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M. Collins: Glad to hear that Mayor Daley finally won over city approval to have the last of the Cabrini Greene structures razed and cleared for new development. Although once a decent complex in the earlier half......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Hutchinson Escapee: I'm not a religious person, but if there is a town in this county that truly is cursed, it's hutchinson, KS. The corruption at the judicial level is staggering. The forces that be actually got the......

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

Peter: also, for those that dont know: ##"...Two famous stone lions guarding the entrance were sculpted by Edward Clark Potter. They were originally named Leo Astor and Leo Lenox, in honor of the library's founders. These names......

in response to: 42nd Street Library Lion Lenox (or Is It Astor...?) by Mike L.

Elkin School Rules!!! DJD: If you choose to stay, how do you improve the neighborhood? Especially when you don't have a Mayor or any member of City Council who gives a crap about the neighborhoods of this city. ......

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

ChiPhi: Christopher and others, why is there always a: "...somebody needs to do something to help..." why don't people take responsibility and pride for their own? I have lived in this neighborhood for 5 years......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

cityman: That sounds great but you only get to vote for city council members one in your district and one at large posistion. Council members do not get fair compensation for their duties.You get what you......

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

Christopher: People need to step up and do the right thing for Humboldt Park. Such as the Mayor of chicago needs to do something about the case. ...

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

kim : he he jim if you do write that book maybe i will join you and air my views about stolen titles too. still find it funny when i look on the different web pages that......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Achiever: I like living in Hutchinson; however, it has shrunk. When my family moved here in 1980 there were more than 50,000 residents in the city, not the whole county. Because of our wonderful city government,......

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

Janet .Witcomb(nee Sutton): To add to the info. from my sister Jenny Foster. .we lived at 48 Harewood Road. I went to Eccles Grammar School in 1952. I also attended St Johns Sunday School . Does anyone rember......

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

janet: Dubrows on Eastern P’kway, just off Utica: the name was set in big art deco letters (red neon?). Inside, cafeteria style. with big windows, a cashier that you gave a punched card to.. Was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

KG: Neglected doesn't apply to Lower NDG. The city councillor is the mayor's brother and it has benefited from that connection, as witnessed by a $4 million new community center, St. James has been totally rebuilt,......

in response to: Two Strips of Dirt by CE

GD: Wow i have never seen so many negative people in my life in one place i to have seen alot of the good & bad things in hutch but then again i try to be......

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

NOBODY YOU KNOW: I just called the office of Mayor Sellers at (620) 662-8331 and gave him the what for. I advise all of us Hutchinson residents to do so also. You know, I never realized how easy......

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

Peter: although im a {new york}er, i agree with mcarthur. ive watched this post for over a year and though its taught me a lot about a place ive never been (and about some of the......

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

Deborah Jarrett: I love it I longed forgot Philly, but reading the articals made me laugh and remeber the neighborhood. I was born in Episcapel hospital there on Lehigh ave my grandmother lived on Macher st. We......

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

mr. pINk: i heard this rumour that GE wanted to make their world headquarters here.. except the mayor objected to it said it would be bad for the area....

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

Hey Kite Flying is banned here in Chicago: If you ever see yourself in front of a Chicago judge for what you consider to be a minor infraction, you might try using our mayor, Richie Daley, as an excuse. Mayor Daley, as......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

gwendolyn (jillgwenward@hotmail.com): so sad to read about all the thefts as i was there myself last fall with 2 different bikes and just had my beautiful (and recovered from last year) specialized stolen again. sigh. guess i'll......

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

jack: red hook was developed by the dutch in the middle 1600's, the clay was red which was great for english tennis courts and if you boated down river from queens and passed under the brooklyn......

in response to: They\'ll Need a Crane by CartLegger

February 6, 1958 United players killed in air disaster: The Munich air disaster took place on February 6, 1958, when the British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at the Munich-Riem airport in Germany.......

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

Laurie: I loved reading your story.My Grandparents came from Yorkville 73rd and 2nd and 72nd.My Greatgrand father Joseph Hala owned a bar,Tavern or whatever it was called back then.They lived above the bar.I've been trying......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Marty Gottlieb: God bless the Casusos--no finer family could anyone hope to meet! Everything that Adam has written about them so beautifully here is true. From my standpoint, the tremendous impact they had in turning the neighborhood......

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

EvilGentleman: I see you went to either La Ronde, the Casino de Montreal, the Grand Prix or perhaps the international fireworks competitions? I can't think of much else that is done on Ile Sainte-Helene (The original......

in response to: Montreal Metro by serlingrod

Dee: I remember this very vividly. the looters were running down my block with televisions, diapers, stereos u name it. We sat on my stoop just watching. Now I'd be petrified but then well......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

Silo: Hey Joe,I also now live in South Cali (Upland) to be exact and dont get me wrong Cali is cool but it will never be Jerzee to me.I wont move back to NJ becuase it......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

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

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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

procyon: sort of; important but not too important. the '33 world's fair was there, and it was the site of mayor daley's famous, ridiculous late-night bulldozing in 2003. from the next day's Trib: "Mayor Richard Daley launched......

in response to: Adler, 12th St. Beach and the Former Meigs Field by procyon

Colt.: I see the neighborhood gentrifying actually working, right now i was by there and they had a starbucks, blockbuster, and bestbuy. There are tons of nice new Huge High-Rises, Chicago, is becoming a lot nicer,......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Biff: This is what I e-mailed my councillor and the mayor: Please consider making 48 Abell Street an heritage building. I think the city should stick to it's official plan.There have been too many exemptions .......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

jeeff: our ability to increase recycling % is limited by provincial legislation on the quality levels required in compost materials. ontario's standards are higher than some other provinces. (former mayor) mel lastman released a......

in response to: The Last Bird by Biff

Phill: Keep up Cabrini! Bring down mayor Dailey! Keep up cabrini resurect Chicago's Public housing communities!...

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Miren Itxaso: HI, we are a couple of Mejorada del Campo and think both that the hobbles that the Mayor the Town hall "probably" should to itself to which, once missing person Don Justo, some money comes......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

BVD: for some reason woke up yesterday thinking way back to high school and graffiti/symbols of that time which included the flipped glass of ‘missing foundation’ and other things...started googling and found this site...back then as......

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

Phill: no offense or anything but this is a cabrini green chat not a sad chat about peoples loses. Keep Cabrini Green Alive! Join The Coalition to stop to Demolition of Cabrini Green and Chicago's Public......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Ger van de Ven: Comment from Mejorada del Campo Mejorada: 7th Jul 2006 - 15:17 GMT Hello all. I lived in Mejorada for 3 years. The cathedral is amazing, but not so much people trust in all this efforts. Many kids......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Mejorada: Hello all. I lived in Mejorada for 3 years. The cathedral is amazing, but not so much people trust in all this efforts. Many kids there say this guy is crazy. We all should call......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

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.

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

stuff: man im from henry horner b, and to monique yo de didnt build nuthin new for us, kuz Mayor Daly be trippin, he says we a problem and he wants to "entigrate" us, or frill......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

gaia: Living in West Palm is wonderful, except that now there are all these people making condos and tearing down all of the beautiful art deco/southern/spanish houses that were all over the city. Plus we have......

in response to: Travelogue by ea

Grange: the city council last year flew the rainbow flag for gay pride week . Man you should have seen the gay haters come out of the wood work .The city wanted to include everyone when......

in response to: The Churchmouse and Firkin by Biff

KersTM'96: . . . and a big thank you to Mark Echo for the legal fighting he's currently in against the city of Denver mayor and NYC mayor for their anti-graffitti laws. He's trying to......

in response to: Miami Art Massacre by Bob Edelson

Experienced: Rest assured, you noticed a group/gang trying to locate the buyers for their drugs. Stop by and check out the corner of Maplewood and LeMoyne around 3:00pm. You'll see a series of thugs......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Concerned HP'er!: Is it necessary to blast the bass thumping radio at 6:00 AM? Is it necessary to hang out on corners and deal drugs? Is it necessary to live in public/low income housing and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jeeff: yeah i heard this was being revived and that they're going over the mayor's head....

in response to: Toronto Island Airport Bridge by Cameo

joe: FYI: Email: mayor_miller@toronto.ca or their Media contact: Stuart Green 416-338-7119...

in response to: Toronto Island Airport Bridge by Cameo

FUCK SABER: You L.A. bitches dont know what bombing is. Your father could own KRYLON and be the mayor of LA and still never get up 1/100th as much....

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

Elicar: Send it over Jack! We really did not have much of a snow in Toronto this winter. The last time I remember having really too much snow was when Mayor Mel Lastman called in the......

in response to: Spring Snow by jack

GGP: ea, i am happy to see you back here--and I love this post. a town with a dog mayor?! I am SO there!!...

in response to: Travelogue by ea

PolishGayIrishIndianWhiteHUMAN: The whole area has been changing forever. It was once all Polish and Eastern Europeans. We never complained when others moved in or out of the area. Chicago is the most segregated mentally challenged City......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

gringa latina: Hola, muy buenas. Hace dos anos llegue a Chicago desde Madrid. He vivido de alquiler en varios barrios de la ciudad pero siempre me gusto Humboldt Park. El ano pasado fui con unos amigos......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jack: do you remember the old garden on 48th st. and 8th ave. the fights outside were better that the fights inside. i used to eat at the old french hospital up the street......

in response to: For Jack: by Peter

dylan taylor: i think that the mayor should put money towards decorating all the subways in the GTA...

in response to: If Only All Subway Stations Look This Way by Elicar

Leah for mayor!: Your welcome popasmurf. I know you meant to say that the psycho motorist is not the type of person people want in the market area.....let alone in the GTA. ...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Leah for mayor!: popasmuf: you said: "I love the market with the immigrant shops and fruit stands but the low-rent psedo radicals gotta go." I could not help but noticed your mistake. Below I have corrected it for......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

The Jury is out on Evil Gentleman: You sound like a pretty self-righteous guy. I very much like your idea about protecting women and children. I definitely like and support that. It's an honourable position to take, no doubt. But, this begs......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Todd: Litter has certainly been a problem in our city. Our mayor has even asked the citizens to clean up and made us more aware of the problem. However even with the clean up......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

So-Called "Austin Mayor": ...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

So-Called "Austin Mayor": marquee scroll is here: http://modernjackass.blogspot.com/2006/01/blog-post_28.html...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

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

jack: ketchup: that may be true ashtray but we have your number, how about, 'patch', ring a bell! mustard: heh heh, yeah ashtray, your days are numbered. besides, the mayor may pull a bloomberg and pass......

in response to: Condiments by elaine

jack: okay here are the facts: 1=the strike started jan. 1, 1965. mayor john lindsay was arrogant and wanted to break the powerful union boss then. but both were arrogant and wanted to be......

in response to: Transit Strike! by Peter

Peter caine: The last few days I ve realy been looking hard at stuff people do, tagging Gafti ect. The Good stuff is just so few and far between, If i was one of the few with......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

jeeff: my hometown, {london, ontario}, is known as the most conservative city in canada. they still have faith meetings at the city bandshell and run editorials in the paper denouncing evolution. a few years......

in response to: the junction in b&w by jeeff

Moya :26 jul 2005 Alcala de Henares: Tan cerca y sin conocer a un genio de nuestro tiempo.Me sorprendio el anuncio en tv como a una inmensa mayoria de gente y al descubrir que es real.Comparto la opinion de todos aquellos que......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

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

Peter: theres such a lengthy backstory that it would take me hours to type, but siffice to say that they are coming along VERY SLOWLY with any sort of construction there. hell, they havent even completely......

in response to: The World Trade Center Site by Peter

jeeff: same thing with the playgrounds in toronto. in the last few years, they tore down about half of the playgrounds in the city, leaving just a concrete pad at 157 schools and many city......

in response to: Newark Morning by Peter

banksy fan: The Ghetto offered a unique opportunity to view some cutting edge art including Banksy's ##"That Christ painting"##. The image was controversially dropped from Bob Geldof's Light up London campaign in 2003 but has since been......

in response to: Santa\'s Ghetto 2004, Charing Cross Road by banksyfan