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Comments about th homelessThere are 100 comments about "th homeless"
Paul Revere: I'm sure you can never receive enough accolades for your photography. Great work. Personally, I've roamed those tunnels repeatedly for the past year. As someone remarked you can't hear the train untill it's prcaticly upon...... stan: I live around 116th street. A year ago I found a way in (and while down their noticed a few ways out.) I went down with a friend, a lighter, and two cellphones (which we...... Kassie: I went here with my friend a couple months ago. We got some amazing pictures. I've never seen such beautiful graffiti in my entire life. We had a nice talk with a...... gotout: i moved away more than 20yrs ago be honest hutch is boring. i come home at least once a year to visit family. things are getting pretty ratty there. the neighborhoods need to do like...... Tabersnack: 68. People on the street ask you if you speak English or French and you assume they will just ask you for money and keep walking.
69. The habs win one damn series and...... grange: Homeless folks live along there . I wonder if anyone thought to see if they were ok ?... G. Groulx: I think it's sad that there are over 150,000 homeless people in Canada. Abandoned houses or building can be fixed up and be used for the homeless. They can also be used as low income...... FEM: Wouldn't you think that Cicero Avenue at the Stevenson Expressway going South towards Midway Airport be cleaned up and looking better for our out-of-towners who come to visit. What a first impression, Shame on...... EvilGentleman: To me, it would depend heavily on the particulars of the location where the photo was shot. If the man in the photo was in the midst of a well-frequented public space, then public domain...... Anon: Anything done in public is public domain, and international law, as a whole, is of this mindset, both legally and socially. It's quite simple, actually. Don't want someone taking photos of it? Then don't do...... POWcityblog: you make a valid point about the size of the audience seeing this picture but the main point is that there there is a dignity/permission issue here. LiveJournal Urban Decay had a huge fuss a...... Open your eyes !!: I have read mostly all of the comments on here and it makes me sad to see how ignorant some people really are.
What a lot of you need to do is...... Paul Valley: If you know some one that is Homeless like this PLEASE TELL THEM About the RedCross Or Salvation Army in Milwaukee they will help!... charlie : Great pictures I myself used to hang out in that tunnel for years back in the early years before the amtrak police kicked me out
another time at the southern end one of the homeless nut...... 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...... Madaline McBain: WOW - those are amazing.
So no trains through the tunnel anymore?
No more homeless sleeping?... Paddy O'Furniture: [[img:27843]]
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[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vr5MyyH1DgA]]
[[http://www.spaldingtoday.co.uk/news?articleid=2987023]]
Is Dancing Fred a legend? Or just a homeless drunk?... bill: Hey katwoman. C.H.I.C. is on orlands and chestnut right in front of the reds. I graduated last year. I still live in the area and it really sucks whats happening. I did get a homeless...... Former Hutchinsonite: Oh, I forgot, you guys are big in prisons and reformatories, because of all the drugs, high crime rate and lack of jobs, the homeless are probably charged with trumped up charges, sent to prison,...... Former Hutchinsonite: Which brings up a very good question, where are the homeless people in Hutch? Are they 'gotton rid of'... Beni: Not to speak of the homeless people of course... hutch native: I can't believe this website. Absolutely amazing that so many people have taken the time to rant and rave about how terrible Hutch is. I grew up in Hutch, graduated from Hutch High in 1984...... Unique: wow, these pictures show how fortunate we really r, I really feel bad about these people if I had enough money and will power I would built A giant home 4 all the homeless ppl...... Mist One53. Tdt=The Deadly Type. Sheffield England uk.: Would that be Bernards House in Riverside Tunnel? I did five pices down there. I met Ment in the tunnels.
I have a docmentary from English TV on video with Freedom paintin in Riverside Tunnel...... brooke: This is the best part of W.Gray. I live right across the street on Genesse (not the scary side !! LOL!!)and every one from Montrose to Downtown, all along Gray, have such passion for the...... jack: nice shot of homeless person got to get out there and get some of new york's homeless.... 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...... jack: good story michelle, i guess i've seen my share of homeless people in new york. some are sad, some funny, some crazy.... Michelle: I think she's not crazy. In fact that was something she said to us all - "every day people look at me and think I'm crazy". She clearly knows how she comes off. I think...... Barbarian Clive: Very interesting. What's interesting is that the homeless are presumed to be crazy...but she appears not to be. In fact, she appears quite sane, if eccentric. Am I right in saying this,...... Bob: I don't understand. Are all the welfare cases statewide in Hutchinson? Is that why our taxes are so high? Seriously if statistical data supports that we have a high percentage of welfare...... 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...... Steve: I worked there from 1977-1993 chassis dept. then left to work at the Saturn plant when the plan to close Tarrytown was announced.
Now retired. I worked in some of those water filled pits during...... thelinebetween: This ad is for the Ali Forney Center, a shelter for homeless and at risk gay youth. The ad is there to highlight the all too frequent occurrence of a young person coming out of...... mr. pINk: the salt museum is a waste of money time... who the hell wants to learn about salt??! i dont. this boring ass town is so pathetic. full of meth trailer trash and they keep tearing...... bklyn: Help us help the street homeless
Call 311: to report homeless individuals and families who you see on the Streets of New York City (all Boroughs)
Outreach Teams will be sent to offer assistance.
Thank you
... crition: this is sad leaving people homeless... todd from kansas: Scott, first of all, I do not know where you live but I would guess I would probably find it uninteresting. I think the only interesting cities in North America reside south of the border,...... Rainbow: It's now a home for adult men. Homeless, emotional, physically and mentally challenged adult men. I hear it's a dangerous place to be, some would prefer to just live on the streets. ... Hutch1: To the original poster of the photos.
You took photos of only the worst of the town. What state has a year round State Fair? The old hospital is not across from a highway. I do...... Mr Low Income: Well here we are, 8 homeless/Low income housing projects in Hutchinson now. 1. The Clusters 2. The apartments on 11th and Porter 3. Commerce Gardens 4. The Apartments behind K-mart (off 33rd St). 5. Hidden...... Staci: INTERESTED:
What community preservation committees are you on? Can you give me names and telephone numbers? Can you also give me the name of the agency that you volunteer for helping the homeless and...... upfromflames: Armstrong: sorry for the delay. The answer to your question is an interesting one, since you (as a better off new--white--face the hood) represent one of the forces creating change in this area. Gentrification is...... Heartbreaker: I'm glad i don't live on the east coast not to say the west coast is any better but, The housing issue here in california is slowly getting better. The cost of living is high...... ANOTHER ARTICLE: The same individual has posted new WARNING signs along the Bow River in Calgary:
WARNING:
So long as the CALGARY DROP-IN CENTRE is allowed to harbor drug addicts and chronic criminals it will be EXTREMELY DANGEROUS TO...... jack: you know there might be some good food in there and a homeless person or a homely person like me could get some good nutrition and for free, can't beat that!!!! hey, whats in your...... Do you guys ever go across city limits?!?: "...but i've never noticed it as much in other cities as i do in calgary. i don't know why that is, but it just seems like the homeless are far more visible here..." What are...... Bedstuy Brooklyn: First of all I personally feel that it was the neglect from Chicago's Housing Authority that Cabrini-Green became what has become today...if the city of Chicago would have done their jobs and kept up their...... anon (localhost): Want Decay, Go to the city Winston-Salem, in the USA.... oh man... thats brutal.. in the course of 5 min i was robbed, shot, laughed at and then pissed on by a homeless man while...... Mike: Peter,
I just had my portrait sketched in 2 stops last friday.
I'm wondering if it was the same guy. Not the same M.O. but then it's 3 years later.
My guy was a light skinned black dude....... colavitos ghost: that dilapidated shack was known as the "bum mansion" or the "bum palace" or something like that because it was home to a lot of homeless guys. it was recently demolished, apparently to keep away...... Interested: So, JNJ, I appreciate the time you took to craft your response and feel that some of what you have said has shed some light on the situation for me. However, you do a...... 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...... Interested: Hi 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...... Susannah: When I first saw this title I thought it was going to be about the homeless that used to live under the Brooklyn and Williamsburg Bridges (Manhattan side). Actually, I'm not sure if they're...... steelisreal: yes peter, it is..... he is a homeless guy and he would hum popular songs into the traffic cone, it was really funny and made him a lot of change.... jeeff: on a personal level, i agree. but on a larger scale, the gathering pace of gentrification downtown worries me. it's not just the artists being gradually pushed out of the downtown core, it's...... Sirhcbre: Ok, so far we have this on the list:
-Poutine
-A yellow fire truck (must be a full-size ladder truck, not an auxiliary vehicle)
-Either an STM Transit Cop or a meter maid (or meter man) writing a...... EvilGentleman: To be a true scavenger hunt, shouldn't you have to hunt scavengers? Perhaps catch a raccoon and a homeless guy in giant butterfly nets?
The suggestion of pictures of hookers holding photos of antelopes is absurd....... Grant: You could come and you would, generally, be safe. But interviewing people is different than "walking through". If you actually wanted useful interviews it is sometimes helpful to have a contact or a...... 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...... Cameo: His "donation" box looks a little suspicious. Plus he obviously has access to a laser printer, and he's far cleaner than every other homeless person I've ever seen.... EvilGentleman: Actually, a lot of the "art" here is not done by children, but by adults. I actually recognize a few of the names here as people I know IRL. What keeps happening in this area...... Raph : Bedsidebooks is a student run program that collects, sorts and distributes used books to nursing homes, homeless shelters, schools and other non profits. More information can be found at www.bedsidebooks.org (or email bedsidebooks@gmail.com). ...... shelia/neworleans: OK
THE OLD WAY OF LIVING IS OVER. IT IS; SO... HATE ME IF YOU MUST.
HOW MANY YEARS HAVE THEY BEEN TALKING ABOUT TEARING DOWN THE PROJECTS AND PUTTING UP CONDOS?
HOW LONG WAS...... PHILL: RECENTLY A 17 YEAR OLD WAS BEAT UP BY THE COPS FOR SPITTING ON THE COP. THE CHICAGO PD IS WAY TO CORRUPT. WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THE CHICAGO PD IS NO LONGER ABUSIVE...... jamie: fred is a local celebrity in the licolnshire market town of spalding. he's a homeless drunk who dances and sings. and sleeps on benches.... shelia/neworleans : It seems to me you pretty much know what it is you want to do. So... don't ask questions that you already know the (your) answer.
No I don't think they should rebuild "public housing"...... phill: Is cabrini green really that dangerous? I mean it can't be like iraq where you walk in a literally a expolision happens. I think it's pretty much just exagerated. Chicago today is no where near...... phill: Is cabrini green really that dangerous? I mean it can't be like iraq where you walk in a literally a expolision happens. I think it's pretty much just exagerated. Chicago today is no where near...... ksedge: C - you're right, this stuff does happen in big cities, but i've never noticed it as much in other cities as i do in calgary. i don't know why that is, but it just...... ksedge: i just moved here and the first thing i said when i went downtown was, "where is everyone?" the downtown core felt completely empty and emotionless. i soon found out that everyone just walks through...... EvilGentleman: Winnipeg has the same sort of inner-city interconnected retail walkway network. You can go quite a ways, even including the main branch of the city library. All quite interesting, but I can't help but notice...... TheTruth: "I see it more as a class war than a race war."
"...But that doesn't explain why, poor or not, the residents of Bushwick didn't have enough self-respect to take care of their neighborhood."
Dave, did you...... rgalston: Yeah, that's murder alley, which earned it's name in 2001, when three homeless people died there on separate occassions: One shot in the head, one beat to death, and another I belive simply died in...... anon (fctnnbsc16w-156034208200.nb.aliant.net): This guy is creative and bold .. When was the last time you did something for what you believe in...?? The "act" of dressing as the "character" of Zanta.. was originally for his daughter who...... Ruairķ: Hi Jamie
Just wondered - what area of london are you from?
I am originally from Lisnaskea but live in London now.
I have had the idea of going round to to your neighbourhood and taking photos of...... Chris Erb: That's definitely what the city is trying to do, they're "cleaning up" the city of anyone who might offend tourists in any way.
My friend who was at the protest put it best; "The Fredericton police...... EvilGentleman: Oddly enough, I quite often find protests an interesting thing to see when I am visiting new places. The protesters and the police can often provide a much more complete picture of the way the...... EvilGentleman: Chris, I can tell you from experience, that while the majority of police try hard to do a decent job, cases of police overstepping the bounds of the responsibilities entrusted to them by the citizens...... Tara: Raoul - Some homeless people can get work, but are just lazy bums and I put animals before people anyway. People have voices, they can help themselves, but animals are virtually helpless.
Microbe - Not many...... Raoul: It's funny that the homeless get no reaction, and a cat corpse makes people go apeshit.... EvilGentleman: I'm really curious about the arm on the sidewalk. A friend posing? A homeless person sleeping? A corpse?... EvilGentleman: OK, this is about as ludicrous as it gets, people! I support the reinstatement of the death penalty, I support the right to bear arms, I believe law enforcement should be given a massive cash...... Get out of your car, buddy: I'm not clear on how the wealthy people of bay street are responsible for homelessness, or are key to the solution.
That is a function of social policy, which we all set, and should collectively be...... EvilGentleman: In October of 1988, I was 19 and still lived with my parents in the officers' house assigned to my Dad in Canadian Forces Base Greenwood, Nova Scotia. One day that month, the paper boy...... Tamara: Very true Chiamatt...
But the problem now is that even if you want to change your situation, without some support and helping hands.. it is nearly impossible. If low income families have a hard time, can...... chiamattt: Some people prefer living on the street. No responsibility. Not all of course. Some people are on the street because more than a few people who do choose to work do not feel compelled to...... Micah: Grange, that's a very good point, when you think about all the money donated by high-profile people to high-profile causes, when they could take some of that money and save so many lives and make...... 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...... grange: Elicar , see if you can take the pic of the statue of the two fat white guys in hats and put the homeless people in the same picture .
Fucking Bay Street assholes ....Excuse my...... Elicar: In 1998, I was working at Bay and Elm. A girlfriend of mine went for a walk and saw a man who appeared to be homeless picking the lock of a bike in front of...... EvilGentleman: As far as homelessness among the wealth goes, I think I may have already mentioned in some other post my experience of seeing a homeless man sleeping in the glass and chrome entrance of a...... grange: Maybe they have a bull horn attached that yells"
"Homeless person , step away from the garbage ""... torontofreelance: The poverty problem has become an industry. On an annual basis they spend over 600 million dollars on the issue. Instead of paying groups, consultants, etc. build housing. But if that happenend and...... EvilGentleman: I just heard media reports saying that over 100 firefighters were called to control this fire, and that the only injury was one firefighter who suffered some facial cuts. Apparently the fire started on the...... jeeff: s: sure toronto may have thrown a few dollars at the homeless problem, but toronto is cash-strapped and will near the point of bankruptcy if this "new deal for cities" doesn't pan out. the...... S: Toronto has a real problem on their hands with the homeless. They've dumped loads of money into the situation and it never seems to get any better.
I can't remember the exact numbers, but there was...... jack: i worked in manhattan from 1960 till 1978 and then on the island. in 87 i went back to manhattan to work down on maiden lane and what to my unbelieveing eyes did i...... olha: lack of trust and motivation are definitely on the top of the list of the homeless people's mental problems.
http://www.readersdigest.ca/mag/2001/01/homeless.html
here is, i think, a bit of inside info on the mentality of homless people. ...
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