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Mitch Spector: These photos were taken during the early morning of October 5th. Despite the former restaurant site still, for the moment, standing, it is an interesting contrast when comparing the photos (above) from 6 months earlier. [[img:29147]] The......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch: Well, sorry to say the dreaded day has finally come! This afternoon (September 25th) demolition was started. The bay windows have been covered from with orange plastic sheeting from the inside, and there's a barrier......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Joe Drexler: From a building design standpoint many blocks in Bushwick were attached "row frames" as known by firefighters these row frames differed from attached brownstones in that the space or void between the roof and the......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

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

RiCH1: SPIN........whoever you are.......you killed that shit on the 'Rock', sun!.....Rock On! Ya gotta turn yer head kids, to peep that one out.....right at the bottom of the escarpment waterfall on the 401 into the Hammer!......

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

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

RonS: hairsy-mike o'd was my age joe was a little older,I think joe still works for wallace roofing on front st.I saw june branagan a few years back,june and terry were living around front & westmoreland,terry......

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

Sheila Vaudrey: Hiya Rob, reading your post I went outside to hang some washing out to dry, then I remembered the hooks that hold my washing line in place, they are fixed to the wall of......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Mary: I love this shot. What memories it brings to mind. Some good, some bad. Bad was when I had to walk home after dark. The giant factory building enhanced my fear and the darkness.......

in response to: Harbison Dairy Milk Bottle by serlingrod

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

B Street: I grew up across the street from one of the few working factories in Kensington starting in 1965 until I was forced out 22 years later. While I too have fond memories of wall ball, swimming......

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

janet: Hi Alma--Sorry, the name Rubin is not familiar (though I knew a Judy Kessler). But I certainly remember the fish store! (Thanks for reminding me that one needed to walk up a couple of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Mitch: I pass directly by Ben's everyday (I work in the Sunlife building just a block up). If I see any changes, I'll definitely post a message here or on the Wikipedia article I started...actually passing......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

jack: i had the same car back in 1964, that was a chevy impala, circa 1960, had the flags in the arrow over the rear fender, mine was all white with a red interior, cost me......

in response to: Bushwick Remembered Photo Collective by upfromflames

Eric from Port Richmond: A Richmond boy with a few comments. Its NOT just Kensignton that took a turn for the worst in the area. I grew up in the late 70s and 80s in Port Richmond. The neighbors would sit......

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

chiamattt: I had no problems whatsoever. The vast majority of China Supporters (chinese students) were full of smiles and willingly posed for pictures. The Seoul Police were polite and didn't hinder my movements at all. I......

in response to: Olympic Torch Relay by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: What's a telephone? Ohhhh, wait... Is that one of things that is like a cellphone, but plugs into a wall, and has wires coming out of it? Hehe, seems like yesterday, when my VCR remote had......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: dirana1, thank you for commenting. I can respect your opinions and your insight into the prison is a welcome bit of education for the rest of us. I am certain you know a lot more......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

dirana1: PS EvilGentleman, there's more to a tower at KP than an mop and a squeegee believe me, I myself would have a couple of rounds of the indigenous firearm in the tower fired if someone......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

Sammy Perez: antblack, you are definitely hitting some memory chords with the go-carts and nunchucks. As for 111, the one thing I remember is playing handball in the morning and at lunchtime. Besides the two main......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Steve Weir: Higher Irlam Co-Op was a great place, they stored the empty pop bottles around the back & it was rather easy to climb over the wall & "liberate" a few...for shall we say recycling at......

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

Post-84 New Jack: Thanks for the lolly, W-Bear. I'll be sure to pass it on to my son. He's teething right now and its a bitch. As for you, Bilrock Rolling Thunder Whiter- oops, I mean Writer. You failed......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

xREDx: just went to the wall today...some crazy stuff...but if you follow that road that is right on the river on to the other side of the cty over by trigen there is an abandon train......

in response to: St. Louis Graffiti by Brad

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

The Irlam weather watcher: An earthquake measuring 5.2 on the Richter scale shook England early on Wednesday morning. One man was injured when a chimney fell through his bedroom ceiling and many homes and businesses were damaged by......

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

re: Fred: Reasonable law enforcement? I beg to differ. I called police on a child abuse situation,was told by the police to call SRS,I called SRS and was told to call the police. The police came back......

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

Fred, The.: The only good thing Hutchinson Kansas has to offer is reasonable and tough law enforcement and reno county court judges. Kansas does nothing but steal and waste as evidenced by, well, just about everything you......

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

red: wall of text Amen!...

in response to: A Call for Reason in Our Country Kenya by magu nguru

janet: Hi Stan--You're probably close to my vintage. I'm trying without luck to call up a memory of Famous on Schenectady--I lived just around the corner and went to 167--so there it was during the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

He He: James baby,you are right on and honest. I have to submit to a UA in order to get a job,shouldnt the welfare people have to submit to a UA before collecting a welfare check? I......

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

EvilGentleman: Finally dropped below freezing again last night. It's now -4 out there. Oh well, only 2 1/2 months until REAL spring... And in the Arctic, I had whole years where the highest temperature was 19. I......

in response to: Spring in January? by Elicar

K Teesdale: Growing up in Kensington, I knew I had to get out. The social environment was not one to be taken lightly. I learned everything I need to survive growing up in Kensington. I walked. I......

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

EvilGentleman: The art/vandalism debate will go on forever, because both sides are correct. Many graffiti pieces are unquestionably artistic masterpieces. I have seen many pieces that are absolutely mind-boggling, provoke intelligent thought and debate, and are just......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

EvilGentleman: I guess they would go home to England. Mind you, the writer of the wall scrawl above has not considered what that might also imply for the French of Quebec. Oh well, at least I'm......

in response to: Anglos Go Home by CE

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Helen, Good luck with your graveyard hunting !!!!! I was appalled when I returned there to find that all the graves in the church grounds have been removed (there were lots there when......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

EL: wow, I took almost the same picture a year ago The wall are so high and in not so good condition, feeling oppressed when there By the way, the brown silo are in fact very special and......

in response to: Canada Malt Plant by CE

jack: thanks little ukraine, would like to know your first name, but i informed my son who lives on the street where that drug bust took place. i'm generally down there every so often and......

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

EvilGentleman: I saw this post the day it was first posted, and had not looked back it till today. What a lot of comments about stolen bikes in the Toronto area! Incredible. Reminds me of this guy......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

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

upfromflames: [[img:22874]] The last strokes on the Bushwick High Mural went up today. I felt lucky to see them go on the wall. [[img:22869]] Afterwards, Unue, Al, Joe, Rolando, and Crystal--the lead artists--posed in front of their creation. [[img:22872]] [[img:22873]] [[img:22870]] [[img:22871]] I......

in response to: Bushwick: History in the Making by upfromflames

procyon: General consensus seems to be a combination of luck (sometimes it's just unlocked) and being polite/respectful to the people who work there (i.e. if you see people working inside, try asking nicely if you can......

in response to: The Tent of Tomorrow, Revisited by procyon

karlo: By the way,What you see here are murals,not grafitti. As some-one already pointed out,grafitti is usually carried out by just about anyone with a spray can or bucket of paint with the sole intention of splashing......

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

EvilGentleman: The Olympic Stadium is one of the most beautiful of Montreal's vast collection of White Elephants. Originally expected to cost 134 million dollars, it wound up costing 1.61 **billion** dollars, or about 1200% of its......

in response to: The Big-O by Cinic

jack: your correct, thanks, i have to tell you that those troop ships were something else, we slept 4 bunks on top of each other and when the boys got sick and threw up in their......

in response to: Brooklyn\'s Rusty Shores by CartLegger

Anthony: The overgrown condition is not the only problem. Many of the crypts have been broken into. I went for a walk in the cemetery about 3 years back and I found a crypt with the......

in response to: Bayside Cemetary: Rememberance Overgrown by CartLegger

Chris: Monday July 9th, I made a point to stop by today and view the progress. The family spent the weekend up on Greenhorn. The forest service has work ahead of them to reopen the road......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

China : I'm from Cabrini Green! I'll never forget where I've come from because it made me the person that I am today. I lived in 1119 N Cleveland (The Castle) red walls! My mother......

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

East London: Feel sorry for the Decent People of Northern Ireland, that just want a peaceful life and to bring up their children without the fear of this stupid Hatred. How anyone could hurt children just because......

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

Andrew Smith: Paul - the area opposite Irlam Locks was a bit of green land between the canal and the 'old river' (the River Irwell old course - the Ship Canal swallowed the Irwell). I have always......

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

EvilGentleman: Nah, I'm just a guy who likes to take lots of pictures and post them on the internet, sharing the world I see with others, using my preference for a comprehensive photojournalistic presentation style. I......

in response to: Sexe Cite by EvilGentleman

Nicolas: I am from Montreal, Quebec. I am not a tagger, but I like graffiti. In my opinion, there's...let's say a "way" to do it. I totally agree with the fact that graffiti is an art. Those......

in response to: Albuquerque Graffiti Flood by Relapsed

Biff: Ncredible reflections on such a stormy day...Wally...

in response to: Rainy Ossington Bus by jeeff

jj: It invariably IS immigrant crime. No wonder the US wants to put a wall on its southern border. Excuses can be made; rationalizations can be offered. It's always been shown that immigrant......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

EvilGentleman: I would agree with the majority of what has been said, but I will state my opinions on each issue, so it becomes obvious where I stand. I think the best way to have notification on......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

Peter: i plan on doing some major editing to the city list... making stuff consistent. i go through it every now and then, but have let it slide recently... good point. ill jump on that when......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: In response to upfromflames regarding Bushwick Corners: This response requires both historical perspective and adjustment of mind set to the Colonial New World. The 17th Century was a fundamentally agrarian society dedicated and tied to land......

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

jack: a drippy heart on a wall, an empty gas tank, an owl to keep mice away, and the red duster or the blue duster or union jack,,,i, jack, prefer union jack and we should meet......

in response to: Out and About with Elaine by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

artM: Where to start? Planes can't get high enough to see the "largest Nazi symbol on American soil"? Of course they can. This diagram (or even aerial photos) of the runway layout can......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Marty Chavez hates Children: First of all, who are the "Concerned citizens of New Mexico" to say Graff Artists don't own anything of Value? Moving on, tagging, is a totally different thing than most of the art above, which......

in response to: Albuquerque Graffiti Flood by Relapsed

jeeff: that red datestamp on the bottom of the wall is pretty fresh....

in response to: GM-Crew by Big Up Peterborough

Alastair Pullen: Well if it's not by Banksy why is it featured in Wall and Piece ? keep it real ornot ...

in response to: more london graf flix by SpankyHam

EvilGentleman: I think it was a sponsored piece. Too many cops in that area at night (just a block away from Crescent, the heart of the clubbing district) for it to be possible to "sneak" this......

in response to: Crounch Crouch by EvilGentleman

observer: The reasons that Braille is on the drive-up machine are two-fold -- 1) so the blind can use it from the back seat of a car and 2) the machine itself can be placed and......

in response to: I Assume You\'re Not Blind by Cosmo

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

JournalThoughts: who is the artist who draws and or paints the lady in red on the wall near a bus stop......

in response to: Street Art by ninety9lives

EvilGentleman: Oh, without a doubt, the purple wall **is** tacky, that is what adds so much to its charm, in much the same way that Las Vegas is tacky and awesome at the same time. Thinking deeper......

in response to: A Walk Through the International District by aer suzuki

shelia/neworleans: Phill No offense or anything but this site is about Cabrini Green and the people of Cabrini Green. The name of this site is Cabrini Green, what's left of it. Its not about leaving it up......

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

EvilGentleman: Hmmm, interesting. I have never encountered this data before. I know that if you look at a topographic map, you can see an easily identifiable line of hills and mountains sticking out of the flat......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

shelia/neworleans : Education Is Key. Without It Oppression Will Progress For Generations. What Do You Have To Lose? Try It. It Works. I Grew Up In The Calliope Project In New Orleans (a.k.a......

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

rgalston: By definition, any writing/drawing on walls is considered grafitti. Some is better than others, but it is still all considered grafitti. ...

in response to: Montreal Noise: Saint-Laurent 4 by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Nice outlook, about the cells in the city organism. My parent's house back when we lived in Cornwall, ON was insured against squirrels....

in response to: Forget Raccoons...Groundhogs! by Mat-E

Jamie: i like how you round this one off with one of your trademark red walls...

in response to: June 2006 Montreal Part 2 by hool

elaine: i like how the abstract forms have gathered to take a look. i wouldn't mind being a fly on the wall for their conversation......

in response to: Natural Ice Sculpture of Goose by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: First and foremost, **never, ever** walk out to the water on the tidal flats. Those mud flats can sometimes extend for miles into the bay, and the Minas Basin of the Bay of Fundy has......

in response to: Down Home Charm by Michelle

EvilGentleman: As far as I know, the block you are referring to (the north side of Sainte-Catherine between Lambert-Closse and de Chomedy) has closed down simply due to the fact that the Forum closed in 1996,......

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: In May of 1989, my best friend Mike and had been driving for 6 days when we arrived in Las Vegas around 1 PM, and rather than continuing on, we decided to stop there for......

in response to: Piano Man by jack

all mighty aim crew "87": they dont undestand our dialect on the walls,our heiroglyphics.thats why they destroy it.keep puting up those peices.art will overcome;it always has!!!!!!!!!!ALL YOU YOUNG CATS PAY HOMAGE TO THE WRITERS THAT INSPIRED ALL YOU YOUNG BUCKS!!!peace......

in response to: Miami Art Massacre by Bob Edelson

EvilGentleman: Matt, if I have offended, in part it was intended, but I know I was overreacting. I felt that being mocked over my objection to products that cause harm to myself and even 72% of......

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

Rick Paulos: Every thing old will be new again. First invented and sold in the 1890s. They were called Sociables in the 1890's. They used to make 2 or 3 wheel versions. Regarding the bike pictured: I own one too. ......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

EvilGentleman: First off, I am a visitor here, not an admin or a law expert, so do not consider anything I say in this comment to be binding on anyone. One part of my brain thinks......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

EvilGentleman: I should note that my wonderful wife, Arcticwoman, is the one that first coined that phrase, when we were discussing how our shattered lives have fallen into place to allow us to be together, how......

in response to: NYC Morning by Peter

Chris Erb: I forgot to mention that this is also one of the ugliest buildings in the city. Ignoring the mystery design, this very plane wall with the ugly roof line is what faces the street......

in response to: Coincidence? by CE

Experienced: Rest assured, you noticed a group/gang trying to locate the buyers for their drugs. Stop by and check out the corner of Maplewood and LeMoyne around 3:00pm. You'll see a series of thugs......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Editor:: 640 is a tad large, especially for graf... as in the photo you psoted above in the comments, so much of it is just wall... with the key graf in the middle. if you might......

in response to: Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti by Peter

EvilGentleman: To my way of thinking, graffiti should be both encouraged and it's location controlled within reason, with penalties for those who put graffiti in places where it has no business being. Now, before you all......

in response to: Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti by Peter

Micah: In grades 11 and 12 I played in the school band and at year's end we played at the graduation ceremony at the Winspear Centre. Well, I believe it was in grade eleven that......

in response to: How Old Am I? by JJ

GGP: wouldn't it be great to live in a world where greed was truly taboo and colorful expression on walls was honored? you may say i'm a dreamer, etc. etc....

in response to: Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti by Peter

grange: bay street , Like wall street in NY .I like the pics but for some reason the thought of homeless people sleeping in the streets on the weathiest street in Toronto just irks me to......

in response to: Only in Toronto... by Elicar

jeeff: that last one looks like a desktop wallpaper designed by some uber-designer. how surprising that it's an unadultered photo of a lamp post....

in response to: How to Strangle a Lamp Post by EvilGentleman

Micah: If you wanna see mullets galore you should go to Cornwall, Ontario. When I was living there five years ago its citizens appeared to be still living in the 80s. Of course they......

in response to: Mullets Galore! by Peter

EvilGentleman: I know what you mean about the grand old theaters, as I have watched them all disappear one by one. I remember watching numerous movies in the Capitol Theatre in Cornwall, Ontario. The Capitol has......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

EvilGentleman: On May 5 of 1989, I was in the middle of a long road trip with my best friend, Mike. We were in San Diego, California, after having driven 5000 miles through two Canadian provinces......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

Peter: i am growing very leery of how insular, provincial and xenophobic america is becoming... it smacks of fascism and... dare i say it... prewar germany. after all, every single one of us living in america......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

jack: italian taco - take an un-cooked pizza pie in the round and place browned chopped meat (pure angus) with fried onions, peppers, and mushrooms with olive oil (extra virgin) some scrambled egg and pinoli nuts,......

in response to: Building Slice by Peter

Peter: i also like that first one of the met's glass curtain-wall. i didnt see you take that one yesterday... infallibly, every summer, while their wives peruse the art, dirty old european tourists gather on the other......

in response to: Central Park, Early Spring by Peter

LOL: The illest gang war ever in Humboldt park: Almighty Crazy Gay Latin Kings (Saying : Dicks up, Asses down) vs. Insane Cocksucker Gangster Nation (Saying: All Cocks in our mouths!) Here’s what happened one night in the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

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

in response to: Promontory Point by procyon

jack: pic 1 - she got to the wall and froze. she didn't know what to do. pic 2 - is this the end of the road? i thought there was a door here. pic 3......

in response to: Feb 23 2006 Toronto by hool

EvilGentleman: Thank you, GGP. I have better shots that were taken during an overnight sleepover for the women, but I will have to ask my wife for permission to publish them, since she took the other......

in response to: Shaping the Last Igloo Piece by EvilGentleman