Comments about neighbour

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EvilGentleman: Oh no worries. Your photos are very welcome. I just know that when threads get too long, it slows down the servers, and also causes problems for the viewers with slow connections. Although, I have suggested......

in response to: Graffiti Factory: Behind the Babcock & Wilcox Boiler Plant Part 1 by EvilGentleman

Franny Wentzel: Our neighbours Lucy and Douglas Fehr ran a Christmas tree stand during the holidays...

in response to: Truck Boner by Peter

Franny Wentzel: I wonder if the neighbourhood described by JD Salinger in 'De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period' - he puts the 'Les Amis Des Vieux Maîtres' correspondence school in "The Verdun" above an orthopedic appliances store - has......

in response to: NDG by CE

Melissa: I'm sick of this. This article was written in 2007. It's August 2009 and nothing has been done. I live across the street from the park and am sick of seeing my......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

David - Bond Street, Londonderry: The "Trooper" mural on Bond Street in Londonderry is one of a series of murals in the area by "Attitude". Artists Dee Logan and Marty Edwards took the Trooper influence because of the feeling......

in response to: The Waterside by Jamie

livia: Urban planning ... ?? ... I have mixed feelings about it ... In that "Pilot Plan" picture, shaped like a dragonfly, cross, airplane, etc. Those wings are known as the North Wing and South Wing......

in response to: Brasilia in Old Photos by Franny Wentzel

Unknown: Okay, here's the deal; the neighbourhood itself (Victoria Park Av. west to Woodbine Av., from the lake north to Kingston Road) has always been called 'The Beach'. 'The Beaches' includes 'The Beach' plus other neighbourhoods......

in response to: A Day in the Life by Elicar

anon (modemcable197.57-131-66.mc.videotron.ca): this building is my neighbour!...

in response to: In Graffiti We Trust by EvilGentleman

Gertrude: Okay, some of you went way off topic, but anyway.... I have lived in four different provinces. I now live in Quebec, and can not find a doctor. I had one, but moved out of the......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

Urban Neighbourhood: Absolutely great! [[http://urbanneighbourhood.wordpress.com/2009/01/11/the-oldest-subway-tunnel-in-the-world]]...

in response to: Oldest Subway Tunnel in the World by adam

Frank: I've been driving in front of this daycare for years now. There used to be some military house right next to it, right? I remember the first time we saw it, at like 17. Only......

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

Jesse: ho sorry for that... seems I didn't lived enough in the city to remember how to spell properly neighbourhoods names! numb? english is not my first language... so I'm not sure to get what you mean .........

in response to: Fisherman in Kesingston by Jesse

Franny Wentzel: I tried to read as many of these post as I could and the one question I have to ask is of what earthly good is a 'poor' neighbourhood if it fails to provide and......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

anon (80-192-170-174.cable.ubr02.blac.blueyonder.co.uk): i have to agree with your comment regaurds to possilpark i myself was born and bread in posso th pictures posted on hear are of the houses that were ready 4 demolition for new......

in response to: Glasgow Schemes2 by kobie

CC: I was born and raised in North Devon (1946-1976). I lived on Smith Street. The building in the 3rd pic was the CIBC bank. It was robbed in the early 70s. The 4th pic shows "Bolen's......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

Amy: I have a family of coons living in my neighbours tree. They come out every night and tear our trash open if they can. Id rather my kids see them and be amazed, and watch......

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

Story: Hi, I am an artist living in Hackney, London in the United Kingdom. Me and a friend are looking to spend 3 months in New York next year doing the galleries and looking into artist......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

rachamim ben ami: Wow! People are still riffing on this crap? ##"Hells Angles are evil!/Hells Angels are great, they make our block safe!"## What a bunch of garbage. Either way no one here seems to know one way......

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

Urban Neighbourhood: Gentrification is one of those things that you either love or hate. The debate on it tends to be very polarized, but cities are not going to oppose it because it means higher property taxes......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

dglenn: Getting back to Toronto neighbourhoods... The Bluffs, The Beach, Queen West, Kensington(Kensington Market), Cabbagetown, Corktown, Regent Park, Liberty Village, Yorkville, Christie Pits, Swansea, Parkdale, Roncesvalle Village, etc....

in response to: October on the Danforth by Michelle

jeeff: the neighbourhood is {little portugal}....

in response to: Cameraphone Funnel Cloud by jeeff

Karla from Toronto canada Hi neighbour :): Cool shot of this.Great place to have a scary halloween party.And if this place is really haunted I would be glad to take a after midnight tour.Im no freak but im into the paranormal stuff....

in response to: Smallpox Hospital by Ilona

Ursus: I have just applied the Black Anti-Vandal/Intruder paint to My connifer because the local brats were severely damaging it, It looks a real eyesore from the damage they caused so I decided to coat it......

in response to: Anti-Climb Paint by kobe

Tabersnack: 68. People on the street ask you if you speak English or French and you assume they will just ask you for money and keep walking. 69. The habs win one damn series and......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Annon I am one of the O'Reilly's from Caroline Street. Very respectable family! You will see an earlier entry about my dad Tom, he had an allotment on Tramway Road. Both he and my......

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

Bob Salmon: Hi James Off hand I cannot remember Mike Melani although the name rings a bell somewhere? Peter Robinson I remember from school and have not heard of him since we left school. Malcolm Kennedy was a good......

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

grd: it wasn't banksy, it was some guy called Hutch. Here it is... [[img:28015]] I don't see why the neighbours complained, it's not really offensive. ...

in response to: Banksy Work Painted Over by Islington Council? by Jamie

Bruce: There is a family of about 5 or 6 raccoons tearing through my neighbourhood right now making loud noises. They were on my neighbour's roof, so I went to fetch ma paintball gun, n......

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

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello again Dean, thanks for your speedy reply, I had no idea that your "grandy" had such an interesting past. I can remember she was always busy as you can imagine, but never too busy......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Jesse: We moved to the northside when moving here from Ontario. Fredericton is about 20 yrs behind well anywhere else in Canada especially when it comes to shopping. My god its a capital city and full......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

CE: The first picture is why I love vernacular architecture so much, you can get such a feeling of place from it. When I first looked at the first picture, I forgot to look at......

in response to: Journey Down Baltimore Avenue by serlingrod

Deb Simpkins (Massey): Hi Stuart, no need to apologise, it was all done in good fun - at school on my last day. (and you are right - it was probably all Gaz!!). You and Garry ran off with......

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

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Stuart, I don't remember being in Mr Killers class... I will scan the pic I have, hopefully it will come out half decent, tho it's not a good copy to start with. I remember......

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

Julian Austin-Seal: Hi Anne, thanks for your reply, tried replying earlier, but found problems posting my comment, im glad you have simmilar opinions about the film 'stand by me', now its summer and i would like to......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Re; KOTS: Hi James, I dont live in Cadishead anymore, now live in Hazel Grove after living in moton for 8 years. The great thing about Cadishead and Irlam was that There was lots of people to......

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

Cyril B: Hi Sheila, That's right! Wash Farm.I expect all that old machinery will be lying in some museum by now.. The wrestling club I think was run by his son who had competed in the Olympics at some......

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

Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Aiden I remember Alan Shaw, he married a girl called Lorraine. I also remember there was a lady called Mabel who ran the White Horse. My mother Josie O'Reilly and a neighbour......

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

cyril bagshaw: Hi Sue Must get those photos on somehow..... I've only just been tutored in posting photos by Alan. If you like,email cyrilab@optusnet.com.au and I will pass on the routine. Certainly do remember McKinnell's Taxis....we got our first......

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

jeeff: "block-busting" is a little different than what you describe, and probably not exactly what went on here. in the US, real estate agents would leave pamphlets and things in target neighbourhoods warning that minorities......

in response to: Abandoned Homes by JayEastsider

Rob: I've read that developers engaged in "block-busting" in the 1950s in that area, buying as many houses as they could and then boarding them up. The idea behind this was to kill the neighbourhood and......

in response to: Abandoned Homes by JayEastsider

EvilGentleman: El, since they were government-funded homes originally intended for the families of veterans returning from WWII, it is most unfortunate that the government decided to stop funding them. If you look at the comments in the......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

CE: Wow! that street is filthy! The amount of trash on the streets seems to be one of the biggest differences I've seen between Canadian and American cities. Even in my neighbourhood in Montreal,......

in response to: Keep Bushwick Clean & Rats Out by Peter

anon (206-248-159-228.dsl.teksavvy.com): Wow! that street is filthy! The amount of trash on the streets seems to be one of the biggest differences I've seen between Canadian and American cities. Even in my neighbourhood in Montreal,......

in response to: Keep Bushwick Clean & Rats Out by Peter

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Joanne, I too, enjoy reading your posts. I realise the point Alan was trying to make. He certainly wasn't trying to put you off, just protect you from some private information being disclosed......

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

Pat Bolton, nee Gillet: Russell Smith, I remeber you and Gail and your Mum Barbara. Your Gran lived over the road from me here in Victory Road, and before that in Buckingham Road where I was born. I also......

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

Guy McLaren: Drum Rock was further up the hill, This is in the valley. Drum Rock is now being turned into a residential neighbourhood, The Provincial Vets were there for a while. I remember the drum rock......

in response to: Government by Guy McLaren

Sheila Hilton: Have been reading the various comments - one concerning Irlam Hall. An elderly (now deceased) neighbour of mine - Bert Whitehead - was a local photographer for many years. Some readers will probably have known......

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

Frank: DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS! Its really not a difficult concept to understand. Who knows you might even make friends with those neighbours who don't have alot of respect for you because you just don't......

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

Bob Salmon: Re the Bobs Ferry Accident: As remembered by Bob Salmon, an Inquest Witness. On the morning in question, I was awoken by a neighbour in Lytherton Avenue Cadishead, saying that she thought there was a gas leak......

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

Larry, here is an article about this in the paper today in Toronto: The Toronto Star THE FIXER Irresponsible kite-flyers need to clean up their act Oct 16, 2007 04:30 AM Jack Lakey Staff Reporter Telling someone to "go fly a kite" is a rather gentle rebuff, but kite flying can cause serious problems. Few......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

CE: This alley runs north/south whereas the railway runs east/west (by Montreal definitions which anyone from Montreal knows have nothing to do with what a compass might tell you). The trees that can bee seen......

in response to: Two Strips of Dirt by CE

Mark: Thanks for posting the photos of Barton power station; they have assisted me enormously with my research. I'm a legal academic in the field of environmental law and am putting the final touches to a......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

polish worker: i love the mural art but i cantunderstand why the loyalist art is so much better than the republican art.since we arrived from poland nearly four years ago we have lived in a loyalist area......

in response to: Cuban Solidarity Mural by Jamie

Frank: I have 3 or 4 huge fat raccoons that visit regularly on my flat garage roof. The mess they leave behind is utterly disgusting! I have to go up there at least once a week......

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

kricket: it is the largest. great place in a great neighbourhood, i remember having a lot of fun digging there a few years ago....

in response to: Amoeba on Haight by serlingrod

CE: Not where I live. If you look at some of my past {Griffintown} posts, you will find that my neighbourhood is pretty barren and devoid of people or amenities (our only park [other than......

in response to: Griffintown Community Board by CE

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

EvilGentleman: Thanks. Sorry I did not identify Gwang-ju as a different city, but you often title your posts after neighbourhoods, so I seldom even read the titles, since I never recognize anything. One day I will......

in response to: Gwang-ju by chiamattt

ffox88: Hey... some heartfelt stories to be read here. I had my bike (Grey Kona Condercone 2004) stolen last week in Riverdale. I'm devastated. This bike has been with me over 12000km all over Germany. For......

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

Toxteth Riot: Hi EvilGentleman. I don't like the term FYROM. I am not a fan of the term Republic of Macedonia either. The Graeco-Romans, that is, the indigenous population of the South-Easter Meditarranean, as a people share a common......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

Sheila Hilton: Found this photo given to me by an elderly (now deceased) neighbour, some years ago. I doubt anybody will remember this house that stood where the current police station now stands. Apparently, it was the......

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

CE: Ah, the ETS residences, there always seem to be weird parties in that building. I was invited to the annual beach party in the court yard by some people at the bizarre student dep.......

in response to: Griffentown (William) by Cinic

CE: Great pic. I was jsut talking about this place with my neighbour last night. He just moved his glass shop out of this place into my building....

in response to: RCA Building by Cinic

CE: The first half seem so wealthy to me because they look very much like the housing stock in parts of {Westmount} (and some of the wealthier areas of {NDG}) here in Montreal. These neighbourhoods......

in response to: Forest Park Southeast by maybetoday

CE: The first half of the article make it look like a very wealthy neighbourhood and the second half makes it look very poor. is there a class divide somewhere or is it just in......

in response to: Forest Park Southeast by maybetoday

Glenn Freeman: Hi, Just googling pics of my old neighbourhood. I live in Europe now, and haven't lived in Montreal for 10 years now. IIRC, They were still working on Benny Farm back then. Grüß aus Deutschland, Glenn...

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

jeeff: hi maybetoday, i liked this post. there seems to be a real strong circular undulating rhythm to the row houses in your photos. is this a boston thing, or just one neighbourhood? ......

in response to: Fifteen Pictures of Boston by maybetoday

jeeff: february is grim, but the true love cafe at sherbourne & dundas is sure to raise one's spirits. especially considering the venerable filmore's hotel just down dundas street. here's a shot taken from......

in response to: Toronto - February 17-19 2007 by CE

EvilGentleman: Socially stratified contrasts in high proximity. Some of it has been like that for decades, if not centuries, like the famous divide of Westmount, with those "above the tracks" being wealthy, while those "below the......

in response to: Revolt! by CE

Frank S. Besner: The strong Socialist/Communist presence in the Pointe has always hit me as something of an obvious necessity. I haven't experienced a neighbourhood in witch the pattern of affluence and scarcity is so tightly sandwiched. The......

in response to: Revolt! by CE

CE: These are some of my favourite types of posts. The one's that give you a real sense of the city and its neighbourhoods....

in response to: Benton Park by maybetoday

Jay: I grew up nearby and walked past Benny Farim on my way to Monklands H.S. (now a Sr Citizens Residence) Had many friends who lived here and remember the community sense that exited. ......

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

Jackie: This is the sort of yellow dust you would find in my neighbours house...

in response to: Yellow Sand by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: I could have sworn the first conquest of Alexander was Greece. So the big question would then be, was it a civil war or an invasion? Considering the classical Greek habit of describing both Macedon......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

sirhcbre: I agree with a lot of what has already been said. Here are my two cents: -Profiles would be nice but shouldn't be mandatory. If someone wants one, they should be able to create......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

Sirhcbre: The tag in the first picture in blue is all over the place in my neighbourhood in Montreal....

in response to: Dec 29 2006 Toronto by hool

Guy McLaren: It happened over the road, Everyone went to bed as normal, Fireworks had been thrown into the sky by some inconsiderate neighbours most of the afternoon. Suspicions are that a rocket landed on the tarp......

in response to: Fireworks Causes Fire by Guy McLaren

A Child of Benny Farm: My parents moved to Benny Farm in 1961 as newlyweds. I was born on Benny Farm as were my siblings. Over the years, we lived in four different apartments. I have nothing......

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

EvilGentleman: The old name of the neighbourhood, Notre-Dame-de-Grace (Our Lady of Grace). It was also the name of the area from when it became an independent city in 1906, until it was swallowed up by Montreal......

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

Daniel: Can the guy who posted the photo from the top of his building looking east from NDG post one looking west? There's a great photo from the same area from 1925 on the McCord Museum's website. I......

in response to: NDG by CE

John Day: There are a lot of other varibales involved for the successful "turn around" of a neighbourhood than a handful of artist saying their work single handedly turned it around. "Protectionism" is not one of them....

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

jeeff: artists are only an example in this case because the neighbourhood became an art destination. i would be equally concerned if the neighbourhood had been turned around by portuguese bakers, who were then priced......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

John Day: I don't think artist should get preferential treatment because they believe the universe is centered around them. What about all the other talented people in Toronto who go on with their daily lives and contribute......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

lala: its so beautiful, it reminds me of my neighbourhood in Sydney (kinda)...

in response to: On the Way to Manhattan by jack

Aaron J Ban: As a resident of the neighbourhood, and an artist, and as a person that recently purchased a home at West Side Lofts I can't say enough how rediculous your argument is to make 48 Abell......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

fedup: It's been awhile since my last post. Summary: Got TWO raccoons in my live trap, and relocated them to a friendlier neighbourhood (a little more than 1 km away I guess, about 25......

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

Veteran's daughter: I lived here from 1963 - 1966 and remember it as being rather nice. Went back to Montreal about 6 years ago, and took a tour around the old neighbourhood. I was shocked to see......

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

jeeff: i think its just one of those silly things people hang on to in order to seperate "us" from "them". just like the endless argument over "the beach" or "the beaches" neighbourhood. my own opinion......

in response to: Quay to the City by jeeff

Tamara: Aaaahhhhh my neighbourhood... Starbucks! Church Street is for everyone, gay, straight and everything inbetween. Albeit Jack, for people with open minds. Love the mohawk, I think I need to get me a magenta one of......

in response to: Into Coffee by Biff

Michelle: I am happy to have stumbled upon this chat. I live at 48 abell st. and am part of a newly formed residence group called Model48 that is fighting alongside Active 18 to keep......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

EvilGentleman: Judging from the responses to his articles, I would say that Scott Sargent has managed to piss off a lot of people with the "Most Boring Towns" series. I personally do not find it wise......

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

fedup: That's it. I've had it. I just can't be 'senstive' any longer. If I go to the country, I will be cognizant of being in the raccoons backyard and act accordingly (let him/her have their......

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

Desprate Oct 6,06: Thanks Autumn, I'll try your suggestions. It probably doesn't help that our backyard is on a ravine that connects to conservation. A lot of our neighbours have bird feeders,friut trees and fish ponds. In the past years......

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

Biff: This is what I e-mailed my councillor and the mayor: Please consider making 48 Abell Street an heritage building. I think the city should stick to it's official plan.There have been too many exemptions .......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

jeeff: ps. on rereading my letter, i think i didn't explain myself well at the end. it probably seems counterintuitive that i'm arguing against condos as destroying the residential flavour of our neighbourhood. in......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

Sirhcbre: Your neighbourhood looks absolutely beautiful...

in response to: First Dusting of Snow by Jamie

Sirhcbre: I never would have thought it would have been stolen here. It's such a quiet neighbourhood. The worst part is I just got it fixed literally 12 hours before it was stolen. ......

in response to: Laundromat Graf by CE

Sirhcbre: Oh, I guess I never mentioned that, I'm in Montreal now. I just took these pictures yesterday. I guess I was sort of going to announce that with another post that I was......

in response to: NDG Graf by CE