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Arnie Blume: Hi Harry P. It was great seeing your comments. I saw you at the 241 reunion. It was so good seeing all those 241ers again. All those great memories, there must have been some bad but......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Destroy All Tacos: The rest of it is so intelligible in comparison that I'm just picturing someone startling the sign maker while they were in the middle of the sentence or something. I'm also with deckardcanine on it......

in response to: Illegal Parkinc Towteid O\'Winers Expenses by Peter

Tom M: Tarrytown was a great place to work. I worked in the Personnel department there from 1973 until it closed in 1996, then transferred to Kansas City in 1997, retiring in 2008. There was no comparision......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Andrew: Good grief, this is very harsh stuff. Ordinarily I wouldnt post, but there are some interesting points made by some people. I lived in England for a few years, and saw it decline into the disgusting,......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Anthony89Clark: In my opinion my top 20 are mainly in the US 1)Chicago 2)Columbus Ohio 3)Cincinnati 4)NYC 5)Cleveland 6)Omaha Nebraska 7)Louisville KY 8)Washington DC 9)Lexington Kentucky 10)London 11)Paris 12)Shanghi 13)Detroit 14)Pittsbergh 15)Toledo 16)Philladelphia 17)toronto 18)LA 19)Houston 20)Indianapolis...

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

anon (207-237-48-145.c3-0.80w-ubr9.nyr-80w.ny.cable.rcn.com): Thelma: I read many months ago in The Tablet that St. Barbara's was going to re-open as The Pople John Paul II Family Academy to servce poor families in the parish. There was going to be......

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

Paula Giangreco Cullison: I googled and found you! It dawned on me just this morning that next year will be the 50th anniversary of my graduation from Bishop McDonnell Memorial HS (1960) which was located at 260 Eastern......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Beth: I had posted above a few months ago and came back to see if anyone listed any places to visit or things to do in Jax. So far nothing. I can see that the "locals"......

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

Nan: My loved ones live in New Cross. So I love the place. It is varied - it is London - it is diverse. Been to Paris, or Berlin, or Vienna, or Rome, or any other......

in response to: bleak day, new cross by elaine

Gertrude: Okay, some of you went way off topic, but anyway.... I have lived in four different provinces. I now live in Quebec, and can not find a doctor. I had one, but moved out of the......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

Sanzay: Amazing! Outstanding labor and legislative efforts to legalize urban exploration trips! Still can't pick my jaw from the table ;-) This place can be turned into the museum or theme park or several thematic bars/night......

in response to: Oldest Subway Tunnel in the World by adam

Le Bien, Le Mal: I do know this house and the location where it is. I would not be surprised to see Paris Hilton bury there. It is that kind of place ;-]...

in response to: Hallowe\'en Overkill/Wishful Thinking by CE

bill: i'm english traced my family back 300 so far all english but i am ashamed of mycountry and what it has become. we are ruled by corupt, lying, greedy poilticans england has become the dustbin of......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

anon (p186n10.ruraltel.net): Norton is the most boring state ever even tho i live in the state. I wish i could live in Paris but ya know live is never that great you live where you live...

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

anon (h-69-3-252-62.sfldmidn.dynamic.covad.net): If your interested... that's my school and parish. The church and school opened in the early 1900's. The church was remodeled in 1948. ...

in response to: Saint Ann\'s Cadillac by joey

Abe: Azi...I think this is Bayside now (or of the past), not Bayside of the future. Obviously in size there is no comparison to Warsaw. But if you go further back toward Liberty Avenue parts of......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Franny Wentzel: Fuck England... What Paris Hilton is doing right this minute......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Marina: I remember how filthy this beach was in the 70's. Worse than any other area beach, I'm assiming because of the easy access from the highway, people used to dump all kinds of trash here.......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

Serhio: Terrible photos! It looks like dark dull vault. Moscow metro is the best and most beautiful in the world. Moscow metro stations are palaces in comparison with this awful basement....

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

Julia Astralla: To Troy, (asking about st. Matt.'s Parish .........) what's your age-range ? Do you remember the priest, Fr. William Hickey ? (the best friend a teenager had in those days .........1956 to......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Richard Cancemi, M.D. (Retired): I was born in a top floor flat at 151 Central Ave in 1933, around the corner from St.Joseph's. Our sisters took no guff from us and slapped us or gave us whacks on......

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

Danny Fuchs: Don't know how I came upon this blog? Think I am older than most of you. My family moved around a lot. I was born on St.John's Place at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital in 1939. One......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (ool-45750b20.dyn.optonline.net): great memories! Any of ST, Matthews Parish? {Troy Ave. Jimmy}...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

dubdoc: That last set is an interesting comparison....

in response to: Spewing Gargoyle by Myke

Matty Paris: Roger Brown and Connie Hawkins were completely different ballplayers from very different cultures. Connie lived in a railroad flat off Franklin and Fulton Street with his mother and brother. She did maid work. He played......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (cpe-67-244-9-153.nyc.res.rr.com): This really is a great site. I used to play basketball agsint Ronnie Bly in 1962. He was made of steel but could be muscled and did not movie without the ball. I knew Bobby......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

JIm: Oh, I see what has been done now. I was thinking of their decent size parking lot too, from what I remember. GM had a comparison test there, after it had closed, when they were......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

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: 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

JP1515JeffersonAve: Gemini...Did you or any of your fam orfriends go to St. Martin/St. Elizabeth? Do any of the Diaz Fam still live there? Is Father Hoffmann still with the parish? I went to school there from 1974......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

benjamin : has anyone tried the spray adhesive you can buy at wal-mart and stores like that, how does it hold up in comparison to wheat paste? i know wheat paste can last years. ...

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

MC: These are my top 15 1.Melbourne 2.New York 3.Sydney 4.Hong Kong 5.Tokyo 6.Las Angeles 7.Toronto 8.Boston 9.Las Vagas 10.Auckland 11.Dubia 12.Paris 13.Singapore 14.Brisbane 15.Perth ...

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

Warren S.: "...I think Father Zimmer was reading the weekly anouncements and DP and some other nuns were being sent to other Parishes. When Father said her name, I was stunned and looked at her with a......

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

Richie Fisher: Hey there Warren! I have to be honest, I almost fell off my chair reading your E Mail and I FLEW off my chair when I read your letter on the Casusos's......

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

Warren S.: I think this is a fabulous Web-page; it brings back memories of Bushwick, Brooklyn and Queen, where I grew up. Until I was 14, I lived on RC church property in the "old rectory" building......

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

always a Bushwick kid: Hey Lou Romero: you mentioned Sr. Ann Melanie, Sr. Betty, etc. Well Sr. Ann Melanie died not too long ago and Sr. Betty still works in Bushwick- she runs Independence House on Cornelia Street (between......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

MOTI WEISBROT : The Paris one is Notre Dame I think . ...

in response to: Milano by Moti Weisbrot

Joyz Dimaano: This church reminds me of that one in Paris... juz can't remembr the name right now. =) nice pix, though. ...

in response to: Milano by Moti Weisbrot

Jamie: I don't know if it out-uglies the ugly fish. Here are the two side by side for comparison: [[img:8670]] [[img:8737]]...

in response to: Spewing Gargoyle by Myke

Mitch Vernace: Grew up on the "other side" of Myrtle Avenue, on Knickerbocker between Putnam and Madison Street between 1961 and 1978. Went to St. Martin of Tours and we always felt our competitors were from......

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

Peter: with a [[3348:new york in lincolnshire]], no doubt youve got a {brooklyn} in {philly}! nice find... thanks for sharing it with us. this is the view from the end of my block, for comparison: [[img:28261]] other brooklynites, show......

in response to: Where Brooklyn At? by serlingrod

Anon: Anything done in public is public domain, and international law, as a whole, is of this mindset, both legally and socially. It's quite simple, actually. Don't want someone taking photos of it? Then don't do......

in response to: A Homeless Man Sleeping with His Most Cherished Possession by Leroy Allen Skalstad

Allison: Not to bog you down with stats, but just by comparison here is the info for the same year in Manhattan: County New York County Community/county police department County Total Year 2006 Total number of reported crimes (violent and property) 56,255 Number of violent......

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

Mike L.: Actually taken with my cellphone camera. Thanks for the comparison!...

in response to: FDR Drive Just Before 7pm by Mike L.

EvilGentleman: Well, at least you did not catch her a la Britney, Paris and Lindsey, with the obligatory upskirt shot climbing out of a limo....

in response to: The Shady Lady of Notre - Dame St. West by Montrealbunny

EvilGentleman: As far as the urban legend aspect of things goes, how could we get a website like [[http://www.snopes.com]] to have a look at it, and see what they dig up? I am really curious about......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

Ken Maki: The first picture is of rue Fortune looking towards rue de Paris in Pointe St. Charles a friend of mine lives in the house at the very left of the picture where the minivan is......

in response to: Eleven Random, Totally Unreleated Photos of Montreal Taken Over the Course of Approximately Six Months with Two Different Cameras by CE

Stockton: I'm sorry but Sao Paolo doesn't deserve her place! Where is Paris, where is Istanbul? An Istanbul view: [[img:26827]] Photo by Ersel OK @ http://www.skyscraperlife.com ...

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

mary graham: grew up in kensington, went to st. hughs parish elementary school, then attended little flower highschool for girls, enjoyed Wagners ballroom. graduated 1970, then moved away. i remember the magic of christmas in kensington, christmas......

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

jazzartsounds: [[img:26382]] looking for better sites for st. louis area street art..? I have some great pics.. Love the Powell Square building! need info on REDD FOXX and also ed box..? help? recently returned......

in response to: St. Louis Graffiti by Brad

Tex Re: Hunter: Hunter, I'm tired of you giving out false statements. As I said before, I did not come up with the crime statistics, they came from the F.B.I. You can review them at this......

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

Tex Re: Hunter: My crime statistics come from the F.B.I., and I would say that they probably have well qualified statisticians who know how to report said facts fairly with the proper comparisons, so that 'apples' are not......

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

Hunter: I'd like to make two points at this time. First, it seems that most of the dissatisfaction with Hutchinson revolves around the lack of "good", i.e. well-paid jobs. As I mentioned earlier, there are no......

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

John Dereszewski: To DeSales: I can tell you a bit about this small street in extreme southern Bushwick. First, it was originally known as Hull Street and marked the point where the then winding Bushwick Road took a......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

does it matter?: If you view Winnipeg from the south, so that Osborne Village is to your left and Fort Garry Plaza is to your right, you can see Winnipeg from a much more complimentary angle. Unfortunately, most......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Michael: I grew up in Yorkville in the 1950's. We lived on 90th St between First and York. I remember the fireboat station at the foot of 90th St just outside the fence at Schurz park.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

nothing to gain: Norman is a sanctuary for Oklahoma City. So, by comparison with mundane OKC, it seems nice. Oklahoma is caught between progressive West, and agressive Texas. If you try to talk the talk,......

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

Ilona: Jack, Thank you. This picture was taking in parisian market. The guy was absolutely amazing and he was smoking himself a little dooby. I just thought "He probably knows what matters in life". I tried to avoid......

in response to: My Paris by Ilona

jack: ilona, you have to tell us a little something about yourself and the picture, seems interesting, you know i never went to paris, flew over it but never in it, my uncle gave me some......

in response to: My Paris by Ilona

CartLegger: That's definitely not my Paris, which makes it all the more lovely. Great to have you on the site....

in response to: My Paris by Ilona

JKS: Hello. I'm a white, college-educated newcomer to Bushwick. I've always been poor, but by comparison white people are much wealthier than ethnic minorities. I'm white, and I have no trouble admitting that......

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

Yersinia: The symbol is very prevalent around the Blackfriars Road Area - you see it on the Blackfriars Foundry on Blackfriars Road, on various small metal wall plaques in that area, which I guess may be......

in response to: victoria park bench by elaine

elif: can I steal these?? having lived in paris for a lil, I'm so sick of all the cliche photos of tourist Paris, but these are fresh and fun. not to mention, the Pompidou......

in response to: La Panoramas De Paris by indykid

Jay: these type accomadations are nothing "new" in Amsterdam, or any large city in Holland, the older ones are a multi urinal screen barracade type you walk into and use, with only the head and feet......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Huggy : I find these urinals so much better than in Paris. It costs 1 franc to use an inclosed toilet located on the street, but a lot of Frenchies find it easier (and cheaper)to urinate against......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Peter: bushwick native: ridiculous sums of money? my rent is less than a grand, and i havea huge, amazing space. with rentthis low for such space, my building is full of the sorts of poor people......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

indykid: Thanks for compliments and for the lesson in art/design! I'm on my way to Wikipedia now and will hopefully soon be all knowledged up on Art Nouveau! :-) I also love the posts avoiding the tourist......

in response to: Paris Arches by indykid

CE: Not to be picky but the Metro entrance is actually in the art nouveau style, designed by Hector Guimard. Paris has dozens of them, many of them much more elaborate than this one. ......

in response to: Paris Arches by indykid

EvilGentleman: From what I remember of what my mother told me about the two years in the 1960's when she lived in France, Paris is 1000 times "grittier"....

in response to: Red Light District by CE

Anne M. Berger: I grew up in Brooklyn in the forties and fifties. It was truly the melting pot. I went to St. Joseph's on Sydam St. My Irish friends went to St. Lenords on Toutman?......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: ahh, nice. i love it when people post older photos... it would be interesting to do a "then and now" comparison with these......

in response to: Montreal Circa 1979 by CE

upfromflames: Word on that, from JimQV, although I did disagree with you yesterday for your approach. But on that last point, its true. Real Estate speculators have an interest in manipulating people---but its not just the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Swedish student: There is in fact a lot of crime in Oslo, but this can be said to be a problem in most capitols in the world. If you take a look at statistics from crime in......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

EvilGentleman: I love Winnipeg, and my son was born there. But the title of this article refers to the city skylines, and... well, there's no nice way to put this, but saying Winnipeg looks better than......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

jack: very beautiful picture you took there. that's my son's parish. he lives in the east village. but travels uptown for mass on sunday....

in response to: St. Patrick\'s Cathedral by Brad

anon (localhost): a lot of it was highly socio~economic if you wanna get into the really deep meaning of it. If you wanna get to the nutz and bolts of it, Id suggest a call to the......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

artM: Where to start? Planes can't get high enough to see the "largest Nazi symbol on American soil"? Of course they can. This diagram (or even aerial photos) of the runway layout can......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Jeff: I happen to be an urban planning student at the university that i attend and i have to say that Hong Kong is out of this world and is definantly near or at the top......

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

procyon: heh, that's exactly the sort of thing that would have given me nightmares if I had seen it when I was 5. good for your daughter! wondering what it was, i looked around and found its......

in response to: Le Face by Damon

Hanne: Could someone tell me about this? I know very little of my ancestors but just came across my great-grandmothers Baptism Certificate, and it mentions that she was baptized in the parish of Lisnaskea, in......

in response to: Castle Balfour by barry

Susannah: So glad this popped up - loved the comparison of Perkins to Myspace - If citynoise were a restaurant - which one would it be? I think it lacks defining - which is what makes......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

jamie: {coney island} looks a lot like {cleethorpes}. i may have made this comparison {before}...

in response to: Who\'s Got a Gun by jack

kevin bracken: when looking at skyline comparison blog posts, people often use many different angles when comparing skylines. i am glad that you used straight-on shots from afar. however, i would like to see comparisons start to......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Jan T: Well, it's expensive for tourists in Oslo, but for someone living in Oslo it's not more expensive than for a Londoner to live in London or a parisien to live in Paris. And it depends......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

"harpo" from middle village: My old church and school St. Brigids looks like some Guatemalan refuge camp . All the freaken phony whites from the 70 and 80' s moved out and ruined the neighborhood - they were mostly......

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

"harpo" middle village: My old church and school St. Brigids looks like some Guatemalan refuge camp . All the freaken phony whites from the 70 and 80' s moved out and ruined......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: Hmmm, interesting. I have never encountered this data before. I know that if you look at a topographic map, you can see an easily identifiable line of hills and mountains sticking out of the flat......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

EvilGentleman: Thanks, jack. You know, I am not 100 percent sure about that, Chris. You may be right, but I distinctly remember Eaton's having to become Eaton, and a few weeks ago, the town of Mount Royal......

in response to: Rainy Day by EvilGentleman

ebola12: Cabrini-Green exsisted way before there was a "River's North". Actually it was just considered as the Near North side of Chicago. Cabrini-Green consisted of 3 distinct sections: (1) The low rise (roll houses)from Chicago Ave.......

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

Sylvia: I am a hispanic who lived in Bushwick from 1971 to 1993, moving there from the Bronx where I was raised. The irony of what I have been reading here is that when I......

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

EvilGentleman: If only you could see me laughing right now, jack. I suppose the spurned girlfriends made the idea of active duty a lot less scary, by comparision. At least, at the time. And don't blame......

in response to: End Gender by Biff

Brian Klaus: Let's not pretend that the Northeast is uniformly grear. Norton looks like Paris when compared to North Wales, PA....

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

EvilGentleman: Ahhh, road trips. Nothing in life is better. Nothing. Especially the ones where you just go, and where you wind up, who knows? What's down **that** road? Only one way to find out. Where does it end? Let's find......

in response to: Travelogue by ea

Kato: I saw that bloke in the Notre Dame in Paris. I think his hobby was bell ringing....

in response to: What Did I Forget? by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

xing: phibs kills it i wreckon i don't think thats the space invader from paris...

in response to: Street Art Prahran/Windsor. by ninety9lives

jeeff: elicar - how about the reservations up north where people continue to be stuck without clean drinking water and reliable infrastructure? how about the saskatoon police (to name only one notorious department)? the amount......

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

SOGans: Anon: Just to show what wild and ludicrous hyperbole this is, here's a reference. Serial killer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_killers One of the activities that show up in almost all serial killer backgrounds is the enjoyment of causing pain to......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

chiamattt: [[http://www.macleans.ca/switchboard/columnists/article.jsp?content=20050718_109113_109113]] What the provinces conveniently ignore is the fact that Canada began extracting billions from the tobacco industry long before the U.S. did. While the Americans relied on slow and costly litigation, Canada opted for a......

in response to: Smokers BEWARE! by Elicar

Pat: Wow a comparison to Andrew Wyeth! How nice thanks... that would need to be one big sweater! Hi Maxcine...you can see what I've been doing the past few months! I will come by and knit again......

in response to: Bench by Pat