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Gemini: I have lived in Bushwick for most of my life. I have lived on my street for 34 yrs. Bushwick is like any other neighborhood it has it's ups and downs. I referred to it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Warren S.: Sometimes, I had to report to the cloakroom straightaway or directly to the hallway. One nun had a big steel edged ruler, named "Mr. Brown;" she whacked kids across the palms of their hands with......

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

BARON VON FANCY: Baron Von Fancy is not a man, he is an idea. And you cannot kill an idea. He has been called an artist. He has been called a maniac. He is a recluse. He never......

in response to: Baron Von Fancy by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

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

always a Bushwick kid: What a great site... I've read almost all the comments and they ring true for most of it. I grew up in Bushwick- lived on Jefferson in the 60’s, moved to Bleecker Street in the......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

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

eliza: been visiting since the 1960's.......a step back in time. A fond memory is a day where we began the morning with breakfast at new ideal diner, followed by lunch at the Big M, down the......

in response to: New Ideal Diner by EvilGentleman

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

TRANS KOF 2008 : Hey all this talk about Paterson brings back alot of memories I grew up in Paterson on Main st. and Wiess St.a block from St.Josephs hospital. my neighborhood was known as little San Juan......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

Peter: weve had the discussion re: graf versus vandalism on here like 500 times, and its surprising how every other person has their own specific definition of the term "graffiti", to the point where it becomes......

in response to: The Black Cat: Poetry in Spanish Graffiti by The Hapless Hobo

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

Cecilia Midiri: Wow, Kimmer Teesedale...you remember the Midiri's? Me and Mamma Ceil are still on Keim Street. She refuses to move...and hey, who am I to make her. I can't complain too much. The street was so......

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

Joe : Bill, I suspected that your name was Franklin, but thought that you may be June's brother. Obviously I did not know June's family real well, but I did know her and she was considered the most......

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

Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot! A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo. [[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]] by Adam Enright I was thrilled to read about......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Joe: As I review most of the comments posted it seems that there are many faded memories of a better time for Kensington (including many of my comments and memories). I do love history and therefore......

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

janet: Alma--I think I left 167 at the end of the 6th grade in '46 or '47. I*'m vague because I went on to John Marshall JHS (JHS 210) on Rochester & Park Place, finished......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Jenny and Janet(Sutton), I lived at No 42 Harewood Road and I do remember you living there also I remember the field that belonged to your granddad, it came at the side......

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

John Dereszewski: Puffy, Linden between Central and Evergreen is a block that has undergone a considerable transformation over the last decade or so, clearly for the good. I knew this block very vividly during the bad days of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

dublin girl: hey ive been livin in dublin all my life and was always hearing about the troubles up the north! i went and started a course 2 months ago up in belfast and i have to......

in response to: Northern Ireland is the most intrguing of places by Jamie

Post-84 New Jack: Thanks for the lolly, W-Bear. I'll be sure to pass it on to my son. He's teething right now and its a bitch. As for you, Bilrock Rolling Thunder Whiter- oops, I mean Writer. You failed......

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

Post-84 New Jack: See, thats the general difference in our perspectives, "W-Bear". I prefer to look to the future, and push things to new heights than to dwell on the past and the past's faded glories and talk......

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

EvilGentleman: El, since they were government-funded homes originally intended for the families of veterans returning from WWII, it is most unfortunate that the government decided to stop funding them. If you look at the comments in the......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

Bonnie: My sister emailed me about this site. We were born and raised in Kensington, 2504 Front St. We lived there from 1949 until we left in the 70's. My parents lived there......

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

EvilGentleman: The first picture is very close to my grandparents' old apartment, which was at the corner of Water and Fulton. Of course, Fulton is now known as either Old Fulton or Cadman Plaza West, but......

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

Evinrude: Alfred, people like you are the problem with this country. A socially ran country fails, do the research. Why don't you just join the communist party! Free market is what has built this country. If......

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

Alfred: I live in Hutchinson, and I knew this article was pure propaganda right when I saw the photos. The first photo is of an entrance gate to the State Fairgrounds, which the author describes as......

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

birdy[kirstiem92@gmail.com]: Kay, first off, if you would have gone a tiny bit further down Main Street Scott, you would have found Sooner Fashion Mall. Or you could have continued going down Interstate 45 headed towards Moore,......

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

...just lookin for a job, lookin for a job...: OMG! I thought I lived in a pretty good place until I stumbled onto this site while surfing for nursing jobs in this area. I've been HappyInHutch for 30+ years and known about......

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

Mushi: Jane, I've lived by myself in Bushwick off of the Jefferson Street stop. My theory with being a single woman living in any part of NYC: take the subway until a certain part of the night......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Bob Salmon: Re the Bobs Ferry Accident: As remembered by Bob Salmon, an Inquest Witness. On the morning in question, I was awoken by a neighbour in Lytherton Avenue Cadishead, saying that she thought there was a gas leak......

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

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

Hutch Hater Too: I agree that Hutchinson is a hell hole. The writer who mentioned how those in charge are nothing but a bunch of snobs is right. Money grubbing, ignorant snobs at that. I'm......

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

HushUp: For the person who thinks that someone should ask the side of the 'Gang Member' on why they shot and killed my son's friend - It's obvious you have no clue what it's like to......

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

Bushwick Girl: My Bushwick...I love this neighborhood. I've been in the bush since 1988 I migrated here when I was 8 yrs old. Back then I was too young to understand what was really happening in this......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

bill w: i was rasied there also i use to box in harrowgate gym alot has changed,i do return to feed the the drug addicts and the prostitutes and offer a better way i am now a......

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

steve : Cartlegger; I'll try to be brief with some details. Please don't hold me to the exact dates because I am going back from memory and not researching. Barren Island as we knew it......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Djrobluv: I lived in EO for 15 years 1980-1995 South Harrison St & Webster Pl. Boarder of Orange and E. Orange. When we first moved to EO our block was quiet not too much going on......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

Genuine brooklynite bushwick baby: I am so proud of where i come from.Most people say bitches in bushwick are dumb.Never that Never me ,I just see what i see and i will always be me.Growing up in the hood......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Armstrong: I just got an apartment on Starr St and Knickerbocker so I a little bit resent rosecoloredglasse's last comment. at the same time, I'm a realist and yes, that area would be considered blighted by......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: I want to try your technique, but your camera is an SLR, and mine is a point-and-shoot with a retractable lens, so if the lens is out, people know my camera is on. I will......

in response to: Hyehwa to Mia by chiamattt

CE: I'm currently in Sussex for the next few hours and have been here for a couple days. There are more murals since I was last here and I still stand by my opinion that......

in response to: Downtown Murals by CE

zilep: Bought a house in the heart of Bushwick- on Central avenue and Cornelia streets (one of those cookie cutter homes with all the meters showing- you know the ones the BROWNSTONER people love to hate).......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

teachnyc: I work in bushwick's schools and I can't tell you how many times I hear my counterparts from our sister districts in queens talk about how bad it is in BW (they never want to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Armstrong: Also, saying hello to neighbors and being openminded toward people on the street is the best way for newcomers to become part of the neighborhood. This is not easy but if I, as a white......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: iman you sound like a smart kid, in the 50's in brooklyn there were little street gangs on every other corner. a gang then were just a group, a clan, kids from down the......

in response to: But There Is No Other Door for the over 50 Year Old Gang by jack

upfromflames: Clarifications: I’ve found out a lot more about the Bushwick Initiative this week, after talking to Annie Marie Mirez, who helped to develop the program and currently helps to oversee it for HPD. The first thing......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: In response to upfromflames regarding Bushwick Corners: This response requires both historical perspective and adjustment of mind set to the Colonial New World. The 17th Century was a fundamentally agrarian society dedicated and tied to land......

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

jack: many of the buildings constructed in the late 1800's that was used as housing by poor hispanics, blacks, jews, polish, german, italians and irish are still standing today and in livable conditions and very expensive.......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

banjo: Initially, i thought: what an interesting perspective of a circle/ring bicycle post. Why haven't I seen that before? Guess not tall enough. But then I realized that the ring is separated from the post. Recently snapped by......

in response to: Jan 20 2007 Toronto by hool

.nanotech.: [[img:18457]] [[img:18458]] [[img:18459]] [[img:18462]] [[img:18463]] [[img:18464]] [[img:18465]] [[img:18466]] [[img:18467]] [[img:18468]] [[img:18469]] [[img:18470]] [[img:18471]] * The Queen of England has reportedly been buying up property in Colorado under a proxy. * There is a lot of "secret society" symbology at the airport,......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Derek Jackson: Wow! Reading all this misspelled babble about being proud of being hispanic, about fighting the whites trying to take what's yours, and about complaining about gang violence is making me half-laugh, half-get pissed off. Homboldt Park......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

A. Sturzer: I remember the fantastic shops & restaurants in the area. Near the corner of Franklin Ave & Eastern Parkway, there were two Greek restaurants.."Pappas" & "Peters". On the other side of Eastern Parkway, there was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

JNJ: Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I would be......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

EvilGentleman: Judging from the responses to his articles, I would say that Scott Sargent has managed to piss off a lot of people with the "Most Boring Towns" series. I personally do not find it wise......

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

Grant: I am sitting in an apartment in 1230 Burling (one of the buildings in Cabrini Green) as I type this. I have lived here since 2000 (and before that I lived in a house......

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

EvilGentleman: Ah yes, this was put up this summer on Pierce Street, a little residential lane that runs between Sainte-Catherine and de Maisonneuve a half block west of Guy Street. I turn down this lane on......

in response to: Eco-Quartier Graffiti by CE

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

jesusfreak: I was just in chicago with my youth group on a mission trip and we had the privilege of seeing what was left of Cabrini Green. We were all shocked to hear about the thoughtlessness......

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

EvilGentleman: I have also been experimenting with taking hool-style photos using car mirrors while parked on the side of a busy street, since it is exponentially less likely that the subjects will become aware of the......

in response to: Passenger Side Rear View Mirror by groovehouse

pennybike@aol.com: The Barret model I have is made with the Schwinn frame, with 5 speeds. It does not have the quick release for the front forks or the seat post. ......

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

EvilGentleman: I remember in 1995, I was at my favourite watering hole waiting for two guys to finish playing pool so I could have a turn, when I decided that I had better go check on......

in response to: Blood on the Platform by Peter

TheTruth: Nice try at history, Sylvia, but you've missed some huge factors. My family was part of that 1st wave of nonwhites to integrate Bushwick in the 1950s. They weren't Gentry -- sorry--even though they were......

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

Nate: Can anyone give an update on what's going on with Cabrini and the so-called "transformation plan" in Chicago public housing? I used to know two people who worked as community organizers, doing work trying to......

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

EvilGentleman: As far as I know, the block you are referring to (the north side of Sainte-Catherine between Lambert-Closse and de Chomedy) has closed down simply due to the fact that the Forum closed in 1996,......

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: In May of 1989, my best friend Mike and had been driving for 6 days when we arrived in Las Vegas around 1 PM, and rather than continuing on, we decided to stop there for......

in response to: Piano Man by jack

Joe: I've lived on Jefferson btwn Irving and Knickerbocker for a year. It's gotten a little better just in that time. We moved here because we got priced out of our old neighborhood, Park Slope. Our......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

ninety9lives: that is absolutely disgusting. i have many cats (10+) and am generally a big animal lover. that's horrible. i can appreciate the art side to this, but i find it really ..making me uneasy. if......

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

Lucky: I was recently in Chicago with my 17 year old daughter so she could visit a few colleges there. I had never been to Chicago nor had I ever heard of Cabrini Green. We stayed......

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

EvilGentleman: To my way of thinking, graffiti should be both encouraged and it's location controlled within reason, with penalties for those who put graffiti in places where it has no business being. Now, before you all......

in response to: Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti by Peter

grange: bay street , Like wall street in NY .I like the pics but for some reason the thought of homeless people sleeping in the streets on the weathiest street in Toronto just irks me to......

in response to: Only in Toronto... by Elicar

EvilGentleman: On May 5 of 1989, I was in the middle of a long road trip with my best friend, Mike. We were in San Diego, California, after having driven 5000 miles through two Canadian provinces......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

elaine: i stopped driving when i got ill, and haven't started again yet. i didn't fancy being responsible for anyone else's death etc. but when i do take it up again, i hope eventually, when i......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Traffic by EvilGentleman

jack: hahahaha the comments here are hilariously funny. i enjoy reading all of you talking back and forth and defending your lives and towns and names. well the photos were nice and i liked......

in response to: A Sunday Walk in Eastend London... by Lawrence

jack: once upon a time there was a beautiful new shiny automobile in a showroom. it glistened in the afternoon sun and took its occupants anywhere they wanted to go.. the car was red......

in response to: Alleyway/Garbage Dump by Peter

mtb4ever: I've read through many of these postings and am astounded at some of your comments. On the subject of what started the whole thing - littering. Mad Max actually said, "So he littred big......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

HIS fault: i can't believe all these comments saying 'she started it'. the inconsiderate fucker in the car started it with his anti-social behavior by throwing trash on the street. she was just showing to him that......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Old Kensington Dog: A couple of points re. the confrontation specifically, and Kensington Market in general: -The SUV in the photos is owned by the business accross the street, not the "Motorist". His four cylinder smaller car with......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Aaron: Yeah, the guy shouldn't have thrown garbage out on the street. And couriers are probably particularly sensitive to that since they are exposed to being hit by debris thrown out of car......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Wendy: I dont agree with all of the references to this cyclist being an "environmentalist" or trying to "save the world", etc...This, to me, is not a "polluting SUV driver versus greeny cyclist" story. Why......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Jerry: As this city used to be called "Hogtown" I thing "Pigtown" would be more apropo. Why? 1) The rectitude laced moron courier (and as a pedestrian I have only contempt for the arrogant, spoilt, disrespectfull cyclists,......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

4 mode observation: This incident is an excellent example of some of the worst features of human behaviour and the consequences that result from the actions of those who are misguided and self indulgent enough to believe they......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Ms. Thang: No matter what the driver says( if indeed that was his post)look at your face buddy. Really, nothing more needs to be said. I started cycling in Toronto back in 1980; it was bad then,......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Both sides: I have read/heard both side of the story. Unfortunately, the "motorist's" side was stated by his fiancé and not by him, as the actual participant. Both sides are plausible but I am still......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

poprad99: I have been riding bikes for 32 years and burning fossil fuels for 22 years. I have been commuting year-round by bike for 9 years. I was assaulted and battered by a motorist in 1990 for......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Joe: Just wanted to say, that I'm glad that Leah was able to defend herself. I'm not saying that she handled the situation the best way possible, but I do commend her on acknowledging that......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

jack: the ride a bike street looks like any street in brooklyn. yes its pitiful that people make their children look like mini brides. it started in the late 1800's when young girls wore......

in response to: Day in the Life by elaine

freebo the clown: i have lived in bushwick for about five years now. my boyfriend and i moved here in 2001 from williamsburg to find a bigger, cheaper space. we started out on jefferson street btw.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Kato, (Mum, actually) it's funny 'cos these carts do look like they were taped together each morning. It's very thin, pressed aluminium and plastic. I always wonder why the guy inside doesn’t come crashing out......

in response to: Coffee Cart by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: On beauty and decay: I was sent a poem from a book by Toyohiko Kagawa, called Songs From The Slums. He grew up and worked around the Kobe slums of Japan and was thrown in......

in response to: Cross Street and Blossom 2002 by Jamie

NET ONE 156 KRT: Words of the Prophets Take to the Rooftops by Cathy Hong SUBJECT — The Extreme Graffiti Hall of Murals LOCATION — Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens Les had no equipment but a backpack full of spray cans. (He......

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

tooker: "Ellis G" is just a toy graffiti writer who couldn't hack the streets so he came up with doing artfag chalk drawings. Wait, not even "drawings", but more like "tracings" and made up some lame......

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

Editor: More of {Ellis G}'s handywork can be found in the article **[[1104:Brooklyn Street Art Initiative]]** from **[[author:Peter]]** [[img:1440]] Also, in **[[1734:Fifth Avenue]]** from **[[author:GGP]]** [[img:3899]]...

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

ELLIS G.: For Immediate Release: KILI is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by ELLIS G. Continues through 12/1/05 @ KILI 81 Hoyt St. bet. State St. and Atlantic Ave. Bklyn NY A,C,G Trains to Hoyt/Schermerhorn......

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

NET PI 156 KRT: For Immediate Release: KILI is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings by ......

in response to: Brooklyn Street Art Initiative by Peter

Graffiti abatement: Graffiti is defined as any marking, including but not limited to any inscription, slogan, drawing, painting, symbol, logo, name, character or figure that s made in any manner on property without the owner's permission. To......

in response to: Dallas Graffiti Like What! by Tick Tock

Catherine: You are an excellent photographer. I feel like I'm right there, on 42nd Street, when I see your photos. Thank you for posting them! And I could go for a dirty martini, extra olives, right about......

in response to: Dirty Grand Central Martini by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jeeff: wow, really nice photos looking down on the street. pretty unmistakable. i like #2 as well, with the one guy's face captured clearly in a crowd. also, what's a dirty martini exactly?......

in response to: Dirty Grand Central Martini by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

joey: cool link found on sticker in photo # 4 - http://www.bomit.com/enter.htm Welcome to Bomit.com. Bomit is a Distribution Network combining concepts from the Street Art World and the Skateboard Industry. We focus on Stickers as an Art......

in response to: Assorted Graffiti on one box by Michael-Ann

jeeff: hi jo. here's a quickie travel guide for toronto, ##but## i'm writing this with one condition for you: please take some photos, write some stuff, and post an article here about your trip! first off,......

in response to: Toronto for a week by jo

jeeff: manifest: close. kensington market begins at dundas, one major block north of queen & graffiti alley. the market stretches up to college street. it's another good place to see graffiti/street art, and......

in response to: graffiti alley / style in progress \'05 by jeeff