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Robin R: Hi Marg Gunhouse (Nee Dodds) The place where you had your first date with the great 35 cent smoked meat sandwiches was called 'Curly Que' and has neon signs in their wondows advertising the best smoked......

in response to: Norgate Shopping Centre by CE

Rich: The old building in the background with the water tower became a church, but, it used to be the old Savoy movie theater. This place had the old world decorations like you don't see anymore.......

in response to: Car Wash by Peter

Red Flag alert: I'm a tenant in a building that had windows installed by Park Slope Windows & Glass (hereto to be referred to as "PSWG"). Overall impression: very negative. Red Flag #1: My landlord had to repeatedly call......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

Bob: Alan, Childrens Museum at same locale, between Brooklyn and Kingston Aves on St. Marks place. It's ultra mod now a sign of the times....

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

grange: Man oh man evil ,,,I sign in for the first time in 8 months and find this gem ...LOL....well Done !!!!...

in response to: Best Costco Moment of 2008 by EvilGentleman

Mitch Spector: Today was demolition day--Saturday, November 1st. I went by 8:30am this morning yet apart from more bricks removed, it was still standing. When I visited the site again, by late afternoon, they had torn down......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Sir: [[img:29366]] Saw this guy about two weeks ago in Time Square. I instantly recognized him and his sign, though the one in the pic is different from the Kung-Fu one. Really funny guy. ...

in response to: Ninjas Killed My Family - Need Money for Kung-Fu Lessons by Jayson

Mitch Spector: And here's the final weekly update, taken the morning of October 30th. This will likely be the last picture of the building standing (incidentally, ignore what I said about the windows yesterday, I was......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch Spector: Passing by on my way home this afternoon, saw the vertical red "Bens" sign was finally taken down. They also removed the the last piece of the wrap-around sign below it, that white section with......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories By Alan Kupperberg Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mitch Spector: I saw them removing the bricks from the roof-level last week (didn't have my camera with me though). I wonder if they plan on removing ALL the bricks or just some, and what the purpose......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

K Bernstein: Hi-- Judy Oshinsky must have made an impression on many of us. She and I were both in the same class (the IGC) at PS 167 in 1958-59. The class was half fifth-grade (that's me) and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: ahh, the irony of a sign that reads "i hate signs", heh......

in response to: For Your Wish Please Do 4 Acts of Kindness to Either Humanity or Nature. by zagg

Humboldt1: I love gentrification and will do everything in my power to promote it. For now, I have renters that are less than desirable, but pay, although usually late. I would much rather rent......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Diane: I am also from the Yuba area. Actually I am Kaeleen, Helen and Kim's relative. I was a Machovec and my mother's maiden name was Revels. I happen to work with Teena Wallace who lives......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

BZZZP: wow how old is that.. actual folded strips of tin for that sign....

in response to: B&W in Living Colour by dglenn

Parpar: The duplicate (and totally irrelevant) posts should be deleted. I recall seeing the front entryway to the school, with the signage and all, and it presents a markedly different picture!...

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

alanpigott@eircom.net: [[img:29313]] This is Alan Pigott here again trying to solve the origin of a Picture that is signed ..." W. O. H. ...N.J. 1923..and also St Dominic's Monastery Newark N.J...I have already posted a photo of......

in response to: About Convents by jack

Mitch Spector: Here's another weekly photo update, taken on the very cold morning of October 22th. The building is starting to look less recognizable as they continue to de-construct it. My guess is the next photos I'll......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Peter: thats a cool photo, for sure, but i gotta say... thats also one of the most well-designed watermarks ive ever seen on a digital photo....

in response to: Street Art by groovehouse

EvilGentleman: An article from the {Montreal Gazette} last Saturday, October 11: [[http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=f29d7a30-f182-4300-b85e-a8737693c7a8]] A passage from the article answers many questions posed in here: "In about two weeks we'll send in mechanical shovels with shears to tear down the building."......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch Spector: I took updated photos exactly one week later, on Sunday, October 12th. As they continue to strip away pieces of the building, it's interesting to see what sat hidden underneath the wrap-around sign all those......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

hawaiiansong: I had the good fortune to sail into Kauai to repair my sailboat earlier this year. I found the people wonderful, and the chickens remarkable. They seem to have evolved and adapted to......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

Peter: yeah, ana. thats a lyric from a song about the pedantic nature of putting up too many signs to control what people can and cant do. i was poking fun at your reference to the......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

Ana: no, what i meant is to ticket people who disobeys the signs or law.. like "speeding ticket" .. not like getting a ticket before you get inside the club.. lol.....

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

Peter: "and the sign said you got to have a membership card to get inside..... huh!"...

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

Ana: they should ban flying Kites at Milleken Park. One more thing i've noticed about some people who go to that park is that they always feed the birds although there is a sign not to......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

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in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

EvilGentleman: Thanks for reposting, Mitch. And thanks for the explanations, editor. From the way you wrote "Come on guys", I suspect you felt I was complaining. Just to let you know, that is definitely not the case at......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch Spector: These photos were taken during the early morning of October 5th. Despite the former restaurant site still, for the moment, standing, it is an interesting contrast when comparing the photos (above) from 6 months earlier. [[img:29147]] The......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Heather: Thanks for the journey into the past. I grew up close by and I had many friends who lived there. I am glad they are rebuilding and designing special housing there. We had so much......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Humboldt1: I am happy to get rid of all the gangbangers. I have confronted drug dealers and will surely do it again. I do not want the kids on my street living around this......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

EvilGentleman: Yeah, I passed by again around midnight last night, and the word "Bens" was all that was left of the sign as seen in the first picture here. I also saw the plywood barriers about......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch: Hmm, only hours after writing that, I passed by and saw the workers were taking down the Bens wrap-around sign. At the rate they're going, the sign will probably be gone by tomorrow (at least......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Mitch: Went by this morning (October 1st) and saw the workcrew extending the construction barrier to encircle the entire building. Basically at this point all that's left is the building's outter shell and the Bens wrap-around/vertical......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Andy yerks: im working for metro north, so were allowed in there, but also, teh guard post that u saw is storage haha, its filled with just garbage and signs, there hasnt been anyone in there in......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Mitch: Well, sorry to say the dreaded day has finally come! This afternoon (September 25th) demolition was started. The bay windows have been covered from with orange plastic sheeting from the inside, and there's a barrier......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

procyon: ...otherwise it might try to climb the wall using those conveniently placed pegs and go hang out on the roof? The Curb Your Dog signs in the park near my old building had terrific '60's-looking Scotty......

in response to: Curb Your Dog by Peter

Nikki: Is it that they are overpriced or better quality? We buy designer clothes because of the quality and care that goes into it - no matter what the cost. :) You only get......

in response to: Funeral Home by Peter

Ed "Class of 60": I guess there are some people that look in the mirror and don't like what they see. They blame everyone but the person in the mirror for their miserable putrid lives. They look......

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

anon (wnpgmb014rw-ad01-11-34.dynamic.mts.net): Winnipeg is maturing and growing beautifuly and should defiitely be on the list. SO green in summer with so many trees and a fantastic mix of contemporary and character buildings of the Chicago school of design......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

eyeofodin: If you would like to follow the construction of the Freedom Tower (the tallest of the towers to replace the twins), here is the link http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=419362 Go to the last page if you......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

Brian Jacobs: Well, perhaps a compromise would be to attach signs to trees using an expanding metal collar with a rubber inner sleeve to protect the tree and allow the tree to grow without the collar......

in response to: We Nail Road Signs to Trees. by AG

Joe Drexler: From a building design standpoint many blocks in Bushwick were attached "row frames" as known by firefighters these row frames differed from attached brownstones in that the space or void between the roof and the......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

George: Sign is now scrap metal. bye...

in response to: Ideal Dinettes by Peter

EvilGentleman: Sigh, such a Canadian response there, zagg. "One of these days, I'm gonna make a sign" ranks right up there with "I have half a mind to write them a stern letter"....

in response to: Exotic Slurpee Plant? by zagg

Peter: i think methrsk was trying to say that the "we apologize" was likely photoshopped in; we can only wish a state would be so bold as to post a sign like that for real ;)......

in response to: Private Parts ! by Maz

Antoine Whitfield: yo, I get a rush nostalgia when i hear you all talk about the the old hood... i didn't realize our shared history and how diverse we are as people "Bushwick Bred". Wow, i......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Frankie Five Angels: My nana lived at 154 Wilson Avenue until 1970...belonged to St. Joseph Patron and lived next door to Bonsignore Funeral Home..which is now a church. I have very fond memories of LaRossa bakery, Giangrasso's and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

zagg: That is infact your next photo assignment. Wander the streets and photograph shiny things. GO!...

in response to: The Olympic Rings and Flame by EvilGentleman

Meltem Yilmaz: I think I am the only Turkish citizen who interests on Benny Farm although I never lived there. I did a research about the green-project for Benny Farm in 2006 under the supervision of a......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Warren S.: Richie, you are right on the money there! It's like it was practice for more violent things to come. I hear that St. Barbara's church is or was closed, and they only say masses on......

