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luna park: i moved to brooklyn from delaware almost 12 years ago. never regretted it. what i meant by brooklyn losing it is the recent rush to build soulless, glass high rises that are entirely at odds with......

in response to: Changing Face of Brooklyn by luna park

Peter: heh... its so true, though. my reality indicates that just about every new yorker i know winces upon hearing the name "mccain", wanted to punch giuliani every time he over-invoked 9/11 while campaigning and basically......

in response to: Preaching to No One 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

anon (75-94-49-3.boi.clearwire-dns.net): I think the coutries with the best city skylines on averge are 1 United States (New York, Los Angleles, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle, and so many more!!! 2 Canada (Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, and......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Bea K.: Lou Romero, Upfromflames, all: I've heard so much about "white flight" just about all my life, that I honestly don't think that 'term' will 'ever' go away, how sad it that? I've also wondered if......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

MC: These are my top 15 1.Melbourne 2.New York 3.Sydney 4.Hong Kong 5.Tokyo 6.Las Angeles 7.Toronto 8.Boston 9.Las Vagas 10.Auckland 11.Dubia 12.Paris 13.Singapore 14.Brisbane 15.Perth ...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Anna: Now that a team has won in Philadelphia (Souls) I guess the curse is broken! But I didn't see on the news that the El was set on fire or cars and buses were......

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

Anna: I was born and raised in Kensington (K&A) right acrossed from McPherson Square. My family still lives there, and my children grew up there! When I ws growing up in the late 60's and......

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

a: Some of my favories not in order are New York, Montreal, Seattle, LA, Las Vegas, charlotte, Philadelphia, Sydney, and San Fransiso....

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

krimzer kkk: im a filipino but living in montreal! and here's my top 10! 1.montreal,canada 2.makati,philippines 3.seattle,usa 4.toronto,canada 5.sydney,australia 6.chicago,usa 7.hong kong 8.new york,usa 9.calgary,canada 10,san francisco,usa...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

adr: im not gonna read any of these comments, all i know is that the pics were all of one area by the old hospital, not the church, i dont know what year, but now they......

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

T J O'BRIEN, ANNANDALE, VA: The article below it will mention the Luna Park. During the WW II I worked part-time for the New York Daily News as a copy boy. One afternoon I came in early at......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Shayleia: Thank you for sharing such a hauntingly beautiful journey. I have been in or through New York City a few times and I have always marvelled at the degrees of sheer talent that is......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

tom lockhead: Hi Hairsy, glad to hear you are doing ok. Stayed in the neighborhood until the jobs dried up. Joined Smith Kline and French and wound up my last 10 years in New York City. Retired......

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

foosh: I am from Calgary Canada, You said it yourself that New York is the most recognized skyline in the world if it weren't then it wouldn't be so recognized as the most would it! so......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Stormbash: Im Australian so my top 15 is going to be mostly Auzzie cities. TOP 15 1)Shanghai 2)Gold Coast 3)Seattle 4)Melbourne 5)Hong Kong 6)Sydney 7)Brisbane 8)Toronto 9)Chicago 10)Perth 11)Vancouver 12)Singapore 13)New York 14)Auckland 15)Frankfort...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

mburgos: omg... i wonder how many of you i know... i grew up all over kensington... and still kinda am ... the steak house wanderer was staliking about was billy's steak house... they robbed and......

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

Peter: i never made it to the shore in summer 05. come to think of it, i havent been down the shore since, shit, 2001? wow. thats the [[wiki:jersey shore]]. i mean, ive been to [[wiki:coney......

in response to: Untitled by elaine

saul altman: i wonder where the city of New York will build the next death town just like the one they created in Coney? They just don't get it, we need to build a community where all......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

da man: wow ive never heard of brisbane before. it looks awesome and the setting is pretty. this just became one of my top 10 skylines. and i agree with ?!$@#, the 2IFC building in HK does......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

