Comments about playground

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Sautleoccalse: Finding one of her students making faces at others on the playground, Ms. Smith stopped to gently reprove the child. Smiling sweetly, the Sunday School teacher said, "Johnny, when I was a child, I was told if that......

in response to: Post a Picture of Directly Outside Your Window by CE

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

nk: This picture is not a picture of the school - and it's sad that you would want to give the impression that the school actually looks like this. This is the back of the school......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Movie Place: I vividly remember the yard south of 72nd Street. I remeber standing on top of a ventalation opening (all those grates that give the tunnel it's beautiful lighting effects) watching the fan on top......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Elkin School Rulz!: I think we should have a stickball tournament for all former Kensingtonians. But where do we find a Pimple Ball? Man, I miss them days. We didn't care how hot it was,......

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

LUCKY: hairsy ......

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

Mark Brannan: Hi Chris, I remember you and Steff and that bleached hair down the middle that you had . We were so trendy then wasn't we lol. I left gardners and worked as a sales rep. I......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

PJS: These posts are so fascinating. I grew up at Lawrence and Huntington. Went to John Welsh Elementary, then Girls' High. Mos.t of my friends went to St. Edwards at Seventh and York. I remember the......

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

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

Peter: nice. i like how they touched up all the rust-spots and dings with almost-matching green paint. playground pride!...

in response to: Dr. Playgound by upfromflames

Elkin School Rules!!! DJD: If I could move back to Kensington I would. However, that can't happen, due to the realities of life. Reality sometimes is a bitch! Reality forces you to make decisions that you wish......

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

ed marecek: go yorkville pirates....grew up 76th second and third....east side house, john jay park[yea, we played softball] and association in the street, remember that?? sold shopping bags on 2nd ave....doubles and homers of the wall [77th......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Philly Phil: I was glad to find this blog I was born & raised in Kensington 2800 N Hurley a block from the Hissy Playground I got out in 72 I have been a filmmaker since 84......

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

B. B: I live in Henry Horner as well from 1982 until 1989. I have to say that my time in the Horner projects was a learning experience. I raised 5 children there and none......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Vicki: I grew up in Kensington (Coral and Clearfield) or Coral and Elkhart...block down from Frankford Ave. I went to Mastbaum for HS, Conwell for Middle and Williard for Elementary. I have many great......

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

Freddy: I used to skate like every single day from when I was 10-17. Slowed down only a little and pretty much stopped at 20 when I left the country to travel. I'm 33 now, i......

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

Pettis - December 09, 2007: Your comments resonate the truth in so many ways. When you peel back the years, you'll find that many families raise their children in the Henry Horner Homes. The Mitchell family was a......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Andre: D Bennet? I grew up in the hornets also. I lived in 1920 and 1943. I grew up with them also and I was there when Laffy threw the glass at chris. I know them......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Larry, here is an article about this in the paper today in Toronto: The Toronto Star THE FIXER Irresponsible kite-flyers need to clean up their act Oct 16, 2007 04:30 AM Jack Lakey Staff Reporter Telling someone to "go fly a kite" is a rather gentle rebuff, but kite flying can cause serious problems. Few......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

serlingrod: East Kensington does have alot of problems, but just like everywhere you go there are good people trying to make a difference. I actually work full-time in this neighborhood for the New Kensington Community Development......

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

little ukraine: oops, posted too early.. pictured above are Astoria Park, the Triborough Bridge spanning Hell Gate, and a marker at the entrance of the Charybdis Playground (where's Scylla? Presumably Ward's Island) next to the Astoria Pool,......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Deborah I attended Irlam Central School from 1936 until 1939.It was then mostly a wooden building situated on the appraoach to Irlam Station.It was later named Alfred Turner where our sons......

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

joey: i read someplace that gehry will design a playground for the battery park in new york city...

in response to: MIT Campus by Tyfoid Kid

Benny Avenue resident: I have lived adjacent to the Benny Farm project for 9 years with my husband & two children. A lot of work has gone into these projects and people "in-need" are benefiting already. ......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Anonymous - 36: Great !! If someone ever asks me the what was the best time of my life - without a doubt it was 13-16, great memories to last a lifetime. My 9 year old daughter can't......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

old brooklynite: I have no clue what this was but the park was wonderful in the 1950's.It was free to get into and surrounded by safe neighborhoods. Growing up there and having the park,the playgrounds the gardens,......

in response to: Abandoned Structure, Prospect Park by Peter

tom: have built several rooftop playgrounds in nyc.see Fairmont Archer.com...

in response to: Rooftop Playground by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

A Child of Benny Farm: Oh, while I remember, the photo with the caption about a UFO or clothesline, that is a pictures of the satellite. It was sort of like monkey bars with a modern feel and no......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

jack: tim, i remember seeing manhattan the way you saw it and remember it. but you and i, (probably the two old farts here) we'll drop the farts, the two older gentlemen, ahem, grew up......

in response to: Hippie Days by Tim Coakley

procyon: weird and cool--i also like the second one best. the playground (or what i assume is the playground) looks like the lunar lander. are these from a camera phone, or was it just the fog......

in response to: A Graveyard & A Playground by ghostofgrandin

colavitos ghost: i think you should make a spooky movie involving aquatic zombie children on that beach/playground. or at least do a vogue fashion shoot there....

in response to: November Thunder by ghost of grandin

karina: memories,1953,and that era,walking along the "boardwalk", as we called it. We (7 children ), and mom leading the way--from our walkup on east 81st.A pleasant outing. A playground, a fountain spray for tots in summer,......

in response to: Saturday Walk by Laura

aer suzuki: zagg & joey : no reason to go unless you're a gambler or you want to see the spectacle for yourself. we had fun, can't explain why. it's expensive and we didn't even gamble that......

in response to: Viva Las Vegas, Part 1 by aer suzuki

Charlie Lupo: I think Riverside Park is stunning and beautiful and offer's New Yorker's many different ways to enjoy a piece of green space in a city as complex as we are. But to say......

in response to: Riverside Park by Peter

Joe: I've lived on Jefferson btwn Irving and Knickerbocker for a year. It's gotten a little better just in that time. We moved here because we got priced out of our old neighborhood, Park Slope. Our......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

elaine: i think i would like to know about anyone making tapes for them... like praps mantras, "i lovingly release you raccoons from my life" or scary movie laughing, or children in a playground. there has......

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

GGP: just to beat this dead (crashed) horse (car) a bit further, I kind of freaked when Peter said in his crash post that the paramedics gloves were sitting by the driver's seat. If used and......

in response to: Pining Away by GGP

shoshannah: heh, that cemetary is right by my grandmother's old apartment. (I say old because she's dead now.) She live in the apartment from 1965 (well before I was born) until 2001, and we kept it......

in response to: Graveyard Train by Peter

some white guy: Why don't all you two-bit thugs get back on the block and make some money instead of wasting your time talking shit on the internet or if your such a hard ass, go pull a......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Peter: totally! and so could the above playground ;)...

in response to: Newark Morning by Peter

jeeff: same thing with the playgrounds in toronto. in the last few years, they tore down about half of the playgrounds in the city, leaving just a concrete pad at 157 schools and many city......

in response to: Newark Morning by Peter

elaine: that's very interesting. we used to have things in kids playgrounds which have been ripped out now because of 'risk' but i don't remember anywone getting injured on them, and certainly nothing in the news......

in response to: Newark Morning by Peter

Paul: Most of us were born between Atlantic and Pacific. But I was born between Atlantic and Pacific but on Underhill Ave. The walk up Underhill to Eastern Parkway to go to the Museum,......

in response to: Prospect Heights: by Peter