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

David Welch: I was stationed at Plattsbugh AFB from Jul 83 to Oct 86. To bad it had to close, it was a nice assignment....

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

RiCH1: SPIN........whoever you are.......you killed that shit on the 'Rock', sun!.....Rock On! Ya gotta turn yer head kids, to peep that one out.....right at the bottom of the escarpment waterfall on the 401 into the Hammer!......

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

Warren S.: To: Mary A... I wonder you and I know each other... I blotted out so much of “back then” I forgot exactly when I would have graduated St. B's -- if I had graduated --......

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

bfuman: trust me when i tell you kp is not the place you want to call home for any length of time, parole violaters get a one or two night stay over from the don in......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

CE: Nope, it's at the corner of Rosemont and Christophe-Colombe. The station was being built at the time so the price was probably whoever set up the sign just screwing around....

in response to: Satan\'s Gas Station by CE

Warren S.: "...I think Father Zimmer was reading the weekly anouncements and DP and some other nuns were being sent to other Parishes. When Father said her name, I was stunned and looked at her with a......

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

Warren S.: I think this is a fabulous Web-page; it brings back memories of Bushwick, Brooklyn and Queen, where I grew up. Until I was 14, I lived on RC church property in the "old rectory" building......

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

always a Bushwick kid: Hey Lou Romero: you mentioned Sr. Ann Melanie, Sr. Betty, etc. Well Sr. Ann Melanie died not too long ago and Sr. Betty still works in Bushwick- she runs Independence House on Cornelia Street (between......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

George: I just removed the sign yesterday...

in response to: Ideal Dinettes by Peter

scared with eyes wide open: believe what you see. They want us to see it. It cost them billions to build this airport that wasn't really needed, No paints a giant mural for public display without prior......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Rafael Moneo.: Entrance to the Audrey Jones Beck Building, an annex of the Houston Museum of Fine Arts. Designed by the architect Rafael Moneo. alert("hej!")...

in response to: Patterns by groovehouse

twice robbed: hundreds of bikes are stolen from the bike racks infront of the uoft athletic centre every year. The University administration should be ashamed that they have not attempted to address this issue by providing a......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

jd@thebestpartdesign.com: Beautiful stuff...I just added "Dark Days" to my Netflix queue. ...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

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

OU student: Driving through a city and taking a few pictures of the shittiest hotel you could have possibly roomed in during your one-night stay off the highway is a pretty idiotic way to judge a place.......

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

Skip: I remember being an idiot while in the Navy stationed in Chicago in 1995 and driving through Cabrini at 1A.M just because my friend had an obsession with "The Hood." He flashed some fake gang......

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

Tyra: Ohh yea one more thing, Depend on yourself and not the safety agents/ security guards. If they want to know what's going on in your life and then make rude, obnoxious comments then that's a clear......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Janice Seifert; July 2008: Hi Ronald Lees, I grew up on 600 Wishart St. Your sisters will probably remember me. My brother Joe used to hang out with your brother Earl and Freddie Beck. I used to love how......

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

jon: Hey guys to make posters like the pros your going to have to learn the two fields of reproduction. The first one is printmaking, this includes wood cuts, Linocuts, dry point, etching, engraving, color......

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

Jla: Hello to all my fellow kensington neighborsand friends, i lived in kensington all my life i grew up at 2nd and cambria then moved to D & clearfield. met my husband and moved to kensington......

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

jack: IN THE GOOD OL SUMMERTIME, IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME, In the good old summertime, in the good old summertime. Strolling through the shady lanes with your baby mine. You hold her hand, and she holds yours, and that's a......

in response to: Watermelon Man by Cartlegger

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

anon (82.132.136.215): All Images Copyright c2008 INSIGNIA PICTURES Most shots taken with Nikon F3 and Nikkor 70-210mm f4 zoom lens Kodak colorama film....

in response to: Panama City, a Little Darker by artisan

an_architect: well its a good thing most of people reporting "architecture hazzards" aren't architects...You know architecture doesn't just come and go...it stays for sometime...and designers work hard to show people how to consider the visual elements......

in response to: Ugliest Building in New York? by Peter

design_e: Often when I stumble, I skim through stuff, but this held onto to me and looked through it all. Thanks for capturing that important bit of American NYC history. ;)...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

cycles-past: Hello editor thank you for allowing my post.....as i find photo's,or any items im searching for relating to brooklyn's motorcycle history i will definatly post more scan's.....i do have other memorabilia but very little relating to......

in response to: Brooklyn Motorcycle History by cycles-past

serlingrod: Here’s a list of contact numbers for city services….. ##NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES## City Hall Operator 215.686.1776 Abandoned Car (Automated Service) 215.683.2278 Abandoned Car Supervisor 215.685.9500 Barking Dogs, PAACA 215.685.9040 Citizen Crime Commission 215.546.TIPS Illegal Dumping (Neighborhood Services) 215.685.3097 Nuisance Bar, Underage Drinking 215.726.6200 Public......

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

VALKYRIE: I brought my boat from upstate NY yesterday and was confronted with the Spyten Dyvil swing bridge in a closed position. There are no signs on the Hudson River side of the bridge with......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

Anonymous Honest Tax paying citizen of Fredericton: This is yet another example of how much the fredericton police are a bunch of uneducated airheads, typical protests and offenses most cities in canada wouldnt be bothered with or treat with less scrutiny......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

sandy: my opinion is that Kensington was designated to be a dumping ground for section 8 .It is an abused program to say the least.slumlords are even getting sick of fixing up the houses that these......

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

serlingrod: I don't think I paint a rosy picture of Kensington at all. If you read what I wrote I actually said there's lots of crime, disinvestment, and the schools are broken. Those were my words.......

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

Steven: Back in the early 80's I lived in a great old dump of a building on Kings Hwy directly overlooking the N Train line as depicted in the last image. My fire escape hung......

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

Jana: I am wondering if this home could be disassembled-then moved to a new location. I think I saw a for sale sign in one of your photos. It also may be able to be moved......

in response to: Stone house on Cardinal Hill by Goingincirclez

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Debbie, I remember you very well, Matt often talks about Jennifer. He still speaks to a few of his old friends, pretty good really as he was only seven when we left. He......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

jack: the root word for prostitute comes from two sources, 1- stitute- to be situated, stature, a place of being, one who stands in a place. then pro, naturally we know it to be a......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

Peter: woah! cool building! nice design and nice color! oh wait, its a condo... i take it back! condos suck! but its still cool......

in response to: M9 by CE

Eleanor: Have read this article many times and I'm pleased to see it is still drawing comments. NewYorkDave ... you said you were on Bushwick Buddies but left because of the "right-wing" politics ... You're probably right......

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

jack: well i have no idea about that part of ca. but the sign said lajolla beach and there were many people walking about it and i assumed it was lajolla. i took pic's of......

in response to: LaJolla Beach for Joey by jack

Peter: when i was growing up, we frequently drove past ##"ort ark H ital"## and "ed Foo S or"##... lol... ok, i think its time to start up the {partial signage} series, so keep your eyes......

in response to: El R Restau by Peter

eyeofodin: The US beef thing is nothing but a big hysteria over in S. Korea in the present. I do give props to the government willing to resign because of the people's disapproval...isn't that how......

in response to: Night Walk 3 by Chiamattt

little ukraine: there was an old boarded up movie theater near my house growing up whose marquee read "FOR N C LL" followed by some numbers. I don't know why, but for the......

in response to: El R Restau by Peter

정이 김: American want to send beef infected with mad cow — so dangerous that the Americans refusing to eat it — to my country! Myung-bak Lee sign a deal with America to lift a ban of......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

colavitos ghost: there's a "joseph m. gallagher middle school" in my neighborhood that is home to a particularly humorous piece of partial signage. the last two letters of the first name have fallen, leaving the interesting......

in response to: El R Restau by Peter

EvilGentleman: I remember as a child in 1980, sitting in an Ocala, Florida parking lot with my dad while my mother shopped in a _HOPPING ___TER. We have made random "hopping ter" jokes ever since. And Jamie is......

in response to: El R Restau by Peter

Jamie: Peter, are you starting a [[8212:partial signage]] series?...

in response to: El R Restau by Peter

-TRYBE27-: u people know t-kid right? does anyone agree with me that that the mans got crazy skillz n all, but the letter designs are a lil lacking? o yeah i got getting up on pc.......

in response to: NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up by Metro1

Jeff: I went to Super Sexe a few times around 2002-2004, had a great time. Gorgeous women and good price, very entertaining overall. I have done nothing but spread the good word since, telling......

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

POWcityblog: Peter, yes, these little things give a city its signature...

in response to: Hydrant to Hydrant by POWcityblog