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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

CartLegger: I am just an observer at this point, enjoying the inertia of this passionate and informed debate. I am glad that citynoise can be the place where the Synagogue has finally spoken--thank you Rabbi Andelman.......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

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

pauline curran : hi fionathe old houses faceing drum haw park is the house i was born in .good to see they are still standing. my mum lives in drum haw park . she is not......

in response to: Back Street by barry

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: To Tyra I completely agree with u. When I was at ACHS we had a basketball team that was pretty good. I didn't really follow sports much back then so I could be wrong. I admire......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

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

zagg: CityNoisers have a tendency to dislike shiney sharp jagged boxes. Sometimes they're acceptable if they have an colour running through them (like that horrible apartment building thing that I said was fugly but others......

in response to: The Darth Vader Building by aer suzuki

Bayside Watcher: Notice that some of the pictures above have headstones with Yellow Stickers on them. Also some have stickers that say 'PC' on them. These are graves that have purchased perpetual care. In......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

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

NWhyC: Here are some more photos. Bear in mind that as it is winter, most of the foliage has died back and you can actually see many of the tombs that are completely lost in the......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Renee: Dear Rabbi Julia Andelman, I am probably one of those people you would categorize as the uneducated by believing everything I read off the internet to be true. As you can see by......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

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

Wendy: About a month ago, I took our little dog out for "last call". We walked down our front steps to the sidewalk. About twenty feet away stood two raccoons. The dog started barking. ......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

Peter: im glad to see this place made so accessible to people... the lights and stairs/walkways are good additions. did you see the 110+ year old ##"remember the maine!"## graffiti in there?...

in response to: Oldest Subway Tunnel in the World by adam

chiamattt: awesome post. now i want to see lost ghost trains. ...

in response to: Oldest Subway Tunnel in the World by adam

Tony: what the hell is wrong with you people this is amsterdam for god sake, guys piss in the woods all the, these guys are drunk most of the time and its probly better than pissing......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

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

CartLegger: [[img:30008]] Our trip was good, but a bit disturbing, Zagg. You can see why. The sad state of the cemetery is attracting a ghoulish group of grave robbers, as Kregorious noted above. I understand that they......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

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

I Remember: I have been to numerous NY and NJ cemeteries photodocumenting the graves of my family. Its sad to see what has become of this cemetery. I have in my records two families who......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Double A: I found this looking for old info about Sleepy Hollow. It's a shame this plant shut down the way it did, but like one person said, at least they got relocated or a severance package.......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Chuck: has anyone got more fliks of revs stuff any posted up would be great to see , thanks ...

in response to: Society 2000 by Peter

lina: Mummers parade is spectacular, interesting and very uplifting. Should have much more publicity. A must see show....

in response to: Mummers by serlingrod

adam: I met a truck owner recently who's entire truck was covered over night while parked in his suburban home. He was really upset because he couldn't afford to paint over the graffiti and knew the......

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

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

Rich: This station isn't as far as Far Rockaway and when you travel that far, you get to see some amazing sights. The Atlantic Ocean with no land in sight as far as your eyes can......

in response to: 88 Street - Boyd Avenue by Peter

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

Rick: Matty: You reminded me of the full-court basketball games that sometimes took place in the 241 schoolyard. On occasion, on the court would be Connie Hawkins, Roger Brown, Doug Mo and Billy Cannon (who lived......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

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

Amy: I have a family of coons living in my neighbours tree. They come out every night and tear our trash open if they can. Id rather my kids see them and be amazed, and watch......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

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

Joseph La Rosa: Hey Brooklyn, what nice things are being said about "the old neighborhood". My name is Joe La Rosa and my family used to own LaRosa bakery on wilson ave. My dad was Joey.......

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

Peter: i remember seeing that! i couldnt remember where it was, though as i saw it before i was very familiar with the neighborhood. last time i passed, it wasnt there, but the corrugated metal barrier......

in response to: Rusted City Skyline Sculpture by CartLegger

yoyo: Okay, I'm giving my opinion. Everybody here is trying to sound so smart, but in reality it's your opinion and not reality. This planet first of all is not ours, it has been lended to......

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

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

Peter: i love these too. i snap then whenever i see them, and get panoramas when i can. ill post the panorama vertically, though, so as to not break the page :) [[img:29932]] [[img:29930]] [[img:29931]] ...

in response to: Urban Decay Through Subway Advertisements by adam

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

Josep: I went to see it yesterday out of curisosity, and I think it is a very nice cathedral,the concept is great, much nicer than any other modern cathedral, I think it should be finished and......

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

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

davida: there was a place that opened up on flatbush ave many years ago that had alot of entertainment. I remember seeing that moments there I know I'm telling my age. I really hope someone remembers......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

CartLegger: this seems more like urban mold than decay to me. but its a pretty pattern, if I deny myself the connotation of how this is affecting my lungs......

in response to: Urban Decay Through Subway Advertisements by adam

Rick: Didn't they used to have jazz at the Town Hill (SW corner Bedford & Eastern Parkway)? I believe the last time I was there was to see Dick Gregory doing his stand-up. I think my......

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

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

in response to: NYC Glace\' by CartLegger

jack chinoise: eat there 10-15 years ago regularly ; the elder owner THEN is now ancien, and the formica tables are near worn through; the dimsum seems a tad different too, but to see a relic,......

in response to: Nam Wah Tea Parlor by Peter

Melissa: I'm a single female living in Bushwick. All the bad descriptions of the area may seem daunting (like the history of Maria Hernandez park or Knickerbocker ave), but honestly the place is a gem.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

jack: i passed by the site last month. the new bridge is beautiful. i think in the future we will see many new and beautiful bridges being built. ...

in response to: New 35W Bridge Before Dawn by Tyfoid Kid

Abdullahi: I really believe that money don't talk because seeing this man facially will give you an insight of the poorest person in the World...

in response to: One of the Richest Man in the World.. by Rune Willem

Rich: Hi Davida, This is Rich, I saw you a little over two years ago when Rob and I came out to see Kenny during the superbowl. Hope all is well with you, to answer your question,......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

davida: are the two girl high schools still on president street. what about P.S. 241. It's been years since I've been back to New York. I don't miss the snow at all. I would love to......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

davida: Hi Mitchell, you were in my wedding to Bill Gardinera. I lived at 990 President st and went to Lefferts J.H.S. I have lived in California for thirty-one years now. Bill and I have two......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

CartLegger: Thanks so much for your work on this. Its made these photos all the more meaningful. i've taken your advice and contacted the above, and hope everyone who sees these photos does as well! Additionally,......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Duchess: it's always a little horrifying to see the amount of money thrown at these things, then just abandoned afterwards......

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

Renee: Although there is a haunting beauty captured in these photographs, the feeling I am experiencing most is how appalled I am by the conditions of this cemetery. I'm sure that when the families PAID the......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Editor: Richie: your unconventional use of punctuation is probably to blame for your truncated comments, as this site might interpret it as "code", particularly as symbols like ; ' [ and so on are pretty standard......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

dave in mlwaukee: Thank you for the stirring and poignant photos. Sadly, this is how this cemetery has looked as far back a I can remember, going back to my youth in the 1960s and 1970s. But the......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Peter: wow! whats even funnier is that the way i had my browser sized, when i loaded this post, only about hte top 2/3 of the first photo was visible, and i was like ##"hmm, a......

in response to: History On The Move by Brad

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

Melanie: Amazing photos. I've always had a morbid fascination with cemeteries as well. I would love to visit this one with a camera but it seems a little scary to venture alone or even with......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

rick: Doc S - I graduated 241 in '57, so, obviously, I am younger, but I do remember Pasternak. I am still friendly with (and have recently seen) some of the guys and girls of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

mike s: I don't know if you are the mike I knew I was in Ps 241 at the same time my name is kenny thomas I lived at 990 president st had 3 sisters and 1......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

mitch: long time. This is billy's (billy gardinera) brother in law kenny we was ushers in the wedding together. i see u have been in touch with rich and he contacted me to let me know......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Kregorious: Ya I know of this cemetery, its only a few blocks away from my house. Its a shame what has happened to the place. Seems that the congregation that was in......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Tom: I want to know how they manage to get so high haha.. Or were they permission murals or something..? I never understood the whole tagging/mural things I see around.....

in response to: Montreal Noise: Saint-Laurent 2 by EvilGentleman

JoseFromIrving: I was born and raised in Brooklyn during the 70's, 80's and 90's. I lived on Irving Avenue between Suydam and Hart St. I left in 1992 and moved "upstate" and I must tell......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: wow, over 50 posts here and pic's, we have a thing about cemeteries, we the living view it as a scary, deserted area. some of us who are older see it as our next......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Bryski B: I used to live in Longsight,now live in L.A. I am truly saddened to see this.I understand the city has to develop positively but what a shame.Those arches were such a feature of Manchester and......

in response to: Demolish the Railway Arches by Andrew Smith

Dee: My thoughts . . . meh. It's always sad when cemeteries go unattended and the resting places of loved ones forgotten . . . but to my mind, it's a responsibility of the survivors to......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Rob: Wow. How does this even happen? How can people have such disrespect for the dead. It makes me sad to see a cemetery in such a state. An......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Mateo: Great pictures! Abandoned cemeteries are fascinating. I always wonder how they came to be forgotten, especially ones such as this with such ornate stones and fanciful crypts. It's......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

KittyC1978: I read the wikipedia on the cemetary just now, and it seems that they need to have a fund raiser or something, especially to get the unenterred back into their proper places. Why oh why......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

bassbone: What a beautiful Jewish cemetary, and it seems a shame to see it in such poor shape. It makes me wonder if any of the vandalism is antisemitic in nature....

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

anon (h69-128-203-42.cncrtn.dsl.dynamic.tds.net): So beautiful and sad. Thank you for posting. I agree with the poster above. These places deserve to be preserved and mantained. Seeing how many have been broken into is horrid. ...

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Doc S.......: ........lived on Union, between Franklin and Bedford - went to 241, class of '54. Teachers mentioned in a previous thread....Pal'd around with Danny Hausman, Stan Pasternack. Knew others from the 'hood also..........Ben&Sol's was much noisier......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

CartLegger: Oh my god those are some creepy photos. i am pleased that you slowpokes made it over there finally. About time! Warning to those that want to go. Its not as if anyone will try......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

mitch: Hi Rich... What an amazing thing ... All through jr. high, high school and part of college I worked in my dad's store (Maiman's Pharmacy) and of course I knew Johnny and Herbie really well. I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

little ukraine: a news stand, there's something you don't see too many of these days... have you relocated to East New York Peter? nice pictures....

in response to: Bird\'s Eye View by Peter

usmcsniper1: What I did not like about Eastern Pkwy, was that crime was on the way up. It was headed towards the infamous; ghetto status. Perhaps,we noticed how bad it was when we used......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Jasp: I can see the pixels!...

in response to: If Only All Subway Stations Look This Way by Elicar

EvilGentleman: Just the car. The engines were CN, about 4 cars forward of this one off the right side of the photos. I must admit that I am not sure whether this car was carrying automobiles or......

in response to: 9-11 Train Graf: To All Those in Heaven by EvilGentleman

usmcsniper1: Yes, we all went to PS167 and then to IS210 John Marshall JR High. Our homeroom was the girls gym on the fifth floor. When you are a kid things always seemed larger......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

EvilGentleman: Thanks, Peter. Pretty neat, how an artist from the Maryland suburbs of DC can have their work be seen in Montreal 6 years later. Thanks to {Sean Spenser} (NORES) for this one. [[img:29746]]...

in response to: 9-11 Train Graf: To All Those in Heaven by EvilGentleman

Peter: so much activity, signs of human presence, openness... but no people anywhere nearby to be seen. perhaps they were swallowed by the gaping maw?...

in response to: The Gaping Maw by Peter

Joe Blow: just be sure to dip if you see vs in front. they like casing that place and following writers out, so make sure you dont try out your new gear til you get home or......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

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