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itagyomombitttch: wow.. "give your head a shake" that is wayyy offf why u making innocent people look guilty. gramz the graffiti writer is not who you just said it is. ......

in response to: April 21 2007 Toronto by hool

Jane: Keith, Thank you for the nice comments. I'm glad I brought back some nice memories. You stated that your friend's mother worked at the Normandie Bakery. My mom and I would shop there......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

AKA Brucie: Charhan, That's a stroke of luck that you are in the catering business. Maybe even a good omen. Please note that I am interested. A suggestion: Perhaps if you selected a place/time and posted it,......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

Charhan: Dear Brucie; I certainly would post any news about a reunion form St.Hugt or even a neighbor type of event. To all who are participants to this site knowing one person leads to another and so......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

sick and tired: I personally am sick and tired of being sick and tired. I am critically ill and i cannot find one doctor in Montreal to help me. I'm tired of all the racism and......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

Peter: another one for the {neck face} collection, heh......

in response to: Neckface in Sydney by Chuck

She Said it: Itīs funny how people keep asking if brooklyn is safe for a white girl.What does the color of your skin have to do with being safe or not?? Jayne why dont you explore brooklyn and......

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

M . F. G - Alness: I travelled this wonderful subway system, which is over 100 years old now, every day to school, from the age of 5 from the south of the city to the west. I loved it......

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

AKA Brucie: Charhan, If you know of another St Hugh's event, perhaps you could post it here for all to see. It appears that there are participants here that are connected to St Hugh's and the posting could......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

AKA Brucie: Charhan, If you know of another St Hugh's event, perhaps you could post it here for all to see. It appears that there are participants here that are connected to St Hugh's and the posting could......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

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

MiCHAEL: My view about poverty in the Philippines is that a high % of the poorer people have a member of the family overseas, and in some instances are slaves for their families back home, sending......

in response to: What Poverty? by Elicar

bobcatbasketball: this is the coolest town to grow up in...granted there is nothin to do but like people have said before but we make this place fun...this town is defently not boring...theres oil under the old......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 13 by Scott Sargent

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

anon (cpe-67-244-9-153.nyc.res.rr.com): This really is a great site. I used to play basketball agsint Ronnie Bly in 1962. He was made of steel but could be muscled and did not movie without the ball. I knew Bobby......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Borodin: There not all that elusive on the UofT campus; there are roughly four or five. In Queens Park there are four or five Brown Backs, including one all brown squirrel. ...

in response to: The Elusive Red Tailed Black Squirrel by Biff

It's True: Chuba is good for nothing....

in response to: Chuba No Good by Peter

Pronto Permissio: Oh this makes me laugh. I've used them a few times, all with similar results (or lack thereof) as some of the individuals above. Seems like a mixture of forgetfulness and their convenient location has......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

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

Jane: I had to comment. This is awesome. I was born in 1949 and I lived at 1587 Carroll Street which is between Carroll and Schnectady. I lived there until I was 12 years old.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

charhan: Dear Brucie: The names you mention are all to familiar, it truly is ashame that the area became what it is today. My parents moved out I believe a little more than 15 years ago,......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

T Whoa!: I lived in Norton for 20 years. As a teenager you think I can't wait to get out of this town. But now as an adult I can't wait to move back. The city is......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

EvilGentleman: Yeah, those are DDR machines. My daughter was showing some to me when we were waiting for a movie to start. (Most theaters have mini-arcades by the lobby nowadays) I also noticed in the pic with......

in response to: Ye Olde Arcade by EvilGentleman

mrprufrock: Just a followup from my comment on 6 November to let you know that as of 25 November, they still have not followed up to even schedule the work, they have not refunded the check,......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

Brucie: Charhan, If you were there when Eddie was taken out, we were standing next to each other on Indiana Ave. I will not share my real name on this posting for obvious reasons, but I hope......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

easi!: I mean, I've written with people who've met cope and honestly in the way that he paints, I don't like him. Puttin his throw ups over other people's murals is worth getting your ass beat......

in response to: NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up by Metro1

anon (142.128.203.205.in-addr.arpa.net): I have moved back to the Upper East Side after a few years away and I am so happy to be back. I lived on 77th St. and then 3rd Ave./73rd St. for much of......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Charhan: yes, Chuckie is my brother, the guy who owned the store was Eddie Jewels I remember the day he died and how they had to get him from the second floor and down the narrow......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

Donburi: AVOID these cretins AT ALL COSTS! What everyone above said -- they will take your deposit, promptly forget about you, then exhaust you with so many delays and astoundingly inane excuses that you almost give......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

Reid Harris Cooper: For those who haven't been to 5 Pointz, or can not go there frequently I provide you with my over 300 shots over the last two years of changes and happenings at the former Phun......

in response to: 5 Points by adam

Peter: the inside is mostly art-studio space as well as some rehearsal space if if recall correctly... theres some work in the common areas inside, but im not sure that its really accessible to the general......

in response to: 5 Points by adam

TAone 417: Yo that piece JA fucked up (saber piece) was mad crazy, I saw that shit n started laughing! ..no ones a toy if u get up u get up, fuck this "oh he's a bomber......

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

JIm: Is there any kind of contact for this site. Honestly, our Car Club needs an autocross site pronto. I will work with anything to get us out there on the pavement agian. We used to......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

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 sine

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

wombatonia: man! I think the only reason it's still there is because it looks like an ad. I walked by it dozens of times before really noticing it....

in response to: Skullphone Spot Lighting by serlingrod

margarita kontarovich : i will be decorate of the christmas on monday december 1st, 2008. i will be buy real plastic tree christmas day on thursday december 18th,2008. it is very cold today. new york city very cold......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Richie Rubin: Allan,Howard;`da Pit'was`PigTown'gang's hdqtrs as was`York Diner' across Lefferts ave.from`White Castle'great Pizza joint next door to`basement'Pit'.free Pizza when B'klyn Dodgers won series in`55, & some deli's gave away franks & knishes!,what a day!remember `Happy Felton's Knothole Gang'?[on tv before games]Kids......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Allan: Howard, Now that you mention it, I do remember playing 'knucks'. Not recalling how the number of knucks were determined but I think we used a deck of cards. Something about you could decide to get......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Jason: Yellowknife? Really? YELLOWKNIFE??? You should've included Winterpeg in the mix somewhere. From one side of the river you get a nice look at downtown with the the Esplenade Riel cable bridge in the foreground, and......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Brucie: Webb's mabe the best glazed donuts on earth. I used to deliver the morning Inquirer and sometimes people would pay me while I was delivering papers and that meant that I had cash on the......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

Richie Rubin: Allan;I thought YOU lived in Judy O's b'ldg[w/courtyard]but I guess YA didn't!dat's why I mentioned Joel Bercy,Shelly Finkel,& Alan & Judy Oshinsky[not YOUR`Bro..I didn't know Him[?]did YOU know Joanie Borrusso[Union st.cor.of Skin-neck-titty ave.]a floor above`Pachman's'candystore around corner!check out`Google......

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

Allan: If I recall correctly, and that's not likely, Judy O was a grade behind me and my brother a grade behind her. The building with the "courtyard" was down the block towards Utica. I lived......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: lol cartlegger: thats why i told you it reminded me of ##spies like us## when i was last there ;) today, i spoke to a navy veteran who was stationed on one of the last few......

in response to: Secret Transmitter by Peter

BELROC IOF: There is also another Bel doing freight right now. I would have to see the train to tell you. Guess its a common name now. And yes that bridge across from the DMV was my spot for years. Now......

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

pat barfoot: hi. to everybody who is interested in pearly kings and queens. my mother annie was the eldest child of george and emma dole they had 19 yes 19 children .alf dole was the second born......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Kaeleen: Well, hello stranger...lol Ahhhh.... the good ole days of being in yuba. :) I loved the 2-day dances.I and Denise would go and do the polka's...lol we had fun dancing in our socks and sliding......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

adam: peter: WTF?! that thread is insane! how have i not ever noticed it. talk about a social commentary.....

in response to: Slutshole Lane by Ender

Peter: The funny thing is... as far as I can tell, a huge minority (if not most) new yorkers actually ##despite## giuliani precisely because of his draconian seizure of the city ("crime reduction") and his laughable......

in response to: Preaching to No One by Peter

zagg: Peter, we know you live in New York but don't be so skeptical! Maybe Norway is a magical land where a) the day time sky is always the exact same shade of blue and b)......

in response to: Forrest by Rune Willem

Peter: and for god's sake, please dont anyone mention [[7425:that word which cannot be spoken]] in this thread :-0...

in response to: Slutshole Lane by Ender

Peter: indeed. catty-corner from that giant gas station thats been there forever. the part you didnt hear about this post is that about 1 minute after snapping this shot, i turned left there onto bedford; i found......

in response to: East on Eastern Parkway by Peter

EvilGentleman: Hi. I just arrived here from a Google search, and I just want to say that I find this picture very misleading. But at least you are not asking me to buy a membership......

in response to: Slutshole Lane by Ender

lost54: yo i seen bel written on trians in cali near fresno?? watt up with that??? did you come piant in cali or is thatt a nother bel?? -LOsT54 Wbk...

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

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

Fran Jetcyk: I am looking for a picture of the wagon and horse that delivered milk. I forget the horse's name that thrilled me on Columbia Ave. in the early '50's. I fed him or......

in response to: Harbison Dairy Milk Bottle by serlingrod

chiamattt: I know I'm awesome. Thanks for saying so in another language!...

in response to: Night Walk 2 by Chiamattt

Joey: .. and that's why I ride with a fat chain. Not only is it a decent bike lock, but a pretty effective melee weapon as well. Clock that fucker in the back of the head,......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

BELROC IOF: ^^Thats the NYC Bel. A graffiti bomber. Real new compared to me. I respect him. Also another old school Bel from the Bronx. Hes down with Cope2. Also was another "Beloner" in Amsterdam back in the mid 1990's. ...

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

Peter: a while back, another Bel hit my book at a get together... i asked him if he was you, and he said "no, thats the real Bel... BELROC!" [[img:29566]] ...

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

RELIK OFA: This shit is funny to read, all the people still talking about the old days. but if you want to go back in time it was Ozone in S.E. that made me hype on getting......

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

Jethro: I think phil. Makati is a nice city too. I think the city, economically along with there tourist attractions, are benefitely doing good of representing for south east asia. The city looks very beautiful (uhmm.. except......

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

Rich: I made a mistake in my previous comment the name of the school for the deaf was Bishop McDonnel not McLocklin....

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

TOP NOTCH!!!: HOLLYYMOLLLYYY!!! hello moto just wanted to ask a you from the states because your hiits a banqqing iin nz as well! buht niice for hiitiinqq thee streets wiith STYLE? NiiCE taqqiingg...

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

Rich: This is the back of this school and a small section at that. It's located right across the street from Prospect Heights HS. The school for the deaf used to be Bishop McLocklin HS an......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

SeanyB: I gotta rep Phoenix.. it may not be as big as it should, but its still beautiful. [[img:29478]] ...

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

Rich: Oh, one more bit of info, right across the street from the car wash many years prior was a club called "The Town Hill" was on the corner where you could see live performances by:......

in response to: Car Wash by Peter

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

Del Prophet: Born in Woodward and lived in Buffalo as a child. It has always been a friendly town with real folks living there. Has not changed much as most small towns don't evolve much but......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 9 by Scott Sargent

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

anon (ool-182f920f.dyn.optonline.net): um NO! I have worked in bedstuy across the street from Marcy Projects for 2 years. I get people comin up to me everyday "hey mami, god bless you, your beautiful" so there was NO......

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

jack: hi joey, its been almost two years since you asked for a story about the beat generation in the village. well its better late than never, so here is a short one. my......

in response to: Blue Note Lounge by jack

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

Marianna Calabrese: Hi to everyone in Brooklyn land i grew up on 271 CENTRAL AVE. i also went to ST.BARBARAS SCHOOL FOR 8 LONG YRS,I spent lots of time in the cloak room or the hallway for......

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

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

Joe: Lynnette, It is interesting to view your posting from 9/29/08. Most are very familiar to me as I grew up in Kensington and attended St.Hughs. In your later posting you state that you are 48 and I......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

Ravennoir: ahhhhh clockwork orange:P not enough decay for my liking but the pictures is nice:P...

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

Flying Colours: It's not changed any!...

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

John: I had a 1957 when I was in high school. Best car I ever had and wish I had it today. Mine was a Star Chief with 3 two's and a was always......

in response to: Classic Cars 5 - 1957 Pontiac Star Chief by EvilGentleman

Second Road: Wow, what photos! I really know nothing about {Glasgow}, but at least now I know a lot about their train-system! Er, or what their train-system ##used## to be like :-D...

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

Malcolm: Enjoyed many evenings at Rockheads. He handed out roses to the ladies. If my memory serves me rightly he was targeted by the Catholic church because he was a Jehovah Witness. They shut him down......

in response to: Rufus Rockhead Street by EvilGentleman

lorenzo : i like the big stuff. not that sqigly shit thats on poles. ...

in response to: Hawaii Graffiti, Part II by dubside

Jennifer Suarez: Another NY voting booth! ...

in response to: Voting in Brooklyn by adam

paul..: hi..i am paul.. i used to live up in netherne..i used to live at park lane.(no i wont say what number.lol)..i used to live at my parents house.their house is well haunted!! thats why i......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

adam: its not about having high expectations. just the fact that he made it in there makes me happy. you can only realistically expect so much considering how f'd everything is right now...

in response to: Voting in Brooklyn by adam

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

Teri: Hi again everyone. I was remiss in not checking this board for a week or so. I was born in late 1947 and lived at 1074 until I was 18 1/2 years old......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Keith: I went to school a few miles from the Aquila site in Bickley and visited there in 1975. We were told that they did testing for electronic equipment that was purchased for the MOD. They......

in response to: MoD Aquila (Part Two) by Simon Cornwell

patfan: Sorry guys. I've lived on Kauai a very long time, and the chicken population absolutely needs thinning. I run a restaurant, and they jump on the tables, poop everywhere, and carry salmonella. ......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

Taylor James: Hi, I'm a big fan of Freedoms work. I recently made a Facebook page dedicated to him and his work. I'm not really sure of the rules of using photos and posting links, but this......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Humboldt1: I am not poor but I live around poor people and we all get along. I have had a few run-ins with drug dealers and gang bangers hanging out on corners on my block,......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

mrprufrock: DONT USE THEM! They are the worst. They cashed a deposit check from me on July 5, 2008... and to this day... no window. They said they would give me my deposit back (350.00) but......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

EvilGentleman: Mitch, I am as saddened as you are at the loss of Ben's, and I thank you profusely for your contributions. Without you, this article would just be a few pictures of a closed Ben's,......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Second Road: This occurred in Bay Ridge not quite a year ago....

in response to: Ambulance Crash by Second Road

Mitch Spector: Yep, it's indeed very much GONE. Made one final pass by this morning (November 5th) to check things out and it's not what I saw, but what I didn't see that caught my attention! It's......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Sigh, all gone. Just a pile of broken concrete now. Sorry I have not been posting pictures, I have not posted anything in ages. Still slowly taking pictures, but I keep finding other ways to......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

The System: Denial of what? You're using this nebulous sense of "victimization" to play devil's advocate for those who don't take advantage of the system, on their own, to benefit. Don't build walls -- because hey, I......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Keith Bernstein: Hi Suzy R-- We have come full circle: fifty years after I had your mother as a teacher, I am delighted to connect with you. Unfortunately, I can recall only a little more about that year. During......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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