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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

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

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

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

procyon: Medicalfools: I also know that some higher-ups want the best for it--someone posted a letter to that effect from Dorothy Lewandowski elsewhere on citynoise, and I recently read that they've started applying for a spot......

in response to: Abandoned... NY State Pavilion by Peter

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

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

hugglez924: I have lived in Hutchinson nearly all my life and it is a wonderful place to live and raise a family. My children are grown and dont plan on moving to any other town.......

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

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

Peter: hey "movin to wick", wake up! youre working with a conception of {new york} thats about 20+ years outdated... i mean, serously. youd think {brooklyn} was {beirut}. perhaps youve been watching too much ##law and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Peter: tom: i think its ludicrous to simply look at the "thousands of lives lost that day" without trying to dig deeper into the why and how of it. i think it disrespects both those who......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

A-TRAIN: los angeles is definately not the most recognized in film, tv, or anything in the world. if someone showed me a picture of it and asked me what city it is, id probably have no......

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

Post-84 New Jack: Thanks for the lolly, W-Bear. I'll be sure to pass it on to my son. He's teething right now and its a bitch. As for you, Bilrock Rolling Thunder Whiter- oops, I mean Writer. You failed......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King 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

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

EvilGentleman: Thanks, little ukraine and Peter. My family was indeed part of the Mohawk ironworking community. I went to the museum in my hometown of Kahnawake with my grandmother one time, and there was a good-sized display......

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

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

Bob: I have lived in Lawrence, KS as well. I have traveled this great land of ours extensively (Driven through every state east of the rockies and south of New York) I am not saying all......

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

Peter: although im a {new york}er, i agree with mcarthur. ive watched this post for over a year and though its taught me a lot about a place ive never been (and about some of the......

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

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.

Franny Wentzel: Not even close! The buildings of the {New York Plaza} are by far the most ass-raping ugliest buildings in The City. Even worse is that they're the first buildings one sees coming up the {Hudson......

in response to: Ugliest Building in New York? by Peter

Jeff: I am from Boston and even though my home city is very nice and livable like Montreal (my favorite), it doesn't make my top five skyline cities: 1) HONG KONG - Very difficult to......

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

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

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

EvilGentleman: The simple reality is, Americans are welcomed warmly by most Montrealers, and generally disliked but tolerated by the rest. And that dislike is often because they are getting mistaken for Torontonians, or other English-speaking Canadians. Dislike......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

Not from Hutch anymore: I would like to say that I do not live in Hutchinson anymore. I have, however, lived all over the country since I left. This includes New York, San Francisco, LA, San Diego, Seattle, Florida,......

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

todd from kansas: It looks to me there are some extreme generalizations in the photos. Almost trying to make these towns look much worse than they really are. I grew up in Kansas City. Have driven all through......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

Belroc: True 2 pigs eye boys... If your gonna be a graffiti writer you have to take the risk. Yes thats a Quote from Lee in Wild Style.. Well, thats not exactly what he said.. You get the point. But......

in response to: Alright by -creAtor-

anon (cache-dtc-ag08.proxy.aol.com): Gentrification is obviously evident not only in Bushwick but all over New york City,its just a shame that it takes race to improve a community. ie: Farmers markets,trendy stores, bistros, and uppyish bars.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Brad: Oh man, I love Brooklyn. Each time I visit New York City, I like Brooklyn more and more. Not sure why, it might be a combination of the reputation, the culture and just so many......

in response to: Sunset Park by little ukraine

Kat: Lol, 'BW'. Haa... I was checking out this thing on Wikipedia. In it, they have a travel guide to Brooklyn, and when I went to look for Bushwick, they were calling it 'East Williamsburg'. I edited......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Tony Coppoletta: Lovely. I'm looking forward to enjoying the green space once it's open--although it'll be in spurts since I don't live in New York... It's really exciting that this is happening, though, since it......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

PhillyGuy83: People exaggerate so much about New York that its sickening. If you are from a picket fenced suburb and want to know if you'll be safe in some inner city neighborhood then more than likely......

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

Nando: Hey guys I have to say this is definitely one of my favorites entries ever. I am a native of Corona (on which the park lies) and I can honestly say that my life......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

Mushi: There are mean people everywhere in this city, whether it's Bushwick, Sunnyside, Park Slope, the Upper Eastside, Soho...it doesn't matter. People with attitudes like some mentioned above really upset me. Yeah, I'd love to live......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Paradox: It's interesting to hear what people think of Brooklyn but overall it's not as bad as it used to be. I'm not saying that crime is all gone but the city has changed a lot.......

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

Brad: Another thing I forgot. Since this is a Roberts Moses post, it would be interesting to see some before and after pictures of areas that his projects went through. I remember seeing a picture of......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

jack: the blonde on the marque looks like the girl on the plane in first class and the attendant told her to move to coach because she didn't have tickets for first class and the blonde......

in response to: Sex Appeal by EvilGentleman

jack: once upon a time, an aging man, was left home, alone, his wife had gone off to work, his children all at their places and with their families, and this old man, well older gentleman,......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

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

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.

upfromflames: Sammy: Thanks for that link to wiki's description of Bushwick. It is indeed a good one, but it does repeat the common historical flaw of Bushwick history: the fires associated with the blackout were an......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

.nanotech.: [[img:18501]] NAZI REGIME.911.REICHSTAG - parliament of Germany [[img:18502]] Even the location was a deliberate attempt to conceal it by constructing it in Denver Colorado's 1 mile high mountain area, knowing that planes flying at a maximum altitude will......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

colavitos ghost: to go back to the question of cleveland's entitlement to the museum: do any of you think the selection committee's thought process might have been, "well, new york and london both have assloads of museums, so......

in response to: RIP Robert Jr Lockwood by Beadle and Tatum

little ukraine: i think it is total bullshit that the inaugurations are in new york and not cleveland. and that is a pretty annoying blurb about morrissey, i don't think anything about that song is a......

in response to: There Is No Surf in Cleveland by joey

jeeff: on a personal level, i agree. but on a larger scale, the gathering pace of gentrification downtown worries me. it's not just the artists being gradually pushed out of the downtown core, it's......

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

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

EvilGentleman: I have to translate this. It's just too much to resist. 가장 큰exsqisite, 나는 말해야 한다! 여기 모든에EvilGentleman포획은 이것 이다: 1 - 감시는 시간외에 하고 있다. 2 - 그의 할아버지 새로운 틀이를 얻기 위하여 농부는 도시로 가고 있다. 3......

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

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.

pennybike@aol.com: The Barret model I have is made with the Schwinn frame, with 5 speeds. It does not have the quick release for the front forks or the seat post. ......

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

Happy Grammie: Being half Irish (but not hungry), I would like to know what this sign is all about. I live in Canada but visited Battery Park in New York City last year but never saw all......

in response to: Battery park( NYC) memorials and sculptures by barry

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.

hello: i'm thinking of moving to brooklyn--the bush. i've been in the boogie down for about 7 years. just wanted to let everyone know---HELLO PEOPLEZZZ ALL OF NEW YORK IS CHANGING. FOR GOODNESS SAKES--I'M......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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.

yippie skippie: NYC is a cesspool, maybe you live in a less stinky area with better ventilation, and don't venture into the nastier parts like South Bronx, Harlem, Washington Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, or Brooklyn.... but the nastier......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

Glenn: I live in new york city and wear my mullet proudly,it is the perfect haircut!why would anyone want to wear a short 1940's monotonous,boring haircut and be a clone of every other guy......

in response to: Mullets Galore! by Peter

vintage virgo: it is really inhumanity? im not sure i would jump to a conclusion like that. i guess it depends whether that cat was dead before the "ice incident" or not. artists all around the world......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

jack: not me, i like sweltering heat, 100's in new york city, the asphalt melting carving my initials into the street, eating ices at the spumoni gardens in brooklyn, strolling the sands on the jersey shore,......

in response to: A Little Something for Ya - SPRING! by elaine

jeeff: all hail the information age. [[http://sageauthoring.com/fdny/construction/vacant.pdf]] Fire Department, City of New York __FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES__ __VOLUME 1 BOOK 3__ **MARKING OF VACANT BUILDING** **1.3.1** As vacant buildings shall be identified and marked to indicate the degree of hazard involved. In marking vacant......

in response to: Slated for Demolition by Peter

EvilGentleman: No matter how open-minded or compassionate I may consider myself to be, I am ashamed to realize that I have never actually thought about the fact that the events of that September day have been......

in response to: Kinematics by Peter

Alfonso aka Smiley: im frm queens, new york city n now i stay in a-town by da chi all i gotz ta say iz dat no matta where uz go thurr always gunna b gang shit......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Margaret: Hi, I'm finishing up my senior year at Northwestern in Evanston. My parents are immigrants from Eastern Europe and I have spent most of my undergraduate career interested in communities and increased educational opportunities......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jack: okay here are the facts: 1=the strike started jan. 1, 1965. mayor john lindsay was arrogant and wanted to break the powerful union boss then. but both were arrogant and wanted to be......

in response to: Transit Strike! 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

ELLIS G.: For Immediate Release: KILI is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by ELLIS G. Continues through 12/1/05 @ KILI 81 Hoyt St. bet. State St. and Atlantic Ave. Bklyn NY A,C,G Trains to Hoyt/Schermerhorn......

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

NET PI 156 KRT: For Immediate Release: KILI is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by ......

in response to: Brooklyn Street Art Initiative by Peter

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

elaine: "I am tempted to ring the doorbell one of these days to express my appreciation for this spectacle, but that is such NOT a New York City thing to do!" well, yeah, but it sounds......

in response to: Boulders on B Street by GGP

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: also, re context, our history with high rise building is very different from the US version, cheap tower blocks thrown up postwar to house the poorest when homelessness and slum clearance became acute, so we......

in response to: canary wharf porn by elaine

elaine: okay, so that might have been cheating in oh so many ways, not least i didn't find it, i was sent it, but check this out, that i found on Peter's 'Bridges of New York......

in response to: A Found Note by Graham

CAPTAIN AMERICA: email: finaljustice05@yahoo.com You take great pictures. You're Crazy! Here's one for ya. Please trust me. I live in El Paso, Texas. I lived in "East New York, Brooklyn", until I joined the Military 6 years......

in response to: Brooklyn Broadcast & Audio by Peter

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

Peter: I'm really loving your cityscape shots; i cant exactly explain why, but the chicago i see in your photos has a very different look that new york city does... despite the fact that theyre made......

in response to: wicker park by corsakti