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Marco Antonio: OH YES....I REMEMBER THE DAYS OF GOING THERE ON THE WAY HOME FROM WORK BEFORE I WOULD GET TO MY WIFT AND STOP OFF TO SUCK SOME COCK OR GET MINE SUCKED-OFF.NOW I WORK IN......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

graff: bel.. your my inspiration!! i have just started out. not ready to go to the big shit yet. you may call me a toy, whatever. everyone starts out you know? i just wanted to ask......

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

Maz: What about these for a start . . . [[img:29008]] [[img:29009]] ...

in response to: Private Parts ! by Maz

mt: Never too old to skate, never. 37 years old, typing from Italy… Keep feeding your soul and go skate. Quitted for one solid year (suffered from a severe lack of vitamin b12 that prevented me to) but started......

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

Jackie Stanley: "I lived in Kensington, in the 80's, On 3000 block of Rorer & Clearfielf, I can remember the nights there, where you couldn't hear a peep at night, you talk about quiet, it sure......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

Jason: What's most ironic is that liberals are deeply "conservative" when it comes to gentrification. They are seeking to take a vibrant city of constant flux and movement and freeze it in time. No one group......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

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

Mary A.: I graduated from St. Barbs elementary school in 1962. May all the nuns I had experience with at St. Barbara's burn in hell. They knew nothing else but to strip you of any......

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

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

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

EvilGentleman: Shoot, I was driving down Pine Ave the other day, and I have never seen this one before. I really have to start biking again, I miss too damn much when I drive. Nice find,......

in response to: Blank Slate by CE

Richie Fisher: Hey there Warren! I have to be honest, I almost fell off my chair reading your E Mail and I FLEW off my chair when I read your letter on the Casusos's......

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

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

eyeofodin: malenky ukrainska, I grew up on Long Island as well, and I remember several tornado touchdowns in the 90's, especially out in Suffolk. I started the Meteorology Club at my H.S. (GEEK!) (syosset)......

in response to: Cameraphone Funnel Cloud by jeeff

HOBrien: Hi Tom, My name is Harry O'Brien. I lived at 569 Central Ave between Eldert and Covert across the St from FHM. You and I started school together and played with the same kids .......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

bombers know whats up: ykk and xtc. what more you need to know? all yall la writers need to get your shit in check and respect the birthplace. yall are like graffiti's bastard child. no one cares about yalls shit......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

Grace Ramos-Huertas: Hi everyone-I too attended JHS111 from 9/69 to june71. Though I was terrified to be starting JH at the time becuse of a few bullies for the most part I have nothinbg but wonderful memories of......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

mary strong: A few weeks back we had entertainment down our clubhouse on the isle of sheepy and was entertained by the barrow boys and i was sure i knew the man dressed in buttons, and when......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

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

autumn: Sorry - "saw the need to shoot" - racoons have been a pest to humans for centuies. Not to worry, humans won't be on earth much longer and the earth will be much better off......

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

Sam: poteto, with the exception of one person, I have not had any contact with anyone from years ago. Afte reading all the posts, I started to think about some of the funny things..and if you......

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

marcos vinicius bahia: eu treino a 1 ano e sou profissional e gostaria de i a sao paulo valel marcos ba salvador ...

in response to: Le Parkour by Luli

BushwickBaBY08: i live in Bushwick..right on Knickbocker Ave.btw.Jefferson n Troutman..well to start it off.. Bushwick needes to be shut down..its full of 14-16 yer old girls whom are pregnate..thats so uncalled for..but what can we do......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

BILROCK 161: Robert Taylor/New Jack whatever your name is, Every writer started writing cause of their peers, be for real fool. I guess it matters not to you that any oldskool writer from the time will clearly......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Janice Seifert; august 2008: Roland Lees, I hope to hear from you. I mistakenly wrote Ronold, he's your twin brother right? To ANON, I cannot remember who lived at 655 Wishart St. You are alot younger than me. ......

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

kls: My husband and I have lived in Humboldt Park for 4 years since moving to Chicago from Guatemala. I cannot think of a better compromise for us both. I love being near the shops......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

christina thompson: I'm going to be coming to this school starting September 2nd and i think that this school is s good school so far i like what i see and what i hear, so i hope......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Sonja (Sandra): Love the posts. I also grew up in Bushwick. I remember the Starr Pretzel factory, passed it on the way to Junior High School 162. I still love the smell of pretzels. In fact, I......

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

Robert Taylor: How can you call someone a toy when you said "I started writing because all the kids in the hood and in school were doing it." How unique and creative of you....

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Anna: Now that a team has won in Philadelphia (Souls) I guess the curse is broken! But I didn't see on the news that the El was set on fire or cars and buses were......

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

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

santoro: also ive kept wheatpaste non refrigiated in a jolt can for far over a week probly over 2 yea it will start to smell but who cares u get a bad smell for 3 seconds......

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

joey: eye- just start putting a bucket in the shower to catch the warm-up water. you'll have plenty for your plants then. you know the folks back east are saying, 'that's a lawn?'. in some parts of......

in response to: Watering the Lawn by joey

Geoff: The little bastards are smart, cute, fearless and a bloody great pain in the ass. Our current local raccoon family has taken to digging up our outside plants every damned night (on our second floor......

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

myeisha: OMG!!! I'm SO glad to see all these posts. I haven't put anything on here since August of last year and I'm just amazed at all the comments from former resident's of Horner. ......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Anonimus: Werribee Stations is becoming a really dangerous place. Specailly at night time because lots of gang members meet up and start fights, hit random people. Werribee has become dangerous because of this gangs tha have......

in response to: Werribee Station by benji

New Jack Hater: But Bilrock, everyone knows who he is and has seen his stuff. Which is the exact opposite of you, which makes you a HATER. Hate, hate, hate. Thats all you do on here. None of......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

BILROCK 161: I am a writer from the seventies, and was a good freind of Jean-Michel Basquiat. He started the copyright thing in 1977. No one else was doing it period....

in response to: Wherefore ART Thou, Ellis? by GGP

ASEC ALG KOB: BEL! Infamous in Norwalk. I remember when you first started out and when I first started to be interested by graffiti. When you hit up my elementary school! AHahahaha that was great though. It had......

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

Hands and Feet: Just got this today. The reality is this all started about the mid fifties or earlier. I remember moving several times before I was five years of age. This was due to depressed economics in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Gamester: I too just found this page after searching for "too old skateboarding" in Google. I am 23 years old and work as a technical support agent in Boulder, CO. Right now, here is......

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

Liz in Canada: I am Canadian and my ancestry is Irish/Scottish. Some of my ancestors were Catholic and some were Protestant, but I am non-religious by choice. My Irish ancestors were forced out of Ireland and......

in response to: NYC: The Empire State Building at Sunrise by Peter

Ryan: sorry to tell yall, but i havent seen ja's shit in a minute. nigga is a king, but hes old. i think he would of givin it up by now to start settling down.....if he......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

Some Guy Ya: Hi folks. I got sick of my bikes being taken back in 92. So since then, I've been keeping it inside. I still have my 1992 Ironhorse. Lovely bike. For the first......

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

LUCKY: hairsy ......

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

Peter: This is a tale explaining the manner in which my way of life was rotated along a Y axis until it reached a position roughly 180 degrees from that which it started If I could......

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

Cartlegger: **or this one?** WATERMELON MAN Herbie Hancock Hey - Watermelon Man Hey - Watermelon Man Bring me one that rattles when you lug it One that's erd and juicy when you plug it Do you understand - Watermelon Man Hey - Watermelon Man Hey......

in response to: Watermelon Man by Cartlegger

tinfoil smith: many moons have come and gone since ja started, stoped, started, quit again.....repeat. i wonder if any of us on this post (besides skuf one if that was really him, props from the middle of......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

Who Cares for Kensingtion: OG FROM GCC, You applied the correct word for what is needed...MOVEMENT! That's a push in the right direction that starts out very small and gains strength as others jump on. All won't want to join......

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

OG FROM GCC: Cecilia Keep it up. Keep going. We brought a group of 25 to Philly. Half worked in some gardens in the Dauphin area. We stopped by there on Thursday morning on a way......

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

Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969... The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story : I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

OG FROM GCC: I just got back from a mission trip to Kensington. We worked at a kids camp that was located at a church on the corner of C and Indiana. Before the kids would get there. Every......

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

upfromflames: Lou: It depends on what part of Bushwick you are talking about, as the process of demographic change proceeded differently in different part of the neighborhood. In ther southern side of Bushwick--south of Myrtle--the process......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

EvilGentleman: Two years and a few months later, this article still defines several different conflicts in a way that few if any articles can. {Motorists} vs {Cyclists} {Road Rage} vs {Radical Activism} {Male} vs {Female} {Entitled} vs {Empowered} The article that......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Stephen Barnes: Yoo I graduated from Acorn in 06.I had a great time there. I knew almost every graduating class starting from 04 all the way to 09 so the high schoool experience is basically what you......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Lp: Reading all these Stories on here really piss me off! Everyone is saying that they moved away to make a better life for theirselves/family and say how much of a "Hell-Hole" kensington is. i was......

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

Outside the box...: When you hear and see what is going on down in that part of town I find it difficult to feel sorry for the majority of those folks. The previous post hit the nail on......

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

Who Cares for Kensington: Sandy describes a perfect example of failure of the most basic services. At what point does a city department administrator decide that he/she will not offer resources to respond to a problem in a given......

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

Jamie: lol. can we start a "Hot Tubs of Citynoise" thread?...

in response to: The Mystery Surrounding Inhuman Demands on Humans by jack

Cecilia Midiri: Read backwards Joseph, you brought up the race card: JOSEPH BRIDGE: 22nd Jun 2008 - 12:21 GMT yeah, white flight. that about sums it up. I'm white and I know that that is when people started moving out...I......

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

Cecilia Midiri: All the people up there who are talking about when Kensington changed are talking about when the neighborhood became desegregated and people of color started moving in. Anyway...I work every day and so does......

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

surviving: Tex ......

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

Joseph Bridge: beautiful response serlingrod...you paint a rosy picture of kensington... you must be an artist type. lets talk reality here. business investment in kensington: mom and pop stores, laundrymats, stop and go...for that 40 oz,......

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

Renee Harrold: Hi, I lived in 111,1957-1968 and 120 until 1972, 1847 until 1974. I, read the book there are no children here and I remember a much better time. We could sleep with our doors......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Who Cares for Kensington: Everyone has someone else to blame and I guess that's the ameriacan way for losers these days. Buildings, streets and real estate agents do no breed ignorance, but sub-cultures do and Kensington is definitely a......

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

anon (splp1.starpoint.com): I thought that Greenpoint sits above a lake of toxic waste.... ...

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

phantom: Regarding the economic side of the Kensington exodus - Google: Kensington and Globalization. The frst entry in the search findings should be a paper on the topic published at Kutztown State by Mike Kelly on......

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

Me: Re to Peter This thread is getting out of control and the topics are not even what this thread started out to be about. But I do not have to prove anything to any out of......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Gary, I seem to remember that when the "Maypole" was first built, the centre of the site was grass with a white wooden fence around it. It was later flagged over when the market......

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

Devil's Advocate: There is so much injustice involved with all of the unaffordable housing in Chicago and displacement of the former residents of "the projects." Throughout this blog there is so much talk of what should and......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

jack: hey zagg we could start a business making those things, i bet they will sell....

in response to: Gratuitous Empire State Building Photo by Peter

EvilGentleman: Hehe, it kept their maintenance guy busy for two days. The last two photos were taken thru my rear view mirror because he saw me taking the 5th pic and started glaring at me like......

in response to: McBuffin by EvilGentleman

Peter: hmm, im a bit embarrassed to be the largest name on there, but i guess i ##did## get a couple of year's head start on the most of the rest of yall... chiam: for bigger name,......

in response to: This Month On Citynoise by Jamie

Open your eyes !!: I have read mostly all of the comments on here and it makes me sad to see how ignorant some people really are. What a lot of you need to do is......

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

john: If you think the tunnel looks great now you should have seen it back in the 70's I was 12 years old when I started going down there. Thats when there were five tracks down there......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

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

Tex: Here's another one, this is the Kansas Cosmosphere, one of the recent winners in the "Wonders of Reno County". It was started my Max Ary, who stole space artifacts from his own museum and......

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

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

chiamattt: Amsterdam eh? Perhaps a tourist from Mokpo was hittin the brownies a little hard before starting to write his/her comment? ...

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

Jeff: Great set of photos! For the past many years, I have stared down into the tunnel from above in Riverside Park watching Metro-North go by. I've always wondered what it looks like in there! Thx......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

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

Tex: I saw today in the Hutch News where some poor 44 yr old guy shot himself in the head up there. I don't know his background, but he probably was poor and broke and......

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

Me: Re to oevre If I had a million,I would travel and visit some really cool places,then I would settle down while I was still young and buy a really nice home here in good ole Hutch,and......

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

Katrin: Hey - Funny: my journey started with reading stuff about Leftover Crack, squatting and mole people while actually I should have prepared a talk about Billy Wilder and Some Like It Hot. Well, anyway, finally......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

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

in response to: El R Restau by Peter

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

James cashan: Hello again johh B. P.S. I`ve tried twice to start a seperate heading page titled "irlam and cadishead musicians bands and artists" so every one could share memories specific to this topic......

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

futurebird: I just did a painting today (from memory) of the freedom tunnel-- so, of course, the graffiti is all made up-- in fact, it's YOUR FAULT I started thinking about this again and did this......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Mitch: Been very quiet since the June 3rd ruling to knock it down. Ben's is still unchanged, no one has even collected the memorabilia stacked up inside. Any news on what's happening, or when the demolition is......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Steve Weir: Here's a few more topics for you to get your teeth into...Irlam Social Club (Home of Doctor Death the wrestler that could wip us teenagers into a frenzy with his dastardly deeds). Potatoe picking (form of......

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

Britrock: Thanks Peter - I've learned something new and gained a fresh creative inspiration to start my day. Beautiful images. ...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Betsy: My Amazon becomes very agressive when he can fly...he can fly after 2 1/2 feathers grow in. He will suddenly with no warning start flying. He will fly at my hand if I am talking......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

jack: nice shot, johnnie pumps were all the rage back in the 40's and 50's, the city would attach a hose and hang it on the fence at the schoolyard at boody jr. high on avenue......

in response to: Heat Wave by Peter

Cheyenne : I hope that people start to open their eyes about these things because teens,children,friends,and family die everyday! its so much more serious then people think it is. Texting, and other distractions need to be illiminated......

in response to: One Car Accident by groovehouse

Al Pierro: Just came across this website in search of info on what has happened to St. Joseph's church where we used to play softball back in the 50's & 60's. I attended a grade school on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

kellymac: thanks for the links peter, my skepticism at the "factual" information in the book started with her claiming there are natural caves under Manhattan, much less ones accessible from subway passages. she clearly had......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Peter: well, these that youve posted are absolutely great- theyre letting me see my city back in the day as ive imagined it, but never actually seen it... im really digging them. you should most definitely......

in response to: Times Square, Late 1960\'s by Mike L.

MrBrenzo: Hutchinson Kansas is a boring place, if you are a boring person. I lived in Hutch until I was 15 and remember it fondly. the state fair only happens once a year, but it was......

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

B Street: I grew up across the street from one of the few working factories in Kensington starting in 1965 until I was forced out 22 years later. While I too have fond memories of wall ball, swimming......

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