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Alan Kupperberg: Richie, I think you may possibly be putting two different memories together. My mother was married on Buffalo Avenue in 1951 where you were Bar Mitzvahed in 1955. A narrowish "two family" brick......

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

Keith Bernstein: What memories these posts conjure up! Although I can't remember exactly what Judy O looked like, I do remember her as tall and pretty and all of the boys in the class thought so. I'm glad......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

ImpMyHyde from Kansas: Scott, I have been to Belleville a couple of times. The last was when I stopped there I was passing through but did get to see the Visitor’s Center. There isn't another one like it in......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

EvilGentleman: I recall the same unfortunate small mentality when I used to live in {Chatham}, New Brunswick, now amalgamated with {Newcastle} to form the regional municipality of {Miramichi}. Most people were good decent folks, but there......

in response to: Home Pt. 6: Wrong Side of the Tracks by CE

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.......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Peter: food for thought: General Motors employs over 30 times the number of people in {canada} as they do in india or korea, but i doubt we would hear you complaining about "hard working americans'" jobs......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Ed "Class of 60": I guess there are some people that look in the mirror and don't like what they see. They blame everyone but the person in the mirror for their miserable putrid lives. They look......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

OU student: Driving through a city and taking a few pictures of the shittiest hotel you could have possibly roomed in during your one-night stay off the highway is a pretty idiotic way to judge a place.......

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

Hands and Feet: Just got this today. The reality is this all started about the mid fifties or earlier. I remember moving several times before I was five years of age. This was due to depressed economics in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

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......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Who Cares for Kensingtion: OG FROM GCC, Good piece! Take it back 1 block at a time. All in a given block may not participate, but those that do should stick together and clean it from end to end...and......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

OG FROM GCC: I just got back from a mission trip to Kensington. We worked at a kids camp that was located at a church on the corner of C and Indiana. Before the kids would get there. Every......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

TRANS KOF 2008 : Hey all this talk about Paterson brings back alot of memories I grew up in Paterson on Main st. and Wiess St.a block from St.Josephs hospital. my neighborhood was known as little San Juan......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

Who Cares for Kensington: Serlingrod, It reminds me of something I was told at a very young age, "men lead lives of quiet desperation". I am amazed at myself and others that accept such poor leadership and politics from elected......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

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......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

herehere: my father grew up on hart street thru early 60's. took him back to old neighborhood for tour. area is slowly coming back but still very bad sections. give alot of credit for tearing down......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Andie: Cody, I know you and your family personally. I grew up in Hutchinson and attended church with you. You are not representative of the average Hutchinsonian. Your mother is a hospital administrator and your father is......

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

Me: I do get high when I smell the air. It is smog free and fresh and clean. You only smell the drugs when you hang around with the druggies or do them yourself,and unfortunately,drugs are......

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

Montrealbunny: I had them in my backyard all last summer. Or more specifcally,in my birdfeeder. They cost me a small fortune in sunflower seeds and eventually ripped the feeder to shreds. But I......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

Michelle: I think I must have passed you on the Danforth when you were taking pictures! At the time I was wondering if I might see some Danforth pics popping up on citynoise! Small world!...

in response to: Peoples of the Danforth by Elicar

Hunter: My, my, you fellows (Tex, Noname, and former Hutchinsonite) have certainly grown suddenly very touchy. You raise so many points with so much overlap I'll try to answer by point, rather than address each correspondent......

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

revisited: my father grew up on hart street thru early 60's. took him back to old neighborhood for tour. area is slowly coming back but still very bad sections. give alot of credit for tearing......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: yeah, it looks like a nice building, the old architecture must give way to the newer sleek buildings, i am old architecture, and i have given way to the newer sleeker young buildings that have......

in response to: Viagra Headquarters? by serlingrod

K Teesdale: Growing up in Kensington, I knew I had to get out. The social environment was not one to be taken lightly. I learned everything I need to survive growing up in Kensington. I walked. I......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

anon (dhcphosta30.scar.utoronto.ca): Wow this is certainly a post that resonates with me. I've had several experiences of bike theft and am EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED about the whole situation. My most recent 'loss' was this past summer while visiting......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

jack: thank you barry, as i looked at the first pic i said to myself that you probably took it on a sunday morning and then to my delight i spotted the sun bathers on the......

in response to: Downtown by barry

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......

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

EvilGentleman: A very belated reply for doc cunningham, who posted on New Year's 2007. Sorry for the late reply, but I just noticed your comment now. I have so many posts that I do not see......

in response to: Igloo Construction by EvilGentleman

ffox88: ... (cont'd)... I, too, have a lot of built in frustration towards the thieves, the police, the used bike shops that buy stolen wheels. I've been up at night imagining how to catch them in the......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

CE: Haha, you're right, we're just going back an forth with the same stencils. Montreal really feels like a small town sometimes!...

in response to: Mr. Popularity by EvilGentleman

CE: I should note that the brick tenement and the smaller white building in the fourth photo has unfortunately been recently torn down to make way for the expansion of the ÉTS campus....

in response to: Griffintown Revisited by CE

Chris: Monday July 9th, I made a point to stop by today and view the progress. The family spent the weekend up on Greenhorn. The forest service has work ahead of them to reopen the road......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

John Gayle: ACORN is A wonderful school. Whether we admit it or not some kids are stupid, some are in between, and others are smart. Of course the dumb ones who ar constantly getting in trouble will......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

EvilGentleman: Manoj, you don't get out of town much, do you? But more power to you for doing well and trying hard to live the Canadian dream. While Toronto is generally a tolerant society, as are......

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

Dcchanged man: I lived in bushwick from 1968-1982 Comfort and hell in bushwick depends on which pocket you lived in. The dead end streets of buswick Aberdeen , Granite , Desales Place and so on where a lot......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

.nanotech.: [[img:18501]] NAZI REGIME.911.REICHSTAG - parliament of Germany [[img:18502]] 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......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

DREW: hey guys, cabrini green is still pretty bad and violent, you just don't here about it as much because its smaller. If you don't believe you can check this website out http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_7xzKVVrT8 go to......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

EvilGentleman: Judging from the responses to his articles, I would say that Scott Sargent has managed to piss off a lot of people with the "Most Boring Towns" series. I personally do not find it wise......

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

Marlo: I can certainly relate. I had felt the need to get out of my home town (Dallas, TX) since I was a very small child, and university gave me that opportunity. You might be able......

in response to: A Poor Puppeteer by Marlo

anon (ip68-97-53-138.ok.ok.cox.net): Norman's really not that bad. As far as OK towns are concerned, I do prefer Tulsa, but Norman has a lot more going for it than the pictures you posted. That building is......

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

EvilGentleman: I find it interesting to convert the demographic information for Bellevile found at [[http://www.bellevilleusa.com/demographics.html]] into actual numbers. The population of Belleville in 2000 was 2239, and broke down as follows: (including both politically correct and......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

anon (belf-cache-1.server.ntli.net): A Belfast man called Karlo: 12th Apr 2006 - 00:37 GMT i feel i must say something to at least let people know there are those of us that live in Belfast who DO posess a......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

I.T.U.C.: It is believed that the Chinese community in {Liverpool} Uk, is possibly the oldest in the world. The first Chinese people are supposed to have been Merchants and Sailors, who worked the trade routes to......

in response to: Not-Chinatown / Fish-heads On Ice by aer suzuki

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......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

EvilGentleman: There has been some confusion as to defining exactly what constitutes an outdoor structure or patio. I have heard that any structure enclosed on more than two sides will be considered to be indoors, and......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

C.: But from the "Pedestrian Gridlock" thing, I can understand the problem. Same with the allergies. I live in Calgary, and it's far smaller that Montreal. I've never had a problem with moving away from the......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

A Belfast man called Karlo: i feel i must say something to at least let people know there are those of us that live in Belfast who DO posess a bit of wit,understanding and compassion..it really is quite sad to......

in response to: snapshots on a refrigerator by manda

Chuckles: G'day Sean: Appreciate your response and interesting comments. The great thing about photography is it truly allows the "shooter" to express themselves in ways that are really quite remarkable. There is no right way / wrong way......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Yes, sine, it is most unfortunate that global warming is destroying this fragile ecosystem at an alarming rate. I have heard that the rate of global warming is over 6 times faster in the polar......

in response to: Muktaaq and Arctic Char a La Box by EvilGentleman

Peter: i have it. every so often, when i move or rearrange, it turns up. in a box. on a shelf, under the desk, in the nightstand drawer... i do not display it or make any......

in response to: Kinematics by Peter

Billy: Having lived in both the USA and England, let me tell you a few things. Both countries electoral systems are fucked! None has real proportional representation. And in terms of laws probably both have an equal......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Micah: Yay, bicycles! If you want to ride but haven't learned yet and are nervous, here is a great way that I have read about and observed: borrow or somehow obtain a bike that......

in response to: I just started bike riding by Tim

EvilGentleman: jeeff, thank you for the compliment. I was wondering how long it would take you to find this page. The area in these pictures that I used to live in (1999-2005) is called Nunavik, and......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

jack: hahahaha the comments here are hilariously funny. i enjoy reading all of you talking back and forth and defending your lives and towns and names. well the photos were nice and i liked......

in response to: A Sunday Walk in Eastend London... by Lawrence

enough already: the dude apologized..(altho it would have looked a lot more sincere and courageous if he did it himself)...he made a stupid mistake, i think he's learned his lesson. unfortunately, the small army of idiots......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Old Kensington Dog: A couple of points re. the confrontation specifically, and Kensington Market in general: -The SUV in the photos is owned by the business accross the street, not the "Motorist". His four cylinder smaller car with......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

4 mode observation: This incident is an excellent example of some of the worst features of human behaviour and the consequences that result from the actions of those who are misguided and self indulgent enough to believe they......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

poprad99: I have been riding bikes for 32 years and burning fossil fuels for 22 years. I have been commuting year-round by bike for 9 years. I was assaulted and battered by a motorist in 1990 for......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

teaushayne: (__##oops; resubmitted with spelling correction, sorry##__) Took a long hard look at the pictures and you know what I saw? The {hatred} endemic in big cities now. This is......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

teaushayne: Took a long hard look at the pictures and you know what I saw? The {hatred} endemic in big cities now. This is what life in big cities has degenerated to: pure hatred......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

E Flat Major 7th: I grew up close to Belfast and moved into the city two years ago. Although there are areas all over the province where it is unsafe (including the village where I grew up), surely......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

elaine: it was just as well einstein had such a great big head - he had a great big brain to fit in it. i love the telly too, i bought it for an art installation......

in response to: stir crazy by elaine

jeeff: hi jo. here's a quickie travel guide for toronto, ##but## i'm writing this with one condition for you: please take some photos, write some stuff, and post an article here about your trip! first off,......

in response to: Toronto for a week by jo

AirdrieMK: Your last comment about the North stipulates what many people think as being stereo type due to the past troubles. Normally it is due to igmorant people - eg on a recent visit to England......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

Thomas Smith: There was a small company that was manufacturing side by side tandums in the early to mid 90's, they called it the "Buddy Bike". I have a friend that owns one and decided to build......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

ian: And the average American cannot even imagine such a place exists, from their comfortable La-Z-Boy in their small town tract house. The world is far too glorious for me to comprehend....

in response to: tokyo skyline by jeeff

jeeff: manhattanboy - that's a big question. many countries have working holiday agreements arranged with japan so that people can visit and work for 12-18 months. but the US doesn't. if you have......

in response to: tokyo by night by jeeff

Marc: I. love walking. Family tradition is on vacations to have at least one endless "death march" hike that ends up with someone being airlifted or at least severely dehydrated.. I dream of walking from San......

in response to: urban orienteering by elaine

elaine: Re: Driving... and Parking. Maybe part of the mojo for me is driving old wrecks, because people are often kind even at night, or maybe my own good will radiates out, but I really pushed......

in response to: Hack the City by Marc