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EvilGentleman: Mitch, I am as saddened as you are at the loss of Ben's, and I thank you profusely for your contributions. Without you, this article would just be a few pictures of a closed Ben's,......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch Spector: Yep, it's indeed very much GONE. Made one final pass by this morning (November 5th) to check things out and it's not what I saw, but what I didn't see that caught my attention! It's......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch Spector: Today was demolition day--Saturday, November 1st. I went by 8:30am this morning yet apart from more bricks removed, it was still standing. When I visited the site again, by late afternoon, they had torn down......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch Spector: And here's the final weekly update, taken the morning of October 30th. This will likely be the last picture of the building standing (incidentally, ignore what I said about the windows yesterday, I was......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch Spector: Passing by on my way home this afternoon, saw the vertical red "Bens" sign was finally taken down. They also removed the the last piece of the wrap-around sign below it, that white section with......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli 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

Mitch Spector: I saw them removing the bricks from the roof-level last week (didn't have my camera with me though). I wonder if they plan on removing ALL the bricks or just some, and what the purpose......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch Spector: Here's another weekly photo update, taken on the very cold morning of October 22th. The building is starting to look less recognizable as they continue to de-construct it. My guess is the next photos I'll......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

mitch: Hey Doc ... I lived on Caroll St about a 1/2 block from Franklin. I went to to 241 but we moved while I was still in elementary school. I remember the candy store/soda fountain at......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mitch Spector: I took updated photos exactly one week later, on Sunday, October 12th. As they continue to strip away pieces of the building, it's interesting to see what sat hidden underneath the wrap-around sign all those......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Doc S.......: Yo, Mitch - I don't think my uncle owned the store - he was just employed there as a pharmacist. Did you go to 241 also??I'm trying to remember some of the other stores in......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

EvilGentleman: Thanks for reposting, Mitch. And thanks for the explanations, editor. From the way you wrote "Come on guys", I suspect you felt I was complaining. Just to let you know, that is definitely not the case at......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Editor: Mitch's comment was deleted at his request, and I removed EG's comment as it was to Mitch's deleted comment, and when I've left spurious comments like that in the past, EG has complained that such......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch Spector: About the disappearing pictures...I forgot to add comments/descriptions and inadvertently sandwiched them together edge-to-edge, making them look as one. Asked the editors to remove my post so I could repost it properly, which got done......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch Spector: These photos were taken during the early morning of October 5th. Despite the former restaurant site still, for the moment, standing, it is an interesting contrast when comparing the photos (above) from 6 months earlier. [[img:29147]] The......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: What happened to the pics Mitch posted yesterday?...

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

mitch: Hey Doc ... funny thing about the drug store next to Radin's. Your uncle must have sold that drug store to my father and uncle (around '54?). I was born in '52 and we lived......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mitch: Hmm, only hours after writing that, I passed by and saw the workers were taking down the Bens wrap-around sign. At the rate they're going, the sign will probably be gone by tomorrow (at least......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Yeah, I have went by a few times to have a look, and there is a hole in the east face of the building now. I did not take pictures since it was dark each......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch: Went by this morning (October 1st) and saw the workcrew extending the construction barrier to encircle the entire building. Basically at this point all that's left is the building's outter shell and the Bens wrap-around/vertical......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch: Well, sorry to say the dreaded day has finally come! This afternoon (September 25th) demolition was started. The bay windows have been covered from with orange plastic sheeting from the inside, and there's a barrier......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

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

Garrett: [[img:28942]] Toll Booth scene, located at the abandoned runway of Mitchel Field in Uniondale, NY. Stiil exists today. (Sorry for the grainy cell phone pictures) ...

in response to: Godfather\'s Home by jack

Garrett: The toll booth scene was filmed at the old Mitchel Field base, but still exists!!!!! I will provide photos shortly!...

in response to: Godfather\'s Home by jack

myeisha: OMG!!! I'm SO glad to see all these posts. I haven't put anything on here since August of last year and I'm just amazed at all the comments from former resident's of Horner. ......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Buzz: Actually they filmed the Sonny -Toll booth scene on a runway at the old Mitchel Field complex which is now Nassau Community College...

in response to: Godfather\'s Home by jack

ekc: Hi. I loved the book "there are no children here." Does anyone have information as to what's happened with pharoah, lafayette, lajoe, paul sr., lashawn, paul jr., terrance, the tripletts, and dawn mitchell?......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

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

Mitch: We're now a month past the demolition ruling, still absolutely *nothing* happening at the site. The only new thing to report are large billboards that went up in the parking lot besides Ben's, with an......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch Vernace: Grew up on the "other side" of Myrtle Avenue, on Knickerbocker between Putnam and Madison Street between 1961 and 1978. Went to St. Martin of Tours and we always felt our competitors were from......

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

Mitch: Tykal, while I agree with you that Toronto is a great city, I am tired of hearing about how its the most multicultural city in the world when the U.N has never awcknoleged it. It......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

EvilGentleman: No news here either, Mitch. Actually, at this point, you are my main source of news about Ben's....

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch: Been very quiet since the June 3rd ruling to knock it down. Ben's is still unchanged, no one has even collected the memorabilia stacked up inside. Any news on what's happening, or when the demolition is......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch: Pretty sad, it's quite literally a piece of Montreal being erased forever (I can't even visualize that part of downtown without that tiny 3 story building with the red "Bens" sign). I last passed by......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch: Well, the May 21st deadline passed and Still nothing at all has changed at Bens--still standing and untouched. Haven't heard anything on the news either about its fate. I think Hydro Quebec disconnected its power a......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch: The reason we have giant pot holes and roads in such terrible shape has to do with the Quebec government's cutting corners. They use lower quality asphalt and put down only a very thin layer......

in response to: Potholes by EvilGentleman

James cashan: hello Jim W. RE Margarine Works I remember peter hamburger (gruff voice)"oh yis oh yis", but who was the phantom! daily cries of "whose out now? am i out now?" waiting for......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Mitch: I pass directly by Ben's everyday (I work in the Sunlife building just a block up). If I see any changes, I'll definitely post a message here or on the Wikipedia article I started...actually passing......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Thanks, Mitch. You just saved me about 50 bucks worth of gas. I have been going downtown more often lately, specifically to check on the current status of Ben's....

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch: Just an FYI: Ben's is safe for at least another 2 weeks, there was a newspaper article saying the public has until May 21st to fight the demolition decision. If no one challenges it (or......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

CartLegger: nice shots Peter. They remind me of an cherishable short piece by Joseph Mitchell, about the shad fishermen of Edgewater, NJ. An excerpt from "the Rivermen" is here: [[http://neglectedbooks.com/?p=46]]...

in response to: Shad Crossing by Peter

Mitch: Passed by Bens today, as of April 22nd it's still standing as it's always been...no sign of any demolition yet. In fact someone removed the brown papers covering the inside windows and ripped off one......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch: Knowing companies like SIDev, they won't waste any time getting a wrecking ball out there. They'll want to tear it down before anyone changes their mind! (legally that notice says they can start tomorrow...assuming no......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch: That demolition notice is certainly new (been keeping a close eye on the fate of Ben's for months now). Maybe I'm translating it wrong, but it sounds like if no person(s) contest the permit 10......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch: Hi Marjie, I can't believe it. My wife and I got together with my cousin Linda and her husband Larry tonight. She remembers you quite well and was so pleased and surprised that, after all this......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Marjie: Hi Mitch, I also lived on the 6th floor, facing rear. It was a lonnnnnnnnnng walk up each day. Linda was my friend. I remember playing in their apt many times. Didn't her dad have......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mitch: I also lived at 969 Carol Street from 1952 (born) - 1960. I also went to PS241. You might know my two cousins who also lived in another appt in our building at the same......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

D.B.: Whats good people i`m back again just tryin to put down some of the negativity to pay hommage to some of the friends and family who are no longer here and most who......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

anon (ppp-69-219-38-192.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net): My name is Sabrina I lived in 150 N Hermitage I was born and raised in the Horner, and I was there when Oprah filmed the movie... and David Hall is you Kathy son? My grand......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Mitch: I believe there was a bar on the corner of Franklin and Carroll with the entrance on Franklin (the southeast corner of Franklin & Carroll). I used to live @ 969 Carroll and it was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Pettis - December 09, 2007: Your comments resonate the truth in so many ways. When you peel back the years, you'll find that many families raise their children in the Henry Horner Homes. The Mitchell family was a......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Mitch: Oh ... by the way, I went to PS241 too. Can you imagine kids in 1st grade walking to school these days alone? No one ever gave it a second thought back then....

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mitch: I lived at 969 Carroll between Franklin and Bedford just a few blocks off Eastern Pkwy. My dad owned the drug store on the corner of Franklin and Eastern Pkwy (Maiman's Pharmacy). It was still......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mitch Waxman: The legs are from abcesses caused by the heroin. Used to know a guy on 22nd street called "Johnny Rottenlegs" who did this to himself as well. Shoot dope, and veins collapse, causing swelling and......

in response to: Homeless Subterranean by Peter

vic: i lived in paterson for 27 years i remember mitch, head and the rest of the guys they use to hang out in school 3 i lived by grand street most of the time......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

Shahnan: I saw a comment shouting out Zar, Mitch and so on. BUt the most I have ever heard of is some dude name Snow. I hear he had been around since way back when and......

in response to: Graffiti Art by Metro 1

Earnest ( Bubble) Pettis, Crane '68": Well I grew up at Henry Horner at 1920 W. Washington # 606 and like John Bland, a classmate of mine so aptly stated this plan has been in effect for many years due to......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

jack: mitch, you would have loved taking pic's around the old downtown area back in the 50's and 60's....

in response to: Walk Around Astoria by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Beadle and Tatum: http://www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/images/congrat1a.jpg Its a hand written rambling note about the Sex Pistols calling the mueseum a "piss stain". There was some pettitioning and a USA today poll that helped locate the hall. I did some research, this is the......

in response to: RIP Robert Jr Lockwood by Beadle and Tatum

Mitch: I'm all for gouranga...

in response to: Call Out Gouranga! by Jamie

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Obviously, the previous post from "Mitch Waxman" is not my Mitch....

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

Mitch Waxman: Catherine's mouthing off again! :) Sorry----she's a fool....

in response to: Laksevag to Bergen by Erazor

Mitch Waxman: Not sure why the author uses the word "sodomize" in her summary. May want to check on the definition there, spunky. The photos are generally average but the comments are as koo-koo as......

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

Mitch Waxman: Ugh! So glad this annoying yenta stopped with the postings! Maybe now she can get back to cooking my kreplech and doing that stupid ceramics!...

in response to: Astoria's Hidden Jewel by Musicman

mitch: hi me n my m8 luv doin parkour were only 12 but were pretty good, if u dnt believe me check out da videos of us on www.mital-mital.piczo.com...

in response to: Le Parkour: An Introduction by 3flow

SILO 1: I was born and raised in Paterson a.k.a P:town when I was growing up.I miss paterson these days but im far from there now.I remember looking at the grafitti done by the greatest around like......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

SILO 1: I got a question were was DONDI from?Im curious cause there was a White Dude from Paterson,NJ that was calling himself DONDI as well and he was really good when it came to art with......

in response to: In Memory of DONDI by Metro 1

Silo: Yo Metro, I got to give it to you.Your skillz are up there bro.I grew up in Paterson,NJ and I always looked for the top dogz there which were (DONDI,MITCH a.k.a TUE,REST,KULL,ZAR,FAZER,SCAT.But all these dudes......

in response to: Graffiti Art by Metro 1

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: is the second one sonic the hedgehog? One of our neighbors recently chose to completly concrete over their front lawn. They had to sit there for hours protecting it from the local artists (me and Mitch).......

in response to: Indelible Sidewalk Art by EvilGentleman

Mitch Waxman: Poseurs and sellouts, Sodium used to be da bomb. Their tour with Halite was a classic, a natural combination. Sodium could walk on water back then, blazing with a bright yellow flame visible for miles.......

in response to: Mofidious by Mofidious

jack: jayne, thx for the gramatical come back, i try to watch my grammer and spelling when i type but most times i just fly throught it. mitch seemed to wrap the whole thing up.......

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

Mitch Waxman: P- there's a Buckminster Fuller exhibit at the Noguchi museum in LIC (astoria's next door) at the moment. http://www.noguchi.org/ Bucky invented the geodesic dome and noguchi is... noguchi Mitch...

in response to: Cold, Hard. by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Mitch Waxman: Marine Park is really nice, coney island a 20-30 minute drive away (belt pkwy is alway traffic plagued, so learn the local street way to go). Standard NYC logic applies- trust your instincts & if......

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

Mitch: THIS IS TRUE::: It was obviousely a group called WolfClan. They are a gang of people who wear wolftails from their pants and do weird "art" extremes like this. There was WC in my hometown, Chicago......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

Tony Mitchell: YOU KNOW I HAVE'NT BEEN BACK HOME TO WHITEHAWK SINCE THE 80'S READING THAT JUST BROUGHT BACK A BUNCH OF FORGOTEN MEMORIES...

in response to: Sunset over Whitehawk by Nic

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: While there are too many great entries to choose from, here's my initial grouping: Pen cap by sky pape [[http://www.citynoise.org/article/756]] GGP [[http://www.citynoise.org/article/2312]] [[http://www.citynoise.org/article/2673]] Jamie [[http://www.citynoise.org/article/2402]] [[http://www.citynoise.org/article/2374]] (with the story and everything) [[http://www.citynoise.org/article/1029]] Peter [[http://www.citynoise.org/article/574]] [[http://www.citynoise.org/article/1024]] Elaine [[http://www.citynoise.org/article/1901]] [[http://www.citynoise.org/article/2354]] [[http://www.citynoise.org/article/2353]] Nepal and Rangoon by Ian [[http://www.citynoise.org/article/2372]] [[http://www.citynoise.org/article/2425]] Sine [[http://www.citynoise.org/article/2152]] Choppergirl [[http://www.citynoise.org/article/2141]] Pavement patterns 1st shot Artic......

in response to: Sunset over Whitehawk by Nic

Peter: cat: i forgot to tell you! i was at a friend's house in astoria for a superbowl party, and saw a "mitch waxman" business card on his desk, hahaha. small world, eh?...

in response to: Cause and Effect: by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: It looks better today than it did. This shot is by Mitch Waxman, taken shortly after Sept 11. [[img:8422]] ...

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

kc: I've looked at clouds...from probably more places now than Joni Mitchell would have thought of! Thanks, GGP. I'm in this neighborhood all the time, and this isn't stuff I've ever noticed! And this is what......

in response to: University Place by GGP

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Thanks. Mitch get's props as art director. He was coaching me about what's the best angle and when to take the shot. We drove though every borough except the Bronx on Monday. The window was......

in response to: Williamsburg Bridge by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Mitch Waxman: There's some artist in Prague who projects this message onto sidewalks in front of unsuspecting commuters....

in response to: Surveillance by Macavity

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: It looks like they live in the bird box in the tree. How'd you know which one is the tom? Can you tell what my turkey is? I felt so bad for it, lost and......

in response to: Wild Turkey Parking by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Mitch Waxman: Other Staten Island sights to see include Wolf's Head Park and Killmeyer's Old Bavarian Inn....

in response to: Quite Possibly the Worst Layout for a Hospital, Ever by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Mitch Waxman: [[img:7463]] ...

in response to: Quite Possibly the Worst Layout for a Hospital, Ever by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Mitch Waxman: These are the actual logos of the hospital. hmmm...

in response to: Quite Possibly the Worst Layout for a Hospital, Ever by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Mitch Waxman: Check out the wayback machine ( http://www.archive.org/web/web.php ) which is a running archive of the internet. A lot of 911 blogging and net writing is archived here....

in response to: Notes from 9/11/01 by GGP

Mitch Waxman: Its so beautiful, this terror is. Oddly, I've been trying to calculate the megatonnage of this explosion. What was it? Twenty tanks of fuel with a capacity of how many million litres? Jeeez....

in response to: Oil Fire... by Zag

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Don't forget that you're not allowed to sit with your legs spread. How far is too far? Do they have a protractor to measure the angle? What if you have arthritis, bad hips or huge......

in response to: Subway Cycling: NYC by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Forgot to say, this is a Mitch Waxman photo. You can tell by the perfect angle on the cleavage. ...

in response to: Hogs and Heifers and Bras. by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Earlier this year, my beloved and I drove from the Grand Canyon, AZ* to Boulder, CO, part of the way along route 66. It was a particularly freaky drive**, long and fueled by caffeine and......

in response to: Route 66 // Shamrock, Texas by adam

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Oh bollocks! Ok, so this is Fenris the wolf in the sky over Santorini, taken by Mitch Waxman. Thanks, Beloved for pointing that out. ...

in response to: Fenris by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

(cpe-24-90-67-208.nyc.res.rr.com): Actually, dear, this was shot in San Torini (greece) from a taverna in the town of Fira. mitch...

in response to: Fenris by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Jamie: But.. surely, it is Mitch ##Penfold##-Waxman? Although i can understand why he might have wanted to avoid the inevitable Dangermouse connotations....

in response to: Northern Blvd. by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Jamie: Mitch and Catherine up a tree.....

in response to: NYC. Home Sweet Hell by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I can't get enough [[2318:Mitch Waxman]] either. But for other reasons, I hope. I posted some more of his pics (his name is the link) called Northern Blvd. And there's plenty more where that......

in response to: NYC. Home Sweet Hell by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Peter: yeah, good stuff. i love the hydraulic elevated car-parks, too. and yes, must second... more {mitch waxman} :)...

in response to: NYC. Home Sweet Hell by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Jamie: more {mitch waxman} i say...

in response to: NYC. Home Sweet Hell by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

motembo: bullshit. UTAH is neither dead nor named billy mitchell. who is "paul riddel" anyway?...

in response to: Utah... 1000th Entry! by Peter

paul riddel: I know this guy. He looks like a goat. Not only does he look like a goat, he acts like one too. He has the mannerisms of a farm raised goat. Also, his name is......

in response to: Utah... 1000th Entry! by Peter