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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

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

wolf: It's done in photoshop propably... Look at the sides of the hip for example. Or it's an 3D model with textures....

in response to: Forrest by Rune Willem

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: 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

procyon: Medicalfools: I also know that some higher-ups want the best for it--someone posted a letter to that effect from Dorothy Lewandowski elsewhere on citynoise, and I recently read that they've started applying for a spot......

in response to: Abandoned... NY State Pavilion by Peter

Chillygirl: I don't live on Kauai, but I think I understand both points of view. As both a hunter and a conservationist, I have a suggestion for both sides to consider. Since the chickens are suffering......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

RUTH NELSON SHERMAN: MY MEMORIES GO FURTHER BACK. I NEVER LIVED IN bROOKLYN BUT WOULD SPEND A LOT OF SUMMERS WITH MY BUBBY AND UNCLE A 1710 CARROL ST. MY PARENTS MET ON A BENCH ON EASTERN PKWY AND......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

xarconika: Interesting to read about appearing non-suspicious; I live in Detroit and you want to look as shady as humanly possible when you're doing that stuff, because you become a target for criminals if you look......

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

pascale : ou sont les bons clubs a 10 si je dois faire du contacts je veux une place que sais classe jaime travailler dun bar que les filles sont belle et ont leur tete je danse......

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

Maz, Netherne: Thats cool ! How old and what make and model is it ?...

in response to: Untitled by zagg

LOOK CLOSER: Please tell me that I am not the only person that notices the frightened boy all the way to the right in the left section of the 2-piece mural. Everyone views the picture as traveling......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

RonS: hairsy-Is mack a carrier,if so I work with him he's a good guy.schrader used to rent a garage on emerald st and do remodeling but I think he's retired now,he gave up the garage,looks like......

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

Jla: Hello to all my fellow kensington neighborsand friends, i lived in kensington all my life i grew up at 2nd and cambria then moved to D & clearfield. met my husband and moved to kensington......

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

Janice P.: To OG From GCC: I lived on E. Dauphin St. a block and a half from Kensington Ave. My cousin bought the house from my parents in 1962 and is still there. Her house inside......

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

JoeyD: Sticky: 4th Aug 2006 - 01:13 GMT UUummm, that's a skater kid, not a hippie, check out the "rainbow family" or all the kids that used to be on Phish tour type stuff for what modern......

in response to: Modern Hippie by JoeyD

Who Cares for Kensington: Carol, I left the neighborhood because I felt forced to do so by crime and apparent bleak future prospects.I moved to another section of the city that wasn't the greatest, but it served and a......

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

Lillibette Irish expat: What most of the people that have responded to this fail to realize is that "The Troubles" in Ireland have LONG ago stopped being about religion. It was/is rather like the black-white thing in......

in response to: NYC: The Empire State Building at Sunrise by Peter

serlingrod: In response to the last post - first of, let me say that I live in Philadelphia and have worked as a community organizer in Kensington for the past several years. I mention this to......

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

zagg: Modern version of Shakespeare's theatre!!! ...

in response to: There\'s a New Building in Town by joey

jack: shizen, could it be the sadist, 'lockinglear decrebided' he was in southern france and would take pictures of people and reproduced them onto models and used them for, (you know what) they were life size......

in response to: While You Are Reading This.... by David G.

Peter: seconded on the models. the bar-less windows, green lamp-post and lack of any other graf/tape/mark whatsoever on the pole make me think def not nyc, heh......

in response to: While You Are Reading This.... by David G.

luna park: i'd like to see those wee models....

in response to: While You Are Reading This.... by David G.

Jamie: I'm always right. And modest too....

in response to: El R Restau by Peter

Mike: I remember the streetcars on St Catherine. The stopped running in September 1956 and were replaced by busses. Before then I used them as my form of transportation ( I was 15 at......

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

CuriousGeorge: Anyone know what the neighborhood is like on Moffat St. b/n Central and Evergeen? Just off the L-Wilson stop. Looking for a new home in a safe area with modest conveniences -- grocery, dry cleaners,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: ahh, a very modern conundrum: you can converse with people all over teh world on the internet, but you cant leave the bedroom. i say just go out of the room. its not like bloodthirsty......

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

anon (d122-109-199-99.adl12.sa.optusnet.com.au): Hi Eric, Yes I do remember you and your Mum from when I was delivering greengrocery round Eldon road and Harewood road around 1950 just before I got married. It was Fred Wolfendon who had the old......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot! A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo. [[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]] by Adam Enright I was thrilled to read about......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

anon (modemcable030.78-83-70.mc.videotron.ca): I am sure you have seen cockroaches in your kitchen or bath.does that mean we should not eat there any more. ...

in response to: De Maisonneuve and MacKay by CE

anon (modemcable030.78-83-70.mc.videotron.ca): our hospitals are full of rats. does that mean we should not go there.BE FAIR......... MY FRIEND...

in response to: De Maisonneuve and MacKay by CE

James cashan: RE: Jon Burgess, ha ha well spotted jon i dont think that public demand, finance nor desire is great enough for that. K.O.T.S. Fans and those that remember us are a rare commodity,although i......

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

Jamie: That window is an uncanny embodiment of the state modern Britain. Well caught....

in response to: Time Travelling by elaine

prospects wife: Michelle, I have commented on on this page. No I am not the moderator of this page. Clearly the message I left was not intended for evweryone to understand. You ask me why I am so......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Michelle: "prospects wife", are you the moderater of this page? Suddenly my opinion is down. It's fun to come here now and read all the nonsense bullsheisse people have written down. All I'm trying to say......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Joe: I still wonder if my fond memories of growing up in Kensington are real or simply a product of youth. It is striking that most people I encounter have such a favorable memory of their......

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

EvilGentleman: What's a telephone? Ohhhh, wait... Is that one of things that is like a cellphone, but plugs into a wall, and has wires coming out of it? Hehe, seems like yesterday, when my VCR remote had......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

marie: you mentioned one main reason Saskatoon did not make cut was because there were no distinguishing features. I often sit in car or walk along Spadina viewing our skyline in wonder at the very......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

jane: bike world Ltd is one of the leading bike distributors.We are Legitimate registered Company under licensed number(RC43215).We ship via FedEx or DHL, and your ordered items will get to your door step within 48 hrs(Two......

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

Jacob: Really, no-one? ok.. moscow! it might be better to put in nicest cities... because its skyline isnt huge... but a mix of tsarist, soviet, modern architecture is amazing. The old orthodox cathedrals infront of a soviet......

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

none ya: i grew up on suydam and knickerbocker till i was 21 im 28 now i still go back all the time and bushwick ain't what it used to be shit i remember when even the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

serlingrod: whoops! moderator, please delete this post......

in response to: Spring Is Here, Unofficially.. by Unknown

Post-84 New Jack: Embarassing ourselves, you say, you old geezer? You're like every other oldskool cat who's riding some already-done-shit and gave up on innovating YEARS ago and now you sit around and talk shit online because you......

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

ahh a ghost: heres my list of the top 10! (im from the chicago-land area) First off, all you dallas-houston and toronto-montreal people fighting, shut the hell up. 1.Tokyo, Japan- to me, every picture i see of tokyo looks great.......

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

Marissa Chaplin: Hi Alan My house is just on the other side of the "bullring". My in laws moved from Caroline street to Marlborough Rd in 1969 and they are still in the same house. I have a......

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

serlingrod: Oh IKEA, what to do with thee? You offer great bargains on such aesthetically-pleasing, easy to assemble furniture, yet you continue to embrace the Walton-esque big box development model..... Our IKEA in Philly is a nightmare.......

in response to: Ikea\'s Watery Shadow by CartLegger

Michelle: EvilGentleman - The storms we get nowadays in Toronto are not really severe, nor do they put our city at a standstill like everyone likes to pretend. I think people took advantage of the moderate......

in response to: Snow Day! by Michelle

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Norma The building at the junction of Ferry rd was James Goodier, wholesale potato and corn merchants.They supplied the area chip shop and greengrocery businesses with a very wide variety of potatoes from......

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

Guy McLaren: Well I never did visit this place, Give me directions and I will try and look it up and give you more modern pics....

in response to: Mans Contribution to Nature by Guy McLaren

Andrew Smith: No problem Natalie Yes - the old hall at Endowed has now gone - it looks a good modern school, though. The house on the park is lived in, not sure by who... It has been very cold......

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

Vern NYC: Great picture... the wierd lighting makes it look like a model of the Unisphere....

in response to: Full Moon Over Queens by Peter

ACD: ayo, i'm from switzerland and i also know sane..his my model of graffiti..man, my enlish is soo worth..i cant explain what i want to say.. R.I.P. SANE ps. so he died, cause he jumped down of a......

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

janet grayson: Well, Franklin Avenue was out of our immediate neighborhood, but my mother always bought her chickens from a store on Schenectady (between St. John's and Lincoln). I disliked these visits. The floor was covered......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (modemcable198.107-201-24.mc.videotron.ca): Super Contact was 15$/song minimum of 2 songs + tipping(5-10$)...

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

jack: all in all it looks very nice and modern, sorry that they push Christmas on us so quickly, i have people already with Christmas decorations on their homes and its not even thanksgiving day yet,......

in response to: It\'s Christmas Already? by Elicar

Elicar: No offense taken joey. It was really modelled after New York's Times Square and, London's Piccadilly Circus. There were pro's and con's about the "development". I. for one prefer what it is now if I......

in response to: It\'s Christmas Already? by Elicar

Carl: Yeah, gentrification is rampant in NYC, Bushwick is feeling it now. I don't mind new architecture if it's interesting. Unfortunately, many times, intricate architecture gets torn down and replaced with a rectangle. The irony of......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

janet grayson: Just reading these posts bring back very fond memories. I remember the Schenectady Ave. (at Lincoln Place) pickle lady with her barrels of sours and half-sours. Also, I too stood among the crowds......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

MaGoo: I grew up on Lawn Guyland in the 70's; most of my neighbors were "caucasian-Americans" who were from Bushwick and East New York. They had been displaced by the "diversity"- when the city used THEIR......

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

My Laptop Is Evil: IMO, it looks like it just needs a paint job and some modernized protective gratings. It does look bad, but not completely beyond hope....

in response to: Ugliest Building in New York? by Peter

Sue B from Colorado Springs: Last saw the castle about 10yrs ago, and alot has been added since then! It is truly AMAZING to see what one man can do if it is his heart's desire. We enjoyed......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

pete. r: im from lisnaskea and i really enjoyed the photos, i have always dismissed that place as a shit hole only good 4 gettin pissed up drinkin bottles of buckfast on a summers eve, i do......

in response to: Cross Street and Blossom 2002 by Jamie

Peter: ghias, just like about every other volkswagen model, were ubiquitous enough that its not surprising to see them around. ive seen a few this month in nyc, myself, but then again, im always keeping my......

in response to: Cool Car by CE

QQbiker: Guys, before you go too heavy on Uncle Jacob, you have to know that he does his best to avoid the stolen bikes. A few might end up in his store from people claiming......

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

Big Momma Becky: I am going to straddle the fence,so to speak,about my hometown,which happens to be Hutch. I am a middle aged woman,so someone younger might not have my same opinion,which is understandable. I have lived here......

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

cindy: I am so upset right now since I just had my 2,600$ one month old bike stolen right on St Clair Ave. East close too yonge st, right outside the deerpark library. It took me......

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

colavitos ghost: i like to take/look at pictures like that first one... the grass is taller than the buildings! take that, modernity!...

in response to: Long Island City: Summers End by CartLegger

EvilGentleman: Georges, The predominant prejudice in Montreal is still language. As an English-speaker, I seldom notice anti-Americanism among the French Quebecers. This may be due in part to my not being to understand most of what......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

lkm: Dude, you're comparing modern-day Brooklyn to a WWII-era concentration camp? Please. You've probably never even been here. Or there....

in response to: Bushwick Gates: Part 1 by Peter

Cay: Chris: Please listen to the most wonderful advise from Tony above. He's the example of positive change, of the empowerment of self that I referred to. In addition, there are many people that you......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: A very belated reply for doc cunningham, who posted on New Year's 2007. Sorry for the late reply, but I just noticed your comment now. I have so many posts that I do not see......

in response to: Igloo Construction by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Testosterone makes us men do silly things. If I had been there, I may have snapped a few focused on the models, a few focused on the cars, and a few focused on the crowd.......

in response to: Train Station Gawkers by Chiamattt

EvilGentleman: Well, how about we let the place that used to be in Yugoslavia call itself "The Slavic Republic of Northern Macedonia"? I dunno, just trying to state what I feel is right. The only Yugoslavians......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

Xag: Another picture of the old model: http://www.unicycling.com/garage/bikes.htm .. they do have saddles....

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

Xag: I just came across a picture from the early model (1897). http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~cawthorn/Palmer/cyclewedding.html They call it a "Rudge Whitworth companion or sociable bicycle". Apparently the steering system is different: the handlebars move together. In addition the cranks......

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

aer suzuki: hey joey. well last fall/winter i lapsed into drawing & painting mode. then in spring my camera broke. it only sort of works now, so it's more difficult to go and do extended photo adventures.......

in response to: Silver Tree by aer suzuki

CartLegger: here's some more historical background, compliment's of PBS POV program--the Spambot won't let me attach a link, so read below: Barren Island, which appears on few modern maps, holds a special place in the city's garbage......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

joey: now the modernization of this page would be- citynoise displayed on an iphone...

in response to: Citynoise Handheld Version by joey

EvilGentleman: I have a pic of the guys who were in the process of painting with a basic little can of white model paint and a paintbrush. They proudly posed for me, but since I do......

in response to: Welcome to Crack Lane! by EvilGentleman

Tasha: I lost my bike of over 5 years, and sole mode of transportation, just the other night... fack! Blue Norco Bush Pilot, with black handle bars, 21 speed, special click gears... sigh. It was hacked off a......

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

anon (modemcable228.223-82-70.mc.videotron.ca): best ride in the world ...

in response to: Le Splash! by EvilGentleman

amelia : hi gwen i belive i am ur number one fan i hope to be like u some day but i know i wont be as pretty or as good but you r my role model.......

in response to: gwen stefani's wedding by Steelisreal

hool: a brand of camera. they make several models. i recently picked up a mamiya 7II, which is a medium format rangefinder. film....

in response to: July 02 2007 Toronto by hool

joey: are they the modern day spinal tap ?...

in response to: ROCRAMENT by groovehouse

Corinne: I had my brand new Fuji Crosstown 3.0 stolen on June 18th from outside the Hudson Bay Building at Yonge and Bloor. I owned it for 3 days. They cut right through the good cable......

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

Kate Buchanan: I went there last friday. Its awesome. A really great blend of modern and old architecture....

in response to: britomart by starlajo

EvilGentleman: And modest :P...

in response to: July 19th 2006: Shopfronts by jamie

jeeff: lucky you. there are lots of 'no trespassing' signs now, so i didn't get too close. i agree tho, i wonder why this type of design hasn't been pursued. you get high......

in response to: Habitat by jeeff

Kari: What amazes me, seriously, is that this debate isn't just about Norman. It's about the sameness that we have spread across the US. The original set of photographs, honestly, could have been taken......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

oh dear...: iman: 4th Apr 2007 - 00:25 GMT i'm glad i live in a fun town where people know how to live good. i am never moving to the south. I just want to let iman know that......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Nando: Hey guys I have to say this is definitely one of my favorites entries ever. I am a native of Corona (on which the park lies) and I can honestly say that my life......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

EvilGentleman: No clue. You may have to actually go there to find out. I just walk around and take pics. I am a total noob when it comes to dancing stuff and modern arcade games....

in response to: Ye Olde Arcade by EvilGentleman

jeeff: i enjoyed the series. glasgow tenements were notorious in the past. some of them still look pretty bleak. how are the modern ones?...

in response to: Glasgow Schemes4 by kobie

jack: it probably is, unless it's mcdowels from coming to america, but i marvel at how society has changed there in japan, as a child i remember when they were bombing tokyo, i sometimes wonder if......

in response to: Shimokitazawa by serlingrod

Frank S. Besner: Well the factory itself was sold to another flour producing company, at some point last year. That said company, did indeed have plans to take down the sign and replace it (presumably) with their own crappier,......

in response to: 5 Roses by Cinic

shoot it straight: Some of these post make me smile and some are just annoying. The neighborhood does have potential, which one doesn't? Change starts with the people who are there and where they see themselves in the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CartLegger: Word: I'll try to get some of those from "Robert Moses and the Making of the Modern City". But so much of that stuff is lost, lost forever, another world only safe on the lips and......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

anon (modemcable007.25-81-70.mc.videotron.ca): man, you gotta do a piece on mania-MANIA-MANIA-MANIA!!! out on East St-Cath That's my favourite strip bar name....

in response to: Sex Appeal by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: I often do the same, always looking for contrasts, whether they be natural/urban, modern/decrepit, wealthy/poor or just plain old "fish out of water". But I must say, you usually do it better....

in response to: Golden Temple by joey

CartLegger: Would it help if I gave ya'll a map to go by? Robert Moses NYC Map @ "Robert Moses and The Modern City" **http://www.learn.columbia.edu/moses/**...

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

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