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There are 84 comments about "nato"

Tofuminator: They look absolutely delicious, all of them. ...

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

surfer: Answer to Megan> Bensonhurst is changing from Italian to Chinese. Still a good neighborhood. Answer to Danielle> Sunset park is now called the 2nd Chinatown. Excellent neighborhood. I grew up there in the 50's & 60's.......

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

BARON VON FANCY: Baron Von Fancy is not a man, he is an idea. And you cannot kill an idea. He has been called an artist. He has been called a maniac. He is a recluse. He never......

in response to: Baron Von Fancy by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

bombers know whats up: ykk and xtc. what more you need to know? all yall la writers need to get your shit in check and respect the birthplace. yall are like graffiti's bastard child. no one cares about yalls shit......

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

awake: Alot people have been living with no direction and misdirection threw out there entire lives in the ghetto's,all over the world.The criminal mentality and immoral behaviors has not been wiped out off the face of......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

CatLegger: Nice skylines. But what's it look like inside Sydney's {Chinatown}?...

in response to: Chinatown by Ross

JoeyD: It could be one or more of the following: a) an "empowerment zone" b) Senator Larry Criag's office c) FEMA's fedeal "disaster relief" office d) Ronald Reagans pollup collection e) "all of the above"...

in response to: I Could\'nt Think of a Title for This Because a Pictures Is Worth a Thousand Words. by jack

balloonhedz: thatd be a heaven sent experience. That sounds so...correct me if Im wrong....Damon Runyon??? Almost like a scene from Guys & Dolls if it wasnt a musical and if it WAS set in......

in response to: Nam Wah Tea Parlor by Peter

brightflight: I'm not sure. I've eaten at a Nim Wah dim sum place in Chinatown but we might've just mispronounced Nam Wah. The food was really, really good but some old guys were smoking cigarettes indoors and......

in response to: Nam Wah Tea Parlor by Peter

CartLegger: Yes. this is a fine spot, an old fashioned joint that is the oldest continuously operating restaurant in Chinatown. It always looks empty, but you feel like a real important customer with undending offers of......

in response to: Nam Wah Tea Parlor by Peter

grisser: I think I remembered it being the oldest tea shop in China town according to the pamphlet they give out in one of those Chinatown festival....

in response to: Nam Wah Tea Parlor by Peter

Arnie Magraner: I used to work on Varick st. Near Chinatown circa 1965....

in response to: Going to the Tunnel on Varick by jack

Post-84 New Jack: See, thats the general difference in our perspectives, "W-Bear". I prefer to look to the future, and push things to new heights than to dwell on the past and the past's faded glories and talk......

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

serlingrod: Standard Tap is great - the same owners operate Johnny Brenda's up in Fishtown. There definitely is a development gap between Old City and Northern Liberties though, with I-95 running along the waterfront and 676......

in response to: Save Your Neighborhood by serlingrod

little ukraine: this just reminded me of one time when i went to philly on the chinatown express. some friends and i walked from the bus depot up to 2nd and poplar to go to the......

in response to: Save Your Neighborhood by serlingrod

EvilGentleman: I still come back and look over this article every once in a while. This time, I followed a link on Wikipedia leading here. The memories have begun to fade, yet that last shot, the one......

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

chiamattt: The stamp is my name in Korean, but my girlfriend (Fashion Chic) had it made for me in the Qingdao airport...which is in China. [[img:24315]] [[img:24316]] The shell of the stamp is a snake. I was born in......

in response to: Osaka Part Five by chiamattt

Parkour 4ever: Salut numele meu este George am 12 ani si sunt din botosani . scopul meu este sa devin cat mai pun in arta miscarii ( parkour ) . Visul meu este sa ajung pe......

in response to: Istoria Parkour by EXElent

pat montelbano: we lived on knickerbocker bet willoughby @ starr atended ps 123 jhs 85 then on to bushwick hs i satayed later on in grove street park. there we heard the fascinators and the......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Xavi: Most of the eastern part of Humboldt Park until the mass Puerto Rican migration of the 1940's and '50's was Jewish and Polish, with some German and Italian elements. When those ethnic groups were......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

cbdi: proud2serve: if you think dave kerr and the chamber will get anything done you are in for a surprise. what did kerr do for reno county when he was a state senator representing reno county......

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

serlingrod: Do people even bike alot in NYC? I've taken my bike on the Chinatown Bus from Philly to NY many a times, and every visit I'm always amazed at how few fellow bikers I see.......

in response to: Frankford Avenue ArtRacks by serlingrod

CE: It's a pedestrian street. Cars can travel across it at intersections but they're mostly narrow one-way streets so not much traffic travels across the street. Cafe and restaurant terraces spill out onto the......

in response to: Rue Prince Arthur by CE

EvilGentleman: A different type of compromise may be in order. In order to appease the hard-core nationalism that demands that a country bear such a bizarre name as FYROM, we should just let FYORM stay as......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

jeeff: ps. you can find plenty more (and better) photos of the exhibit at [[http://flickr.com/search/?q=luminato]] ... my camera wasn't quite up to the task....

in response to: Pulse Front by jeeff

serlingrod: Jamie, this is not a true representation of Philadelphia as a whole. In addition to Center City, Philly is really a collection of neighborhoods. The area I photographed (Vine to Fairmount from Broad to 9th)......

in response to: Spring Garden / West Poplar / Loft District: Lost in Transition by serlingrod

Peter: heh, ive gotten that same blade runner vibe off of spots in chinatown, especially during rainstorms......

in response to: Blade Runner Cafe by CartLegger

iman: the prices are going up too damn much. my parents keep talking about moving to north carolina because of the high taxes over here. every governor and senator have said that they're going to lower......

in response to: Housing Got You Down? Turn to History for Hope by upfromflames

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

jack: i went out once with a girl that looked like the 'girl'???in pic number 8. she was a rough girl, a gang member, from a chinese hatchet gang in chinatown, her sister, like the......

in response to: Cosplay by chiamattt

Tamara: ~ Someone eating a big montreal smoked meat sandwhich!!!!! ~ Chinatown... any funny signs ~ a house (any house) with multiple staircases ~ More grafs please. Montreal has some great artists ~ Orange Julip... 50's diner (this might be......

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

LC: Interestingly, Clearwater is also where a DC9 aircraft, N900SA, departed from several days before being caught in Mexico with 5.5 tons of cocaine on board. The U.S. company that had owned the aircraft, SkyWay......

in response to: U.S. Congressman Foley by sine

A Volunteer: And yes EG , people like David Ervine and John White did exactly that in bringing peace to Ulster. The latters crime obviously more severe than the former, stabbing Senator Paddy Wilson ( if......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Cathy Bernstein, east 84th Street: Carl Schurz Park: It’s easy to hear this park’s name and think Carl Schultz, the creator of the beloved Charlie Brown cartoons. In reality, Carl Schurz Park was named in 1910 to honor the soldier,......

in response to: Saturday Walk by Laura

chiamattt: Perhaps it's the Vominator?...

in response to: At the CNE: Amusement Bot #1 by jeeff

willynelly: Old neighborhoods that at one time were nice for people to live and work in.It has happened from one end of this country to the other,when blacks move in and take over a neighborhood.Go to......

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

EvilGentleman: Beautiful sentiments, jack. I salute you, and I thank you for ably representing my many family members, friends and fellow Mohawks who have taken part in the following conflicts since American Independence: The American Revolution (both......

in response to: Parade Day by jack

Peter: i love the brackish part of downtown {nyc} where {chinatown} and {little italy} literally run together... lots of italian flags and restaurants, but a huge majority of {signage} in chinese....

in response to: Not-Chinatown / Fish-heads On Ice by aer suzuki

George T.: Too bad one has to squirm and agonize before saying 'Chinatown' or 'Japtown' or whatever. A Chinese knows that he is Chinese, for heaven's sake. 'ID' my foot - or should I say fish head.......

in response to: Not-Chinatown / Fish-heads On Ice by aer suzuki

jeeff: in toronto most of the various ethnic neighbourhoods just get the "little" tag - little portugal, little korea, little india, etc. and yet we still have 2 'chinatown' neighbourhoods in the east and west....

in response to: Not-Chinatown / Fish-heads On Ice by aer suzuki

elaine: ITUC, i was in liverpool from about 1979 to 1985, i went to art school there, which as you know is not far from chinatown. this was before all day drinking and there was a......

in response to: Not-Chinatown / Fish-heads On Ice by aer suzuki

jack: they should call it 'asianation'. the fish heads are great for soups. thirty years ago a client of mine invited me to his daughters wedding. it was held at #1 canal street......

in response to: Not-Chinatown / Fish-heads On Ice by aer suzuki

I.T.U.C.: It is believed that the Chinese community in {Liverpool} Uk, is possibly the oldest in the world. The first Chinese people are supposed to have been Merchants and Sailors, who worked the trade routes to......

in response to: Not-Chinatown / Fish-heads On Ice by aer suzuki

elaine: nice post. in london our chinatown is still chinatown, but then i think it really is actually chinese. it is very central, and i think the chinese residents have enough of a time trying to......

in response to: Not-Chinatown / Fish-heads On Ice by aer suzuki

shandy: I'm white and my place in Bushwick was the first I moved to when I came to New York. I had no idea what neighborhood meang what, I moved there firstly because my friend lived......

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

Sean MacCloud: *A DUDE here* said "but what would it feel like if it were just her there? just her with the pervert?" Hmmm... If would feel like... wimmins is not equal for genetic reasons and dependent on......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

EvilGentleman: Something about Chinatown neighbourhoods and graf trux. That is where I seem to find them in Montreal, too...

in response to: 125 bowery, room 11 by vz

EvilGentleman: Hmmm, I wonder if hookers get charged with tax evasion very often. Do they have to remit T-4 slips that list their "personal escort" income in the appropriate boxes, and if so, are they later......

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

EvilGentleman: I find it absolutely amazing how two-faced are America's greatest friends in NATO, whether here in Canada, or over in France, Germany, Norway, Turkey, etc... I mean, yes, it clear that the Americans do many......

in response to: Noise of Manhattan by Pierre

EvilGentleman: Jack, I believe a lot of the ladies who graduated from Bimbo U were able to distinguish themselves in ways above and beyond the norm. I heard one of the best profs there was Phil......

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Elaine, I applaud your desire to be eaten by Magpies. But please wait until you're very old. You're a good friend to the birds. Elicar, Is that pigeon on waterskis? Great shot. Metoo, I know a......

in response to: Seagulls and Pigeons Unite by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

EvilGentleman: Interesting shots of the skeleton of the old porn theatre (was it the Eve or the Picadilly? I can't remember. Never went in one of those places in my life). It really helps to illustrate......

in response to: montreal by hool

Mach: On the other hand, truth composed inbetween the split seconds of an SLR is rarely a given on unpublished photos and even less so without explanatory captions. Pictures 7-8 reveal her getting the upper hand in......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

SamFarber: popasmuf: 1st Feb 2006 - 22:43 GMT I can't believe this lady didn't expect some kind of reaction when she did this. Go literally block down the road from this incident and there are logans and rancid......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

My backyard isn't a landfill! : To Mr. Detroit. I'm glad you think that garbage isn't important since Toronto sends all of it's garbage to Michigan. I don't want to live in a dump and I have written essays on changing public......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

popasmuf: Why does this become a battle of car verses bike? She might drive a Hummer after work who the fuck knows, it really has nothing to do with the incident. If she threw a meat pie at......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

popasmuf: I can't believe this lady didn't expect some kind of reaction when she did this. It would be like me going up to her and ripping her headphones off her head, because I have a personal......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

too funny: The cyclist was way out of line. She's so self righteous and full of sh*t. She goes ballistic over a little garbage that might have fallen out of the motorists car, yet she was right......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

American G.I.: At least we the people of the United States of America vote people into office. You still have a royal family and your excuse for a government is a joke. We fought you twice and......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Rafinator: I just found out about Parkour and i've been dying to try it out. if anyone could maybe tell me how to get startd it'd be great. I live in Philadelphia, PA United......

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

hool: in toronto, there are large communities of many nationalities. little portugal, little italy, little india, chinatown, little chinatown, greektown, little poland (roncesvalles). the list goes on and on. ...

in response to: Dec 05 2005 Toronto by hool

NET ONE 156 KRT: Words of the Prophets Take to the Rooftops by Cathy Hong SUBJECT — The Extreme Graffiti Hall of Murals LOCATION — Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens Les had no equipment but a backpack full of spray cans. (He......

in response to: Wherefore ART Thou, Ellis? by GGP

Balloonhedz: thanks for the kudos :-) I hope the renovation includes serious exterminator work..Im sure theres lots of critters there to be dealt with. Unfortunately the gentrification is whats making the area attractive. ...

in response to: 14th St smoke by Balloonhedz

Peter: damn straight ill believe! i want to believe, in case you didnt get that. show me that shit, man... it would totally make my day, by the way. if you cant figure out how to......

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

ICE BayBuhBayBuh...: I love cops....as a mattter of fact my ......is a captain...and .. sons were NSV for all who don't know....originators in WPB. big ups from...SENSE VINYL.. DOVE HERK MSG ICE IMK AM7 MESK SUPER I......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

GGP: don't let them mow your lawn against your will, Jeeff! "a mowed lawn is an ecological wasteland"--butterflies, bees, and other pollinators love "weeds" whatever happens lawnwise if your life, i love these shots, this ambiance. BTW, my partner......

in response to: the hutch condos by jeeff

jeeff: hi jo. here's a quickie travel guide for toronto, ##but## i'm writing this with one condition for you: please take some photos, write some stuff, and post an article here about your trip! first off,......

in response to: Toronto for a week by jo

Peter: sine and i were hanging out in chinatown that day, eating veggie dimsum. i think she took like 200 photos that day :)...

in response to: Chinatown by sine

jeeff: wow, are all the electrical boxes in portland chromed like that? it looks like the bad terminator from T2 is playing hide and seek....

in response to: landmark by ea

Christine: Rollingwood is a shit-pile of a town. A wanna-be suburb 2 miles from another shit-hole, (Austin). I can see why you moved out of your home...It too was a shit-pile...a single story pile of shit! You......

in response to: And so this is winter at Bandit\'s Cave by Marc

Peter: here's a {dr. sex} piece from high atop {canal street} in {chinatown}, {nyc}: [[img:1915]]...

in response to: Dr. Sex Graffiti by Legalize Life

Peter: thats the whole point of this site- the banalities of an everyday {urban} existence that, though familiar and perhaps uninteresting to you, might be fascinating to people who have never been to your {city} or......

in response to: Track 5, Newark Penn Station by Peter

sine: mad props to the originator DONDI! ...

in response to: Dondi: NYC King by Peter

Flower: Re: Justice Monument, Clerkenwell Green I think that Banksy is certainly an interesting guy but I am not sure that the above stunt is really terribly impressive. The words of MC Dynamite are quite frankly crass,......

in response to: Justice Monument, Clerkenwell Green by banksyfan

Marc: local news consists of murders, violence, stuff that keeps u in your house and afraid of your neighbors-- and as media ownership consolidates, there is less and less "local" news- corporations like clearchannel buy up......

in response to: Fisherman\'s Wharf and the Full House Houses by Marc

elaine: ackroyd's main idea, apparrently, is that london is like a volcano and some bits are fast flowing and some are fixed, and that over 2000 years there are areas which have stayed the same,......

in response to: Hack the City by Marc

Watcher: its like urban anatomy.... peeling thru delicate layers of skin to get to the space inside....

in response to: Public Library by fuzzytank

Mad Jane: Whenever I pass the wall in your first photo, I experience a strange combination of anxiety and joy. That whole area between Chinatown and Spring Garden st. fascinates me. Where do you live, vz?......

in response to: ghosts of 19123 by vz

aajakaista: Re: chinatown is a cool place ...

in response to: Chinatown by sine

Ken: I was living in Zagreb from Sep 96 to Mar 97. I was serving with NATO. Zagreb is a beautiful city with many great sites to see. I would love to go......

in response to: Zagreb by GWC

Peter: I live in nyc and am really familiar with nyc's chinatown... but ive been to philly's once, and really enjoyed it- the giant red wooden arch over the street, all the markets- cleaner, more open......

in response to: Chinatown by Mad Jane

Kevin: Philly's Chinatown is such an alluring area...the way it hugs the Vine St. Expressway and Arch St. Nice pic...I go to Temple and live in North Philly...please keep posting...

in response to: Chinatown by Mad Jane

hool: toronto - don't make eye contact in the streets and for the love of fucking god do not under any circumstances talk to anyone even if they talk to you first - if you're temporarily disoriented, look......

in response to: The Lost Rules of Living in NYC: by Peter

Peter: All cities have a common denominator: ...

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