?!$@#: my top 15 1. Chicago 2. Sydney 3. Shanghai 4. New York 5. Makati 6. Tokyo 7. Hong Kong 8. San Francisco 9. Kuala Lampur 10. Seattle 11. Toronto 12. Philadelphia 13. Seoul 14. Boston 15. Singapore 7. ...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

saul altman: i get sick to my stomach when i go home to visit CONEY ISLAND.The city of New York created an area to supply there county jails & state prisons with people who see no way......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

ahh a ghost: heres my list of the top 10! (im from the chicago-land area) First off, all you dallas-houston and toronto-montreal people fighting, shut the hell up. 1.Tokyo, Japan- to me, every picture i see of tokyo looks great.......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

The Irlam weather watcher: An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale shook England early on Wednesday morning. One man was injured when a chimney fell through his bedroom ceiling and many homes and businesses were damaged by......

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

NewYorkDave: Does anyone remember the specific location of the pretzel factory on Starr St.? This is of interest to me because my Pop, when he was a boy, used to sell their pretzels on the street. Apparently,......

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

Saul Altman: I grew up on Coney Island and I remember when the city of New York decided to create the slimy drug infested getto Coney became instead of investing in the seaside community, and......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Genny: Oh dear, all these tales of sadness and I have my own to add. My previous bike was stolen last year from where it was locked in front of the Canadian Tire on Yonge St. and......

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

MaGoo: I grew up on Lawn Guyland in the 70's; most of my neighbors were "caucasian-Americans" who were from Bushwick and East New York. They had been displaced by the "diversity"- when the city used THEIR......

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

John: I grew up in Yorkville as a kid during the 1970s-1980s in "the projects". When I'm in town, I always think of Johnny and Matilda's Candy Store and Soda Shop. It was the center of......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

little ukraine: i see nobody has given this a stab yet so... here goes... first of all, congratulations for having the initiative to save up a lot of money, because it is first and foremost what you will......

in response to: Help This Newbie by lou

Angela Watkins~ Harris: I was born in Hutchinson, Kansas back in 1960 and I lived there for a while I did 1/2 of 9th grade at Sherman Junior High School and then attended 10th & 11th at Hutch......

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

bed sty-cee!: ....and another thing you mexicans i cant believe you let your country go to hell by corruption and stealing. instead of staying there fighting and taking back your country you run here. work so called......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

EvilGentleman: I'm willing to bet this guy takes home more money than some stockbrokers do. I knew a guy in Montreal who said he averaged $300 to $400 a day, at a time when the Canadian......

in response to: Ninjas Killed My Family - Need Money for Kung-Fu Lessons by Jayson

sick: bushwick is probabably the heroin capital of new york i know b/c i i go to the needle exchange placed so conveniently on broadway dont raise your kids in this neighborhood they will grow up to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mushi: I've now lived in Bushwick for 10 months. Other than the fact that where I live feels like a dorm sometimes (loud music, loud people), I do feel safe there. Yes, as I have said,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Anonymous: Coney Isalnd has alot of family memories for me and many others. It has been there for many years and i enjoy taking my children to a place where my parents once took me......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Joe: Oh and also I'd have to say yes this is a cute story but the buildings on 86th St. both on lex & third were nothing but broken down tenements which were demolished to make......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Brad: $$$. Insurance money was a major motivating factor among other problems at the time, in NYC, and in other major cities like Chicago. At least that's what I've read about time and time again, as......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

Kevon: Eric: 22nd Aug 2006: the detroit pics are realy nice and most of the pics are too except for that loser who thinks 4 buildings means albany deserves a pic. My personal favorites are Sydney......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

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

rev roger: i think alot of you people take yourselfs way to fucking seriously its like being in high school all over again,jealousy over who is making money and whos not in the art biz.fuck.. for once......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

jack: WELL NOW, A TRIP TO THE PAST...the last time i was at the fair was when it was in it's actuality. it was in full bloom, you kids should have seen it. it......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

Justice Stamps: Just because I have some sense, I will not comment to what I have read on this site. Okay, a comment or two. I AGREE WITH THE PERSON WHO SAID THAT IF YOU HAVE NEVER......

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

EvilGentleman: The art, if authentic, should be supported by buying it. I personally feel the best way to buy native art is to go to an Indian reservation and buy it directly from the artist, wherever......

in response to: Fast Cash by joey

EvilGentleman: I suspect Chris, like many who grew up around the Maritimes, has finally reached that stage of life where he must venture off to sample life in the big city before deciding where he belongs......

in response to: A Poor Puppeteer by Marlo

Genaro: During the late 1940's and 50's, many of The Manhattan Elite thought it proper in calling the less popular working or the poor social White under class, WHITE TRASH! This would also include Whites who......

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

carlos mario: Since I'm writing about gentrification in Bushwick, this all is so interesting, especially the part of the story that The Truth mentions, as it relates to what I'm writing. Roger Starr, planned shrinkage, arson, disinvestment,......

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

Dave (a Bushwick native): I see it more as a class war than a race war. I'm from the last generation (born mid-1960s) of German-Americans from the Ridgewood/Bushwick area before the Great Exodus of the 1970s. If I claimed......

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

TheTruth: Nice try at history, Sylvia, but you've missed some huge factors. My family was part of that 1st wave of nonwhites to integrate Bushwick in the 1950s. They weren't Gentry -- sorry--even though they were......

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

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.

force: nah nah nah.. yall got it allllllllll wrong sweet hearts.... 1st of all.. ghettos n slums never change.. white civilizations will never change.... coney island is ghetto.... u aint realizin it... cuz u focusin on......

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

wewhonotasothers: I know this guy personally he is up in New York now... he left baltimore last year some time. I hung out with him almost everyday at the square where my friends hung out.......

in response to: Ninjas Killed My Family - Need Money for Kung-Fu Lessons by Jayson

New Yorker: In response to 'anon', what money? and when did growing up have anything to do with being exposed to a random penis and thinking "yes! I'm a grown up now" - I think you're missing......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

Get out of your car, buddy: LOL! Those are the ones! Everybody was mocking them by doing that cheesy little wave. Watching from Neville Park was a good move. Not as packed, and you can get away before......

in response to: The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade by Elicar

jack: my attachment is to nathans in coney. and their greasy, oily, delicious fries and franks. then walk on the boardwalk ( not broadwalk ) and eat them while smelling the salty air and......

in response to: Cool Dog and Hot Dogs by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Debbie Feb. 17, 2006: I enjoy looking at wed sites about Coney Island. I've found interesting photos on a site called "Unforgotten New York". Check it out. ...

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

jack: thats the problen today. stations get taken over and people lose there music. for me there are some golden oldies for me to listen to but i remember growing up and listening to......

in response to: Defunct Radio Tower At Dusk by groovehouse

bwicked: I GREW UP IN BUSHWICK AND I LIVED THERE MY WHOLE LIFE, FOR THOSE WHO DON'T LIKE WHAT GOES ON IN THE STREETS OF NEW YORK, DON'T LIVE HERE. PS. STAY AWAY FROM LINDEN......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

BoogyDoNw NYC: wassup up brooklynnnn! shitttt ha ha:bed-stuy,bushwick,brownsville,east newyork,crown heights,flatbush,coney island,red hook,fort greene,williamsburg,canarsie,old mill basin,cypress hills,NOW dats wassup yo .put ya lightas up!!!!!!!!...

in response to: Oldschool NYC by Graffiti

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I have a theory for time travel. It's based on the concept that what keeps us linked to this moment in time are the constant reminders that it's Monday, autumn, 21st century, lunchtime (as in,......

in response to: Sometimes this odd notion passes through my head by Jamie

jack: coney was a mysterious place for kids. there were many interesting places you could visit for excitement. the fortune tellers were the gypsies of new york city who would come down to coney......

in response to: Subway Roulette by Balloonhedz

Peter: i used to walk past that every morning to go from my house ({108th}/{broadway}) to work ({72nd}/{york} ave). people tiptoe around it like a shrine. theres always some dude playing "imagine" on a guitar- even......

in response to: Imagine if this wasn\'t here by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Anonymous (dialup-4.167.233.153.Dial1.NewYork1.Level3.net): Let me be clear. I do not hate Grafti art. I own 3 Dalek paintings they hang on my wall. I like the stuff that takes up a whole wall and is done durnig the day,stuff......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine