Comments about stair

There are 100 comments about "stair"

Movie Place: I vividly remember the yard south of 72nd Street. I remeber standing on top of a ventalation opening (all those grates that give the tunnel it's beautiful lighting effects) watching the fan on top......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Paul in Seattle: My 1st trip to NYC was in '85, I was there to see the girlfriend and a sister's wedding. While she was at work, I walked this entire line from BANK Street (that's right kids,......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

Richie Fisher: Wow. I lived on the corner of Harmon and Wilson till June, 71. Cried wnen I left. I went to St. Barbs, grad. in '71. I lived 2 houses fom the other Fisher's, Georgie, Kenny......

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

stan: I live around 116th street. A year ago I found a way in (and while down their noticed a few ways out.) I went down with a friend, a lighter, and two cellphones (which we......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Gary sparkes, re the maypole there was a shop that sold electrical goods next to the shoe shop and laundrette on the other side. Over near lesters newsagents there was a haidressers. The supermarket was......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

T J O'BRIEN, ANNANDALE, VA: The article below it will mention the Luna Park. During the WW II I worked part-time for the New York Daily News as a copy boy. One afternoon I came in early at......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

EvilGentleman: The picture is OF San Francisco. After all, what cities besides San Francisco would stencil "San Francisco Public works" on their wooden barriers? The pastel colours and what looks like the telltale stair-like outline of slightly......

in response to: Where in the World is Jack? by jack

janet: Hi Alma--Sorry, the name Rubin is not familiar (though I knew a Judy Kessler). But I certainly remember the fish store! (Thanks for reminding me that one needed to walk up a couple of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Irene Ferguson Maltman: I was born in Govan (Helen's St.) in 1940. Would love to find the Calderheads who lived upstairs also Margaret Gray. I went to Govan High. Also,I was a member of the Celtic Ballet......

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

James Connelly: Acorn High School the student body is pretty Urban there nothing like a school who loves the good ole Fire drill every week...And the bathrooms being close cause some one was smoking in there or......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Jim M 52: My brother Bill and I lived in 90thST between 1st & 2nd Ave from the early 50's untill the early 60's. The yorkville experience was the best of our lives, my brother married "the girl......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Montrealbunny: Ha! Ha! When I moved to Montreal I specifically looked for a home without those stairs. They appear precarious at the best of times, but have you tried climbing them in 4" heels? And......

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

Marjie: Hi Mitch, I also lived on the 6th floor, facing rear. It was a lonnnnnnnnnng walk up each day. Linda was my friend. I remember playing in their apt many times. Didn't her dad have......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

mary: My grandparents lived at 3134 Emerald St. My mother Agnes Reichenbach married and moved to DC. When I was young and introduced to the area, I was in awe. I had never experienced a house......

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

mary: My grandparents lived at 3134 Emerald St. My mother Agnes Reichenbach married and moved to DC. When I was young and introduced to the area, I was in awe. I had never experienced a house......

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

Alan Taylor: Andrew, Sheila, Cyril et al, Platts Brook was a popular play area and it went underground through vertical iron bars and waterfalled about 10 feet under Liverpool Road opposite Ferry Road. The part that was from where......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Roger: I'm an artist who is not a hipster. I am moving further east in Bushwick because the rent is cheaper for what you can get, as I'm saddled in debt. I'm half Peruvian......

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

jack: peter, i enjoy the train station pictures very much, its been a long time since i ran up and down those stairs for trains, i remember how cold it was during the winter months and......

in response to: Brooklyn by Peter

Rob Tynan: Hi Mary, You are right about the co-op. I mentioned on the 25 Jan that I got them mixed up. The windows are different to the one in front of the Ship It also......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Rob: Rob Tynan: 24th Jan 2008 - 19:06 GMT I have looked at the picture of the Cooperative shop and it not the shop on the corner of Silver Street as the upstairs windows are completely......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

NervaVels: I lived on the block of Green/Evergreen/Harman for almost 20 years; prior to that, I lived on Jefferson St between Knickerbocker and Irving (still remember getting picked up by the bus to go to a......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Diana Manchur-Henke: Rick, Michael lives upstate now near Albany. I'll let him know you asked for him. My father passed away 2004. My mom lives in Queens and is doing well. I'm glad the neighborhood is......

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

Randy: I remember the July 13, 1977 blackout if it was yesterday, i was 21, me and my brother had brought a brand new car that we shared an oldmoble 98 regency, we loved that car,......

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

jack: great barbara, nice writing, it is a beautiful time of year, in brooklyn in the 40's and 50's the old men in the neighborhood would gather up leaves in piles in the streets and burn......

in response to: We All Enjoy the Colors of Autumn Leaves by Barbara Christensen

MaGoo: I grew up on Lawn Guyland in the 70's; most of my neighbors were "caucasian-Americans" who were from Bushwick and East New York. They had been displaced by the "diversity"- when the city used THEIR......

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

EL: You should see Verdun in December, every porch and staircase glimmering with lights. Gorgeous. Good shopping on Wellinton Street too....

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

Michael: I grew up in Yorkville in the 1950's. We lived on 90th St between First and York. I remember the fireboat station at the foot of 90th St just outside the fence at Schurz park.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Cloned Prince: I wrote a Parkour Rap! Things just aint the same for todays traceurs, Cops and pigs want to see us in handcuffs Yamakasi and the Belle are aging, The old traceurs, well they're all changing, Making way for new......

in response to: Parkour Trip to Lisses by Ben Nuttall

Susan C. from Pueblo: I saw Bishop's Castle 2 weeks ago and was truly amazed at the work that Jim has done on the castle. He had to have God's help with this phenomenal work of art. ......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

jack: i worked up stairs on the 40th floor of penn plaza, the windows went from the ceiling down to the floor and if you stood right up against the glass you could almost see straight......

in response to: Waiting at Penn by Ilona

EvilGentleman: Gotta love bikinis.... mmmmmm..... I know, jack. My Sexe Cite post is right through the roof, and Super Sexe and Sex Appeal are doing pretty good, too. Sex sells. Too bad you never got to see the......

in response to: The Time I Almost Saw the Beatles. by jack

Big Momma Becky: I am going to straddle the fence,so to speak,about my hometown,which happens to be Hutch. I am a middle aged woman,so someone younger might not have my same opinion,which is understandable. I have lived here......

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

colavitos ghost: looks so much like queens. except for the trademark montreal spiral stairs, of course......

in response to: View from the Balconies of a Rosemont Apartment by CE

ffox88: Hey... some heartfelt stories to be read here. I had my bike (Grey Kona Condercone 2004) stolen last week in Riverdale. I'm devastated. This bike has been with me over 12000km all over Germany. For......

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

Mark in Manitou: i live in manitou and had no idea this castle existed. we drove up today and i was floored. i've seen some things im my life, but nothing like this. i climbed......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

procyon: General consensus seems to be a combination of luck (sometimes it's just unlocked) and being polite/respectful to the people who work there (i.e. if you see people working inside, try asking nicely if you can......

in response to: The Tent of Tomorrow, Revisited by procyon

Tony T: Reading through all of these posts brings up a mixed bag of emotions. Like many here, I left Bushwick years ago (16 years ago actually). Japan is my home now, and it is a far......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Brad: Finally made it into the Pizza Machine for the first time a few weeks ago, and went back this week with my camera. The place is pretty trippy. It's inside a "mall", basically just a......

in response to: Can You Eat This? by Brad

Chris: Monday July 9th, I made a point to stop by today and view the progress. The family spent the weekend up on Greenhorn. The forest service has work ahead of them to reopen the road......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

joey: i'm drawn to the reflections in the upstairs apartment windows. and with the water gushing. this is a strange one....

in response to: Kenia Furniture: by Peter

anon (cache-dtc-ab07.proxy.aol.com): My wife and I attended Pratt Institute from '68-72. We saw the pack of wild dogs in that area several times, usually in winter. The assumption was that they were very hungry, and on the......

in response to: Bushwick: Wild Dogs Gone Soft by upfromflames

EvilGentleman: The owners of the bar had considered launching a lawsuit against the Montreal Mirror for the slanderous lies in this article. [[http://www.montrealmirror.com/2007/022207/news2.html]] The allegations about the rooms upstairs really caught all of us who frequent the......

in response to: Fire on Ste Catherine by CE

jack: i remember masim's on chambers street, as a matter of fact from cedar street at washington to church street to chambers was litterally an electronics street fair, every store had radio components laid out on......

in response to: Maxim Radio, et Al by GGP

CE: serlingrod, you will be pleasantly surprised by the housing stock here. The only areas that I could compare to traditional Philly row housing (at least as far as I know it) is in the......

in response to: Eleven Random, Totally Unreleated Photos of Montreal Taken Over the Course of Approximately Six Months with Two Different Cameras by CE

jack: funny, my mother's girlfriend was named josephine toronto from brooklyn and i always thought that they named toronto after her. nice pic's. of course it's not exactly the quaint hamptons village shopping area out......

in response to: Kensington Market by CE

Armstrong: I'm intrigued by this building as well. What the hell's going to go in there? I bet it's only 200sf per floor - tops! Do you think it will have a small apartment upstairs?......

in response to: Bushwick: You Could Cut Yourself on That Thing by upfromflames

Laura : Thank you :) That statue has a brother right next to it. They are located on the East side of the park, at around 72nd street. They are perched on top of a stairwell and......

in response to: Central Park Before the Storm by Laura

Frank S. Besner: Well I have scoured the interwebs and have finally come up with the info, via the wonderfully informative www.metrodemontreal.com. As it turns out, the sculpture bears the rather apt title "Revolutions" was constructed on site......

in response to: Pretzel Stair Sculpture by EvilGentleman

Frank S. Besner: Well, the tubes remained silent about the details surrounding this sculpture but I am assuming (as I stated earlier) that it is very likely made to echo the spiral staircases that are so common in......

in response to: Pretzel Stair Sculpture by EvilGentleman

jack: that would be a great staircase in a home....

in response to: Pretzel Stair Sculpture by EvilGentleman

Frank S. Besner: an echo of Montréal spiral staircasedom....

in response to: Pretzel Stair Sculpture by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: I must comment additionally, I found the adjacent signage in the last photo to be quite funny, yet appropriate. The "{Body Quest}" Gym was an awesome touch of randomness, and I guess the dancers who......

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

Sirhcbre: 27.You have atleast one broken bone due to slipping down the stairs of your walkup. 28. Your response when someone says they're from Toronto is "oh..." before moving onto another subject. 29. A big white arrow......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

been: The mail thing is no problem as it is a center hall walk-up job. I lived in here in 1985/1986. All of the apartments use the # 82 address. I think I was in apartment #5. This was......

in response to: One Building with 2 Addresses by Biff

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: The dentist is on the 2nd floor. As I was coming down the stairs, thankful to still have a bunch of teeth in my head, I noticed the sunlight was making this shadow on the......

in response to: Backwards Dentist by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: catherine i love your shots. this is something you would see but not pay attention to. i have to say you have a bit of genius. if you were to look at the......

in response to: Backwards Dentist by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: not you evil, actually montreal is beautiful. of course i've never been there but i came close one time when i went to niagara for a convention. i had a grand time, throwing......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

jack: are they on their way to the stairway to heaven...

in response to: Holding Hands by groovehouse

Dave: Thanks Mark I used to go to the barbers upstairs as a child the barber he used to give you a toffee lolly for having your hair cut.I dont remember your shop. ......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

mark rogers: It was in the mid 70s called Clares. It was like a mini supermarket that sold everything and had a barbers upstairs. Emma the jerry works was a shoe factory that was home to german......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

genn: i can see that everyone has their own personal opinion about hellz angels. Its like a well known family. they have their business, problems, just like a normal family would. yes the sell yes they......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

little ukraine: I'd be interested to hear the opinions of the NYers on this site (or of anyone who is familiar with it, for that matter) of the Bobst Library, seen here on the left. I......

in response to: A View Down the Avenue by jack

Alastair Pullen: Well if it's not by Banksy why is it featured in Wall and Piece ? keep it real ornot ...

in response to: more london graf flix by SpankyHam

little ukraine: i wish i could say we were in danger of getting caught at any moment, but the truth is nowhere near that exciting. in fact, a whole group of teenagers was kicking around the......

in response to: Inside the Old Coast Guard Station (Part 3) by little ukraine

Emma: Hi,Great page, think the majority of us hung around the locks as kids, what great memories. I have come on here wondering if anyone can help me, i will probably sound like a right......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Tamara: ~ Someone eating a big montreal smoked meat sandwhich!!!!! ~ Chinatown... any funny signs ~ a house (any house) with multiple staircases ~ More grafs please. Montreal has some great artists ~ Orange Julip... 50's diner (this might be......

in response to: Montreal Scavenger Hunt by CE

joey: that's a nice angle you found. like a stairway to the sky....

in response to: Alley Fire Escape by Brad

Sirhcbre: It's a shame that it's now apparently illegal to build walkup apartment buildings but fire/safety code prohibits it. I have seen a few new buildings with staircases though, particularly in the areas being gentrified.......

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

Peter: those spiral staircases! so cool. they always get me. and yeah, i hate that 60s-style permastone architecture too. my grandma lives in a house like that, heh....

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

Sirhcbre: If you love stairs, you would love Montreal!...

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

ksedge: excellent set of shots. i love the ones with the stairs - i love stairs....

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

zagg: Those people should just carry their groccerys up a couple of flights of stairs like everybody else ......

in response to: Delivery by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Gordon: IN Carroll Gardens , Brooklyn.. I have one comming all night long... right into the house.. Down the circularstair..from the 5th floor roof into the kitchen.. and through the cubbords... eatting the cats food..my coon......

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

GGP: EG--thanks! :) joey--yes, def on the water--not sure about the stairs, but sounds about right--how wonderful that you were there. :)...

in response to: Dew Drop Inn by GGP

joey: ggp. this is the place on the water and you walk down a flight of stairs to get to it? and there are geese floating by on the water. you won't believe this story. i......

in response to: Dew Drop Inn by GGP

Cosmo: Excellent! But it's not even wide enough for a stairwell...how do they get to the upper floors? ...

in response to: Skinny Building by CE

EvilGentleman: I have to translate this. It's just too much to resist. 가장 큰exsqisite, 나는 말해야 한다! 여기 모든에EvilGentleman포획은 이것 이다: 1 - 감시는 시간외에 하고 있다. 2 - 그의 할아버지 새로운 틀이를 얻기 위하여 농부는 도시로 가고 있다. 3......

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: Most exsqisite, I must say! Here is the EvilGentleman take on all this: 1 - The guard is doing overtime. 2 - The farmer is going into town to get his grandfather's new dentures. 3 - The child......

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

aer suzuki: the spiral staircases are cool, really great style. also love the photo of the building with the bite taken out of it, can't see the rest, the images won't load for me....

in response to: Blvd Decarie, Ville Saint-Laurent by CE

EvilGentleman: I like the royal purple Chinese wall. At least in America, you can use royal colours without being put to death. The chair in front of the lamp post is good as well. As far......

in response to: A Walk Through the International District by aer suzuki

The Owner: It has lots of windows - just not facing the street. They mostly face south. I believe I get a net gain from solar energy. It exists to provide shelter for the owner......

in response to: Modernism on Squires by CE

Chris Erb: It didn't work out so well, I would finish work at 3 am and then have to get up at 8am to go to school 3 days a week. All my free time was......

in response to: Light in August by Marlo

markus: I will never forget the stairs going up from the metro prior to a concert it was crazy walking up them there was so much dealing and crazies it was a experience I will never......

in response to: Montreal Police Bicycle by EvilGentleman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Actually, here's a better scene: Early hours of New Year's Day, circa 1988. Penfold mansion. Hildenborough, Kent. Talking Heads is blaring throughout the house. Feet pound on the stairs. The door to slams open. "Turn that bloody......

in response to: Mr Pendlebury Takes a Trip by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

EvilGentleman: I almost forgot: In this view, you can see a new sign in the original location at bottom left, and the original sign in the new location upstairs. [[img:13292]]...

in response to: Private Bus Stop Across From Sex Shop by EvilGentleman

Sticky: Is that from on top of the huge hill that you climb all those stairs to get up to? The one by the college?...

in response to: golden gate ray by jyk

Mat-E: Thanks folks. For karma purposes, I should make sure to point out that while that is my house, I am only renting two floors of it...the neighbour upstairs is an arborist (tree scientist, essentially)......

in response to: Remember Spring? by Mat-E

EvilGentleman: Banks in NDG tend to get robbed a lot, so they prefer to keep their glass clean. Had you been running with a money bag when you hit the glass, you would have wound up......

in response to: NDG by CE

Chris Erb: I made sure to take pictures of the double stairs as I found them so intriguing. It actually took me a couple minutes to figure out whwhere each one was going and how they......

in response to: NDG by CE

EvilGentleman: Good point, Chris. Most of the truly spiral staircases are in fact, either fire escapes or accesses to rear balcony entrances. Then there are the double spirals, one for the left side and one for......

in response to: NDG by CE

Chris Erb: When I was in Montreal, I didn't see too many main entrances that were full sprial staircases like the one above. Most of what I saw (Mostly in the [Plateau], I didn't make it......

in response to: NDG by CE

EvilGentleman: Many of the winding staircases you see here in Montreal (although not this one) are in fact, main entrances. This is especially true in Verdun and the Plateau Mont-Royal. Just imagine having to shovel 3......

in response to: NDG by CE

Chris Erb: Thanks Peter! I love the staircases in Montreal but I've heard they're not allowed to be used for fire escapes on new buildings anymore. Apparently people will become disoriented when rushing down the stairs and......

in response to: NDG by CE

Peter: love it! these are some of my favorite sorts of posts... the informative ones- both visually and textually- that leave you with a real feel of a place. also: those spiral staircases on the fire-escapes are......

in response to: NDG by CE

Lawrence: umbrella flu! run for the stairs!...

in response to: Dead Duck by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jeeff: elaine: [[img:12313]] from [[http://www.chrs.ca/Rivers/Thames/Thames_e.htm]] chia: i think the stairs at the back of our house are about to collapse but they're only wood. detail from #3: [[img:12312]]...

in response to: Graffiti in the Other London by jeeff

kc: Yeah, that rat issue I imagine would be more about the shells falling to the ground below...although rats and mice don't really seem to follow the chipmunk/squirrel predilection for seed eating--or hiding! Used to have......

in response to: Fledgling Greenfinches by elaine

chiamattt: I like those stairs. I wonder if they are in use. They look like they are in rough shape. A friend of mine in Seoul used to live in an apt that had a really steep......

in response to: Graffiti in the Other London by jeeff

Chris Erb: I know this is supposed to be about the car but I really like the staircasses in the background....

in response to: 1967 'Stang by Peter

jack: his mother-in-law must live downstairs....

in response to: This Puts a Spin to the Backyard Barbecue by Elicar