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margarita kontarovich: in september 2008 happened to shorefront senior center. mental health i were bad behavior contiued to bad behavior in the lunch in the backyard stay with group with my staff candace robinson in the afternoon.......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Peter: heh... its so true, though. my reality indicates that just about every new yorker i know winces upon hearing the name "mccain", wanted to punch giuliani every time he over-invoked 9/11 while campaigning and basically......

in response to: Preaching to No One by Peter

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

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

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

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

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

Allan: Richie, What year did you graduate from 167? Me - 59. Judy also had another brother I think. We lived in same apartment house and same floor. I think I recognize the name Joel Bercy. Right......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

RICHIE RUBIN: ALLAN,MR.LITMAN WAS MS HINES`BEAU',& JUDY OSHINSKY LIVES IN MIAMI AREA,HER BROTHER,ALAN DIED 20+ YRS AGO!I ALSO KNEW JOEL BERCY,ALFRED/LOUELLA BROWN THE`SUPERS'KIDS & MANY MORE FROM YOUR BLOCK[JONI BORRUSSO WAS MY `DATE' BACK THEN..& WE'D GO TO CONGRESS THEATER ON......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

BARON VON FANCY: Baron Von Fancy is not a man, he is an idea. And you cannot kill an idea. He has been called an artist. He has been called a maniac. He is a recluse. He never......

in response to: Baron Von Fancy by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Grace Ramos-Huertas: Hi everyone-I too attended JHS111 from 9/69 to june71. Though I was terrified to be starting JH at the time becuse of a few bullies for the most part I have nothinbg but wonderful memories of......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

BillH: Liz when you were born I was 24 and living in Colorado so I am a "few" years older than you. I am probably about the same age as your parents. Where did you......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

poteto: never see nancy ,the last one i saw was joanne she was still running a store on Kensington @ york w/ the guy she married-not even sure when that was.Sandy and Candy? 25 years in......

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

poteto: yeah I used to like it when there only a couple of cars parked so I could move it farther. NEVER MARRIED!one of the foxes passed not sure Brucie or Mike, Millie & Ed(fishbait) passed,my......

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

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

maureen.downing@comcast.net: I lived on E. 89th St. between York and East End Avenues from 1940-1955 and have tons of great memories of coming of age in Yorkville during World War II & thru the 50's. ......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

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

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

Sue Freeman: Anyone who wants to go explore these and other Ithaca area waterfalls would do well to pick up a copy of "200 Waterfalls in Central & Western New York - A Finders. Guide." http://www.footprintpress.com. It's......

in response to: Ithaca Is Gorgeous! by Peter

Joe F: Hi Laura ! RE: "my" 3rd Ave EL PHOTO ! I enjoyed reading your Yorkville memories as an ex 1940's-60's Yorkville-ite myself. It would have been appropriate and nice for me to also have been given ME......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

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

Peter: with a [[3348:new york in lincolnshire]], no doubt youve got a {brooklyn} in {philly}! nice find... thanks for sharing it with us. this is the view from the end of my block, for comparison: [[img:28261]] other brooklynites, show......

in response to: Where Brooklyn At? by serlingrod

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

PJS: These posts are so fascinating. I grew up at Lawrence and Huntington. Went to John Welsh Elementary, then Girls' High. Mos.t of my friends went to St. Edwards at Seventh and York. I remember the......

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

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

ante croatia: oooooh my god every bridge in new york has it's own charisma.i am 13 and i love all bridges especially suspension ones and cable stayed bridges but new york bridges-paradise for me.i especially love the......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

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

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

carrie: while i do agree that our nixon-era bred conservative government does employ a 'world cop' approach in their international relations, and also recognize the dangerously slippery slope this entails, i can't stomach yet another accusatory......

in response to: Exremist school.. by Rune

Jim M 52: My brother Bill and I lived in 90thST between 1st & 2nd Ave from the early 50's untill the early 60's. The yorkville experience was the best of our lives, my brother married "the girl......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

mburgos: omg... i wonder how many of you i know... i grew up all over kensington... and still kinda am ... the steak house wanderer was staliking about was billy's steak house... they robbed and......

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

Peter: hey "movin to wick", wake up! youre working with a conception of {new york} thats about 20+ years outdated... i mean, serously. youd think {brooklyn} was {beirut}. perhaps youve been watching too much ##law and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

NewYorkDave: Hmmm, I just realized that that route wouldn't have made any sense considering the number of blocks involved. The pretzels surely would have been cold by the time he reached Onderdonk--unless he were running the......

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

Peter: tom: i think its ludicrous to simply look at the "thousands of lives lost that day" without trying to dig deeper into the why and how of it. i think it disrespects both those who......

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

A-TRAIN: los angeles is definately not the most recognized in film, tv, or anything in the world. if someone showed me a picture of it and asked me what city it is, id probably have no......

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

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......

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

ahh a ghost: heres my list of the top 10! (im from the chicago-land area) First off, all you dallas-houston and toronto-montreal people fighting, shut the hell up. 1.Tokyo, Japan- to me, every picture i see of tokyo looks great.......

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

Peter: i was in {red hook} last weekend for the [[7734:idiotarod]] and overheard tales of up-and-coming places pulling out of {red hook}, due to the expected "influx" of folks not happening as expected/predicted... a shame. classic......

in response to: Ikea\'s Watery Shadow by CartLegger

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.......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

EvilGentleman: Thanks, little ukraine and Peter. My family was indeed part of the Mohawk ironworking community. I went to the museum in my hometown of Kahnawake with my grandmother one time, and there was a good-sized display......

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

Emily: I smiled to see a posting here with a pic of York and Emerald -- the same site I see outside my bedroom window every day. Things here aren't great but they're definitely moving......

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

Mist One53. Tdt=The Deadly Type.: Hello JA From Mist1 Sheffield England uk. I was first in Nyc in 1989 and saw SANE eveywhere. At the top of the World trade centre, not much bigger that this text on the screen.I......

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

jettr130: I"grew up"on the streets of Yorkville.I lived there from 1946-1957.My family first lived on 73rd and 74th sts. on 2nd Ave. My grandmother lived on 87th and 88th on York Ave. I went to just......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Carrie : Ok everyone, I see you points, but let me tell you...corruption and political favors are EVERYWHERE, and in every city in America! Of COURSE, if you're in a position to keep a competitor out......

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

what?: hello, i'm italian, i'm in New York. do you konw other graffiti store in new york? thank you ...

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Angel... Sunset Park Broolkyn: I was real young maybe 13 yrs old,during this black out, when the lights went out me and a some group of friends got together and tagged up the nieghborhood, atleast we weren't looting. I......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

Elicar: In a morbid way, it's nice to hear EvilG rant again, if ya know what I mean! EvilG, In Ontario, we pay a health care premium. I am not sure about the amount now as tax......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

Peter: although im a {new york}er, i agree with mcarthur. ive watched this post for over a year and though its taught me a lot about a place ive never been (and about some of the......

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

jack: thank you little ukraine, i never knew about that ceremony, i thought new yorkers forgot about that fire, seems when i read the book about it many years ago i became emotionaly tied to the......

in response to: Walking Through Washington Square Park On My Way to Dinner by jack

FromAmsterdam: Me and 2 friends are going to new york for 3 weeks in januari. me and another one are white and the 3rd one is hispanic looking. whe should be allright by daytime in brooklyn......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

Dan Doyle: Hey Wanderer!! The cheesesteaks you had were from Bills Steakhouse at Kensington & Cambria. Bill's is where you went late at night or real early in the morning, it was open so late. ......

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

MaGoo: I grew up on Lawn Guyland in the 70's; most of my neighbors were "caucasian-Americans" who were from Bushwick and East New York. They had been displaced by the "diversity"- when the city used THEIR......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

mellisa7: Robert Oppel is not Neck Face. They respect eachother I know but they are two different people. Robert Oppel's a New York actor/Director who faked his own death but actually made two really......

in response to: Is Robert Oppel Neck Face? by Peter

little ukraine: i see nobody has given this a stab yet so... here goes... first of all, congratulations for having the initiative to save up a lot of money, because it is first and foremost what you will......

in response to: Help This Newbie by lou

Tboy: ok i've been all over canada and everyone hates toronto. i live in the core of toronto, actually in yorkville which is a block away from younge and bloor, toronto's main intersection. every1 hates toronto,......

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

Chris Rodriguez: i KNOW THE HISTORY OF BUSHWICK... i know the history of brooklyn, of all of new york. i wrote a 10 page essay on bushwick for school. Im not saying im a know every single......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: The simple reality is, Americans are welcomed warmly by most Montrealers, and generally disliked but tolerated by the rest. And that dislike is often because they are getting mistaken for Torontonians, or other English-speaking Canadians. Dislike......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

Not from Hutch anymore: I would like to say that I do not live in Hutchinson anymore. I have, however, lived all over the country since I left. This includes New York, San Francisco, LA, San Diego, Seattle, Florida,......

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

todd from kansas: It looks to me there are some extreme generalizations in the photos. Almost trying to make these towns look much worse than they really are. I grew up in Kansas City. Have driven all through......

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

EvilGentleman: Well, how about we let the place that used to be in Yugoslavia call itself "The Slavic Republic of Northern Macedonia"? I dunno, just trying to state what I feel is right. The only Yugoslavians......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

Hutchinson=Poor Town USA: Angela, You must have not had a good english teacher. Your grammer is very bad. I am glad to hear that you are doing so well in New York. I live in New Jersey and......

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

Angela Watkins~ Harris: I was born in Hutchinson, Kansas back in 1960 and I lived there for a while I did 1/2 of 9th grade at Sherman Junior High School and then attended 10th & 11th at Hutch......

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

Luis Acevedo: Please send me your e-mail addresses and I will scan some images as well as send you the ones I have on my pc now. As for stories there are so many untold. Have you......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

Laurie: I loved reading your story.My Grandparents came from Yorkville 73rd and 2nd and 72nd.My Greatgrand father Joseph Hala owned a bar,Tavern or whatever it was called back then.They lived above the bar.I've been trying......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

bed sty-cee!: ....and another thing you mexicans i cant believe you let your country go to hell by corruption and stealing. instead of staying there fighting and taking back your country you run here. work so called......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

DeadRagabash: First off, I was born in a nice little Indian Reservation in Oklahoma, lived all over Okalhoma lived all over New Mexico, Texas & Colorado. As well as 15 odd places in Germany over 2......

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

miguel ayala aka Mike: To greg w so would I and maybe someday i'll get the chance to go back to New York and stop by E3rd st and try to prospect for the brotherhood of the HA...

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

Kat: Lol, 'BW'. Haa... I was checking out this thing on Wikipedia. In it, they have a travel guide to Brooklyn, and when I went to look for Bushwick, they were calling it 'East Williamsburg'. I edited......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

mark blak: when i started in 99 it wasn't the best school but it was bad & fun i was the 1 that never went to class because the lunchroom was where all the fun was at(remember......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

upfromflames: cjh: thanks again for your post. I used it on a walking tour of Bushwick today. One more story to add to the many, found in buildings gone, standing, and yet to be. Hope you......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mushi: There are mean people everywhere in this city, whether it's Bushwick, Sunnyside, Park Slope, the Upper Eastside, Soho...it doesn't matter. People with attitudes like some mentioned above really upset me. Yeah, I'd love to live......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: cay: firstly, i think its humorously ironic that you qualify "not scaremongering" by saying "god knows {nyc} is scary enough". thats a dated, inaccurate and stereotypical statement that i dont appreciate much, as a {new......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Brandon: Awesome, i wouldn't say " Mini NewYork" Toronto doesnt want to be refernaced to anything other then The BIG Toronto. ...

in response to: toronto night by jeeff

b: The fifth photo was not a police station. The police station used to be on York Street, on the south side, and it was shared with the Fire Department. Now it is just the York......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

sick: bushwick is probabably the heroin capital of new york i know b/c i i go to the needle exchange placed so conveniently on broadway dont raise your kids in this neighborhood they will grow up to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Brad: Another thing I forgot. Since this is a Roberts Moses post, it would be interesting to see some before and after pictures of areas that his projects went through. I remember seeing a picture of......

in response to: Robert Moses Photo Collective by CartLegger

Mushi: I've now lived in Bushwick for 10 months. Other than the fact that where I live feels like a dorm sometimes (loud music, loud people), I do feel safe there. Yes, as I have said,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Anonymous: Coney Isalnd has alot of family memories for me and many others. It has been there for many years and i enjoy taking my children to a place where my parents once took me......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

jack: once upon a time, an aging man, was left home, alone, his wife had gone off to work, his children all at their places and with their families, and this old man, well older gentleman,......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

sirhcbre: I agree with a lot of what has already been said. Here are my two cents: -Profiles would be nice but shouldn't be mandatory. If someone wants one, they should be able to create......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

Brad: $$$. Insurance money was a major motivating factor among other problems at the time, in NYC, and in other major cities like Chicago. At least that's what I've read about time and time again, as......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

Nancy D'Elia: Good grief indeed, Mr. Wilson. How would you explain all the business names of restaurants in New York or in Montreal for that matter that have Italian names in them?I realized that some people might......

in response to: Bimbo Daycare by EvilGentleman

.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

NEWK RoK: Dude i been using etch with my crew nd we just use etch bath it rocks on the window,nd i live in new york my boy got a few etch tags on the 7 train,and......

in response to: Snatch by Peter

procyon: peter: too bad about the sane stuff getting painted over! i read somewhere that someone is rehabilitating the place, though... as a resident of a beautiful old building with a lot of terra cotta sculptural......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

Beadle and Tatum: I always brag that Cleveland has the Rock hall, but you realize what a coup it was after comparing the musical displays there about Tennesse, Detroit, London and New York to the display of medium......

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

Colt.: I see the neighborhood gentrifying actually working, right now i was by there and they had a starbucks, blockbuster, and bestbuy. There are tons of nice new Huge High-Rises, Chicago, is becoming a lot nicer,......

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

Toze: All graffiti is born from biting, someone creates a style and others copy it, that's how it spreads and artists develop their own skills, we learn by copying and emulating others, it's in our nature,......

in response to: Graf Trainz 3: South-East London: Aroe by Jamie

jeeff: on a personal level, i agree. but on a larger scale, the gathering pace of gentrification downtown worries me. it's not just the artists being gradually pushed out of the downtown core, it's......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

jack: ##[Ed: this comment was posted as a separate article. i removed the article and appended the comment here. please try to keep your comments confined to the relevant article.]## no photos, sorry folks. i......

in response to: U.S. Congressman Foley by sine

rev roger: i think alot of you people take yourselfs way to fucking seriously its like being in high school all over again,jealousy over who is making money and whos not in the art biz.fuck.. for once......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

Nickle, Dime, Quarter: Thanks for explaining your point. I see where you are coming from. My favourite vantage point for the skyline is at the very end of the Leslie St. Spit (on the lighthouse hill). From there,......

in response to: The Last Bird by Biff

Nickle, Dime, Quarter: "Take away the CN tower, and Toronto could be almost any North American city in the 1 to 5 million population category." That's an interesting comment about a city with more high rises than any other......

in response to: The Last Bird by Biff

Raph : Bedsidebooks is a student run program that collects, sorts and distributes used books to nursing homes, homeless shelters, schools and other non profits. More information can be found at www.bedsidebooks.org (or email bedsidebooks@gmail.com). ......

in response to: Booktrash by Peter

EvilGentleman: I have to translate this. It's just too much to resist. 가장 큰exsqisite, 나는 말해야 한다! 여기 모든에EvilGentleman포획은 이것 이다: 1 - 감시는 시간외에 하고 있다. 2 - 그의 할아버지 새로운 틀이를 얻기 위하여 농부는 도시로 가고 있다. 3......

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: The art, if authentic, should be supported by buying it. I personally feel the best way to buy native art is to go to an Indian reservation and buy it directly from the artist, wherever......

in response to: Fast Cash by joey

procyon: Nice shot! I am setting out on a road trip next Tuesday to visit (among other things) another of Johnson's designs, the New York State Pavilion in Queens. I love his stuff. Have you been......

in response to: Corridor To A Higher Education by groovehouse

wackojacko: Check the police blotters of NY papers. Brooklyn, especially the bad parts, IS bad. Even in the bad parts, what are the chances of something happening? Pretty low. Chances still higher......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne