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Franny Wentzel: Joey. The structural engineer called for welded joints on the sturctural skeleton but the steel fabricator convinced the architect and Citicorp to go with bolted joints. Also the diagonal wind bracing was relabelled 'truss work'......

in response to: Citigroup Fading by sine

adam: Okay, where do I begin? I have lived in Jacksonville for pretty much my entire life. I am 29 years old and I recently moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL which is a much......

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

Candy: To Tyra I completely agree with u. When I was at ACHS we had a basketball team that was pretty good. I didn't really follow sports much back then so I could be wrong. I admire......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Candy: Hi, I graduated from ACHS in 2003 so I can't really comment on what it is now but I can tell u what it was then. Aside from my college years, my 4 years at......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Tyfoid Kid: Super Cool!! Someone could spend quite a bit of time in Photoshop coming up with this affect. So as far as the camera phone goes this would be "working as designed." ...

in response to: Even the Trains Are Crooked in Brownsville by Peter

Jamie: The age old "This is not a true representation of my town/village/city" debate continues. Maybe I missed the part where i duty bound to paint a fair and balanced picture of everywhere I choose take......

in response to: Morning Walk: Part One by jamie

Jessica: Werribee is not a dangerous place. Yes, maybe the station could be dangerous at night. Just get on the train/bus, and nothing will happen to you!...

in response to: Werribee Station by benji

Seattleite: Unfortunately you didn't get the 3 openings/slats in the front that actually give it the "Darth Vader" name....

in response to: The Real Darth Vader Building by Peter

Carol Cohen (FOXY): Hi Richie, Now I know where you spend all your time. ...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

JO: I grew up in good old LJ. It's not all that bad if that's your thing, I got out of there as soon as I could. My parents still live there and they......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 8 by Scott Sargent

Rabbi Julia Andelman: Dear Friends, Congregation Shaare Zedek has been working extremely hard over the past several years to forge a long-term strategy for the restoration and maintenance of Bayside Cemetery, despite the fact that only 5% of this......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Wendy: About a month ago, I took our little dog out for "last call". We walked down our front steps to the sidewalk. About twenty feet away stood two raccoons. The dog started barking. ......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

zagg: Frederick is my darling pirate friend, [[xx:some text]] He has adventured in: [[8284:Florida]] /8284 Greece: [[5317:Greece link number 1]] [[5289:Greece link number 2]] [[5270:Greece link number 3]] as well as Macedonia but I don't think any of his photos......

in response to: Snail in the Big City by Franny Wentzel

Kavod Ha'met: Kavod Ha'met- respect for the dead- is tradition. What has been allowed to happen to our sacred site here is intolerable. This isn't even just overgrown or slightly forgotten like most old cemeteries. This place is......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Kriestine Mangel: wow. it's cool to read about people's memories of Bushwick. I may be a bit younger than some of the posters...Our family lived on Halsey St. between Irving and Knickerbocker between 1964 through......

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

Ron: Hello again Teri, I had to smile when I bumped into your posting here. Something I didn't mention in my recent long e-mail was one time when I was playing on the Eastern Parkway mall and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

adam: I met a truck owner recently who's entire truck was covered over night while parked in his suburban home. He was really upset because he couldn't afford to paint over the graffiti and knew the......

in response to: A Proposition to Graffiti Writers by Repine Graffiti Magazine

Far&Away: Correction: It was in 1964(!) that JHS 111 first opened and (with the rest of the 6th grade students at PS 145) I was transferred there. I was always bad at math. Anyway,......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Far&Away: 6th grade graduates of PS 145 were transferred to Enrico Fermi JHS 111 when it first opened on Sept. 1966 for the 7th and 8th grades. Classrooms were all different colors. One teacher......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Ozzi: All you guys, Guess what the Purple hotel is under contract and going to open again in end of 2009. Some indian group of investers are buying it for 29 Million....

in response to: Hotel Detective by procyon

Peter: its that orange plastic construction-site mesh they staple and zip-tie around everything to make it "safer". it also helps to cut down on the gusts of wind whipping through wide-open scaffolding and such. still, scaffolding......

in response to: 81st and Central Park West by sine

CC: I was born and raised in North Devon (1946-1976). I lived on Smith Street. The building in the 3rd pic was the CIBC bank. It was robbed in the early 70s. The 4th pic shows "Bolen's......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

Jim Dinger: Wow,my sister lives in Yuba and I was bored so I googled and would up here.My sis is living in Yuba with her boyfriend Chad and their 2 daughters. Might go down to see her......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Richie Rubin: Davida,you wrote`a club opened on Flatbush ave.'Ben Mastiks'town& country club'was all the way down near belt p'kwy..after ave U! & I usta go dere & see top notch acts..I even have a menu from there[c.1957]but`Town Hill'[bedford/Eastern pkwy]was da......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Amy: I have a family of coons living in my neighbours tree. They come out every night and tear our trash open if they can. Id rather my kids see them and be amazed, and watch......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): I like this site very much,especially when people write about PS 167. I lived at 1125 Sterling Place (between Kinston Ave. and Hampton Place) until I was about 14.I went to the Erasmus Annex......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

an afghan #2 : well just let us forget about it.Don't afghan already have problems as it is. Write an article to tell Afghanistan to create jobs for its citizen before they kidnap their own country. I am a......

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

81s bein animals: HAMC and all the other 1%ers have long since left their roots as a brotherhood of rowdy riders. They're criminal organizations who are about as cute as MS13. Anyone who thinks any different is......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

davida: there was a place that opened up on flatbush ave many years ago that had alot of entertainment. I remember seeing that moments there I know I'm telling my age. I really hope someone remembers......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Gams is one of my favorite words. I also like getaway sticks....

in response to: NYC Glace\' by CartLegger

Willie: Rick, Doc: Yes, Busches Ice Cream Parlor was on Nostrand (near corner of Union Street). Today there is a 'white table cloth' restaurant in that space called "Tavern on Nostrand" which is quite......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Doc S.......: Richie: Yes, according to what I can figure out (Google, etc.), it happened at what is now the Prospect Park station of what WAS the old BMT line (I don't remember what they renamed the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Doc S.......: ...Interesting - I vaguely remember the "short" section called "Malbone Street". I later found out via the Brooklyn Pix website that what is now Empire Boulevard was called "Malbone Street" - the name was changed......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

GGP: These comments are getting better and better. Reading a book on pirates, as it happens, which begins with the line: "I am the King of Sea!"...

in response to: Neptune Hotel by Peter

Rick: All my memories (almost all, anyway) of 241 are happy ones - especially those of the schoolyard. Some of the happiest times of my life were spent playing ball of various kinds (several varieties of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Espen: Espen: 23rd Dec 2008 - 02:04 GMT i vent to New york in november 96 i was 19 years old travelling alone from norway and got robd at a park wile smoking pot waiting for a man......

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

Espen: i vent to New york in november 96 i was 19 years old travelling alone from norway and got robd at a park wile smoking pot waiting for a man who i......

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

EvilGentleman: Well Tom, something as big and easily visible as this would require either ladders or most likely {scaffolding}. I would definitely say the {toon graf} {mural} is a {commissioned piece}. The building is a hangout for......

in response to: Montreal Noise: Saint-Laurent 2 by EvilGentleman

anon (modemcable119.252-59-74.mc.videotron.ca): Well Tom, something as big and easily visible as this would require either ladders or most likely {scaffolding}. I would definitely say the {toon graf} {mural} is a {commissioned piece}. The building is a hangout for......

in response to: Montreal Noise: Saint-Laurent 2 by EvilGentleman

Renee: These pictures have fascinated me to the point of doing a little research on this matter. It seems that the Congregation Shaare Zedek used the funds paid by the families for perpetual care of......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Rob: This reminds me of the lighting on the Zakim Bridge in Boston. http://en.structurae.de/files/photos/1922/zakim/zakim_bridge.jpg Normally it's lit in blue, but they change it depending on the holiday, or other occasions. Green on St. Patricks day, Red, white and......

in response to: New 35W Bridge Before Dawn by Tyfoid Kid

Story: Hi, I am an artist living in Hackney, London in the United Kingdom. Me and a friend are looking to spend 3 months in New York next year doing the galleries and looking into artist......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Pantera: Unfortunately these cases or even WORSE happen many times. When I was a kid in my hometown Szeged (M.E.-Europe, Hungary) there were 2 abandoned cemeteries, a protestant and a catholic (mainly......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Leviathan: "Jess: 24th Dec 2007 Hey, I used to work at Soho Zat back in 1983. I loved it. They only hired punks" I worked there for only a few weeks....before that however i lived in the joint.......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Kregorious: Ya I know of this cemetery, its only a few blocks away from my house. Its a shame what has happened to the place. Seems that the congregation that was in......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Mike: I think alot of American guys masturbate in public places because they are circumcised and there penis head rubs on there underwear and it makes them horny and they have to get it out and......

in response to: Pervert Masturbates on Subway by Peter

Richie Rubin: ALL,it happened..again!:> brooklynpix.com < hit`brownsville 1&2, Belmont ave;early 1900's & 1955..w/Pushcarts!& a Baby Boom![`55]...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

JoseFromIrving: I was born and raised in Brooklyn during the 70's, 80's and 90's. I lived on Irving Avenue between Suydam and Hart St. I left in 1992 and moved "upstate" and I must tell......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: wow, over 50 posts here and pic's, we have a thing about cemeteries, we the living view it as a scary, deserted area. some of us who are older see it as our next......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

almostauthentic: I have way too much of an overactive imagination so i find that creepy as fuck. I am a walking contradiction... i watch horror/gore flicks for fun but i get freaked out by an opened......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

EA: I also grew up in the Luna Park houses (west 8th) from the early 60's, when the bldgs opened, to early 70's. I remember the Bonomo Turkish Taffy Bldg, and I remember hanging......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Stan N: The movie theater around the corner from the Loews Pitkin was the Loews Palace. Someone had mentioned that he had forgotten the name. I also ate a lot of the combination plates at the shaky......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Monica: it just creeps me out that its here in ny, I am not fond of the open ones, I have to go take a look one day, great photos...

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

queenfre5a: wow dat is a really sad story...i hope nothin like dis happen to anotha lil kid like Miguel dey don't deserve 2 die 4 no reason wen their not involved in anything..may he R.I.P. ......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Varinki: The Glasgow Subway was opened in 1896 and the equipment dated from that time. It was cable operated until 1935 when it was converted to electricity. Also there were no turnouts on the line and......

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

CartLegger: Very good point, and powerfully described. These areas are in their own way forgotten, started by Jewish communities long since moved on in demographic transitions past. This cemetery is actually one of the oldest Jewish......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Dee: My thoughts . . . meh. It's always sad when cemeteries go unattended and the resting places of loved ones forgotten . . . but to my mind, it's a responsibility of the survivors to......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Rob: Wow. How does this even happen? How can people have such disrespect for the dead. It makes me sad to see a cemetery in such a state. An......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

redchickpoet: I loved your photos. I found them facinating, but they broke my heart. I want to buy that place and keep it safe from developers. I wonder what happened. I'll have to research this one.......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

mitch: Hi Rich... What an amazing thing ... All through jr. high, high school and part of college I worked in my dad's store (Maiman's Pharmacy) and of course I knew Johnny and Herbie really well. I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: ha, no... i still live in {bushwick}. just spent last saturday in {east new york} and {ozone park}....

in response to: Bird\'s Eye View by Peter

EvilGentleman: Just the car. The engines were CN, about 4 cars forward of this one off the right side of the photos. I must admit that I am not sure whether this car was carrying automobiles or......

in response to: 9-11 Train Graf: To All Those in Heaven by EvilGentleman

usmcsniper1: Yes, we all went to PS167 and then to IS210 John Marshall JR High. Our homeroom was the girls gym on the fifth floor. When you are a kid things always seemed larger......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Robert: I remember going to Bohacks in Brooklyn and in Queens in 1960 when my parents moved to Florida. But never saw any there. I've been told that Bohacks were long gone. Peter, Whatever happened to those markets? ...

in response to: Bohack by Peter

EvilGentleman: Thanks, Peter. Pretty neat, how an artist from the Maryland suburbs of DC can have their work be seen in Montreal 6 years later. Thanks to {Sean Spenser} (NORES) for this one. [[img:29746]]...

in response to: 9-11 Train Graf: To All Those in Heaven by EvilGentleman

Peter: so much activity, signs of human presence, openness... but no people anywhere nearby to be seen. perhaps they were swallowed by the gaping maw?...

in response to: The Gaping Maw by Peter

James Kingsmill: Built in 1950, The Washburn Tunnel is the only operational underwater vehicle tunnel in the state of Texas. The Baytown Tunnel was demolished several years ago for the construction of the Fred Hartman Bridge (SH......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

Janet: 7th Dec 2008: Hi. I grew up in Williamsburg on south 8th street. I loved it at that time had great friends there. I wonder how and what ever happen to them where they are today. From south......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Sylvia Garry: Hi Everyone, I went on retreat to the old Domican Convent on the corner of 13th street in Newark. Though it is old and in need of repair, you can feel the......

in response to: About Convents by jack

Rich: Hey Pete, people watching in Crown Heights has aways been fascinating to me, that's why I can relate to just about every picture you post about the area, I just wish I had the foresight......

in response to: NYPD by Peter

jo jo: my husband in Kp and its not as terrible as the oyther ones i do conjecal and spend time and he s not in there cause hes a rat or a goof just maximum ......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

C3: I don't give a fuck if someone did a piece on the front door of the pentagon,they still won't touch ja,I been in this since 94 and ja was never nothing but on top.I don't......

in response to: JA Update: by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Nice! There's your Christmas card....

in response to: Bling Portrait by Peter

Sandra MacDonald: I left Verdun in 68 and have only gone back three times. I have the greatest memories of growing up there. I was back in June 07 and spent lots of time walking......

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

Allan: Carol(Foxy), When did you attend/graduate from 167? As I recall, Judy was a year younger than I. She had a friend, Roni ____ (something), from north of Eastern Parkway (I think) who stopped by her apartment......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Richie Rubin: ALL of youse;If a person has da`chutzpah'to wanna teach dese days, I give`EM more den credit!..it just ain't da same! kids didn't carry guns..or beat up teachers!..no?..ALL OUR teachers were terrif;but didn't hafta put up w/what's happenin'nowadaze!.no? & Mr.Bernhard's......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): Mr. AJ shure- you graduated from PS167 in 1958,the same year as I did. Sorry, I don't think that I remember you.What is/was yur first name? The name Joel Prussin rings a bell. Wasn't he......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

sick and tired: I personally am sick and tired of being sick and tired. I am critically ill and i cannot find one doctor in Montreal to help me. I'm tired of all the racism and......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

Rohinton Ghandhi: November 27th, 2008 To City Noise Editors, I have recently begun writing articles for the Verdun Messenger's new English Corner segment. They cover Verdun's history and the people within it. I thought your group......

in response to: Verdun Neon by CE

Man from Oslo: If you mind your own business, you'll be safe here in Oslo. I know, I've lived here for 24 years. And the small amount of violence that actually happens to innocent people, are basically caused......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

Pronto Permissio: Oh this makes me laugh. I've used them a few times, all with similar results (or lack thereof) as some of the individuals above. Seems like a mixture of forgetfulness and their convenient location has......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

Stephaniee: Actually, yes, those are DDR machines right there. or pump it up machines. whatever u want to call it ^_^ how much on average do people spend there at a time?...

in response to: Ye Olde Arcade by EvilGentleman

margarita kontarovich: in september 2008 happened to shorefront senior center. mental health i were bad behavior contiued to bad behavior in the lunch in the backyard stay with group with my staff candace robinson in the afternoon.......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Reid Harris Cooper: For those who haven't been to 5 Pointz, or can not go there frequently I provide you with my over 300 shots over the last two years of changes and happenings at the former Phun......

in response to: 5 Points by adam

adam: It was a lot easier to get to than I realized. There were a bunch of people there taking pictures/posing with the graffiti. Pretty funny.. Is there anything on the inside when it is open?...

in response to: 5 Points by adam

biloxi bob: What ever happened to the Texas Tavern?...

in response to: Blvd Decarie, Ville Saint-Laurent by CE

Allan: Howard, Now that you mention it, I do remember playing 'knucks'. Not recalling how the number of knucks were determined but I think we used a deck of cards. Something about you could decide to get......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Richie Rubin: Allan;well,dat BIG space `twixt bldgs seemed like a`courtyard/atrium']WE[on St,Johns pl.]didn't have any`open spaces'like YOU Union st.kids had,but WE had a`backyard'w/fences WE climed over & were in a`strange'woyld'..some folks even had nice fruit/vegi.gardens[on Sterling pl.]& on `Google Earth'YOU......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

margarita kontarovich : bird happened in the cross the street in the morning. bird was died today in the morning. hit a car. cross the street. bird was hitting a car in the morning. cross the street. i......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

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

zagg: Funny, I'm cringing that I had to ride public transportation (Sarnia Transit is infact: CRAP). I've been biking happily 5+ KM since August to work, but now winter had come and the roads......

in response to: Commuting by Foot by Peter

zagg: Peter, we know you live in New York but don't be so skeptical! Maybe Norway is a magical land where a) the day time sky is always the exact same shade of blue and b)......

in response to: Forrest by Rune Willem

Peter: indeed. catty-corner from that giant gas station thats been there forever. the part you didnt hear about this post is that about 1 minute after snapping this shot, i turned left there onto bedford; i found......

in response to: East on Eastern Parkway by Peter

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

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

Richie Rubin: AAAAY-Men!WE now realize what a terrific life WE had back then, `twas the age of in-no-sense.no? it all `died' in Nov.`63,when JFK was killed.no?.what a week that was! WE watched the killing of his assassin>Lee Harvey Oswald,on tv!by......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Rich: Oh, one more bit of info, right across the street from the car wash many years prior was a club called "The Town Hill" was on the corner where you could see live performances by:......

in response to: Car Wash by Peter

Rich: The old building in the background with the water tower became a church, but, it used to be the old Savoy movie theater. This place had the old world decorations like you don't see anymore.......

in response to: Car Wash 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

Del Prophet: Born in Woodward and lived in Buffalo as a child. It has always been a friendly town with real folks living there. Has not changed much as most small towns don't evolve much but......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 9 by Scott Sargent

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