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Garrett: My friend Jerry had heard a rumor on some website that the famous toll booth scene from The Godfather had been shot somewhere by Nassau Community College on Long Island (right by where we live)....... Garrett: [[img:28942]]
Toll Booth scene, located at the abandoned runway of Mitchel Field in Uniondale, NY. Stiil exists today. (Sorry for the grainy cell phone pictures)
... Garrett: The toll booth scene was filmed at the old Mitchel Field base, but still exists!!!!! I will provide photos shortly!... 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...... CHRISSY-46: what a cool site. I can't even believe I found people that came from my childhood, teenage, neighborhood. I grew up on Melrose St. between Knickerbock and Wilson in the early 50's. ...... Warren S.: To: Mary A...
I wonder you and I know each other... I blotted out so much of “back then” I forgot exactly when I would have graduated St. B's -- if I had graduated --...... Warren S.: I think this is a fabulous Web-page; it brings back memories of Bushwick, Brooklyn and Queen, where I grew up. Until I was 14, I lived on RC church property in the "old rectory" building...... NYC native: JA is still killin it. obviously not like he did when he was 16, but he still gets the itch just like the best of us, and still goes out and murders truck yards. he...... Mona Douglass: I still go there late at night and walk from Emmons Ave.I am a 38 year old,in-shape and sexy Mexican half-man,half-woman Tranny and dress like a bitch and look for all the hot,young russian boys.They...... run rabbit run: How come most of you can't spell, or tink itz mad kewlz to rite lik dis? You're probably wanna-bees from the suburbs.. Pay for paint what? I get on the LIRR or NJ Transit and...... BILROCK 161: Robert Taylor/New Jack whatever your name is, Every writer started writing cause of their peers, be for real fool. I guess it matters not to you that any oldskool writer from the time will clearly...... Excuzmepleez:
This post is in response to "remember 1966."
I remember the sad accident. It happened on Troutman Street between Central and Evergreen and it involved a boy named Joey Mistretta who was 9 years...... King Vasto..deutsche beast!: JA is king of graff. Fuck every bitch who paints for money or fuckin paints for art..that stuff is for girly men. Graff is a fuckin sport bombin non stop taking up every fuckin wall....... BILROCK 161: new-jack hater!!, the punk-bitch is back!!!. Man you are a sucker-assed toy if you think FREEDOM is someone. The joke is on you toyboy!!!. This proves that you are no one and know nothing about...... I am JA: i love you all, haters or not, you are beautiful
i am still gettin up, just not near as much, since evryone on the internet dry snitches on me
i aint goin nowhere ever... myeisha: OMG!!! I'm SO glad to see all these posts. I haven't put anything on here since August of last year and I'm just amazed at all the comments from former resident's of Horner. ...... dumb fuckin toys..: hey fuck face why dont you take a look at rime kcw/msk hes from the east coast and to be honest hes got more flow and better skills then revok.. no diss but thats...... Buzz: Actually they filmed the Sonny -Toll booth scene on a runway at the old Mitchel Field complex which is now Nassau Community College... ekc: Hi. I loved the book "there are no children here." Does anyone have information as to what's happened with pharoah, lafayette, lajoe, paul sr., lashawn, paul jr., terrance, the tripletts, and dawn mitchell?...... river otters21 girl: GCC,that is sooo good to hear.I hope and PRAY that the rest of the good people that are left will pitch in and help clean up the Kensington neighborhoods and fight for them. If everyone...... Ekimsknird: Yeah my wife and I went to Norway last summer (when the dollar was pretty close to the kroner) and we took out some relatives for pizza. Two large pizzas with 2 or 3...... 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...... 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...... Mitch: We're now a month past the demolition ruling, still absolutely *nothing* happening at the site. The only new thing to report are large billboards that went up in the parking lot besides Ben's, with an...... Mitch Vernace: Grew up on the "other side" of Myrtle Avenue, on Knickerbocker between Putnam and Madison Street between 1961 and 1978. Went to St. Martin of Tours and we always felt our competitors were from...... Mitch: Tykal, while I agree with you that Toronto is a great city, I am tired of hearing about how its the most multicultural city in the world when the U.N has never awcknoleged it. It...... Steven: Back in the early 80's I lived in a great old dump of a building on Kings Hwy directly overlooking the N Train line as depicted in the last image. My fire escape hung...... MC Paddy O'Furniture: {Pickled Eggs}!
{Pickled Eggs}!
I Sellotape them to my legs!
And on the streets I'll sell my pegs
Cause i'm the dude that bakes the bread
Bitches... christine: again interaction in the air.
the fact that i sat on the roof of my 6 story apartment in the LES and watched a good 30 trips (not sure how many actual planes there was, i...... Peter: wow, the comments in korean are fascinating... i mean, im as prone to think that america is the global authority on conspiracy, but i think its a bit of a reach to say that america...... English Gent: Nice content in the B/W shots, but switch from centre weighted light meter to spot meter and experiment.... RN1980: My question to all you HATERS is: What makes your town/city so much better? Every community in this country as problems with drugs and poor "white trash" or "illegal immigrants". The photos posted...... EvilGentleman: No news here either, Mitch. Actually, at this point, you are my main source of news about Ben's.... Mitch: Been very quiet since the June 3rd ruling to knock it down. Ben's is still unchanged, no one has even collected the memorabilia stacked up inside.
Any news on what's happening, or when the demolition is...... Mitch: Pretty sad, it's quite literally a piece of Montreal being erased forever (I can't even visualize that part of downtown without that tiny 3 story building with the red "Bens" sign). I last passed by...... Jerry Lowry: I lived in Kensington on 2800 Hancock St. from 1948-1968. Went to Vietnam in "69" and never returned to Kensington to live. A good deal of the names sound familiar. I'd like to call out...... Mitch: Well, the May 21st deadline passed and Still nothing at all has changed at Bens--still standing and untouched. Haven't heard anything on the news either about its fate.
I think Hydro Quebec disconnected its power a...... yeah yeah: i think its amazing how people are suggesting that jacksonville should become like miami or orlando in order to become more "entertaining"... havent any of you people taken a walk around outside or a swim...... Mitch: The reason we have giant pot holes and roads in such terrible shape has to do with the Quebec government's cutting corners. They use lower quality asphalt and put down only a very thin layer...... JoeyD: Not all of Babes Family are as mechanically inclined as babe himself is... his brother Pedro for example decided to go into the restaurant business.
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All work and "no Play" would make babe a...... janet: Alma--Back to your memories of the old neighborhood. I remember the butcher shop, the one on Schenectady right near Lincoln Place (and next to a wonderful hardware store with long passage between loads of...... Peter: nice! i had a few shots from my trip to {chicago} this past april that i wanted to add:
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and youre definitely right... i took the {el} from {ohare} {airport} to the loop... it took longer...... Elkin School Rules!!! DJD: If I could move back to Kensington I would. However, that can't happen, due to the realities of life. Reality sometimes is a bitch! Reality forces you to make decisions that you wish...... James cashan: hello Jim W. RE Margarine Works
I remember peter hamburger (gruff voice)"oh yis oh yis", but who was the phantom!
daily cries of "whose out now? am i out now?" waiting for...... anon (modemcable030.78-83-70.mc.videotron.ca): I am sure you have seen cockroaches in your kitchen or bath.does that mean we should not eat there any more.
... Mitch: I pass directly by Ben's everyday (I work in the Sunlife building just a block up). If I see any changes, I'll definitely post a message here or on the Wikipedia article I started...actually passing...... Michelle: People will bitch all they want to. They can make up their stories, print them, and make everyone believe it's true (including law enforcement...usually they are the ones who start it up). Everyone grows a...... EvilGentleman: Thanks, Mitch. You just saved me about 50 bucks worth of gas. I have been going downtown more often lately, specifically to check on the current status of Ben's.... Mitch: Just an FYI: Ben's is safe for at least another 2 weeks, there was a newspaper article saying the public has until May 21st to fight the demolition decision. If no one challenges it (or...... janet: How terrific is this! Alma, I do remember the knish place, but it was across Utica Avenue from the movie house (which from time to time we affectionately called "the Itch"). I didn't buy knishes...... E.stoned bushwick: I was born in wycoff in 72 lived on wilson av.in stockholm st.went to 123 111@ 162 wrote graffiti, rymed saw allmost all my boy,s get hooked on crack, heron do bids remember my...... CartLegger: nice shots Peter.
They remind me of an cherishable short piece by Joseph Mitchell, about the shad fishermen of Edgewater, NJ. An excerpt from "the Rivermen" is here: [[http://neglectedbooks.com/?p=46]]... skippy oner: yo neck face sucks.he got no handstyles, he just draws lil pictures on the wall and says hes a writer. last year he got caught by v sqaud, and they give 20 percent off your...... EvilGentleman: Beatiful set of photos. You really captured the emotions of the rallies. I especially like the irony of the girl wearing a mask that says, "NO CNN", but a baseball cap that says, "American Blue...... 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...... EvilGentleman: What's a telephone? Ohhhh, wait... Is that one of things that is like a cellphone, but plugs into a wall, and has wires coming out of it?
Hehe, seems like yesterday, when my VCR remote had...... EvilGentleman: A few suggestions in order to reduce damage in future disturbances:
1 - Do **not** leave portable metal street signs with plate metal bases lying around on the streets when large events are taking place. Most...... Mitch: Passed by Bens today, as of April 22nd it's still standing as it's always been...no sign of any demolition yet. In fact someone removed the brown papers covering the inside windows and ripped off one...... Andrew Smith: Nice photo's Jamie,
On the subject of the Great British Seaside, Hunstanton in Norfolk has most of the things you would expect.
A fairground and promenade
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A Pitch and Putt course
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and beach huts
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It did have a pier too...... Mattiuzzi: Candy, u are a honest girl. But there s a lot of bitches who don t work like u. i ll go to see u in super sexe. when u are working dear???... Mitch: Knowing companies like SIDev, they won't waste any time getting a wrecking ball out there. They'll want to tear it down before anyone changes their mind! (legally that notice says they can start tomorrow...assuming no...... Mitch: That demolition notice is certainly new (been keeping a close eye on the fate of Ben's for months now). Maybe I'm translating it wrong, but it sounds like if no person(s) contest the permit 10...... 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...... Mitch: I also lived at 969 Carol Street from 1952 (born) - 1960. I also went to PS241. You might know my two cousins who also lived in another appt in our building at the same...... Peter: cherie: {broadway}, in the area around {hart} street is the border between {bushwick} and {bed-stuy}, so i suppose it depends on which side of {broadway} the place is on, heh. the west side being {bed-stuy}...... Diane Dole: Hi All, I have just finished reading the (hidden whistle and flute) stitch one by the pearly king of Peckham George Major.
Fantastic read cant wait for stitch two the stolen whistle and flute.
best of Cockney...... James: Hi David,
You are correct, it was the roundabout on The Crescent where I was lost. I could only see a few feet in front of me in the smog and I didn't have a clue...... neckface rox fuck u bitch ass artists: fuck u peter caine u r a fuckin faggot. the only reason y u hate neckface is because u suck at painting. u dont do anything good. u sit in a god damn house and...... neckface rox fuck u bitch ass artists: fuck u peter caine u r a fuckin faggot. the only reason y u hate neckface is because u suck at painting. u dont do anything good. u sit in a god damn house and...... neckface rox fuck u bitch ass artists: fuck u peter caine u r a fuckin faggot. the only reason y u hate neckface is because u suck at painting. u dont do anything good. u sit in a god damn house and...... what it is: Boring is for the bored. No jobs are for those who are not looking. Happiness comes from within,your town can not make you happy. Are things great here? Absolutely not. But quit "yer bitchin" and...... D.B.: Whats good people i`m back again just tryin to put down some of the negativity to pay hommage to some of the friends and family who are no longer here and most who...... Sheila Hilton: Hya Sue,
Have just been catching up on this site. I remember Mrs potter's shop and that. Don't think I ever went in there but I remember all...... Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Rob - see I wasn't losing my mind, Maddens did exist, though I don't remember it from WWII years lol...
In the days of getting up to mischief, if we got a clip round the ear,...... Post-84 New Jack: Thanks for the lolly, W-Bear. I'll be sure to pass it on to my son. He's teething right now and its a bitch.
As for you, Bilrock Rolling Thunder Whiter- oops, I mean Writer. You failed...... BILROCK-161, RTW.: What up Willy Bear?!!!, hope all is well my old freind. Yeah, well youth is almost always wasted on stupidity. Whoever posted post-84 new jack is just that. He is also a punk-assed bitch who...... Bob Salmon: I remember three, (I think), Dr Walkers.
A Dr Walker had a practice near Albert Street Cadishead in the 1940s and 1950,
(he delivered me) after that I remember a Dr Laurie, then a younger Dr...... Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Andrew
I could just see the goal post of Irlam AFC though the railings, but really not sure where they play now.
The ground they used first of all that I remember was on Gill Field...... Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Sheila
Platt's brook as you refer to did make its way down to the Old River,two sources of run-off water from the Irlam moss met at Liverpool road between Wrenche's butchers and the last shop...... caiyuemei: i didn't think than brothers (university branch) was that bad, taste-wise, but their menu is pretty limited (no appetizers, thus no spring rolls :'( ), and if you're eating past nine (or whenever the restaurant...... Len Lipner: For Alma (Weinstein) Scull:
C'mon, toots, I didn't answer your emails 'cause I didn't get 'em! You know I still love you, and would've answered every one.
The funny thing about Tommy's was that when it changed...... TAG: JA is a legend.. but still, its fucked up he went over saber. Good thing Saber had the nuts and was down enough to go back over it.
That was a bitch move by JA.... the in: wow this is a hot issue with many different sides to it. First I'm white and poor and a hipster. My first choice was to live in Williamburg. But the prices there have gone up...... bob r: born in bushwick in '53. lived on Bushwick Ave one house off Jefferson, may have been 1212. I was 4 years old, my sis 3 and younger brother was an infant. While watching American bandstand,...... Andrew Smith: Nice one Ste - forgot about the air-raid shelter. When we used to play 'war' on the 'land' you had to go in there when you were caught - quite scary as it was nearly...... bill: i live 5 blocks east of Cabrini and i went to the culinary school in Cabrini. its just a neighborhood. at break we use to play basketball on the court with people from there and...... Fuzzball: re: phil (yank) 30 oct 2007. bow to our queen you stupid cock. if you want a United Ireland then try and take our bit off us you two faced bitch. GOD SAVE THE QUEEN... 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...... Stan: Hi Janet:
I think we're talking about a few different generations.
In the early forties, the papers were full of the war and
I thin the Famous moved about 1942-43.
I lived a 285 Albany Avenue between Lincoln and...... BUSER" Loko: i ain't gonna lie ja is up as fuck..and i can say that he is one of the downest writers in "NYC".And JA and seen,cope 2, and t-kid....they can all be considered the "NYC"...... Tyrone: This sign is different from almost any signs you'll see in the subway today. They switched from black on white to white on black over twenty years ago. ... anon (ppp-69-219-38-192.dsl.chcgil.ameritech.net): My name is Sabrina I lived in 150 N Hermitage
I was born and raised in the Horner, and I was there when Oprah filmed the movie... and David Hall is you Kathy son? My grand...... Birdperson: If your bird is biting you do need to try to figure out why in order to stop the behavior. Recently my green cheek conure decided to take a chunk out of my lip....... EvilGentleman: Finally dropped below freezing again last night. It's now -4 out there. Oh well, only 2 1/2 months until REAL spring...
And in the Arctic, I had whole years where the highest temperature was 19. I...... KADEEM. : ok
heres how acorn goes
once you past freshman year. and u havent gotten in good with all teachers...if they arent what u want them 2 be.THEN EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE..ur fucked.. sorry its the truth
if...... susan anne hitch: ive just discovered my aunt spent some time here after she was sectioned,was hopeing some one whode worked there could tell me what it would have been like for the patience,
many thx in advance... CartLegger: Probably not this one. There are not really many people at all in here. Its just full of machines, computers, phone switches. ... 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...... EvilGentleman: I could swear this is a picture of a photograph. Note the hitchhiker sign that says "Vancouver". But I can't make out if that is a pile of stuff in front of it, or the......
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