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Janet: Well, the adage 'the more things change the more they stay the same' does not apply to the old neighborhoods or the old movie houses where those of our generation got a colorful taste so...... BOB: The congress theater as of a few years ago
is completely unused last of the occupants
out of business.The Rivera on St. Johns and
Kingston was demolished. Cameo on Eastern Pkwy
is being used as a church. Utica is...... eyeofodin: wow, good ol' BART. l went to the city center station yesteray and it was happening... Antoine Whitfield: crystal, i too used to hang out at the gameroom on wilson ave back in the day. I lived at 638 wilson down from the train station. wilson ave was the place to be and...... 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.... 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.... EvilGentleman: Is that the station at the corner of Park Avenue? Nice one. There is also a station at de Bourbonniere and Sherbrooke near the Olympic Stadium with the great price of 0.00. Only problem is,...... Grace: Does anyone remember the bakery on dekalb and wilson near the police station it was owned my the messinas?? or amendalaras soda outlet on wilson.. does anyone know anyone on that block.. would...... Nigel Blair: Pictures brought back very happy memories of staying on my uncles boat that was moored on the canal behind the power station in the early 70s. Great site, keep up the good work.... Lori: I have recently seen some pictures of the castle from a classmate that lives in Buela. I asked her where this intersting place was and am planning a trip to come see for myself! My...... 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...... 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...... LUCKY: hairsy ...... luna park: hmmm, sorry to disappoint, but i didn't photograph any of the trolleys. these tracks are from a disused station on the grounds of the 1972 munich olympics complex. ... It exists !: It's located just outside of the "Pioneer" gas station on Lakeshore, a little east of Hurontario...
For real.... Joe F: Hi Laura !
RE: "my" 3rd Ave EL PHOTO !
I enjoyed reading your Yorkville memories as an ex 1940's-60's Yorkville-ite myself. It would have been appropriate and nice for me to also have been given ME...... Tracy Kelly: What a great site first visit but will definately be returning.i have been talking to a great couple, and Mr Jack Scallan told me that No 7 Marlborough Road used to be a police station...... Tex Re: Me: Nice try, but some of us have to be the voice of truth, because they sure won't hear it coming from some of you'all up there. How come you want to post so much...... jack: pardon me, is that the chattanooga choo choo, yes sir, track 29, oh, can you give me the time, i'm heading for a certain party at the station, lavendar lace, i used to call, 'please...... Dave Moore: Stumbled on the site while attempting to get images of King Street in Stretford from the 60's and 70's. Excellent images. Brought back memories from when I worked near to Barton Bridge (Manchester Oil Refinery)...... Kevin_in_the_Uk: So what's with the "House Of Pain"? Do your US firemen name their trucks or stations? ... Peter: yes, the tunnel is very much in use, as the tunnel is the main artery that connects [[wiki:Metro-North Railroad]] and [[wiki:amtrak]] trains to [[wiki:penn station]]. dodging the trains and staying out of their line of...... Gaynor Miller: I've just come back to this site after a year away and what a great load of memories. I used to live on Prospect Road just down from Lennie's. You all talk about the doctors...... Dean Ogden: Hi Sheila (Vaudrey), my mum saw my uncle Colin this afternoon and told him how i came across this site and that ive seen some of his school pictures, and he wants me to go...... Franny Wentzel: Come back in a week or two. The Mole People should have gotten to that station by then... Peter: truthteller: the signs on the building are standard nycha signage, stating "only tennants and their guests are allowed in building", you know, the sort of signs you see on section-8 housing all over the city......... Peter: jack, did i see you in the pizza joint above this station, slurping down a stuffed spinach slice?... Peter: nice! i had a few shots from my trip to {chicago} this past april that i wanted to add:
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and youre definitely right... i took the {el} from {ohare} {airport} to the loop... it took longer...... EvilGentleman: Thank god you clarified that, Jamie. I was about to tell you that I don't post those ones.
And kudos to you, Montrealbunny, for recognizing the tiles of the Lionel-Groulx station. I had not noticed that,...... RAY ALAN: I have lived in jacksonville fla. all my life 51yrs. to be exact.First I cant belive Jacksonville fla. is being called a small town because there est.800,000 people reside here and it is...... Alison Lawford: Hi Dave: Thanks for the Pictures. I walked over the swingbridge on a sunday morning, passing the Barton power station in the 60s. I now live in NSW Australia. My brother still lives over there....... JoeyD: yup- Just passed this station on its way to diridon...but very briefly... YoYo: What I enjoyed when I would get out of the F train was walking to Coney Island and seeing that little store on the left that sold Candy Apples, Big lollipops, Caramel corn, fudge, Salt...... ex-Bellevillian: Personally...I think Belleville is the most boring town in the world and I grew up there. Still have family there too. Belleville has always had this gran idea of itself because it host...... Peter: ive spotted these around, but never had a camera handy... i recently saw a half-removed one stuck to a garbage can in front of {newark penn station}... nice. id always wondered what they said...... Montrealbunny: Upon hearing shouts of Huah! Huah! outside the window this afternoon, I found the Station 15 cops prepping for the next big win (or loss?) utilizing a variety of riot gear, and going through a...... Sue taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi everyone,
Here are some photos of Irlam, taken some years ago; one is of myself and a friend as young girls on my father's allotment behind Tramway Road. I think that is Carrington Power Station...... EvilGentleman: A few suggestions in order to reduce damage in future disturbances:
1 - Do **not** leave portable metal street signs with plate metal bases lying around on the streets when large events are taking place. Most...... Cyril Bagshaw: Hello Anne in Ontario,
I married Ellen and Jim Massey from Cadishead married her sister Edith.
You may not know, but there is a sister site to this one,"Citynoise these things no longer exist" and I have...... Peter: are you crazy, or just seriously uninformed? nothing rebuilt, nothing touched? thats not true at all! i commute through the WTC site/station every day, and theres so much going on there... sure, its a slow...... EvilGentleman: dirana1, thank you for commenting. I can respect your opinions and your insight into the prison is a welcome bit of education for the rest of us. I am certain you know a lot more...... kerwin: wow i never knew this was a fire station for the 12th year living in lachine. i thought it was some random building that was an office... Ken Maki: Love the pic of the 1950 or '51 Chevrolet fastback sedan used by the radio station at this event.
I own a 1953 Kaiser Manhattan myself.... Rob Tynan: Hi Cyril,
Developers have caused more devastation here than adolphs bombs. It never was the best looking place on earth, but now it is becoming more faceless than ever with the destruction of local landmarks...... JoeyD: Hey J! I thought I would add in this exterior view of the station....
[[img:26916]]... Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob,
Looks as though there has been more devastation there than Adolph's bombs !!
Cheers.... Cyril....... JBone f.b.w.: i started writing back in 91,and remember ja was the king of the A line,he killed all the train stations and roof tops in far rockaway,him and eu,at the beggining i tought he was local,then...... Hobson: I lived in Israel for 4 years in the early 70's. I bought one of these from a medical student who was leaving the country. It was 11 years old. I paid $125.00 for it....... anon (host86-160-86-25.range86-160.btcentralplus.com): fred talked to us today he asked us for a drink he was quite scary but we felt a little sorry for him, he has no teeth and lives outside spalding train station in the...... corpo: so that says "reack snak"..........nearby ...and i always
do up my neighborhood. berk station el stop...philly... Norma Bannon (nee Bolton):
Cyril - Times have changed a bit since the 'tea-dance' days. Wasn't the protocol that the young ladies had to sit like wall-flowers and wait to be invited to dance? So if some...... Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Marissa
There was a reason it was named as such, because that piece of ground they were built on and the land stretching back to where it meets Boat lane, has only a couple of...... little ukraine: wow, what a workstation! wish i had a schematic one like that. ... Carl Struyf: [[img:26315]]
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Workstation of the locks.
Soon i will do a special of all the movable bridges and some foto's of Antwerp city.... Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Anne,
The doctors that I have known in Irlam....well our family doctor was a Dr. Walker who had the big house and surgery on the corner of Moorfield rd and Liverpool rd
Then there was a...... JoeyD: the Dirdon station and area around is one of my favorite places in SJ it really sits at the gateway to downtown as aproached from the alameda.... ... joey: mr d. i've seen this guy a lot in the last two years. i take natasha to the 17 express at didion station so she can get back to uc santa cruz. if you don't...... Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Anne,
My sister and her younger daughter some years back, bought the old Holywell stationhouse at Holywell in north wales ,and have turned it into accommodating and looking after disabled people.
Best wishes
Cyril..... ...... EvilGentleman: fctlmn, thank you for sharing some memories of Montreal that I am too young to have.
Aqueduct Street is now known as Rue Lucien l'Allier, and has a metro station of the same name just down...... 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...... elena: I grew up in the Luna Park Buildings. I spent my childhood and early teen years before moving, but I agree with Robert, those were the best times in my life! It was early...... Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Great pics Marissa,
I can't believe the state of Irlam High school............what the????? How do Governments expect children to function to the best of their ability in an unaesthetically pleasing environment such as that? ...... 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...... Mist One53. Tdt=The Deadly Type.: Hello JA From Mist1 Sheffield England uk. I was first in Nyc in 1989 and saw SANE eveywhere. At the top of the World trade centre, not much bigger that this text on the screen.I...... Chris: I just happened over this page while looking for something via Google, but I couldn't just let this go- I grew up in Hutch, but no longer living there. I moved to the West Coast...... 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...... Roy Bamber: May I ask you Andrew Smith was your father a policeman and lived in Fiddlers Lane, Irlam and was your mother called Margaret and she died quite young.
I can remember a very young Andrew Smith...... Roger Barton: I lived near & attended Salford Grammar School in the early '60s and made regular trips to Barton Swing Bridge & Barton Lock on my pushbike. I remember being chased off the bridge whilst...... Cazz B: Very informative, I like old photos especially when I'm not from the area, but can anyone tell me who now owns the land that the power station once stood on (and it's not B&Q who...... Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): For us to travel from Cadishead to Irlam was a big day out hehe. When we used to go to the little wading pool behind Irlam pool, we used to take sandwiches and a...... Peter: theyre tearing down pretty much ALL the old graf-covered warehouses in {harrison}, the ones all around the {path} station there, and many on towards {journal square} too. any idea whats up? i mean, i knew...... EvilGentleman: Meh, it's 7 degrees at 6 AM here, and the other side of the river from here hit 15 a couple hours ago (check St-Anicet, QC).
We're still buried in snow here, but that is hardly...... John Dereszewski: To DeSales again:
My long excursion into the history of this street might not have answered your question, which probably was: How would it be to live on DeSales Pl. now?
The fact is, DeSales is one...... Ray: Very good pics and nice story. People really drive fast in that area, especially with the airport nearby. Good job to the boys at circulation ouest. Hope to see ya at station 1 soon. groupe...... john taylor: along with my father,i worked for t.w.ward(dismantlers)of sheffield on the power station at barton ,i can't remember exactly how long it took to clear the site and drop the the two enormous chimneys but when...... Robyn: Rick well lets see I asked everyone about the building it was right across the st from the garage and noone knows what it was lol.Its driving me crazy.Someone told me it was now a...... Michael worsley: Back On October 4,1969 The Myrtle Avenue Subway Stations Were Closed Down The Demolishing From Downtown Jay Street Up To Broadway Upper Level Station The Myrtle Avenue El Was Cut From Jay Street Up To...... ET: hi, just want to know whether we can transfer from yamanote line to ginza line and from which station? appreciate your reply, thanks!... Andrew Smith: ...and some more taken this morning. Not the best, but they include most of the things you mentioned!
Vicarage Road
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Two Churches, Liverpool Road.
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The Band Stand
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The old skateboard ramp, which we used to ride our bikes down...... EvilGentleman: I still come back and look over this article every once in a while. This time, I followed a link on Wikipedia leading here.
The memories have begun to fade, yet that last shot, the one...... Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Thanks guys, how about a few pics ? :) :) Of anything in irlam.
Is the large bus shelter at the top of Ferryhill road diagonal from *Culshaws* still there? What about the...... xtascene: thank you for passing on that graffiti, "artists are the shock troops..." It amuses me to read all these little petty bougie chai sucking art-mafia types trying to weasel out of owning their privilege, whether...... Dick: The neighborhood during the early 40's was fabulous. PS 241 on President Street was new. In the schoolyard, softball center & right field were along the fence to the BMT trench. A home run hit...... joey: i drive on this freeway a couple of times a year now taking natasha to the bus station in san jose on her way back to santa cruz. i always have my camera ready but...... Logan: I am a 38 year old man born and raised in bushwick. I have seen bushwick go through many changes. I can remember when the wiseguys used to spend their days in the coffee shops...... Dark: What's the area like around schaefer st., near Wilson Ave. like? I believe it's right near the cemetery and the Wilson Ave. L station. Any info would be a big help.... R.W. Texas: I found this also by a search engine. I am a history buff and did some research. Signal Oil went through a lot of mergers and divestitures before all was said and done. AlliedSignal was...... Galen J: I drove through this tunnel hundreds of times beginning in the mid 1950's. It always amazed me how AM radio stations would immediately go off once you hit the entrance. Driving a motorcycle through...... eyeofodin: Great job capturing 'stillness' in such an urban setting. A deserted subway station during the daytime, a street with nobody walking about and a subway/train line without the heavy metal. I guess your...... Patricia Adair Mattice-Leonard: If this Woods gas station is on Main Street,it wasn't the Maxwells gas and candy store i used to stop in at after school several years ago..when i went to Delaware Academy and Central School.That...... Robert Patten: Just realised I could have worded that better, chances are that when the first picture was taken the railway was still in use.
This picture is taken from a bridge which crosses the now dismantled railway...... Anony Mouse: They had no plan except to sink millions into it which they weren't going to spend themselves. The train station is another fine example of the excellent work of the Heritage group. ... anon (host86-154-59-8.range86-154.btcentralplus.com): There was a similar (but less successful) station at King's Cross, Serving the Great Northern London Cemetery. See M C Dawes: "The End of the Line" (ISBN 0-9513342-5-5)... John Cooper - john.cooper@airspaceinfo.com.au: Hi Natalie,
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I founds this one of that small graveyard in Lord Street, you can see a headstone to the right of the picture. When I was young the building...... 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....... Helen Salmon: Hi there, just found this website (Hi Auntie Sheila and Auntie Anne!)
I'm really interested in the pictures on here. A lot of them I don't remember as I was only born in 1976. I definitely...... gwendolyn (jillgwenward@hotmail.com): so sad to read about all the thefts as i was there myself last fall with 2 different bikes and just had my beautiful (and recovered from last year) specialized stolen again. sigh. guess i'll...... jack: peter you bring tears to my eyes, the old brooklyn-manhattan transit, the sea beach express, the f train and others, i rode them almost everyday, i would walk to school and pass under the el...... Trek 9800 OLCV: Stolen last night off my porch (along with my wifes bike) - if you manage to see it around town please let me know. Queen + Carlaw area. Funny thing is I was walking my...... Jamie: i used to have a [[wiki:kraftwerk]] tshirt. nice power station though. quite pretty with it's paited chimneys....
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