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rick: Scott, I remember seeing Zsa Zsa Gabor at Radin's deli several times. My Mom said she would stop there after shopping at Loehmann's on Bedford Ave. I think deli preference was, mostly, a matter of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Joe Drexler: I was born in Bushwick and lived on Himrod St. between Central and Wilson Aves.from 1962 to 1974.I enjoyed reading the blackout article but must say that there was an approximate 17 year downward spiral......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

Ursus: I have just applied the Black Anti-Vandal/Intruder paint to My connifer because the local brats were severely damaging it, It looks a real eyesore from the damage they caused so I decided to coat it......

in response to: Anti-Climb Paint by kobe

Gerry: The author of this article needs to get ALL of his facts straight, for the reader. Bishop's Castle is located in the WET Mountains, NOT the West Mountains. If the reader was truly interested in......

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

Peter: yeah, these were from the day-after cleanup leftovers-barbecue. for some reason, i didnt catch a photo of the approximately 200 lbs of beer bottles strewn about before we bagged em up, hahaha... whatever recycler came......

in response to: Letters by Peter

Joe : Bill, Thanks for the reply. I thought your posting may have been by Bill Fricker from Front St. I had stayed in touch with Fricker long after I had left Kensington, but have not heard from......

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

Kathy Mondello: It's so great to see that there are caring people living in this neighborhood. I have nothing but fond memories of growing up in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn - having graduated from Bushwick......

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

anon (S0106001346fafe93.no.shawcable.net): i'm naturally blonde and resent that so many ditzy fake peroxide addicts are ruining it being blonde used to be rare and special and beautiful remeber that there ARE smartm, funny, engaging, REAL, blondes...

in response to: Rant by kc

ArchDoctor: I'm APPAULED that Mississauga wasnt an immediate top 10 candidate, have you guys been here recently?? the absolute world is gonna boast the tallest condominiums outside of Toronto, there are 35+ story monsters reserecting......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

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

SCW: How about Bushwick East of Gates Ave and the proximity to Brownsville? Doesn't Brownsville have the highest murder rate in the city?...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

colavitos ghost: in the sixth picture note the extreme proximity of the industrial flats and downtown. i've never seen another city in which the urban core and the industrial core are so close together. i......

in response to: De Tocqueville Was Here by little ukraine

EvilGentleman: The simple reality is, Americans are welcomed warmly by most Montrealers, and generally disliked but tolerated by the rest. And that dislike is often because they are getting mistaken for Torontonians, or other English-speaking Canadians. Dislike......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

tom: The bridge was designed and built under a Democratic administration (Karl Rolvaag). Approximately half of the time since its construction there has been a Democratic governor in the state. The Democrats are now......

in response to: Bridge Collapse 1 by Tyfoid Kid

Márcio Barreto: [[img:22710]] The jungle around the stone jungle...This photo was taken at USP (at IFUSP - Instituto de Física da USP, or Physics Institute of USP...where I got my graduation). The buildings in the background are near......

in response to: São Paulo by Márcio Barreto

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

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

Armstrong: All this talk of crime is interesting yet Bushwick is changing everyday. It is inevitable. I think it will change for the better, remaining a mixed neighborhood demographically and economically. It is closer to Manhattan......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: Socially stratified contrasts in high proximity. Some of it has been like that for decades, if not centuries, like the famous divide of Westmount, with those "above the tracks" being wealthy, while those "below the......

in response to: Revolt! by CE

gingha: i used to live in oklahoma city. the thing the makes norman, and the greater oklahoma city area seem lackluster is because of its relative regional proximity to the dallas/ft. worth area, and also because......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Frank S. Besner: Apparently Montréal was the original Sin City. Back during the prohibition years, back when Vegas was no more than a bunch of sand dunes. Combine it's proximity to the states, lack of liquor ban and......

in response to: Octopussy by EvilGentleman

Earnest ( Bubble) Pettis, Crane '68": Well I grew up at Henry Horner at 1920 W. Washington # 606 and like John Bland, a classmate of mine so aptly stated this plan has been in effect for many years due to......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

John Dereszewski: It is hard to imagine how anyone can misinterpret the last 30 years of Bushwick's history more than BDweller did in his comment. To believe him, Bushwick endured decades of neglectful Planned Shrinkage followed by......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

colavitos ghost: carrie: i'm intrigued by the specificity of your knowledge of the west side. i feel like i must know you! perhaps "carrie" is a pseudonym? as to your question--and a good one it......

in response to: The Streets of Ohio City by little ukraine

Margaret Zeidler: It is very rarely more cost effective to tear down an old building and replace it with a new one. That is an old wives tale - but one which, unfortunately, is often cited......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

geoff capes: i have one heck of a time getting my recessive pieds to stop biting me. they seem to have no respect for my authority or standing as an athlete/strongman. WHEN I had the opportunity to acquire......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

sine: Update: I just watched the ABCNews report on Nightline about the Foley 'incident'. Earlier I had reported Mark Foley's connection with Scientology after he entered rehab in Clearwater, FL (Refer to above article). Segment one involved......

in response to: U.S. Congressman Foley by sine

joey: guardian of the arts. yet - did you know? The Thinker Vandalized At approximately 1am on March 24, 1970, a bomb irreparably damaged the Cleveland Museum's version of Rodin's The Thinker. The bomb itself had been placed......

in response to: Cleveland Thinks by joey

Karlo: Volunteer Im not trying to convince you of my views,i am merely trying to reach an understanding with you as a human being. If i were standing next to you,i would offer you my sincere condolences and......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Brian: I too emigrated to Australia over 20 years ago and only revisited Irlam for the first time, at the end of last summer, (2005). Irlam and Cadishead are strange places. Isolated to some degree, they lie......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Cosmo: Ha! For three years I lived in an adobe house in New Mexico. Talk about ease of maintenance! Sure, it's dusty and coarse and you have to live in a desert to have......

in response to: Vinyl Siding by CE

karlo: Shamie,if you profess to be a Republican,then why ape the people you say are your enemies? 'Fuck the shankill' is not a part of the Republican agenda,yet people like yourself only serve to feed the......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

EvilGentleman: [[img:14331]] Our old cameras, as taken with my current camera. Kodak DC280 2MP $810 in 2000 Used as primary for both me and my wife from August 2000 to July 2003. Sent for repairs. Came back for duty as......

in response to: The Cameras of Citynoise by ksedge

Christino: E ai Belez Eu to em São Paulo gostaria de saber se tem algum grupo proximo a zona sul que treina pois eu gostaria de praticar le parkour penhnet@hotmail.com...

in response to: Le Parkour by Luli

EvilGentleman: Bienvenue et aussi, merci bien, m'sieu. J'accepter ton salutations, et la même chose pour toi, aussi. Pardonnez mon francais, mon grammaire, n'est pas bon. J'espere que vous visiter Kangirsujuaq dans le futur, c'est un location......

in response to: Kangirsujuaq by EvilGentleman

a dose of reality: This topic is being beat to death by people without a real grasp on the term "life". this cat/rabbit in the scheme of things is as worthless now as it was when it was alive......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

beavis: Given an approximate dimension of 1x1x2 ft, that block of ice weighs about 56 pounds. Whoever brought it there didn't carry it very far, or else drove up.......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

beavis: Given an approximate dimension of 1x1x2 ft, that block of ice weighs about 56 pounds. Whoever brought it there didn't carry it very far, or else drove up.......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

jeeff: all hail the information age. [[http://sageauthoring.com/fdny/construction/vacant.pdf]] Fire Department, City of New York __FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES__ __VOLUME 1 BOOK 3__ **MARKING OF VACANT BUILDING** **1.3.1** As vacant buildings shall be identified and marked to indicate the degree of hazard involved. In marking vacant......

in response to: Slated for Demolition by Peter

Elicar: My friend just received an offer to his house. They are closing May 12. His house is at Gerrard and Coxwell, was built in the 1920's, a three bedroom very small semi-detached (I believe that's......

in response to: Count Your Blessings by Elicar

Chris: billy i dont believe u have ever been to the UK judging from ur... review of it. I have met many cool americans that apreciate there only allie on the planet and are nice......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Crappy The Penguin: I suggest we erect a statue to commemorate this altercation between Deli Boy and Courier Girl near the spot where it happened. To commemorate what exactly? Why, the first time in ages this city has rallied in......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

TMA1955: ANNA, PROPERTY IN THE OLDER NEIGHBORS IN BROOKLYN ARE COMING BACK AND THERE IS MONEY TO BE MADE. I GREW UP ON TROUTMAN AND KNICKERBOCKER, WHEN PEOPLE STILL HAD NEIGHBORHOODS, WE CAME FROM THIRD GENERATION......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: thanks elaine! a personal/partial/summary is exactly what i was looking for :) neighborhood vibes are interesting. we have proximal areas that sound just like those places here in nyc......

in response to: abject objects by elaine

vz: the street running across #1 is cherry street, on the block between 10th and 11th, and i don't know if the alleyway has a name, certainly not a street sign... although it leads to about......

in response to: walking around chinatown and old city by vz

jeeff: hi jo. here's a quickie travel guide for toronto, ##but## i'm writing this with one condition for you: please take some photos, write some stuff, and post an article here about your trip! first off,......

in response to: Toronto for a week by jo

juan-carlos : .....no creo que exista una palabra en el diccionario alangandolo.... q ue no le hayan dicho, yo por mi parte me quito el sonbrero ante esta sombrosa obra que está realizando. Sé perfectamente......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral - Part 2 by Reiner Wandler

kobe: for all our american friends: ##Anti Climb Paint:## Anti-Climb Paint is a thick, non-drying coating for parapets, downcomers, pipes, window sills, fencing and walls etc. It acts as an extremely effective deterrent to would be intruders and......

in response to: more signs by elaine

jeeff: marc, not sure, i never counted. shibuya's probably the place for it though. i too liked the ferris wheel parking garages. too bad they're all covered, it would be cooler if some......

in response to: tokyo tunnels (under the skin) by jeeff

hool: peter: agreed. matt: props. i totally identified with the intense study in close physical proximity on the bus (or streetcar or subway). i do it all the time. write more. this......

in response to: wolverhampton by matt blackcustard