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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

anon (cpe-67-244-9-153.nyc.res.rr.com): This really is a great site. I used to play basketball agsint Ronnie Bly in 1962. He was made of steel but could be muscled and did not movie without the ball. I knew Bobby......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Jason: Yellowknife? Really? YELLOWKNIFE??? You should've included Winterpeg in the mix somewhere. From one side of the river you get a nice look at downtown with the the Esplenade Riel cable bridge in the foreground, and......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

nz: okay i love saber first of all i read his book its so fucking dope that kunt is off the chain mad love for la and san fran graff , even tho i dont even......

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

RELIK OFA: This shit is funny to read, all the people still talking about the old days. but if you want to go back in time it was Ozone in S.E. that made me hype on getting......

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

Jethro: I think phil. Makati is a nice city too. I think the city, economically along with there tourist attractions, are benefitely doing good of representing for south east asia. The city looks very beautiful (uhmm.. except......

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

Ashley: I really think you have to look at these photos in context. You have crime in every city - but unless it's shown to you on a platter you never really realize it. It reminds......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

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

Peter: as a current bushwicker, ive really been enjoying reading you guys' reminiscence here about the old days. you guys should also check out other bushwick posts at [[http://citynoise.org/search/bushwick]] and see if any of the neighborhood......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

EvilGentleman: Mitch, I am as saddened as you are at the loss of Ben's, and I thank you profusely for your contributions. Without you, this article would just be a few pictures of a closed Ben's,......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Esther Herschman (Rechtschafner): Mrs.Gradstein was my sixth gradeteacher in 1955-6. I remember the old furniture. I never new it had been changed up till now. Therr were fruit and vegetable stores across the street from the school on Schenecktady......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Kupperberg: I sent my photos to the editors at citynoise yesterday and we shall see where that leads. I'll keep my fingers crossed, Jane. Thanks for the tip. Janet, I've confirmed that the movie......

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

Diane: I am also from the Yuba area. Actually I am Kaeleen, Helen and Kim's relative. I was a Machovec and my mother's maiden name was Revels. I happen to work with Teena Wallace who lives......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Urban Neighbourhood: Gentrification is one of those things that you either love or hate. The debate on it tends to be very polarized, but cities are not going to oppose it because it means higher property taxes......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

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

Mitch Spector: I took updated photos exactly one week later, on Sunday, October 12th. As they continue to strip away pieces of the building, it's interesting to see what sat hidden underneath the wrap-around sign all those......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Jules: Okay....BORING is the reason my husband and I left Jacksonville in July '06. We did everything a modern Metropolitan couple could do. We lived on the river, we had season tickets with the......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Mitch Spector: These photos were taken during the early morning of October 5th. Despite the former restaurant site still, for the moment, standing, it is an interesting contrast when comparing the photos (above) from 6 months earlier. [[img:29147]] The......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Robert: since the 80`s , The N.S.B Norgate Solide Brothers,,,there are extremly dangerous crews affiliate with a lot of Gang in Montreal City,thers rolling Cote-Vertu Metro with the BLF Bronw Latin Family,Décarie street and......

in response to: Norgate Shopping Centre by CE

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

Allan: Richie, I lived in the same building as Judy Oshinsky. I have a few photos of us back around '55-58. She had 2(I think) brothers. On the corner of Schenectidy and Union was a dry cleaner......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

eyeofodin: If you would like to follow the construction of the Freedom Tower (the tallest of the towers to replace the twins), here is the link http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=419362 Go to the last page if you......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

THE REAL ALROC !! KD!!: TELL YOUR BOI THAT HE AINT GOT NO TYPE OF HISTROY THAT THE REAL ALROC. IS FROM NY AND HE ONE OF THE REAL KD! KINGS DESTROY MEM LOOK EM UP.. AND GET UR STORY......

in response to: Miami Art Massacre by Bob Edelson

Bea K.: Lou Romero, Upfromflames, all: I've heard so much about "white flight" just about all my life, that I honestly don't think that 'term' will 'ever' go away, how sad it that? I've also wondered if......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Maz, Netherne: Hi all, I found this site quite by chance a couple of days ago. I found it when I Googled the name of my village not expecting to find anything much but boy was I wrong.......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Jason: Here's something to contemplate: Welfare and other social programas that "progressives" love so much are extremely costly. Between section-8, medicare, foodstamps and 101 other prograns a welfare family easily runs the tax payers $20,000 per year. The......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Ron from Michigan: Just visited Jim and his castle. Found him standing in the bucket of his Bobcat building an archway over his mote. The topic of the moment was "why Michael Phelps didn't deserve any......

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

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......

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

Eleanor: Lou, UFF and everyone else who is reading this post. I certainly don't think that Bushwick Buddies is too crowded ... as a matter of fact we have more and more interesting pictures every......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

always a Bushwick kid: Hey Lou Romero: you mentioned Sr. Ann Melanie, Sr. Betty, etc. Well Sr. Ann Melanie died not too long ago and Sr. Betty still works in Bushwick- she runs Independence House on Cornelia Street (between......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

always a Bushwick kid: What a great site... I've read almost all the comments and they ring true for most of it. I grew up in Bushwick- lived on Jefferson in the 60’s, moved to Bleecker Street in the......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Tony (47): As a frequent worldwide traveller (what with being an airline pilot) it's definitely been my experience that in many Canadian cities (Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary) that the number of down-and-outs / bums / druggies / alcoholics......

in response to: Drugs, Drugs, Drugs by ksedge

Sebastien: Tokyo is "as dirty as hell?" I must have missed that while living there for seven years and thinking everyday how amazingly spotless this city of 25 million could be. Seoul, on the......

in response to: Chungdahm by chiamattt

Mike: Indeed, I used to shop at the IGA, while it was further west on N-Dame st., near parc Sir G-É. Cartier. I can still remember people stocking up on on chicken legs, milk, canned juices,......

in response to: Fuck the IGA by CE

Marie: I grew up in LaJunta and when I hit college, I learned that I had gotten a great education. I was far ahead of the other students in math and science and history. ......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 8 by Scott Sargent

little ukraine: ...and others will say it's New York's W 4th in Greenwich Village, once home of Gerde's Folk City and near MacDougal Street where Kettle of Fish was. NY likes to take credit for everything......

in response to: Positively 4th St. by Tyfoid Kid

Anna: I was born and raised in Kensington (K&A) right acrossed from McPherson Square. My family still lives there, and my children grew up there! When I ws growing up in the late 60's and......

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

eyeofodin: Pretty lawn though...I don't know how much publicity the draught gets in other parts of the Bay Area where the sun actually shines, but in SF I never hear about it. I guess I......

in response to: Watering the Lawn by joey

Peter: This is a tale explaining the manner in which my way of life was rotated along a Y axis until it reached a position roughly 180 degrees from that which it started If I could......

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

OG FROM GCC: Cecilia Keep it up. Keep going. We brought a group of 25 to Philly. Half worked in some gardens in the Dauphin area. We stopped by there on Thursday morning on a way......

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

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

EvilGentleman: Two years and a few months later, this article still defines several different conflicts in a way that few if any articles can. {Motorists} vs {Cyclists} {Road Rage} vs {Radical Activism} {Male} vs {Female} {Entitled} vs {Empowered} The article that......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

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

Brody: What a delight to come across this blog. It was truly "the best of times." Not only did I have the privledge of playing football for Bernie Mars 58'-60' but my uncle played......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

POWcityblog: In Toronto the authorities are pretty quick to get rid of abandoned cars. They never last more than a day or so. Having said that there is a '89 or '90 black Honda Civic hatchback......

in response to: A Sign of Past Times? by CartLegger

Lp: Reading all these Stories on here really piss me off! Everyone is saying that they moved away to make a better life for theirselves/family and say how much of a "Hell-Hole" kensington is. i was......

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

Jamie: Classic citynoise! Thanks for tihs slice-of-life from the other side of the planet. I love the mix of old and new, it's not how I imagine Sydney, or Australia in general to look. Quite colonial,......

in response to: Downtown 1 by Ross

Outside the box...: When you hear and see what is going on down in that part of town I find it difficult to feel sorry for the majority of those folks. The previous post hit the nail on......

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

Chris : First of all Toronto is hated on by all Canadians outside of the Golden Horse Shoe. One of the main reasons why is,....... the Toronto Maple Losers!!!!!!!!. It's a hockey country and the leafs used......

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

Who Cares for Kensington: Carol, I left the neighborhood because I felt forced to do so by crime and apparent bleak future prospects.I moved to another section of the city that wasn't the greatest, but it served and a......

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

living in Hutchinson: Wow. Interesting website. I would like to comment too. I live in Hutchinson. I have been here my entire life. I moved to big cities in other states for a few......

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

carol: to who cares for kensington..it is nice to move on with your life..but it is very different when it is by your own choice and not because you are being forced to move becausethe neighborhood......

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

Who Cares for Kensington: River Otters complains about the mass exodus from the city and that those folks should have stayed and are now paying the price for leaving with long commutes and 4 buck gas. I left Philly......

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

Matt T: For all the Sao Paolo doubters - I've had the incredible luck to have been to most of the top ten cities and none of them is as staggeringly impressive from the air as Sao......

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

Cecilia Midiri: Okay so, like I said some days are better than others. I'm trying right now to get 4 houses next to me cleaned and sealed. I'm here in the 25th police district. ......

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

angie: Greetings to all. I'm not from chicago at all, but I have alot of family who does. We used go ride by the high rises when we we kids, and I would wonder how in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

serlingrod: I do not defend the status - I wish to change it. I do not "draw a salary on the backs of the suffering" - the little funding we receive goes towards helping these people......

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

upfromflames: I'm glad ya'll have found each other here. Bushwick has an important place in the hearts of CityNoise contributors and editors. If you have any photos of Bushwick from your youth, you are welcome to......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Who Cares for Kensington: I'll leave race out of my comments and will continues to focus on the radical change of culture and values. The changes are what thay are and I am sure that the government nor activists......

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

Cecilia Midiri: Ok Joseph I'm sorry about your father, that he went through that. He didn't move from here after that, that speaks volumes. My mother and I were in a similar situation, we found our 84......

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

serlingrod: Thanks Peter. It's nice to have a friend back you up. I just marvel at the stubborness of it though.....I mean, "keep on painting" ... Really? I've made it perfectly clear I'm not an artist..I'm......

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

serlingrod: In response to the last post - first of, let me say that I live in Philadelphia and have worked as a community organizer in Kensington for the past several years. I mention this to......

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

River: My mother and grandmother grew up in the projects of Newark. My grandmother was telling me that we she and my mom first moved in when they were first built it was a nice place......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

Me: Re to Returnee What baffles me is that these so called "happy and better off since I left Hutchinson" people just keep posting their negativity on this site. If they are so much better off and......

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

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......

in response to: A Homeless Man Sleeping with His Most Cherished Possession by Leroy Allen Skalstad

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......

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

Me: Re to Tex and Peter I would post pics here,but I do not know how.Maybe I can get my 17 year old to do it for me,but she is usually too busy,like many other folks here......

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

Tex: I'll post a picture, this is Memorial Hall Convention Center. This is the building that the city spent over 2.2 million to fix up and still can't be used because it can only seat......

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

EvilGentleman: BostonVisitor, I honestly have no clue about the costs of prostitutes in the city, nor where to go for the best deals. But like any other commodity, the sex market will provide better quality for......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

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......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: I remember as a child in 1980, sitting in an Ocala, Florida parking lot with my dad while my mother shopped in a _HOPPING ___TER. We have made random "hopping ter" jokes ever since. And Jamie is......

in response to: El R Restau by Peter

Craig: There is a new Vespa store in Brooklyn by the Navy Yard. Yet another good reason why not to trek into the city. Yeah!...

in response to: Brooklyn Vespa by Peter

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......

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

tom lockhead: Hi Hairsy, glad to hear you are doing ok. Stayed in the neighborhood until the jobs dried up. Joined Smith Kline and French and wound up my last 10 years in New York City. Retired......

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

hugglez924: I have lived in Hutchinson nearly all my life and it is a wonderful place to live and raise a family. My children are grown and dont plan on moving to any other town.......

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

luna park: i don't think so. my landlady told me this tree was planted by her italian grandparents, who emigrated to brooklyn at the turn of the last century. here's another crack at a recent nytimes article......

in response to: Brooklyn Backyard by luna park

colavitos ghost: joey (and other people who might be interested, if you notice, the roadway all along euclid from public square to university circle has been significantly enhanced in the past 4 years. it's all a......

in response to: Posturban by joey

mixed opinion: I have been to Cabrini-Green several times. I have a friend that used to live there, I'd go and visit her alot. It is a place that, that city needs. I think they should keep......

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

jason: i didn't live in kensington "officially" but i spent somewhere around 14-15 years there. sorry to say i was one of the people 'involved' in the crime and drugs that tore that part of the......

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

Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot! A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo. [[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]] by Adam Enright I was thrilled to read about......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Peter: truthteller: the signs on the building are standard nycha signage, stating "only tennants and their guests are allowed in building", you know, the sort of signs you see on section-8 housing all over the city.........

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Me: The crime in Hutch is nothing compared to other cities. Crime is everywhere,in every town or city and thats just the way the world is today. I still feel much safer living here than I......

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

RAY ALAN: I have lived in jacksonville fla. all my life 51yrs. to be exact.First I cant belive Jacksonville fla. is being called a small town because there est.800,000 people reside here and it is......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Joe Seeking Contact: Check the current demographics on Elkin school and it is evident that the neighbor hood makeup has changed. Just like Kensington was wonderful to us as kids, so it is today for the current residents.......

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

Cityplanner: Top 5 Canadian cities: Toronto: Toronto has so many skysrapers and so many of them that you will break you're neck trying to look up at them. Montreal: Montreal is probably the nicest in all of Canada......

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

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

Joe: As I review most of the comments posted it seems that there are many faded memories of a better time for Kensington (including many of my comments and memories). I do love history and therefore......

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

cityman: That sounds great but you only get to vote for city council members one in your district and one at large posistion. Council members do not get fair compensation for their duties.You get what you......

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

Johnny: The cost of living is cheaper here but it still sucks. Why don't we leave you ask? Because now we are stuck here with the housing market and all the other crap. Jacksonville......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Tex: Like I said the pro hutch people simply want to deny the facts and insult the ones telling the truth. And why don't you address why that one person wasn't treated fairly by the city......

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

Re: Me: If you bother to read this entire thread you'll see that people have gone to the city council meetings, only to be insulted and ignored. ...

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

SCW: Norman is one of the more scenic and interesting communities in Oklahoma. I lived there and in Oklahoma City (just north of Norman) for 13 years; moved in 1989 to coastal Texas, south of......

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

ex-Bellevillian: Personally...I think Belleville is the most boring town in the world and I grew up there. Still have family there too. Belleville has always had this gran idea of itself because it host......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Gary, I am sure I must have met you and your Mum if you did your shopping in fiddlers lane as we were from 1947 to 1980. If you open up the other web site that......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

jeff: i've lived here for 22 years and have often complained about wanting to "get out of here". the problem seems to be once i'm somewhere else i miss home terribly. there is something that draws......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Jennifer: This is so not representative of Montreal! Montreal is a city where you can hang out safely at night without being scared of everyday street gang attacks. Of course, attacks happen but not......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

A Proud Montrealer : Thanks Assholes for giving our city another kick in the crotch. We want to attract tourist to our fine city., but they won't come if they have to put up with Bullshit like this. I was at......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Cyril Bagshaw: Hello Anne in Ontario, I married Ellen and Jim Massey from Cadishead married her sister Edith. You may not know, but there is a sister site to this one,"Citynoise these things no longer exist" and I have......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith