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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

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

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

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

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

Charles: I used to hang out in the tunnel back in 79 and again in the early 80's when the conrail had the frieght trains running and that was the best time back then. Too bad......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

jack: so why don't they fly an american flag in their cars or is there a higher purpose for them to fly their old countries flags or am i to old and dumb to know the......

in response to: Piraguas by CartLegger

Andy yerks: Im working for metro north now, and for the past week weve been parking our cars at the old plant, im going to get some pictures tomorrow and post them here for u guys, i......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Doc S.......: ...I graduated from P.S. 241 in 1958 - lived on Union Street (1060) between Franklin and Bedford. I vividly remember Ben & Sol's, and Radin's delicatessens - I ate at both. The Pharmacist at......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: food for thought: General Motors employs over 30 times the number of people in {canada} as they do in india or korea, but i doubt we would hear you complaining about "hard working americans'" jobs......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Allan: Richie, I lived in the same building as Judy Oshinsky. I have a few photos of us back around '55-58. She had 2(I think) brothers. On the corner of Schenectidy and Union was a dry cleaner......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969... The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story : I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

john: If you think the tunnel looks great now you should have seen it back in the 70's I was 12 years old when I started going down there. Thats when there were five tracks down there......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot! A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo. [[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]] by Adam Enright I was thrilled to read about......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

herehere: my father grew up on hart street thru early 60's. took him back to old neighborhood for tour. area is slowly coming back but still very bad sections. give alot of credit for tearing down......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Jesse: We moved to the northside when moving here from Ontario. Fredericton is about 20 yrs behind well anywhere else in Canada especially when it comes to shopping. My god its a capital city and full......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

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

ex-Bellevillian: Personally...I think Belleville is the most boring town in the world and I grew up there. Still have family there too. Belleville has always had this gran idea of itself because it host......

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

Oldfart: This isn't a hockey tradition. Montreal loves its riots ever since the Quebec legislature passed the Rebellion Losses Bill in 1849 and an English mob torched the parliament buildings, which used to be here. Since then......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

bill: Born in 1941 at williamsburg hospital. Lived at 99 Stockholm until '46 when we moved to 41 Cornelia Street betweenBushwick and Broadway (third house down from the congregationalist Church. went to PS 56......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Hobson: I lived in Israel for 4 years in the early 70's. I bought one of these from a medical student who was leaving the country. It was 11 years old. I paid $125.00 for it.......

in response to: Citroën 2CV by Peter

Poor side of town: I live in Hutch and I am poor. But I am proud. My complaint is this town is getting getto and trashy looking. Come on people,clean up your yards and pick up your trash. Bathe......

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

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Rob, The posh end hehe, you didn't play with the likes of us 'rough' kids... the park I do remember, tho not the abandoned cars, I would not have been brave enough to open......

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

BILROCK-161, RTW.: Damn...y'all are embarising yourselves. It is bad enough that you post-84 new jacks are so politically retarded. There are no kings by throw-ups alone, who the f_ck taught y'all that nonsense..CAP????. CAP was a friggin......

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

Vicki: I grew up in Kensington (Coral and Clearfield) or Coral and Elkhart...block down from Frankford Ave. I went to Mastbaum for HS, Conwell for Middle and Williard for Elementary. I have many great......

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

revisited: my father grew up on hart street thru early 60's. took him back to old neighborhood for tour. area is slowly coming back but still very bad sections. give alot of credit for tearing......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

trapped: The are several secret levels under DIA which is basicly a underground base and prison camp for who, for us citizens. The new world order has over 800 prison camps all over the us and......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Logan: I am a 38 year old man born and raised in bushwick. I have seen bushwick go through many changes. I can remember when the wiseguys used to spend their days in the coffee shops......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

chiamattt: Thanks adam. Testeez, I am a Torontonian that has been living and working Seoul, South Korea for the past five years. Every year or so I head to Osaka to get my Korean employment visa......

in response to: Osaka Part One by chiamattt

HushUp: Oh, and by the way, that list was only about 25 companies; and of those 25 they are employing over 10,000 people around here. Excuse me, they aren't all manufacturing companies, but I happen......

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

99¢Dreams: Car vs bike has never been a fair fight. But c'mon guys, the city was designed for HORSES, aye? Those early bikes had it rough on the cobblestones, though far less deadly. ......

in response to: The Cars That Ate NYC by CartLegger

CartLegger: In the narrative sense of things, yes, there's no denying that. But I am thinking of the statistical matrix that holds us all in its grasp, and could throw us down in front of a......

in response to: The Cars That Ate NYC by CartLegger

Marc: BJ my guess is the 50s, when Hatley developed the area. Check out "Eanes: Portrait of a Community" by Linda Vance- it came out in 86, contains lots of interviews. I think they have a......

in response to: And so this is winter at Bandit\'s Cave by Marc

BDweller: "The Bushwick Initiative...Who is this for?" Boy, you are some busybody, upfromflames. Digging, poking, photographing and posting; then posing provocative questions. I'll take your bait. The city's official response to the steady influx of Latinos and blacks......

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

EvilGentleman: 34 - Neither pedestrians nor drivers have a clue what a crosswalk is 35 - Jaywalkers cut off police cars and nothing happens 36 - People prefer to shove shopping carts into snowbanks rather than bring them......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

upfromflames: BD: Those are some weighty words you mention, but they do ring true right down through history. Its a sensitive subject, but there are still white teachers playing that sort of role--I am trying to......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

LR: Here's the lick from a lincoln park reared and raised guero who kicked it in HP (east of Cal) back in the late 80's/early 90's....Oh yeah, and before people are dismissive, let me state that......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Jerry Pflugh: 17th Oct 2006 : My dad, Ted Pflugh, was Commander of that VFW post, the Mohr-Christie Post #158, several times during the fifties, and my mom, Eileen, was President of the Ladies Auxiliary. They were in office when the......

in response to: Disused VFW Hall by mike a

Matt: you know its quite odd to see verdun this many years later,the only things that have changed are the newer models of cars on the street. you could put older cars in those pics and......

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

Where will the smokers end up?: It has been a few months since the bill 112 came into effect in Québec and I have to say that I do not see how ¨Québec is breathing any easier¨as the government funded propaganda......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

shelia/neworleans: OK THE OLD WAY OF LIVING IS OVER. IT IS; SO... HATE ME IF YOU MUST. HOW MANY YEARS HAVE THEY BEEN TALKING ABOUT TEARING DOWN THE PROJECTS AND PUTTING UP CONDOS? HOW LONG WAS......

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

jack: its entertainment to them. on night around 11:30 i was driving in newark fron a clients home and i noticed a flame in a car. i slowed down and saw the flames starting......

in response to: Smoke in Helsinki by Marlo

mark: check out the nw industrial area. there's several dead railroad lines to walk around, some interesting factories/warehouses (one that stores old floats from parades), and a couple abandoned, burned out passenger train cars. if i......

in response to: East to West, Portland Photos by stillseeingred

Chris Erb: I have pictures of the protest prior to the arrest which I will post when I get home. If you were there, you would know that the protest was completly civil and low key.......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

boog: actually, thats something i love about san fransisco, that you CAN see those everyday. i come from minneapolis where our old streetcars were brutally destroyed way before i was born (i actually think sf has......

in response to: Historic Street Car by joey

Sally: Today is memorial day in America. THEY ARE HOLDING PARTIES AND BBQs and HAVE TOTALLY FORGOTTEN THE ABOUT 2 WORLD WARS WHERE I LOST FAMILY MEMBERS, NOT TO MENTION THEIR OWN TROUPS IN THIS LATEST......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

EvilGentleman: Chris, I can tell you from experience, that while the majority of police try hard to do a decent job, cases of police overstepping the bounds of the responsibilities entrusted to them by the citizens......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

EvilGentleman: Gorgeous! My fave muscle cars are the '67 and '73 Corvette Stingrays, and the '65 Olds Cutlass with the 330ci 4-barrel V8 and the low ratio tranny. My dad had one of those and it......

in response to: 1967 'Stang by Peter

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

Respect: This law is long over due, which I am sure most health conscious white tooth marathon running people in Montreal will agree. The question of freedoms of rights on this issue can be considered analogous......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

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

Michelle: i would imagine a gearman does indeed work on transmissions. cars, emissions, a general dislike for the environment, makes sense to me. nasty old gearmen....

in response to: My Neighbours\' Trees by Elicar

Elicar: You mean this one, buddy? [[img:11038]] [[img:11037]] Yes, I thought it was tacky, but blame BMW or whatever dealership who sponsored them. I cropped the chunky one! One of them on the car appeared to not want to......

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

Elicar: [[img:10973]] I forgot to include this. The TTC subway track under the Bloor Street Viaduct[[http://www.answers.com/topic/bloor-street-viaduct]]. The viaduct itself became the centre of controversy when the city council approved in 1998 the construction of a barrier due to......

in response to: From Underground to Above Ground by Elicar

chiamattt: Face masks are worn to keep dust out of your mouth and nose. The air is pretty dirty here. There are yellow dust storms from the Gobi Desert that hit this place every spring or......

in response to: Dirty Lense by chiamattt

elaine: and me. i have a massive fear of motorbikes. and i am a total back seat driver in cars as well. i was explaining to the [[3333:rickshaw]] guy that i wasn't just picking on him,......

in response to: What a Waste by torontofreelance

Spike: Dogs die in cold cars,,,...

in response to: Car Poodle by Biff

freaky wild eddie: I realize I'm gonna get flak for this, but I really don't get the perpetual unoriginality of grafitti artists. It's like the "pigs should go eat a donut" joke, it's just so yesterday it's......

in response to: Dallas Graffiti Writers Busted! by Dallas Police

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

EvilGentleman: Well, I have gotten some rest and have done a little catching up on what was posted here while I was away. I am coming to the realization here that no matter what somone posts,......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Sertraline: I ride a bike in Toronto and I've seen more couriers do dumb aggressive shit than automobiles. Most of the posters, in typical neo-hippy style, assume that this incident is the man's fault. ......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

The Awards 2: Coachrob59 – For not overlooking the importance of the sandwich (a very important point for all the potential future customers of the area, especially after this incident which will surely increase local traffic and sandwich......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

ketchup-wrappers, not hamburger patties.. c'mon! : my friend was pulling out of the mcdonalds drive-thru, and he stopped his terribly maintained rusting hulk of blue-smoke pollution belching, heating-oil fueled, catalytic-converterless '92 oldsmobile, to open up each one of the individual ketchup......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Argent47: I cannot see her "punching" him with her keys in those photos, although she does appear to be holding her keys in the first couple or so, I cannot see where it looks like she......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

jack: wo, thats my uncle joe. we have been looking for him for 32 years. he has a cleaning business. he cleans windshields on cars as they are stopped for red lights. ......

in response to: Coming and Going by Peter

jack: without the cars and its merry old england in a charles dickens picture. ...

in response to: Post Christmas Snow by Jamie

Peter: i see so many more winter colors in these photos than usual... gray walls and white cars. bleak and lovely. to me, this set reads like "a day in the life of a handy-man", if......

in response to: Dec 13 2005 Toronto by hool

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Earlier this year, my beloved and I drove from the Grand Canyon, AZ* to Boulder, CO, part of the way along route 66. It was a particularly freaky drive**, long and fueled by caffeine and......

in response to: Route 66 // Shamrock, Texas by adam

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Then we'd better have a balance of gas-powered cars and smog-powered cars. All driven by star-bellied sneetches and plain-bellied sneetches....

in response to: US Smog & Gas by joey

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Wouldn't it be cool if cars did run on smog. That way, they could clear up the atmosphere and maybe even reverse global warming. Great picture, by the way. And very thought provoking....

in response to: US Smog & Gas by joey

518 gin mill: i remember grand street in the mid 40s. trolley cars. clean streets. no graffitti. doors were old, they were new. they were clean. ragamuffin day, bell buttons jammed on with chewn gum. the rko republic,......

in response to: The Doors of Grand Street by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: For the overhead picture of cars, it looks more dangerous than it was. I was very secure and I am not thinking of shuffling off this mortal coil anytime soon. I don't want to go......

in response to: Dirty Grand Central Martini by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

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

elaine: the back to front music notation bothers me a bit, but not as much as the thought of the giant je ne sais quoi roaming the streets, hungrily, crawling up buildings to gnaw at signs,......

in response to: Musical Sign by joey

barry: I have only bean back there 3 times in the past 10 years, my last time was july for my sisters wedding an I got the impression that averey thing has changed.New houses all over......

in response to: 7th Century Church by barry

Dubhain: Actually, IIRC, this is what was known as GM's Tarrytown Assembly Plant. This would explane the pits in the factory floor. From GM's 2001 press release trumpeting a (defunct) development deal for the site: "The former......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

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

fuzzytank: never have i been ass sociated with the evils of fossil fuels woman watch those titles;) give me air cars or cycl3s or anything thats not part of the wars just let me import samrt roadsters, thats all i......

in response to: a fuzzy tank in a greenwich petrol station by elaine

jeeff: nice, i like old volvos and saabs. i'm guessing that salt lake city must be pretty tough on cars, huh?...

in response to: Dead Volvos by Bare

Shankill Butcher: Re: Shankhill Road Sinn FeinI.R.A.& the rest of youre Republican scumbags who is running around in fancy cars, dripping with gold & have big houses. Why? Because youse are learning terrorists around the world how......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

Peter: theyre quite adept at stealing stereos fro mcars, also... which jsut happened to me recently. why someone would want a 15 year old stock volvo stereo (that wont even work outside of hte car it......

in response to: Shoes by Peter

Peter: flash cars. dripping with gold. fancy holidays. dirty work....

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

outside observer: Re: Shankhill Road I wonder would you all go and take a reality pill. take a leaf out of the mc cartney sisters book and show up the paramilitary scum on both sides for what they......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

JOE: hEY PAPO YOU SHOUDNT TALK BROTHER FIRST OF ALL YOU MEXUCAN COME TO THIS COUNTRY IN TRUCKS AND LIVE LIKE BUNCH OF FUCKING DOGS TO BAD YOUR MOTHER HAD TO BREAK THE RACE BECAUSE......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti