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The Audacity of Attitude: Hey everyone. I'm a 29 year old white male who lives in Chicago and I rent an apartment in Lakeview a couple miles north of Cabrini Green. I drive by it almost every day and...... Frank: Laura, thx for the great article! It brought back all sorts of memories as I grew up on first on 85th between York and First, then on First Ave. itself and finally on 84thbetween First...... Peter: bear in mind that many of the comments in this thread are from clueless out-of-towners like yourself, so take them with a grain of salt.
like every other neighborhood in nyc, bushwick is as safe as...... Esther (Herschman) Rechtschafner : Doesn't anyone remember the yearly Memorial day parade down Sterling Place? This was in the 1950's. War veterans marched or were taken in wheel chairs. I think many of them may have been from WWI....... My Block: Wow Laura, great story, I'm sure you got an "A" especially if the responses your article received had anything to do with grading you. I read every one of the responses and enjoyed them immensely....... Peter: wow, awesome... dunno how i {missed this one the first time} around... i like the tiling on the floor in the last one... wonder what it spelled out.... Rikkid: Yes Yes Yes!!!! I did it! 2 days ago I got myself a skateboard. I bought myself a comlete board (Speed Demons). At first I was a lil suspicious because back then all those complete...... Tex: I've always focused on the job first and foremost, location second. If you make good money you can always travel to spend time with
loved ones, but you have to make the time. I...... anon (216.220.216.185): I was born in the early 80s in wyckoff hops so I was a kid for some the worst time but I loved my childhood had a bunch of buddyz male n female it is...... Beth: I saw someone above ask what type of activities are you looking for. Well, I have a 20 month old and I moved to one of those planned communities with the amenity center, pool, tennis,...... Mcgee: It's true that all cities and towns create trash/pollution to one degree or another. A certain amount is inevitable. And each era has its own particular concerns regarding what's actually garbage and what is...... SamTan: I first used one of these about 7 or 8 years ago I think, on a heavy night out in swansea in wales uk. I was busting for a slash and walking down a lane...... Arthur Bernstein: Jay O., Richie R., 1076 Eastern Parkway,
A lot of the names you guys mention I knew, but wasn't really friendly with because I'm a little younger than you guys. Turned 62 in November--GEEZ!! Where'd the...... Maggie: OMG! This site has brought back so many memories, good and bad but mostly very fond ones. I grew up in Bushwick from the mid to late 70's until early 90's and regardless...... sherri: I believe in God which is love. He gave me my family which are the ties that bind me to this earth. I appreciate the effort for explaining things such as you did. Time does...... Christina: Frankly I must say this website about Racoons has been both insightful and amusing at the same time. The first few entries sure had me laughing for quite a while after... good humor for...... Steve: This is great. I love how everyone (myself included) found this website by Googling "too old to skateboard." I skated a little bit when I was a kid, and a year ago I made my...... Peter: awesome... i missed this one {the first time around}...... Barbara Ehrentreu (Levine): I'm so happy that I got on this site! I went to PS 167 from 1950-1956 and JHS210 from 1956-1958. I graduated from the 6th grade and was in the SP there. I remember the...... Dennis: Hey Walter, I read your posting regarding Mr.Wilbeck having passed away last year. This has literally brought tears to my eyes and i have'nt cried since my mother passed away ten years ago. Mr.Wilbeck was...... Mr Tanner: I lived in Jacksonville for 32 years, born and raised. Let me tell you about Jacksonville... growing up on the Westside near Woodstock Park in the 70’s, it was pretty decent. However the area quickly...... Nellie Gloria: People who eat racoons are very sick, and believe me they will get sick they are not etible, they are innocent, and they only harm those who mess and tease them, they are friendly...... Peter: i must have missed this {the first time around}... i give it 'favorite' status!... Buck: I'm 32 years old and have been considering skateboarding again. I skated for a long time. I started around '87 (I was in the fifth grade when I got my first Veriflex skateboard...... Cindy MARSH: Exactly how long did he spend in Norton Kansas before he got his obvious yuppie viewpoint of this quaint little home town. I grew up in Norton and have spent a lot of years...... KG: I was in a layover at the DIA in March. I really wanted to take a look around and see if there was anything weird going on. I went to all the terminals taking the...... Peter: [[img:32747]]
dunno how i {missed this the first time around}...... Norse Viking: Arrest Development...Your are so right man... Bravo to you... Keep it up!!!
"I think blacks, whites, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans....who cares what your race is, don't we all want this to become a safer place...... Jill: Hei allesammen! OK, firstly, Pølser is pronounced (Puhhhl-seh-rr). They sell them at the gas stations instead of greasy nachos and chips, although we have those too, the hot dogs in Norway are...... Ellen: Oh wow. Well, Richie might have known my much older sisters, Miriam and Marsha. I loved that old store, I was a kid and used to ride the sliding ladders along the wall. As...... Peter: ooh, nice. i seem to have missed this {the first time around}...... TRUTH: GENTRIFICATION IN BRIEF
http://www.enoughroomforspace.org/project_pages/view/198
Gentrification occurs in urban areas where prior disinvestment in the urban infrastructure creates neighborhoods that can be profitably redeveloped. In its earliest form, gentrification affected decaying working class neighborhoods close to urban centers...... Bayside Watcher: I've read and reread this blog, looked at www.baysidecemeterylitigation.com which has a lot of information and more pictures on it, read the various newspaper articles about problems at Bayside Cemetery going back many years, and...... Danny Fuchs: Don't know how I came upon this blog? Think I am older than most of you. My family moved around a lot. I was born on St.John's Place at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital in 1939. One...... Wendy: About a month ago, I took our little dog out for "last call". We walked down our front steps to the sidewalk. About twenty feet away stood two raccoons. The dog started barking. ...... Far&Away: 6th grade graduates of PS 145 were transferred to Enrico Fermi JHS 111 when it first opened on Sept. 1966 for the 7th and 8th grades. Classrooms were all different colors. One teacher...... ChiPhi: Wow...this thread has had some staying power and I am glad it has the legs. :)
Full disclosure...(Please read my earlier comments above for my perspective regarding this neighborhood). I am a male in my...... mitch: Hi Rich...
What an amazing thing ... All through jr. high, high school and part of college I worked in my dad's store (Maiman's Pharmacy) and of course I knew Johnny and Herbie really well. I...... 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...... Peter: i just noticed that [[8001:this post]] is of the same lot...
somehow, i didnt see this post the first time around... you posted it almost exactly 4 months before i moved within a block of...... Rich: I grew up around the corner from this armory, back in my time growing up it was used to store tanks, trucks and half-tracks. I saw and heard these vehicles as they labored very noisely...... Thelma Fuentes: I lived at 146 Grove Street and moved to Staten Island in early 70s (I didn't get to graduate with my class at St. Barbara's in 1972)...I remember Barbara Ann's, my first dance at the...... Keith Bernstein: Hi Richie--a trifecta between two Tilden guys. My father took me to the St. George pool during the 1950s and once to Betsy Head pool around 1960 and to the Coney Island fireworks several times.
Here's...... Esthr Herschman (Rechtschafner): I enjoyed this site very much. I graduated from PS167 in 1958.Now i will try to list yu some of my memories. Kindergarten teacher Miss Shapiro. (there was another kindergarten class and teacher -Mrs. Pinkerton....... Alan Kupperberg: I’m terribly gratified that some of you enjoyed my reminisces. Richie Rubin is correct in that I sure don’t have Alzheimer’s.
I live in Greenwich Village and I haven’t been back to that...... 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...... Warren S. : Jeeeezzzz... guys! Richie... Joe, thanks for the support on this one.
Once I had my responding comment out there, I couldn't return for a while just to cycle it out of my system a tad....... Stan: I was born at 1074 Eastern Pkway, moved to 919 then 915 and around the corner to Albany Ave, between Lincoln and St. Johns. My wife can't understand why we always lived within a few...... herb weitz: got to union & kingston around 1938-9 went to 167 for 1
semester then the crown heights yeshiva (310 crown)next to ps161 at 13 I discovered Shwabies poolroom HEAVEN, a warm place to play hookey and...... Lino: Hello everyone. I came from Italy in holiday and end up working in Netherne as a porter first and then in the kitchen. The patient was treated very well and I have great memories. Beautiful...... Jersey Guy: Thanks for the heads-up....you can find the same differences here in the states too. Bottom line.....you have to know where to go. Along those lines, I'm going to Montreal for the first time...... Sam: What is so very interesting to me in a sad way is looking at that area from Live Search (msn.com)....most blocks are empty..is here any project going on there to rebuild..the last time I was...... river otters21 girl: I had read somewhere that the decline of the neighborhoods is a part of the "Billy Penn curse". No Philly sports team won a championship since 1983 and since that time period Kensington...... Jla: Hello to all my fellow kensington neighborsand friends, i lived in kensington all my life i grew up at 2nd and cambria then moved to D & clearfield. met my husband and moved to kensington...... Gamester: I too just found this page after searching for "too old skateboarding" in Google. I am 23 years old and work as a technical support agent in Boulder, CO. Right now, here is...... Liz in Canada: I am Canadian and my ancestry is Irish/Scottish. Some of my ancestors were Catholic and some were Protestant, but I am non-religious by choice. My Irish ancestors were forced out of Ireland and...... 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...... naturelover: For Missyelliot, you ask quite a lot if the person debating you ways in Kauai. First off last time I checked it was quite easy to get rid of chickens i.e. A DOG. And number...... 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...... Jeff: I went to Super Sexe a few times around 2002-2004, had a great time. Gorgeous women and good price, very entertaining overall. I have done nothing but spread the good word since, telling...... Peter: hahahaha! i didnt even notice "but man" the first time around...... CB : It is easy for anyone to put down our inner city areas and declare them a war zone. But the truth of the matter is that if we had more people involved to make change...... Peter: somehow, i missed this post the first time around... nice. i wonder how the gardens are looking this spring, and if joe is still flying his flag?... Mitch: Hi Marjie,
I can't believe it. My wife and I got together with my cousin Linda and her husband Larry tonight. She remembers you quite well and was so pleased and surprised that, after all this...... Marjie: Hi Mitch,
I also lived on the 6th floor, facing rear. It was a lonnnnnnnnnng walk up each day. Linda was my friend. I remember playing in their apt many times. Didn't her dad have...... elaine: i stayed in an apartment on tompkins square park when i went to new york for the first time. i got up crazy early because of the time difference and walked around. i saw a...... Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Debbie,
I remember when you and Stephen first arrived from Australia and lived on Broadway up near the Boathouse end. I went to school and hung around with stephen. He had sunbleached blonde...... Hunter: I'd like to make two points at this time. First, it seems that most of the dissatisfaction with Hutchinson revolves around the lack of "good", i.e. well-paid jobs. As I mentioned earlier, there are no...... Mike Tess: I agree that when parrots bite it is usually with warning and a reaction to the bitten person's actions. I just got home and had to google parrot bite in response to what happened today....... simon: i was in chicago lastyear - travelled from ireland on business but main purpose was to visit cabrini green as i didnt do it the first time i was there. i rented a bike...... jamal: I remember the Henry Horner projects very well. I never lived in any of them but lived one block away on Warren Blvd. near Damen. I remember as a little boy when they were...... 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,...... Pettis - December 09, 2007: Your comments resonate the truth in so many ways. When you peel back the years, you'll find that many families raise their children in the Henry Horner Homes. The Mitchell family was a...... Peter: somehow, i missed this post {the first time around}... nice find!... Anonoymous: I will try to be succinct with my words. The symbols, ideology, artwork, whatever you prefer to call it serves one grand purpose, and this purpose, I will reveal in the conclusion of this...... chiamattt: Thanks adam.
Testeez, I am a Torontonian that has been living and working Seoul, South Korea for the past five years. Every year or so I head to Osaka to get my Korean employment visa...... Tex: I was born in Hutchinson, Ks. (in fact it was at the Grace Hospital, which is the second picture from the top). Back in the 70's Hutch was a going jessy, vibrant downtown, lots...... BBC Reports Kite deaths in Lahore: BBC News
Kite deaths mar Pakistan 2005 festival
It is not the first time Lahore has seen kite-related deaths
Up to nine people have been killed and dozens injured during an annual kite-flying festival called Basant in the...... 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...... HushUp: Ok apparently not. So here we go (I guess because of my first post I used copy and paste so it didn't go through) Sooooo, I will type it all out, just because I...... EvilGentleman: I saw this post the day it was first posted, and had not looked back it till today. What a lot of comments about stolen bikes in the Toronto area! Incredible.
Reminds me of this guy...... 106!!: well well.... i guess us cycling types need to band together to protect one another.... a few years ago my girlfriend bought me a new bike for my bday!! i was my first new bike...... Peter: somehow, i missed this post the first time around... love it! thanks...... madame maxime: I've moved across country and have lived in many different states. Always I carried my books with me, and when I went to graduate school I kept accruing more. The last move from...... 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,...... aer suzuki: First of all, I would never, ever call myself a "real Seattlite" and I think I made it clear that I'm the only person I know who calls the building the Darth Vader building. As...... CE: You probably won't want to know about the great pleasure I occasionally take in dipping my french fries in mustard then. I actually don't like ketchup, I haven't since I was very very young...... ilana: my boyfriend and i (brazilian and half filipino/half white) lived in bushwick for 8 months. we shared an apartment with a wonderful ecuadorian woman, Carmen, and her daughter Patricia on the first floor of a...... anon (c-68-35-227-32.hsd1.fl.comcast.net): Not even a day ago I was housesitting a fancy apartment that was but a few blocks from that station. It was my first time in NYC and when walking around I peered over...... Corinne: I had my brand new Fuji Crosstown 3.0 stolen on June 18th from outside the Hudson Bay Building at Yonge and Bloor. I owned it for 3 days. They cut right through the good cable...... 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...... CATCH A BIKE THIEF!: We bought brand new bikes from these nice guys at CycOmotive on Bathurst. We paid $3,500 for the two mountain bikes. One was higher end Giant and the other one was Giant Pistol 2 16...... EvilGentleman: Nah, I'm just a guy who likes to take lots of pictures and post them on the internet, sharing the world I see with others, using my preference for a comprehensive photojournalistic presentation style. I...... maybetoday: All of St. Louis isn't as clean cut as these pictures show. I've only started taking my camera around as I walk through the City recently and these are the first places I've been...... terri: i stilllive in kensington born and raised her but it'snot like it was when i grew up i'm working on getting me and my family out of here there are to many drugs prostitution and...... .nanotech.: [[img:18501]]
NAZI REGIME.911.REICHSTAG - parliament of Germany
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Even the location was a deliberate attempt to conceal it by constructing it in Denver Colorado's 1 mile high mountain area, knowing that planes flying at a maximum altitude will...... Muffin Man: Ok..well I been interested in this art form for a while. And I think its time I get around to getting something out there. I got my design, pretty simple for now. ...... Thomas H: I grew up on Stanhope and Knickerbocker lived there and around there from 1951 to 1966. I remember Knickerbocker shops and Bargin Town on Broadway.I remember sleeping on the fire escape and hitten two and...... Tiff: My family just moved to Bushwick a few months ago and I still don't know about the neighborhood around this area. People seem to be very friendly, however, some were very rude not respecting people's...... Brad: I skated for about 3 solid years starting when I was 13 (I'm 20 now). I got half decent and used to have a blast, while it got us into a little bit of trouble,......
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