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Humboldt1: PlGrd, Nice to see you are back from CityData. I was starting to get really down about black renters in general, but have had a new renter (black family) in my suburban place in Itasca......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

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

chickenrgood: Wow this is fun stuff. I like chickens- sure who doesn't think they are fun to watch and oooh what pretty colors those roosters are! I have been coming to Kauai since the......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

EvilGentleman: Wait a minute... What the hell does a rooster have to do with guitars? Ok, I think I really need some sleep now......

in response to: Rooster Crowing It\'s 2009 by joey

Double A: I found this looking for old info about Sleepy Hollow. It's a shame this plant shut down the way it did, but like one person said, at least they got relocated or a severance package.......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

jack: i grew up not too far from there. during the war many fighter planes would circle around my home and i could watch them descending for a landing. the drone of the engines......

in response to: NYC Naturally by CartLegger

steelisreal: and Eileen Ritter that attitude is why your people lost the election. ...

in response to: Floyd Bennett Field: Let All Flags Fly by CartLegger

mitch: Davida, Rich, Kim, Kenny ... my mind is racing with all the thoughts and memories from so many years ago and it is so wonderful to hear from you all ... and that we can......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Eileen Ritter: I think this joe guy should be ashamed of himself. Protest is an American right, granted, but to hang a replica of MY American flag upside down is an absolute disgrace. You, joe, disgust me.......

in response to: Floyd Bennett Field: Let All Flags Fly by CartLegger

Warren S.: That pic of the CYO entrance is pretty depressing. I lived on church property, adjacent to that entrance. The church used to rent out apartments in the "old rectory," and my dad as the chief......

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

Woo123: This is an amazing picture and one that will always stick in my mind. I have been doing some research on Leroy Skalstad for a University piece, and I would like to inform 'POWcityblog' of an......

in response to: A Homeless Man Sleeping with His Most Cherished Possession by Leroy Allen Skalstad

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

zagg: "kids re-grow in like 5 to 6 years while trees take decades" "trees give us shade, oxygen, and a place to sleep when we're homeless." These are just some of the reasons why I'm a tree planing......

in response to: The Parade...again by TCL

TCL: zagg, good point. I just take it for granted that everyone's into the season's sacrificial rites. I guess they're more "hip" south of the border. jack, I didn't know that. What a horrible thing to do;......

in response to: The Parade...again by TCL

Richie Rubin: SOL;hey!.didja fall asleep w/YER finga on`Post Your Comment'? now, WE ALL know Stan & Roy Pasternack went to PS 241 & played punchball [a real NY`street game']didja evah punch 2[two]`sewers'?[1/2 block]...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Julia Astralla: to Allan: I graduated 167 in 1958, Wingate in 1962 ! the last paramount show was 1961 - 1962 ! (MAYBE .......) I know we had some elaborate plans of escaping the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

XYKA: No doubt don't sleep on the one and only BEL IOF true East Coast Piecing KING....

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

Kaeleen: Well, hello stranger...lol Ahhhh.... the good ole days of being in yuba. :) I loved the 2-day dances.I and Denise would go and do the polka's...lol we had fun dancing in our socks and sliding......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Jami Lee Rosa: This is really cool. I love the colors and the texture the multiple layers of paint give to the walls. Great collection here....

in response to: English Kills Graffiti by Peter

Joey: .. and that's why I ride with a fat chain. Not only is it a decent bike lock, but a pretty effective melee weapon as well. Clock that fucker in the back of the head,......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

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

Allan: Sanford, I think we were in the same grade. In the summer of '55 I would have just finished the 4th grade. I think I had Ms. Hines that year. A memory that just came to......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: hi joey, its been almost two years since you asked for a story about the beat generation in the village. well its better late than never, so here is a short one. my......

in response to: Blue Note Lounge by jack

Helen: Hi Diane!! How is everyone doing? I remember all of you and running into your parents all the time - and I always made it a point to look them up when I was......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

upfromflames: Dang! You are right! I am so used to going to this shop, getting out at this subway stop, that I did not realise I was in Ridgewood the whole time! Well, it does not......

in response to: Te Amo Bushwick! by upfromflames

zagg: So, I know I'm pretty immature, and I never noticed this the first 10 times I read this post but ... anyone else now see by parking exactly where it did, in the 2nd......

in response to: Best Costco Moment of 2008 by EvilGentleman

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

bushwicklady: Wow , I grew up on bleecker between wilson and central lived there from birth 82 to 2002 I still be there til this veryday but that pic. Does not look familiar to me mayb......

in response to: Bushwick Remembered Photo Collective by upfromflames

bushwicklady: That's the block that holds a lot of memories......myrtle btwn menahan n bleecker.......

in response to: Menahan by Peter

tanya: Hey everyone......those memories .......BORN IN 82 I grew up on bleecker bTWN wilson ansd cental ......ST. BABARAS CHURCH........went to Ps.75 Is 291..........bushwick is beautiful.......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Diane: I am also from the Yuba area. Actually I am Kaeleen, Helen and Kim's relative. I was a Machovec and my mother's maiden name was Revels. I happen to work with Teena Wallace who lives......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

FOURSKI GAT: LEEEEEEEETO GAAAAAAT...

in response to: Leeto & Beef by Peter

Natalie: "Homelessness, Health & Human Needs", published in 1998 by the Institue of Medicine says "pustular lesions secondary to insect bites and other infestations are common to homeless people" Additionally, "venous stasis of the lower......

in response to: Homeless Subterranean by Peter

Henry Jones: I saw the Venus Flytrap on the U-Haul truck in Wisconsin, too. Here's an article about their campaign: http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8941866_ITM I'm trying to find the text beneath the pic. Is your original photo good enough to make it......

in response to: McShopping Center, Venus Flytrap U-Haul, Alabama Cop Plate and an Iranian Fiesta by EvilGentleman

Angela Bentley: Hi everyone I asked this question before didn't get a response but I grew up all over brooklyn, last years in the city I grew up in ridgewood area Palmetto ave, gates ave and onondonk......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Kaeleen: Hi ! not sure when the 2-day dance is.You would think I would know...lol can contact my ma & pa Fanta and find out.I did also hear that they were not having one cuz,......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

margarita kontarovich : i had a cold and sneeze and nose bleed cough today ...

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Andy yerks: i got alot of pictures of whats left of the plant http://s12.photobucket.com/albums/a203/yerksversion2/sleepy%20hollow%20gm%20plant/...

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Ruby Meyer: I remember when I was young asleep in the back of the car, the smell of the Newtown Creek would wake me up and I knew I was home. It actually made me smile. What......

in response to: Newtown Creek: Dirty Water by CartLegger

kauaichick: I DO live here and I LOVE the chickens. I wake up at night and I smile and try to fall back to sleep. Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. I'll sleep when......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

Leeto: I love it....

in response to: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by luna park

Rune Willem: I come from Norway. One of the richest country in the world. Unfortunately we have people who sit or sleep like this gentleman does. It is a shame that the goverment dosen´t do much for......

in response to: Sweet Dreams by Bumface

Martin Lee 11th Sep 2008: After searching for 7 yrs I have finally found what must be the final resting place of my fathers mother whose death cert I have at last obtained. It was and still is a very......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

Brian Jacobs: Well, perhaps a compromise would be to attach signs to trees using an expanding metal collar with a rubber inner sleeve to protect the tree and allow the tree to grow without the collar......

in response to: We Nail Road Signs to Trees. by AG

Joe Drexler: From a building design standpoint many blocks in Bushwick were attached "row frames" as known by firefighters these row frames differed from attached brownstones in that the space or void between the roof and the......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

Margaret Franzese: This building is on Butler St off 3rd Ave. in South Brooklyn. I lived around the corner on Baltic St as a young girl. I use to go there to visit the animals, and when......

in response to: Forgotten Structure: ASPCA by GGP

Michelle M: Kaeleen.... I do remember you and a lot of the other people that are posting on here. Does anyone know of when they are going to have the next 2 day dance? Would love to go......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Kaeleen: Hey Michelle- I knew the Wallaces very well and my best friend was Denise.We rode horse ALL the time and ALL over as well as with Amy Rynes.Have tons of pix of Yuba and us......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Maz, Netherne: Bumface - Now stop it please ! lol These poor people are asleep (hopefully) and have no idea you are taking their picture and posting for our amusment ! Poor Ms Puffy Feet, More Sale Man......

in response to: Sweet Dreams by Bumface

Warren S.: Richie, you are right on the money there! It's like it was practice for more violent things to come. I hear that St. Barbara's church is or was closed, and they only say masses on......

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

Warren S.: Sometimes, I had to report to the cloakroom straightaway or directly to the hallway. One nun had a big steel edged ruler, named "Mr. Brown;" she whacked kids across the palms of their hands with......

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

Richie Fisher: She is the toughest nun alive, but I remember Sister Kathleen Thomas, and Sister Betty They must have had notches on their belts for wacks on the cheek / butt / ear / hair pull......

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

Francine Cammarata: What a childhood in Bushwick!!! I think my passionate Italian background which was deeply rooted in tradition surely played a major part. What strength and power we had. I was born 1947 in Greenpoint Hospital.......

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

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

Richie Fisher: Hey there Warren! I have to be honest, I almost fell off my chair reading your E Mail and I FLEW off my chair when I read your letter on the Casusos's......

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

always a Bushwick kid: What a great site... I've read almost all the comments and they ring true for most of it. I grew up in Bushwick- lived on Jefferson in the 60’s, moved to Bleecker Street in the......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Grace Ramos-Huertas: Hi everyone-I too attended JHS111 from 9/69 to june71. Though I was terrified to be starting JH at the time becuse of a few bullies for the most part I have nothinbg but wonderful memories of......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

ابو سمره: انازبي طويل وطول النخله ولي بدها تنتاك تحا دثني علي اليمال التالي leeth.omari@yahoo.com...

in response to: Feeling Sixy? by Peter

mike: I lost my home in this fire and these pictures bring back sad memories of that day.I come from a family of 8 children and we basically lost everything.That knitting mill was abandoned for years.I......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: The All Hands Fire by upfromflames

Excuzmepleez: To emc, Where is your "friends place" located? There are sections of Bushwick that I would consider fairly safe and other areas very questionable. What is good for the goose is not always good for......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Janice Seifert; august 2008: Roland Lees, I hope to hear from you. I mistakenly wrote Ronold, he's your twin brother right? To ANON, I cannot remember who lived at 655 Wishart St. You are alot younger than me. ......

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

Excuzmepleez: This post is in response to "remember 1966." I remember the sad accident. It happened on Troutman Street between Central and Evergreen and it involved a boy named Joey Mistretta who was 9 years......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

ZNO (O.T.F) (V.P.P): Leeto is up plain and simple just stop haiting and do you....

in response to: Leeto & Beef by Peter

Anna: Now that a team has won in Philadelphia (Souls) I guess the curse is broken! But I didn't see on the news that the El was set on fire or cars and buses were......

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

Janice A Abrams: Howie I lived at 104 Bleeker Street until 1959. I also went to St. Barbara's School until we moved to Long Island. I was born in 1951 but did have an older brother born......

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

av won: vote leeto or die!...

in response to: Leeto & Beef by Peter

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

carol d.: hello to ronald lees and janice seifert...I remember driving down E St. and always seeing a couple of houses near the corner on Wishart St. decorated for each holiday.It was really nice.I worked at Cramers......

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

Janice Seifert; July 2008: Hi Ronald Lees, I grew up on 600 Wishart St. Your sisters will probably remember me. My brother Joe used to hang out with your brother Earl and Freddie Beck. I used to love how......

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

anon (c-69-142-138-254.hsd1.pa.comcast.net): he didnt live on lee but we did live on westmoreland between A st and lee st. we lived directly across from where water st came in. yea he passed away in 2004. He had......

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

Brushman: anon i did know your father , he lived on lee st on the corner , didn't he ? my book is in the editing phase . i hung right there , and used to......

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

Brushman: hello anon ,i definately lived at lee and westmoreland then , im 39 yrs old . I am writing a soon to be published book about that specific are between howard and ontario to......

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

Waltson: My grandfather owned the Midwood Inn & the Paramont Inn, both in Flatbush during the pre-depression 1920's & 1930's....before my time. He told me that Rudi Valee sang there....

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (cpe-98-14-151-230.nyc.res.rr.com): leeto im gunna gun clap u......big homie...

in response to: Leeto & Beef by Peter

TRANS KOF 2008 : Hey all this talk about Paterson brings back alot of memories I grew up in Paterson on Main st. and Wiess St.a block from St.Josephs hospital. my neighborhood was known as little San Juan......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

cecilia: Leeto, nice work! ...

in response to: Leeto & Beef by Peter

anon (c-69-142-138-254.hsd1.pa.comcast.net): yo brushman you said you were from lee and westmoreland. i use to live near a and westmoreland from 81 when i was born till 89 when me and my mom moved to harrowgate. are......

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

stan: I live around 116th street. A year ago I found a way in (and while down their noticed a few ways out.) I went down with a friend, a lighter, and two cellphones (which we......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel 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

Lp: Reading all these Stories on here really piss me off! Everyone is saying that they moved away to make a better life for theirselves/family and say how much of a "Hell-Hole" kensington is. i was......

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

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

Tomes: Dondi came from Manhattan NY.He sprayed a lot with an artist called LEE. ...

in response to: In Memory of DONDI by Metro 1

Rob Tynan: Hi Steve, Here is a map from 1926. You can see the school. Elsinore Avenue dosnt exist yet. If you look carefully you will find the position of Lee Close. The Tennis......

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

Steve Boyle: Can anybody help me? I'm trying to find out what was originally on Lee Close, Irlam (Basically just around the corner from Irlam Primary school and close to Irlam Endowed. Lee close I think was......

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

Chris : First of all Toronto is hated on by all Canadians outside of the Golden Horse Shoe. One of the main reasons why is,....... the Toronto Maple Losers!!!!!!!!. It's a hockey country and the leafs used......

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

BRUSHMAN: Front st ? pork pies ? im not sure , i grew up at lee and westmoreland , from 1980 till about 1987 . i would like to let the people on this site know......

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

admod: the freedom tunnel.top notch graf all the way. leeds band bedlam-ago go. back on the estate,so ya better watch ya bassbins.. ...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Cecilia Midiri: Ok Joseph I'm sorry about your father, that he went through that. He didn't move from here after that, that speaks volumes. My mother and I were in a similar situation, we found our 84......

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

Violet Birchall: Hello Anne and Brian, Seems such a long time ago when we all went out for a drink together and such a suprise to find you on this site ,we are both enjoying retirement there is......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Renee Harrold: Hi, I lived in 111,1957-1968 and 120 until 1972, 1847 until 1974. I, read the book there are no children here and I remember a much better time. We could sleep with our doors......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

FEM: Wouldn't you think that Cicero Avenue at the Stevenson Expressway going South towards Midway Airport be cleaned up and looking better for our out-of-towners who come to visit. What a first impression, Shame on......

in response to: Midway Airport by joey

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: If it were me, I'd be sleeping on Snowcrash, by Neal Stephenson....

in response to: A Homeless Man Sleeping with His Most Cherished Possession by Leroy Allen Skalstad

EvilGentleman: To me, it would depend heavily on the particulars of the location where the photo was shot. If the man in the photo was in the midst of a well-frequented public space, then public domain......

in response to: A Homeless Man Sleeping with His Most Cherished Possession by Leroy Allen Skalstad

charlie : Great pictures I myself used to hang out in that tunnel for years back in the early years before the amtrak police kicked me out another time at the southern end one of the homeless nut......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

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

Karlo: That really was a moving story sharon. Im so glad that you can finally put your anger to rest,a feeling that only serves to destroy the self. I fully believe that your son Karl would want you......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Kate: We have a mother and 2 babies on our roof. The porch has this metal box on top (no one knows why, it's a very old house). Anyway, a few years ago my......

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

James cashan: Hello jon B. Malcom Kennedy is related to my dad through marriage of his mum to Ken connor (pics of Train), I lived and dad still lives across road from Pete n......

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

Kevin_in_the_Uk: mrsleep says about the film dark days, I have a copy, my wife got it on amazon for me. Fantastic stories from the people who used to live down there. You might even be able......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

mrsleep: If you can, find the film 'Dark Days' It is a documentary, of sorts, made by the people who used to live in the tunnel. A film that is both beautiful, and tragic....

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter