Comments about mr green

There are 100 comments about "mr green"

upfromflames: you betcha. Built in the wake of Robert Moses Fort Green plan. That was the same one that led the Dodgers to leave Brooklyn. ...

in response to: Brooklyn Hospital Incinerator by Peter

Joe Bilardello: Hey Warren, Your article brough back a tremendous amount of memories. I was in your class, I lived on 91 Harmon Street between Central and Evergreen Ave. We use to play stick Ball until it......

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

unknown: I met my now fiance in a small town. I learned that he was born and raised in CG until he was shot not in his neighbor, but on the southside of the Chi. The......

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

fred p: when the city turned its back on greenpoint in fiscal crisis in mid 70's people had enough and started to sell and move out...hence the shit moved in.....

in response to: Greenpoint by Curbed

Mary: oh and another thing, in Toronto we have are friendly to our environment and eco green and it's great and all but STUPID People insist on putting their COMPOST bucket outside beside their house and......

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

anon (wnpgmb014rw-ad01-11-34.dynamic.mts.net): Winnipeg is maturing and growing beautifuly and should defiitely be on the list. SO green in summer with so many trees and a fantastic mix of contemporary and character buildings of the Chicago school of design......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

thesouthernapple: Hey everyone, I'm sad to see the neighborhood in such decline. But I'm glad to see so many memories here, about the Ave. I graduated Valerdictorian from St. Marks in 1985, and I know that......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

slayer fan: man i wish there was stuff like that were i live,but in greencastle IN the only thing i have to explore is an old car factory. u should come look at it sometime....

in response to: Abandoned Building Complex by David

Maz: Another one for Botany fans. [[img:29017]] Taken at a farm near Leatherhead, Surrey UK this week where they are experimenting with a new crop. In early spring a spark plug is placed in the soil and come......

in response to: Exotic Slurpee Plant? by zagg

antblack: Whats up Antoine. I lived on Stanhope btw Bushwick and Evergreen. I only had one brother who (shockingly!) didn't like NY and subsequntly moved to NC when I was about 9. Now I wander if......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Meltem Yilmaz: I think I am the only Turkish citizen who interests on Benny Farm although I never lived there. I did a research about the green-project for Benny Farm in 2006 under the supervision of a......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Maz, Netherne: [[img:28938]] [[img:28939]] [[img:28940]] [[img:28941]] Hi everyone, I came across this site by mistake yesterday and was fascinated by everyone's stories and reading about the grave yard. I had heard other people here at Netherne mention it in the past......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

EvilGentleman: I hear ya. I used to love watching the heavies and the swing-wings take off from Plattsburgh when we would be shopping there back when I was a kid. And as a former base brat......

in response to: Snafu at the Former Plattsburgh Air Force Base by EvilGentleman

RiCH1: SPIN........whoever you are.......you killed that shit on the 'Rock', sun!.....Rock On! Ya gotta turn yer head kids, to peep that one out.....right at the bottom of the escarpment waterfall on the 401 into the Hammer!......

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

Francine Cammarata: What a childhood in Bushwick!!! I think my passionate Italian background which was deeply rooted in tradition surely played a major part. What strength and power we had. I was born 1947 in Greenpoint Hospital.......

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

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

Grace Ramos-Huertas: Hi everyone-I too attended JHS111 from 9/69 to june71. Though I was terrified to be starting JH at the time becuse of a few bullies for the most part I have nothinbg but wonderful memories of......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Robert: Yeah!! These things do exist.. and just like 'Snowbank' said, there is one in PORT CREDIT in MISSISSAUGA at the corner of HWY10 (Hurontario) and LAKESHORE. Its basically a CAN with a GREEN LID (almost......

in response to: Live Bait Vending Machine by Gregory St.Pierre

Sam: poteto, with the exception of one person, I have not had any contact with anyone from years ago. Afte reading all the posts, I started to think about some of the funny things..and if you......

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

R.RUBIN: DUBROWS = FREESELTZER!.MADE MAPLE SYRUP EGG-CREAMS WITH MILK ON TABLES FOR COFFEE,&`TOWN HILL'ON EASTERN PKY/BEDFORD AVE.HAD TERRIFIC`REVIEW'SHOWS & A FUN HOUSE BAND[BOBBY GREEN & HIS`AGGREVATION'] & THE UTICA THEATER ON ST.JOHNS PL NEAR.UTICA AVE. SAT.MATINEE`KIDDIE'SHOWS,LOTS OF`BOWERY BOYS'FILMS WHAT A NEIGHBORHOOD'IN......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

MTA: This is a great thread and really shows everyone's perspective on the past, the changes, and ideas about the future. I want to check in and see what folks think about Jefferson Ave. between Evergreen......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Excuzmepleez: This post is in response to "remember 1966." I remember the sad accident. It happened on Troutman Street between Central and Evergreen and it involved a boy named Joey Mistretta who was 9 years......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jsmooth: Reply to OPEN YOUR EYES... I thought that your response made complete sense and that you are right in many aspects of your comments and if my response seemed to come off racial than I apollogize.......

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

little ukraine: ...and others will say it's New York's W 4th in Greenwich Village, once home of Gerde's Folk City and near MacDougal Street where Kettle of Fish was. NY likes to take credit for everything......

in response to: Positively 4th St. by Tyfoid Kid

Peter: ive always had a special place in my heart for peterbilts. the red and green and sunshine is an awesome combo! damn, i gotta go explore {greenpoint} more before summer ends......

in response to: Truckin\' by luna park

joey: how will they keep the field green with water rationing?...

in response to: Untitled Outfield by joey

Elijah: And with his chariots, like a whirlwind.............. That's how Christ is coming back. In the so called mystical thing that you see on the X-Files every Friday night. All the so called U.F.O 's. These......

in response to: Black Hebrew Israelites by serlingrod

anon (dhcp35b.drake.brockport.edu): Some of the posters up there had a very good point about Cabrini Green. Although it was claimed that it was the most dangerous area ever that even the police is scared to go......

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

kms: My life got flipped turned upside down. I want to type this up and tell you all about how I came to the town called Bellaire. In Cabrini Green, where I grew up and played on......

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

Asha: Wow, i need to explore Minnesota more. More like Minneapolis since i've lived in this city for 9 yrs now, thats 56% of how long i've lived on earth. Green way is the best place......

in response to: Riding My Bike Around Downtown by Tyfoid Kid

Brushman: Today, lawyers would have a field day with our antics. We played Kick the Can, where everyone would hide in various places and then try to run in and kick the can before being tagged by......

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

VeeJay: Found this sight quite by accident. Like many of you I grew up in Bushwick and we left there in 1962 because I was mugged and beaten several times - we lived on Goodwin......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Anne - Ontario: I remember Eric Teal working for Painter's Greengrocers - he was always very pleasant and seemed to enjoy his job there. Eric and his family lived on Turner Avenue and had a sister......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

jackie: does anyone remember of a factory on 69 troutman street between evergreen and bushwick? Did they make stuffed animals?...

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Gary sparkes, re the maypole there was a shop that sold electrical goods next to the shoe shop and laundrette on the other side. Over near lesters newsagents there was a haidressers. The supermarket was......

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

~Me : I wish the best to everyone who was raised in the projects in chicago, the horners, the greens, robert taylor homes etc.... Its sad to see them tear down historical land marks and homes to......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

lisag: Maybe because I am from Vancouver - but I like the "useless and dangerous" green spaces around buildings. That said, I LOVE Montreal, and your pictures are like a walk down the streets...thank you!...

in response to: NDG by CE

YourOwnFault: For all of you who left for the suburbs, you have nobody to blame for the decline of Kensington except yourselves...you abandoned it! You chased after the imaginary American Dream of a big car and......

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

serlingrod: I do not defend the status - I wish to change it. I do not "draw a salary on the backs of the suffering" - the little funding we receive goes towards helping these people......

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

Director 9209: Nice pics, but you should keep off the High Line (Notice that it's two words or FO will get you!) because it is a bonafide construction site complete with all the OSHA phobic hazards, and......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

D: Also, the spill was only in a certain section of Greenpoint, there are tons of maps online you can look at. Greenpoint is a great 'hood and one of the best in all 5......

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

Peter: if i had a dollar for every time ive heard someone from a hard/bad/depressed/rebuilding neighborhood comment something like ##"_______ is really that bad and has been for years"##... [[76:cabrini green]], [[1727:henry horner]], [[4368:hutchinson]], [[646:bushwick]], to......

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

Peter: Ryan: i hate chemical spills (this is more of a chemical spill than an "oil spill") as much as the next guy, but just for the record, its not the "largest oil spill in history".........

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

anon (splp1.starpoint.com): I thought that Greenpoint sits above a lake of toxic waste.... ...

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

Cecilia Midiri: One last thought by Robert Frost: Nature's first green is gold, Her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower; But only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf. So Eden sank to grief, So dawn goes down to day. Nothing......

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

zagg: "The original flag had eight stripes, with each color representing a particular component of the gay community: hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sun, green for nature, turquoise......

in response to: The Churchmouse and Firkin by Biff

john birchall: hollins green slag tip...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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.

john birchall: who remembers this scene of hollins green slag tip which was carted away and used in building the motorway at peel green...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Alice: My mom was born and grew up on Greene Avenue. We lived there in the 50s, I went to St. Barbara's elementary, (played fife!). Moved away in 1960 after finishing 5th grade. My Dad went......

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

ERIC BUSHWICK TAX CREW : please if any one knows were my dauther is I was a teen father and her mother went to clevland I Was in 111 her mothers name is nelly she grew up on dekalb bet......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Swanson from SD: Some of you people have not traveled the country....Belleville is a perfectly average small town in this century, fighting to stay alive.. According to some, everything is better and greener somewhere else, it's not, just......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

RN1980: My question to all you HATERS is: What makes your town/city so much better? Every community in this country as problems with drugs and poor "white trash" or "illegal immigrants". The photos posted......

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

luna park: there are actually large swathes of brownstone rowhouses in brooklyn, where the houses are set back from the street and allow space for front yards. in many cases, the yards have been paved (as is......

in response to: Beware of Owner by luna park

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

tuma: some of us inuit realy do not eat green meat. its bad. we just age them no- no- no! do not ever try green aged not alone Rotten for your own goods...

in response to: Muktaaq and Arctic Char a La Box by EvilGentleman

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

Eric Teal: Hi Cyril I new who you were as soon as I saw your name I used to work for Stan Painter who had a greengrocers on 20 row I was only about 8 or 9......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

mixed opinion: I have been to Cabrini-Green several times. I have a friend that used to live there, I'd go and visit her alot. It is a place that, that city needs. I think they should keep......

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

georgia x: hiiyahh the photoz are great :D but what do u feed the birdz 2 keep them coming back..? we have a couple of diffrent types blackbirds,thrushes,blue/greytits sparrows jaydoorz a crow starrling,greenfinches etc but i whant them to......

in response to: Fledgling Greenfinches by elaine

Sashay: Cabrini-Green started over 100 years ago as a place for people to live and have a community. Somewhere along the line it got derailed. Althought Chicago's plan is not going to be 100% fantastic, it......

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

truthteller facts: the houses on jeffferson starr troutman that are drug infested. Signs on the houses telling people to stay out or get arrested, the drug problem so bad on knick that the nypd has cameras to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: nice. i like how they touched up all the rust-spots and dings with almost-matching green paint. playground pride!...

in response to: Dr. Playgound by upfromflames

Northwestern Student: Hey, my name is Bradley Akubuiro - I'm a journalism student at Northwestern University and I'm working on a huge project about Cabrini-Green (from the former residents and where they ended up, to the current......

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

zagg: We could have crossed paths - I was in Philadelphia all last week and stayed a block away from Baltimore. I remember the Green / Blue arch away from our walks....

in response to: Journey Down Baltimore Avenue by serlingrod

Jamie: Jesus died for me? Should I thank him? I like her tshirt almost as much as i like the {but man} tshirt in your previous post. There are so many positive things to say about......

in response to: Compilation Part Six by chiamattt

EMILY: yeah greenpoint is shit but that's where i live lol...

in response to: Greenpoint by Curbed

EMILY: i saw another one something like this in a pier in greenpoint, brooklyn... it looked pretty old but idk...

in response to: Revs Hope Graf Sculpture by Peter

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Peter (nsw) Small world isnt it? I had the greengrocery business opposite Boundary road on Fiddlers lane amd my Mum and Dad had the fish and chip shop next door until I opened the shop......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter Lawford: Hi Cyril, I Do remember your shop or should I say shops, as I remember a green grocer and a chip shop under the of Bagshaw in Fiddlers Lane. I lived in Boundary Road from birth......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

James cashan: hi norma , yes i remember brian,may know your brothers by face,we would get anywhere from 1 to 2 hundred people down at tarzan bridge,crossie was a regular face at our shin digs and would often......

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

Stan Hodgson: Hi Great site, was directed to it by Benny Hilton, I was born in Windsor Ave 1944 then moved to Carlisle Drive about 1963,along with my older sister Patricia and brother Bill, . We all......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: Hi Jon, Couldn't agree more regarding development.....I don't know that pond, but there were other ponds near the old slag heap bordering Hollins Green. We used to get frogs, newts, stickbacks etc from there....

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

ron: 630 w evergreen dame i love it am going to miss it "blue city 30 block" r.i.p ...

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

Yendys (from Dean st) May 2008: I wish I lived in that house,the garden is simply a work of art! Just last week I actually laid eyes on the lady with the hat! I've always tried to envision what she might......

in response to: Boulders on B Street by GGP

Andrew Smith: James - no it's not my site - I just posted this and another article on Irlam and I assume most people found their way to the pages via google. I agree - Hollins Green and......

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

James cashan: hello, me again Re: john boardman, was thinking pics of hollins green and glazebrook should be included on this site as as a youngster hollins green felt part of the whole local tapestry to......

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

john boardman: Hi all, I came accross this site by accident,I lived in hollins green until i was 11 yrs old and went to both of the primary schools (School lane) until it was demolished, then birch rd......

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

Me: The grand old beautiful trees are in bloom in colors of pinks,white,purples and of course green in Hutchinson. The horrible ice storm could not kill,they came back strong.The haters can not kill this fair city......

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

Eric66: I loved going down memorey Lane ,growing up on cedar st. between evergreen and myrtle ave. was the best of times 1945 to 1966 just wasn't enough time , had it not been for the......

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

Eric66: I loved going down memorey Lane ,growing up on cedar st. between evergreen and myrtle ave. was the best of times 1945 to 1966 just wasn't enough time , had it not been for the......

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

Dane: Those photos were great. I have a question. Do purebred game hens sometimes lay colored egg? I bought some hens that were supposed to be purebred and some eggs are white, some......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

Anne Fahy: Hi Keith (Smith) What number did you live in Atherton Lane? My husband Brian Fahy lived at #43 for most of his early life. They moved to 19 Victory Road, when he was already working at......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Anne Fahy: Hi Keith (Smith) What number did you live in Atherton Lane? My husband Brian Fahy lived at #43 for most of his early life. They moved to 19 Victory Road, when he was already working at......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Cyril. what a memory!! spot on with where we lived, I do seem to recall the greengrocer my mother used, but I always thought he was from twenty row, that maybe because she......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Cyril Bagshaw: Hello Sheila V Joe Nelson did take over from his Dad, must have been just after the war because Joe made a trailer for me in 1947 to carry my greengrocery from Smithfield Market at Shudehill......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Outside observer: I had a chance to recently visit the fine city of Hutch for a job interview. I would say that the city faces many of the same issues that other cities face in the mid-west.......

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

John Dereszewski: Puffy, Linden between Central and Evergreen is a block that has undergone a considerable transformation over the last decade or so, clearly for the good. I knew this block very vividly during the bad days of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Puffy: Can anyone tell me what it's like today on linden street around central ave and evergreen?...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Alan Taylor: Hi Cyril, and the second farm almost opposite on your left you got the best celery around, tall white stems, not green like now and insect nibbled or slug mess in between the stems, lovely clean......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Dom, I will pass on to my son John the photos of the housing estate shops where he and his nana Jaques ( Vi as she liked to be called) had the greengrocery at the......

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

Andrew Smith: Thanks Cyril Dom did mention a greengrocers also - I'll ask him and get back to you. Andrew....

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Andrew Thanks for adding Dom's photos.The frontage of the Rialto cinema is very little different from when it was The Globe picture house. Even the Large door to the right of the main entrance is......

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

sicilian brookly gal: I grew up on wilson and george. big family building. every apt lived a relative. of course grandpa was the owner. went to st. jo's on suydam st. will never forget my......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Rob Tynan: Sorry Cyril, I dont seem to recognise them. I grew up at the Hollins Green end of Cadishead. ...

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

Michelle: The first building is the centre block of Canadian Parliament. After that is the Peace Tower. The flowy green-domed ones are the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Apparently the design of the musuem "is supposed to......

in response to: Parliament Hill Cats, Rideau Canal, and RCMP Stables by Michelle

colavitos ghost: are those government buildings in pictures 5-8? i really like that flowy one with the green domes!...

in response to: Parliament Hill Cats, Rideau Canal, and RCMP Stables by Michelle

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

NYwondering: I'm originally from Illinois and now i'm doing a research project on Cabrini Green and specifically the Candyman urban legend. I know the movie took place in the housing project but I was wondering......

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