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Janet: Thanks Stan for the Strand reminder--but wasn't the Strand on Fulton Street, just before the downtown movie and shopping district began? If you emerged from the subway, you were just about in front of the...... jack: it's almost as clean as the new york subway system... arty lady: Planning on renting an artist loft in Bushwick in one of the large loft buildings on Siegel st. I'm a woman of color and will be taking the L train. Don't really know Brooklyn well....... Stephanie: As a child I would walk past the ASPCA building and I would hear the yelping of puppies. I still remember the smells. I always wished I could have a puppy but we lived in...... Sebastien: Tokyo is "as dirty as hell?" I must have missed that while living there for seven years and thinking everyday how amazingly spotless this city of 25 million could be. Seoul, on the...... ansur: ttc subway is the best... anon (bas13-toronto63-1178013163.dsl.bell.ca): ttc subway is the best... 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...... 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...... serlingrod: In response to the last post - first of, let me say that I live in Philadelphia and have worked as a community organizer in Kensington for the past several years. I mention this to...... ron ws: SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS FUZZ! A GRAFFITI KING WHO ROCKED THE NYC SUBWAY TRAINS FROM THE 70S ALL THE WAY TP THE MID 90S. FREAKS AT LARGE AND THE TFP OTB CREW.
FUZZ FUZZ FUZZ FUZZ...... 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...... 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...... CartLegger: I'm sensing a photo thread here. Now i have something to do with my camera in the subway!... chiamattt: Well some of them, others have cloth. The worst part about the subway seating is that they are heated in the winter and my ass gets really hot and starts sweating like crazy. TMI? Never!... Cherie: Okay, can someone help me out? I'm looking at an apartment at corner of Broadway and Hart in Bed-Sty or is it Bushwick? Landlord says Bed-Sty. It's a good deal and the Myrtle subway's close....... Peter: wow! man... i was gonna point out the ones i like, but after i selected more than i could keep up with, i realized they were all killer. i like the train going over the...... 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...... BILROCK-161, RTW.: Post-84 new jack,
Nobody was dissing new writers in general. Only the young pups who think who-the-f_ck they are, and all they do is throw-ups???. You should check whom you call an "old Geezer. The only...... jazzartsounds: [[img:26382]]
looking for better sites for st. louis area street art..? I have some great pics.. Love the Powell Square building! need info on REDD FOXX and also ed box..? help? recently returned...... 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...... anon (ool-435595d7.dyn.optonline.net): nyc graffiti subways were the core of it all!! the red trains ruled... jack: anyone who has rode the subway remembers this sign, i took the n train which is the old seabeach express into brooklyn to kings highway. many, many years ago.... 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...... 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...... CHEDDI-FKS, JVC. G11 - NYC QBORO: Spoiled or not....your man is up, way up....up in the muthafucking sky. RESPECT.
The NYC streetscene and subway system cannot be compared to, hands down the illest vandal cicumstances.
If anything and @ the least...... Tyrone: This sign is different from almost any signs you'll see in the subway today. They switched from black on white to white on black over twenty years ago. ... Random: 61 - Subways here are called Métro and we know the difference between the grocery store "Métro" and the "Métro" subway. There's nothing alike. Just the name. HAHA!... Peter: this was a really nice read, and nicely written. i, for one, always appreciate a nice text entry now and then... you should write more about {toronto}...
i agree about how homeless people are often "actively...... 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...... FREDDIE: these were the 2 major players on da 4 line chk there interview http://www.subwayoutlaws.com/Interviews/MARK%20198%20and%20KIT%2017.htm... 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...... 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...... catherine: my best friend and i are looking for an apt in brooklyn. neither of us are stupid, but we are young (20). naturally, my mother is worried that i won't be safe if...... MezZie: RAd fotos specially 16:04 :02 n subwayoutlaws!!! ... Peter: this one reminds me of a strip of photo-booth shots... in the subway...... gus hassler : I am now working as the master mechanic on the second ave subway.anyone have photos of brewery before and during demolition and would like to share them with me.my only connection to yorkville was the...... Peter: [[http://gothamist.com/2007/09/29/subway_cars_to.php]]... TOTOP: new york city subway redbird trains are a ICON of the city...... indykid: Looking at the last photo made me think - from photos of building sites in NYC that I see, the WTC site springs to mind here, it seems if a new building is going up,...... serlingrod: jeeff, I was looking at some of your pics from '05; they're really great! what was the reason for your trip? I was studying abroad for urban planning. I remember this morning very clearly...a buddy...... Wyoming Native: I live in WY, recently visited NYC, stayed in Manhattan for a week. Rode the J train to Brooklyn for a bagel, then walked back to Manhattan over the Brooklyn bridge.
My area of interest...... jack: at one time randalls was an adventurous place, dumps, weird people, but in the 70's they built apartments and a tram and now it's respectable. don't be afraid of times square, i worked at...... neesa: And here is one more story on the stolen bike. My and my brother's bikes were stolen yesterday evening in front of the Fairview mall (DonMills subway station)!!! Both bikes!!! We went to the cinema...... colavitos ghost: everyone just ride a bike. just go out and do it!
(and if it's cold take the subway, i guess)... Susannah: I remember it- I was at my father's in Bayridge (joint custody)... Everyone was hanging out...talking...sharing what they had. But some people with shops were guarding them with rifles.
But my mother was working as a...... Joe S.: I lived at 633 Wilson Avenue (between Decataur and Cooper) until 1957. I was curious and went on line to find businesses in the area. I just spoke to a guy at a...... Bronxman: Hello,
Are there still some Redbirds and other old Types
kept for heritage services on NY-Subway or to be looked at Museums?
Does anyone have Photos of the Redbirds and old Steeltrains p.e.
the ones with the...... Bonnie: I too lived on Wilson Ave., between Cooper and Moffit Streets -- in the 1950's. We lived on the 3rd floor of one of the cold water railroad flats, right down the street from...... H.J.H.: Thank you for these photos. They evoke memories of when I lived there and this was my subway stop. I love Brooklyn, NY; Eastern Parkway, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. ... CO-TX: Ok you want some real dirt on denver look: at South Table mountains (west denver) NREL complex it is officaly of solar research station but really a tunnel door (south west corrner of the facility...... Peter: yo bazz, i used to live right in that neighborhood... 45th and 4th ave, actually. that area is great. be sure to walk up to 5th avenue for the good shopping, diners and amazing produce....... Brad: Those stations and trains look really nice! Like a luxury subway system or something. The stations probably don't smell like pee either.... Andy: Thanks Chiamattt. Try using your handphone to take a few? Be cool to see ones of peak time. I'd love to see some shots of the people selling stuff on the subway too. Maybe I'll...... Chiamattt: Nice shots of the subway. I am never on the subway during off-peak times. I don't think id be able to get good shots from within the train at 8am and 6:30pm. Keep posting dude!... Andy: The last photo is of the Seoul Station train platforms, which is the main train station. The subway at this station is underground so that's where all the people are. Nevertheless you're right, it was...... Armstrong: All this talk of crime is interesting yet Bushwick is changing everyday. It is inevitable. I think it will change for the better, remaining a mixed neighborhood demographically and economically. It is closer to Manhattan...... Martina : Hi, I might in the near future have some shot you can take from my Blog (http://miglioraroma.blogspot.com) it's in Italian -sorry- but still I plan to fill it with pictures from the Roman subway, and...... hool: "the cleanliness of the subways" . what an exciting photo series that would make. perhaps you could also do a "sterilized hospital hallways" series or a "top ten beige walls" set.
... Chung: Those photos capture nothing special. You photographed Seoul like a low grade digital would for a street in Brooklyn. You didn't capture the high rises, the dichotomy of city and country, crowded streets...... BZZZP: i was chased on down this "street" on my bike by 2 rottweilers.
the workers came out of the shops and hooted. i have no illusions as to whom they were rooting for.
good times. i...... Nicolas: I am from Montreal, Quebec.
I am not a tagger, but I like graffiti. In my opinion, there's...let's say a "way" to do it. I totally agree with the fact that graffiti is an art. Those...... Yoshi: Wow... what great views, similar to the train station that I was last at(subway). The pics are kind of empty; i remember kids playing in the streets at night. Where were these pics exactly taken...... Mushi: Uponflames and Jimmy QV -- also, when choosing a place to live, no real estate agent did an upsell to me. I didn't go through a broker to find my place, just an add online....... cap: thats actually really neat. i always look down there from the subway going downtown and wonder what its like down there. theres a really cool semi-kept-up baseball diamond neat the tunnel on the castle-frank side...... JPK: I am in love with brutalism. I admire it in subway stations, and many buildings on campus. Have u seen wright's fallingwater?
http://www.newsandevents.utoronto.ca/bios/02/historical_images/1972RobartsLibrary.jpg
http://www.ontarioarchitecture.com/InternationalTo.jpg... Michelle: @curious = I think that it is an optical illusion. The cable is behind the icicle, not actually supporting it! Thankfully. Evenso, I think it is scary that the subway tunnel has an icicle -...... david kean: in lambhill st there was a chip shop opposite my dad's shop and there was a canine beauticians... i remember the factory where they made creamola foam just up from the subway station.... Joanne O'Connor-Buscema: Flashback to 1972 and riding the subway to Bishop McDonnell High School on Eastern Parkway.
Thanks for the memories!
Joanne
... 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...... want a job: What type of neighborhood is Crown Heights? I visited today, felt a little uncomfortable in daylight. I am thinking of taking a job off of St.Marks. Can I (young female) walk...... Brad: Wow, parts of Brooklyn look so amazing. I remember the last time I was there riding the subway around, it was so cool looking down the streets from the elevated sections at the rowhouses. I...... Marty Chavez hates Children: First of all, who are the "Concerned citizens of New Mexico" to say Graff Artists don't own anything of Value? Moving on, tagging, is a totally different thing than most of the art above, which...... GGP: [[img:18099]]
Times Square subway station, NYC.... Peter: in all my years in nyc, ive encountered but one subway sketcher. that leads me to think it could be the same guy you encountered, mike. 96th... im thinking we were on the same line......... chiamattt: I had a terrible experience on the style in the last photo. This is also an old style in Korea. The subway station bathrooms usually have 7 squaters and one 'western' style. Needless to say,...... Toronto's Finest at work!: Congradulations that area specifically where the photos have been taken scarb town center subway station is notorious for smokers smoking clearly with that no smoking sign infront of them. And second of all yes...... little ukraine: aw yeah. if you were in a good place when the blackout occurred, like i was, drinking in my long island-backyard, it was the best night of summer. if you were in a...... BJB: Thanks for the explanation. I saw all those people on Thursday but I did not see anything in the news about a subway breakdown. Now I know. BJB... little ukraine: I saw a poster with a beetle on its back, once. No way for it to get up. I really wanted to buy it. The only two chains in Montpelier opened rather...... Mrs. T: this is hillarious!!! who would have known something like this would be found in a subway??:)... jane his wife: The primerib 12 inch...WOW you all must try...it f#@%n rocks...honestly SUBWAY is dogfood....i cant wait for a Quiznos in my part of town... Peter: wow. now ##this## was a nice read. curiously, ive been to the fair site a couple of times, even ridden my bike in the empty unisphere fountain and gazed forlornly at the decay of the...... SuziQ: Even better than the place mentioned above is a place close to the subway called "FreezePeach Cafe". It's right on the corner of 29th Street and Ditmars Blvd, but hidden away a little because it's...... Sirhcbre: I'm not really that surprised. I find Quizno's doesn't really cater to the drunk crowd. They always seem to be trying to differentiate themselves from Subway and not being open to the drunk...... EvilGentleman: Can you believe that Quizno's Subs (white sign with green and red lettering) closes at midnight on a Saturday night when all the students in the area are out drinking till 3 AM? I tried...... David: Joey: yeah, i'm from cleveland repping the west side, more specifically Ohio City. Little Italy is my favorite ES spot to visit.
Jamie:I use an early 80's Ae-1. It's so simple and fun...... BVD: for some reason woke up yesterday thinking way back to high school and graffiti/symbols of that time which included the flipped glass of ‘missing foundation’ and other things...started googling and found this site...back then as...... vanessa vargas to boc: corrections to my previous post before boc attacks me lol
the ppl in the community have to start caring about themselves and start taking control of their lives the* way you have. i applaud you! forget*...... vanessa vargas to boc: glad to see you're doing something with yourself. i know all about slang, but there is a difference between slang and incorrect grammar and mispellings (i.e. intrest, definitly, their vs. there, etc.). that...... boc----------------to vanessa vargas: Wow you really think you know what your talking about.
Well what am i'm doing for my self you ask, i'm actually in my senior year of college getting a degree to do something with my...... Susannah : I once received a letter from a guy I had briefly dated that was written in blood - then 10 years later when I was engaged I accidentally sat next to him on a Subway...... Peter: i was gonna mention something similar. ksedge, do you find that there are fewer people on street-level because of these pedestrian walkways? i was wondering... it seems like that might be the case, but then...... EvilGentleman: Well, what are they gonna do, call 911? It's not like they can bring the guy back to life. The transit cops will find him sooner or later. Picture the cops interviewing the commuter (let's...... carolita: wow, memories! when I used to take the path train to parson's on 13th street from penn station (because it was 25 cents cheaper than the subway, and I needed that quarter for my...... Chiamattt: The second last photo is so awesome.
I wonder if the picture of the nude dude with white socks will get as much attention as the photo of the man with or without his penis out...... "Entitled" hipster: I understand the anger against the white people moving in. It does drive up the rent and price out the poorer families. While some are the entitled hipsters you so despise, some are...... staten island 911/champ/poo head 7000: u guys are dicks u no that my page that i wrote took a lot of time and u babys have to take it a way and i mean like why am i not alond...... m8rd: The dude did piece on subways. After subway pieces, I guess to him, pieces wasn't worth it. And there is a legitimate art to throwy's. They take creativity. And if you see...... Tyfoid Kid: Really great pictures!! I feel like I've been there now.
I've seen that first picture of the map of the subway system and it does make it look daunting but with the bi-lingual signs everywhere I'm......
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