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Proud Nortonite: Shymo, let me guess you are Sarah Scheimo who I briefly went to high school with, am I right. Of course you have a simple mind narrow vision of Norton and the fine outstanding......

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

Hoe: It can be boring, and some of the people are f'd up....just like in Brooklyn.... there are just more f'd up ones in your city Peter. Manhattan/NYC is the real deal, not your place...Brooklyn?? Why......

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

Allen : Just read Tony Giove's blog here. Very interesting Tony, that you lived on Troutman Street, and remember the old P.S. 53 there. Also, amazing that your Dad owned a luncheonette on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

rf46@hotmail.com: Sharon, the candy store was next to the butcher. Maybe not for long. Margie lived on 1st between 92nd and 93rd. A funny story about her. She actually had a priest from OL come to......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Tony Giove: I came across this site just searching PS 53 on Troutman St. I lived in the second house past PS 53 toward Wilson Ave. I think the address was 164. they knocked the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Betty: This is for Willie who posted on December 24, 2008. Just found this board. I was so excited. I lived in the apartment building above Tung Sang. I went to Lefferts......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

IcexAngel: Wow, these photos and everyone's comments have me feeling very nostalgic right now. I was born and raised in Paterson. Graduated from Eastside High School in 1987 and my family and I moved......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

Real Talk: I don't know much, but I do know that the old school Almighty GL's are laughing their asses off! ...

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Bobby Craig: Empire bar. Getting back to the big school the teachers I remember are Mr McPhee, Mr Alexander, Mr Dunne (the heady) who sadly died during my stint in the Mags, Mr Aitken aka wee akey,......

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

Bobby Craig: Hello to everyone, just been reading all the comments, I was born in the southern General in 1955, I lived in Admiral Street, at the tender age of 5 I was introduced to St Margarets......

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

Velvel: I lived in the apartment building at 972 Eastern Parkway and went to school right across the street at the Yeshivah of Eastern Parkway. I think I was born in the Women's Hospital on St.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Scott: NIU is awesome. Great school to go to. GO HUSKIES!...

in response to: Northern Illinois University, Dekalb by PaulG

Billy Newman: My mother lived at 14 Stanley just after the war i was born 1945 sadly she died 1952 tb then my sister and i moved to 9 paisley road the toll next to the old toll......

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

The Audacity of Attitude: Hey everyone. I'm a 29 year old white male who lives in Chicago and I rent an apartment in Lakeview a couple miles north of Cabrini Green. I drive by it almost every day and......

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

Jen Smith: What was the neighborhood called when you went to school there?...

in response to: PS9 by Robert

Robert: [[img:36785]] Just got this very good image and text from the Anderson Associates site: Vanderbilt Place Residences (Old P.S. 9) 279 Sterling Place, Brooklyn, NY 11238 279 Sterling Place in Brooklyn is an historic landmark built in 1893. When......

in response to: PS9 by Robert

Jason: Quote from one of the artists - I’m Marty Edwards and I work for Attitude Mural Artists. We’re based in the Waterside, Londonderry and we paint predominantly Protestant paintings. We would usually paint paramilitary paintings......

in response to: The Waterside by Jamie

sheryl stanek gehri: wow, weird i came upon this site. my mom grew up in yuba. berniece (hynek) stanek. she lives in hillsboro now. her folks richard and rose hynek lived in yuba all their life. they had......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

jaxlover: school 4 is amazing truely. try going at like 2am, thats really enough to scare you senseless, lol. but after a few times, it feels peaceful, and i love it. if your driving on I95......

in response to: School Number 4 + Nightmare Basement by Your Main Paradox

Unknown: [[img:36743]] Jack, My uncle moved to St. Augustine in the mid 50s and remember going there once. Loved that place and I still keep this old postcard of a very old school there. ...

in response to: St. Augustine, Clean and No Rats. by jack

Gordy: I moved to 41 Eastern Parkway (Copley Plaza) in 1952. I attended P.S. 241. My 3rd grade teacher was Mrs. Lightcap, 4th grade, Miss Sternfeld, 5th grade was in the High School of Homemaking next......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Frank: Laura, thx for the great article! It brought back all sorts of memories as I grew up on first on 85th between York and First, then on First Ave. itself and finally on 84thbetween First......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Dewayne Louria: My father was stationed at Plattsburgh AFB (did weather). We (Brenda, Michelle, Eddie) lived on Kentucky Circle, went across the street to Northside School (3rd grade Mrs. Patnode) and loved the snow, ice and......

in response to: Snafu at the Former Plattsburgh Air Force Base by EvilGentleman

Allen : Hi I wrote just a few days ago (re: Oct. 16), asking for if anyone perhaps knew of some friends of mine from some years back. (I see there are a lot......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Allen : Hi I wrote just a few days ago (re: Oct. 16), asking for if anyone perhaps knew of some friends of mine from some years back. (I see there are a lot......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

antoinette: i only lived in b.t for two years but i can tell you that i will miss this nieghborhood deeply, i have many memories there and spending my 7th and 8 th grade years there......

in response to: James M. Baxter Terrace by Peter

E.stoned and druga FROM BUSHWICK: two real ogeez from da bush remember all the crews hbo, cgk, bsk, wcc, p.s 123 ps 111, Cleavland, lcc bushwick posie.tha 80s was da shiznit It was dangerous but it was fun.we use to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

cookie rall: Central Ave. Then there was another crowd. Tommy Danburger, Lenny Leggio, Fizzy, Jean Marie tivili(all they guys loved her) Phil Pinion (all from around Menahan St. - Mike Motto, Billy Kiley, Lena, and of course......

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

Mary Ann: Hi, I attended Bishop McDonnell Memorial High School which was the girls Catholic High School at 260 Eastern Parkway right near Prospect Heights girls high school around the corner. These blogs bring back memories,......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Doc S.......: Myrna...do not remember you - left the area in '52 but do remember a "Bob Chalian". Did "Clara Barton" used to be called the High School for Homemaking????? Then there was a "Girl's High School"......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

inJax: 7 years in Jax for my husband. I miss enthusiastic people. You're about 10 times more likely to be a part of a conversation about a going-out-of-business sale(!!!) than a)the most recent book......

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

robert: Yes... it' s still there, but it's no longer PS9. Look up the street view on Google Maps and you'll see the building standing on the corner of Vanderbilt and Sterling. PS9 is now an elemementary......

in response to: PS9 by Robert

Allen : This site brings back some good memories!! I wonder if anyone might know of some of my old friends who I knew there in that area during the mid to late......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

John Wasinger: Forget anything this writer had to say in his critcism of Bazine! I taught high school here for one semester in '64. It was first my teaching assignment, and the students "Kids" were great.......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 13 by Scott Sargent

shymo: I went to high school in Norton, and it sucked ass. Kids hung out at the library or just cruised the streets every damn day for fun. On weekends they'd go get wasted......

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

Roseanne Morris ( Jackson ): Hi!. I was born on "Blackburn St " I went to "St margaret's" Catholic school.I moned to "Ruchazie" when I was 10.I would loved to find a few of my friens .they are- Fiona Crew......

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

Franny Wentzel: I used to know and Asian kid in school who went by the name Poon Tang....

in response to: Truck Boner by Peter

Robert: Coudnt stand it any longer,bought a board.(9x32 Lance Mountain Flip,149 Independant trucks,re-issue Rat Bones 60mm,Im 41 and cant stop smilin.Havent been on a board in 20 years but my advice is start with an old......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Esther (Herschman) Rechtschafner : Doesn't anyone remember the yearly Memorial day parade down Sterling Place? This was in the 1950's. War veterans marched or were taken in wheel chairs. I think many of them may have been from WWI.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (124.118.124.24.cm.sunflower.com): I'm offended by your lack of effort to prove your point. I lived in Hutch until I graduated highschool and moved away for college. Yes, it's nothing special, but it could be a......

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

Alida: I drove through I-95 in JAX today and this condemned building caught my attention. So as soon as I got home I googled PUBLIC SCHOOL NUMBER FOUR and found these pictures. Wow, they are great.......

in response to: School Number 4 + Nightmare Basement by Your Main Paradox

fM: Obama, on 94th st. No way...hahahaha. He grew up in Hawaii. Unless he was there after 1975. As far as Stanley I./before they were built I remember we were let out of OLGC early......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

confused: I am confused. Whats all the fuss about? If they tear down the rest of the buildings, the residents move to more housing paid for by the government and people that they hate and harm(taxpayers)......

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

David Thomson: I lived in Carnoustie Street in the early 1950's, and went to Carnoustie Street Primary School, next to the Co-cp Building. All gone now. We were a large family, so does anyone remember the Wither......

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

Noah: I moved to Bushwick (Troutman between Irving and Knickerbocker) shortly after graduating from college last December. Reading all the stories about the old neighborhood as well as your comments have been tremendously interesting and make......

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

J: Well, My son attends Pope John Paul the II Family Academy. I can honestly say that I am so thankful for this wonderful oppurtunity. The staff are awesome and my son (although he......

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

debbie griffin: bushwick in the 70's was the place to be handball, basketball, cutting school....where is ervin virola? Limpy will always be my big brother R.I.P, josephine if you read this contact me at my email,...

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

My Block: Wow Laura, great story, I'm sure you got an "A" especially if the responses your article received had anything to do with grading you. I read every one of the responses and enjoyed them immensely.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

June Carr (nee Ward): 3rd Oct 2009 - 13:45 GMT: Hello wee Pat Bradley, I lived in 13 Clark St. from 1935-1958 and went to Lambhill St. School.I am the second eldest daughter of Molly Ward.My younger sisters are Alice, Irene, and Kathleen.I used to......

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

Resident: Gang violence and crime are not attributes of a persons skin color and ethnicity but of poverty, alienation and a failed education. The culture clash in Humboldt park is inevitable and......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Jerry Dolan: I was born Dec.1935,we lived at 94 Cornwall Street,went to St. Margarets school graduated 1950 left for America in 1953 I say hello to anyone I went to school with ...

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

PKC: 1944 to 1967, born Misreacorida Hsptl when it was on E. 86th St. Attended St. Ignatius Loyola. Mom's family grew up on E. 87th & her brothers went to St. Joseph's, considered the......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

John Fortunato: I lived on Vanderbilt between St.Marks & Bergen. I remember all the stores mentioned above,as well as the Pinone's,Matteo's,Tardo's (I went to school withErmalinda). Great neighborhood.I truly miss it. St.Joseph's School & Church,Boese's Ice cream......

in response to: Flamelets on Vanderbilt Ave by GGP

Tired of Belleville Being Put Down: Knowledgeable Source I'm sorry to say but apparently you aren't as knowledgeable as you think. What makes you think the largest sum of tax dollars come from your area? Are you the main population,......

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

Pope John Paul II Family Academy: Hello all. I am Jim Viola, VP for Development & Community Development at the new Pope John Paul II Family Academy. It is wonderful to read all your comments. We have renovated the old building......

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

Janet: The conversation has taken an interesting turn. We were poor, but we never thought of ourselves as poor. We had less than others, more than some, and expected that in the future we......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Maggie Cook (Garcia): Hi: I lived in Brooklyn, NY, and attended Bushwich High School on 400 Irvine Avenue. I graduated in 1979 and I have been trying to find a yearbook from......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

JimmyC: first my Yorkville credentials:born in Doctors Hospital across from Gracie Manson;lived on 92nd bet. 1nd & 2nd from 1955-1968;and then at 93rd st. (lex/park) form 68-2006(when ma died). I still live,love and play in yorkville(85th......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Peter: no offense, but i find it highly ironic how the quality of your school system is proven by your spelling skills, "mogepoge"... lol......

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

RichB in the A-T-L : My parents and grandparents lived at 176 Schafer Street just up the block from 14 Holy Martyrs where I went to grade school in the late 1950s. We moved to New Jersey (not my ides)......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Jay Oshinsky: I think Friedman's was a small department store or variety store on St. John's place.I can picture the store and know I have been there. I lived on President and Schenectady , but think for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Sue Fenton - PAFB 62 - 66: My dad was stationed at Plattsburg AFB from 1962 - 66 - he had to retire after a heart attack. We lived on Montana Drive,my mum was English. Does anyone remember my dad...he......

in response to: Snafu at the Former Plattsburgh Air Force Base by EvilGentleman

Stan: Jeff: Originally Honey's was on St. Johns Place. They then moved to Eastern Parkway off Albany Ave. I lived on that block. I remember on the first day of School they would be jammed with people buying......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Janet: Jeff--Honey's was near the corner of St. John's and Troy when I lived on St. John's Place. I wrote a message describing what I remembered of it in an October 2008 posting here. Many......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (216.220.216.185): I was born in the early 80s in wyckoff hops so I was a kid for some the worst time but I loved my childhood had a bunch of buddyz male n female it is......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Rick F.: As I recall, Circus Box was also called "Honey's." In my PS 241 years, we often had informal bike races around the block bordered by Washington Ave., President St., Franklin Ave & Carroll St. Sometimes,......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (207-237-48-145.c3-0.80w-ubr9.nyr-80w.ny.cable.rcn.com): Thelma: I read many months ago in The Tablet that St. Barbara's was going to re-open as The Pople John Paul II Family Academy to servce poor families in the parish. There was going to be......

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

Jennifer: Ugh, people like you suck. As a matter of fact I go to Jr. High in Bazine. It's a really great town. The reason there is only two cars on the "road" by the high......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 13 by Scott Sargent

Sonya: Yes. I remember Eastern Parkway..benches to sit on..the library at the corner of Eastern Parkway and Schenectady Ave...the subway. There was a pizza partlor at the corner of Lincoln Place and Schenectady ave . a......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Kathy Wilkinson (Peaches): My father was a "Harbisons Milkman", Joe the milkman. working out of Front and Diamond streets. He drove several horses, but Buddy a red roan with a mane that went over both sides, friendly......

in response to: Harbison Dairy Milk Bottle by serlingrod

Thelma Fuentes: I have it understood that the old St. Barbara's School is going to be used again. Anybody know as what?...

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

Kathy: My sister is in the process of renovating Jewell School, just outside of Yuba. Do any of you have stories or pictures from your families about the school. I would love to put......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Sean: Man, that's when the Pop In was still open! I remember when I first moved to Buffalo and Jen was cooking there.. I would go there early every morning just to get two of the......

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

SoSickOfJacksonville: I have lived in this Godforsaken Hell hole since 1990. Every single aspect of this "city" is crap. The city's "Mayor" touts the water ... horrible. If the water here is so......

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

mogepoge: you big city people listen to this you shouldn't critisize us and as a matter of fact we make a lot of your food like bread (wheat) corn, etc., so instead of being......

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

JK: i dont think so last year the school said we was suppose to wear uniform and we never had to wear them...

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Latecomer: Navet's post says it all and is indicative of the impenatrable racism and twisted logic that exists in Quebec. Anglos don't use your language in 'your' province'? Since when does Quebec belong exclusivelly to the......

in response to: Anglos Go Home by CE

Dennis: well i attended this school in 07 and that year was so horrible that i Had to get a emergancy transfer. i was one of the smartist students in my class, me and Zoey and......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Franny Wentzel: I wonder if the neighbourhood described by JD Salinger in 'De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period' - he puts the 'Les Amis Des Vieux Maîtres' correspondence school in "The Verdun" above an orthopedic appliances store - has......

in response to: NDG by CE

Agnes Doherty Ondrovic: continuation of my area. Besides the Monroe movie theater there was also the Granada, Colony and the Loews on 72nd St. where the ceiling looked like the sky including stars. Bicyles could be rented from......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Debs: Went to school in Catford (Prendergast)and watched the cat go up. Down the alley area where its located there used to be a Tesco as kids we would laugh and sing the song..lets all go......

in response to: The Giant Cat of South London by I.T.U.C.

Agnes Doherty Ondrovic: I grew up on 78th between York and East End. Went to St. Monica's school and was married in St.Monica's Church. Saw the pool being built in John Jay Park to which I......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

visitor :): we are staying in belleville and we absolutely love it! i am so impressed with the schools and how everything is so nostalgic and well taken care of. the brick roads, the town squarem it......

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

damonXo iCPz: im a freshman this year , even reading these comments got me on the edge on asking should I even go this school ? It sucks from negatives , but also gives me positives ,......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Ed Plowman: Hi. I'm 77. My sisters and I lived on E. Cumberland St., between Cedar and Gaul, and attended Hackett elementary school in the mid- to late-1930s. I took my 16-year-old grandson (we live between Dulles......

in response to: Harbison Dairy Milk Bottle by serlingrod

Born in Hutch: I was born in Hutchinson. I have known many people who grew up there then moved away and a short time later moved back because they lacked the social skills to be liked by......

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

Old School: I remembered the blackout.Thank Gog we had a very strict mother. We were already in the house and when we noticed the lights did not come back on we didn't even consider going back out......

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

Jay Oshinsky: Hello Richie, Sorry to hear about Teri. As I stated in a previous post I knew her. We both graduated Wingate together in 1962. Maybe also from Petah Tikva but not sure and of course the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Richie Rubin: Sonya Dyke;I saw Judy Oshinsky a few yrs ago in Coral Gables Fla.[SHE lives there,& looks terrif!I'M a coupla yrs.older than YOU & lived on St.Johns pl.nr.Utica ave.Mr.Lodato was MY principal @ 167,& I don't seem to remember......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

ms.lynetta funchess: oh yea not to mention the candy house around the corner where earl chester use to live ...mr. ellis and i went to school with albert lowe...i still talk to latesha holman on the 3rd......

in response to: Crooked Post by GGP

Joey La Rosa: What a real pleasure to read REAL passion when all you good people talk about your childhood in brooklyn. Being that I am all Italian I can't help but smile when I read all......

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

Kelly Stowell: Helen - Yes, you are correct. Jill is my younger sister who lives in Hillsboro. Chris is actually my stepbrother who lives near Columbus. I have many other siblings, as well, but......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Aii the shit !!!: weat pasting sounds gay na j/p its B/A if you never done it start small make like 5-10 peaces and just slap them up in one night or day w/e anyway im out lata ......

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

Galloping Greg: One thing is for sure. Your average hutch resident must have failed reading comprehension in school because they all seem to be saying the same, tired stuff without being smart enough to realize they are......

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

Franny Wentzel: Here's a little something of Brasilia that's in the novel I'm writing... the lead character Jennifer Platt has been invited to speak on a TV panel discussion after visiting a ribbon cutting ceremony for a......

in response to: Brasilia in Old Photos by Franny Wentzel

Rich: I wish I could pan around and look at this spot from inside a circle. I went to boy scout meetings in the school across the street. Played baseball and football in the grass and......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Heather: Hahah, I'm very amused to find I'm not the only one doing websearches like "too old to learn to skateboard". I'm 33 and my daughter has just started learning to skate. I used......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Elsie Roberts: Great site I lived at 254 Barton Lane Eccles. As a child was a pupil at St Catherine's Church School Two teachers a Miss Bagot and a Miss Broom. I had to cross the Barton swing road......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Franny Wentzel: What is it about the word "faggot" that makes people so frightened? Do you think it's the actual letters, themselves? Well, let's take a look at that. Do you think maybe it's the letter "F"?......

in response to: 2 Faggots in Gravy by Elicar

jimcav: I was just wondering if anyone can tell me about the 1975 fire of Our Lady Of Lourdes RC Church? The Church stood on Aberdeen St between Bushwick Ave. and Broadway. I have been all......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames