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aj schure: i knew tim an joe brenen john bruni was in my class he died in a car wreck im stil in touch wit his brothers i belive the brenens mother was shot an killed in......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Keith Bernstein: Jane--The lady who worked at Normandie Bakery was named Rosalie. I lived on E 84th St between Avenues L and M and visited Canarsie a couple of years ago and everything seems different from my......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

margarita kontarovich : [[img:29678]] robert krol were one months olds ...

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

BPSN: i am from the 1300 block of sedgwick street which is down the street from the greens and all the trouble from the grrens has trickled down here. dont get me wrong sedgwick street has......

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

nameless: I'm from Aussie and I've seen only Brisbane mentioned so far, so I'd just like to get some of our cities involved lol. Melbourne: [[img:29653]] [[img:29654]] [[img:29655]] [[img:29657]] [[img:29658]] Perth: [[img:29659]] [[img:29661]] [[img:29662]] [[img:29663]] Adelaide: [[img:29664]] [[img:29665]] Gold Coast City: [[img:29666]] [[img:29667]] [[img:29668]] [[img:29670]] Sydney: [[img:29671]] [[img:29672]] (North Sydney) [[img:29673]] [[img:29674]] (you can find a larger version of this......

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

BO KNOWS: Whatever happened to Chris "Bo Knows" Arnold?...

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

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

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

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

Keith Bernstein: Jane--you have brought up some nice memories. I am a couple of years older than you and lived on EP and Troy. I used to go to the Carroll for the Saturday matinees (26c or......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Mr.NSMIOF NC Branch: What up BEL! Yors and myself have been goin back out again as well once it got cold... We gotta catch up fam. Tell NME next time you speak to him I said what up- Same......

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

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

Yall know me!: Has anyone ever seen this guy piece? I've seen his tags, I've seen his throwies. But I have NEVER seen a piece from him. Call me old school but doesn't king status require all 3?......

in response to: JA Update: by Peter

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

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

Richie Rubin: Arnie H; hmm,I was a`hippie'attending`Fillmore East,'Electric Circus,Village`haunts'& awaiting`WoodStock'in late`60's..after `WoodStock'I went to`Altamount'fiasco in N.Calif...but`twas in winter[Dec.`69]& I was wearing shorts& sandals & riding a`HOG' while getting a tan!.yep,calif.was such a different place/life `69 was MY last yr as a......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

margarita kontarovich: in september 2008 happened to shorefront senior center. mental health i were bad behavior contiued to bad behavior in the lunch in the backyard stay with group with my staff candace robinson in the afternoon.......

in response to: School for the Deaf 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

makatron: yeah good old clint 176.... i'll be back there in summer i reckon.......

in response to: Fixie Graf by Vince

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

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

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

chrissy: Hey it's Chrissy Beerhalter from Tioga Street what's new and exciting out here? I see Lynnette out here posting so here i am .....looking for old friends from the neighborhood! ...

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

CartLegger: OK, I'll bite. But I'll also cheat and use the words of Daniella Romano, head archivist for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. BLDG 1/291, Material Laboratory, Substation 27 Construction: 01/01/1940 ##"The last active Naval building at the yard,......

in response to: Secret Transmitter by Peter

margarita Kontarovich: windy very cold and freeze and north artric ice snow igloo in canada. snowy in the wintertime in december 1st,2009. january 1st,2009. happy thanksgiving day!...

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

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

Richie Rubin: Peter; i know;WE all got some of dem pics[taken on a`Brownie' w/upside down images in viewer!.no? but many of`em are in`Family albums' & so old[some]photos are falling apart[or did already!] the personal pix are so much better[`dated'fashions,for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

margarita Kontarovich: it is cold! very cold today in st.francis de sales school for the deaf in brooklyn new york states. ...

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Richie Rubin: ALL of YOU; there was a barbershop next to`Silver's knishes, `Martin's'was it's name..& Ronson's'drugs was on corner of St.Johns pl.& Utica,x from Miller's cigar store/luncheonette, the`Corner bar'& Sam Ash[formally:Angelo the shoemaker]& does anyone remember`Woolworth's on Utica nr.Lincoln? great grilled cheese......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Keith Bernstein: I also remember two basement areas in PS 167 used as gymnasia and remember receiving polio vaccine in the east basement area, probably in 1955. Esther has brought up an old memory. During the 1952-53 school......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): I remember gettingth polio vaccine.It wasthe only time Iwent to the nurses office on the second floor. I remember squatting in the corridor at the time of the Korean War in1951, and that everyone got......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Dennis: We have been wondering about these houses since squatters were living in them in 1972. We were in La Jolla last week and my wife heard the following story: These buildings were originally life guard......

in response to: LaJolla Beach for Joey by jack

maurilio tendilla: damn joe how come you didnt call me for this mural. i want to paint so badly. the mural looks great, great images, how about giving your old muralista a call for the next one.......

in response to: Bushwick: History in the Making by upfromflames

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

Robin R: Hi Marg Gunhouse (Nee Dodds) The place where you had your first date with the great 35 cent smoked meat sandwiches was called 'Curly Que' and has neon signs in their wondows advertising the best smoked......

in response to: Norgate Shopping Centre by CE

Rich: The old building in the background with the water tower became a church, but, it used to be the old Savoy movie theater. This place had the old world decorations like you don't see anymore.......

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

Allan: Concord Hotel building has been raized and a multi-billion $ hotel/casino is being built on that site. Property all around is/has been bought up, probably for associated functions or businesses. Did you ever swim at......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Richie Rubin: Allan,LAST TIME I WAS UP @ Catskills:Hassidim!..lots of`em. I saw them washing dirty diapers in MY old bungalow colony's swimming pool[in eve when no one was around!,free bleach! & like YOU wrote:most hotels`kaputsky'I remember when they brought up Gambling......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Allan: Richie, I was one of the lucky kids to go to Catskills in the summer. Stayed at different bungalow colonies in Sullivan County. Great times. I still visit that area frequently enough and recall memories from......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

David B Perry: I was stationed at Plattsburgh Air Force Base,fron 1966 to 1970,best yers of my life.Was so sorry to hear it closed down,both my sons were born on base/My oldest son told me he went to......

in response to: Snafu at the Former Plattsburgh Air Force Base by EvilGentleman

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

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

Cop43: Great stuff, I'm a cop in Paterson and love to get into all the old factories and buildings in our fine city. We've been in some real cool spots most can't get into. I've been......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

Frank Sulman's: If you go on YOU-TUBE and type in Bens-Deli u can watch the whole demolishing of Bens. There is a part (1) and a part (2), and I tell you it is sad to watch, the......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

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

Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): Why isn't anyone writing anything? I think that I shall have to write again. I remember the window of the Famous retaurant bakery. It wasn't like any other bakery window. It was retangular and it......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

6souls: Thats @ Dale & I-94 in St. Paul, MN. Tiger Jack was the fucking man, too bad that his old store front got defaced with all that BS....

in response to: Accept Christ and Buy a Gun by jack

Chris: Hi, i just wanted to says thanks! my dad (Alan Marsden) also worked at Barton right up to it closing. and i think i actually went inside with him for a tour just before it......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Rich: That truck in front of the building on the westside hwy may have been reconstructed but this truck has been in this same location for a very long time. I remember when I was very......

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

Puffpastry: These are really cool! The red of the trains sort of impacts the whole tunnel...makes it gritty-warm instead of gritty-cold. Very neat....

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

anon (c-76-108-19-62.hsd1.fl.comcast.net): I see theres a new renaissance emerging!!!!the young kids cant hold it down so the old school is coming to teach and add the content and character thats been missing since the early 90's. I......

in response to: Miami Art Massacre by Bob Edelson

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

antblack: Barry, did you see my post above about Mr Tomaselli? antBlack: 30th Jan 2008 - 18:51 GMT Hey, Anyone remember Mr Tommicelli (sp)? Taught math at ps 274. Also had an old school meat market on Broadway.........

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Peter: as a current bushwicker, ive really been enjoying reading you guys' reminiscence here about the old days. you guys should also check out other bushwick posts at [[http://citynoise.org/search/bushwick]] and see if any of the neighborhood......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

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

eyeofodin: Awesome picture Peter. That are some old voting machines though...maybe better that way instead of a computer program that can be hacked and cracked....

in response to: Voting in Brooklyn by adam

Richie Rubin: Suzy;picture dis:Your Mom[Mrs.gradstein]cranking up that old PS 167`Victrola'in the auditorium for:`music appreciation' WE`Rock & Rollers'didn't really dig dat`Longhair'stuff.. `til now!,& WE never imagined having`long hair a decade or so..in da future!..no?..Mrs.Dreeben & miss Hines also cranked up dat`victrola'.as did Mr.Lodato[our......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Joe Mayo: Hi Jace... This is amazing, reading all these blogs brings back great memories. I also talked to Rocco he told me he spoke with you. He also told me about this site, do hear from......

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

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

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

Arrest Development: Let's get real, gentrification, which means "from gentry, noble birth, good genes", is really a catering to Euro/Anglo culture who are given privilege, mobility, whether it's suburban or in the city, and easier access to......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Peter: when i posted this 4 years ago, i neglected to mention that the 6th photo is the facade of an old place on {4th avenue} in {sunset park} that i lived in in {2000}... wow,......

in response to: Brooklyn: Labor Day 2004 by Peter

Alan Kupperberg: Richie, I've gotta admit I have no affection for organ meats, except for chopped liver. So lungen stew doesn't sound appealing to me. Your family's recipe for kishke sounds like "moider!" I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: Yep, Richie, I remember the Coca Cola bottling plant on Linden Blvd between Georgia and Pennsylvania Avenues. Grandma Ann and Aunt Nettie lived in Starrett City. Coney Island Joe's was little more than a......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Richie Rubin: ALAN K:`Coney Island Joes'[in brownsville/E.N.Y]W/train tracks behind da joint..yep,great`hotdogs'[franks were made of 100%beef[parts]&greasy fries!I usta work a few blks down Linden Blvd @ COCA-COLA bottling plant nr Georgia st.in early`60's,did anyone ever go to the `batting cage'/min.golf on Penn.ave.nr Belt......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Keith Bernstein: Hi Richie--a trifecta between two Tilden guys. My father took me to the St. George pool during the 1950s and once to Betsy Head pool around 1960 and to the Coney Island fireworks several times. Here's......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

ed: this is the oldest bulding in the park. a pump house and well that fed the lake and stream 750k of water a day.when the watermains came it was turned off and the well filled......

