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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

Matty Paris: Roger Brown and Connie Hawkins were completely different ballplayers from very different cultures. Connie lived in a railroad flat off Franklin and Fulton Street with his mother and brother. She did maid work. He played......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Teresa: I grew up on Moffat Street in Brooklyn. The Brunswick Bowling Alley was directly across the street from our apartment. I was in 5th grade when we were told the apartments were being......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

mitch: long time. This is billy's (billy gardinera) brother in law kenny we was ushers in the wedding together. i see u have been in touch with rich and he contacted me to let me know......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

usmcsniper1: It really is wild to hear about all the good memories people have about Eastern Pkwy. We moved to 1098 Eastern Pkwy directly across the street from St Matthews Church. My aunt attended catholic school......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

iman: My whole family grew up in Bushwick, and I used to love going over there to see them when I was living on Long Island. And it definitely has gotten much better. It truly is......

in response to: Bushwick: the Next Hot Neighborhood? by upfromflames

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

Esthr Herschman (Rechtschafner): I enjoyed this site very much. I graduated from PS167 in 1958.Now i will try to list yu some of my memories. Kindergarten teacher Miss Shapiro. (there was another kindergarten class and teacher -Mrs. Pinkerton.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Rich: Hey, anybody got any pictures of the long ramp (at the coney island stop) that you walked up or down from the "D" train? How about some pix of under the boardwalk, (when it was......

in response to: Coney & Surroundings by kricket

Jules: Okay....BORING is the reason my husband and I left Jacksonville in July '06. We did everything a modern Metropolitan couple could do. We lived on the river, we had season tickets with the......

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

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

Ellen : What can anyone tell me about Prospect Heights Hospital where I was born 9/19/1942? Dad worked at the Brooklyn Naval Yard, mom came to NY from Michigan and they were married in Little Church......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Garrett: My friend Jerry had heard a rumor on some website that the famous toll booth scene from The Godfather had been shot somewhere by Nassau Community College on Long Island (right by where we live).......

in response to: Godfather\'s Home by jack

eyeofodin: malenky ukrainska, I grew up on Long Island as well, and I remember several tornado touchdowns in the 90's, especially out in Suffolk. I started the Meteorology Club at my H.S. (GEEK!) (syosset)......

in response to: Cameraphone Funnel Cloud by jeeff

little ukraine: sheesh. growing up on long island i was always told that tornadoes were not a thing that happened in my part of the country, though the past two or three summers have seen a......

in response to: Cameraphone Funnel Cloud by jeeff

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

Junior Apprentice: Oh! and uh, I feel kinda dumb asking but, what's a flux capictator? (PS: It's not any flux capcitator, EVERYONE(especially including the Blacksmith) there is just very nice, not annoying or obnoxious like other long......

in response to: The Past Is Closer Than You Think by ghost of grandin

serlingrod: ha! my girlfriend grew up on long island and feels the same way. she says she's too far from salt water (90 mins!) ...

in response to: Outside McGlinchey\'s by serlingrod

T J O'BRIEN, ANNANDALE, VA: The article below it will mention the Luna Park. During the WW II I worked part-time for the New York Daily News as a copy boy. One afternoon I came in early at......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Atasha: It's wonderful hearing all these stories about my hometown. I was born in 1991 and attended PS 123K and JS 291. I used to live on Stockholm St., between Irving and Wyckoff Avenues, but 5......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Steve: Janet Former football players (and other students) from mid 60's (mostly 63 & 64) have been holding reunions at Tilden field each fall. They raised funds to support the current team, and working with the school......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Colorado Kid: I drove a truck in Brooklyn and Queens, delivering fuel oil. You should expect something bad to happen, always be on your guard. I've had more run ins with all sorts of people. You never......

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

jack: you know, 86th street, under the el, in the summer, hot, sweltering days, but the shadows of the el always kept me cool, that was my area for awhile because all my family was housed......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

Linda Larson Brooks: I grew up in Flatlands Bay. Some of the people from Barren Island moved to the bay. Schnieder sounds familiar. I know the Lissenden's moved there too. My uncle Bud Ackermann......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Ronald V. Regan, Sr.: My mother (Paula/Polla) Zelius (married nams Regan) was born on BArren Island in 1906. HEr mother was Genevive, and dad was Vincente' Zelius. There were a total of five children in the Zelius family. By......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

EvilGentleman: Thanks, little ukraine and Peter. My family was indeed part of the Mohawk ironworking community. I went to the museum in my hometown of Kahnawake with my grandmother one time, and there was a good-sized display......

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

Mist One53. Tdt=The Deadly Type.: Hello JA From Mist1 Sheffield England uk. I was first in Nyc in 1989 and saw SANE eveywhere. At the top of the World trade centre, not much bigger that this text on the screen.I......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

Padre Island: I graduated from HCC in the late 70's, back when Hutchinson still had somewhat of a downtown. I remember our business law class one day invited the Pres. of the Hutch Chamber to come speak.......

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

RickC: Hey FrankS, Bobby is doing fine and he lives in Long Island these days. ...

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

rachael: hmmm... many of the comments i've read have either amused me or angered me...but I'll go on anyway... i'm a brooklyn native and originally from east flatbush. my parents left there to move to long island [for......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Tom Martin: It sounds to me like Kansas, in general anyway, is probably the place to live. I grew up on Long Island, and moved to South Carolina in 1973. I went back to Long Island 2......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 7 by Scott Sargent

Cheryl: I recently had squirells. I live Freeport Long Island. However someone told me you cannot have both. I know confirmed that teh racoons bit the squirells and I have racoons. I cover the area in......

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

Chris: Hey i might as well add since i'm reading through the posts, I myself grew up in coney island. I am now 25 and love to check out old photos at times , i've seen......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I suggest Astoria and parts of Long Island City. Lot's of nice apartments close to the city....

in response to: Help This Newbie by lou

JOEY-THE PUBLIC ANIMALS: Wow.. The stories I have about this creek! I used to deliver the Long Island Press to Mr. Raab, born in the 1890's who used to take a rowboat down this creek from East Elmhurst,......

in response to: Newtown Creek: Dirty Water by CartLegger

MaGoo: PS: Just for context- so that you realize that my observations are quite balanced and unbiased: I was raised by a single parent on welfare- we were abjectly poor. Most of our neighbors who were Bushwick......

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

EvilGentleman: I never noticed this article before, but I think I was posting like 10 articles a day when this one came out, so maybe that explains why. Interesting how people want the chickens preserved, most likely......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

CE: I like the Long Island sign!...

in response to: Newtown Creek by Peter

missjhyde: My husband was one of the steamfitters who built this Ravenswood Co-generation power plant. It was completed three years ago and built right next to the old Ravenswood. The three tallest stacks are from the......

in response to: Kraftwerk by Peter

little ukraine: It's not - I'm originally from Long Island and I live in Queens now. I was out visiting a friend in Cleveland....

in response to: De Tocqueville Was Here by little ukraine

EvilGentleman: The simple reality is, Americans are welcomed warmly by most Montrealers, and generally disliked but tolerated by the rest. And that dislike is often because they are getting mistaken for Torontonians, or other English-speaking Canadians. Dislike......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

steve : Cartlegger; I'll try to be brief with some details. Please don't hold me to the exact dates because I am going back from memory and not researching. Barren Island as we knew it......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

BelievelandBikes: The top three were in what's left of the Industrial beltway along the Cuyahoga River... The former LTV Steel (Due East of Steelyard Commons) and the last one is on the corner of Wiley and......

in response to: LTV by BelievelandBikes

Madelyn: Wow! What an experience it has been reading all these posts about the neighborhood I grew up in! I also went to Enrico Fermi, remember Mr. Lily and played violin in the orchestra. I graduated......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

CartLegger: Wow! Nice Spread. I've been meaning to head to Montauk, but just cause its the end of Long Island. I did not actually consider being inside a building. But this is a nice one. Did......

in response to: Montauk Manor by little ukraine

Maureen : I graduated from DC in 1963. Barbara Bach (Ringo's) wife was a year behind me. While I was there she was voted Miss Candy Cane - she is truly a natural beauty. ......

in response to: Art on the Streets of Manhattan by jack

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

Joe S.: Bonnie, If you see this--we also shopped at Bohack the A & P! My grandmother lived on Decataur between Wilson and Knickerbocker--closer to Knickerbocker. I remember going to a candy store on the corner......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Bonnie: I too lived on Wilson Ave., between Cooper and Moffit Streets -- in the 1950's. We lived on the 3rd floor of one of the cold water railroad flats, right down the street from......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

little ukraine: a trip to dc gave me the opportunity to snap some robert moses photos.. here is long island's southern state parkway. note the landscaping of the median: [[img:20085]] a typical robert moses overpass is detailed with a......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

iman: damn bro, that sucks. the police over there are a lot more strict than here. well, actually, they're not more strict, they just abuse they're authority. in fact, when i was on long island, on......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

jack: funny, my mother's girlfriend was named josephine toronto from brooklyn and i always thought that they named toronto after her. nice pic's. of course it's not exactly the quaint hamptons village shopping area out......

in response to: Kensington Market by CE

robert: I know yall moved off the subject of ConeyIsland but some ppl talkin like its a nice place. Maybe if you stay by the amusmentpark you will be okay but if you go into places......

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

little ukraine: actually, the last one is from stony brook, right near the grist mill, and the first one is from patchogue, but i can see how you would confuse the views. i did try to......

in response to: Sometimes, Long Island Can Be Pretty by little ukraine

iman: l.u., i'm from long island and i know where you got the last picture. in Port Jefferson right, near the hospital?...

in response to: Sometimes, Long Island Can Be Pretty by little ukraine

iman: to klepto: is this the klepto i know from long island? a kid i know named Brian, from Columbia? you seem like a tagger, but you never told me you tagged. just wanted to say......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

iman: well i just moved to brooklyn 3 months ago, it is not what i expected. i heard all that stuff on tv like jay-z saying that it was the type of place you'd get shot......

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

iman: man thats good, i'm not that great an artist, but i've pieced a bunch of times. only on long island though....

in response to: Metro Cope2 by METRO KD OTB DMC

iman: karma, by any chance, do you live on long island?...

in response to: NYC Cycling: Valentine's Day Alleycat Race by Peter

iman: that's cool. i just moved to brooklyn 3 months ago, and my parents keep saying that we're moving to nc. i'm gonna miss long island....

in response to: Fog and a Streetlamp by ghost of grandin

iman: nice shots man! i grew up on long island, but it was never that creepy....

in response to: A Graveyard & A Playground by ghostofgrandin

little ukraine: Tyfoid Kid - I had a chance to read the power broker last summer (appropriately enough, while commuting on the long island rail road). it's a really incredible book, i can't say enough about......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

iman: little ukraine, man i grew up on long island too man! what town(s) did you live in? ...

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

iman: i live in bensonhurst and it looks very similar to bushwick. i'm from long island and every town there looks completely different from another. i guess brooklyn is all the same. and it's a cool......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mushi: I've now lived in Bushwick for 10 months. Other than the fact that where I live feels like a dorm sometimes (loud music, loud people), I do feel safe there. Yes, as I have said,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

iman: damn, that's gotta be a lot of money for that. by the way jack, i guess you live around 3rd street huh? i don't know my way around the city too well, i just moved......

in response to: Balcony on West Third Street by jack

jack: iman you sound like a smart kid, in the 50's in brooklyn there were little street gangs on every other corner. a gang then were just a group, a clan, kids from down the......

in response to: But There Is No Other Door for the over 50 Year Old Gang by jack

little ukraine: Ah, I grew up on Long Island, I know the places, I just haven't had an opportunity yet. I haven't forgotten about this thread....

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

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

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: In response to upfromflames regarding Bushwick Corners: This response requires both historical perspective and adjustment of mind set to the Colonial New World. The 17th Century was a fundamentally agrarian society dedicated and tied to land......

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

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: Thank you for your interest. I would like to start with a very brief history of Bushwick to establish both philosophy and development for use as foundation to buttress the argument that the communities of......

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

.nanotech.: [[img:18501]] NAZI REGIME.911.REICHSTAG - parliament of Germany [[img:18502]] Even the location was a deliberate attempt to conceal it by constructing it in Denver Colorado's 1 mile high mountain area, knowing that planes flying at a maximum altitude will......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Anthony: I live near Denver International Airport and have been there many, many times and have seeked out and found everything mentioned here and then some. I first heard about the DIA conspiracies a few......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

little ukraine: those leaves on the sidewalk in front of the tailor's kill me. For the wider CN population... I feel like Patchogue has an appropriate presence on this page because, like GoG pointed out, it is,......

in response to: Stop Me If You Think You\'ve Heard This One Before by ghost of grandin

JNJ: Again. The problem isn't your, "whiteness". Human phenotypes don't necessarily always reflect the genotypes. "White", just like Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, is just a generic term used to separate people for the......

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

little ukraine: aw yeah. if you were in a good place when the blackout occurred, like i was, drinking in my long island-backyard, it was the best night of summer. if you were in a......

in response to: midtown manhattan. thursday night. by sine

Peter: wow. now ##this## was a nice read. curiously, ive been to the fair site a couple of times, even ridden my bike in the empty unisphere fountain and gazed forlornly at the decay of the......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

jack: how about the long island expressway,,, why do they call it an expressway when you can only go at 10 miles per hour....

in response to: Traffic by CE

little ukraine: This is awesome. I get the same way when I see murals in my hometown on Long Island. Neighborhood/civic pride rules! Speaking of murals, colavitos ghost, when are we gonna see some of yours?...

in response to: Driving Across the Street Since 1968 by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

karlo: Shamie,if you profess to be a Republican,then why ape the people you say are your enemies? 'Fuck the shankill' is not a part of the Republican agenda,yet people like yourself only serve to feed the......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

wackojacko: Check the police blotters of NY papers. Brooklyn, especially the bad parts, IS bad. Even in the bad parts, what are the chances of something happening? Pretty low. Chances still higher......

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

Genaro: During the late 1940's and 50's, many of The Manhattan Elite thought it proper in calling the less popular working or the poor social White under class, WHITE TRASH! This would also include Whites who......

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

little ukraine: fantastic! i really wish i'd traveled in from long island last night......

in response to: Fireworks: 4th July by oneon

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.

little ukraine: these posts have made me feel so much better about Long Island. i'll never complain about being bored there again. well, not for a few weeks anyway....

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 7 by Scott Sargent

staten island 911/champ/poo head 7000: u guys are dicks u no that my page that i wrote took a lot of time and u babys have to take it a way and i mean like why am i not alond......

in response to: Dead Duck by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Peter: a quick look at the wiki entry for [[wiki:bushwick]] shows that the displaced people youre talking about are far from the first to be displaced, whether from gentrification, changing demographics, modernization, urbanization, etc. i mean,......

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

EvilGentleman: First and foremost, **never, ever** walk out to the water on the tidal flats. Those mud flats can sometimes extend for miles into the bay, and the Minas Basin of the Bay of Fundy has......

in response to: Down Home Charm by Michelle

Jayne: i live on eastern {long island} but will be moving to {marine park}....

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

EvilGentleman: Make light of it if you want, Matt. My health is **not** negotiable. The reality is, I have had to actually get off of an aircraft because some idiot thought perfume would be a suitable......

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

Rick Paulos: Every thing old will be new again. First invented and sold in the 1890s. They were called Sociables in the 1890's. They used to make 2 or 3 wheel versions. Regarding the bike pictured: I own one too. ......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

patti: I live on Long Island, New York, in a small village and have a few raccoons in the neighborhood. Two years ago they made their way into the sofits/eves of my garage and were......

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

cookie 10: My family moved to Brighton Beach in the 60's and coney island in the 70's. In the 60's it was beautiful. In the mid 70's both Brighton and Coney Island had turn to sh*t. All......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

jack: i lived in huntington/dix hills area for the first 18 years of my married life. we raised 4 children there and enjoyed the most beautiful beaches in the world. the north shore is......

in response to: Sometimes, Long Island Can Be Pretty by little ukraine

Elicar: I have visited Greenport, Long Island. I found it very quaint, very lovely and very rich! The parking lot of the waterfront condo we stayed in looked like a showroom for luxury cars. I will......

in response to: Sometimes, Long Island Can Be Pretty by little ukraine

kc: Thanks, and thanks for reminding me of this post. I just got my Certificate of Appreciation for calling in that bird last week. A very sad document, somehow. Indeed a common tern, banded on July......

in response to: Birdnoise (mostly) by kc

Tyfoid Kid: The From Here to Eternity beach is on Oahu. I was only on Oahu long enough to go from one plane to another. I did get married on the beach where they filmed......

in response to: Meditation Location by Tyfoid Kid

Biff: Wait, thats Jennifer, my long lost Rhode Island Red! Jenny come home......

in response to: Chicken Run by kc