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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Public Animals - Street Level Nine: This was one of the most inspiring and graffiti-Décollage rich sites I have ever visited in my life. As a young member and founder of The Public Animals, I used to wander in here early......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Bob O: Thanks for all the memories of Yorkville where I grew up from the 30s through the sixties. I was born over in New York Hospital, went to school at St. Ignatius and then Cardinal Hayes.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Bob O: Thanks for all the memories of Yorkville where I grew up from the 30s through the sixties. I was born over in New York Hospital, went to school at St. Ignatius and then Cardinal Hayes.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Bob O: Thanks for all the memories of Yorkville where I grew up from the 30s through the sixties. I was born over in New York Hospital, went to school at St. Ignatius and then Cardinal Hayes.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

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

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

BARON VON FANCY: Baron Von Fancy is not a man, he is an idea. And you cannot kill an idea. He has been called an artist. He has been called a maniac. He is a recluse. He never......

in response to: Baron Von Fancy by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

BillH: Liz when you were born I was 24 and living in Colorado so I am a "few" years older than you. I am probably about the same age as your parents. Where did you......

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

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

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

serlingrod: In response to the last post - first of, let me say that I live in Philadelphia and have worked as a community organizer in Kensington for the past several years. I mention this to......

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

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

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Eleanor: Have read this article many times and I'm pleased to see it is still drawing comments. NewYorkDave ... you said you were on Bushwick Buddies but left because of the "right-wing" politics ... You're probably right......

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

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

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

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

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

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

NewYorkDave: Hmmm, I just realized that that route wouldn't have made any sense considering the number of blocks involved. The pretzels surely would have been cold by the time he reached Onderdonk--unless he were running the......

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

NewYorkDave: Bobby I: Thanks! My Dad must've been selling pretzels around the same time because he bought and sold them for the same prices you quoted. His "route" was Onderdonk heading south; he tells me that......

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

UK JA OK: We heard JA 3000 miles away! I got myself over to New York recently and I saw a couple of JA throw ups in the Underground tunnels there. His shit never gets old! JA is gettin his......

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

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

Mike Tess: I agree that when parrots bite it is usually with warning and a reaction to the bitten person's actions. I just got home and had to google parrot bite in response to what happened today.......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

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

Mist One53. Tdt=The Deadly Type.: Hello JA From Mist1 Sheffield England uk. I was first in Nyc in 1989 and saw SANE eveywhere. At the top of the World trade centre, not much bigger that this text on the screen.I......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

Liam McCann: Reading your article was like going back home. I grew up on 87th ST. off of Lex and remember alot ot the locations you cited. I remember what the Rupert Towers development was......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Angel... Sunset Park Broolkyn: I was real young maybe 13 yrs old,during this black out, when the lights went out me and a some group of friends got together and tagged up the nieghborhood, atleast we weren't looting. I......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

New York: So what has become of the Rivers family and the two boys? (Lafayette and Pharoah)? Anyone out there know? I heard Kotlowitz speak about 6 or 7 years ago here in Brooklyn and I liked......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

jack: thank you little ukraine, i never knew about that ceremony, i thought new yorkers forgot about that fire, seems when i read the book about it many years ago i became emotionaly tied to the......

in response to: Walking Through Washington Square Park On My Way to Dinner by jack

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.

Chuckvideo: I love that old building! I hope they don't mess it up too much. I took a bunch of photos of it as well the last time I was in New York, about three years......

in response to: Child\'s Restaurant, Coney Island by Peter

jack: old new yorkish style photo, around the 30's i'd say in a foggish manner, very quiet but active new york, just about to wake up....

in response to: Grey New York by Ilona

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

Peter: im 30. im not rich. i live in bushwick because i can afford it and because its, for the most part, a hard-working, family-rich neighborhood thats free of yuppie condos, starbucks and the like. it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Luis Acevedo: Please send me your e-mail addresses and I will scan some images as well as send you the ones I have on my pc now. As for stories there are so many untold. Have you......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

DeadRagabash: First off, I was born in a nice little Indian Reservation in Oklahoma, lived all over Okalhoma lived all over New Mexico, Texas & Colorado. As well as 15 odd places in Germany over 2......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Sascha, New York : Likewise, just heard about Signal Gasoline on the Sirius old-time radio channel. When was the photograph above taken? By the price of the cigarettes on the sign, it can't be too old. Are there still Signal gasoline......

in response to: Signal Gasoline by fuzzytank

belis: I am 17 years old and I was born and raised in Bushwick Brooklyn New York. To begin bushwick is not East Williamsburg. Thats just what it is being called to get white people to......

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

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: 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.

.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

procyon: peter: too bad about the sane stuff getting painted over! i read somewhere that someone is rehabilitating the place, though... as a resident of a beautiful old building with a lot of terra cotta sculptural......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: It's all about the angles. I walk around Manhattan snapping mental pictures. And when I can't take it any more, out comes the camera and I start taking real ones. New York is just so......

in response to: Snow on Third Ave by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: The very warm weather in New York (El Nino/global warming/Bond villian heat ray) has befuddled the plants and they are trying to bring Spring early. They are in for a nasty shock when the frost......

in response to: Black Cherry by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: the sequence is excellent. i called my family in vista and told them that we are having warmer weather here in new york...

in response to: California Morning by joey

Marty: Come by the Yorkville web site for a trip down nostalgia lane. Find an old friend or just make a new friend. http://www.liveworkplayoutwest.com/yorkvilleindex.htm...

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Phill: just to let you no, new yorks crime has gone done signifcantly, as well as gang activity, so though there may be gangs, and such and drugs, new york is nothing at all compared to......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

Alexa: Great bridge pics! Beautiful! I have a fear of bridges, yet I enjoy looking at them. I don't think I could ever drive across the massive bridges of NY........not sure I could......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

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

Ellie: Hello Everyone, I was born and raised in Brooklyn. I lived right off of Bushwick and Grand Street. I attented 196, IS 49 and Eastern District High. I moved to Florida in 1990,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I was confused for a second because I thought it was the Flatiron in New York and somehow it had shrunk. Nice atmospheric photo, though....

in response to: Flat Iron at Night by dfwtiger

anon (cache-rtc-ad06.proxy.aol.com): at barnes and noble there is a book on old new york that has a picture of the railyards in 1930 ,s that will show the way it looked back then I dont......

in response to: The Dilapidated Piers off the West Side Highway: NYC by Peter

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in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

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

riot: as an old skool peterborough street artist from the 90's,and someone who has visited places like new york city to see street art, i would just like to thank the one up crew for placeing......

in response to: followup graffiti hunt by Jamie

EvilGentleman: I will always remember all the stories my grandmother told me about wartime New York. Blackouts in case of a surprise Nazi air raid, or perhaps a U-Boat could get close enough to bombard the......

in response to: To Jersey Shore by jack

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.

andrea: I was born in bushwick, I grew up on putnum and evergreen, yea.. I remember my wild days there, wow,bk all the way. my older brother was in and out of jail for dealing drugs......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Sarah: I have grown up in Dallas... a not so boring town. I am attending OU and would like to tell you that you are not able to get the "life" of norman until you leave......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

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.

Peter: ahh, {dr pepper}! when i first moved to {nyc} in 1995, it was impossible to find {dr pepper}, and as a transplanted {southerner}, i was frustrated that it wasnt available anywhere. as a matter of......

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

jack: nice story and pic's. but wait for 50 years to pass and then go back. my trip to brooklyn, new york and my visit to my old home showed me that there were......

in response to: Home Pt. 1: The Trailer Park by CE

Martin: Liverpool city skyline wasn't included which is a shame as are old and new buildings. At present there are skyscrapers being constructed on the waterfront. Maybe in the future. Watch out New York, Liverpool's coming! ...

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

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

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: The New York Methodist Church on Dogdyke road...it has a certain ring to it. I have all kinds of conflicting images in my head. Best if I leave them there....

in response to: New Use for Urban Ruins? by CE

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: New York is not a cess pool. Anyway, I've been harassed in a sleepy country village of less than 1,500 people....

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

patti: I live on Long Island, New York, in a small village and have a few raccoons in the neighborhood. Two years ago they made their way into the sofits/eves of my garage and were......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

New Yorker: You're just an idiot if you don't think this photo is real and if you can't see what's going on - just open your eyes, read the paper, watch the news this stuff happens all......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

EvilGentleman: Periwinkles... Sounds so familar, for some reason. Is there one in Decatur, too? I used to visit my old fiancee there when she was going to Millikin U in Decatur, back in 1989 and 1990.......

in response to: Grab A Seat by Brad

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Now I can use one of my favourite phrases: riot of colour. Ah, that felt good. I love the delicate blossom against the weathered buildings, together they're a fragile ecosystem hidden in New York....

in response to: Blossom\'s out Back. by barry

Chris Erb: Just called. Had a fun conversation with someone who works at MoMO. He lives in Brooklyn. He told me that the weather is quite nice, told me a bit about new York,......

in response to: Bored at Work by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Hi Joey, I write ads, but this particular one was not my creative. I was just re-recording parts of it and overseeing (overhearing?) the edit. Having an English accent in New York, I have been......

in response to: My Lion Has Got No Nose by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: fries and franks....mmmmmm! I love New York all year round, but June is sublime....

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

EvilGentleman: Ironically, the Great Lakes - Saint Lawrence Valley corridor in Canada, where 60% of Canada's population lives, including the cities of Windsor, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City, gets most of its cold wintry weather......

in response to: Spring Snow by jack

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: It's fun living in New York and also being a tourist guide. It gives you a whole new perspective on this fabulous place....

in response to: NYC Rapid Fire by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Thanks for the clarification, Peter. My brother is in town and I've spent the last four days 'doing New York.' I'm very nearly dead. I'm going to have to tell you about the scene I......

in response to: There Be Dragons by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: in southern california they hardly ever see clouds and rain, so this is something exciting for them, the poor people who live in the sunny, warm palm treed and flowers always climate. i feel......

in response to: Freeway Cloudage by joey

EvilGentleman: Hmmm... an old canteen truck converted into a mobile used bookstore... hot dog vendors who sell Tom Clancy and Michael Crichton novels on the side... Owners of suburban used bookstores cruising through New York's residental......

in response to: Booktrash 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

Peter: i have it. every so often, when i move or rearrange, it turns up. in a box. on a shelf, under the desk, in the nightstand drawer... i do not display it or make any......

in response to: Kinematics by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Kato, tell Mulah and Cocopops I'm sending them some Otto Tootsi Plohound shoes. Geddit? [[http://newyork.citysearch.com/profile/7108914/?cslink=cs_boc_ew_3_2]]...

in response to: Sneakers on 34th Street (forever) by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

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

Chris: billy i dont believe u have ever been to the UK judging from ur... review of it. I have met many cool americans that apreciate there only allie on the planet and are nice......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Mini zebras! I could just paint some stripes on a couple of New York City sewer rats....

in response to: Zazou and Donkeys in Pajamas by Guy McLaren

EvilGentleman: I thought you might like that, Peter. You really seem to be a proud {New Yorker}. My family has always had connections to New York, too. My dad lived under the {Brooklyn Bridge} (NE corner......

in response to: WTC Builders Speak Up by EvilGentleman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I've learnt a lot from Jamies postings about Northern Ireland, so I stood on the pool table and shouted, "Fuck the Queen, up the IRA and down with the Orangemen." (Not really, I just tipped......

in response to: Cat\'s Brave Battle with the Snow. by Catherine Penfold-Waxman