Comments about my first

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Peter: hahaha. i was just going back through my old posts, sorry i missed this query before. nope, this wasnt always the first photo post. curiously, i was looking back to find my first photo post,......

in response to: 72nd Street Subway Station by Peter

CartLegger: I am just an observer at this point, enjoying the inertia of this passionate and informed debate. I am glad that citynoise can be the place where the Synagogue has finally spoken--thank you Rabbi Andelman.......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

adam: Okay, where do I begin? I have lived in Jacksonville for pretty much my entire life. I am 29 years old and I recently moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL which is a much......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Renee: Hi AP & Bayside Watcher - I agree wholeheartedly and there are no arguments here. The entire place is a complete disaster. If you scroll up a little, you'll notice that I've posted several......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Bayside Watcher: Renee, your concern and outrage for the condition of the mausoleums and the internal crypts are spot on. And reinterring the remains of the dead in those crypts and securing the mausoleums should be......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Candy: Hi, I graduated from ACHS in 2003 so I can't really comment on what it is now but I can tell u what it was then. Aside from my college years, my 4 years at......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

groovehouse: Sweet!! So it's OK, if I say, "First post!!" LOL! Congrats on the new digs! ...

in response to: Rise Of The Afternoon Moon by groovehouse

Peter: cool photo, man! congrats on being the first successful post after we switched hosts today :)...

in response to: Rise Of The Afternoon Moon by groovehouse

Afroblanco: Ms. Andelman, I agree with Renee, NWhyC and most of the others. Despite all those words you typed, you really didn't say much at all. Like it or not, as the first officially-involved person to......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Renee: Dear Rabbi Julia Andelman, I am probably one of those people you would categorize as the uneducated by believing everything I read off the internet to be true. As you can see by......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Wendy: About a month ago, I took our little dog out for "last call". We walked down our front steps to the sidewalk. About twenty feet away stood two raccoons. The dog started barking. ......

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

Ron: Hello again Teri, I had to smile when I bumped into your posting here. Something I didn't mention in my recent long e-mail was one time when I was playing on the Eastern Parkway mall and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Far&Away: Correction: It was in 1964(!) that JHS 111 first opened and (with the rest of the 6th grade students at PS 145) I was transferred there. I was always bad at math. Anyway,......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Far&Away: 6th grade graduates of PS 145 were transferred to Enrico Fermi JHS 111 when it first opened on Sept. 1966 for the 7th and 8th grades. Classrooms were all different colors. One teacher......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

lucy hart: This messgae is for Paul, your house number 4 Park Lane is where my dad and his brother grew up with my nana and grandad, during the war when my dad was a lad, to......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

yoyo: Okay, I'm giving my opinion. Everybody here is trying to sound so smart, but in reality it's your opinion and not reality. This planet first of all is not ours, it has been lended to......

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

bob: I like Tish lived at 350 E 92nd St. I remember so many things John's Candy Store's must have hamburgers after a night out. Also remember Linda peeling potatoes after leaving shool at OL. No frozen......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Willie: Doc, Rick - Town Hill at Eastern Parkway and Bedford Avenue was in the 1950s a place to have a drink and catch live entertainment. My mom and older sister remember seeing Sam Cook......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Jean-Luc: Wow, fantastic pictures! Please, where was that first picture taken?...

in response to: Asheville Alleys by ea

ChiPhi: Wow...this thread has had some staying power and I am glad it has the legs. :) Full disclosure...(Please read my earlier comments above for my perspective regarding this neighborhood). I am a male in my......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

jessiecat: The first place I went overseas from my home in Melbourne, Australia, was Tokyo.. By brain literally exploded and the subway was the most full on thing I've ever encountered.. It didn't help that the......

in response to: Tokyo Rail by Chris Jongkind

Rick: Willie/Doc - I, too, was a fan of Tung Sang (first tasted egg foo yung, there). I was even a bigger fan of Busches' hot fudge sundaes. As I recall it, however (and my memory......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Willie: Doc - I believe I was in the first graduating class at Lefferts Junior High (1959-1961). I went to Erasmus, too ('64), but think my Mr. Cohen lived beyond my graduation year. Am......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Doc S.......: Willie - I remember most of what you've said - and the "Cameo" toy store around the corner from the Loew's "Kameo" movie theater (note different spellings). Now, you've mentioned a Lefferts JHS - but......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Franny Wentzel: I take it you were standing on this building... [[img:29882]] ...when you took the first four pictures ...

