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Peter: hahaha. i was just going back through my old posts, sorry i missed this query before. nope, this wasnt always the first photo post. curiously, i was looking back to find my first photo post,......

in response to: 72nd Street Subway Station by Peter

maureen robertson: 40 years ago as a 15yr old my friend and I used to jump on the subway at Merkland street and cross the river to Govan to go to the pictures. We weren't allowed to,......

in response to: Glasgow Subway Pre-and-During Modernisation by Gap74

Editor: Sorry Ilona, I had to close comments on this because for some reason its attracting tons of horny/spammy traffic from folks googling "{sixy} woman". Go figure!...

in response to: Italian Women by Ilona

Peter: funny you would mention it: [[img:30076]] that entry (and the tunnel under the tracks) made me feel like i was in some former eastern european state. believe it or not, i havent hung out around the junction much.......

in response to: Apex Airtronics, Inc. by Peter

adam: Okay, where do I begin? I have lived in Jacksonville for pretty much my entire life. I am 29 years old and I recently moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL which is a much......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

CartLegger: Adam: outings? We have them all the time, man! You should join us sometime. I see your postings, and we not only share names, but tastes for corners of the city and odd photographic angles......

in response to: Vanishing Point by Peter

embarq: I heard in the 70's that the couple that lived in the house for many years, somehow got a zoning clause that prevented the houses from ever geing torn down...thus the new owner is using......

in response to: LaJolla Beach for Joey by jack

Renee: Hi AP & Bayside Watcher - I agree wholeheartedly and there are no arguments here. The entire place is a complete disaster. If you scroll up a little, you'll notice that I've posted several......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

little ukraine: i recognize this from my years commuting to Flatbush Ave on the LIRR. it can be seen from the train was one passes through the dark cavernous East New York LIRR station....

in response to: Apex Airtronics, Inc. by Peter

Bayside Watcher: Renee, your concern and outrage for the condition of the mausoleums and the internal crypts are spot on. And reinterring the remains of the dead in those crypts and securing the mausoleums should be......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Candy: Hi, I graduated from ACHS in 2003 so I can't really comment on what it is now but I can tell u what it was then. Aside from my college years, my 4 years at......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Bayside Watcher: 'I remember' - You are a good person and you have great intentions. But have you been to Bayside Cemetery? If you had, you wouldn't possibly think that 4 cleanup visits per year......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

lastone tbc: yo reno 32. ja isnt a character in getting up but his graff is in the game on the free way level. props to cope, ja and all writers from nyc yo all you should be proud to write......

in response to: NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up by Metro1

Jamie: The age old "This is not a true representation of my town/village/city" debate continues. Maybe I missed the part where i duty bound to paint a fair and balanced picture of everywhere I choose take......

in response to: Morning Walk: Part One by jamie

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

Manong daikong: Norge, you're right these chickens are a tough breed and it takes a good hit to anchor them. My neighbor has been having a tough time with them He lives at the edge......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

Richie Rubin: WE usta`hitch'on da rear of St.Johns pl.Trolleys & Electric buses, all da way to`Bridge Plaza'..in Williamsburg,from Utica ave.& St.Johns pl...cool/l-o-n-g ride..& never got caught!...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Afroblanco: Ms. Andelman, I agree with Renee, NWhyC and most of the others. Despite all those words you typed, you really didn't say much at all. Like it or not, as the first officially-involved person to......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Humboldt1: PlGrd, Nice to see you are back from CityData. I was starting to get really down about black renters in general, but have had a new renter (black family) in my suburban place in Itasca......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

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

NWhyC: Rabbi Andelman, You say we should feel free to contact the president or rabbi of the congregation if we wish to know more. Though this sounds hopeful, I did contact not only Rabbi Friedman but also......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Rabbi Julia Andelman: Dear Friends, Congregation Shaare Zedek has been working extremely hard over the past several years to forge a long-term strategy for the restoration and maintenance of Bayside Cemetery, despite the fact that only 5% of this......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

zagg: Frederick is my darling pirate friend, [[xx:some text]] He has adventured in: [[8284:Florida]] /8284 Greece: [[5317:Greece link number 1]] [[5289:Greece link number 2]] [[5270:Greece link number 3]] as well as Macedonia but I don't think any of his photos......

in response to: Snail in the Big City by Franny Wentzel

zagg: They are boxes of croissants fresh from the bakery, DUH....

in response to: What Are They Holding? by CE

Kavod Ha'met: Kavod Ha'met- respect for the dead- is tradition. What has been allowed to happen to our sacred site here is intolerable. This isn't even just overgrown or slightly forgotten like most old cemeteries. This place is......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Nobody: maybe its a difference between {london} and {nyc}, but i say subculture. i can spot a writer from two blocks away, hahaha. and in terms of crew and passion, many writers do have a very......

in response to: A Proposition to Graffiti Writers by Repine Graffiti Magazine

Kriestine Mangel: wow. it's cool to read about people's memories of Bushwick. I may be a bit younger than some of the posters...Our family lived on Halsey St. between Irving and Knickerbocker between 1964 through......

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

Booballa: They should have enough money to care for this cemetery. It's in disgusting condition. The members of this congregation should be ashamed for letting it fall into this state and not to have......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Matthew Goeringer: Scott, I will admit that Bessie is not the most exciting place in the world; but did you really look around? I don't think that you did. You took pictures of the School and......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 6 by Scott Sargent

repine: That community service sounds unfair. Good point though, graffiti creates an identity and the individual decides whether that identity is corrupt or not. Although cos your anonymous couldn't you decide to adopt a completely different 'character'......

in response to: A Proposition to Graffiti Writers by Repine Graffiti Magazine

Karen Nielsen-Hayes: Hi, I was a student nurse at Netherne from 1977-1981. I remember being told that children born to the "insane" were kept at the hospital in a children's ward and observed for signs of mental......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

Far&Away: From where they have situated their camera, I assume they must have excellent security....

in response to: Neptune Hotel by Peter

Nobody: id be more concerned about bankers and politicians adopting a "proposition or morals" before i would concern myself with writers doing it, ha. but it does raise a point... graf is just like anything else. there......

in response to: A Proposition to Graffiti Writers by Repine Graffiti Magazine

Irene Maltman: I would love to here from someone over there who knew me or my family. The Maltmans lived by Govan Cross (the nice building with the high backs). They later moved to Uist street. ......

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

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

Dan: Jan 2, 2009: I am doing a geneological search on the Fritz family who grew up in the Yorkville section of Manhattan in the 1950's. Any information from those who have such great memories of that time would......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

BethAnn: Ugh...I hate living in Jacksonville!! My husband is in the military and we had to leave wonderful San Diego to come to this dump! I am not black, but this place is so racist it......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

joey: well it's 2009 and the old windmill is still turning. wish we could get some power from it. maybe power a night light!...

in response to: Backyard Scene by joey

jacob conner: This castle is truly amazing,from the top you get a great view.Jim Bishop is also agreat guy.If you have'nt been here yet you should come....

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

CC: I was born and raised in North Devon (1946-1976). I lived on Smith Street. The building in the 3rd pic was the CIBC bank. It was robbed in the early 70s. The 4th pic shows "Bolen's......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

Manong daikong: Another reply in favor of erredicating or at least thinning the chicken population. If you don't live here, you don't see the negatives. In addition to the pooping all over the place and......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

ste: isnt this the block (possibly even the building) that Mr Big from Sex and the City lived b4 he moved to Napa?...

in response to: 81st and Central Park West by sine

Rich: Hey Davida, This is Rich from the hood. Was it the Fox, downtown at Nevins St station with "Murray the K" and all of the old groups? If it is, it's a utilities center (Con Ed)......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Doc S.......: .....never hung with the basketball crowd - wasn't that much of an athlete then, but I do remember Billy Cannon, he was in my elementary and high school classes - I remember talking to him......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Cindy from Oslo: Happy New Year btw ;) ... ...

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

Cindy from Oslo: The crime has rised with 20% since dec.2007 according to TV2News channel. And according to Aftenposten (newspaper), there are 4 times more crime in Oslo then in New York ( http://www.aftenposten.no/english/local/article2299327.ece ) I believe the......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

Dr Jayne: To Audrey, regarding your Dec 27th post: Try to contact the American Nurses" Association. They might have the information you are looking for. I am a bit younger than most of you posting, though my......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Jim Dinger: Wow,my sister lives in Yuba and I was bored so I googled and would up here.My sis is living in Yuba with her boyfriend Chad and their 2 daughters. Might go down to see her......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Richie Rubin: Davida,you wrote`a club opened on Flatbush ave.'Ben Mastiks'town& country club'was all the way down near belt p'kwy..after ave U! & I usta go dere & see top notch acts..I even have a menu from there[c.1957]but`Town Hill'[bedford/Eastern pkwy]was da......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): I like this site very much,especially when people write about PS 167. I lived at 1125 Sterling Place (between Kinston Ave. and Hampton Place) until I was about 14.I went to the Erasmus Annex......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Lou Romero: Teresa, The building is still standing, its under a new name for several years. Pilgrim Christian Academy. I went FHM from 1967 to 1973, In Classmates.Com, there is a alumni group of all past students if you're interested....

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Matty Paris: Roger Brown and Connie Hawkins were completely different ballplayers from very different cultures. Connie lived in a railroad flat off Franklin and Fulton Street with his mother and brother. She did maid work. He played......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (adsl-75-26-176-73.dsl.scrm01.sbcglobal.net): Does anyone remember Susie's Bar and Grille on Myrtle Avenue? I'd love to hear some stories from that time about my grandmother's bar. Thanks! susanboriechambers@yahoo.com...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Marco: I hunt up near there so every turkey season and deer season, we enjoy heading in to Buffalo from dear camp, grabbing a shower, and hitting the pizza pub for the best pizza in Western......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 9 by Scott Sargent

Rick: In those days, even a 10 year-old kid (as I was)was allowed to take the Franklin Avenue Shuttle with friends (I loved to stand in the front) to the end and then take the A......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

alice.: Me and my frend are from London England. We would really like to visit Derry, however we have been told stories of how it would be not safe for us to be there due to where......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

mohamed from morocco : i wish to visit this amazing city ...

in response to: Metro Manila by Laura

mohamed from morocco : waw amazing country i love it so much and i wish to visit it soon, all my best friend they are from philipine exactlly quezon ,i love philipine so much , and thanx for......

in response to: Metro Manila by Laura

TT: By the way thanks for placing Dallas up there. I'm from Dallas and it is a pretty amazing city ...

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

bob: I like Tish lived at 350 E 92nd St. I remember so many things John's Candy Store's must have hamburgers after a night out. Also remember Linda peeling potatoes after leaving shool at OL. No frozen......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

jack: i grew up not too far from there. during the war many fighter planes would circle around my home and i could watch them descending for a landing. the drone of the engines......

in response to: NYC Naturally by CartLegger

Willie: Doc, Rick - Town Hill at Eastern Parkway and Bedford Avenue was in the 1950s a place to have a drink and catch live entertainment. My mom and older sister remember seeing Sam Cook......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Betty: My girlfriend and her husband just retired to Enniskillen this summer. Her husband is from there originally. I was curious to see what the city looked like. My girlfriend keeps asking me to come over......

in response to: Enniskillen by barry

lasalle resident:dec.28 2008: i have personally crossed that bridge( when i came to it) many times, to visit friends or pick up stock from one of the fine establishments. I haven't walked over since the derailment though. I......

in response to: Train Derails on Bridge IV: The Aftermath (With Graf Train Passing By) by EvilGentleman

Karlo: Well said Tracy. It really is sad to see things like this in this supposed day and age. Hopefully someday those of us who would bring their children up to hate will see the destructive capacity this......

in response to: Black and White by norniron

Audrey: Does anyone have or know any information about Prospect Heights Hospital from 1945-1948. I was born there on Oct. 7, 1947 and lived in Brooklyn on Kings Highway in the Flatbush area most of my......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Willie: Rick, Doc: Yes, Busches Ice Cream Parlor was on Nostrand (near corner of Union Street). Today there is a 'white table cloth' restaurant in that space called "Tavern on Nostrand" which is quite......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

ChiPhi: Wow...this thread has had some staying power and I am glad it has the legs. :) Full disclosure...(Please read my earlier comments above for my perspective regarding this neighborhood). I am a male in my......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Arthur: I was born on 77th street between York Ave and John Jay park in 1931. I appreciated the stories from all of you who now live or lived in Yorkville. Thank you....

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

joey: and then in 9 months we can see 'romancing' baby...

in response to: NYC Glace\' by CartLegger

jessiecat: The first place I went overseas from my home in Melbourne, Australia, was Tokyo.. By brain literally exploded and the subway was the most full on thing I've ever encountered.. It didn't help that the......

in response to: Tokyo Rail by Chris Jongkind

Doc S.......: Willie - I remember most of what you've said - and the "Cameo" toy store around the corner from the Loew's "Kameo" movie theater (note different spellings). Now, you've mentioned a Lefferts JHS - but......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Willie: Does anyone out there remember the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Nostrand Avenue? The old Loew's Cameo (pronounced 'LOW-ees) by the Assistant Principal of Lefferts JHS in the early '60s. Rubin Chemists on......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

visited Olso over the summer: Does anyone know who panted the bunny-like creature with the hands reaching out(photo is not shown on this page) in the alley where the chandeleir is. Almost right across from that pink fish,on the......

in response to: Some Oslo Streetart by Osloman20plus

Franny Wentzel: Brasilia B-roll pictures [[img:29911]] Grand plan of Brasilia. Sorta shaped like a dragonfly [[img:29912]] Concept sketch by Oscar Neimeyer - Temple of Syrinx on right [[img:29913]] Reflecting pool behind Congress hall [[img:29914]] Artsey National Geographic shot - oddly enough their 1960 article about......

in response to: Brasilia in Old Photos by Franny Wentzel

mitch: Hi Doc ... I left before graduating 241. Memories are what they are ... glad your impressions were better than mine. Had a real mean 1st grade teacher too, from my recollection. I remember a......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

CartLegger: Tune in 6 months from now for encore of "romancing" and lovely gams....

in response to: NYC Glace\' by CartLegger

Peter: only a few blocks from my old place in {hell's kitchen}... nice photos, jack....

in response to: Manhattan by jack

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

Sharon: I attended St Matthews for eight years 65'-73', and during those times were some great days of my life. I remember having a variety of places to have lunch when I was older, I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

sant1 rome: sane,he didn't has a good style but he destroyy! and he was the n°1 for me and i think about for a lot of people! ||||| . ......

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

Espen: Espen: 23rd Dec 2008 - 02:04 GMT i vent to New york in november 96 i was 19 years old travelling alone from norway and got robd at a park wile smoking pot waiting for a man......

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

Espen: i vent to New york in november 96 i was 19 years old travelling alone from norway and got robd at a park wile smoking pot waiting for a man who i......

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

Joey TPA - The Public Animals: Where's my boy-o, King Kelzo, the boom from Hulme?!...

in response to: English Kills Graffiti, Pt. 4 by Peter

mitch: I remember being scared going into PS241 in the early grades. Those old city elementary schools are so imposing and physically out of scale for the kids attending. To this day I remember climbing the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

John Dereszewski: Story, I think the Wikipedia picture of Bushwick is dated and far too pessimistic. While still pretty gritty, Bushwick has become a far more solid community over the past decade and boasts a growing and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

A Stokes (Gibson): i'm from Cabrini greens we moved to 939 hudson in 1957 we were about the fifth family to move in the building, we had good times there , I went to cooley high, jenner school,......

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

gxr killer: JA is a fuckin legend. I acually got to me him a few months ago threw my man ovie. "FREE OVIE" THE MAN IS A CLASS ACT. He is the reason I as small kid......

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

Richie Rubin: Davida,dat `Chinese'food WE all grew up on in NYC,ain't da real thing!..nevah was!..1 from column `A',two from column `B'is pure USA..I've been to China & live in San Francisco,cal..now dat's da real thing!..but Italian food in NYC is......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

zagg: Dear Editor, would you please change this from Athens to just Greece? "anywhere, Greece" --- basically it's just simply not anywhere near Greece (except for fact that it is in the same country...) Thanks......

in response to: Rolls Along Past Houses, Farms and Fields by zagg

pauline curran : hi fiona give my regards to your mum. mum was asking after .her have alovely xmas i cant wait as my son is coming......

in response to: Franks by barry

mitch: Davida, Rich, Kim, Kenny ... my mind is racing with all the thoughts and memories from so many years ago and it is so wonderful to hear from you all ... and that we can......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Lund Photo: I'm sorry, in it's current state I can't find the appeal in this 'building'? I'm from Seattle, and the Space Needle from the '62 World Fair, is alive and strong as ever here.. ...

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

Renee: These pictures have fascinated me to the point of doing a little research on this matter. It seems that the Congregation Shaare Zedek used the funds paid by the families for perpetual care of......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

AP: I love that. Thanks for posting. I should make a pilgrimage before they raze it, since I'm in the NY metro area. I had no idea that existed. I know this pavilion is from the......

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

JoseFromIrving: They should have built a precinct there years ago. My grandmother lived on Troutman between Knickerbocker and Irving during the 70's and 80's. Talk about drug infested. It wasn't until they put up make shift precincts......

in response to: Escape From New York by Peter

Peter: me too. heres another shot from [[8023:last april]]: [[img:27121]]...

in response to: English Kills Graffiti, Pt. 4 by Peter

Nancy: I live right on Menahan Street this store is not there anymore it has been replaced with a new 99 cent store. I'm happy the store in the picture is gone it had this man......

in response to: Menahan by Peter

Warren S.: That pic of the CYO entrance is pretty depressing. I lived on church property, adjacent to that entrance. The church used to rent out apartments in the "old rectory," and my dad as the chief......

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

Teresa: I grew up on Moffat Street in Brooklyn. The Brunswick Bowling Alley was directly across the street from our apartment. I was in 5th grade when we were told the apartments were being......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames