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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,...... 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....... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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.... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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. ...... 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?... chiamattt: awesome post. now i want to see lost ghost trains. ... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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....... Chuck: has anyone got more fliks of revs stuff
any posted up would be great to see , thanks ... lina: Mummers parade is spectacular, interesting and very uplifting. Should have much more publicity. A must see show.... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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....... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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 :)
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... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... joey: and then in 9 months we can see 'romancing' baby... 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,...... 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....... 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...... 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. ... 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... 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,...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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,...... Duchess: it's always a little horrifying to see the amount of money thrown at these things, then just abandoned afterwards...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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..... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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.... 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.
... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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.... 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...... Jasp: I can see the pixels!... 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...... 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...... 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]]... 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?... 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......
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