in response to: São Paulo by Márcio Barreto

Peter: wow! whats even funnier is that the way i had my browser sized, when i loaded this post, only about hte top 2/3 of the first photo was visible, and i was like ##"hmm, a......

in response to: History On The Move by Brad

zagg: I remember my first time in Philadelphia and laughing at such a ridiculous name as 'Wawa'....

in response to: All Commercial Establishments in Philadelphia Are Named After Nonsense Monosyllables by vz

Pantera: Unfortunately these cases or even WORSE happen many times. When I was a kid in my hometown Szeged (M.E.-Europe, Hungary) there were 2 abandoned cemeteries, a protestant and a catholic (mainly......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Mike: I think alot of American guys masturbate in public places because they are circumcised and there penis head rubs on there underwear and it makes them horny and they have to get it out and......

in response to: Pervert Masturbates on Subway by Peter

Varinki: The Glasgow Subway was opened in 1896 and the equipment dated from that time. It was cable operated until 1935 when it was converted to electricity. Also there were no turnouts on the line and......

in response to: Glasgow Subway Pre-and-During Modernisation by Gap74

CartLegger: Very good point, and powerfully described. These areas are in their own way forgotten, started by Jewish communities long since moved on in demographic transitions past. This cemetery is actually one of the oldest Jewish......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

mitch: Hi Rich... What an amazing thing ... All through jr. high, high school and part of college I worked in my dad's store (Maiman's Pharmacy) and of course I knew Johnny and Herbie really well. I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

usmcsniper1: Yes, we all went to PS167 and then to IS210 John Marshall JR High. Our homeroom was the girls gym on the fifth floor. When you are a kid things always seemed larger......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

steelisreal: Editor please see my first comment that this post was before the coffee had set in this morning. I take no responsibility for my horrible spelling and grammar at such an early stage in......

in response to: I'M BACK! by steelisreal

Julia Astralla ?: first to RR. Yeah, I know 'FOXY Cohen" didn't she marry Jackie Nolan ? (One of Tommy O'Malley's friends ? ) to everyone else ................... Indulge me please ! Who else besides me stood......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Sean: If you can see, the RMP is assigned to FSD, not a precinct car, therefore they would indeed have to notify the precinct first. This article in many ways in false, that precinct house has......

in response to: NYPD by Peter

zagg: Speaking again of poutine, Peter: I had vegetarian poutine for the first time last week and sweet baby g it was delicious :D...

in response to: The First 60 Minutes of My Return by zagg

Allan: Julie, Yes. Mr Abramowitz was the principal. I had Mr. Berhard(Bernhart?) for 'homeroom' in the 8th grade (1958). Don't recall if I had him for any specific subject though. He was a fairly big guy and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): Mr. AJ shure- you graduated from PS167 in 1958,the same year as I did. Sorry, I don't think that I remember you.What is/was yur first name? The name Joel Prussin rings a bell. Wasn't he......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Jane: Allan, This is funny but I do know you. I lived on the first floor. My entrance was a private one where you had to walk up about seven stairs. As you entered......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Rohinton Ghandhi: November 27th, 2008 To City Noise Editors, I have recently begun writing articles for the Verdun Messenger's new English Corner segment. They cover Verdun's history and the people within it. I thought your group......

in response to: Verdun Neon by CE

Rich: This used to be my station back in the day. I saw a few celebs come out of this station. When Ebbett's Field Apartments were first built some parents of famous people lived there: Gregory......

in response to: Franklin Avenue Station by Peter

JIm: Oh, I see what has been done now. I was thinking of their decent size parking lot too, from what I remember. GM had a comparison test there, after it had closed, when they were......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Arnie H: I taught first grade in 167 back in the late 60's. Is anyone on here from that era?...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

margarita kontarovich: in september 2008 happened to shorefront senior center. mental health i were bad behavior contiued to bad behavior in the lunch in the backyard stay with group with my staff candace robinson in the afternoon.......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

adam: Love the first one. Love his style....

in response to: Armer Graffiti by Peter

Greys, Reptilians, Masons, Nazi's, NWO: ARe you kidding me?! Three people can't keep a secret amongst themselves, now do we expect there to be ANY secrets when hundreds and hundreds of people are involved in the so-called "Subterranean" Denver Airport......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Eleni: Thanks for existing for my first trip to montreal. It was the first time visiting a place like this. The guys were amazing - especially the super-tall security guard. And to Andrew, who......

in response to: Le 281 by EvilGentleman

Allan: Richie, I DID live in the same building as Judy O. We both lived on the first floor. I was in the front. Her family in the back. She had a male dog 'Nipper' and I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Howard : I saw Harry Truman in a motorcade campaigning for President riding through Eastern Parkway. It was Petach Tikvah (Gate of Hope)on Lincoln Place & Rochester Ave. . For a couple of years Dubrow's had......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: i just noticed that [[8001:this post]] is of the same lot... somehow, i didnt see this post the first time around... you posted it almost exactly 4 months before i moved within a block of......

in response to: Missing Tooth and Open Sky by upfromflames

Lol: I love that first shot.... any idea what the song is?...

in response to: DownTown Buildings by Tyfoid Kid

nz: okay i love saber first of all i read his book its so fucking dope that kunt is off the chain mad love for la and san fran graff , even tho i dont even......

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

Peter: i had to climb up a fence and over a wall to get that first shot (thats why its a little askew), and while i was doing that, a guy pulled over in a truck......

in response to: Armer Graffiti by Peter

Robin R: Hi Marg Gunhouse (Nee Dodds) The place where you had your first date with the great 35 cent smoked meat sandwiches was called 'Curly Que' and has neon signs in their wondows advertising the best smoked......

in response to: Norgate Shopping Centre by CE

Rich: I grew up around the corner from this armory, back in my time growing up it was used to store tanks, trucks and half-tracks. I saw and heard these vehicles as they labored very noisely......

in response to: Armory by Peter

Red Flag alert: I'm a tenant in a building that had windows installed by Park Slope Windows & Glass (hereto to be referred to as "PSWG"). Overall impression: very negative. Red Flag #1: My landlord had to repeatedly call......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

Rich: Good contrast on your first and second shots. I really like the temple in the background....

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

Eris Paul: omg that blond is me!!! i wasnt too cure at first but now i know it is i use to have bleach blond hair and a blue tommy coat and a white bag i use......

in response to: Home Pt. 5: Downtown (Broad Street) by CE

Tim Hewetson: Love the photos. They really capture the essence of Riverdale. I especially like the lighting and shadows in the first picture. http://www.selltoronto.ca...

in response to: Early Evening in Riverdale by Michelle

Peter: this is actually from the first time i moved ##out## of brooklyn! it was back and forth with manhattan for a while, but it looks like brooklyn has stuck this time. guess the third time was......

in response to: Upon Leaving by Peter

david swift: hi gus What an excellent web site! ive just seen my mum on the 1964 gala day photo (Susan Duxbury)a relation to the duxburys on another picture on this site. My grandad had a shoe shop......

in response to: Barnoldswick by Gus Brennan

Sanford : To Esther In an idle moment I googled PS 167 to find out some details to compare with childhood memories and saw your comments. I was one year behind you at PS 167. My memories of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Thelma Fuentes: I lived at 146 Grove Street and moved to Staten Island in early 70s (I didn't get to graduate with my class at St. Barbara's in 1972)...I remember Barbara Ann's, my first dance at the......

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

Chris: p.s. how about some photos of the site now? maybe from similar angles as the first photo of barton above....

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Peter: heh, these are the only voting machines ive ever used in nyc, for every election since 96, the first i could vote in. these are also the same type of machines pictured in the original......

in response to: Voting in Brooklyn by adam

Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): for Suzy R. I remember you.Your Mother (MRs. Gradstein)was my 6 grade teacher in 1955-6.Perhaps she brought you to school then. A classsmate of mine,Sharon, who lived on Lincoln Place and Troy Ave, and I once......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Santana: Brodidly AB and all the rest of you who got to live in Bushwick during the 60s and 70s are so lucky. Those were the years when "minorities" took over and made Bushwick what it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Keith Bernstein: Hi Richie--a trifecta between two Tilden guys. My father took me to the St. George pool during the 1950s and once to Betsy Head pool around 1960 and to the Coney Island fireworks several times. Here's......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: hahaha, you know, because people cant seem to resist bringing up some contention whenever brooklyn neighborhoods are concerned, when i first saw this photo, i thought "hmm, its only a matter of time before someone......

in response to: Te Amo Bushwick! by upfromflames

zagg: Oooh that first one. I always love the older homes in Toronto....

in response to: Early Evening in Riverdale by Michelle

Esthr Herschman (Rechtschafner): I enjoyed this site very much. I graduated from PS167 in 1958.Now i will try to list yu some of my memories. Kindergarten teacher Miss Shapiro. (there was another kindergarten class and teacher -Mrs. Pinkerton.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

zagg: So, I know I'm pretty immature, and I never noticed this the first 10 times I read this post but ... anyone else now see by parking exactly where it did, in the 2nd......

in response to: Best Costco Moment of 2008 by EvilGentleman

grange: Man oh man evil ,,,I sign in for the first time in 8 months and find this gem ...LOL....well Done !!!!...

in response to: Best Costco Moment of 2008 by EvilGentleman

Peter: did you see the links i posted above? in addition to those, all of the following sites appear to show the identical image (though sometimes at different resolutions)... it was posted here in 2004: [[http://www.thatsweird.net/picture37.shtml]] it was......

in response to: Forrest by Rune Willem

Alan Kupperberg: I’m terribly gratified that some of you enjoyed my reminisces. Richie Rubin is correct in that I sure don’t have Alzheimer’s. I live in Greenwich Village and I haven’t been back to that......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Keith Bernstein: What memories these posts conjure up! Although I can't remember exactly what Judy O looked like, I do remember her as tall and pretty and all of the boys in the class thought so. I'm glad......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I love the first one. Vertigo, but upwards....

in response to: Tall Buildings by jack

Rich: Great pix Wally, especially the first one, love your presentation this should be a collecter's item. Thank you for your time and effort. On the other side of this, my brother said he was on......

in response to: Brooklyn Bridge and World Trade Center by WallyG

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

jack: how did he get that first picture in, it seems so big ...

in response to: Physics Building by procyon

CartLegger: And I'll have ya know that the first ice grinder there was made in Ecuador. They don't make anything in the US anymore, it seems! ...

in response to: Piraguas by CartLegger

rick: Doc - I think we all got our first basebal gloves and all of our sneakers at Circle ("Spaldeens" too, as I recall). Yes, your memory serves - Barton's was, indeed, across Franklin. Also, on......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Doc S.......: Yo, Rick - What a memory!! I think I got my first baseball glove at "Circle". The "other" store for upscale chocolates was Barton's, on the north side of Eastern Parkway and Franklin Ave., if......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Dan: It's funny how people will say "oh man thats such a sweet peice of graffiti, and then they will turn around and say "but i think that tagging is ugly and is not art" if......

in response to: Legal Graffiti by CE

Warren S. : Jeeeezzzz... guys! Richie... Joe, thanks for the support on this one. Once I had my responding comment out there, I couldn't return for a while just to cycle it out of my system a tad.......

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

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

punsterbill: Born in Williamsburg Hospital in '41. Lived on first floor of 99 Stockholm St until '47 when we moved to Cornelia Street. went to PS 56 on Bushwick Ave, Halsey JHS and one......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

EvilGentleman: Yeah, I passed by again around midnight last night, and the word "Bens" was all that was left of the sign as seen in the first picture here. I also saw the plywood barriers about......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Bob O: Thanks for all the memories of Yorkville where I grew up from the 30s through the sixties. I was born over in New York Hospital, went to school at St. Ignatius and then Cardinal Hayes.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Bob O: Thanks for all the memories of Yorkville where I grew up from the 30s through the sixties. I was born over in New York Hospital, went to school at St. Ignatius and then Cardinal Hayes.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Bob O: Thanks for all the memories of Yorkville where I grew up from the 30s through the sixties. I was born over in New York Hospital, went to school at St. Ignatius and then Cardinal Hayes.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Jay Parker: I was there on 9/20/08. I was visiting my home town with my son for the first time and wanted to show him this spot [along with E Manual on 66th & Montifore in Queens......

in response to: Shearith Israel Cemetery by Peter

Humboldt/West Bucktown - whichever you prefer: I've been in this area for over 6 years. Bought a condo 3BR/3BA. The first year was rough with all the random shootings at night. I get the scoop from the locals,......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

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

Stan: I was born at 1074 Eastern Pkway, moved to 919 then 915 and around the corner to Albany Ave, between Lincoln and St. Johns. My wife can't understand why we always lived within a few......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Dave S.: I lived on East 93rd Street between First and Second Avenues. I remember the Ruppert Brewery and its demolition. Also the big blue Woolworth's on 86th Street. http://www.glunch.com/GlunchGenesis/woolworths.html http://www.glunch.com/GlunchGenesis/PS151.html http://www.glunch.com/GlunchGenesis/93rdstreet.html...

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

chris: i was there and 2 of my friends got ripped of by the strippers..they said $20 each for a lesbian show and my 2 friends said ok..they were gone for while and was wonderin where......

in response to: Gentleman\'s Choice by EvilGentleman

Dr Jayne: Great site. Did anyone go to dancing school at Miss Helen's School of Dance in the early 1960s? Probably on 19th ave? If you did, there was a family with three girls......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown