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luna park: it was a giant, impressive piece of rooftop graffiti done by a guy who goes by read more books AKA reader AKA booker... the big skulls made me happy every time i rode past on......

in response to: Lofts for Rent by Peter

madamep: I was there then, and you really nailed it for what it was like. I was the groupie mom's roommate. I still don't know what that was about. Her trip not mine. I wasn't into......

in response to: Trenches by Stephanie L. Jackson

Claire: Hi - I noticed earlier in the thread a lady called Diane mentions she has the contact details for Daz & Chave. I would very much like to book them for a pub opening!......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

anon (c-69-139-11-88.hsd1.pa.comcast.net): hairsy: can,t remember the hot dog stand. I did remember cassidy's candy store at palethorpe and cambria; spring water from wissonoming park; seeing president kennedy at front and sterner st. if you get a......

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

Lillibette Irish expat: What most of the people that have responded to this fail to realize is that "The Troubles" in Ireland have LONG ago stopped being about religion. It was/is rather like the black-white thing in......

in response to: NYC: The Empire State Building at Sunrise by Peter

Renee Harrold: Hi, I lived in 111,1957-1968 and 120 until 1972, 1847 until 1974. I, read the book there are no children here and I remember a much better time. We could sleep with our doors......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Snoop: reading about these buildings is one thing and living in them is a whole different story...i lived in these projects for 10 years at 120 north Hermitage and it is not like that book there......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

alan : Hi ALL,I LIVE IN NETHERNE NOW,THR OLD MALE CONVERSLESENCE WARD,I ALSO HAVE THE BOOK PEOPLE MENTIONED I WILL DIG IT OUT,VERY INTERESTING READING....

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

Sheila Vaudrey: hello James, I read about it in "Life Times Link" a free booklet in the Library, it just says that it is being planned for October this year, here is a link to the article......

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

jack: you can never go home again, a statement made famous by author, Thomas Wolf, a good book, Look Homeward Angel, read it....

in response to: Closed (by Order of The.... by upfromflames

Dean Ogden: Hi Cyril, ive been on Google Earth its great isnt it? And i still pass the house quite often (I somtimes cut accross the moss to get to work if the traffics bad. My aunty......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

laz81: wow!have read with interest, the coments posted about the HAMC, sadly, its clear many know very little about the club. and i say club because it is just that, a club not a gang! to the bros and......

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

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

Kelly: I just finished reading There are no children here for a college psychology course. I thought it was a well written book and it sheds a lot of light into where the boys grew......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

SLA: I read the book "ther are no children here" It was a very sad book.As I read the coments abouve it makes me wonder how much of the book was fact and what was really......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Sheila hilton: Reading through Marion Beeston's book 'Irlam & Cadishead' I noted that when Irlam Hall was demolished, 'there were some features well worth preserving. These included the especially fine carved front door.' Does anybody out there......

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

Keith : I would just like to say congratulations to george major- Pearly king of peckham for writing such a fantastic book! The book is called ' The hidden whistle and flute' You should all go and......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

EvilGentleman: Well Elicar, my previous article on this particular location has become something of an online focal point for those who lived there during its heyday, much like Corsatki's {Cabrini Green} articles. Thus, this page is intended......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

wackojacko: i dunno if its already been posted, but heres a link to the brookyln bridge sane smith bomb.... http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.razorapple.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/sane-text-hunter.jpg&imgrefurl=http://razorapple.com/2006/09/13/sanes-tagged-textbook/&h=313&w=500&sz=34&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=zKbK01a4OWForM:&tbnh=81&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsane%2Bbrooklyn%2Bbridge%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff...

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

D.bennett: All right real talk i`m tired of hearing people say they`ve read the book there are no children here that book the movie was all bullshit ok u don`t have to feel sorry......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Hannah: I read the book "There are No Children Here" by Alex Kotlowitz a few weeks ago and it was a wonderful book. A real eye opener to the terrible conditions of the housing projects in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

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

Peter: eg: for real. any info you have/get, send it my way. i promise ill seek out any locations youre interested in and send photos/info your way. im down in that area often. try to get......

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

Peter: an update: i ran into [[1352:jesus saves]] last month in {bushwick}, and i kid you not when i say that the dude knows everybody in {bushwick}. ##everyone##. anyway, he did a little piece in my {blackbook},......

in response to: Jesus Saves, Again by Peter

Roger: Even the movie dosent grasp the sheer horror of what they went threw even BEFORE the hunger strike. If you read bobby sands book, it will bring you to tears. As example, there were three......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

anon (ppp-69-219-38-192.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net): Thats so true sb people should not go by every thing that they read and every thing you said is true, when ever the gangs was in war they will tell every one to get......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

paul: i just read the book for school, and it really opened my eyes about the project. If anyone knows what happened to pharoah or lafeyette, please post it up here. I do know that pharoah......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

New York: So what has become of the Rivers family and the two boys? (Lafayette and Pharoah)? Anyone out there know? I heard Kotlowitz speak about 6 or 7 years ago here in Brooklyn and I liked......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Elicar: In a morbid way, it's nice to hear EvilG rant again, if ya know what I mean! EvilG, In Ontario, we pay a health care premium. I am not sure about the amount now as tax......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

jack: thank you little ukraine, i never knew about that ceremony, i thought new yorkers forgot about that fire, seems when i read the book about it many years ago i became emotionaly tied to the......

in response to: Walking Through Washington Square Park On My Way to Dinner by jack

Paul R Taylor : In its heyday Liverpool was the richest city in the world and was the gateway to Europe, Asia, Australia, south America, north America and the world. The River Mersey, the Irish Sea......

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

anon (host86-156-88-225.range86-156.btcentralplus.com): I have known George Major as The Pearly King of Peckham for many years, so I can write with true knowledge of this good man. I am writing in full defence of him as I know......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Carleen: wonderful book, couldnt put it down! Didnt know there was a movie also. Its sad to read about how other people live in our country and makes me look around at what I......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

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

Vashon T Jordan: Wow I never knew so many people read that book! well let me back up what D.Bennett said (naked face) it was made for tv, exaggerated, it made pharoah and laffy look like saints (and......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Rose Garrison: What a sad statement the author of this article has made about small town living, he, who obviously has never experienced small town living. It is truly where the best begins and some of......

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

the university of chicago: ok.. i am reading the book, with mixed feelings. part of me sympathizes with the family, the other part enrages me...how the hell do you let your kids grow up like that? i mean......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

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

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

madame maxime: I've moved across country and have lived in many different states. Always I carried my books with me, and when I went to graduate school I kept accruing more. The last move from......

in response to: Booktrash by Peter

little ukraine: i was just reading about Yonge Street in a book about The Band, apparently they used to gig along that strip when they were still The Hawks. Though I guess that's sort of like......

in response to: Yonge and Dundas by Biff

Myeisha: I received the book "There Are No Children Here" two years ago for a birthday gift and I've read it numerous times since them. I try to picture the way things were in my......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Madelyn: Wow! What an experience it has been reading all these posts about the neighborhood I grew up in! I also went to Enrico Fermi, remember Mr. Lily and played violin in the orchestra. I graduated......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

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

S.B.: first of all you shouldnt go by what you read in books because everything isnt true. I lived in 1943 W. lake for 18 years. I loved living there it was always some place I......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Nyla: I have read this book twice and have twide been appauled by the injustice that takes place in our society. If the family ever reads this I jus want to say that your tory is......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Anna: This book is avery good book and any of people should read it!...

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Erica: I just finished reading There Are No Children Here. It was such an amazing book and really opened my eyes to what poverty in America really is. Before I really had no idea.......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Tasha: I read the book There are no Children Here and thought it was amazing. I now realize that I never knew what poverty really was. I promise you once you pick this book up you......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

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

sir fanceepants: i read the comment of adding wood glue to make it waterproof. you can also add bookbinder's glue to make it super resistant....

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

little ukraine: Tyfoid Kid - I had a chance to read the power broker last summer (appropriately enough, while commuting on the long island rail road). it's a really incredible book, i can't say enough about......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

Tyfoid Kid: This is very cool. I'm just reading that book about Robert Moses - The Power Broker http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Power_Broker This guy had a hand in all kinds of things and he got very rich for someone who was......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

Brad: $$$. Insurance money was a major motivating factor among other problems at the time, in NYC, and in other major cities like Chicago. At least that's what I've read about time and time again, as......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

Lisa I: I am a student studying for my MSW and just finished reading the book. I thought it was great and really opened my eyes and mind into what else is in the world. I would......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

BDweller: My friend Mike graduated from JHS 111 in the early seventies. It had already acquired a rough reputation by then, as I recall. Like Pierre said, the gang/thug threat was present. All......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

.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

high school student,WI: i am currently reading There Are No Children Here, with school,and writing various essays on it. Growing up in chicago, i knew people who lived in Henry Horner, but never reflected on their life style......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

upfromflames: Ready for a piece of the past: 1946 brooklyn daily eagle booklet for bushwick 300 anniversary...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

LicieLove: I'm a chicago native reading this book for the first time, I'm 20 now. I grew up on the Southside in Inglewood, but I went to private schools my entire life. And at 8......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Sizwe: I currently reading the book. It is an amazing story. I will like to know how is the family doing today?...

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

DEE: YO you all read the book there are no children here but i lived it i'm from henry horner projects i lived in 1900 on the 6th floor i was raised around goons and gorillaz......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

CC: I just read the Book There are No Children Here and it made me laugh, cry and even upset at all the things the people or Horner had to deal with. It makes you count......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

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

Dane: I have been conducting research on the Horner Homes since I read Alex Kotlowitz' book "There Are No Children Here." It is a fantastic book, however the stories are filled with grotesque images of anti-hope,......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

English teacher in Brasil: whatever I read on here is very interesting. I am doing Ireland at the moment with my year nine here in Brasil (Campinas in the state of São Paulo, a city about double the size......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

colavitos ghost: peter, i've always meant to ask you if you've read "the fortress of solitude" by jonathan lethem. it's a really wonderful book, and is set in prospect heights (it takes the gentrification issue head-on). anybody......

in response to: Brooklyn Broadcast & Audio by Peter

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

hrifijnbdksjnfksdf: I i had just read the book i am 12, i am very interested in the other life that i could be living now. It's scary to think that it could be me waking up......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Janelle: I just read the book, too. I was wondering if anyone knows what ever happened to Pharoah, Lafeyette, Terence and the rest of their family. Any ideas?...

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

heidi: read the book i thoght it was excellent...

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Sirhcbre: I was just reading about euclid ave the other day. The book is about 8 years old so things may have changed? What is the street like now in 2006? The book......

in response to: Rant by procyon

boc----------------to vanessa vargas: Wow you really think you know what your talking about. Well what am i'm doing for my self you ask, i'm actually in my senior year of college getting a degree to do something with my......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Sahara: Thanks for having the picture because I read There Are No Children Here That book is so good and shows a familys story of living in the projects. Now i can see the actual place that boook......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

zagg: I have never read the book (but now I'm interested) and only have romantic joyous views of Chicago (aka tourist) but I love how all the comments in this is so obviously from people who......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Interested: I am currently reading the book and am quite intrigued by the story. I am studing Child and Family Services with an interest in child advocacy along with the life and struggles of children.......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Liam: Nuvolari, If you want to know about the troubles in Ireland I recommend the Peter Taylor series. He wrote 3 books: -Provos -Brits _Loyalists You should read all of them to understand all sides of the conflict. ...

in response to: Black and White by norniron

jack: that's the way i like to read a book....

in response to: The Book Stops Here... by Biff

TheTruth: Nice try at history, Sylvia, but you've missed some huge factors. My family was part of that 1st wave of nonwhites to integrate Bushwick in the 1950s. They weren't Gentry -- sorry--even though they were......

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

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in response to: I Know: by Peter

Oscar Ramirez: Announcement: Nuevo y Encantador Libro Sobre Cuba Celebra la Vida! CUBA, I REMEMBER YOU/CUBA, TE RECUERDO ENGLISH BELOW Para ordenar, favor de llamar a la editorial Airleaf Publishing al 1-800-342-6068 Por El Dr. Oscar M. Ramírez-Orbea Una colección bilingüe de......

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

vanessa vargas to BOC: ummm...you must have been high when you wrote that response talking about me being a realtor! i am far from a realtor...and i happen to live on menahan...probably not too far from you. ......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Chris Erb: I have pictures of the protest prior to the arrest which I will post when I get home. If you were there, you would know that the protest was completly civil and low key.......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

elaine: ITUC, i was in liverpool from about 1979 to 1985, i went to art school there, which as you know is not far from chinatown. this was before all day drinking and there was a......

in response to: Not-Chinatown / Fish-heads On Ice by aer suzuki

Lincoln White: I live in this neighborhood and have been watching the removal of the rail. I found your site hoping to find where there's a Wendy's nearby... that one is still listed in the phonebook! Reading such......

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

elaine: 'outside of a dog a book is man's best friend inside of a dog it's too dark to read.' that's my favourite quote, that is....

in response to: No Dog Things! by Biff

Sammy Finkelman: EvilGentleman: 10th Mar 2006 - 16:55 GMT I cannot believe there are people who would throw out books that are still readable! What a waste! Have they never heard of used book stores, > or perhaps......

in response to: Booktrash by Peter

IDONTGETIT: look, I still dont get it. First of all, if the dude was getting off on it, he would be sporting a huge boner that would be sticking straight out from under the bag.......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

JP2433: I'm not a tag artist but like many who grew up in NY, I too would see his tags all over the place. I have a really weird story. Kinda long but worth......

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

Nuvolari: Can someone reccomend a good book to understand what happened in Ireland. I read a couple of years ago the history of someone named Collins (ex IRA) and i would like to know more. Regards from......

in response to: Black and White by norniron

Maureen Blair: I read cowboy magazines and books when I was a little girl in Jamaica. I have always known about black cowboys and their contribution to the West. I am a cowgirl at heart (to the......

in response to: The Federation of Black Cowboys by sine

jack: if you want to read a great book read, the kite runner....

in response to: Stupidity Is a Virus by sine

Liz: I love the pic w/in a pic w/in a pic. It reminds me of this book I read as a kid with a can of soup with a picture of a guy holding a can......

in response to: Plastic Eggs by jeeff

jack: ok calm down. people who hate are a very small minority. ordinary people tend to keep silent on many subjects. this country is free for all peoples. but the laws must......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

EvilGentleman: jack, there is a futuristic post-apocalyptic series of pulp fiction sci-fi novels called Deathlands (Gold Eagle Books) that I read. The character of Doc Tanner is supposed to have been kidnapped across time from his......

in response to: Love Graf Tree (Zelkova Carpinifolia) by elaine

an impossible child: thats really beautiful, thanks for posting it... i really really hope things get better now... (im re-reading 'serbia calling' again, a book by this english guy, about b92 & late 80s, early 90s then the......

in response to: Counter Funeral by belgrade billy

jack: do not judge a book by its color. or looks.. london is a mag of a town, that the history of it staggers my imagination. i compare it to manhattan or chicago.......

in response to: Bauhaus My Ass by FlamingRRose

Staci: Wow. This blog is great. I'm a resident of Humboldt Park for two years now and just signed my lease for another year. I don't have a lot of time right this......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

EvilGentleman: My parents and I used to own used bookstores in Chatham, New Brunswick and Cornwall, Ontario when I was a child. (I owned the comic department, as the starting inventory was all from my collection).......

in response to: Booktrash by Peter

EvilGentleman: I cannot believe there are people who would throw out books that are still readable! What a waste! Have they never heard of used book stores, or perhaps donating to libraries?...

in response to: Booktrash by Peter