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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Diane: I am also from the Yuba area. Actually I am Kaeleen, Helen and Kim's relative. I was a Machovec and my mother's maiden name was Revels. I happen to work with Teena Wallace who lives......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

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

pissed off local: you have just focused on the bad have u actualy seen anything u wanted to see or were u in a bad mood that day 1. the only flying lancaster bomber in europe 2. the 1......

in response to: Morning Walk: Part One by jamie

emily: I am currently observing a class in Lafayette Elementary school. I have to write a paper regarding the changes the community or the school have gone through. The school used to have 1300 students and......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

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

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

Boy: Sell the http://freewebtown.com/plufnot/kangel-hold-my-hand.html ! It is very complex for finding... ...

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

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

Humboldt/West Bucktown - whichever you prefer: I've been in this area for over 6 years. Bought a condo 3BR/3BA. The first year was rough with all the random shootings at night. I get the scoop from the locals,......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

unknown: I met my now fiance in a small town. I learned that he was born and raised in CG until he was shot not in his neighbor, but on the southside of the Chi. The......

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

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

Humboldt1: Arquitecto, Seriously, you don't need to use all the 5 dollar words. I have been in Humboldt Park for the past 3 years, having purchased an apartment building here in which I live. I......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Guitarista81: We went to manhattan in 05' and felt so safe, 1st time ever been there im 26 walked all around uptown-downtown at night, I felt safe as shit. People like force could be believable if......

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

herb weitz: got to union & kingston around 1938-9 went to 167 for 1 semester then the crown heights yeshiva (310 crown)next to ps161 at 13 I discovered Shwabies poolroom HEAVEN, a warm place to play hookey and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

madamep: I was there then, and you really nailed it for what it was like. I was the groupie mom's roommate. I still don't know what that was about. Her trip not mine. I wasn't into......

in response to: Trenches by Stephanie L. Jackson

bikeguy: Uncle Jacobs is getting a lot of negative reviews here as a stolen bike shop. Look, if you're going to sell used bikes in the world capital of bike theft then you're obviously going to......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

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

transplant: Older neighborhoods near downtown - Riverside, Avondale, Springfield, etc. make it easy to use your car less and get out into the world more. If you are really open-minded you can always find like......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

river otters21 girl: I had read somewhere that the decline of the neighborhoods is a part of the "Billy Penn curse". No Philly sports team won a championship since 1983 and since that time period Kensington......

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

Marie: I grew up in LaJunta and when I hit college, I learned that I had gotten a great education. I was far ahead of the other students in math and science and history. ......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 8 by Scott Sargent

Gamester: I too just found this page after searching for "too old skateboarding" in Google. I am 23 years old and work as a technical support agent in Boulder, CO. Right now, here is......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

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

Tyfoid Kid: How's that old song go: Hot town, summer in the city Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty Been down, isn't it a pity Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city All around, people looking half......

in response to: Watermelon Man by Cartlegger

Michelle M: I didn't live there but would frequently visit Jan and Arnold Wallace. I believe that I know most of you as I was a year younger then Linda was. My Email is: Iroot42@aol.com What a......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

anon: Scott, urgent, contact me. I am stuck in Hutchinson, I am from Florida and I believe my life is in danger. I keep reaching out for help but its slow coming. I am disabled, use......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 13 by Scott Sargent

living in Hutchinson: Wow. Interesting website. I would like to comment too. I live in Hutchinson. I have been here my entire life. I moved to big cities in other states for a few......

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

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

Joe F: Hi Laura ! RE: "my" 3rd Ave EL PHOTO ! I enjoyed reading your Yorkville memories as an ex 1940's-60's Yorkville-ite myself. It would have been appropriate and nice for me to also have been given ME......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

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

Peter: Ryan: i hate chemical spills (this is more of a chemical spill than an "oil spill") as much as the next guy, but just for the record, its not the "largest oil spill in history".........

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

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

Melissa: There might not be a so called night life in Buffalo, but at least we do have a theater. Our community has worked very hard to get our old theater up and running again.......

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

Hutchinson Escapee: I'm not a religious person, but if there is a town in this county that truly is cursed, it's hutchinson, KS. The corruption at the judicial level is staggering. The forces that be actually got the......

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

Me: Re to Tex and Peter I would post pics here,but I do not know how.Maybe I can get my 17 year old to do it for me,but she is usually too busy,like many other folks here......

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

Tex: Here's another one, this is the Kansas Cosmosphere, one of the recent winners in the "Wonders of Reno County". It was started my Max Ary, who stole space artifacts from his own museum and......

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

John (aged 44 and a bit): Ahh so many memories. I left irlam in 1985 not i may add for the sandy beaches and climate of a far off land but the more mundane surroundings of Oldham. I grew up on......

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

jack: ahh shucks, i told the wrong story, it goes like this, every morning the king would go to the tower and ring the bell to wake up the citizens of the town, so when he......

in response to: Ruby Begonia by Biff

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

eric guerra: Its me again. No matter how bad it is, it is still my birth place, St. Josephs Hospital, lived on Preakness Ave for half my life, then moved one block away to Ryerson ave. I......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

sharon, swansea: hi could i explain why i`m posting this please, I LOST MY 19 YR OLD SON KARL,( AKA KARLO...) TO METHADONE MISUSE, IN OCT 2007, AN ABSOLUTE WASTE OF A LIFE, HE WAS......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Cathy Tarkowski Grant: Belleville Kansas is full of potential with many creative artisans and entrepreneurs. It also is ripe for development with the Republican River running nearby, beautiful old 81 highway running north of town with it's......

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

Peter Lawford: Nice to see my old town Irlam. I lived there for 21 years untill 1969, but now live in NSW Australia. My sister still lives on the moss...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

Paddy O'Furniture: I'M the original pearly KING of OLDE LONDON TOWN!...

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

James cashan: hi norma , yes i remember brian,may know your brothers by face,we would get anywhere from 1 to 2 hundred people down at tarzan bridge,crossie was a regular face at our shin digs and would often......

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

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

BigGaloot: Moved here to Hutch 11 yrs. ago for better job. Now job market is terrible here and no new industry moving in. Reminds me of Great Bend KS where all the old......

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

brightflight: I'm not sure. I've eaten at a Nim Wah dim sum place in Chinatown but we might've just mispronounced Nam Wah. The food was really, really good but some old guys were smoking cigarettes indoors and......

in response to: Nam Wah Tea Parlor by Peter

Eric from Port Richmond: A Richmond boy with a few comments. Its NOT just Kensignton that took a turn for the worst in the area. I grew up in the late 70s and 80s in Port Richmond. The neighbors would sit......

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

CartLegger: Yes. this is a fine spot, an old fashioned joint that is the oldest continuously operating restaurant in Chinatown. It always looks empty, but you feel like a real important customer with undending offers of......

in response to: Nam Wah Tea Parlor by Peter

grisser: I think I remembered it being the oldest tea shop in China town according to the pamphlet they give out in one of those Chinatown festival....

in response to: Nam Wah Tea Parlor by Peter

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

From P.a.: I have moved to hutch alittle over 3 years ago,and I wish I could return back to Pa. This town is not what all the other people keep bragging about. I have a 20 year......

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

From P.a.: I have moved to hutch alittle over 3 years ago,and I wish I could return back to Pa. This town is not what all the other people keep bragging about. I have a 20 year......

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

Kensington H,S, Vice President: Cold Case does take place in Philadelphia. And the main girl detective (blond haired - is that Lilly Rush ?) is suppose to come from Fishtown....

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

Paul: I live in downtown Toronto and I think our downtown is quite impressive, with the coloured lights on the Skydome and CN Tower it really enhances the night view and the Royal Bank Plaza glitters......

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

Andrew Smith: Here's some photo's contributed by Dom Smith (friend but no relation) - photo's of Irlam in the late 1980's The parade on the estate - butchers on the left, newsagent in the middle (run by Dom's......

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

yolanda deberry-franklin: wow, memories, memories,memories. my family and i moved into the henry horner projects when they were completed around 1956-57. i was about 4 years old at the time. we thought that we......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Sheila Hilton: Hi Cyril, I came across some (confusing to say the least)information relating to Woolden Hall. Make of it what you will: "Woolden appears as Vulueden in 1299.......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

Tex: You are absolutely right, we should be thankful for what we have and the great country that we live in. We are very blessed and fortunate to live in a country where we have......

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

Bob Salmon: A bit late, sorry, my internet connection broke down. Hi Alan You are correct with what you say about the sky lighting up. Having worked in all the areas that could light up the sky, I will endeavour......

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

Stuck in Hutchinson: I need some advice on getting out of this hell hole. I'm pretty lazy, like most of the people in this town, but I still have some hope that maybe I could make something......

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

Crystal: I agree that this town in boring but like another person pointed out You only took a picture of like ONE spot here. There are beautiful things here too not just an old hospital that......

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

Tex: Here's a sad example In the Hutch news, was this story, "Owner of Wiley building leaves tenants in the cold" "The coffee group can joke about it - but the tenants of the Wiley building aren't......

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

Peter: so... perhaps we can get past all the pointless name-calling and someone who actually lives in {hutchinson} can post some photos that prove their point? otherwise, this thread is just becoming a big, endless argument......

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

karen: hi, i have lived in Irlam pretty much all my life. I never knew where the town got its name from until today. I think the photos on here look excellent, possibly even making this......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

serlingrod: [[img:26158]] EvilGentleman - I just so happened to snap this one on Avenue Papineau in the Plateau. I love the old sign though...it's like the ones you'll find in small-town U.S.A. that still say "Kentucky Fried......

in response to: Poulet Frit à La Kentucky by EvilGentleman

GuRu: Anyone who loves this town is either old, or an ineffective middle manager making 10 bucks an hour and bossing around brown people. Wake up peeps! We have nazi cops, child molesters on every block,......

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

Roy: As a former resident of Salina I am horrified that this is put on here. Yes those pictures are boring, but you can find them in any old town. There are some fun places to......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 7 by Scott Sargent

L.Barry: I have drove through it many of times because it was a handy route to go instead of the Ship Channel Bridge. It was far better than that Dark and dingy old Baytown tunnel......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

j.smith: Shiny unhappy people All is not well in the world of pearly royalty. Beneath the peacock feathers and rhinestone finery is stirring a nasty battle for the soul of the kingdom. In Guildford county court this......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

noname: Hunter, First off I am self employed. I have not needed to explore other towns. My complaint comes from the lack of people with money in this town. Thank God for the internet... I do......

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

Paul Davis: Hello every one, i never knew there were so many like minded people, people who enjoy I@C for what it is. I have lived in irlam for just over ten years now and i think that......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Hunter: I'm back again, and will comment again on Tex's "statistics". Tex your reply to my criticism of your use of crime statistics was simply to attribute the data to the FBI, but I did not......

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

David: I lived at G & Tioga with my Grandparents in the early 60's. They had a corner drugstore (Ben's) over which teh house was built and I would serve soda's and sandwiches when old enough.......

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

Tex: Ok, lets start with the facts instead of people's 'opinions' about how great life is in Hutch. city-data.com/city/Hutchinson-Kansas.html Median Household Income for 2005 Hutch residents: 33,300 Kansas residents: 42,920 Hutch govt. employees: 53,604 !!! Hutchinson compared to Kansas state average:......

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

serlingrod: Standard Tap is great - the same owners operate Johnny Brenda's up in Fishtown. There definitely is a development gap between Old City and Northern Liberties though, with I-95 running along the waterfront and 676......

in response to: Save Your Neighborhood by serlingrod

Achiever: I like living in Hutchinson; however, it has shrunk. When my family moved here in 1980 there were more than 50,000 residents in the city, not the whole county. Because of our wonderful city government,......

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

Dino: I worked in Tarrytown for 15 yrs.Started in Hard Trim,then Soft trim after the 1982 layoff. I use to be a floater when I first started and I really enjoyed it a lot.I worked in......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

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

Graham Bate: Hi Andy, This thread is a real blast from the past! so many names I recall, Brian Bagshaw, Roy Bamber, Steve Weir and all the history that goes with the town. I come from Irlam myself......

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

Bellevile Racer#01: Those pictures are of the old Snakey Building which is now the new gome of 4 time IMCA chassis builder, Belleville Motor Sports. All I have to see is this idiot hasn't been here......

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

janet: Hi Stan--You're probably close to my vintage. I'm trying without luck to call up a memory of Famous on Schenectady--I lived just around the corner and went to 167--so there it was during the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Chris: I just happened over this page while looking for something via Google, but I couldn't just let this go- I grew up in Hutch, but no longer living there. I moved to the West Coast......

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

Fred, The.: Mr. Texan.. I also look forward to being in Texas. I did attend a grade school here in Hutch years ago but I had to quit......

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