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Jane: I had to comment. This is awesome. I was born in 1949 and I lived at 1587 Carroll Street which is between Carroll and Schnectady. I lived there until I was 12 years old.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Brodidly AB: Bushwick!! What can I say? It can be an interesting place to live in and it can be a nightmare. To all those who are contemplating moving to Bushwick, on the serious tip you......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories By Alan Kupperberg Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Rich: Hi Everybody, I lived at 1003 Carroll ST between Franklin and Bedford from 1957 til 1969, we then moved to 1048 President St which was directly behind the first address. Needless to say, for all of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Lexxi: Great to know that the legend of Mr. Rufus Rockhead lives on with the naming of the street near Atwater Market, unfortunately most Montrealers have no idea of the history associated with this brilliant man......

in response to: Rufus Rockhead Street by EvilGentleman

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

Joseph Bridge: beautiful response serlingrod...you paint a rosy picture of kensington... you must be an artist type. lets talk reality here. business investment in kensington: mom and pop stores, laundrymats, stop and go...for that 40 oz,......

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

EvilGentleman: BostonVisitor, I honestly have no clue about the costs of prostitutes in the city, nor where to go for the best deals. But like any other commodity, the sex market will provide better quality for......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

Al Pierro: Just came across this website in search of info on what has happened to St. Joseph's church where we used to play softball back in the 50's & 60's. I attended a grade school on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Uchie Martinez: Hey JoeD: I too lived on Melrose Street by the live poultry market, around 1965 thru 1988, I'm 43 years old now. Do you remember Maxi's Ice Cream Shop on Knickerbocker between Melrose and Jefferson, Paul......

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

Evinrude: Alfred, people like you are the problem with this country. A socially ran country fails, do the research. Why don't you just join the communist party! Free market is what has built this country. If......

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

Mary Aguanno Allocca: I think of my old neighborhood quite often. I lived at 101 Harman Street, between Central and Evergreen Avenues. Graduated from 8th grade at St. Barbara's in 1962 (was in the school "Brigade"......

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

Joe D.: Buswick late 1960's - early 1970's was the best!!! Born on Harman Street in 1965...The entire family lived within blocks of eachother..Grandparents on Starr Street next to the pretzel factory..Aunt lived on Buswick Avenue and......

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

chiamattt: Thanks adam. Testeez, I am a Torontonian that has been living and working Seoul, South Korea for the past five years. Every year or so I head to Osaka to get my Korean employment visa......

in response to: Osaka Part One by chiamattt

jack: thank you barry, as i looked at the first pic i said to myself that you probably took it on a sunday morning and then to my delight i spotted the sun bathers on the......

in response to: Downtown by barry

Bushwick Girl: My Bushwick...I love this neighborhood. I've been in the bush since 1988 I migrated here when I was 8 yrs old. Back then I was too young to understand what was really happening in this......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

joey: i thought this was the best picture i took during all of last year. i was at a seminar about world class performance for purchasing departments at the mckesson world headquarters on {market street}....

in response to: Winter in San Francisco by joey

CATCH A BIKE THIEF!: We bought brand new bikes from these nice guys at CycOmotive on Bathurst. We paid $3,500 for the two mountain bikes. One was higher end Giant and the other one was Giant Pistol 2 16......

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

jack: i remember masim's on chambers street, as a matter of fact from cedar street at washington to church street to chambers was litterally an electronics street fair, every store had radio components laid out on......

in response to: Maxim Radio, et Al by GGP

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

upfromflames: Dunno where you are coming from with that. I am working out there now interviewing some of the folks of the block association, which helped the neighborhood to stay solid after the blackout, like starting......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

A. Sturzer: I remember the fantastic shops & restaurants in the area. Near the corner of Franklin Ave & Eastern Parkway, there were two Greek restaurants.."Pappas" & "Peters". On the other side of Eastern Parkway, there was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: the westway diner is on 9th avenue, and i used to live right across the street, a block up. to the right of the diner, you can see the victoria supermarket (now closed, though the......

in response to: Dinner and a Bed by jack

pariah: Sometimes I wonder if the people defending Bushwick actually LIVE here. Gang violence (Bloods) is up, especially around Bushwick Houses (housing project). Streets are still covered in garbage. Car alarms because of break-ins still blaring nightly.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

TheTruth: "I see it more as a class war than a race war." "...But that doesn't explain why, poor or not, the residents of Bushwick didn't have enough self-respect to take care of their neighborhood." Dave, did you......

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

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.

boog: actually, thats something i love about san fransisco, that you CAN see those everyday. i come from minneapolis where our old streetcars were brutally destroyed way before i was born (i actually think sf has......

in response to: Historic Street Car by joey

Jack: Heh, didn't realize HTML was disabled. So here's just some of what I wrote at http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2006/04/28/62 I lived in Bushwick for two years before moving to my current neighborhood in Brooklyn. And while living there,......

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

Chris Erb: Brilliantly written EvilGentleman. You couldn't have put it any better. We were all able to keep our pictures. None of these are actually mine as my camera was on the wrong setting and didn't......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

Myke: Thanks for the comments every one. Jack it was indeed a Sunday morning. Pic 1: The Beetham Tower. Designed by Ian Simpson Architects, this building is nearly completed and will house a new Hilton hotel......

in response to: Empty City by Myke

elaine: flower market, see. bizarrely enough, this street, despite being in a prime location now, never used to be, so a lot of the shops ONLY open on a sunday, they are totally orientated towards the......

in response to: 3 More Days to Go by FlamingRRose

SonOfaBitch: Its funny how some of you would get so mad if someone put "your" trash back into your car where it came from but dont see how throwing your trash onto the streets where people......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Cheesy_Member: Yeah mark, walking from {Haymarket} to west end of {Princes Street} on the right hand side of the road, Atholl Crescent in shot. [[http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&X=324500.118630765&Y=673500.906382534&width=700&height=400&gride=324398.118630765&gridn=673429.906382534&srec=0&coordsys=gb&db=GB&addr1=&addr2=&addr3=&pc=&advanced=&local=&localinfosel=&kw=&inmap=&table=&ovtype=&keepicon=true&zm=0&scale=5000&out.x=9&out.y=3]] ...

in response to: Freezing Fog by Cheesy Member

Old Kensington Dog: A couple of points re. the confrontation specifically, and Kensington Market in general: -The SUV in the photos is owned by the business accross the street, not the "Motorist". His four cylinder smaller car with......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Axel: i believe in clean streets. so for those that appear to be saying, 'just say no to refuse', i think you people are right on the money. the part of the story that a lot of......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

moose: Just a few points . In Toronto an auto repair shop would charge about $400 to repair the so called key scratch , a minimum repair cost , but you......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

moose: Just a few points . In Toronto an auto repair shop would charge about $400 to repair the so called key scratch , a minimum repair cost , but you......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

JimboToronto: I live on Augusta Ave about a block north of where this occurred but missed it due to being out of town. I am neither a bike courier nor a motorist, but my sympathies lie......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

anon (HSE-Montreal-ppp339692.sympatico.ca): I am a Kensington Market resident living on the street where the altercation took place. My first reaction upon hearing the news was “wow, maybe the city will FINALLY allow us to have garbage cans......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

so right about some drivers: To the person who wrote: "the most entitled drivers (excluding cabbies and anything oversized) are luxury sedan drivers. It is no surprise that motorist was driving an Acura." So right!! When I'm waiting to cross the street......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Illwind: Two comments: 1) Attacking someone with or without probable cause is still assault and I truly hope the police get involved and charge the driver. 2) Just because there is already sh** all over the place in......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Ctos: Michelle and other supporters of insane drivers; We need more people like the biker lady. I lived in the market for 6 years and was constantly offended by out of hood drivers thinking that because local......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Just-ass for all: I am a merchant in kensinton market....this A-hole is not welcome in the market...rumors are if he shows his face in the market he will have more than his car scratched...people people.. please dont......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

anon (toronto-HSE-ppp4056517.sympatico.ca): I read every post from beginning to end. It wasn’t a very productive day at work… Some people made me laugh others pissed me off and a lot made me think. This is an example where you......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

serves her right : Ok Iam the brother of the girl and the brother in-law of the guy first Id like to say to all those people out there that think this guy is nuts and beats my sister......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Neighbor: I would be interested to know where the two individuals reside. Having lived in the market for many years - virtually every scrap of road in that neighborhood is somebody’s front yard. If she lives......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Hugg A. Tree: Well seeing that this is Toronto, maybe we should call in the army to patrol the streets of Kensington Market! The Litter Platoon is now on its way! Stay calm everybody, we're coming!!!!!!!!...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Hugg A. Tree: Well seeing that this is Toronto, maybe we should call in the army to patrol the streets of Kensington Market! The Litter Platoon is now on its way! Stay calm everybody, we're coming!!!!!!!!...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Hugg A. Tree: Well seeing that this is Toronto, maybe we should call in the army to patrol the streets of Kensington Market! The Litter Platoon is now on its way! Stay calm everybody, we're coming!!!!!!!!...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

BigHungryAntelope: I am torn on this: On one hand, there is no excuse for her picking fights with people. People need to chill out and live and let live and stop acting like Pat Roberson! A......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

jack: catherine, please pull over or find a parking spot to take photos. i know on the fdr you cant pull over so get off and circle around. take a few minutes more to......

in response to: Brooklyn Bridge and the (defunct) Fulton Fish Market by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

elaine: hum. west end is where the theatres and big shops are and tourists go and the queen lives. not that many people live there, but it would be good to live there if you were......

in response to: abject objects by elaine

jack: JESUS was not a sex radical. thats blasphemous. but why am i intrigued by the 'L' females over the gay guys. it bugs me when i see two guys kissing but to......

in response to: chicago gay pride parade by corsakti

jeeff: hi jo. here's a quickie travel guide for toronto, ##but## i'm writing this with one condition for you: please take some photos, write some stuff, and post an article here about your trip! first off,......

in response to: Toronto for a week by jo

jeeff: manifest: close. kensington market begins at dundas, one major block north of queen & graffiti alley. the market stretches up to college street. it's another good place to see graffiti/street art, and......

in response to: graffiti alley / style in progress \'05 by jeeff

elaine: I didn't put the second tourist info pic in because obviously it's a crap photo, and then I got waylaid by the whole issue about resizing - but let me just say 2 things. This......

in response to: Banksy et al by elaine

Jamie: I love what you've been hitting us with lately. You seem to have a genuine affection for london and thats great. I enjoyed the {covent garden} stuff. I always like to see the street performers......

in response to: Worldcup Party by Steelisreal

Peter: hi jerry... thanks for the compliments. i do truly have an affection for this city- that probably stems from moving up here from down south about 10 years ago- i literally had to fall in......

in response to: Westside Market: NYC by Peter

Peter: I live in nyc and am really familiar with nyc's chinatown... but ive been to philly's once, and really enjoyed it- the giant red wooden arch over the street, all the markets- cleaner, more open......

in response to: Chinatown by Mad Jane

hool: toronto - don't make eye contact in the streets and for the love of fucking god do not under any circumstances talk to anyone even if they talk to you first - if you're temporarily disoriented, look......

in response to: The Lost Rules of Living in NYC: by Peter