Comments about labor

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CartLegger: OK, I'll bite. But I'll also cheat and use the words of Daniella Romano, head archivist for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. BLDG 1/291, Material Laboratory, Substation 27 Construction: 01/01/1940 ##"The last active Naval building at the yard,......

in response to: Secret Transmitter by Peter

Rich: I grew up around the corner from this armory, back in my time growing up it was used to store tanks, trucks and half-tracks. I saw and heard these vehicles as they labored very noisely......

in response to: Armory by Peter

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

arquitecto: Xavi, good post. I feel your pain. I am a central american immigrant who grew up in cleveland. Went to school in Portland and am living in Sacramento CA. I have gained......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Steve Weir: Here's a few more topics for you to get your teeth into...Irlam Social Club (Home of Doctor Death the wrestler that could wip us teenagers into a frenzy with his dastardly deeds). Potatoe picking (form of......

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

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

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

Andie: Cody, I know you and your family personally. I grew up in Hutchinson and attended church with you. You are not representative of the average Hutchinsonian. Your mother is a hospital administrator and your father is......

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

The terrible disaster: This article has been republished as I was asked to supply the details a second time. --- We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When......

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

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

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

noname: Re: Former Hutchinsonite. I have to agree. Seems odd to has some asshole in California commenting about a town that he does not inhabit. Hutchinson is truly the worst of the worst. These statistic that......

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

noname: I was driving to WORK this morning and saw something that truly pissed me off. I left my house to see 1 million plus dollar crane picking up Tree limbs! Along with this crane were......

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

Former Kansas Resident: I won't elaborate with a story, but I know from first hand experience that the judicial system in Hutchinson does have corruption. The focus is on making money and not administrating justice. It's basically......

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

armleglegarm: every second statement he makes is against capitalism and money, then i went to his exhibition in central london last year and he's selling postcards for £4... a postcard for £4 with an anti-commerce statement......

in response to: Banksy Rocks! by EvilGentleman

little ukraine: serlingrod - i feel the same way. don't know if it would be fair to say there is total apathy regarding triangle shirtwaist. every year on march 25 they close off the block and......

in response to: Walking Through Washington Square Park On My Way to Dinner by jack

EvilGentleman: We really should start collaborating. We have so much to offer each other....

in response to: DOW Brewery by Cinic

CartLegger: For those NY'ers interested in seeing the Kills, it will be part of our agenda for the August 11 collaborative walking tour of northern Bushwick....

in response to: English Kills by upfromflames

Bobs Ferry Accident: We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When the walk had ended I had a chat with Mrs Heap the ‘Irlam Historians’......

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

CartLegger: here's some more historical background, compliment's of PBS POV program--the Spambot won't let me attach a link, so read below: Barren Island, which appears on few modern maps, holds a special place in the city's garbage......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

upfromflames: Heez, brooklyn pete, where you been? You are the seemingly improbable middle ground who understands it all and says it well. I just wish we had heard from you earlier. If you have the time,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Kat: Lol, 'BW'. Haa... I was checking out this thing on Wikipedia. In it, they have a travel guide to Brooklyn, and when I went to look for Bushwick, they were calling it 'East Williamsburg'. I edited......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CE: Not to be picky but the Metro entrance is actually in the art nouveau style, designed by Hector Guimard. Paris has dozens of them, many of them much more elaborate than this one. ......

in response to: Paris Arches by indykid

The optick One BMK, CWK: Peace To The Elder Snatch. Always doing his duty as usual. All Props due to this man. A true Laboror In NYC Graffiti Culture, and preservationist of The CWK legacy. PEACE TO THE CRAFT WORK KING......

in response to: Snatch by Peter

Peter: i, for one, would love to see a collaboration or a post of two people's takes on the same things... cool!...

in response to: Tour of Montreal’s Chinatown by CE

Anne M. Berger: I grew up in Brooklyn in the forties and fifties. It was truly the melting pot. I went to St. Joseph's on Sydam St. My Irish friends went to St. Lenords on Toutman?......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

carlos: Motorbikes emit less carbon dioxide than cars on average but more nitrogen oxides and much more hydrocarbon and carbon monoxide pollution. A 1997 124cc Piaggio Vespa emits 36 times more CO per kilometre than the......

in response to: Toronto\'s Got the Right Idea... by Peter

serlingrod: [[img:19656] Tokyo has to be my favorite. I studied abroad there last spring (came home one year ago yesterday actually. I got a similar shot of the skyline as in the OP....the amazing view from Odaiba.......

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

upfromflames: Word on that, from JimQV, although I did disagree with you yesterday for your approach. But on that last point, its true. Real Estate speculators have an interest in manipulating people---but its not just the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

John Dereszewski: It is hard to imagine how anyone can misinterpret the last 30 years of Bushwick's history more than BDweller did in his comment. To believe him, Bushwick endured decades of neglectful Planned Shrinkage followed by......

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

Belleville man: Nick you are right i live near belleville to. The people just dont understand that what we have here and how we enjoy it here. Them In there big cities just dont understand what it......

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

upfromflames: Crown Heights is partly Chasidic Jewish, partly Caribbean black, two communities who have conflicted for years over the territory. just check out the flags on the houses to see who's who. Its also got the......

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

Jon Dominguez: "... and take back what used 2 b ours we should not be the minorities anymore we got black and brown teaming up we both are minorities we both have struggling histories we should take......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

kruzer: Ya know... it's an art what he's doing. Wish someone can donate engineering time and material to make sure the structure will stand. If some of you bitch about these things... how about the leaning tower......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Osloman20plus: yeah true enough psychofreud. its all within a pretty small area, where it's been more or less accepted. but theres some good stuff thats been removed in the last few years, here and there you can find some......

in response to: Some Oslo Streetart by Osloman20plus

Chicago: Interesting that the picture poster wrote about being a newcommer here and being interested in the projects. I am extremely interested in them. I'm not sure why. I read "There Are No Children Here" in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Scott: Now having watched this construction project for the past 16 or 17 years, I can tell you that this is the 'mission' of a devoted individual. Whatever you think about Jim Bishop the man......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

Mark: WE were there on Labor day and asked a few questions when he went into a rant . I admire his courage and willingness to stand out from the mundane. In fact , he has......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

Sirhcbre: haha, can you elaborate on what five-years-ago-you was?...

in response to: Colour and Texture: Metro Lionel Groulx by CE

Jamie: care to elaborate on the rubber trousers guy?...

in response to: Gangnam and Yeoksam by chiamattt

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: EvilG: I've got an ethics question. I was just in Denver and I bought a silver ring from a nice native lady who was working in (owned?) a store which carried tons of native american......

in response to: Fast Cash by joey

jack: the tombstone of lost labor, of working men and women earning a living and building families, the end of an era. but i like the red buoy. ...

in response to: Dereliction by Cameo

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: What is the Labor temple? A Bar? A temp agency?...

in response to: Labor Temple by aer suzuki

carlos mario: Since I'm writing about gentrification in Bushwick, this all is so interesting, especially the part of the story that The Truth mentions, as it relates to what I'm writing. Roger Starr, planned shrinkage, arson, disinvestment,......

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

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Oh to be the "Dead-end girl for a dead-end guy" it's so romantic ....sigh... apart for the the bleeding on the floor bit. And the going to hell thing. I loved Danzigs collaboration on the......

in response to: I Want Your Skull, I Need Your Skull by JJ

Thankyou!: All I have to really say is thanks. I read somewhere above about a smoker who said he's allergic to perfume. Imagine then that your cigarettes (as a bottle) and your smokey by-product (as a......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

Chris Erb: The supports are bigger than 2x4 and are pretty thick steel. You can see that on the other side of the parking lot they've built much more elaborate supports. An expansion could indeed......

in response to: New Use for Urban Ruins? by CE

jack: you guys dont know what your talking about. george bush and congress are not crinimals. they dont send latinos to their deaths in wars. employers, since time began have always made money......

in response to: We Are Not Criminals!!!! by Rabblerouser

Vladimir Zykov: Thank you and I agree 100 percent. Criminals are all those who pocket a profit from labor that they didn't do....

in response to: We Are Not Criminals!!!! by Rabblerouser

EvilGentleman: Just because plant-type organisms do not move is no reason to think they are more suited to die violently than are mobile, animal-type organisms. Life is life. Many people debate whether or not plants actually......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

EvilGentleman: To my way of thinking, graffiti should be both encouraged and it's location controlled within reason, with penalties for those who put graffiti in places where it has no business being. Now, before you all......

in response to: Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti by Peter

Peter: the sad thing is that most americans arent interested in "defeating this evil" so much as we are in rebuilding, getting the hell out of this clusterfuck of a war in iraq, hoping our belabored......

in response to: Video Stills of the Pre-9/11 New York by EvilGentleman

kc: with the elaborate, state-of-the-art urine-sampling sensors built into our beautiful stone walls, we can identify the perpetrators of public-nuisance crimes like this one and round them up before they advance to major offenses! ...

in response to: When You Gotta Go, You Gotta Go! by Elicar

jeeff: it's hard to judge what will prove popular on citynoise because often the comments for a given article become as much a draw as the original article itself (photos, writing, whatever). i think that......

in response to: Icinoise by GGP

Both sides: I have read/heard both side of the story. Unfortunately, the "motorist's" side was stated by his fiancé and not by him, as the actual participant. Both sides are plausible but I am still......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

hool: i've read more than a few comments stating this article as a 'fake'. would anyone care to elaborate on what leads them to that conclusion? maybe my photos were so good (except for the......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

anon (217.205.0.17): Full Listing here SANTAS GHETTO OPENS IT DOORS FOR THE FOURTH YEAR AND IS OPEN FROM TODAY UNTIL DECEMBER 24TH. The ghetto is a street level free-for-all art gallery that brings you some of the most feared names......

in response to: Santa\'s Ghetto 2004, Charing Cross Road by banksyfan

Carlos Luis Martín : Hemos comenzado con los cálculos de estructuras de la Catedral de Justo, y por ahora entendemos que la edificación garantiza la estabilidad estructural. (We have begin with the calculations of the Catedral of Justo, and......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

ian: The thing that struck me most about this sign (aside from the creative spelling and grammar) was that the black man has a blue collar, manual labor job, while the white woman is an office......

in response to: Potrait of a Hero by ian

Jamie: hool: how did you do this, please elaborate. i've seen lots of parkour photograpy which seemingly uss the same technique. it's very interesting....

in response to: clockwork by hool

Jamie: i've seen [[1124:one of those guys]] before [[img:1518]] anyone care to elaborate?...

in response to: Road works by barry

Amy: "Mentalist" Would you care to elaborate?...

in response to: st clement\'s from the hip by elaine

boring white: HMMM... I think I find those statements as offensive as any other racial comments. You don't know or want to know for that matter the struggles of the Irish Catholics who built this city......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Jamie: Some nice photos Barry, quite an antique look to them. I took the liberty of cropping and resizing them for you. I hope you don't mind. Perhaps you could elaborate as to what/where these pictures......

in response to: County Fermanagh & neighbouring counties by Barry

cafeconleche: benrox--I appreciate your p.o.v. I can totally see eye to eye w/U on the whole reversed racism...I have a blond blue-eyed son. I have dark curly hair and medium skin tone--everyone always assumes......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

cafeconleche--just a little research to substaciate what I'm talkin' 'bout...: ....Pedro Albizu Campos protested vigorously against the US Navy’s invasion of Vieques in 1941. In a series of articles published in a newspaper, Albizu accused the Navy of carrying out a policy of genocide against......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

GGP: glad you posted this, because it's one of those nice collaborations between sky & human-made gunk, which is always a most pleasing compensation. ...

in response to: kitchen window sunset by elaine

elaine: i think there is a nacent philosophy, too, which could be elaborated - in a sense, more like an exhibition catalogue, so that there are commentaries, but that could just be me being a bit......

in response to: citynoise: the book by sine

Justo Delgado: Hace algún tiempo, lei un articulo, creo que fué en el Pais, hacer mención a la obra de mi tocayo, Justo Gallego, y, la verdad lo tome a chirigota, ademas, con unas fotos, creo que......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Cyril: You can see the Aquarius spot and collaborate by going to : http://www.aquariusesjusto.com ...

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Shortee C^RIP 8 TREY GANGSTA C^RIP: YO ya slob ass nikkas need to C^hill wif dat C^k nonsense cuz da only reason ya punk ass slobs exist is cuz we run shit and we stood runnin shit since day mutha fucken......

in response to: Crip/Blood Graffiti: Washington Heights by anon

Maribel: Hola a todos!Es increible, llegué a esta página movida por el interés de conocer si es real la labor de Justo Gallego. Soy española y nunca he oído a hablar sobre él. Me encantaría que......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Marc: i have been writing and working (very hard) and traveling, but nothing in the citynoise genre as of late- though i desperately want to! Have to trepan some other stuff out of my head first........

in response to: hackney city farm by elaine

Peter: wow!! i gotta know where the "public bath" is, hahahahaha. loving the old brooklyn photos... reminded me of this: ...

in response to: sometimes things come back from the past to haunt the future by GGP

Jamie: This bike appears to kick ass [[img:1094565456labor11]]...

in response to: Brooklyn: Labor Day 2004 by Peter

vz: took the whole roll in under two minutes -- got a single light reading (since the space was pretty much all one ambient light) and then shot from the hip pretty much guessing at where......

in response to: Trump Taj Mahal by vz

Marc: local news consists of murders, violence, stuff that keeps u in your house and afraid of your neighbors-- and as media ownership consolidates, there is less and less "local" news- corporations like clearchannel buy up......

in response to: Fisherman\'s Wharf and the Full House Houses by Marc

Jamie: Thanks Elaine. Wrote this haiku whilst Ikea were in the process of building a mammoth new distribution centre in Fletton, Peterborough. This undertaking involved the construction of a new junction to the Fletton Parkway,......

in response to: Motorway Haiku: UK (Part One) by Jamie

ian: borutz, Houston is an industrial city of ~5 million inhabitants on the Gulf Coast of Texas, in the US. The major industries ar oil and gas refining and exploration, and oilfield services. It is also a......

in response to: Houston, October 2004 by ian

Peter: id like to. its just hard seeing or getting much access to freight here in nyc... i just snapped this one last year while in PA over labor day....

in response to: Freight Graffiti by Peter