up a memory of Famous on Schenectady--I lived just around the corner and went to 167--so there it was during the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Stan: Hi Janet: I think we're talking about a few different generations. In the early forties, the papers were full of the war and I thin the Famous moved about 1942-43. I lived a 285 Albany Avenue between Lincoln and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

makatron: phibs sync + myself from everfresh painted there in september i think....was a mash-up of ideas and whatever colours we had left, and with some help from local guy 'angry bear' and the 2 korean......

in response to: Fixie Graf by Vince

Ezera: When I left PS241 in the early '50's, & went on to Erasmus Hall HS, Dr / USAF Col. John F. McNeill was the principal there. I remember him standing in front of assemblies in......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: I love that song, i marched again with my VFW post on Veterans Day, the old men tell me stories about the attack on Pearl and the invasion of normandy and what it was like......

in response to: Lest We Forget by Michelle

Peter: how curious that they have US $2 bills as prizes... any idea what the korean text on the bill-package says? interestingly, i was recently reading this, as i saw a $2 bill on display behind......

in response to: Crane Game by chiamattt

Peter: er, japanese. lol. i knew that. just said "korean" out of habit, i guess!...

in response to: Osaka Part Four by chiamattt

chiamattt: The stamp is my name in Korean, but my girlfriend (Fashion Chic) had it made for me in the Qingdao airport...which is in China. [[img:24315]] [[img:24316]] The shell of the stamp is a snake. I was born in......

in response to: Osaka Part Five by chiamattt

chiamattt: Thanks adam. Testeez, I am a Torontonian that has been living and working Seoul, South Korea for the past five years. Every year or so I head to Osaka to get my Korean employment visa......

in response to: Osaka Part One by chiamattt

Peter: whats up with the guy in the green police-looking uniform and helmet? traffic cop? i always love the korean slice-of-life shots, man......

in response to: Osaka Part Four by chiamattt

chiamattt: I found out over the weekend that according to Korean legend, if you dream about poo, good luck/ fortune is on the horizon....

in response to: On the Way Home by Chiamattt

Mischa: Prior to WWII, the swastika was used in Buddism and various other religions for thousands of years. It meant something like good health and prosperity. Not that I would go and paint one on my......

in response to: Quite Possibly the Worst Layout for a Hospital, Ever by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: thanks for the pic's, since north korea has been in the news it's nice to see how the economy and business' thrive in the south. ...

in response to: Night Walk 3 by Chiamattt

EvilGentleman: Thanks. Sorry I did not identify Gwang-ju as a different city, but you often title your posts after neighbourhoods, so I seldom even read the titles, since I never recognize anything. One day I will......

in response to: Gwang-ju by chiamattt

chiamattt: EvilGentleman, #2 Badminton #15 Drunk person crouching #17 Lights behind pillows at a crappy bar. Banners are EVERYWHERE. (These shots are in Gwang-ju, not Seoul...but yeah...Korea is Korea) The bike in #34 does not belong to the man in......

in response to: Gwang-ju by chiamattt

Peter: lets see some korean bathroom jpgs!...

in response to: Oot\'n Aboot (2) by Chiamattt

Chiamattt: those are basins! basins are big in Korea. People wash their feet a lot and don't want the bathroom to get wet. bathrooms don't typically have a separate shower/bath over here. The new apartments do,......

in response to: Oot\'n Aboot (2) by Chiamattt

jack: very good photos, unfortunately korea became one of those unwinnable wars like nam and now iraq....

in response to: The 38th Parallel (DMZ, JSA, MDL) by chiamattt

Observer: It is depressing to see how the world changes when everything has to be manufactured cheaper and faster. Great Chevrolet cars were once built there inside that Tarrytown plant - now "Chevrolet cars" - or......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

realworldgirl9: You know, the reason our entire country is in a shit hole right now is because of the lousy attitudes of people today. I have lived in many places in my life, for instance:......

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

EvilGentleman: Hehe, no need to alter your shooting style for me, Chiam. You are pretty consistent with the good pictures. But pictures of pretty Korean women are always welcome in my book, I seem to have......

in response to: Dongdaemun by Chiamattt

Chiamattt: How does this post remind you of the war that ripped Korea apart? The dam was finished in 1985 or so. The war had long been over by that point. Also, the dam created a......

in response to: Chung-Ju Dam by chiamattt

CartLegger: It must be easy to forget about the "war" that ripped Korea apart, until something like this reminds you....

in response to: Chung-Ju Dam by chiamattt

Andy: I also enjoyed them lots Chiamattt, it must have been quite an experience. Thanks so much for sharing these. Noticed some Korean shop or something in the 2nd photo....

in response to: Qingdao, Part Ten by Chiamattt

Andy: This almost makes the stuff we see in Korea look like nothing....

in response to: Qingdao, Part Four by Chiamattt

Andy: Yeah true, It's actually law for all handphones in Korea now to have a sound when you take a photo. (One that you cannot disable) Stick to our cameras aye?...

in response to: Subways and Trains by Andy

jane: GOOD STUFF!! a lesson for koreans to appreciate their subs~ Is dis ur official blog thingi now? ...

in response to: Subways and Trains by Andy

Andy: Not often you see a Korean with a beard like that....

in response to: Hyehwa to Mia by chiamattt

Andy: You're lucky you're not in a country like Brazil where you would get your camera snatched if you carried it around like that. Thats what I love about Korea, don't have to worry about that......

in response to: Hyehwa to Mia by chiamattt

Andy: Considering most Koreans these days do know what 'stalker' means I dunno what to think. >_...

in response to: May 13, 2007 by chiamattt

chiamattt: Probably Min Joo or Min Joon or something Korean like that. Perhaps Micheal Jackson...

in response to: Chungdahm by chiamattt

mia kim: I am looking for someone may be live in staten island. His name is Lee Ho Lim. He move from Korea since 1982. Anyone have Idea? Please contact to my......

in response to: All of Staten Island by champ

chiamattt: Five years in Korea...

in response to: Gun Farm by chiamattt

JULIE B, : I AM HERE IN KOREA NOW-4-5-07 AND HAVE BEEN HERE FOR A MONTH AND YES SOME DAYS IF I GO OUTSIDE MY EYES WATER REALLY BAD. THEY HAVE CLOSED THE SCHOOLS AT OSAN AB......

in response to: Yellow Sand by chiamattt

LAila: Yeah... my Korean students from Kwangju told me about the yellow sand. They said they can't go outside because the streets are full of dust. It will affect their skins and eyes... That's why they have to......

in response to: Yellow Sand by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: That might explain it. Glad to hear they are still in business. I have never eaten Korean food, I will have to try it one day....

in response to: Everybody Hwang Kum Tonight by EvilGentleman

Sammy: Wow, that motorbike is hot. I'd love to see more of Seoul. I've never seen photos of Korea before. Also, the English on that sign about the park is fascinating. A tad obfuscated, at best. Haha....

in response to: Some Phone by chiamattt

Chevrolet Fan: Sigh, that was when AMERICAN cars were built! General Motors at its best! They don't make cars like that any more. Tarrytown cars were built with pride and they lasted long! It still makes me......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Peter: yay korea! dude... awesome... some of these photos are *absolutely* great! whatever you stumbled across to catch these shots (id love to know the story behind these shots and how you ran into them) is great,......

in response to: Cosplay by chiamattt

chiamattt: I had a terrible experience on the style in the last photo. This is also an old style in Korea. The subway station bathrooms usually have 7 squaters and one 'western' style. Needless to say,......

in response to: Chinese Toilets by stinkyben

jack: at least i get to see korea with pictures here. get into the real down areas and lets see life as it is with the real people. you are doing great there. ......

in response to: Handphone Dec 04 2006 by chiamattt

Mecca Young: My mother is from Korea. These are beautiful photos.Great dimensions!...

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

chiamattt: GGP: dude/dudette, pretty much all of my posts are of Korea(mostly seoul). Im looking to get some bulk neg scanning done. Gotta up Cambodia. Boh!...

in response to: Seokcho Beach by chiamattt

chiamattt: Those remind me of North Korean shit. ...

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

chiamattt: He's crippled. I don't know why they wear the rubber trousers. I think its due to the 'dragging themselves around the city". There are people like him all over the city. They mostly stick to......

in response to: Gangnam and Yeoksam by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: jack, I ran the text above through Babel Fish and got this messed-up translation that I think is an apology for typing in Korean on a primarily English website, but since the person typing cannot......

in response to: Sick Day by Jono Cono

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

EvilGentleman: Most exsqisite, I must say! Here is the EvilGentleman take on all this: 1 - The guard is doing overtime. 2 - The farmer is going into town to get his grandfather's new dentures. 3 - The child......

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: I wonder if Jeff has any shots of Japan's famous sidewalk beer vending machines. chiamattt, do they have them in Korea as well? joey, it looks like you are sporting a moustache, but I cannot tell......

in response to: Self Reflection by joey

chiamattt: I have only ever seen one cigarette vending machine in Korea. In Japan there are more cigarette vending machines than pieces of litter on the street. It's paradise!...

in response to: Self Reflection by joey

EvilGentleman: You're welcome, and thank you, too. Your Korean photos are quite impressive, especially the ones taken in markets....

in response to: August 1 2006 Montreal by EvilGentleman

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.

EvilGentleman: I'm off to look for the pics now, but I warn you, Google Earth shots can be up to 5 or 6 years old, so do not be surprised if it shows the lake full......

in response to: The Case of the Disappearing Lake by sine

Mokes: Dog that needs a seatbelt, and cute Korean lasses? I can see the appeal, not to mention the wild architechture. Those buildings are the cat's meow. ...

in response to: Apkujeong by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: Beautiful sentiments, jack. I salute you, and I thank you for ably representing my many family members, friends and fellow Mohawks who have taken part in the following conflicts since American Independence: The American Revolution (both......

in response to: Parade Day by jack

chiamattt: I had a mullet in Korea due to a horrible haircut. I should have shaved my head....

in response to: Mullets Galore! by Peter

jx!: dood, what the hell is up with korea? that place seems whack! you're a brave boy chiam....

in response to: Dirty Lense by chiamattt

chiamattt: south korea [[http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ks.html]] north korea [[http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/kn.html]]...

in response to: Apkujeong by chiamattt

Jamie: so, south korea, is that the good or the evil korea?...

in response to: Apkujeong by chiamattt

jeeff: in toronto most of the various ethnic neighbourhoods just get the "little" tag - little portugal, little korea, little india, etc. and yet we still have 2 'chinatown' neighbourhoods in the east and west....

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

Mauvis: I'm half white and half Korean and I moved to Bushwick a couple of months ago from East Harlem because these are the closest places to the city that I can afford. I have a......

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

Peter: dude, you do a great job of capturing everyday-life in your photos; and im into that. i particularly like the ones of the trains and the shoes. and of course, the surrpetitious shots of the......

in response to: Election Day Holiday by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: chiamatt, your points are valid, but if Canada can pass laws that state that tobacco companies cannot sponsor sporting events or family-oriented events where children are present, so as to protect children from being influenced......

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

phone: They make 5megapixel camera phones in Korea. The world is a marvelous place. ...

in response to: April 27th 2006: Cameraphone by Jamie