Comments about skating

There are 24 comments about "skating"

dear richard: i went to st. joe's with your brother ronnie. we use to go roller skating every saturday. a healthy, happy, i guess poor too, bunch of kids who were always laughing having clean......

in response to: Keep Bushwick Clean & Rats Out by Peter

Peter: a more recent shot from almost a year later, when this space is temporarily hosting a skating rink: [[img:28914]] [[http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/18/nyregion/18roller.html?_r=1&oref=slogin]] ...

in response to: Child\'s Restaurant, Coney Island by Peter

ChrisB: Hilarious. I have been skating off and on for my whole life. I stopped for several years for fear of an injury damaging my income/I had no insurance. Now I am 27 and 2 weeks......

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

Greg: What a lot of people do not understand is that skateboarding, is in fact, hard to do. I'm 33, going to be 34 next month, and I just got back from skating at a new......

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

Brian Walker: Wow, Margo-murray. I wonder if we knew each other? My family lived in Benny Farm from 1953-1957, we then moved to Texas. I have fond memories of the place, we had a second floor......

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

Thom Cartmell, US Army Retired: I grew up in Kensington. Susquehanna and Trenton Aves in the 40's and 50's Went to HB Hackett Elem School, and Penn Treaty, Jr High. Palm Movie House, Kent, Midway, Iris (Military in Uniform got......

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

PJS: These posts are so fascinating. I grew up at Lawrence and Huntington. Went to John Welsh Elementary, then Girls' High. Mos.t of my friends went to St. Edwards at Seventh and York. I remember the......

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

Nick Aceto: I had to comment on this one, plus it was written on my B-day. Anyway, I, too am reaching that age, 27, where skateboarding just doesnt feel quite the same. Still, I've found that a......

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

Freddy: I used to skate like every single day from when I was 10-17. Slowed down only a little and pretty much stopped at 20 when I left the country to travel. I'm 33 now, i......

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

K Teesdale: Growing up in Kensington, I knew I had to get out. The social environment was not one to be taken lightly. I learned everything I need to survive growing up in Kensington. I walked. I......

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

Gee: I was a resident from 1962 to 1969 1230 North Burling Apt#802 (White buildings) The Greens will make you or break you. I Thank god to have come this far with my life, and to......

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

Andy in Canada : reminds me of skating there myself; about 35 years ago. Nice memories - thanks for the photos. ...

in response to: Calvacade of Lights by Michelle

Rjean: Boy it looks like a great place to go skating. Nice tree. ...

in response to: Calvacade of Lights by Michelle

janet grayson: Anyone attend P.S. 167 (Mr. Lodato, principal)? Lincoln Terrace sometimes opened its skating rink (but almost never when I got there); Dubrows (directly across Eastern Parkway from St. Matthews RC Church) was a favorite--then they......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Chris: Loew's Pitkin, 5 cent hot dog war, Jungle Jim's coconut drinks (Strauss off Pitkin), Pizza DEn (HOme of the Square Pizza- Amboy off Pitkin). Wuhan Tea Garden (Pitkin between SAratoga and Strauss), Rainbow, Barton's, Barricini,......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

janet grayson: Just reading these posts bring back very fond memories. I remember the Schenectady Ave. (at Lincoln Place) pickle lady with her barrels of sours and half-sours. Also, I too stood among the crowds......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Gail Purser/ nee Howard: My family(The Howards) moved to the Benny Farm in the fall of 1947, I was one year old at the time. We moved to Beloeil in Oct/56. We lived in K block ,3677 Cavendish Blvd.......

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

Darter: Yea, a pebble can stop a very small wheel. But if you had had 70 mm soft wheels you maybe would have just noticed a little bump sound. Smooth as a Buick. Keep skating. ...

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

Anne M. Berger: I grew up in Brooklyn in the forties and fifties. It was truly the melting pot. I went to St. Joseph's on Sydam St. My Irish friends went to St. Lenords on Toutman?......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Laura : a few more I didn't have time to format earlier: [[img:19444]] This bike belongs to a clown, who DJ's at the Rollerskate Association's weekend roller area. I took video but am not sure how to upload it.......

in response to: Central Park Before the Storm by Laura

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Is the last one Toulouse lautrec ice skating in a trilby hat?...

in response to: January 11th by fuzzytank

Tash: Your never to old to skate. Look at half the pro skaters out there. Some of them are in their thirties and most have families. Maybe you need to get back into......

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

Brad: I skated for about 3 solid years starting when I was 13 (I'm 20 now). I got half decent and used to have a blast, while it got us into a little bit of trouble,......

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

EvilGentleman: Of course, you drive the editors bonkers by really pushing the limits and posting a series of skyline picks for each province and territory. I can just imagine New Brunswick... Moncton, Saint John, Frdericton, Bathurst,......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE