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Jami Lee Rosa: This is really cool. I love the colors and the texture the multiple layers of paint give to the walls. Great collection here....

in response to: English Kills Graffiti by Peter

Peter: indeed. catty-corner from that giant gas station thats been there forever. the part you didnt hear about this post is that about 1 minute after snapping this shot, i turned left there onto bedford; i found......

in response to: East on Eastern Parkway by Peter

Ashley: I really think you have to look at these photos in context. You have crime in every city - but unless it's shown to you on a platter you never really realize it. It reminds......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

Keith Bernstein: I would like to add some comments about Mrs. Ida Gradstein. I thought her to be an effective teacher and a sweet lady. The mention of her name brought back some memories of my sixth......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Stan: Just a note: I was bar mitzvahed at Petach Tikva in June 1943. It was on the corner of Rochester Ave. and Lincoln Place. The other Bar Mitvah with me was Gene Braunwald who lived opposire me......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

EvilGentleman: The text on the left side of the U-Haul truck reads: #91 Venture Across America North Carolina Carnivores of the Green Swamp Preserve Did you know... The endangered Venus Fly Trap and Pitcher Plant feed on small insects for survival. How......

in response to: McShopping Center, Venus Flytrap U-Haul, Alabama Cop Plate and an Iranian Fiesta by EvilGentleman

Henry Jones: I saw the Venus Flytrap on the U-Haul truck in Wisconsin, too. Here's an article about their campaign: http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-8941866_ITM I'm trying to find the text beneath the pic. Is your original photo good enough to make it......

in response to: McShopping Center, Venus Flytrap U-Haul, Alabama Cop Plate and an Iranian Fiesta by EvilGentleman

wolf: It's done in photoshop propably... Look at the sides of the hip for example. Or it's an 3D model with textures....

in response to: Forrest by Rune Willem

awake: Alot people have been living with no direction and misdirection threw out there entire lives in the ghetto's,all over the world.The criminal mentality and immoral behaviors has not been wiped out off the face of......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

Duffman1: I worked there in the 70's. It was called Textile Piece Dye works. I think the major pictures shown are of Brewster Print works next door. It was dreary there back in the 70's. But Polyester......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

Peter: im fascinated by how often people, in a context such as this, tend to define ##"safe"## as ##"comfortable, according to my standards"##... ergo, it doesnt surprise me that someone that would inquire about the "safety"......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

zagg: a) I love the visable texture of the pole b) dude, so creepy...

in response to: While You Are Reading This.... by David G.

chiamattt: According to a very close Korean friend of mine, the Korean above is really clumsy and doesn't really make sense (she initially thought they were similar to slogans die-hard protesters used but then thought differently).......

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

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

Peter: im with this, too! as others have mentioned in other {Bushwick} posts here, those of us that live here now would love to see photos! the text accounts are good- ive found myself noticing old......

in response to: Bushwick Remembered Photo Collective by upfromflames

Andrew Smith: Sorry - the site didn't like my example of the text for an image - it basically produces a bit of text and a number that represents your photo....

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

Andrew Smith: Hi James, glad you want to add photos. If you want to add photo's first you'll need to resize them to no more than 600 pixels wide, in photoshop or the like. When typing your post in......

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

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......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Thanks, Peter. I have never uploaded to wiki before, just edited some text. I'm still a noob in some areas....

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

"G": I will start by saying this, Acorn has got a good heart, it's intentions are to give the students the knowledge to succeed. The teachers are good some bad but mostly good. and most......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Andrew Smith: Here's some photo's contributed by Dom Smith (friend but no relation) - photo's of Irlam in the late 1980's The parade on the estate - butchers on the left, newsagent in the middle (run by Dom's......

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

Peter: {suydam} between {wilson} and {knickerbocker}... you know, just in case you didnt see the street name and number stenciled on the first garbage can, nor it being reiterated in the text under said photo......

in response to: Keep Bushwick Clean & Rats Out 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

wackojacko: i dunno if its already been posted, but heres a link to the brookyln bridge sane smith bomb.... http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://www.razorapple.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/09/sane-text-hunter.jpg&imgrefurl=http://razorapple.com/2006/09/13/sanes-tagged-textbook/&h=313&w=500&sz=34&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=zKbK01a4OWForM:&tbnh=81&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsane%2Bbrooklyn%2Bbridge%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff...

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Scratchings .. mmm ... (thought that was our local twang), we got them too from our chippy opposite the Cadishead Wesleyan Church - Fish and chips in OZ is not quite the same, you......

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

red: wall of text Amen!...

in response to: A Call for Reason in Our Country Kenya by magu nguru

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......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

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......

in response to: On My Way to Scarborough Yesterday by Michelle

Peter: guy: thanks for your posts; im glad to see youre taking a crack at going pro- best of luck! additionally, ive enjoyed looking at your posts; the ones concerning exotic animals, especially, are just so......

in response to: Its Been Almost Two Years Since I Posted by Guy McLaren

Peter: how curious that they have US $2 bills as prizes... any idea what the korean text on the bill-package says? interestingly, i was recently reading this, as i saw a $2 bill on display behind......

in response to: Crane Game by chiamattt

chiamattt: The stamp is my name in Korean, but my girlfriend (Fashion Chic) had it made for me in the Qingdao airport...which is in China. [[img:24315]] [[img:24316]] The shell of the stamp is a snake. I was born in......

in response to: Osaka Part Five by chiamattt

MaGoo: PS: Just for context- so that you realize that my observations are quite balanced and unbiased: I was raised by a single parent on welfare- we were abjectly poor. Most of our neighbors who were Bushwick......

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

joey: cool signage. more like text boxes. like in a comic book....

in response to: Akihabara Electric Town by serlingrod

Re. Hush up: If you delt with the economic conditions of this town (LIKE I DO) on an everyday basis you would see the truth. Hutchinson is a low income area! PERIOD! Why do you demand attention, you......

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

serlingrod: that photo + that text = a great postcard! the nyc skyline never ceases to amaze me. ...

in response to: Newtown Creek: Oily Sunset by CartLegger

linch: Love your artistic eye! These are great photos. Love the contrast in textures. Send along more. ...

in response to: LTV by BelievelandBikes

CE: Which one? Also I guess I should specify that the text at the bottom of each photo indicates where in Montreal the truck was, not the name of the tag....

in response to: Graf Trux 19: Montreal by CE

sandie: hi there! this is fantastic, thank you Dave and others who have added photos. i started life out in Trafford Park (third street!) and most of my folks all worked at Trafford Carpets, formerly Textilose......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

karlo: I appreciate your views BBH,but i have to disagree. You should read as much as you can about the hunger strikes,or better still,take a trip to Ireland and talk to the families,friends or people who where......

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

Xavi: It is not only about class, but race as well. Instead of "poor people," in the context of Humboldt Park, it should be Puerto Ricans and Latinas/os. ...

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Mario C , Sydney,AUSTRALIA: Well people you really have to see this remarkable feat of uneducated engineering , this guy deserves respect, my family & I had the privilege of seeing this beautiful cathedral in 2006 and we spent......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Xavi: I live in Humboldt Park, in the Paseo Boricua commercial strip. Reading through most of these comments, I have this to write: In order to understand the state of Humboldt Park and the Puerto Rican......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Race: Looks like this Scott dude just took a road trip across Oklahoma and Kansas and took random pics when he stopped to take a leak and called it boring. I'm from Pauls Valley and the......

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

procyon: personal opinon: i like it with the balcony there; I'd imagine that cropped it might look a bit like a postcard, whereas the bar of window along the left puts it in the context of......

in response to: Storm over the City by Biff

Paula rRis: I like it very much. But I was serching for the phrase in "Rhetoric" of Atistotle relative a "the mathematicals speeches have no ethe, since they do not involve any resolute choice (prohairesis) either.......

in response to: Helio_coptus by ram51@japan.com

EvilGentleman: Oh.... my.... god! How did I miss this the first time around? Absolutely spectacular, especially the first one. Of course, I have a thing for old wooden structures, the textures are so unique. I agree with......

in response to: Woodard Bay Park by Tyfoid Kid

jeeff: to put this in context, this is just off the path, seemingly in the middle of a forest. for some reason i expected zombies to attack....

in response to: Escape from Nordheim Ravine by jeeff

EvilGentleman: You know, I had never thought of the unicycle bit. I was thinking that this was another example of a society that cannot afford enough doctors or school textbooks spending my tax dollars on a......

in response to: Bike Trail for Drunk Drivers by EvilGentleman

jeeff: if you're really concerned, pay for a digimarc. if you're not willing to pay for protection, consider the appropriation of your work a small annoyance tax for participating in public discussion. i doubt......

in response to: Sunset by Guy McLaren

chiamattt: They are not carpets. They are textiles. That shot was taken outside of a large Seoul textile market....

in response to: Hyehwa to Dongdaemun by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: I have to laugh when I think about this one, Guy. No matter which way I view this piece, I keep saying "Yeah, but..." in my head. I don't know if they ever used the American......

in response to: Hyehwa to Dongdaemun by chiamattt

serlingrod: I studied abroad in Tokyo last year while wrapping up my urban studies undergrad. Jeff, do yourself the favor and start planning now to study there. For those interested in urban development within a global......

in response to: tokyo skyline by jeeff

maybetoday: I believe you're referring to the Morgan Quitno list of "Most Dangerous Cities" that's released every year. Every year both the FBI (source of the data) and criminologists around the nation decry using the FBI's......

in response to: Benton Park by maybetoday

EvilGentleman: Well, for citynoise articles, best spot to find info is on the "What is Citynoise?" page located at the leftmost position on the shortcut bar tucked under the banner header on this page. There are......

in response to: Omid, Where Are You? by EvilGentleman

Jimmy Legs: i'd just like to point out that bushwick's crime stats are no worse (and in most cases, significantly better) than that of bed-stuy, east new york or crown heights in the last year. sure it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: ##She is surrounded by humanity in a place she knows well, yet she is completely lost and alone...## i liked that line. i feel that way sometimes in my city, increasingly often this winter; its an......

in response to: Lost by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Oh, I almost forgot. Scroll back up to the top of this page. See the clipboard on one side and the text on the other? I want to be able to do that here. And concerning......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

EvilGentleman: I would agree with the majority of what has been said, but I will state my opinions on each issue, so it becomes obvious where I stand. I think the best way to have notification on......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

sirhcbre: I agree with a lot of what has already been said. Here are my two cents: -Profiles would be nice but shouldn't be mandatory. If someone wants one, they should be able to create......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

EvilGentleman: Actually, you might want to check this out. [[http://www.lepoix.de/index_hood.htm]] or [[http://www.lepoix.de/text/nash_hood_ornament3.htm]]...

in response to: Classic Cars 4 - 1952 Nash by EvilGentleman

procyon: Oops, yeah, I should have specified that I meant in the context of Oakland. :)...

in response to: Inside Phnom Penh by joey

Keith Berks formally of Leicestershire: I recieved a triple Gouranga via text messaging and it seems to have sucked me in, in a very pleasant way, it may achieve something succesive governments have not in traffic conditions that are now......

in response to: Call Out Gouranga! by Jamie

GGP: great shot--such sumptuous textures in the metal and the wood...looks like, if that contraption were just a few feet higher, it would get you half way there....

in response to: Post Industrial by joey

little ukraine: those leaves on the sidewalk in front of the tailor's kill me. For the wider CN population... I feel like Patchogue has an appropriate presence on this page because, like GoG pointed out, it is,......

in response to: Stop Me If You Think You\'ve Heard This One Before by ghost of grandin

jamie: wow. i particularly like that you took time to document and share the rules. i like those rules. in another context they would be comical....

in response to: Tuol Sleng by chiamattt

English teacher in Brasil: whatever I read on here is very interesting. I am doing Ireland at the moment with my year nine here in Brasil (Campinas in the state of São Paulo, a city about double the size......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

MENT: Interesting link for SANE fans... [[http://www.razorapple.com/2006/09/13/sanes-tagged-textbook]]...

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

Peter: freights! i love graf trains. that second one is "plant trees"... you might see more here: [[http://www.flickr.com/search/?w=all&q=plant+trees+graffiti&m=text]]...

in response to: Train Kept a Rollin\' by joey

Sis: I looked at the pictures and saw that at least 2 of them were meant to be side-by-side. Here is the merged final image. What story does it tell? The text on the gray wall......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

dfwtiger: I agree. Honestly, I can't remember. I agree that it would read better with some context. However, I just posted it because it is so odd. If I remember correctly, I......

in response to: Clinton Presidential Library by dfwtiger

aer: so are gigantic s.u.v./hummers belching out toxins part of the proof of conversion as well? what about crackwhores? civilian casualties? did The Jesus create liposuction and smart bombs? i probably shouldn't even be responding to this......

in response to: Clinton Presidential Library by dfwtiger

EvilGentleman: Damn, now that I can compare our pics, I can clearly see there **is** something wrong with the focus on my new camera. I thought so. And yes, I can see you autocorrected your shots,......

in response to: Hot Air Balloons by EvilGentleman

angel_fish: I can understand why people who have no previous knowledge of vampire freaks are concerned, and if I didn’t belong to the site and know as many truly intelligent and compassionate people from it as......

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

little ukraine: that first shot is really difficult to interpret without context. i'm guessing the pitch-black is sky: is that taken out of a top-floor window, with the roof extended out from the building?...

in response to: Clinton Presidential Library by dfwtiger

joey: now that is what i call art. next time, please post a shot from farther back so we can see the artwork in context....

in response to: A Special Gift From Dual by groovehouse

EvilGentleman: The soot stains from the coal era sure add to the texture of the place. This is the sort of post I love to see....

in response to: The Heights by joey

EvilGentleman: I like texture shots. And I know where you shot most of these, too. The wood is that tree trunk just beyond and at the same level as the ticket booths, isn't it?...

in response to: Colour and Texture: Metro Lionel Groulx by CE

Jamie: interesting textures. you remind me of five-years-ago-me. which makes me smile and sigh in equal measure....

in response to: Colour and Texture: Metro Lionel Groulx by CE

wake up call: I wish I could edit my comments - I tend to babble. When I read it later out of context I think "Ouch!". (I'll probably feel that way about this one as well)....

in response to: Better Days by CE

EvilGentleman: jack, I ran the text above through Babel Fish and got this messed-up translation that I think is an apology for typing in Korean on a primarily English website, but since the person typing cannot......

in response to: Sick Day by Jono Cono

aer suzuki: ok you discovered the secret, #4 is a bmw dealer as well, i just like the building better without the text...looks like part of a concentration camp. hey thanks for the comment, it takes time......

in response to: A Small Looping Tour in Seattle by aer suzuki

EvilGentleman: Some of the best parts of Montreal are the less wealthy, such as Point-St-Charles and Saint-Henri. I mention the financial aspect of the communities primarily so people have an idea as to what to expect......

in response to: Montreal Signs 1: Dorval, Dorval Island, Pointe Claire by EvilGentleman

Cosmo: The tiles seem to be disappearing due to cities fixing up their old roads...I'm so glad I got these images of the Detroit ones, so far as I know no one else has published images......

in response to: Toynbee Tiles by Cosmo

Cosmo: I came here mainly for visual stimulation and I usually skip big text entries. Sometimes I wade a bit into some text, and am reminded of why I came for the visual. But you hooked......

in response to: Getting Off: by Peter

kman: Appalling is the lack of adventure, and negative reaction (dare i say somewhat disrespectful) and perhaps ignorance. Shark fin is extremely expensive considered a delicacy in East Asia kinda like caviar is for Europeans. Prices......

in response to: $95 For a Bowl of Soup? by EvilGentleman

formol: CANADA IS NOT MY COUNTRY Frenchmen came from France To exterminate indians Satisfy their appetite for genocide They proliferated like vermin So today we are millions Dreaming of destruction Waiting for secession Preparing the final assault To avenge the plains of Abraham insult Dreaming of......

in response to: Bon Cop, Bad Cop by EvilGentleman

Matlac: EG, "geo-nerdiness" is contagious. While reading about your earthquake research in the St. Lawrence Valley I remembered about the 1663 earthquake which hit Quebec City and Charlevoix surrounding. The Atlas of Canada says it was......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

EvilGentleman: The "I hate all of you ugly" text written above the smiling figure makes the post....

in response to: I Love Cody Oakes by jfilip

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in response to: Le Parkour by Luli

aer suzuki: EvilGentleman: I'm surprised you could read any of it, actually. That wall just added an extra angle for me, I wasn't even thinking about the text... I believe that's the flank of Benaroya Hall, home of......

in response to: Park by aer suzuki

EvilGentleman: The text on the bottom right is driving me nuts. I see: ??????? OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT ????SE ON THIS PLANET ?????N SOME LIVING FORM ?? ????????Y AND SUSTAIN IT ??????? EXPRESSIVE MEANING ????????ND...

in response to: Park by aer suzuki

EvilGentleman: Far as I could tell, the hats in the first photo were either straw or bamboo. I have no clue what the writing on the green light says, I was hoping someone here could read it. It......

in response to: Rainy Day by EvilGentleman

george: Invention: ice cream cone in 1904 - st. louis world's fair Definition: noun / edible cone shaped container for ice cream Function: An ice cream cone is a cone-shaped pastry, usually made of a wafer similar......

in response to: Melting Vanishing Point by Marlo

grant p: it's either a paste-up or a mock of a paste up... it's very similar in style to a peculiar campaign around town involving pictures of Burton Cummings of the Guess Who with the text "Stand Tall"......

in response to: Discount Everything by rgalston

Susannah: I love the texture in these photos....

in response to: Smash by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Peter: nice! id love to see some updates and context too....

in response to: Yuppy Scum by CE

Chris Erb: I'll go out with my camera this weekend and look at the building a bit more and show the area around it to give it some context. it's also much further along now than......

in response to: Yuppy Scum by CE

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.

jeeff: wow, beautiful textures. looks like we can almost catch a hint of you reflected in the water....

in response to: Like a Dali by joey

EvilGentleman: I find the quote from the landscaper near the lake of, "We can't afford to let this nature go." to be quite hilarious. The **sinkhole** is nature, not the artificial preservation of the lake. But......

in response to: The Case of the Disappearing Lake by sine