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Bayside Watcher: There are many interesting posts here and many interesting questions and facts to check on. In one of the previous posts it is questioned if it is true that Congregation Shaare Zedek used funds intended for......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Nick Snewf: I live on the corner of Bushwick and Granite in the Biko Transformation Center. My only complaint about living in Far East Bushwick is the lack of a neighborhood bar (that is licensed and which......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: yeah, thats a car-hauling TTX car, and lots of those run on BNSF. as both a new yorker and a graf fan, i dig this. thanks for the post, eg!...

in response to: 9-11 Train Graf: To All Those in Heaven by EvilGentleman

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

Peter: youre right, rich. just up the block, more or less, from my old place at {park place} and {washington}. seems like some of brooklyn's oddest ride that shuttle train, ha. people-watching around there is lots......

in response to: NYPD by Peter

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

Humboldt1: I am one of those yuppies moving in and buying up property. I see real opportunity in areas like Humboldt Park and Logan Square. Now, I live in Humboldt Park in an apartment......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

mary strong: A few weeks back we had entertainment down our clubhouse on the isle of sheepy and was entertained by the barrow boys and i was sure i knew the man dressed in buttons, and when......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Sue Freeman: Anyone who wants to go explore these and other Ithaca area waterfalls would do well to pick up a copy of "200 Waterfalls in Central & Western New York - A Finders. Guide." http://www.footprintpress.com. It's......

in response to: Ithaca Is Gorgeous! by Peter

river otters21 girl: It is a darn shame to see hear what happened to Kensington. Oh, I agree with YourOwnFault 100% except that this cancer known as white flight took place more recently than the 50s and......

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

Violet Birchall: Hello Anne and Brian, Seems such a long time ago when we all went out for a drink together and such a suprise to find you on this site ,we are both enjoying retirement there is......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

surviving: Tex ......

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

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

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

Juanita: What great pictures. Takes me back to my youth = 1926 to 1949 when I moved to california. Went back for a visit in 1975 but not since. I went to Wellington......

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

New to Hutch: I just moved here a few months ago, and while I agree that Hutch is not the best town in the world. It's not the worst either. There's a lot of complaint about......

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

kidcapri22yrs: ok, ok what some people are saying are that, the nazi-ideology has infiltrated the american gov't from 1930's to present, built one of their many capitol structures to capture and enslave non-anglo americans. what are......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

jeremy(WaV3z): Dis store is type small but its sicC 4real best graffiti store ever n the area its in is great lots of art ima make this my new graffiti supplie store 4 now on lol...

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Peter: Ok, so I just got back, and here are the photos: [[img:27389]] the northwest corner of {central} and {bleeker}... [[img:27390]] a wider view of the same spot... [[img:27391]] the southwest corner of {central} and {bleeker}... im sure that {upfromflames} could tell us......

in response to: Bushwick Remembered Photo Collective by upfromflames

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

jeeff: you've probably already checked the new york times archives (free access with signup), but if not it has about 70 hits for "federation of american motorcyclists", with lots of articles from that time period....

in response to: Brooklyn Motorcycle History by cycles-past

anon 2: This is a bit of a late response, but for people who wander across this later.... I grew up in New York City and San Francisco. When I was in Las Vegas, I made a......

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

janet: Hi Stan--You're probably close to my vintage. I'm trying without luck to call up a memory of Famous on Schenectady--I lived just around the corner and went to 167--so there it was during the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Liam McCann: Reading your article was like going back home. I grew up on 87th ST. off of Lex and remember alot ot the locations you cited. I remember what the Rupert Towers development was......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Johnson: YESiam.. Just as I suspected. You work for the city, my hard earned (OVERPRICED) tax dollars fund your life. That is why you love it in Hutchinson so much. That is very typical of Hutchinsonians......

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

sonia: bushwick is a very good place to live you have a lot of low income families who live there but there are alot of whites moveing in i have notice a lot of new houses......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Keith Smith: Hi Cadisheaders,I used to live on Atherton lane behind the George hotel,and spent years down the bamas fishing on the newt pond,had a great bonfire every year on the bamas,shooting slug guns on the railway......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Dick: The neighborhood during the early 40's was fabulous. PS 241 on President Street was new. In the schoolyard, softball center & right field were along the fence to the BMT trench. A home run hit......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

MaGoo: PS: Just for context- so that you realize that my observations are quite balanced and unbiased: I was raised by a single parent on welfare- we were abjectly poor. Most of our neighbors who were Bushwick......

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

little ukraine: oops hit post too soon- just a few more words - the area i described has been well under... er, 'development' for over a decade, and it's hitting the point where shitloads of condos are......

in response to: Help This Newbie by lou

Teresa: Jim, I took your email and will be in contact some time soon. A reunion of some sort would be awesome, especially the school in the school, I've wanted to go in numerous times just don't......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

tito: Brooklyn bushwick is gangster look back in the 80's and 90' when john gotti was running it . Now theres a new breed of gangster !!! The only thing that has change is the pack of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Dee: I remember this very vividly. the looters were running down my block with televisions, diapers, stereos u name it. We sat on my stoop just watching. Now I'd be petrified but then well......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

whowalkinbrooklyn.com: lots of interesting comments here, some ridiculous yuppie wannabes, but many more sincere & heartening-- esp. about Bushwick's Italian heritage & Spanish-speaking peoples. One thing i'd like to add tho' is, all this BULLSHIT about,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: Armstrong: sorry for the delay. The answer to your question is an interesting one, since you (as a better off new--white--face the hood) represent one of the forces creating change in this area. Gentrification is......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

Anne M. Berger: I grew up in Brooklyn in the forties and fifties. It was truly the melting pot. I went to St. Joseph's on Sydam St. My Irish friends went to St. Lenords on Toutman?......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: BD: I truly appreciate your response. Maybe that is why I posted it. Thanks for taking the bait! Your perspective is clearly rich in experience, and me, well, I am a non-NYer who has just......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: In response to upfromflames regarding Bushwick Corners: This response requires both historical perspective and adjustment of mind set to the Colonial New World. The 17th Century was a fundamentally agrarian society dedicated and tied to land......

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

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: Part IB - Birth - Billyburg's First Hipsters Came From.....Bushwick: Bushwick was mainly pastoral in pre- and post-Revolutionary War Kings County; salt meadows offered excellent grazing. Farming was central to the local economy. However, by the......

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

jack: where those quonset huts used by the pilots? but why would they run you kiddies through emergency procedures in the 70's, there was not much going on. england, that mighty fortress, that island, sorry,......

in response to: The End of the Brotherhood Winery Collection by jack

grange: Killing natural wild life ? We have that up here with the coyotes.Farmers hunting them for the same reason . I guess when it comes to protecting farm animals farmers are not the shepards of......

in response to: Raptors by Guy McLaren

.nanotech.: [[img:18457]] [[img:18458]] [[img:18459]] [[img:18462]] [[img:18463]] [[img:18464]] [[img:18465]] [[img:18466]] [[img:18467]] [[img:18468]] [[img:18469]] [[img:18470]] [[img:18471]] * The Queen of England has reportedly been buying up property in Colorado under a proxy. * There is a lot of "secret society" symbology at the airport,......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Anthony: I live near Denver International Airport and have been there many, many times and have seeked out and found everything mentioned here and then some. I first heard about the DIA conspiracies a few......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Andrew Smith: Excellent photo's & local history Dave, very interesting to see and read - thanks. Paul - there is still a Newsagents at Galliers, not sure if it's run by the same people. Irlam is looking......

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

Colt.: I see the neighborhood gentrifying actually working, right now i was by there and they had a starbucks, blockbuster, and bestbuy. There are tons of nice new Huge High-Rises, Chicago, is becoming a lot nicer,......

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

Red: Moved into 2555 Linden Blvd. in Cypress Projects when they were new; until I got into a fight (1964) with one of the black neighbors...we were all so friendly for a few years and......

in response to: Brooklyn Broadcast & Audio by Peter

benji: yeah bam, i wish i could say i saved for mine but i put it on credit (eeep... i better not lose my job...) but for anyone looking for a new cam, i'd definitly reccomend......

in response to: The Cameras of Citynoise by ksedge

Chris Erb: From the information I've been given concerning apartment rental in Montreal, the city only has a 2% vacancy rate for low income apartments (prices that low income families, students, or new immigrants can afford). ......

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

Chris Erb: This is the oldest style of busses in the cities fleet. Some new funding is being thrown at transit in Canada (this may change with our new Conservative government) so I imagine these busses......

in response to: L\'autobus Partie Deux by CE

Whipslinger: Peter, to cure your curiousity about all those vast vacant lots, they used to house 12 story clusters of housing projects with names like Prince St. and Hayes Homes and Scudder Homes etc. They......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

TheTruth: "I see it more as a class war than a race war." "...But that doesn't explain why, poor or not, the residents of Bushwick didn't have enough self-respect to take care of their neighborhood." Dave, did you......

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

T Bagz: Its funny what everyone here thinks of Brooklyn. Yall bin listenin to too much news and rap music. I liv in Bed Stuy and seen lots of tragedies but unless you come round here at......

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

Oscar Ramirez: Announcement: Nuevo y Encantador Libro Sobre Cuba Celebra la Vida! CUBA, I REMEMBER YOU/CUBA, TE RECUERDO ENGLISH BELOW Para ordenar, favor de llamar a la editorial Airleaf Publishing al 1-800-342-6068 Por El Dr. Oscar M. Ramírez-Orbea Una colección bilingüe de......

in response to: I Know: by Peter

Oscar Ramirez: Announcement: Nuevo y Encantador Libro Sobre Cuba Celebra la Vida! CUBA, I REMEMBER YOU/CUBA, TE RECUERDO ENGLISH BELOW Para ordenar, favor de llamar a la editorial Airleaf Publishing al 1-800-342-6068 Por El Dr. Oscar M. Ramírez-Orbea Una colección bilingüe de......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

EvilGentleman: In May of 1989, my best friend Mike and had been driving for 6 days when we arrived in Las Vegas around 1 PM, and rather than continuing on, we decided to stop there for......

in response to: Piano Man by jack

Rob: Thanks Rick for your mini review and google search and paste for the words “buddy bike.” But as the owner of the above bike, let me clear a few things up: Regarding the bike pictured: It is......

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

Rick Paulos: Every thing old will be new again. First invented and sold in the 1890s. They were called Sociables in the 1890's. They used to make 2 or 3 wheel versions. Regarding the bike pictured: I own one too. ......

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

Grange: the city council last year flew the rainbow flag for gay pride week . Man you should have seen the gay haters come out of the wood work .The city wanted to include everyone when......

in response to: The Churchmouse and Firkin by Biff

cookie 10: My family moved to Brighton Beach in the 60's and coney island in the 70's. In the 60's it was beautiful. In the mid 70's both Brighton and Coney Island had turn to sh*t. All......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

SadStateOfAffairs: Rich - come back soon - a lot has changed since '94 - the park has been renovated, boathouse etc...the founders of the Kings still live in the hood but they have gotten older too.......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Bean: I'm reading There are no Children here, and work on the South Side of Chicago, I'm meeting the author at the end of this month, which will be intersting. Most of the Projects in Chicago,......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

anon (38.117.238.62): foodguy1 please open up an italian restaurant, but do it over on wyckoff ave. People are craving more places to eat over here. Right now all we have is Northeast Kingdom and we would love......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: I have to agree that citynoise has opened up a new world to me, and has allowed me to express myself in ways I never considered before. I am so thankful that CBC provided the......

in response to: Icinoise by GGP

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I have a bunch of friends who are Mormon and I was very fortunate to check out the New York temple, opposite Lincoln center. As part of the tour, we saw a video of all......

in response to: Religious Architecture by johnny E

EvilGentleman: RE: Jury I demand a retrial, it is obvious right from the opening statements that the jury was decided before the trial, and the jury selection process was too impromptu to be properly effective. And by the......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Old Kensington Dog: A couple of points re. the confrontation specifically, and Kensington Market in general: -The SUV in the photos is owned by the business accross the street, not the "Motorist". His four cylinder smaller car with......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Jannx: Lets see the time line here… • Male throws trash out of his car onto the city street instead of a trash receptacle. Litter by law violation .. not too serious but do it on his front......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

freebo the clown: i have lived in bushwick for about five years now. my boyfriend and i moved here in 2001 from williamsburg to find a bigger, cheaper space. we started out on jefferson street btw.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

B.B. Melbourne australia: Hi Peter I lived @504W 126ST. N.Y.C. for 18 months but being a British Merchant Marine I had to return to the U.K. much to my regret. I now live in OZ.but theres not a......

in response to: Westside Market: NYC by Peter

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

SadStateOfAffairs: The images on the television and in the media are there to create fear and sell newspapers. What sells more newpapers, A) The world is coming to an end!!! B) Just another normal weekend in......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

sine: yeah peter c. I am sure you have lots to contribute. always interesting to have new perspectives on nyc....

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Former Bushwick Resident: I am a 36 year old hispanic female. Lived all my life in Bushwick. Four years ago, I decided to move to New England and escape the city. I was a single mother of 3.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jeeff: same here. lots of new community murals....

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

Ralph: Waiting rooms. Waiting rooms have tvs. Doctors. Dentists and various other places. Banks tend to run perpetual sky news or bbc news 24 which i find tiresome. Lots of doctors waiting areas are begining to......

in response to: My unusual hobby by Ralph Enderby

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

elaine: it's fab, isn't it? there is a new thing on bbc here started last spring, called 'springwatch' which is just perfect elaine tv. they set up camp in the country with loads of webcams and......

in response to: Pet Bird Precursorz by GGP

elaine: fuzzytank - lets take your last comment first... would be my guess lots of bombsites from WW2 mainly shape the higgledy piggledyness of london - after the big fire, that is, and there was a bomb......

in response to: The Gherkin by Hasslehoff

Peter: this is a great entry, marc. thanks for showing up on this site... im fascinated by much of what you wrote, and indeed, couldnt have put it any better in regards to hacking-via-transportation... ive often thought......

in response to: Hack the City by Marc