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Candy: To Tyra I completely agree with u. When I was at ACHS we had a basketball team that was pretty good. I didn't really follow sports much back then so I could be wrong. I admire......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Bayside Watcher: There are many interesting posts here and many interesting questions and facts to check on. In one of the previous posts it is questioned if it is true that Congregation Shaare Zedek used funds intended for......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

JO: I grew up in good old LJ. It's not all that bad if that's your thing, I got out of there as soon as I could. My parents still live there and they......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 8 by Scott Sargent

Ron: Hello again Teri, I had to smile when I bumped into your posting here. Something I didn't mention in my recent long e-mail was one time when I was playing on the Eastern Parkway mall and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: nah, la is nice as many places are nice but brooklyn and manhattan, well, they're special. the promenade, ahhh, i remember romancing many a young girl there, and when i say romancing i mean......

in response to: NYC Glace\' by CartLegger

Arrest Development: Let's get real, gentrification, which means "from gentry, noble birth, good genes", is really a catering to Euro/Anglo culture who are given privilege, mobility, whether it's suburban or in the city, and easier access to......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Alan Kupperberg: I’m terribly gratified that some of you enjoyed my reminisces. Richie Rubin is correct in that I sure don’t have Alzheimer’s. I live in Greenwich Village and I haven’t been back to that......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories By Alan Kupperberg Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

arquitecto: Xavi, good post. I feel your pain. I am a central american immigrant who grew up in cleveland. Went to school in Portland and am living in Sacramento CA. I have gained......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Bea K.: Lou Romero, Upfromflames, all: I've heard so much about "white flight" just about all my life, that I honestly don't think that 'term' will 'ever' go away, how sad it that? I've also wondered if......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

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

Who Cares for Kensington: I'll leave race out of my comments and will continues to focus on the radical change of culture and values. The changes are what thay are and I am sure that the government nor activists......

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

serlingrod: In response to the last post - first of, let me say that I live in Philadelphia and have worked as a community organizer in Kensington for the past several years. I mention this to......

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

M.Scott: We have raised our family in Belleville, and have happily enjoyed all the benefits of this small town for nearly 50 yrs. I have lived in the cities..and wouldn't trade the security,peace and friendliness for......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

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

Dean Ogden: Hi Sheila, Yes my dad was the youngest. He always used to spend his time on Barton Grange Farm with his mate Steve Ratcliffe messing around with cars and motorbikes. He was born when the......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

ex-Bellevillian: Personally...I think Belleville is the most boring town in the world and I grew up there. Still have family there too. Belleville has always had this gran idea of itself because it host......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

CB : It is easy for anyone to put down our inner city areas and declare them a war zone. But the truth of the matter is that if we had more people involved to make change......

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

David Stonehouse: All of us at Evergreen were thrilled with Toronto's embrace of Earth Hour and indeed all staff went to enormous lengths to do our part. Unfortunately, when it comes to Brick Works site we are......

in response to: Not So Green... by Michelle

not so borimg to me: Hutch isnt so boring to me. Any weekend you can find some sort of entertainment going on somewhere. The sports arena,memorial hall,grand prairie,cosmophere,salt museum,numerous big screen movies,ball games,car races. For a town this size,there is......

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

EvilGentleman: El, since they were government-funded homes originally intended for the families of veterans returning from WWII, it is most unfortunate that the government decided to stop funding them. If you look at the comments in the......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

Roger: I'm an artist who is not a hipster. I am moving further east in Bushwick because the rent is cheaper for what you can get, as I'm saddled in debt. I'm half Peruvian......

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

Leslie Green: Hello, Can anyone help me trace the familiy of Roberts Hall he was an RAF airman who was killed December 18th 1944. Roberts ( spelling believed to be correct) came from Irlam O the heights.......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

jack: i was once groped by a women, she was rather attractive, with a twinkle in her eye, i was devastated, humiliated, and violated, i turned to her and looked deeply into her brown eyes, her......

in response to: The Groping Epidemic by serlingrod

Cyberdish: I don't get even the slightest hint of negativity or homophobia from you. There are, unfortunatly, those in the gay cmmunity who are reluctant to embrace any other lifestyle or thought pattern that isn't their......

in response to: Le Stud by EvilGentleman

Joining the Whine: OK, Padre Island, you win. I'm cornered by statistics. I won't quote Disraeli though, because I agree with a couple of them. income below average = agreed, a problem. Hutch needs to do better......

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

Chris: Loew's Pitkin, 5 cent hot dog war, Jungle Jim's coconut drinks (Strauss off Pitkin), Pizza DEn (HOme of the Square Pizza- Amboy off Pitkin). Wuhan Tea Garden (Pitkin between SAratoga and Strauss), Rainbow, Barton's, Barricini,......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

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

janet grayson: Just reading these posts bring back very fond memories. I remember the Schenectady Ave. (at Lincoln Place) pickle lady with her barrels of sours and half-sours. Also, I too stood among the crowds......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

John Dereszewski: Smudgy, you should, at once, access the www.upfromflames.com web site ASAP. While the show has closed, the site is still live - for now. If anything, it has more info than the exhibit did. (An......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

tiara lingua: Oh my freaking goodness, Jeef, my side hurts from laughing. This is the coolest freaking thing I've read in AGES! There is no way he'll read this because his comment is from 2006, but......

in response to: casualties of war by jeeff

Frustrated: I don't mean to sound uptight and can understand that some country's embrace this practice, but we have no privacy in the world anymore. Going to the restroom is a very personal thing and I......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

PhillyGuy83: People exaggerate so much about New York that its sickening. If you are from a picket fenced suburb and want to know if you'll be safe in some inner city neighborhood then more than likely......

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

Joan: I looked at the pictures and yes, those places do exist. Of course two of the four were taken of alleys. How many beautiful alleys do most towns have? I could go to the......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

upfromflames: Dunno where you are coming from with that. I am working out there now interviewing some of the folks of the block association, which helped the neighborhood to stay solid after the blackout, like starting......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

sirhcbre: I agree with a lot of what has already been said. Here are my two cents: -Profiles would be nice but shouldn't be mandatory. If someone wants one, they should be able to create......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

Hunter : I am not under the impression that any of these murals were intentionally dictated to Leo Tanguma by some elite agency. Instead, I think he may have been picking up on some type of a......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

bk racer: i would recognize that inflatable rat anywhere....

in response to: NYC. 3.3.07 by barry

dimeadozen: Thank you to everyone for this discussion especially The Truth and those following who elevated the discussion. I moved to Bushwick very recently and completely randomly. Although I work hard, support myself and am forced......

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

.nanotech.: [[img:18457]] [[img:18458]] [[img:18459]] [[img:18462]] [[img:18463]] [[img:18464]] [[img:18465]] [[img:18466]] [[img:18467]] [[img:18468]] [[img:18469]] [[img:18470]] [[img:18471]] * The Queen of England has reportedly been buying up property in Colorado under a proxy. * There is a lot of "secret society" symbology at the airport,......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Derek Jackson: Wow! Reading all this misspelled babble about being proud of being hispanic, about fighting the whites trying to take what's yours, and about complaining about gang violence is making me half-laugh, half-get pissed off. Homboldt Park......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Muffin Man: Ok..well I been interested in this art form for a while. And I think its time I get around to getting something out there. I got my design, pretty simple for now. ......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

Grace: Cat Urine doesn't do anything. There are wild cats living in my area and rome in my yard. I think they live in harmony with the possums and raccoons. I understand that the raccooms......

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

The Chi-ster: We need to see the bigger picture here. Its almost heartbreaking to see people of a common struggle wasting time and lives with petty arguments. I am boricua, I stayed on Kedzie and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

JNJ: Again. The problem isn't your, "whiteness". Human phenotypes don't necessarily always reflect the genotypes. "White", just like Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, is just a generic term used to separate people for the......

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

JNJ: Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I would be......

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

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

EvilGentleman: I have to translate this. It's just too much to resist. 가장 큰exsqisite, 나는 말해야 한다! 여기 모든에EvilGentleman포획은 이것 이다: 1 - 감시는 시간외에 하고 있다. 2 - 그의 할아버지 새로운 틀이를 얻기 위하여 농부는 도시로 가고 있다. 3......

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

peacefrog: As an American who has lived in Canada most of his life, visiting the US and especially NYC is a harsh reality check, and a reminder that the ravages of racism are still alive and......

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

EvilGentleman: The art, if authentic, should be supported by buying it. I personally feel the best way to buy native art is to go to an Indian reservation and buy it directly from the artist, wherever......

in response to: Fast Cash by joey

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.

dT: Blaming white people for gentrification is pointless; capitalism is the real problem. Exploitation will continue to exist as long as our corporatist economy exists. Also, if you are white, stop complaining about being......

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

ZooPaul: Right on Anon The only rational response to conflict is the restoration of harmony. I was born in Canada of Catholic parents from the Republic of Ireland, and came to Ireland when I was 4. I remember......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

TheTruth: "I see it more as a class war than a race war." "...But that doesn't explain why, poor or not, the residents of Bushwick didn't have enough self-respect to take care of their neighborhood." Dave, did you......

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

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.

EvilGentleman: I find it interesting to convert the demographic information for Bellevile found at [[http://www.bellevilleusa.com/demographics.html]] into actual numbers. The population of Belleville in 2000 was 2239, and broke down as follows: (including both politically correct and......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

Boricua/Mexicana las dos: My mother has done a great job bringing me up, from her having nothing, not a stable home, not a family that supported her, not any motivation, she made it her life goal to make......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

anon (belf-cache-1.server.ntli.net): A Belfast man called Karlo: 12th Apr 2006 - 00:37 GMT i feel i must say something to at least let people know there are those of us that live in Belfast who DO posess a......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

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.

Jack: Heh, didn't realize HTML was disabled. So here's just some of what I wrote at http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2006/04/28/62 I lived in Bushwick for two years before moving to my current neighborhood in Brooklyn. And while living there,......

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

Peter: a quick look at the wiki entry for [[wiki:bushwick]] shows that the displaced people youre talking about are far from the first to be displaced, whether from gentrification, changing demographics, modernization, urbanization, etc. i mean,......

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

EvilGentleman: There has been some confusion as to defining exactly what constitutes an outdoor structure or patio. I have heard that any structure enclosed on more than two sides will be considered to be indoors, and......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

Elicar: ##"elderly as opposed to the young and beautiful. "## Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. When I was in my first year high school, for some reason, our English teacher asked the class, "Who......

in response to: April 19 2006 Montreal by EvilGentleman

Culture Club: Can I get a few examples of the HP culture that everyone is so keen on holding onto? I don't see it. If there was so much pride you wouldn't let people treat the neighborhood......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

A Belfast man called Karlo: i feel i must say something to at least let people know there are those of us that live in Belfast who DO posess a bit of wit,understanding and compassion..it really is quite sad to......

in response to: snapshots on a refrigerator by manda

EvilGentleman: LMAO, I remember in 1995, I was dressed to go out in my "western" mode of attire one day. This consisted of custom-made black leather cowboy boots with four-inch heels, button-fly Levi's 501 jeans, a......

in response to: How Old Am I? by JJ

jenna: chiamatt: I guess the next question should be, what happens next? 195 days means alot of pictures.. I'm hoping. Thanks for the new pics... It really puts things in perspective... I love Toronto, but I......

in response to: A Few Minutes After Work by chiamattt

Elicar: If America has almost closed her borders, Canada has opened hers. Not only do we accept qualified immigrants with open arms, we have legislated that certain groups be given (more) equal chances in the public......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

Chuckles: G'day Sean: Appreciate your response and interesting comments. The great thing about photography is it truly allows the "shooter" to express themselves in ways that are really quite remarkable. There is no right way / wrong way......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

Humboldt Park - Dave: Your right! Insightoner. Norwegians, did occupy most of Humboldt Pk. back in the day. I can't speak for all Puerto Ricans. But, I don't really think most of us in Humboldt hate having whites or any......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jack: i feel the govt. is getting too involved in citizens affairs. but look at these politicians, they are all scared of terrorists. it is too easy to infiltrate the cities and cause death.......

in response to: Privacy Vs Law by realCanadian

Peter: heh! ill have to suggest that as a tshirt idea. the folks who operate this race, the new york bike messenger's association ([[http://www.nybma.com]]), ran the story on their site, so they would def empathize. heh. LITTERERS......

in response to: Monster Track 6: NYC Messenger\'s Race by Peter

adam: nah.. i think the birds are just lazy like everyone in los angeles and would prefer to take an airplane rather than fly themselves :) i heard about those rock fallings.. so far i havent seen......

in response to: La 2.18.06 by adam

EvilGentleman: Gang violence, an apathetic, uncaring public, and a justice system more concerned with the rights of the defendant than those of the victim, these are all hallmarks of an advanced liberal society. If only Plato......

in response to: Injustice CASE... by Rune-Willem

kriok: e o seguint, eu pratico parkour a apenas 4 meses, mas se vc quizer posso t ajudar a entender esse esport, qualquer coisa, eu pergunto aos meus amigos traceurs, meu e-mail e kriok100@hotmail.com. valeu!!!...

in response to: Le Parkour by Luli

protestarmy: I found and posted what is attributed to be the couriers version of this story. I found this on Spacing Wire. It presents a slightly different angle on the whole keying of the car issue.......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Stephanie: FIrst of all if you guys actually read the storys and interviews in the newspaper from leah herself... she had said that she knows now that she shouldnt have opened his door and "tossed: the......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Old Kensington Dog: A couple of points re. the confrontation specifically, and Kensington Market in general: -The SUV in the photos is owned by the business accross the street, not the "Motorist". His four cylinder smaller car with......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Krusty: To:saskatooncycling@yahoogroups.com This kind of article just drives me nuts. It's just another case of that god damn CBC forwarding it's socialist agenda and attempting it's usual "social engineering" by reporting on some insignificant action of what was......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

litterbugs suck: A lot of people are talking about her scratching his car. 1) This guy is a total jerk who deserved having his food thrown back at him. I say "Rock on Leah". 2) from the story......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

hbirdman: If you read Leah's account at 27th Jan 2006 - 22:45 GMT there were 5 assaults across 2 incidences. the first two were trivial food assaults of trash food and coffee then according to......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Leah: Hello all! I am the girl in the pics. My name is Leah and although I am a courier, I was WALKING my bike up Agusta when the incident took place. He was driving and......

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

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

ted357: Ya'll crazy to an extent. I'm moving to HP soon. I'm moving because I can't afford no other shit on the north side. I'm a white boy from the south side. Damn, I understand some......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Young Father: Im straight up Latin to the bone. I dont show it through logos, clothing, chants, etc, etc. I let it show itself as a result of reading, travels, music, learning, worship, and everyday......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

JayEastsider: check this out it something interesting i found Think You Know Everything????? A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. A crocodile cannot stick out......

in response to: Leningrad by JayEastsider

benrox: Alright - I've read a good amount of these posts. Let me start off by saying that I am white. I've been living in "the hood" my whole life. I don't live in Humboldt Park,......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Mystical Witness...: The basis of an individual's existence is governed by self-dertermination. The distinction which is made to those who fail & refuse to fall through the cracks of an industrialized society is based primarily in the......

in response to: The King Was Correct by Lili

Peter: babelfish tells me (in really fractured english): manifest/listovka/zaveshchaniye/ob"yavleniye/anketa (necessary to emphasize) Explaining everything and simultaneously questioning WHY! you this make vyaloradikal'naya anarkhoterroristicheskaya proyevreyskaya counterrevolutionary group, band, gang, party, force WHY! It calls to deny everything and to......

in response to: Oktyabrskaya by piranha erem

cafeconleche...: Mia about your comment about finding a way to afford to live in Humbolt Park--that's comment is SO wrong on SO many Levels there are layers to my rebuttle...YOu know--I'm part of the middle......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

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

Trace: So bad! Very impressed they put Jeju Island on the bottom....pity Dokdo (rock in the sea between Japan and Korea that Korea is desperate to prove they own) is not on it - it......

in response to: Seoul from hotel window by Trace

Queen Sapphire: First off I want to say Amor De Reina to all my brothers & sisters no matter where you are from. There is so much ignorance plastered on this board that it is sad......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

elaine: well, it's history and geography. the romany gypsies are one thing, then there are irish gypsies, and then there are elective 'new age' travellers. the new age travellers came out of a long standing squatting......

in response to: urban transgressions and taboos by elaine

jeeff: more in-depth answer: i use a wacom graphics tablet to allow me to draw onto my computer. i use adobe photoshop, corel painter and alias sketchbook pro for various functions. for reference, i......

in response to: space 1 by jeeff

elaine: well ya got ya mojo on with these boys i left my camera at home today and saw loads.. but am back to stratford tmrw to the dentiss, and will retrace my steps if i can...

in response to: Track 5, Newark Penn Station by Peter

moerex: A perfect distillation of the secret language of urban driving. Reminds me of the year I spent living in Manilla as a kid, where my father learned what he later came to call (once we......

in response to: Hack the City by Marc