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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

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

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

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

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

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 : 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

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

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

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

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

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

Sanford : To Esther In an idle moment I googled PS 167 to find out some details to compare with childhood memories and saw your comments. I was one year behind you at PS 167. My memories of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Thelma Fuentes: I lived at 146 Grove Street and moved to Staten Island in early 70s (I didn't get to graduate with my class at St. Barbara's in 1972)...I remember Barbara Ann's, my first dance at the......

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

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

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

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

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

JoAnn LaForte: I can't believe I am reading all this stuff. I lived on 130 Grove Street - bet. Central/Evergreen, from birth [1953] till we also did the mass 60's exodus (right after the beatles came)......

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

Rich: Hi Everybody, I lived at 1003 Carroll ST between Franklin and Bedford from 1957 til 1969, we then moved to 1048 President St which was directly behind the first address. Needless to say, for all of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Humboldt1: Gentrification is being caused by yuppies and professionals from the east moving further west, displacing current long-time residents. The park itself is beautiful and a true gem in the Chicago Park District, but is......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

surfer: Ron, you have brought back some very old and very good memories.Growing up as a kid in Brooklyn,you learned alot from the streets because that'all we had.My neighborhood was Italian Jewish Irish & norwegian. Deposit......

in response to: Lessons I Learned in Brooklyn Your Kid Won’t Learn in Preschool by Ron Taub

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

mitch: Hey Doc ... I lived on Caroll St about a 1/2 block from Franklin. I went to to 241 but we moved while I was still in elementary school. I remember the candy store/soda fountain at......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Doc S.......: Yo, Mitch - I don't think my uncle owned the store - he was just employed there as a pharmacist. Did you go to 241 also??I'm trying to remember some of the other stores in......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Warren S. : Jeeeezzzz... guys! Richie... Joe, thanks for the support on this one. Once I had my responding comment out there, I couldn't return for a while just to cycle it out of my system a tad.......

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

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

Humboldt1: I am happy to get rid of all the gangbangers. I have confronted drug dealers and will surely do it again. I do not want the kids on my street living around this......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

punsterbill: Born in Williamsburg Hospital in '41. Lived on first floor of 99 Stockholm St until '47 when we moved to Cornelia Street. went to PS 56 on Bushwick Ave, Halsey JHS and one......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

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

Janet: Well, the adage 'the more things change the more they stay the same' does not apply to the old neighborhoods or the old movie houses where those of our generation got a colorful taste so......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Lynnette (Diaz) Madden: I had a dream about Webb's Bakery the other night. I woke up dying for one of their butter cookies with the chocolate center drop. I Googled Webb's and this is what I found! OMG--just......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

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

Allan: Found this site, and these posts are fascinating. PS 167 brings back memories. Graduated in 1959. Sorry I hardly recall any of my teachers' names. Might remember if I heard them. I do recall my......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

wyoming native: fran z: Do you ever remember going to Grove St.? My Mom lived there with her Aunt and Uncle for a couple of months after coming to America from Yugoslavia. I would like to have......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Gemini: I have lived in Bushwick for most of my life. I have lived on my street for 34 yrs. Bushwick is like any other neighborhood it has it's ups and downs. I referred to it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

fiona : omg! i remember dancing in cross street one night & attaching bottle tops to my clothes. ( you took the cork out from the underside of the cap),i would of been about 8 yrs old......

in response to: Back Street by barry

wyoming native: Still looking for any and all photos of 1920 Grove Street. Old (circa 1938) or newer would be great! email snzrmom6@hotmail.com...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

augydoggy: To all the naive people in here that think raccoons are cute and are their backyard pets: These are wild and cold-hearted omnivores that care nothing about you and would eat you alive if given the......

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

Antoine Whitfield: yo, I get a rush nostalgia when i hear you all talk about the the old hood... i didn't realize our shared history and how diverse we are as people "Bushwick Bred". Wow, i......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Warren S.: Richie, you are right on the money there! It's like it was practice for more violent things to come. I hear that St. Barbara's church is or was closed, and they only say masses on......

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

Warren S.: Sometimes, I had to report to the cloakroom straightaway or directly to the hallway. One nun had a big steel edged ruler, named "Mr. Brown;" she whacked kids across the palms of their hands with......

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

CHRISSY-46: what a cool site. I can't even believe I found people that came from my childhood, teenage, neighborhood. I grew up on Melrose St. between Knickerbock and Wilson in the early 50's. ......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

river otters21 girl: What neighborhood is that in? I like the big old urban houses on the street in the background.Those houses are cool looking....

in response to: Cameraphone Funnel Cloud by jeeff

RICHIE .RUBIN: BACK TO CROWN HTS,REMEMBER:`BILLY BOYS' CANDYSTORE?GREFF'S DELI BOTH ST,JOHNS PL. &`SKIN-NECK-TITTY'AVE[LOCAL JOKE,AS MANY OF US KID'S COULDN'T SPELL THE REAL STREET NAME!WHEN THE B'KLYN DODGERS WON THE 1955 WORLD SERIES ALL DELIS GAVE OUT FREE`FRANKS' & PIZZA JOINTS FREE SLICES!WHAT A......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Sam: What is so very interesting to me in a sad way is looking at that area from Live Search (msn.com)....most blocks are empty..is here any project going on there to rebuild..the last time I was......

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

Janice Seifert; august 2008: Roland Lees, I hope to hear from you. I mistakenly wrote Ronold, he's your twin brother right? To ANON, I cannot remember who lived at 655 Wishart St. You are alot younger than me. ......

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

Linda Steinmetz: found this site while looking for info on P.S. 113 - the one on Moffat Street. I Grew up on Moffat Street, same block as the school, We had one of the houses with backyards......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Excuzmepleez: This post is in response to "remember 1966." I remember the sad accident. It happened on Troutman Street between Central and Evergreen and it involved a boy named Joey Mistretta who was 9 years......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

kls: My husband and I have lived in Humboldt Park for 4 years since moving to Chicago from Guatemala. I cannot think of a better compromise for us both. I love being near the shops......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

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

Janice A Abrams: Howie I lived at 104 Bleeker Street until 1959. I also went to St. Barbara's School until we moved to Long Island. I was born in 1951 but did have an older brother born......

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

Richie Fisher: Wow. I lived on the corner of Harmon and Wilson till June, 71. Cried wnen I left. I went to St. Barbs, grad. in '71. I lived 2 houses fom the other Fisher's, Georgie, Kenny......

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

Janice Seifert; July 2008: Hi Ronald Lees, I grew up on 600 Wishart St. Your sisters will probably remember me. My brother Joe used to hang out with your brother Earl and Freddie Beck. I used to love how......

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

kms: My life got flipped turned upside down. I want to type this up and tell you all about how I came to the town called Bellaire. In Cabrini Green, where I grew up and played on......

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

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

just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jack: looks like a bass drum in a marching band. i wonder how west 6th street up by kings highway is doing, i remember after the war all the soldiers marching in formation along that......

in response to: Greetings from Brooklyn by Peter

KINE TSK: Peace to LA & NYC... heard Philly was getting HUGE?! Anyone know who wrote this sh*t back in the day? Since there's a bunch of heads in here, "Almost 22 years in these backstabbin' streets. Strike......

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

anon: is the intersection of montrose ave and humboldt street relatively safe? im coming from the perspective of an inexperienced suburban white male, so im not sure what "safe" even means. ...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon: does the bushwick neighborhood extend to the intersection of montrose ave and humboldt street?...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Terry Gorman: Hi Andrew I am the final stages of a book about the non-league football grounds of Lancashire, and was very interested in the photo of the old Irlam Town clubhouse in Silver Street. Would there......

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

jack: REMINDS ME OF THE HUMAN ZOO ON THE PLANET PYTHIAN. sorry about the caps, but when i was captured by the pythians and taken to their planet there was a zoo and we humans......

in response to: Life Sentence by NWhyC

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

Tish: Great article, I lived at 350 East 92 Street from 1957 to 1972. Graduted from OLGC, my mother also attended the same school and graduted. I just went to visit the old neigbhor when the......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Lynda Phillips , sons Paul and Mike Phillips, Caroline st, Irlam adn Carlisle Dr, Irlam: Hello, Im just blown away by this fantastic site found by accident. I was looking for my old school friend William Mcormick/mcCormack from Salford born around 1955. I lived in Caroline Street aged 18 with......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

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

anon (cache-mtc-ad08.proxy.aol.com): I have been at 20 Harman Street since we bought it in 1988. Of course everyone thought I was crazy! Among the many comments was this one "Who would buy a house in Bushwick?" smile.......

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

Dave Moore: Stumbled on the site while attempting to get images of King Street in Stretford from the 60's and 70's. Excellent images. Brought back memories from when I worked near to Barton Bridge (Manchester Oil Refinery)......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Matt: My father (born in 1927) went to Cornell after the war. He lived at 420 Eddy Street. I live in Kansas and vacations usually take place out west. Can anybody tell me......

in response to: Ithaca Is Gorgeous! by Peter

jack: i'm clueless when it comes to looking at art, i don't like to sit there and gaze at a painting because i'm not that intelligent about art, but i am a dirty old man because......

in response to: Art Lovers at Folk Art Museum, West 53rd Street by Mike L.

Ella Street: Hey bill yes we are still over the bridge. Got a trailer in cape may court house if you and Alie get down that way get my # from john and give me a call.......

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

Ella Street: Hey Kwi Chang how the hell are you. Do you still live down the street from John. How is that old leg of yours doing. Man haven't seen you in a dog's age next time......

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

Gaynor Miller: Hi Tom I think all our Grandads fathers and Uncles worked on the Steel works I know mine did, they worked with yours I will have to dig some photo's out of your Grandad Tom......

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

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

B Street: I grew up across the street from one of the few working factories in Kensington starting in 1965 until I was forced out 22 years later. While I too have fond memories of wall ball, swimming......

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

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

Samantha: Hi... I've just come across this site accidentally as most of you did... I'm currently living in Dubai but I spent most of my life living in Irlam in between living in France and Abu-Dhabi... I......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

Peter: ok, people... what is it, exactly, that makes {bushwick} so "scary"? i mean, really. i wish someone would just come out and spell it out for us, because i dont buy it. sure, the neighborhood......

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

Miss_1989: I had lived in hutch for 12 years growing up as a child, but my family ended up moving due to my parents job transfers and also because Hutchinson (even in the middle class neighborhoods)......

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

Seeking Contact: Ella Street, Stever passed away about 15 years age. Both Fiolo and Danny (with the big Doberman dog that jumped the the front door glass, but loved to play rough when I wore my leather coat......

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

Ella Street: Also went to St Hughs Dave Raby he lived on Elkart street Mike Fiolo he was related to thr Franklins Danny had the them big ass dogs right if that's who you mean seen Danny about......

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

Seeking Contact: To: Ella Street Do you know Dave Raby? Did you know Mike Stever, Dennis Morton, Patty Renyolds, Rose Pote, Mike Fiolo or Danny K.? We used to hang at Clearfield and Swanson St.(between A and Front......

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

David Warrior: Ron, I looked on an old 1917 map of Cadishead and Whitfield Street ran off Atherton Lane,(in the area where Anglers Rest is now) The George Hotel is still on the corner of Atherton and Liverpool......

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

Roland Lees: Nice site, I grew up at E street and Wishart. I still work around the old house, anybody remenber the corner store at E and Clearfield BEE's and Teddy Pizza at Clemtine street. Yo Big......

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

omabradshaw: Does anyone have pics of the schools I listed? The old Central Grade school was on 5th street and was tore down around 1960-ish.The Catholic church took the land and used it for a......

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

Joe: As I review most of the comments posted it seems that there are many faded memories of a better time for Kensington (including many of my comments and memories). I do love history and therefore......

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

Mrs.L: For all of the people who are down on Hutch; how old are you?? For the people who think this town is such an awful place, you must be young. I am still in my......

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

Vsmitty36: ok, so lets be truthful who ever took the pictures above obviously didn't live here. That building that you knew oh so much about is an old hospital and what exactly is the name of......

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

marlene: Winnipeg definitely deserves to be on the list. Its skyline is distinctive--especially in the dead of winter when its really cold and ice fog clouds are in the air and the sky is clear......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Kathy Hulse: To: Ginny Orr In case you didn't get your answer of where the Apha Baptist Church was located, it was Hancock and York Streets. ......

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