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Rohinton Ghandhi: November 27th, 2008 To City Noise Editors, I have recently begun writing articles for the Verdun Messenger's new English Corner segment. They cover Verdun's history and the people within it. I thought your group......

in response to: Verdun Neon by CE

Alan: It looks like a primitive VLF or ULF antenna to me -- at one time such low frequencies were used to communicate with submarines under shallow water, and the Earth's own magnetosphere emits in those......

in response to: Secret Transmitter by Peter

CartLegger: OK, I'll bite. But I'll also cheat and use the words of Daniella Romano, head archivist for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. BLDG 1/291, Material Laboratory, Substation 27 Construction: 01/01/1940 ##"The last active Naval building at the yard,......

in response to: Secret Transmitter by Peter

Allan: Never heard of that last gang you mentioned. I went to Wingate HS and in 1959 or 60 some gang member from the Pigtown gang stabbed a CXhaplain with a fork. I remember distinctly how......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories By Alan Kupperberg Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Rob Tynan: Hi Steve, Here is a map from 1926. You can see the school. Elsinore Avenue dosnt exist yet. If you look carefully you will find the position of Lee Close. The Tennis......

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

Steve Boyle: Can anybody help me? I'm trying to find out what was originally on Lee Close, Irlam (Basically just around the corner from Irlam Primary school and close to Irlam Endowed. Lee close I think was......

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

Tex: Actually my tennant lost his job about 10 years ago, and still hasn't been able to find employment due to health problems and also due to the fact there are no decent jobs to be......

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

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.........

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

James cashan: RE: Jon Burgess, ha ha well spotted jon i dont think that public demand, finance nor desire is great enough for that. K.O.T.S. Fans and those that remember us are a rare commodity,although i......

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

Iris: that red vehicle is fascinating. is it specifically for tennis, or sport? i have never seen one before... ...

in response to: South Philly May 4th: Art, Indicators, People, Etc. by serlingrod

Steve: Janet My father taught at Tilden high school for 30+ years (1951-1985). He was also the football and tennis coach. ...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jeeff: thx tiara i think many of us are still around. i'll remember the trick with chalk, but i agree that ultimately you must adapt. to answer your question, i think the change was......

in response to: casualties of war by jeeff

Anne Fahy: Hi Cyril Am I too late to straighten out the Dr Walker saga I was reading back postings .....We lived in Moorfield Close and our doctor at the corner of Liverpool Road and Moorfield Road was......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter: nice! this reminded me of the incline railway on {lookout mountain}, in {chattanooga} {tennessee}... [[http://www.ridetheincline.com]] [[img:26948]] ...

in response to: A Streetcar (-filled City) Named Lisboa by colavitos ghost

Marissa Chaplin from Laura Young (not that you know me!) : Hello! I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for posting these pictures! Marissa, I am now 31 and living in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and was just looking on the internet for some pictures......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Norma We dont seem to think that the "old Dr Walker" had a son, we do know he had a daughter Helen, as my wife happened to play tennis with her at Moss Side tennis......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Tex: Here's a sad example In the Hutch news, was this story, "Owner of Wiley building leaves tenants in the cold" "The coffee group can joke about it - but the tenants of the Wiley building aren't......

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

cyril bagshaw: Hi Norma, Very sorry to hear the loss of your husband...we hope you too have good family and friends around you. As for snow in Adelaide, the nearest we got to it was a few......

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

ading: aha this is funny.there once were a group of students from Tennessee to travel to china.they were shocked when they got into the supermarket. it was rather large and full of people.all that they could......

in response to: Chinatown Dare: by Peter

Andrew Smith: ...and some more taken this morning. Not the best, but they include most of the things you mentioned! Vicarage Road [[img:24962]] Two Churches, Liverpool Road. [[img:24963]] The Band Stand [[img:24964]] The old skateboard ramp, which we used to ride our bikes down......

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

Andrew Smith: Natalie - the bowling green is still there, though now fenced off to prevent it being used as a football pitch. The tennis courts have been refurbished, though you now have to pay to use......

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

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Is the bowls green and the old tennis court still in between the park and the baths? I remember paying the attendant money back in early seventies for my grandparents to have a bowl,......

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

TA: Don't forget the childhood home of T.S. Eliot or Tennessee Williams........

in response to: Central West End by maybetoday

Indeed Bill Harding they cut kite lines, but with what type of line??: Pakistan province lifts 2005 kite ban Kite flying is a popular sport in Pakistan The government of Pakistan's Punjab province is to allow kite-flying during the Basant spring festival in February 2007. But officials said the kite-makers......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

Xavi: Most of the eastern part of Humboldt Park until the mass Puerto Rican migration of the 1940's and '50's was Jewish and Polish, with some German and Italian elements. When those ethnic groups were......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

jack: red hook was developed by the dutch in the middle 1600's, the clay was red which was great for english tennis courts and if you boated down river from queens and passed under the brooklyn......

in response to: They\'ll Need a Crane by CartLegger

Márcio Barreto: [[img:22700]] A radiotelescope at Atibaia (São Paulo state)...The radiotelescope is inside the big ball, it protects the antenna of the radiotelescope from the weather ...

in response to: São Paulo by Márcio Barreto

JG: You're absolutely correct about the visual compression--but I think the larger issue remains the same: the road widening, signage, etc. is just plain ugly. And I say this as someone who loves Tallahassee. If more......

in response to: Two Views of Tallahassee by JonathanGarrett

Peter: i love it when people make blanket assumptions about a post and get off on random tangents concerning their own insecurities or issues (see any of [[http://www.citynoise.org/author/scott_sargent]] for example, hahaha). i dunno; as far as "education"......

in response to: Monster Trucks by EvilGentleman

Bekkah, SLC: Or someone could have been urban golfing. I've lost many a brand-new tennis ball that way. ...

in response to: Balls Between the Walls by Tyfoid Kid

CE: I really love them, I especially like the antennas on all the houses. These streetscape posts are some of my favourite posts on Citynoise, but they are rarely posted because, to the people living......

in response to: Triple Deckers by hifilofi

Beadle and Tatum: I always brag that Cleveland has the Rock hall, but you realize what a coup it was after comparing the musical displays there about Tennesse, Detroit, London and New York to the display of medium......

in response to: RIP Robert Jr Lockwood by Beadle and Tatum

Torcaso: Thanks for the images. Good stuff. They confirm the reason I moved to East Tennessee from San Francisco. My affection for Chicago is put on hold between October and April....

in response to: And The Winter Moves About Illinois by procyon

James: Yesterday I returned to my current home city of Shenzhen after a week's stay in Tokyo. Since we fly into Hong Kong airport, that means I passed through 3 of the top 15 cities in......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

EvilGentleman: I suspect Chris, like many who grew up around the Maritimes, has finally reached that stage of life where he must venture off to sample life in the big city before deciding where he belongs......

in response to: A Poor Puppeteer by Marlo

Susannah: The second one reminds me of the children's story "tar beach" about a family in the city that picnics on the roof. When I was little we used to watch the fireworks from our roof......

in response to: Prospect Heights from a Rooftop by sine

Peter: thats some imposing architecture! i like the shapes of the lamp on the left, the cell-repeater antennae on the bank roof and that shed/unit/thing. nice {urban form}s....

in response to: Wells Fargo Bank Third Floor Parking Garage by groovehouse

EvilGentleman: Yes indeed, it was hard at first, but once bag-tagging was taken to hand, a good stiff competition soon developed. One great prospect after another would rise to the forefront, only to be sacked shortly......

in response to: Montreal Police Bicycle by EvilGentleman

Peter: where i grew up, in {tennessee}, most of the hydrants were blue, with the caps and tops painted white. apparently, they do it for visibility, especially in rural/overgrown areas. here in {nyc}, most of em......

in response to: Fire by CE

Grange: It says , "Regency Landing " which suggests its on the water , and unloads trade from around the world . Yippies , they have to have somewhere to live , and play. With pastel......

in response to: Yuppy Scum by CE

Peter: a quick look at the wiki entry for [[wiki:bushwick]] shows that the displaced people youre talking about are far from the first to be displaced, whether from gentrification, changing demographics, modernization, urbanization, etc. i mean,......

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

Bob: Just a comment on the 1976 photo - pay attention to the spacing of the telephone poles - the photo inaccurately compresses the distances - some other-than-normal type lens. Compressing the scene exaggerates the......

in response to: Two Views of Tallahassee by JonathanGarrett

Peter: eg: as a kid, growing up in {tennessee}, i went to more than my fair share of {monster truck} rallies and [[wiki:Tractor pull]]s... though i think my hearing was permanently damaged from all the indoor......

in response to: Monster Trucks by EvilGentleman

joey: cops in tennis shoes? are they real or rented?...

in response to: Rough Arrest by urbanghost

EvilGentleman: I believe the itinerary of border crossings on my trip went something like this: By Airline: Nunavut, Manitoba By Greyhound: Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec By 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix from Avis: Quebec, Vermont, Quebec, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, New......

in response to: Borders Part I by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Now what would a nice Tennessee boy like yourself be doing crossing from Motown to the Canadian version of Tijuana? Small world, ain't it? I have also been held by US Customs on drug charges,......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

Peter: and theres a {brooklyn} in {tennessee}... and in {alabama}, {connecticut}, {iowa}, {indiana}, {kentucky}, {maryland}, and {mississippi}! ...

in response to: The Other Boston by Jamie

EvilGentleman: I never knew there was a Saskatoon, Tennessee......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Public Transit by EvilGentleman

BZZZP: just in time for the centennial/centenary etc festivities, incidentally...

in response to: Beckett by BZZZP

Peter: hehehehe. ive seen these, too, but down south, where i grew up, in {tennessee}......

in response to: Live Bait Vending Machine by Gregory St.Pierre

Chris: Put on your shoes and go find a real scene somewhere - shooting out of your bedroom window in your underwear at a gaggle of ugly antenna can't be your best shot at creating an......

in response to: kitchen window sunset by elaine

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: A little magnetic pathway for the ants to follow. Maybe when their antennas brush the tape they will hear music....

in response to: citynoise? by elaine

jack: oh no sugar, its too fattenning. i like a-1 sauce. a-1 are you kidding? a good italian red gravy would go great on a couple of fried eggs....

in response to: Condiments by elaine

jack: nice photos peter, the building down the block that looks like the top of a castle, what is it? and those buildings are now around 100 years old. when you see a building......

in response to: Fire! by Peter

Peter: i see a high truck/suv:car ratio. this makes me think of the south :) thats how it was where i grew up in tennessee. also: that limo is insane. i got all excited when i saw "scooter......

in response to: Typical Houston Weather by ian

Peter: since everything that can possibly be said about katrina has already been said in the past weeks, ill bypass that and say that these photos are sweeeeeeeet! i used to have family there, and would drive......

in response to: New Orleans (the January before Katrina) by Elana Rosen-White

Peter: lol, hal. i *am* a southerner, by birth. tennessee. go figure. you grow up eating so much trappey's on grits (i,e: every morning of your life, from when you teethe til you escape and move......

in response to: Breakfast: Before & After by Peter

kc: I can't deny I benefited from it, since I don't have cable and wouldn't have seen the tennis otherwise. But the park isn't very big and there were related events at the other end, so......

in response to: TennEx, anyone? by kc

no_brakes23: I just put the other two in for hisortical context. Of course, we all know about ancient civilizations writing on the walls, but the modern age of graff had three significant events that led up to......

in response to: Pet Bird Outing by Peter

Marc: ELAINE! the may29th pic you posted- near the gasworks- i have been in that building, had dinner there one night with a friend of a friend who lived there- we checked out that rooftop antenna-......

in response to: robot building by elaine

Peter: if i had to whittle my experience on this site down to one single epiphany ive had about the world, id have to say it would be that some {irish} folks sure love to proselytize!......

in response to: Northern Ireland Memoirs: Part One by Jamie

cityboi05: Well I live in Tallahassee.I believe development in this city is desperately needed. The things that keep the city of Tallahasse going are it's 2 universities, and the fact that Tallahassee is Florida's capital. Any......

in response to: Two Views of Tallahassee by JonathanGarrett

hasslehoff: personally i speak very poor french, but sometimes i catch myself thinking in french. maintennant s'il vous plait pamplemousse, oui!...

in response to: urban orienteering by elaine

Peter: hi jo! thanks for posting these. wow, that train station looks like something out of the future... as you know, we dont have anything nearly that cool here in nyc. nz must have hired some......

in response to: britomart by starlajo

Peter: small world: i grew up in tennessee......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jennifer rodriguez: this really moves me, and my heart goes out to his family.i am a single mother who grew up in humbolt park. i am 27 years old now and moved me and my 3 kids......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti