Comments about latin

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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

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

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

Robert: since the 80`s , The N.S.B Norgate Solide Brothers,,,there are extremly dangerous crews affiliate with a lot of Gang in Montreal City,thers rolling Cote-Vertu Metro with the BLF Bronw Latin Family,Décarie street and......

in response to: Norgate Shopping Centre by CE

JP1515JeffersonAve: I find it amazing that so many have so many different views yet we all have a common thread...the Love of our hood. I grew up in Bushwick back in the 70's through the 90's.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Jason: Here's something to contemplate: Welfare and other social programas that "progressives" love so much are extremely costly. Between section-8, medicare, foodstamps and 101 other prograns a welfare family easily runs the tax payers $20,000 per year. The......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

always a Bushwick kid: Hey Lou Romero: you mentioned Sr. Ann Melanie, Sr. Betty, etc. Well Sr. Ann Melanie died not too long ago and Sr. Betty still works in Bushwick- she runs Independence House on Cornelia Street (between......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Richie Fisher: Wow. I lived on the corner of Harmon and Wilson till June, 71. Cried wnen I left. I went to St. Barbs, grad. in '71. I lived 2 houses fom the other Fisher's, Georgie, Kenny......

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

A.E.: There is a pervert on the morning local W train and/or R train. He is tall about 5'9, skinny weighs about 150 pounds. He is of Latin decent, dark, black straight hair worn slick back.......

in response to: Pervert Masturbates on Subway by Peter

just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

cycles-past: Hello editor thank you for allowing my post.....as i find photo's,or any items im searching for relating to brooklyn's motorcycle history i will definatly post more scan's.....i do have other memorabilia but very little relating to......

in response to: Brooklyn Motorcycle History by cycles-past

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

Peter: i was amused by some of jennifer's more nebulous comments, like ##"everyday street gang attacks"##, ##"why should there be only one way to be? We have so many ways"## and ##"Latin people usually tend to......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

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

hils34: wow this stuff is crazy!!! yeah i agree with everyone. i have to research about a book. and i got here. everyone has different opinions. people shood not regret what they had done in the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

James Mc Beth: I found this page very intersting as I have been doing some family research and have a lot of info relating to Kinning Park. Does the Mc Beth name ring a bell to anyone. Names......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

BILROCK-161, RTW.: YET ANOTHER NEW-JACK, You are the same. It is obvious by the same imature insults you so freely hurl at someone you dont know anything about. I almost was going to be civil to you on......

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

SCW: Norman is one of the more scenic and interesting communities in Oklahoma. I lived there and in Oklahoma City (just north of Norman) for 13 years; moved in 1989 to coastal Texas, south of......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

jeeff: jack, conflating all your enemies as "terrorists" is ridiculous and ruins your otherwise interesting account....

in response to: Berlin April 22 2008 by hool

Jennifer: This is so not representative of Montreal! Montreal is a city where you can hang out safely at night without being scared of everyday street gang attacks. Of course, attacks happen but not......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

davidoneleven: Fred is,and always has been a calculating, devious, thieving snake. Only last year he escaped justice(by turning Queens evidence) in the matter of the Spalding double murder.He has never shown any remorse.Do NOT feel pity......

in response to: Dancing Fred by clarky

EvilGentleman: Wonderful! I especially love the time-lapse shots covering the accumulating snow....

in response to: Scenes from Winter 2007 by Montrealbunny

Mitch: That demolition notice is certainly new (been keeping a close eye on the fate of Ben's for months now). Maybe I'm translating it wrong, but it sounds like if no person(s) contest the permit 10......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Sheila Hilton: Hi Cyril, I came across some (confusing to say the least)information relating to Woolden Hall. Make of it what you will: "Woolden appears as Vulueden in 1299.......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Junito: [[img:26421]] This Alexander von Humboldt (September 14, 1769 – May 6, 1859) was a Prussian naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Junito: Wow! It was hard reading all of that. Lets all study our cultures of the western hemisphere (e.g., Tainos, Aztecs, etc,.) We are decedents of moral, loving, industrious and spiritual people. We are greater then......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

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.

The Irlam weather watcher: An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale shook England early on Wednesday morning. One man was injured when a chimney fell through his bedroom ceiling and many homes and businesses were damaged by......

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

aslgirl: I moved to {staten island} from {park slope}, {brooklyn} and almost two years later I'm still suffering from culture shock. We live in Prince's Bay, one of the "most desireable" neighborhoods. It's quiet and......

in response to: All of Staten Island by champ

latin artist crew: mod n pac a mad nicee same wit relic i met that nigga the other day he sik...

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: [[img:24648]] St. Peter by the garage doors [[img:24649]] Budda contemplating the garbage. ...

in response to: BVM and Friends by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

UpFromFlames: As I am fond of saying, Memory is the surest antidote to history. That is the main issue I have with your perspective. While I have done a lot of documentary research [[www.upfromflames.com]] I could......

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

Indeed Bill Harding they cut kite lines, but with what type of line??: Pakistan province lifts 2005 kite ban Kite flying is a popular sport in Pakistan The government of Pakistan's Punjab province is to allow kite-flying during the Basant spring festival in February 2007. But officials said the kite-makers......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

jack: by the way kate, your up on your french i see, i studied latin, i wanted to be a doctor....

in response to: French Dog by Ilona

Menehan Crime Family (MCF): I was born and raised in BUSHWICK. Bushwick is the livest pat of brooklyn. Lots of people give BUSHWICK a bad name but its not,its like any other place you look for problems you will......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Tony T: This is how I would have responded if I were 16 years old again and on this forum: "Dear Tony and Cay, thank you very much for the encouraging words. As a latino kid, I feel......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CE: It's close to the Quartier Latin but it's actually in the seedier [[6798:red light district]] within the Quartier des Spectacles. I ate there on my first visit to Montreal and seem to remember my......

in response to: Frites Dorées by serlingrod

Tony T: Chris, thanks for posting the Freedom Square pict. I grew up a block away on Evergreen and Willoughby. I'm 42 now and live in Japan, but I still enjoy looking at old photos of where......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jgirl: I went to Igor's tonight in secret search of my recently stolen vintage bike. Sure he's shifty and what his does is evil and soulless- ---perhaps I'm just too good at lying/pretending/manipulating but I played......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

Alexander The Thessalonikian: An ethnic group is characterized by the common language, customs, religion, inscriptions, area of origin and ways of education and living. By that means all the area of todays Greece was inhabited by Greeks since......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

bed sty-cee!: ....and another thing you mexicans i cant believe you let your country go to hell by corruption and stealing. instead of staying there fighting and taking back your country you run here. work so called......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

bed sty-cee!: hello chicago folks-well lets have a little history lesson non of you are spanish, spaniards or latin. all of those words,terms or descriptions belong to europeans, aka white people. all so called hispanics,......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

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

Xavi: It is not only about class, but race as well. Instead of "poor people," in the context of Humboldt Park, it should be Puerto Ricans and Latinas/os. ...

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Lakim: I'm from brooklyn born and raised straight outta the section of East New York it's one of the the worst sections in brooklyn we had bloods, crips, latin kings exc. And it was broken down......

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

jeeff: hi maybetoday, i liked this post. there seems to be a real strong circular undulating rhythm to the row houses in your photos. is this a boston thing, or just one neighbourhood? ......

in response to: Fifteen Pictures of Boston by maybetoday

IVY: I grew up in beatiful Humboldt Park. I lived there from the age of 7 when it was all white. There were only two Puerto RIcan families on our block. We lived......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Cay: I started out hopeful and willing and embracing the challenge of fitting in and making it work. I'm just sharing with those who care to listen to go about their business, and deal with......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

zilep: Bought a house in the heart of Bushwick- on Central avenue and Cornelia streets (one of those cookie cutter homes with all the meters showing- you know the ones the BROWNSTONER people love to hate).......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

loca from Ny: First and foremost I would like to say that the Latin Kings and Queens were made to protect it's people what events happened through ought it's history for it to become like this no one......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

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

james flanagan: Hi jack, Ever find any more info or pictures relating to this story or the convent at st.dominic monastery in general? My father had an aunt that......

in response to: About Convents by jack

EvilGentleman: I could have sworn the first conquest of Alexander was Greece. So the big question would then be, was it a civil war or an invasion? Considering the classical Greek habit of describing both Macedon......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

BDweller: "The Bushwick Initiative...Who is this for?" Boy, you are some busybody, upfromflames. Digging, poking, photographing and posting; then posing provocative questions. I'll take your bait. The city's official response to the steady influx of Latinos and blacks......

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

upfromflames: Cuban Refugees? I never heard that angle before! I always thought it was Puerto Ricans spilling over and displaced form Williamsburg...interesting. I guess they moved on from the area. Nowadays, by the way, Bushwick is......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

pierre: BD: thanks for reminding me about the SP classes, I was in SP1 which is why we took French instead of Spanish and why all SP1 students were in the band with Mr. Montasano (i......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

upfromflames: BD: Those are some weighty words you mention, but they do ring true right down through history. Its a sensitive subject, but there are still white teachers playing that sort of role--I am trying to......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

BDweller: My friend Mike graduated from JHS 111 in the early seventies. It had already acquired a rough reputation by then, as I recall. Like Pierre said, the gang/thug threat was present. All......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I like the way the craines are emulating the clouds and are pointing left....

in response to: Hooverville by fuzzytank

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

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

jamie: __A__syncronous __J__avascript __A__nd __X__ml - A term generously banded about in web development circles, roughly translating as ##"cool shit"##...

in response to: Web Design by Guy McLaren

GC: Thanks to the OU professor for adding pictures of the real Norman. Norman is a wonderful city that has a small town feel. However, Norman is a town that strives for excellence and is home......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

nell: http://www.answers.com/topic/sarnia-cherie "Sarnia Cherie is used as the anthem of the Bailiwick of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands. 'Sarnia' is a traditional Latin name for the island, hence, the title translates as 'dear Guernsey'. George Deighton......

in response to: the warm fuzzy view from my window by hool

Jonathan: Another one of Panama. Not as dense a Sao, but for me currently the most aestheically pleasing of all Latin American skylines. [[img:18149]] Just done some research and gotta say Hong Kong looks amazing...definitely deserves its no.......

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

Jonathan: Here are some skylines of Latin American cities that personaly look beautiful to me. BOGOTA, Colombia [[img:18143]] [[img:18144]] CARTAGENA, Colombia [[img:18145]] [[img:18146]] SANTIAGO, Chile [[img:18147]] PANAMA CITY, Panama [[img:18148]] Enjoy! ...

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

Beadle and Tatum: http://www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/images/congrat1a.jpg Its a hand written rambling note about the Sex Pistols calling the mueseum a "piss stain". There was some pettitioning and a USA today poll that helped locate the hall. I did some research, this is the......

in response to: RIP Robert Jr Lockwood by Beadle and Tatum

King Gati: Wow, after reading all this for about 2 hrs or so..I gotta say I laughed alot with some of you ppl...I'm rican born in NYC..Boogies down bx..I read how bad was or is HP, ...About......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

JNJ: Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I would be......

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

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

Toze: All graffiti is born from biting, someone creates a style and others copy it, that's how it spreads and artists develop their own skills, we learn by copying and emulating others, it's in our nature,......

in response to: Graf Trainz 3: South-East London: Aroe by Jamie

Susannah: Okay - you did say scavenger hunt, right? I wonder if its possible to gat anything relating to the 76 Montreal Olympics, old posters, graf, whatever. Please feel free to ignore this if its ridiculous....

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

JNJ: "I was running in Humboldt Park the other day, as I have for a few years, when 2 Puerto Rican 17ish year olds rammed their bicycles into me. I stepped to them, as it were,......

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

Gringo: Cool, my first witnessing of a drive by in Humboldt Park. You latinos sure have your priorities straight!...

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Micah: I just guessed; my Latin dictionary is several thousand kilometres away... but hey, the gist is clear! I suppose that's the best we can hope for from those internet translators. So as......

in response to: Grafica Mobilius by jack

EvilGentleman: Leave it to you translate {Graf Trux} into {Latin}, Jack. Good shot, by the way. I especially like the thumb and the tile design on the wall in the sunlight. I notice the door is......

in response to: Grafica Mobilius by jack

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

Jordan: The north side of SI is made up of lower income people. like me, i'm latin. But the south shore of SI is where all the rich kids live wit their dadies buying them thier......

in response to: All of Staten Island by champ

don't worry about it!: Coney Island is the safest neiborhood in brooklyn. I lived here for all my 15yrs and it's great. I go by myself alot of places and never had a problum. about the gangs their wannabes.......

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

aer suzuki: this would give stanley kubrick a funny but very stimulating feeling in the pants, i'd guess. and i mean that with all due respect to you, the building, and mr. kubrick & his pants. cool......

in response to: Pickled Eggs: Inside the Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building by jeeff

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

Markus: I knew about the expo latino and I was going to go but decided to hitchhike through the mountains before winter, thanks for reminding me what I missed, excellent pics...

in response to: Expo Latino 2006 (Calgary) by Sherlock77

Sherlock77: Hi there ksedge... I'll post here as often as I remember to, was so busy over the weekend I forgot to check back here... Did get a bunch of photos from Expo Latino, keep an......

in response to: Calgary in Winter by Sherlock77

WTF: You shouldn't have used the translating program! it sucks!! but it's kinda funny though... 당신은 번역기를 사용하지 말았어야 했다. 그것은 핥는다!! 그러나 그것은 재미있음에도 불구하다......

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

"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

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.

Gangs in HP: The gangs og HP have killed this area. I remember in the 70's & 80's in addition to the Latin Kings we had a Simon Park Brothers and Sons of Capone fighting all the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Sherlock77: Welcome to Calgary! From a lifetime resident... Check out my photopage at http://www.flickr.com/photos/sherlock77 Lots of Calgary scenery and people there, I'm off to Expo Latino tomorrow, should be fun...

in response to: Big Man, Little Dog by ksedge

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.

jamie: i hate to add to this argument but didn't the 'americans' pretty much eraicate the native population of their country back in the day? And the english didn't clear the Gaelic speakers out of their......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

zagg: Thanks Peter, a close friend of mine was living in Macedonia at the time (my tri was in May) and so I took life by the balls and flew over to Macedonia for 2+ weeks.......

in response to: In Steep Cliffs with Rocks All Piled Up Mysteries of Your Passing Luck by zagg

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.

EvilGentleman: I find it interesting to convert the demographic information for Bellevile found at [[http://www.bellevilleusa.com/demographics.html]] into actual numbers. The population of Belleville in 2000 was 2239, and broke down as follows: (including both politically correct and......

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

hello: i'm thinking of moving to brooklyn--the bush. i've been in the boogie down for about 7 years. just wanted to let everyone know---HELLO PEOPLEZZZ ALL OF NEW YORK IS CHANGING. FOR GOODNESS SAKES--I'M......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Gino: Ha, Everyone This week,is a week of enjoying ourselves and our culture. so lets put our differences aside and be happy that god has given you one more day to make your life better for yourself......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti