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WinstonSmith: Great image and yes it was once the world's tallest. My most profound memory of the Woolworth Building was being on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade late on the night of 9-12-01 and seeing the......

in response to: Was World\'s Tallest by Peter

PEARLYKINGJIM: Its been along time since i have been on this site thank you Mrs Strong for you kind comments which leads me to answer somethng that was said about me over the weekend two of my friends......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

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

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

create: i've been through here several times...j..m train to Brooklyn and Queens...

in response to: MTA Decay by Peter

create: i've been through here several times...j..m train to Brooklyn and Queens...

in response to: MTA Decay by Peter

create: i've been through here several times...j..m train to Brooklyn and Queens...

in response to: MTA Decay by Peter

Peter: Ryan: i hate chemical spills (this is more of a chemical spill than an "oil spill") as much as the next guy, but just for the record, its not the "largest oil spill in history".........

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

Ryan: OH BOY!!! just where I want to live...on top of the largest oil spill in history! [[http://tinyurl.com/3b2wbn]] I'll stay in queens thank you very much!...

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I'm sad. I haven't been taking citynoise-worthy photos to post. I'm kicking myself for not getting Astoria on the map. I'm a bad Queens resident....

in response to: This Month On Citynoise by Jamie

Al Pierro: Just came across this website in search of info on what has happened to St. Joseph's church where we used to play softball back in the 50's & 60's. I attended a grade school on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

londongirl: i have to agree with you HA HA the pearlies are laughable last year at our local club they booked a group of pearly kings and queens for a cockney night what a shambles they had some old......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

upfromflames: t'aint so, my friend. Though, he did ramble round these parts back in the day, part of the F & R gang. He is buried in St. John's Cemetery, on the other side of the......

in response to: Rust and Remembrance: Walking Bushwick\'s Fringe by upfromflames

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Stuart As an ex Fiddlers Laneite now in Adelaide,I will tell Debbie ( my niece)that you have found this active little site. She is now living in Queensland and has made some very interesting contributions......

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

Harold Sewell, NB Canada: Peter, thanks ever so much for this collection of bridges... I have traveled over many of them... and I also like the movie "Queens Logic" which has the Hell's Gate bridge in it. Thanks again....

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

nyc born an raised army trained: damn yo mad memories livin in queens and going to clara barton class of 2001 yah dig ...

in response to: Franklin Avenue Station by Peter

davidoneleven: Fred is,and always has been a calculating, devious, thieving snake. Only last year he escaped justice(by turning Queens evidence) in the matter of the Spalding double murder.He has never shown any remorse.Do NOT feel pity......

in response to: Dancing Fred by clarky

Mitch: Hi Marjie, I can't believe it. My wife and I got together with my cousin Linda and her husband Larry tonight. She remembers you quite well and was so pleased and surprised that, after all this......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Pearlykingjim: Wotch ya Kim I know what you are saying and i agree 100% the problem is that we have a wave of new pearlies with little or no cockney pearly history,and they seem to forget that......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

bill: Born in 1941 at williamsburg hospital. Lived at 99 Stockholm until '46 when we moved to 41 Cornelia Street betweenBushwick and Broadway (third house down from the congregationalist Church. went to PS 56......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Colorado Kid: I drove a truck in Brooklyn and Queens, delivering fuel oil. You should expect something bad to happen, always be on your guard. I've had more run ins with all sorts of people. You never......

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

kim : he he jim if you do write that book maybe i will join you and air my views about stolen titles too. still find it funny when i look on the different web pages that......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Pearlykingjim: COR bLIMEY It been 3 days since i posted my comments on this page what and no comebacks having read the E-mail that was sent to me a few times iam now convinced that it came from another......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Pearlykingjim: ammende script this is how it should read like the dole family i now do not belong to any pearly mafia opps sorry group,is part of it but some of them plastics get right on......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Pearlykingjim: Wotch ya all not been on this site for a couple of months, just thought i would catch up on things that are going on in the Pearly world i see mr smith is still about wotch......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

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

Melissa Bingham: I've just stumbled across this site and am amazed at the various Aussie/ Irlam connections. I was born in Australia (my mum's from Salford & Dad's from Ireland) and some how ended up in......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Richard: Brisbane has a beautiful river contour which curls around the CBD. We also have several major towers under construction that will completely evolve the city skyline! It's a really exciting time for Brisbane. To catch......

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

Richard: Hey, this is the current city skyline of Brisbane, Australia. Brisbane city is located in south-east Queensland, the fastest growing region in Australia. With so many new towers proposed, approved and underconstruction- Brisbane's skyline is......

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

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Does anyone remember a disco in Cadishead? I think it was called Chains and was above the old Co-op? I used to dream of going there when I was a 'grown-up' and just......

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

j.smith: I do not think we have met, i have never been to the Dominion theatre i think you have the wrong Mr Smith. if you met my father some 15 years ago, you must be a......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Deb Simpkins (nee Massey): Wow! My Uncle Cyril (Bagshaw) put me onto this site and I have just spent the last hour reading all the comments. My mum (Edith Jaques) was born in Irlam and my dad (Jim Massey)......

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

Anna: Dear Pearly Kings and Queens, I am a photographer doing my MA at the London College of Communication. I would like to do a photo project on a Pearly family in London. It would be great......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

j.smith: Shiny unhappy people All is not well in the world of pearly royalty. Beneath the peacock feathers and rhinestone finery is stirring a nasty battle for the soul of the kingdom. In Guildford county court this......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Uchie Martinez: Hey JoeD: I too lived on Melrose Street by the live poultry market, around 1965 thru 1988, I'm 43 years old now. Do you remember Maxi's Ice Cream Shop on Knickerbocker between Melrose and Jefferson, Paul......

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

NervaVels: I lived on the block of Green/Evergreen/Harman for almost 20 years; prior to that, I lived on Jefferson St between Knickerbocker and Irving (still remember getting picked up by the bus to go to a......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Mist One53. Tdt=The Deadly Type.: Hello JA From Mist1 Sheffield England uk. I was first in Nyc in 1989 and saw SANE eveywhere. At the top of the World trade centre, not much bigger that this text on the screen.I......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

pearlykingjim: Wotch ya Tammy Long time no see as you can tell by the post on this forum someone got the hump with pearly kings and queens your not alone in your comments i have in the past been acused......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

pearly princess peckham {tammy}: hi to everyone that knows me. its very sad the way people talk about pearlies. my mum rest her soul was one of the greatest pearly Queens {Ann Major} my dad Has always been a......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Michael Worsley: In Bushwick Brooklyn In The Early 1970's When I Was Growing Up All I Heard Was Music Marvin Gaye,Stevie Wonder,Earth,Wind & Fire,Herbie Hancock,Grover Washington,Jr.Antonio Carlos Jobim,Astrud Gilberto,George Benson,I Use To Go To A Thrift Shop......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Diana Manchur-Henke: Rick, Michael lives upstate now near Albany. I'll let him know you asked for him. My father passed away 2004. My mom lives in Queens and is doing well. I'm glad the neighborhood is......

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

Michael Worsley: I Was Born On Sunday November 21,1971 In The Bushwick Section Of Brooklyn 37 Eldert Street Use To Love To Watch The J Train Run Down To Halsey Street Run Up To Chauncey Street,Years Ago......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

joey: amazing clarity. god bless astoria, queens, new york...

in response to: Jesus and LED by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

JOEY TPA CREW: Queens is right, and good catch on the "DC-10" tag. The Captain disappeared, Tage is no longer with us, Duck 77 is still around, works in a moving company, still living in Woodside, UJ-178....off to......

in response to: Old School by Dr. Revolt

Shameeka Hollis Queens: Sweety, I'm sorry to hear about this, I shared it with my friends in High School and i can't express the sorry we feel. We pray for you, as a matter of......

in response to: 180 Central Avenue: What Was Lost by upfromflames

yas: saw this driving through queens once. i can't even wait to explore it a bit farther. i do wonder, why was there only ever one world's fair? shouldn't there have been many, like every year?......

in response to: Abandoned... NY State Pavilion by Peter

Pros One..1980: I never met "CA" aka Captain America, But I know he was from Queens. I hear he died. I think his name was Peter Seneca. I was a young dude when "CA" was......

in response to: Old School by Dr. Revolt

FailsToExist: I was always fascinated by this, and by the pavillion you posted above, when we went to visit my grandparents in Queens. they've since moved and we don't drive by them anymore...but I totally miss......

in response to: Abandoned... NY State Pavilion by Peter

TMB'S: THE DC-10 TAG NEXT TO THE CA(CAPTAIN AMERICA) DC-10 ALSO WROTE ROBERT 1, HE WROTE WITH SO-ONE AND SI-ONE, TEAR-2,UNCLE JOHN 178 QUEENS 1974...

in response to: Old School by Dr. Revolt

pearlykingjim: [[img:24842]] In this photo which was taken in 1963 at Hampton court palace are uncle fred and aunt mary tinsley katie jukes genuine pearly queen of camberwell and a young pearlykingjim for more photos please log on to......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

MArk again : Fuck u barry ur a faggot m8 come up my fuckin house and call me and orange bastard Queens PArk mucker...

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

pearlykingjim: having just read some comments on this page it seems some people have a problem with londons pearly kings and queens did your mother hit you over the head with a bag of buttons when you......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

pearlykingjim: j smith have you a problem with pearly kings and queens...

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Marti Cruz: Thanks for the memories. Grew up in on Jefferson St until the age of 14 when we moved to Queens. Drugs weren't such a problem, but you could see the heroin creeping in.......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

BC: I live in BK, and ill tell you first hand that although the area has gone through some gentrification, it's still not entirely safe. My house had just been broken into last week (again)! I......

in response to: Help This Newbie by lou

ROBERT: In 1959, when I was 12 I remember walking to this place from Woodside, Queens with my friends Raymond Cusato and Brett Dicker. If it's as dirty and stinking as it was back then I......

in response to: Newtown Creek: Dirty Water by CartLegger

JOEY-THE PUBLIC ANIMALS: Wow.. The stories I have about this creek! I used to deliver the Long Island Press to Mr. Raab, born in the 1890's who used to take a rowboat down this creek from East Elmhurst,......

in response to: Newtown Creek: Dirty Water by CartLegger

JOEY TPA - THE PUBLIC ANIMALS: Fantastic pics of a place I knew well. People used to live under the openings anywhere they could find a place along Newtown Creek. Iwas a vicious cut-throat lifestyle. When I was a kid, there......

in response to: Newtown Creek by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Certainly is Stark, Abe or not. I vote Queens Plaza, right off the 59th street bridge most ugly....

in response to: Ugliest Building in New York? by Peter

Melograna: The parking garage in Queens Plaza is among the ugliest buildings I've seen anywhere, let alone in NYC [[img:23879]] ...

in response to: Ugliest Building in New York? by Peter

Peter: i love owls, too... ggp, i think i may never see this plant again without imagining the stacks to be giant owls! also: [[wiki:Ravenswood, Queens]]...

in response to: Kraftwerk by Peter

jack: red hook was developed by the dutch in the middle 1600's, the clay was red which was great for english tennis courts and if you boated down river from queens and passed under the brooklyn......

in response to: They\'ll Need a Crane by CartLegger

CartLegger: Thanks Jack. Summer almost over, sO I wanted to make the most of things, I'll post more from this series. But were you calling me Catherine, or were you referring to our other Queens friend,......

in response to: Long Island City: Summers End by CartLegger

anon (ool-45723c9c.dyn.optonline.net): some nice shots. i grow fonder and fonder of our fair burg by the day. shame we'll all be forced into queens in five years or so... ...

in response to: Bushwick Gates: Part 1 by Peter

little ukraine: It's not - I'm originally from Long Island and I live in Queens now. I was out visiting a friend in Cleveland....

in response to: De Tocqueville Was Here by little ukraine

Chris Rodriguez: Im not (just a 12 year old) im an honor student at bishop laughlin memmorial high school. Peter if you feel safe good for you... how old are you things are different for a......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

colavitos ghost: looks so much like queens. except for the trademark montreal spiral stairs, of course......

in response to: View from the Balconies of a Rosemont Apartment by CE

Chris Rodriguez: I live on jefferson av. off of evergreen an bushwick.... Ima tell u right now its the best place 2 live if u a kid. im 16 an shits hectic around here but i wouldn......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

little ukraine: the cantilevered section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway: [[img:22071]] [[img:22072]] and for good measure, the Brooklyn Heights Promenade above it, and the view of Lower Manhattan offered there: [[img:22073]] [[img:22074]] ...

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

kunle in Queens: I'll like to know how many bridges are in NYC and NYS? Thanks...

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

Nando: Hey guys I have to say this is definitely one of my favorites entries ever. I am a native of Corona (on which the park lies) and I can honestly say that my life......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

shoot it straight: Some of these post make me smile and some are just annoying. The neighborhood does have potential, which one doesn't? Change starts with the people who are there and where they see themselves in the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

iman: see, the norweigian guys are right. man people are too dramatic about things that happen to them. like the guy who recently shot up VT. he tried to "get back at the rich people." what......

in response to: Beware: Perv Alert! by friendly_chic407

teachnyc: I work in bushwick's schools and I can't tell you how many times I hear my counterparts from our sister districts in queens talk about how bad it is in BW (they never want to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

loca from Ny: First and foremost I would like to say that the Latin Kings and Queens were made to protect it's people what events happened through ought it's history for it to become like this no one......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Brad: The "threat level" is the only excuse I can think of for not allowing pictures to be taken. If I'm not mistaken, pictures of/in the city's tunnels are also forbidden, or to quote the cop......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

Brad: [[img:19366]] Took this picture on the forbidden Triborough Bridge last month on vacation. The white signs on the right are "No Photography" signs. I didn't realize what they said until we rode past them, we also......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: 1. Astoria, Queens. 2. It wasn't acid, it was advertising for a design firm 3. $15 a tab...

in response to: Mr Pendlebury Takes a Trip by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

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

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Queensboro bridge, how I love thee......

in response to: NYC. 3.3.07 by barry

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: Part IB - Birth - Billyburg's First Hipsters Came From.....Bushwick: Bushwick was mainly pastoral in pre- and post-Revolutionary War Kings County; salt meadows offered excellent grazing. Farming was central to the local economy. However, by the......

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

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: Thank you for your interest. I would like to start with a very brief history of Bushwick to establish both philosophy and development for use as foundation to buttress the argument that the communities of......

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

Janet: I work in the pearl department of a big store in Cannnes France. we are organising an English culture week and I remembered my dad (who was born in the old Kent road in 1928)......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Brad: Wow, parts of Brooklyn look so amazing. I remember the last time I was there riding the subway around, it was so cool looking down the streets from the elevated sections at the rowhouses. I......

in response to: I\'ve Lived in Crown Heights for Just About Fifteen Days by little ukraine

mark rogers: hi Natalie. Fancy reading your comments here. Nat and I grew up in the same street and I too now live in Australia. Anyone out there from Irlam now living in Queensland. Drop me a......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

lisa: could you help i work in a residental home in bermondsey and i wonder if there is anyway i could arrange for anyone to come to the home to have a sing song could you......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Jan-Post: Yes, these pictures reflect architect. But take another look. There are three pictures. Out of the three, which one appears to be out of place? The last picture (hunts), stands up start with dignity, pride,......

in response to: African Architecture by Guy McLaren

anon (cache-los-ac07.proxy.aol.com): Jeff it's not a throwdowm. it's to let you all know that Genuine pearly kings and queens dont have to be members of the opk&q all though it may seem like that. A few years back......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

anon (cache-los-ac07.proxy.aol.com): I've Just gone through some of the comments about pearly kings and queens. to the pearly king of Brent about your statement about PEARLYKINGJIM get your facts right before you engadge your north and south. pearlykingjim was......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Susan: I went to Dominican Commercial High School in Jamaica, Queens during the height of Beatlemania, but who is Barbara? Ringo's wife? She went to D.C.? When?...

in response to: Art on the Streets of Manhattan by jack

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

anon (ip72-197-235-121.sd.sd.cox.net): i here you,born and raised in Queens, I worked between Cropsey and Bay pkwy, Brooklyn for 5yrs the food was off the hook.Now on the West coast I miss that Brooklyn and NYC food.....

in response to: On the Way to Coney Island by jack

zagg: funny, dispite the times i've been to toronto (i live 3 hrs south-west) ---- I never knew thats how you pronounce queens quay. i still want to pronounce how it looks....

in response to: Quay to the City by jeeff

Martin: I met the Pearly Queens of Shorditch and Homerton last Saturday. Lovely ladies and raising money for a very worthwhile cause. http://www.richardhouse.org.uk/...

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

cheryl: ive been told i have family way back that they where pearly kings and queens where could i find out about them would be grateful for the help ...

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Jim QV: Tony, I read your posting and wanted to respond to it. I was born in Queens, but my Moms whole family is from Bushwick. Her grandfather (my great grand dad) was the original owner of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

BVD: for some reason woke up yesterday thinking way back to high school and graffiti/symbols of that time which included the flipped glass of ‘missing foundation’ and other things...started googling and found this site...back then as......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

jeeff: the toronto waterfront revitalization corp recently ran a design competition to fix up the central waterfront along queens quay. the winning proposal by west8 included a suggestion for the redevelopment of the silos pictured......

in response to: Dereliction by Cameo

procyon: Nice shot! I am setting out on a road trip next Tuesday to visit (among other things) another of Johnson's designs, the New York State Pavilion in Queens. I love his stuff. Have you been......

in response to: Corridor To A Higher Education by groovehouse

Genaro: During the late 1940's and 50's, many of The Manhattan Elite thought it proper in calling the less popular working or the poor social White under class, WHITE TRASH! This would also include Whites who......

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