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Francine Cammarata: What a childhood in Bushwick!!! I think my passionate Italian background which was deeply rooted in tradition surely played a major part. What strength and power we had. I was born 1947 in Greenpoint Hospital.......

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

awake: Alot people have been living with no direction and misdirection threw out there entire lives in the ghetto's,all over the world.The criminal mentality and immoral behaviors has not been wiped out off the face of......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

Nigel Blair: Pictures brought back very happy memories of staying on my uncles boat that was moored on the canal behind the power station in the early 70s. Great site, keep up the good work....

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969... The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story : I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

EvilGentleman: Two years and a few months later, this article still defines several different conflicts in a way that few if any articles can. {Motorists} vs {Cyclists} {Road Rage} vs {Radical Activism} {Male} vs {Female} {Entitled} vs {Empowered} The article that......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

chae sone: Mad cowed assemblymen. WHO REPRESENTS KOREA? The Korean people want to be free from the mad cow riots. It reminds Rousseau’s statement. “Man is born free, yet everywhere he is chains.” In this social condition, he proposed......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

Anonymous Honest Tax paying citizen of Fredericton: This is yet another example of how much the fredericton police are a bunch of uneducated airheads, typical protests and offenses most cities in canada wouldnt be bothered with or treat with less scrutiny......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

Who Cares for Kensington: Serlingrod, It reminds me of something I was told at a very young age, "men lead lives of quiet desperation". I am amazed at myself and others that accept such poor leadership and politics from elected......

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

serlingrod: Thanks Peter. It's nice to have a friend back you up. I just marvel at the stubborness of it though.....I mean, "keep on painting" ... Really? I've made it perfectly clear I'm not an artist..I'm......

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

Who Cares for Kensington: Everyone has someone else to blame and I guess that's the ameriacan way for losers these days. Buildings, streets and real estate agents do no breed ignorance, but sub-cultures do and Kensington is definitely a......

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

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

Dave Moore: Stumbled on the site while attempting to get images of King Street in Stretford from the 60's and 70's. Excellent images. Brought back memories from when I worked near to Barton Bridge (Manchester Oil Refinery)......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Re: Wow,this brings back memories.I lived in Kensington from the time I was born untill 2004.First in the area of Frankford & Coral then Silver St Between Emerald & Frankford Ave.I traveled all over the area......

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

Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot! A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo. [[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]] by Adam Enright I was thrilled to read about......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

zagg: Fact: the summer that I was 16 I was allowed to choose where my parents and I went for a family vacation. San Francisco had been quickly shot down (despite the POWERPOINT PRESENTATION that......

in response to: Cleveland in May by joey

Mitch: Well, the May 21st deadline passed and Still nothing at all has changed at Bens--still standing and untouched. Haven't heard anything on the news either about its fate. I think Hydro Quebec disconnected its power a......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

kidcapri22yrs: ok, ok what some people are saying are that, the nazi-ideology has infiltrated the american gov't from 1930's to present, built one of their many capitol structures to capture and enslave non-anglo americans. what are......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

ROB WALLS: i think irlam is great, i have lived and died here in this sunny suburb. But the sadest thing i have ever watched with no power over is the demise of the fish population of......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

carrie: while i do agree that our nixon-era bred conservative government does employ a 'world cop' approach in their international relations, and also recognize the dangerously slippery slope this entails, i can't stomach yet another accusatory......

in response to: Exremist school.. by Rune

Alison Lawford: Hi Dave: Thanks for the Pictures. I walked over the swingbridge on a sunday morning, passing the Barton power station in the 60s. I now live in NSW Australia. My brother still lives over there.......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

omabradshaw: When I lived in Hutch, most of the people drove to Wichita to work.At that time there were a lot manufacturing businesses(Boeing Aircraft,etc).In Hutch the 2 main big businesses were Dillon's & Cessna Fluid Power.By......

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

JoeyD: It could be one or more of the following: a) an "empowerment zone" b) Senator Larry Criag's office c) FEMA's fedeal "disaster relief" office d) Ronald Reagans pollup collection e) "all of the above"...

in response to: I Could\'nt Think of a Title for This Because a Pictures Is Worth a Thousand Words. by jack

The terrible disaster: This article has been republished as I was asked to supply the details a second time. --- We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When......

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

unhappy in hutch: I have read the "hype" lingo from "me'. JUST GO TO CITY COUNSEL MEETINGS ..... and voice you complaints. You know its open to the public. "me" is a brainwashed numb-skull. YES......

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

Tex Re: Me: If you weren't so ignorant, you'd realize that once a group of people have power and control over a community, they won't give it up easily, no matter what the people say or think. ......

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

Sue taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi everyone, Here are some photos of Irlam, taken some years ago; one is of myself and a friend as young girls on my father's allotment behind Tramway Road. I think that is Carrington Power Station......

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

Peter: hey "movin to wick", wake up! youre working with a conception of {new york} thats about 20+ years outdated... i mean, serously. youd think {brooklyn} was {beirut}. perhaps youve been watching too much ##law and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Tex: The powers to be will never focus on building Hutchinson to be a city that provides for it's working middle class or enable people to get the education they have to have to get there.......

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

Terry Taylor: This man deserves a medal for sheer amazing drive and clarity of vision is this overregulated world....more power to his architrave!!...

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Tex: I actually had to journey up to the fair city of Hutch a couple of weeks ago. I made a visit to your Hutchinson Mall. Do you remember the scenes from 'Dawn of the Dead'......

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

Deb Simpkins (Massey): OK guys.... What's a "jubbly"???!!! I have only ever heard the word used in the Austin Powers movies and I'm guessing that's not what you are referring to!!! ps: Steve, interesting to read about......

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

Unique: wow, these pictures show how fortunate we really r, I really feel bad about these people if I had enough money and will power I would built A giant home 4 all the homeless ppl......

in response to: Homeless Subterranean by Peter

girlpower: u r all disgusting!!! what's your problem????????????????:( :(...

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Franklin: hey colavitos ghost, who makes the criteria for what is and what isn't pc? And freedom of expression surely has power over thought crime. Seems a matter of opinion to me. I say gypsy. you say......

in response to: Gypsy Beggar by steelisreal

Rob Tynan: Joanne, Your story certainly isnt boring!! Please keep posting. Would love to know the outcome. I just wish I could help. With the info you have found so far since your first posting just......

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

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

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

Elicar: The glass building is indeed the Ontario Power Generation Building although they occupy, I think, only two floors now. Most of the floors are rented out. Employees have been moved to either the Pickering offices......

in response to: Snow Day! by Michelle

Michelle: I believe that is the Ontario Power Generation building, although I might be wrong....

in response to: Snow Day! by Michelle

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

Roger Barton: I lived near & attended Salford Grammar School in the early '60s and made regular trips to Barton Swing Bridge & Barton Lock on my pushbike. I remember being chased off the bridge whilst......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Cazz B: Very informative, I like old photos especially when I'm not from the area, but can anyone tell me who now owns the land that the power station once stood on (and it's not B&Q who......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Andrew Smith: That's brilliant Natalie - hope you enjoy yourselves. The power of the internet hey!...

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

Carrie : Ok everyone, I see you points, but let me tell you...corruption and political favors are EVERYWHERE, and in every city in America! Of COURSE, if you're in a position to keep a competitor out......

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

Re to Carrie: What can you do when the rich families control this town ? How does your average citizen fight the money and power and control in this town, and get these crooks that stick together like......

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

little ukraine: ah, maybe they are a bit behind, but you have to love that it's a solar-powered trash compactor. ...

in response to: Keep Queens Clean! by Peter

john taylor: along with my father,i worked for t.w.ward(dismantlers)of sheffield on the power station at barton ,i can't remember exactly how long it took to clear the site and drop the the two enormous chimneys but when......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

pib: The building in question is The Bank Of America Building... I like that everyone still calles it the Columbia Tower though, fcuk BofA. My high school prom was held there when the building was new.......

in response to: The Darth Vader Building by aer suzuki

BJ: I agree with ette. Looking at corporate war profits in USA and Europe today shows how immoral war is. We blindly send our youth to wherever the powers that be decide, then start shipping them......

in response to: Memorial to Berlin Wall Deaths by nomad

CapnCaveman: I know in my city, if you see shoes on a power line, it's marking a crack house... maybe the crack dealers camp here?...

in response to: Shoe Tree by Tyfoid Kid

fred: shoes on power lines = someone died....

in response to: Shoe Tree by Tyfoid Kid

Tex: That's the way a corrupt system works If you have corrupt lawyers and they become corrupt judges then you really have problems. The working middle class who built this country, are usually the main ones that......

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

Johnson: Yes, Hutchinson is a shithole. Part of the problem with the crime in this town is that the police are so dedicated to shooting stray animals and petty traffic violations that theft and other crimes......

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

s: i remember living in Ny and seeing shoes hanging from power lines...

in response to: Sneakers on 34th Street (forever) by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

thelinebetween: This ad is for the Ali Forney Center, a shelter for homeless and at risk gay youth. The ad is there to highlight the all too frequent occurrence of a young person coming out of......

in response to: Smash by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Anonoymous: I will try to be succinct with my words. The symbols, ideology, artwork, whatever you prefer to call it serves one grand purpose, and this purpose, I will reveal in the conclusion of this......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Stephen: I called in the Nags Head when I was in Irlam and I had a pint of best bitter and it was very nice and I had the buffet lunch and it was nice.......

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

...just lookin for a job, lookin for a job...: OMG! I thought I lived in a pretty good place until I stumbled onto this site while surfing for nursing jobs in this area. I've been HappyInHutch for 30+ years and known about......

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

From the "Other" Generation: I wasn't at the demonstration so I'm not prepared to take one side over the other. That said, I know this!! The police have been tasked with a thankless function. The more......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

BBC Reports Kite deaths in Lahore: BBC News Kite deaths mar Pakistan 2005 festival It is not the first time Lahore has seen kite-related deaths Up to nine people have been killed and dozens injured during an annual kite-flying festival called Basant in the......

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

Helen Salmon: Hi there, just found this website (Hi Auntie Sheila and Auntie Anne!) I'm really interested in the pictures on here. A lot of them I don't remember as I was only born in 1976. I definitely......

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

Indeed Bill Harding they cut kite lines, but with what type of line??: Pakistan province lifts 2005 kite ban Kite flying is a popular sport in Pakistan The government of Pakistan's Punjab province is to allow kite-flying during the Basant spring festival in February 2007. But officials said the kite-makers......

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

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

Noneya: Hutch is truly a crime-infested, drug-ridden hell hole. Hutch PD has not the man-power nor the finance to rid this city of its problems. I can speak from experience that Hutch PD has......

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

Cloned Prince: I wrote a Parkour Rap! Things just aint the same for todays traceurs, Cops and pigs want to see us in handcuffs Yamakasi and the Belle are aging, The old traceurs, well they're all changing, Making way for new......

in response to: Parkour Trip to Lisses by Ben Nuttall

missjhyde: My husband was one of the steamfitters who built this Ravenswood Co-generation power plant. It was completed three years ago and built right next to the old Ravenswood. The three tallest stacks are from the......

in response to: Kraftwerk by Peter

Jamie: i used to have a [[wiki:kraftwerk]] tshirt. nice power station though. quite pretty with it's paited chimneys....

in response to: Kraftwerk by Peter

Mark: Thanks for posting the photos of Barton power station; they have assisted me enormously with my research. I'm a legal academic in the field of environmental law and am putting the final touches to a......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

joey: powerful photo. i agree, there is a sphinx like silhouette. or an easter lamb. lamb. fish. bird. all christian symbols as well....

in response to: Downtown from a Broken Window by CE

average joe: it's fairly easy to make people believe that hutch is a shithole, well for one because it is,but yet you only show photos of a building on 20th and monroe. thats where the AA meetings......

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

CartLegger: Great! I'll use this in my class this fall. Its a powerful symbol that my Bushwick students can relate to. History always appreciated....

in response to: Your House Is Mine - Return of a Legend by little ukraine

Janet Calderon: Author of Bushwick & Beyond: I never forgot Bushwick. My childhood memories are there. I'll be back to share my experiences via this book. Hopefully, after reading my book;the reader will empower......

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

KPie: I lived in the area (Je Cheon) during the construction 1984. Got to know some people in one of the neighboring villages that was going to be under water. Always wondered what happened......

in response to: Chung-Ju Dam by chiamattt

anon (c-67-167-198-48.hsd1.il.comcast.net): i love taking shit 4frm white people live your car open ill take any shit that is in there hp is the best place to get shit if i c a car with a......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Cay: Chris: Please listen to the most wonderful advise from Tony above. He's the example of positive change, of the empowerment of self that I referred to. In addition, there are many people that you......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Cay: Chris, congratulations to you for being an honor student at your school. The real secret to success is using your brain for your own empowerment. Seems like you're off to a good start. Keep up......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: Well, how about we let the place that used to be in Yugoslavia call itself "The Slavic Republic of Northern Macedonia"? I dunno, just trying to state what I feel is right. The only Yugoslavians......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

Bobs Ferry Accident: We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When the walk had ended I had a chat with Mrs Heap the ‘Irlam Historians’......

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

karlo: I appreciate your views BBH,but i have to disagree. You should read as much as you can about the hunger strikes,or better still,take a trip to Ireland and talk to the families,friends or people who where......

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

Alexander The Thessalonikian: An ethnic group is characterized by the common language, customs, religion, inscriptions, area of origin and ways of education and living. By that means all the area of todays Greece was inhabited by Greeks since......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

BZZZP: who said "birds sitting a fist apart on a wire"? it's stuck in my head every time i see birds on wires now. either powers or coupland i think...

in response to: The Birds by Biff

Steve Lonsdale: just been on your web site brings back good memories lived at adamson rd (behind the rock hotel) from 1958 until 1981 i remember fishing under the hump back bridge that led into the power......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

cyril bagshaw: Hi Natalie,I was just reading your post going back to June 29 06 and the ferryman who powered that heavy boat across the canal with a single oar.I am pretty sure it would have......

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

Jay: Over 50% of the Fredericton City Police are involved with the criminals of NB,.. I know from first hand experience,.. The major criminals are left alone because of the help they get from the Fredericton......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

CartLegger: wod! Power to the pedals--even if you were being tongue in cheek....

in response to: Stop! by upfromflames

johnny barracuda: Being from Detroit it's nice to see a city with leaders who (even though it's probably taken longer than it shoud've) are doing something about blight. If only we had politicians in Detroit with......

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

realworldgirl9: You know, the reason our entire country is in a shit hole right now is because of the lousy attitudes of people today. I have lived in many places in my life, for instance:......

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

colavitos ghost: "the woman is a mother, she wants a family" saying this to the right woman would earn you a powerful knee to the groin....

in response to: All the Whores Shall Go to Heaven by Sohail Moughal

Chiamattt: I don't like point and shoots because I can't hold them and press the shutter like I can with a dslr. The blur is due to hardly shooting while standing still. I am in motion......

in response to: Dongdaemun by Chiamattt

upfromflames: cjh: Thats a powerful story, very telling. Thanks for telling it here. The way citynoise threads work, you might also want to copy and post it [[here:6257]] with the the original topic. --or one of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CO-TX: Ok you want some real dirt on denver look: at South Table mountains (west denver) NREL complex it is officaly of solar research station but really a tunnel door (south west corrner of the facility......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Mike: I know its a long shot. But I have been searching for any info on my grandad whom i never met and died in Australia in 1990. He worked at Barton Power Station for many......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

The optick One BMK: This is that OLD school trying to be SOUL POWER inspirational mtv, hollywood B-Movie backdropped out of school graff. Prolly made by a 10 year old. Deffinetly a crime. LOL!!! We need more things like this. Keeps a balance......

in response to: Worst Graffiti Evar... Again! by Peter

Concerned Monster Fan: I hate to read these types of articles because of the stereotypes that get associated with the monster trucks. I am a 20 yr old man who is well educated and far from the hillbilly......

in response to: Monster Trucks by EvilGentleman

dave young: my grandad worked at the power station yeas ago i will ask him all about it an let you all no...

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Guy McLaren: Dunno just makes me feel better, most of the thieving basket cases wouldn't know how to crop if Photoshop slapped them upside the head. The nett result is that if they use something the point......

in response to: Sunset by Guy McLaren

EvilGentleman: Manoj, you don't get out of town much, do you? But more power to you for doing well and trying hard to live the Canadian dream. While Toronto is generally a tolerant society, as are......

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

cartlegger: seems like a pretty solid set for such scattered series of photos...must be the higher power of the photo gods. Nice stuff, indeed. ...

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

reita gregson: what a great comment! yes we have over devolpment and are overlooked by the powers that be regarding our youth, but thanks for saying so much about our area! i have lived here in Irlam......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith