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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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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: "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

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

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

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

native tonguez: any of you native americans who lived in brooklyn 500 years ago? no? then you really dont have much right to talk. {gentrification} is a touchy subject. but whether youre white, black or latino, you were......

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

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

Tamara: No not tall or blond and no trench coat! Iam not Latino either.. but since you asked I have long dark hair and brown eyes, tanned skin, 5 foot 4.. and curvy.. These days......

in response to: The Waitstaff of Zelda\'s by Biff

Biff: Tamara, Are you the tall blonde in the trench coat with the Lhaso Apso(sp)...or the velvet Latino with the Sharpoi?? I love that park...By the way it's Allan with an a. I used to get that......

in response to: The Waitstaff of Zelda\'s by Biff

Peter: i am growing very leery of how insular, provincial and xenophobic america is becoming... it smacks of fascism and... dare i say it... prewar germany. after all, every single one of us living in america......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

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

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

michelle: What comes around goes around. It didn't stay Polish, Italian and German. It won't stay Puerto Rican either. Humboldt Park community was incorporated into the City of Chicago in 1869, the same year that saw......

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

gringa latina: Well, here I am again. I wrote my last post in Spanish I guess as a sign of respect to all of the latino residents of Humboldt Park and to write as a "white......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Alfonso aka Smiley: im frm queens, new york city n now i stay in a-town by da chi all i gotz ta say iz dat no matta where uz go thurr always gunna b gang shit......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Chris: billy i dont believe u have ever been to the UK judging from ur... review of it. I have met many cool americans that apreciate there only allie on the planet and are nice......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Dj Santi: Just wanted to say I have some pics of Humbodlt Park on my web site CHICAGOLATINDJS.COM. Things have calmed done since the 70's & 80's in HP. I lost alot of friends due to gangs violence......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

T K#3: Humboldt Park has more "Latino vs. White" racism than most anywhere I've been (except for some parts of France which I've been to! This is due mostly to the tight integration of neighborhoods and individual......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

joey: After reading through this board I saw how racist people are towards whites. Im Italian/Irish from Chicago. My dad grew up in the Italian hood on Taylor street. I feel the pain......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

M, J (MP): Gangs shouldn't even be killing innocent lives. Everybody that lives in HP/ North side, South side, West side,& East side knows that it ain't easy to live in a huge enviornment where there's a lot......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

big O : After reading some of these articles I've come to the conclusion that being Latino or in my case Puerto Rican "Newyorican " we are misunderstood . Being Latino is not about gangs or parades ,......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Ramón: Humboldt Parks belongs to humanity. Many people and many cultures have enjoyed its beauty, some have contributed more than others. I grew up on 2735 W. Division and for some reason going home......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

J.J. From a Puerto Rican brother: I'm not writing this to judge or criticize anyone. Just to try to open a little conscience on la raza Latina. Mi gente, how can you speak of love when you talk everyone else down.......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Peanut Gallery: It's nice that you looked it up for everyone but a definition is kind of a fluid thing and many times it takes a while for the dictionary to catch up to the street or......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Puertorican Nena: This comment is to Historian who commented on the "true" definition of a latino(a), which I looked up and have retrieved this definition: La·ti·no NOUN: pl. La·ti·nos A Latin American. A person of Hispanic, especially......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Luis : First of all I would like to say that I am a proud Puerto rican/ mexican american and I would like to send a message to all my hispanic/latino people that we all need to......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

historian: I find it interesting that mexicans, puerto ricans etc call themselves latinos and latinas. What does this term mean? To be a Latino is to come from a Latin country, Central or South America. Who......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Peter: you also get the max if youre black. or latino. or especially if youre poor (of any race)....

in response to: Injustice CASE... by Rune-Willem

Deshant: Not all of Williamsburg has been gentrified as you can see. Talks of displaced SoHo brats and pregnant hipsters make up the Bedford Ave. population but the Orthodox Jewish and Latino population still keep the......

in response to: Walking in Williamsburg 2 by Peter

Confused: Admitted some white people have attitudes, but some blacks have attitudes, some Latinos have attitudes, etc....The blacks don't get along with the PR's, I see it every night and hear it. F You N, shut......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

seeking a future: My comments are gone as well.. Everyone is talking about how we should help each other well, several years ago I vowed to give back to my community, we purchased a building and rehabbed it......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

seeking a future: My comments are gone as well.. Everyone is talking about how we should help each other well, several years ago I vowed to give back to my community, we purchased a building and rehabbed it......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

cafeconleche: I keep going thru this site and I find so much BS I was just reading some old comment from Jan from EL viejo de arriba....Yo' viejo you need to stop brown nosing the USA......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

cafeconleche: To: YOur own worst...and Seekinga future... and everyone else out there... It's nice to see that there are some of us on the same page--I don't know if you'd call it hate,--we'll then again, yeah--there is a......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Your Own Worst Enemy: Some know the system, some don't. A few systems that are known very well in HP - drugs - how to sell them - how to run them - how to avoid getting caught and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Seeking a Future: Hey everyone, I grew up in HP, left for several years and have returned. We are who we choose to be. The opportunities are there. I agree some of us Latin Americans......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

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

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

cafeconleche: As I was reading some of the stuff out there I noticed that one of the KINGS was talking about the F#@*! Polacos--okay you guys who are anti-white..I 'm with you , I can empathize..........

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

mia: I don't understand why anyone thinks white people want to take over humboldt park it's the City Of Chicago. It has more to do with property value than anything the city and state want anyone......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

L: i dont see a point to people that like gangs and that rep for gangs but i dont thinkt hat s its right when the cops find out that someone is in a gang and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

SadStateOfAffairs: Very sad but enlightening to read all of the threads. I too live in Humboldt Park and have seen the good and the bad. The first night in our new home, a girl got shot,......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

sophia: I'm a white girl.I love my home and i appreciate the diversity of Humboldt Park. I understand wanting to preserve Puerto Rican heritage in Humboldt Park it's importance. Gang violance wherever it amy exsist causes......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Stef: I Dont know why some people keep complaining about Hombouldt Park if you got a problem with it get up and stop complaining to us go to the vity of chicago and complain their half......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

WkC member: i know 3 official members of 13 street AKA LMV X3. you wont believe this shit. ones in 5th grade, 9th grade and 8th grade. ive been asked to be in x3 lmv or x3......

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

some white guy: Why don't all you two-bit thugs get back on the block and make some money instead of wasting your time talking shit on the internet or if your such a hard ass, go pull a......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

WrekOne: To find the best pieces, look for large buildings with wooded or wild areas directly beside/behind them. That is where I often find great pieces that are hard to see from the street. After "Jasper"......

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

ElViejoDeArriba: kind king cyco, me malentendiste. in another language, you misunderstood me. you can't generalize that americans are ignorant. it shows......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Critic: wow, writing in all-caps sure is hard to read. i dont buy this bullshit about americans or anyone else being ignorant. what about latino/a americans? hmm?...

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

KING CYCO: AMERICANS THINK THAT THEY ARE THE SHIT. THEY ARE THE IGNORANT ONES, NOT US. THEY CAN'T FUCK WITH THE LATINOS AND LATINAS. FOR ALL MY LATINOS AND LATINAS OUT THERE KEEP YA......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

KING CYCO: THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH BEING AMERICAN BUT THEY CAN'T FUCK WITH THE LATINOS AND LATINAS. PLUS,THEY GET TOO COCKY! ALMIGHTY LATIN KING AND QUEEN NATION AMOR DE REY...

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

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

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti