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Stan: Before the Eastern Parkway Arena was used for boxing it was also a roller skating rink. There was also one on Empire Blvd (the Empire Rollerdrome)near Ebbets field. There was also Freddie Fitzsimmons bowling alley......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Janet: What a collection of memories--things that surely resonate throughout this remarkable site. Just a few comments, Alan, though the Rochester-Buffalo-Ralph neighborhood from St. Johns to Eastern Parkway was not our neighborhood. The Congress......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Janet: Thanks Stan for the Strand reminder--but wasn't the Strand on Fulton Street, just before the downtown movie and shopping district began? If you emerged from the subway, you were just about in front of the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Janet: Well, the adage 'the more things change the more they stay the same' does not apply to the old neighborhoods or the old movie houses where those of our generation got a colorful taste so......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Stan: I was born at 1074 Eastern Pkway, moved to 919 then 915 and around the corner to Albany Ave, between Lincoln and St. Johns. My wife can't understand why we always lived within a few......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

zagg: Modern version of Shakespeare's theatre!!! ...

in response to: There\'s a New Building in Town by joey

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Debbie, I remember you very well, Matt often talks about Jennifer. He still speaks to a few of his old friends, pretty good really as he was only seven when we left. He......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Genevieve: Indeed, that building housing the Uniprix was once home to the Savoy theatre. Good eye....

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

A. Weinstein: Oh< Janet by the way do you remember the knish place on St.Johns Place near the Utica Theatre?...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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 [[img:27106]] [[img:27107]] A Pitch and Putt course [[img:27108]] and beach huts [[img:27109]] It did have a pier too......

in response to: The Great British Seaside by Jamie

You are an idiot.: Of course you would show the picture of the crappiest hotel in the city to try and prove your point. "Passing through" does not give you enough taste of a city, especially one as interesting......

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

dirana1: PS EvilGentleman, there's more to a tower at KP than an mop and a squeegee believe me, I myself would have a couple of rounds of the indigenous firearm in the tower fired if someone......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

Tex: You are absolutely right, we should be thankful for what we have and the great country that we live in. We are very blessed and fortunate to live in a country where we have......

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

j.smith: I do not think we have met, i have never been to the Dominion theatre i think you have the wrong Mr Smith. if you met my father some 15 years ago, you must be a......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Keith : Re j smith. I first met you john at the dominoin theatre tottemham court road on chas n daves 25th aneversary. you had a book out on pie and mash shops and......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Ellen: Oh what memories!!!!!!.My grandparents lived at 1102 Eastern PKWY and my Grandpa had a tailor shop on Utica right around the corner. I spent every Saturday afternooon of my childhood there- with all my aunts,......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

riana: I moved here in 1989 and if you people hate Jacksonville now you would of really hated it back then, there was really nothing to do, and everyone here talked funny. Ive seen it grow......

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

jimmy: Hi, I was born in Bushwick, 1950 and lived there till 1963. I lived on the corner of Grove Street and Evergreen Avenue. I remeber the Halsey Bops, The Ellery Bops, The Flaming Saints. Cypress Park, Hyland......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Evinrude: Alfred. Again you stated over again what has been brought up before. If you have looked through the site you will see that old bastards like yourself enjoy the same things, the comsmosphere, NJCAA,......

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

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

Padre Island: I graduated from HCC in the late 70's, back when Hutchinson still had somewhat of a downtown. I remember our business law class one day invited the Pres. of the Hutch Chamber to come speak.......

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

Bob: I have lived in Lawrence, KS as well. I have traveled this great land of ours extensively (Driven through every state east of the rockies and south of New York) I am not saying all......

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

Bob: The Hutchinson, KS haters amuse me. I'm sure some of them have lived in other cities, some have attested to it in their diatribes. However it seems that they are either young or......

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

janet grayson: Anyone attend P.S. 167 (Mr. Lodato, principal)? Lincoln Terrace sometimes opened its skating rink (but almost never when I got there); Dubrows (directly across Eastern Parkway from St. Matthews RC Church) was a favorite--then they......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: good grief, you must come from my neighborhood, and be about 65 now. the kingsway theatre is gone, so is everything else that was great about the area. i lived on highlawn avenue......

in response to: Coney & Surroundings by kricket

EvilGentleman: There's a theatre? When did that open? Cool....

in response to: Passing Airliner Triggers Wonder in Arctic by EvilGentleman

A Girl From Wakeham Bay: it is very nice up here && there is a theatre now plus you can order alcohol and it takes 2 days to arrive but expensive. I am glad to live here it is......

in response to: Passing Airliner Triggers Wonder in Arctic by EvilGentleman

janet grayson: Just reading these posts bring back very fond memories. I remember the Schenectady Ave. (at Lincoln Place) pickle lady with her barrels of sours and half-sours. Also, I too stood among the crowds......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: peter you bring tears to my eyes, the old brooklyn-manhattan transit, the sea beach express, the f train and others, i rode them almost everyday, i would walk to school and pass under the el......

in response to: Coney Island, Stillwell Avenue Station by Peter

G: Yes, Catford is in for a wholesale regeneration project over the next decade. If you want the cat to be preserved, make sure you tell the council, as well as having your say on......

in response to: The Giant Cat of South London by I.T.U.C.

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

procyon: General consensus seems to be a combination of luck (sometimes it's just unlocked) and being polite/respectful to the people who work there (i.e. if you see people working inside, try asking nicely if you can......

in response to: The Tent of Tomorrow, Revisited by procyon

realworldgirl9: You know, the reason our entire country is in a shit hole right now is because of the lousy attitudes of people today. I have lived in many places in my life, for instance:......

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

EvilGentleman: I found an article about the old Amherst Theater (1927-1968) which became the Arlequin Theater (1968-1979). Apparently it ended as a live theater, but I am unsure if it was always so. I have no......

in response to: Faith No More by EvilGentleman

Nando: Hey guys I have to say this is definitely one of my favorites entries ever. I am a native of Corona (on which the park lies) and I can honestly say that my life......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

CE: It is important to remember that every city has many different faces and this is just one of them. Montreal has the ability to change drastically from one block to another. Just a......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I've got a bunch of "the Whistler" on my iPod (bought from a link on boingboing). And I was just listening to "War of the Worlds" by Mercury theatre. Fantastic....

in response to: Signal Gasoline by fuzzytank

karen: Hi all, I lived on the same block as the Benson Theatre and boy what fun it was to be 1st in line back in the 50's, if you were the first 50 or......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

yo: what about the marboro theatre on bay parkway? y'all forgot about that! ...

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

jeeff: hey now i love that movie. the whole point of a repertory theatre is to show classic older movies in addition to hip new ones....

in response to: Soon To Be Demolished by groovehouse

Vivian: What's the building at back with the water-tanks? Looks like some theatre...

in response to: Car Wash by Peter

jack: yes, it was the benson theatre....

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

Torcaso: Don't forget The Firesign Theatre!...

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

aer suzuki: Wasn't sure what that silver thing was when I posted, but just did a quick search and found these links: http://www.vancouverplus.ca/alcan_omnimax_theatre/398855 http://www.vancouverinfocenter.com/merchant2.php/list2/250/Alcan+Omnimax+Theatre As for the wires, my guess is they're for electric busses. They had trolleys up there......

in response to: Vancouver Through a Car Window by aer suzuki

GUS BRENNAN: [[img:13146]] bosom friends recent trip to Blackpool for the old time music hall at the grand theatre, note the period costume of some of our members, just to get in the mood. it was a wonderful......

in response to: Barnoldswick by Gus Brennan

EvilGentleman: As far as I know, the block you are referring to (the north side of Sainte-Catherine between Lambert-Closse and de Chomedy) has closed down simply due to the fact that the Forum closed in 1996,......

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

jack: holy shit, you mean 1984 is now classic. i must be ancient. i still think of 1958 as the summer of my youth. the best of rock and roll was being played......

in response to: A Little Taste of Screwed & Chopped to Metal Classics by Arthur Mercadante

Zoila: Lived in Bushwick all my life. Seen the worst, experienced the worst, seen the best, experienced the best. I am in college now. Quite possibly the most opposing place to Bushwick. It's......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: I know what you mean about the grand old theaters, as I have watched them all disappear one by one. I remember watching numerous movies in the Capitol Theatre in Cornwall, Ontario. The Capitol has......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

jack: first-elaine, that word i'm curious about. the astericks, there are 3 of them so it was hard to figure out the word. would the letters have been,'un', if so, it should have had......

in response to: Passing Airliner Triggers Wonder in Arctic by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Interesting shots of the skeleton of the old porn theatre (was it the Eve or the Picadilly? I can't remember. Never went in one of those places in my life). It really helps to illustrate......

in response to: montreal by hool

Anal: Did you actually go there as it is not in the same spot as the original! The actual spot is about 100 metres away. oh by the way it is spelt 'theatre'....

in response to: globe theater by steelisreal

Jim: I took an hour to get through 1/2 of this chain (before giving up)so sorry if I'm repeating. Leah is wrong! You can't have a city filled with people taking situations into their own hands. She......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

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

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Ben: *theatre* ...

in response to: globe theater by steelisreal

GGP: makes me think of the famed Women's Pentagon Action demo way back when (in 1980): "Four huge female puppets created by Bread and Puppet Theatre led some 2,000 women in a march past Arlington Cemetery to......

in response to: Wholesome Urban Graffiti by groovehouse

Jamie: i wonder how many times you would have to watch the chronicles of narnia in order to re-embroider the whole theater/theatre/cinema/auditorium. at least thrice i'd wager....

in response to: Empty Theater by Peter

elaine: hum. west end is where the theatres and big shops are and tourists go and the queen lives. not that many people live there, but it would be good to live there if you were......

in response to: abject objects by elaine

jack: i went to the old allen freed rock and roll shows at the paramount theatre in downtown brooklyn in 1956, 1957, 1958 and the cops would come down the isles in the theatre on horse......

in response to: Norwegian, Oslo city police by horse by Rune-Willem

Colin: Yes, that is sometimes a problem with the internet, where various web sites end up quoting each other in a sort of endless cycle. By the way, took a while to download on......

in response to: victoria park bench by elaine

jack: the M inthe first photo is the old manhattan hotel. there were many great dances there in the 50's and 60's. it eventually changed to the milford plaza where i worked for awhile......

in response to: Midtown Manhattan Rooftop View by Peter

joey: i see the 'M' hotel. why that's the Hotel Manhattan - 44th to 45th Streets at 8th Avenue. New York's new completely air-conditioned hotel. 1400 rooms...each with private bath, television and radio. Located in the......

in response to: Midtown Manhattan Rooftop View by Peter

jack: i believe there were apartment buildings and cottages for summer renters at brighton beach. the hand ball courts are famous for some of the best games in the country. if you were travelling down ocean......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

elaine: fret not jack, and thank you for your concern. i have corresponded with our marc and await a window in his calendar of events. he is going to this {http://www.nationaltheatre.org.uk/?lid=13493} later which looks interesting, and......

in response to: bomb culture by elaine

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

in response to: Toronto for a week by jo

elaine: i love the outdoor pool in the oasis, it is heated and lit inside and you can swim in the dark and the rain. i used to work in the theatre across the road and......

in response to: london fields lido blues by elaine

elaine: i like that link. i used to work in a theatre in the LX dept, and used to make the boys explain electricity to me, which was more fun than it sounds, as it is......

in response to: tokyo by night by jeeff

elaine: i missed this, first time round. this and other dawn/dusk night shots very much enjoying, and i like the blurry people. i have liked also a minimal animationesque you have got going. i am interested......

in response to: Ferry by fuzzytank

Gaz: It's definately not Ukranian. It's opposite the National Theatre in Waterloo, London. Proof here: [[http://www.friskygeek.com/mt/archives/2005/04/publication.html]] and here [[http://www.memetank.net/mt/archives/000268.html]] Anyone know if it's still there or has it been buffed?...

in response to: There is Always Hope by Tankist

steelisreal: when i first moved to london i lived in the ghetto, kennington near brixton and oval. after about 6 months i realized that i wanted to live somewhere more fun closer to the nightlife.......

in response to: Worldcup Party by Steelisreal