Comments about polish

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yoyo: Okay, I'm giving my opinion. Everybody here is trying to sound so smart, but in reality it's your opinion and not reality. This planet first of all is not ours, it has been lended to......

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

indian-afro-german-polish-female: just got finished looking at that documentation about you, guys, out there in that "city-jungle" new york, rather brooklyn..it showed me, afro-german, that there are more to it then thugs and little criminals amongst black......

in response to: The Federation of Black Cowboys by sine

Jason: What's most ironic is that liberals are deeply "conservative" when it comes to gentrification. They are seeking to take a vibrant city of constant flux and movement and freeze it in time. No one group......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

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

Ursus: I have just applied the Black Anti-Vandal/Intruder paint to My connifer because the local brats were severely damaging it, It looks a real eyesore from the damage they caused so I decided to coat it......

in response to: Anti-Climb Paint by kobe

Steven H.: antBlack is right. I grew up in Bushwick in the 60's and 70's, and moved to the other side of Brooklyn in 78. I remember it being a true neighborhood, my friends were black, hispanic,......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

darius: ok look for all you new people who have no fucking clue im frome frisco cali and stright bus hopping is our thing. look you get a basic mop mini mop shoe polish mop whatever......

in response to: Snatch by Peter

Evinrude: LOL get it together. Actually why would you care to do that stuff. That is what some people would call "polishing a turd"...

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

merbenz: i lived on cedar and dalphin st in kensington , the area was of irish and polish all hard working poor familys . the city let this section go . thank your city......

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

FRED MEGLIO: I LIVE IN BUSHWICK SECTION FROM 1946 TO 1979 THE 50S AND 60S WERE GREAT! LIVED 1403 GATES AVE BETWEEN WILSON AND KNICKERBOCKER AVENUES WE NEVER LOCKED OUR DOORS AT NIGHT TILL THE 70S CAME......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Polish in Derry: The polish people in derry have had a warm welcome in derry and find work in many places in town. we had problem in waterside, but people here had a concert in sandinos called love......

in response to: Cuban Solidarity Mural by Jamie

Mushi: I had the barley soup at K-PAX last night -- it was nice (and warm). As for it being like Brooklyn's Natural, you can obviously see that is where K-PAX got their inspiration. And I said......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mushi: Stopped into the new K-Pax Deli on Starr between Wyckoff and Irving. It's a nice, CLEAN little place opened by a Polish couple (which is odd because the Polish population seems to stay in Maspeth,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

MaGoo: I grew up on Lawn Guyland in the 70's; most of my neighbors were "caucasian-Americans" who were from Bushwick and East New York. They had been displaced by the "diversity"- when the city used THEIR......

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

polish worker: i love the mural art but i cantunderstand why the loyalist art is so much better than the republican art.since we arrived from poland nearly four years ago we have lived in a loyalist area......

in response to: Cuban Solidarity Mural by Jamie

Xavi: Most of the eastern part of Humboldt Park until the mass Puerto Rican migration of the 1940's and '50's was Jewish and Polish, with some German and Italian elements. When those ethnic groups were......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

EvilGentleman: All in polished chrome, all from my {Classic Cars} series, which was taken last fall. [[img:21118]] [[img:21119]] [[img:21120]]...

in response to: Obscured Self-Portraits? by Peter

Polaco: I grew up with tanks rolling down the street, then at age 8 I lived in NY to see violence in different form, at age 11 moved to Chicago, same shit...When are we all gonna......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

anon (static-host-66-18-45-122.epbinternet.com): Another perspective. I'm 50 years old. Born in St. Anthony's, lived on Fairfield and Richmond Streets, attended Moos School. Gangs are nothing new. Puerto Ricans began moving into the neighborhood in......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

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

jack: many of the buildings constructed in the late 1800's that was used as housing by poor hispanics, blacks, jews, polish, german, italians and irish are still standing today and in livable conditions and very expensive.......

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

Scott: Just moved to Bushwick 2 years ago, very white, and a supposed part of this so-called "gentrification." I, and the other "white people" that live in my building all moved here for two reasons.......

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

crlsgll: This conversation about Bushwick is great. I love reading the personal narratives that fuel each story and shed light in our differences; which is a blessing in disguise, for if we all agreed then this......

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

don\\\'t worry about it!: I went to plum beach a couple of times,sadly it's dirty and if u walk all te way down (away from the bay) it gets a little less filthy. There are thousands of them! They......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

JNJ: Everybody is missing the point here and underlying factor. I grew up in Humboldt Park. I lived there for 32 years. Yes, it was stressful. However, I had allot of fun......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

HAWK FROM BAYONNE: PLEASE I KNOW A FEW HELLS ANGELS JUST BECAUSE OTHER BIKE CLUBS SELL DRUGS PLEASE DO NOT EVEN THINK THAT THEY SELL METH OR CRANK,THEY ARE NOW A CORPARATION.YOU SHOW THEM RESPECT THEY WILL SHOW......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

formol: CANADA IS NOT MY COUNTRY Frenchmen came from France To exterminate indians Satisfy their appetite for genocide They proliferated like vermin So today we are millions Dreaming of destruction Waiting for secession Preparing the final assault To avenge the plains of Abraham insult Dreaming of......

in response to: Bon Cop, Bad Cop by EvilGentleman

Dave (a Bushwick native): I see it more as a class war than a race war. I'm from the last generation (born mid-1960s) of German-Americans from the Ridgewood/Bushwick area before the Great Exodus of the 1970s. If I claimed......

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

franny: I grew up in bushwick on bleecker and irving during the 60's & 70's. It was the happiest time I had in my life. It was a blue collar hard working neighborhood. You could sleep......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

shandy: I'm white and my place in Bushwick was the first I moved to when I came to New York. I had no idea what neighborhood meang what, I moved there firstly because my friend lived......

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

rich: culture club i couldnt have said it better.i grew up there from 51-69,didnt have anti mex-pr stuff when they moved into the hood..2 of my best friends were mexican,we used to eat over at the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jeeff: peter - maybe they think he's polish. cheese string - you're on crack. have you ever tried to make a stencil? if you have stencils that are as good as banksy, please post photos....

in response to: graffiti stencil making a statement... by Skulz

jack: in our class there were mostly irish and italians. a few polish and a couple of germans. there was one boy we picked up on the way to school who lived down our......

in response to: The Meatball Caper by jack

kowal : do you spik polish ...

in response to: le parkour: london waterloo jam by 3flow

groovehouse: Jamie, I think you should do the postcard thing with the Polish guy and thanks for the photoshop source material!...

in response to: The Other New York by Jamie

Jamie: Inspires me to do a nice hi-res version with the original and sell them as postcards. The Polish guy might even sell them for me in his bakery. sweet....

in response to: The Other New York by Jamie

an impossible child: hahahaha i think polish bakery saves the day! :P ...

in response to: The Other New York by Jamie

PolishGayIrishIndianWhiteHUMAN: The whole area has been changing forever. It was once all Polish and Eastern Europeans. We never complained when others moved in or out of the area. Chicago is the most segregated mentally challenged City......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

procyon: i always thought the story about the sculpture was cute (from hydepark.org): "A special treasure greets one upon emerging from the underpass, the David Wallach Memorial Fountain. In 1894, David Wallach (about whom little is......

in response to: Promontory Point by procyon

michelle: What comes around goes around. It didn't stay Polish, Italian and German. It won't stay Puerto Rican either. Humboldt Park community was incorporated into the City of Chicago in 1869, the same year that saw......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

908: am a white female from the suburbs south of Chicago. I am English, Swedish, German, Polish Russian, English, and Scottish. Driving through Humboldt Park .....It's beautiful. There are beautiful homes and parks, but the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Unknown: I am a white female from the suburbs south of Chicago. I am English, Swedish, German, Polish Russian, English, and Scottish. Driving through Humboldt Park .....It's beautiful. There are beautiful homes and parks, but......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

EvilGentleman: Interesting shots of the skeleton of the old porn theatre (was it the Eve or the Picadilly? I can't remember. Never went in one of those places in my life). It really helps to illustrate......

in response to: montreal by hool

Sheryl Crow: that polish guy is soooo hot! he looks like he's in better shape then Leah the FAT cyclist, maybe i should eat more burgers and cycle less?...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Pawel: I've just read some of these a bit more. Two things... could sconts be our infamous driver picture above? Secondly, as an Eastern European I felt offended that someone could really blame anything......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Dr.Phil: first off polish boy not only your a pig for littering the street,but your also a pig for littering peoples sight with that horrible jacket you have on,and your a pig for fuckin that ugly......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

I am the bike: Nobody asked the bike how he feels being parked under Leah's sweaty camo-pants-twat all day. All you people defending Leah or the polish guy--but what about the poor bike, he's the one who got......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Sushi: Fritz SOOOOO TRUE! The first I thought was that guy must be polish. BTW bikers can be such beligerant asses as if they own the road....

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Adam in Mpls: *Fewer* of the Polish jokes! haha....

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Jamie: Hey! less of the Polish jokes...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

T K#3: Humboldt Park has more "Latino vs. White" racism than most anywhere I've been (except for some parts of France which I've been to! This is due mostly to the tight integration of neighborhoods and individual......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

ATaylor: Sad to see strong, productive structures marred, destroyed and autographed by non productive elements.. The " Silk City" in " The Garden State "... don't tell you too much anymore.. The memories are colorful, 3......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

jack: peter, you awaken many memories when you mention coney and stillwell. i grew up in 50's gravesend. my family moved from bay 13th and bath to gravesend. i walked many times from......

in response to: Brooding and Almost Disappearing, in Color by joey

Ramón: Humboldt Parks belongs to humanity. Many people and many cultures have enjoyed its beauty, some have contributed more than others. I grew up on 2735 W. Division and for some reason going home......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Gravedigger?: My fondest memory of Bushwick goes back to 1972. My dad and I went to Most Holy Trinity Cemetery on Central Ave to see my grandprents grave. A coupel of guys tried robbing us inside......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

TheManTheDeveloper: The area has passed hands through many cultures in Chicago's history. The only thing constant in life is change. My good Puerto Rican neighbors who worked hard and bought their 2 flats and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

sine: it's good to see citynoise reaching full functionality after 5 years of dodging crips and bloods and burning abandoned cars. the vision is becoming reality. as long as you are all polishing your tool cupboards......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Peter: yeah i was wondering about that too... far too polished to be {Pet Bird}, but too torn-up to identify, heh. def a pigeon though... not sure exactly what the image represents though......

in response to: Allout Shelter + by GGP

cafeconleche: As I was reading some of the stuff out there I noticed that one of the KINGS was talking about the F#@*! Polacos--okay you guys who are anti-white..I 'm with you , I can empathize..........

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

cafeconleche: This is in regards to Reality's take on what is happening in HP. People...its called regentrification. Its been happeingin since I was a student at Clemente...WHite people Do have a chioice! The......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jeeff: hi jo. here's a quickie travel guide for toronto, ##but## i'm writing this with one condition for you: please take some photos, write some stuff, and post an article here about your trip! first off,......

in response to: Toronto for a week by jo

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

Translation: ##Poland, city of Lodz## Here are some pieces of Polish street-art! I am astonished by this spread of work each time I pass it!!! :)...

in response to: Польша, город Lodz by piranha erem

elaine: Fab piece. I have, as you can imagine a real problem with America, so can only relate to Americans who are politicised. It is said that 5% of US citizens have a passport, of which......

in response to: Fisherman\'s Wharf and the Full House Houses by Marc