in response to: Abandoned Structure, Prospect Park by Peter

Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): Mrs.Gradstein was my sixth gradeteacher in 1955-6. I remember the old furniture. I never new it had been changed up till now. Therr were fruit and vegetable stores across the street from the school on Schenecktady......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Keith Bernstein: I would like to add some comments about Mrs. Ida Gradstein. I thought her to be an effective teacher and a sweet lady. The mention of her name brought back some memories of my sixth......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mime: [[img:29384]] This is right across the road from an Irish pub I used to frequent and across from the Marina. I think they're building a high-rise dwelling type structure "with ocean views" and all that shebang. They......

in response to: Missing Tooth and Open Sky by upfromflames

zagg: Oooh that first one. I always love the older homes in Toronto....

in response to: Early Evening in Riverdale by Michelle

Alan Kupperberg: Richie, my pop and I used to love "Smokey Stover" (by Bill Holman) and Smokey's cat, Spooky. "Nix nox." "Notary Sojack." Great nonsense. Anybody remember "Pottsy the Cop," (by Jay Irving)? Irving's......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): I think I remember the words to the school song a bit better now. How's this?: School song The Parkway School Dear Parkway School We give praise to shrine, As we gaze at your flag on high. Shouting your name As......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Richie Rubin: ALAN K;yeah,`Classics'has bounced back from da dead!, RABBI GREENBERG also had `MAD',Tales from the crypt', & ALL Superhero comix[from `50'S,dey also`risen'] what can WE say/type..as an old comic strip*[smokey stover'?]usta say:`them days are gone..forever'! in:*Daily Mirror/News/Journal American?..whew!.....

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Richie Rubin: ALAN K;hmm,MY MOM just told ME[in a call from Fla,] da tiny one on Buffalo/lincoln was MY RABBI's shul, & indeed it was a[cheaper]arm of`P.T.T'ergo,WE cho$e dat`branch'in Sept.`55 to throw MY Bar Mitz.oh,MY RABBI was GREENBERG on E.P.nr Troy......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Esthr Herschman (Rechtschafner): I enjoyed this site very much. I graduated from PS167 in 1958.Now i will try to list yu some of my memories. Kindergarten teacher Miss Shapiro. (there was another kindergarten class and teacher -Mrs. Pinkerton.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Richie Rubin: Alan K; nah..I was Bar Mitzvahed there[Temple P.T.T'] &`twas a tiny shul on Buffalo ave./Lincoln pl.? but maybe,..just maybe, I'M havink a`senior moment'[?] & it was on mid-block..not corner!if I knew how to shpel it..I'D look it up![as would......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

homeowner in eo: East Orange is not soo bad and is getting so much better i give it a few more years and I will hold my head all the way up to the city!!!...

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

Alan Kupperberg: I’m terribly gratified that some of you enjoyed my reminisces. Richie Rubin is correct in that I sure don’t have Alzheimer’s. I live in Greenwich Village and I haven’t been back to that......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

RICHIE RUBIN: HEY!,ALAN K,YOU SURE DON'T HAVE ALZ..WHEW!& YER ONLY A`TOTTALA'[B.`53?]I GUESS YOU GO BACK AS OFTEN AS I! NAH,NUTTIN'IS DA SAME!.& SHUL ON BUFFALO/LINCOLN IS [WAS]`PECH-TAK-TIKVA'I WAS BAR-MITVAHED THERE 9/`55 YEAH,YOU[ALAN K.]WERE JUST 2 YRS OLD!I'M AN OLD[ER] FART..LIVIN'IN BESERK-LY CALIF.[NO......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mitch Spector: Passing by on my way home this afternoon, saw the vertical red "Bens" sign was finally taken down. They also removed the the last piece of the wrap-around sign below it, that white section with......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

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

Janet: Before Honey's moved to Eastern Parkway, the store was on St. John's very near the corner of Troy, right next to a little Jewish tailor who worked at the window on his Singer. Once inside......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mime: To everyone wondering "Will this work?" Try it on a test page and see what works and what doesn't. Experiment. Also, what about old tomato sauce bottles to store and transport the paste? Easy, fairly mess-free application. Improvise,......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I love the first one. Vertigo, but upwards....

in response to: Tall Buildings by jack

K Bernstein: Hi-- Judy Oshinsky must have made an impression on many of us. She and I were both in the same class (the IGC) at PS 167 in 1958-59. The class was half fifth-grade (that's me) and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

CartLegger: Love the wig man! Have a fine trip to PR after the long cold winter to come......

in response to: St. Nicholas Avenue by jack

Q: I also saw the old one! [[img:29342]] ...

in response to: A Cut Above the Rest by Peter