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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

jack: hi joey, its been almost two years since you asked for a story about the beat generation in the village. well its better late than never, so here is a short one. my......

in response to: Blue Note Lounge by jack

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......

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

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

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

procyon: Medicalfools: I also know that some higher-ups want the best for it--someone posted a letter to that effect from Dorothy Lewandowski elsewhere on citynoise, and I recently read that they've started applying for a spot......

in response to: Abandoned... NY State Pavilion by Peter

Lynnette (Diaz) Madden: I had a dream about Webb's Bakery the other night. I woke up dying for one of their butter cookies with the chocolate center drop. I Googled Webb's and this is what I found! OMG--just......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

Gemini: I have lived in Bushwick for most of my life. I have lived on my street for 34 yrs. Bushwick is like any other neighborhood it has it's ups and downs. I referred to it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Samarth Das: Brilliant!! very nice wrk...the high line project is finally workin out ...hopefully i ll be able to see it the next time i visit !!!...

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

Paul in Seattle: My 1st trip to NYC was in '85, I was there to see the girlfriend and a sister's wedding. While she was at work, I walked this entire line from BANK Street (that's right kids,......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

Anna: Now that a team has won in Philadelphia (Souls) I guess the curse is broken! But I didn't see on the news that the El was set on fire or cars and buses were......

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

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

Thom Cartmell, US Army Retired: I grew up in Kensington. Susquehanna and Trenton Aves in the 40's and 50's Went to HB Hackett Elem School, and Penn Treaty, Jr High. Palm Movie House, Kent, Midway, Iris (Military in Uniform got......

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

NF: Someone put a picture of what the Niagara Falls skyline might be turning into....there missing a building that is under construction right now. Were building a 52 storey hotel addition onto the Hilton. I also......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Captain Obvious: What really grates about Quebec's degenerate infrastructure, is that they have not only incredibly high taxes, but they *also* have incredibly high subsidies from all the more productive provinces, BOTH. To have billions poured into a......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

mackie.p: I like this post. You have captured a great area. Joel Sternfeld produced a book "walking the high line" back in like the late 90's, great work!...

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

Director 9209: Nice pics, but you should keep off the High Line (Notice that it's two words or FO will get you!) because it is a bonafide construction site complete with all the OSHA phobic hazards, and......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

john: If you think the tunnel looks great now you should have seen it back in the 70's I was 12 years old when I started going down there. Thats when there were five tracks down there......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Peter: i spy the {high line}... nice finds. i like the levitating rollers up there that appear to have been done from a no longer existing rooftop... the characters on the ground have piqued my curiosity,......

in response to: Irak Crew by luna park

Chris Crozier: Hi Pat if you are the same pat brannan im thinking of i went to school (irlam high school)with your brother mark in the seventies and you were indirectly responsible for me meeting my first wife......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

anon (nat2.northshorelij.com): Hi I grew up in Bushwick, along with most of my cousins. I went to Fourteen Holy Martyrs School- graduated in 1964. I have wonderful memories of my growing up years in a culturaly......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

The terrible disaster: This article has been republished as I was asked to supply the details a second time. --- We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When......

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

Ben Baillargeon: Let me tell everyone the number one way to stop bike theft! Don't be stupid for one without critisizing anyone, but if you love you bike bring it everywhere you go! seriously i ride my norco......

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

EvilGentleman: Actually Peter, logic would tell you that a loss would have been catastrophic, I agree. But that is not the case in Montreal. Had the Canadiens ##lost##, the crowds would have been grumpy and sullen,......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

JBone f.b.w.: i started writing back in 91,and remember ja was the king of the A line,he killed all the train stations and roof tops in far rockaway,him and eu,at the beggining i tought he was local,then......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

JKMI England: Great images. Unfortunately, looking at the final few shots (before the aerial views) I just can't help feeling an imminent sense of loss. A trip along the route of the High Line just won't be......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

James: This is great site, have just discovered it. I have many happy memories of schooldays at Irlam in the 1960s. Spent half my time down at the canal watching the big ships pass through, especially......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

James: This is great site, have just discovered it. I have many happy memories of schooldays at Irlam in the 1960s. Spent half my time down at the canal watching the big ships pass through, especially......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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......

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

da man: wow ive never heard of brisbane before. it looks awesome and the setting is pretty. this just became one of my top 10 skylines. and i agree with ?!$@#, the 2IFC building in HK does......

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

anon (wnpgmb01dc2-99-69.dynamic.mts.net): Winnipeg has a decent skyline. There are ecrtain angles it must be taken from. East looking west: Southwest looking North East and South looking north are best. Winnipeg is preforming better than anywhere else in Canada at the......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Peter: i love the scuffs on the median barrier. its like, how many crashes happened within 25 feet in that stretch of highway alone? the lines of the highway are beautiful, and the plane is creepily close......

in response to: LAX by joey

Peter: its {smug} and {osker}. i was holding my breath trying to not be the first to mention it and out myself as the resident graf nerd fanboy, for what its worth. that photo is a great......

in response to: What Happened to BEMS? by Elicar

EvilGentleman: Well Elicar, my previous article on this particular location has become something of an online focal point for those who lived there during its heyday, much like Corsatki's {Cabrini Green} articles. Thus, this page is intended......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

Joanne Amorello-minor: Anyway as far as memories from Irlam go I went to Irlam county primary and the endowed then to Irlam High I left in 1987,I lived on Ferry hill rd Harewood rd and The crescent.I......

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

Joanne Amorello-minor: Hello Can anybody help me find any information about my father ROY EDWARD MINOR..He was found dead at Irlam locks in 1976.We lived on Ferryhill Rd and my nan and grandad lived at 46 Harewood rd......

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

Marje Givens-Eames: What a wonderful site for Irlam/Cadishead and what memories, many I had forgotten. I remember Goodiers living in the house on Ferry Road/Boat Lane. We lived in Gerrards Close and our house backed onto......

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

Marissa Chaplin: Hi Rob Sorry I havent, they are mainly the High School and the Margarine Estate, as thats where I live. If I get the chance to go up again, I will get some. Glad you liked the pics......

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

janet: Hi Stan--You're probably close to my vintage. I'm trying without luck to call up a memory of Famous on Schenectady--I lived just around the corner and went to 167--so there it was during the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Alfred: I live in Hutchinson, and I knew this article was pure propaganda right when I saw the photos. The first photo is of an entrance gate to the State Fairgrounds, which the author describes as......

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

ampdub: mmm! dicks! i live in seattle and right up the street from the only dicks location with indoor seating. although i havent stood in line for $1.00 shakes or burgers since high school, (vegetarian......

in response to: Dick\'s by Peter

walkhere: it is a picture of a photograph, actually. i had to take a picture of it with a friend's digital camera to put it online, and that was over a year ago, and now the......

in response to: Dec. 2006 by walkhere

T DAWT: Toronto is underepresented in pictures. Did you know the skyline actually isn't along the lake but North/South. It'll probably soon surpass Vancouver in terms of density and has some nice tall buildings in......

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

AsianDallas: Shanghai is better then NY, trust me that little skyline you across the river is only a small percentage of the buildings. The amount of high rises is literally sickening. Hong Kong does out do......

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

pib: The building in question is The Bank Of America Building... I like that everyone still calles it the Columbia Tower though, fcuk BofA. My high school prom was held there when the building was new.......

in response to: The Darth Vader Building by aer suzuki

anon (wnpgmb01dc2-99-69.dynamic.mts.net): Herb - Peg Promoter I think that the clustered Winnipeg Skyline looks very up & coming. With her economy in high gear & full swing it will soon be ob the list for sure along with having......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

BJ: I agree with ette. Looking at corporate war profits in USA and Europe today shows how immoral war is. We blindly send our youth to wherever the powers that be decide, then start shipping them......

in response to: Memorial to Berlin Wall Deaths by nomad

anon (pool-71-99-159-212.tampfl.dsl-w.verizon.net): I love looking at the old neighborhood. I lived on Angelica right at 11th street. Anyone from the neighborhood drop me a line. I went to Holy Trinity and Central High E-mail me at ......

in response to: Old North St. Louis Pt. I by maybetoday

Someone Who Made it Out: I lived in Hutchinson for the majority of my adolescent life. By the time I had reach the 8th grade at Sherman back in 1999-2000, I had already become a product of which Hutch has......

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

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......

in response to: Smash by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

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......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

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......

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

nuclearrabbit33: I used to work for a carriage company in Chicago. We had to pass through Cabrini Green every single day...both on the way to downtown and the way back to our barns at night. In......

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

jack: wow, here it is september 2007 and i'm listening to all of you talk about the theatres in brooklyn, yes karen those were great day's waiting in line to run into the theatre on a......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

Bass Girl: P.S. Has anyone mentioned the sky high property taxes in this county? I was in the courthouse renewing my car tags, and there was a college-aged guy renewing his tags at the neighboring......

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

Plains of Despair: Go watch The Factor some more. I can refute your comments. With this statement. HUTCHINSON KANSAS IS SHRINKING. YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE CITY OR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. IT IS YOUR JOB TO PROTECT......

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

BelRoC : Second train. The piece on the right is Sigh.... He is known as a king in the freight train graffiti world.. I would love to live near a freight line.. Gotta drive to Highland, NY to see trains like......

in response to: Graffiti on the Roll by EvilGentleman

Bobs Ferry Accident: We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When the walk had ended I had a chat with Mrs Heap the ‘Irlam Historians’......

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

Boris: Well just wanted to say for the post about Winnipeg been a better city then Vancouver umm ya man u need to study up on ur facts of citys because i my self am a......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Cinic: the big o is the Olympic stadium from the 1976 Montreal Olympic games. It has been a huge problem for years. Basically its falling apart and Mtlers just finished paying it off like 2 years......

in response to: Mtl East by Cinic

KansasBoy: It would seem, perhaps, that you missed the downtown area of Belleville, since all of your pictures are from out on Highway 81. No matter, your conclusion is pretty much on target, if a......

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

Marylizbeth: Uggghh...RACCOONS. They have been haunting us and our neighbors for the last month. We each have a pool and fountains and these rotten raccoons have been using the pools and fountains as their bathroom. Every......

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

AcesHigh: wait, Rio de Janeiro has several skylines. THe one posted by David is not the main skyline. Check Rio de Janeiro downtown´s skyline... Copacabana skyline, Barra da Tijuca skyline....

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

futurebird: http://www.curbed.com/archives/2007/06/19/high_line_construction_chronicles_caledonia_looming.php It's soon to be the loaction of some fancy condos....

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

rudy.sellsius: awesome pics! i remember walking the highline many moons ago - looks pretty much the same. thanks for taking me back in time. - rudy.sellsius° http:blog.sellsiusrealestate.com...

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

UPforit: I would love to join you on a surreptitious trip on the highline, these pics are great. As I live in Red Hook I totally appreciate the need to document at length the urban landscape......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

Tony Coppoletta: Lovely. I'm looking forward to enjoying the green space once it's open--although it'll be in spurts since I don't live in New York... It's really exciting that this is happening, though, since it......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

Peter: also: getting those last 5 aerial shots turned out to be harder than getting into the {high line} to begin with, hahaha......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

Peter: i cant believe ive never been there! is there a ferry there or what? ill trade you a {high line} jaunt for a {governor's island} excursion......

in response to: Governor\'s Island by CartLegger

Andrew Smith: Paul - the area opposite Irlam Locks was a bit of green land between the canal and the 'old river' (the River Irwell old course - the Ship Canal swallowed the Irwell). I have always......

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

CO-TX: Ok you want some real dirt on denver look: at South Table mountains (west denver) NREL complex it is officaly of solar research station but really a tunnel door (south west corrner of the facility......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Hood: The only darish thing i can do at the moment is jump of a trampoline on to the ground at high altitude and speed....

in response to: Le Parkour: An Introduction by 3flow

T: Victoria, BC is starting to develop a skyline with all the new highrises that are springing up downtown. Does anybody have any recent photos that do a good job of showing all of Victoria's......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Armstrong: I just got an apartment on Starr St and Knickerbocker so I a little bit resent rosecoloredglasse's last comment. at the same time, I'm a realist and yes, that area would be considered blighted by......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Chung: Those photos capture nothing special. You photographed Seoul like a low grade digital would for a street in Brooklyn. You didn't capture the high rises, the dichotomy of city and country, crowded streets......

in response to: Chungdahm by chiamattt

serlingrod: [[img:19656] Tokyo has to be my favorite. I studied abroad there last spring (came home one year ago yesterday actually. I got a similar shot of the skyline as in the OP....the amazing view from Odaiba.......

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

BDweller: "The Bushwick Initiative...Who is this for?" Boy, you are some busybody, upfromflames. Digging, poking, photographing and posting; then posing provocative questions. I'll take your bait. The city's official response to the steady influx of Latinos and blacks......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

.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

Craig: Great list. Couldn't agree more with the top 12. You have to love the skylines rising in the cities of south-east Asia. The skylines in some of these cities are just babies, can't wait until......

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

.nanotech.: [[img:18457]] [[img:18458]] [[img:18459]] [[img:18462]] [[img:18463]] [[img:18464]] [[img:18465]] [[img:18466]] [[img:18467]] [[img:18468]] [[img:18469]] [[img:18470]] [[img:18471]] * The Queen of England has reportedly been buying up property in Colorado under a proxy. * There is a lot of "secret society" symbology at the airport,......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

DAVE: [[img:17828]] With the construction of the Manchester Ship Canal, sections of the existing railway network had to be rebuilt. Lines which crossed the Canal had to be taken on higher level bridges. With changes to the......

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

Beadle and Tatum: http://www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/images/congrat1a.jpg Its a hand written rambling note about the Sex Pistols calling the mueseum a "piss stain". There was some pettitioning and a USA today poll that helped locate the hall. I did some research, this is the......

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

jeeff: there's a big difference between regular bike clubs and biker gangs like the hell's angels. you're doing normal bikers a big disservice by blurring that line. the hell's angels who moved into the......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Toronto's Finest at work!: Congradulations that area specifically where the photos have been taken scarb town center subway station is notorious for smokers smoking clearly with that no smoking sign infront of them. And second of all yes......

in response to: Smokers BEWARE! by Elicar

Caroline: I'm working on a quick pdf document to promote two spaces for rent in the Norgate Shopping Centre, I would like to know if I can have some pictures of yours in high resolution? Let......

in response to: Norgate Shopping Centre by CE

EvilGentleman: All I can recall is that in 1990, I was heading into the city on an elevated freeway coming from Chicago while riding on a Greyhound bus. The abandoned freeway was lower than us, and......

in response to: The Flats by David

Mary: My dog, a Jack Russell, was attacked by a raccoon just a few minutes ago. It is a hot night, so I have the window open in my TV room. My dog, who......

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

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

mug: yes the shoes over the powerline thing really is an international phenomenon - there are two pairs of shoes hanging high in my street in brisbane, australia, at the moment and now i some ideas......

in response to: Shoes by Peter

EvilGentleman: Hmmm, interesting. I have never encountered this data before. I know that if you look at a topographic map, you can see an easily identifiable line of hills and mountains sticking out of the flat......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

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

Robert: are all of you guys blind?? What about LA? Remember in the movie "Grand Canyon" one of the characters had a dream of flying around the LA skyline? Not a bad backdrop......

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

elaine: KEWEL!!! i have been away for a few days and am just catching up with the information superhighway, and it is very flattering to have a post for ME ME ME !!!!! THANK you, lawrence, and boo......

in response to: Just for Elaine... by Lawrence

HA: Where are the spots to sneak into the Highline at? Thanks in advance......

in response to: The Highline Debate... by Nick Aster

EvilGentleman: First and foremost, **never, ever** walk out to the water on the tidal flats. Those mud flats can sometimes extend for miles into the bay, and the Minas Basin of the Bay of Fundy has......

in response to: Down Home Charm by Michelle

Chris Erb: I was just reading about the High Line redevelopment on Forgotten NY and saw the REVS and COST tags. The REVS tag in particular seemed very familiar to me and I thought I saw......

in response to: There Are Many Rectangles in Chelsea by Little Ukraine

Sean MacCloud: *A DUDE here* said "but what would it feel like if it were just her there? just her with the pervert?" Hmmm... If would feel like... wimmins is not equal for genetic reasons and dependent on......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

yippie skippie: NYC is a cesspool, maybe you live in a less stinky area with better ventilation, and don't venture into the nastier parts like South Bronx, Harlem, Washington Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, or Brooklyn.... but the nastier......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC