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Peter: actually, the truth behind this is that i used to have to walk to work because i was so broke. lol. then i finally got a bike. and then, a job that allowed me to...... Peter: lol cartlegger: thats why i told you it reminded me of ##spies like us## when i was last there ;)
today, i spoke to a navy veteran who was stationed on one of the last few...... adam: peter: WTF?! that thread is insane! how have i not ever noticed it. talk about a social commentary..... Peter: heh... its so true, though. my reality indicates that just about every new yorker i know winces upon hearing the name "mccain", wanted to punch giuliani every time he over-invoked 9/11 while campaigning and basically...... zagg: My new phrase of the day thanks to peter "do you watch a lot of fox news by any chance?" Such an insult. Heh.... Peter: i know, right? cause here in {brooklyn}, ##all## of our churches feature gun shops, and furthermore, theres one of these church/gun-shops on almost every corner! :-0... Peter: The funny thing is... as far as I can tell, a huge minority (if not most) new yorkers actually ##despite## giuliani precisely because of his draconian seizure of the city ("crime reduction") and his laughable...... zagg: Peter, we know you live in New York but don't be so skeptical! Maybe Norway is a magical land where a) the day time sky is always the exact same shade of blue and b)...... Peter: yeah, serious graf spots are an urban ADD kid's dream come true :)... Richie Rubin: Peter; i know;WE all got some of dem pics[taken on a`Brownie'
w/upside down images in viewer!.no? but many of`em are in`Family albums' & so old[some]photos are falling apart[or did already!]
the personal pix are so much better[`dated'fashions,for...... Peter: and for god's sake, please dont anyone mention [[7425:that word which cannot be spoken]] in this thread :-0... Peter: indeed. catty-corner from that giant gas station thats been there forever.
the part you didnt hear about this post is that about 1 minute after snapping this shot, i turned left there onto bedford; i found...... Peter: lol... cant wait to see what sort of rough trade google will bring in for this one :/... Peter: there are more good spots in bushwick than in many other brooklyn neighborhoods. get out there and explore!... Peter: i just noticed that [[8001:this post]] is of the same lot...
somehow, i didnt see this post the first time around... you posted it almost exactly 4 months before i moved within a block of...... Peter: oh yeah, ive seen those sites, richie, good stuff. i was just hoping to see more "personal" photos. snapshots can show much more "life" (so to speak) than non-candid shots of streets and storefronts :)... Richie Rubin: PETER;try: > brooklynpix.com < great pics of All neighborhoods!
& > nycsubway.org ... Peter: any chance you guys have photos of the neighborhood (or brooklyn in general) from back in the day? after following this thread, id really love to actually see some of it. if you need help...... Peter: whats funnier is that when i met bomber Bel, i was like "are you the dude on citynoise?!" and he was like "huh?!"... hahaha. what a small world that would have been...... Peter: a while back, another Bel hit my book at a get together... i asked him if he was you, and he said "no, thats the real Bel... BELROC!"
[[img:29566]]
... Peter: at onderdonk and troutman, in {Bushwick}:
[[img:29556]]
... Peter: wow, awesome! more!... Peter: i had to climb up a fence and over a wall to get that first shot (thats why its a little askew), and while i was doing that, a guy pulled over in a truck...... jack: nice shots peter.... Rich: I used to play football in the park right next to The Botanic Garden's entrance right across the street from this station, we even went sliegh riding when we got a good snow, but, behind...... Peter: yup, thats it...... Rich: I grew up around the corner from this armory, back in my time growing up it was used to store tanks, trucks and half-tracks. I saw and heard these vehicles as they labored very noisely...... Peter: im heading back soon with an even better camera/flash :)... Peter: that red/green tag wrapping around the corner is {reskew} {acc}... ... Peter: ha! THE BEAST IS HERE! feer :-0
lets see some more {cleveland}!... Peter: this is actually from the first time i moved ##out## of brooklyn!
it was back and forth with manhattan for a while, but it looks like brooklyn has stuck this time. guess the third time was...... Peter: i think were up to three lifetimes ago by now.... Peter: thanks for following up with this series, jack!
[[5153:intrepid, 2006]]
[[6120:intrepid, 2007]]... Peter: since someone beat me to the guns/religion comment, ill instead offer this: [[wiki:Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition]]... Peter: WOW. entries like this tend to be some of my very favorite on this site... good work!
after reading [[wiki:Glasgow Subway]], i see that this modernization took place from 1977-1980, so that helped put a date...... Peter: yes and yes... good call! yeah those are the elevated {atlantantic ave} tracks you see in the distance. in spite of all this meat, i go to this block because one of my favorite {vegan}...... Peter: use the "upload photos" link right above where you type the comment ;)... Peter: thats what im talking about!
i really hope that years from now i can look back at posts like this and things will have turned out as well as i hoped for, at this very moment.... Peter: as a current bushwicker, ive really been enjoying reading you guys' reminiscence here about the old days. you guys should also check out other bushwick posts at [[http://citynoise.org/search/bushwick]] and see if any of the neighborhood...... 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...... eyeofodin: Awesome picture Peter. That are some old voting machines though...maybe better that way instead of a computer program that can be hacked and cracked.... Peter: [[img:29438]]
... Peter: when i posted this 4 years ago, i neglected to mention that the 6th photo is the facade of an old place on {4th avenue} in {sunset park} that i lived in in {2000}... wow,...... jack: does anyone know who troutman is? nice shots peter.... Peter: its on the northeast corner of {troutman} and {irving}, not far from the {jefferson} street L...... Peter: hey, we live in the same neighborhood! id love to see more of your pics of the area, for sure...... Peter: lol! yay {cement thing}! :)... Peter: hahaha, you know, because people cant seem to resist bringing up some contention whenever brooklyn neighborhoods are concerned, when i first saw this photo, i thought "hmm, its only a matter of time before someone...... Peter: did you see the links i posted above? in addition to those, all of the following sites appear to show the identical image (though sometimes at different resolutions)...
it was posted here in 2004: [[http://www.thatsweird.net/picture37.shtml]]
it was...... Rune Willem: Peter, where have u seen this photo before? I took this picture.. but of course someone else have seen this tree before too... and might taken a photo,,,, and then...... Peter: thats still one of my favore photos ive made. and yes, i made it. it did not exist, as aything ##you## could see, until i pushed a button and made it show up here.... Peter: you should check out [[wiki:Downtown 81]]!... Peter: ##"he was a painter who happened to use spray paint to write phrases on the walls in the street"##
sort of like almost every graf writer. hmm.... Peter: yes, this is the redone one. the old one looked like this:
[[img:29340]]
apparently, in addition to being a drug dealer and armed robber ([[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CEFDB1E3EF93BA15754C0A966958260]]), ben also used a child as a human-shield in a shootout ([[http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-2365594.html]])...... Jamie: hey, it's nice to see some photos of the other {peterborough}... Peter: ahh, the irony of a sign that reads "i hate signs", heh...... Peter: that last one is still for sale:
[[img:29336]]
also, heres one that lives in my back "yard":
[[img:29337]]
... Lynnette (Diaz) Madden: Brian,
I used to live on Ella Street between Tioga and Ontario. 3423 N. Ella Street!!!
I hung around with the girls I named above. You may have known the Mackley's. I used to hang around...... Cheese Shop Loc: I always go there to get my cheese. I love that cheese shop. It's straight up gourmet. I love that cheese shop so much I made up a rap for it:
So go get ya cheese...... Peter: thats a cool photo, for sure, but i gotta say... thats also one of the most well-designed watermarks ive ever seen on a digital photo.... Peter: it just so happens that im eating a slice of brooklyn pizza as i type this!... Peter: oh yeah! nice, man! i totally forgot to check this out yesterday... ill def add it to my quickly-growing list of "places to visit via bike before winter comes". nice {golden-hour} shots, too... ahh yes,...... Peter: they forgot to add: "...beyond its $2+/lb scrap value", hehehe... i like that second shot, too... im always a sucker for any shot with a nice sky and powerlines in it...... 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...... Peter: thats a puerto rican flag, jack. as a commonwealth member of the usa, puerto rico is basically the 51st state, as they say.... little ukraine: Peter, I agree - i'm sort of fascinated by neighborhood names in general, the older the better. I'm trying to think of places like you mentioned in NY; I guess "the Bowery" would be...... Peter: what did he have to say about {minneapolis}?
this is a nice formation... i dont think ive ever seen one like this before...... Peter: this is a classic photo, hahaha... although, i cant help but think that somewhere in brooklyn, someone is missing 7/8ths of their pie :(... Peter: nice. ive always liked how certain parts of town can be referred to as, say, "the danforth" as opposed to "[[wiki:Danforth Avenue]]". there are lots of places like that here in {nyc} too...... Peter: yeah, ana. thats a lyric from a song about the pedantic nature of putting up too many signs to control what people can and cant do. i was poking fun at your reference to the...... Peter: "and the sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside..... huh!"... Peter: woah! where is this?!... Peter: aww yeah! he used to roll past my old place in {prospect heights}. this is the one with the big bell on the driver's side of his truck?... EvilGentleman: Thanks for reposting, Mitch.
And thanks for the explanations, editor.
From the way you wrote "Come on guys", I suspect you felt I was complaining. Just to let you know, that is definitely not the case at...... Peter: small world, im wearing a sl-9 shirt right now!... robert: Good shot, Peter!
Is that the same hospital that was there in the 50s?
... Peter: heh, i had a feeling that if i posted this, you might explain what was up, and voila :) thanks!... CartLegger: Peter: I hate to disagree with you, but a quick look at your sources points out a flaw in your conclusion.
Scorecard, a generally dependable site for a wide range of release, is way off...... CartLegger: nice new camera peter! Love the blue of the sky against the rust of the water tank.... Peter: hook us up, andy! how did you get a car out there? last time i was there, it would have been impossible, but they still had a small guard post.
id love to ride my longboard...... Peter: [[1980:small world]] :)... Peter: this is a great photo :)... jack: your right peter, also the cheeks.... Peter: its a nice photo, rune, but ive seen this photo several hundred times online in the past half-decade or so... its a pretty well-known photo meme. why did you post it here? is it even...... Peter: i love this flick. the blue sky and golden light make make me happy. it still makes me think of cauliflower, too. mm, cauliflower.
im afraid "bushwick" has made the faux-pas of inadvertently replying here to...... 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...... Peter: i dont think general motors outsourced any of their engine assembly work to india...... Peter: i wonder whats behind the door...... Peter: you always keep going away! we miss you. and {london}...... Neil Sullivan: We, the Sullivans, lived at 3910 Cavendish # 16 for over 20 years. My brothers were Andy, Dan, Mark, David and Peter and we have a sister Beth. I have a lot of great memories...... elaine: peter! look up 'desire line' in wiki.
i tried to post the link but am out of practice with your coding, and the robot thought i was spamming you. ... jack: excellent peter... Peter: nice... these remind me of {revs} "pages":
[[img:29088]]
[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revs]]... Peter: yes, that was sort of the point ;)... Peter: your comment speaks of entitlement, nk. i guess thats where you have to use your own judgment and not assume every tidbit of information you come across online will be tailor-made for your specific needs...... Maz: Just for you Peter -
http://www.cr5.co.uk/tour/Tourviewer_CR5.html
Click on the third Netherne picture and you will see the old mental hospital buildings which are now apartments, mentioned by Simon Cornwell in his posting about Netherne.
Netherne is the village...... Peter: oh, and btw... i, for one, would love to see more flicks from {surrey}!i know you probably see it every day, but to those of us who have never been there, it could be interesting!... Peter: i think methrsk was trying to say that the "we apologize" was likely photoshopped in; we can only wish a state would be so bold as to post a sign like that for real ;)...... Maz, Netherne: Hi all,
I found this site quite by chance a couple of days ago. I found it when I Googled the name of my village not expecting to find anything much but boy was I wrong....... Peter: a more recent shot from almost a year later, when this space is temporarily hosting a skating rink:
[[img:28914]]
[[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/nyregion/18roller.html?_r=1&oref=slogin]]
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