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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

aj schure: anyone with pics of thepresident st.troy ave area of days gone bye???eastwern parkway albany through the park lincoln terrace dead mans hill...

in response to: Coney & Surroundings by kricket

Brucie: Charhan, If you were there when Eddie was taken out, we were standing next to each other on Indiana Ave. I will not share my real name on this posting for obvious reasons, but I hope......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

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

Allan: Richie, I DID live in the same building as Judy O. We both lived on the first floor. I was in the front. Her family in the back. She had a male dog 'Nipper' and I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Howard : I saw Harry Truman in a motorcade campaigning for President riding through Eastern Parkway. It was Petach Tikvah (Gate of Hope)on Lincoln Place & Rochester Ave. . For a couple of years Dubrow's had......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: lol cartlegger: thats why i told you it reminded me of ##spies like us## when i was last there ;) today, i spoke to a navy veteran who was stationed on one of the last few......

in response to: Secret Transmitter by Peter

Allan: Concord Hotel building has been raized and a multi-billion $ hotel/casino is being built on that site. Property all around is/has been bought up, probably for associated functions or businesses. Did you ever swim at......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Rich: Thanks for the response and veggie info. Next time I'm there (if I can remember) I'll try the place. Crown Heights and all of the surrounding areas, I've walked through and can relate to some......

in response to: Masonic Meats? by Peter

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

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

Mitch Spector: Yep, it's indeed very much GONE. Made one final pass by this morning (November 5th) to check things out and it's not what I saw, but what I didn't see that caught my attention! It's......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Arrest Development: Let's get real, gentrification, which means "from gentry, noble birth, good genes", is really a catering to Euro/Anglo culture who are given privilege, mobility, whether it's suburban or in the city, and easier access to......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Brodidly AB: Bushwick!! What can I say? It can be an interesting place to live in and it can be a nightmare. To all those who are contemplating moving to Bushwick, on the serious tip you......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Jean: This is a new one on me! The only other time I've seen so many pumpkins all together is at local farms where stacks of pumpkins are waiting to become someone's jack-o-lantern! This......

in response to: Pumpkin Park by AG

Mitch Spector: Today was demolition day--Saturday, November 1st. I went by 8:30am this morning yet apart from more bricks removed, it was still standing. When I visited the site again, by late afternoon, they had torn down......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Alan Kupperberg: I’m terribly gratified that some of you enjoyed my reminisces. Richie Rubin is correct in that I sure don’t have Alzheimer’s. I live in Greenwich Village and I haven’t been back to that......

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

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

brushaman: hairsy , yes i know scott and paul heiler , and lynette i know the mattolas as well . i moved to los angeles in 88 , and havent ben back , i have been......

in response to: Fall in the East Bay by joey

JoAnn LaForte: oh and a P.S. God help any one of the teachers that MY 2 KIDS had [throughout their 12 years of catholic school] if they ever laid hands on them, the way they did......

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

JoAnn LaForte: I can't believe I am reading all this stuff. I lived on 130 Grove Street - bet. Central/Evergreen, from birth [1953] till we also did the mass 60's exodus (right after the beatles came)......

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

Rudy: Just to let everyone know, the Washburn Tunnel will be opening up tomorrow, October 25, at 5:30 AM!! YAY! So now you don't have to take the long way around. I'm glad to see it......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

emily: I am currently observing a class in Lafayette Elementary school. I have to write a paper regarding the changes the community or the school have gone through. The school used to have 1300 students and......

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

anon (CPE003065d674bc-CM00186851eeae.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com): this is a new watermain installation. the hydrant on the left is feeding the hydrant on the right through backflow preventer to stop bacteria in the new line from entering the existing line. ......

in response to: Hydrant to Hydrant by POWcityblog

EvilGentleman: Thanks for reposting, Mitch. And thanks for the explanations, editor. From the way you wrote "Come on guys", I suspect you felt I was complaining. Just to let you know, that is definitely not the case at......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

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

Bob O: Thanks for all the memories of Yorkville where I grew up from the 30s through the sixties. I was born over in New York Hospital, went to school at St. Ignatius and then Cardinal Hayes.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Bob O: Thanks for all the memories of Yorkville where I grew up from the 30s through the sixties. I was born over in New York Hospital, went to school at St. Ignatius and then Cardinal Hayes.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Bob O: Thanks for all the memories of Yorkville where I grew up from the 30s through the sixties. I was born over in New York Hospital, went to school at St. Ignatius and then Cardinal Hayes.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

unknown: I met my now fiance in a small town. I learned that he was born and raised in CG until he was shot not in his neighbor, but on the southside of the Chi. The......

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

Mitch: Well, sorry to say the dreaded day has finally come! This afternoon (September 25th) demolition was started. The bay windows have been covered from with orange plastic sheeting from the inside, and there's a barrier......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Chillygirl: I don't live on Kauai, but I think I understand both points of view. As both a hunter and a conservationist, I have a suggestion for both sides to consider. Since the chickens are suffering......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

Vanesa: this actually wasn't temporary. the torch stayed lit all throughout the olympics and all throughout the paralympics as well. just wanted to point that out:)...

in response to: The Olympic Rings and Flame by EvilGentleman

JP1515JeffersonAve: I find it amazing that so many have so many different views yet we all have a common thread...the Love of our hood. I grew up in Bushwick back in the 70's through the 90's.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Joann from Boston, MA: I saw them come galloping through the night streets in Philly. African American cowboys!?! I thought I was hallucinating. I could not believe my eyes. And then, my friend, a native Philadelphian said, "Oh yeah,......

in response to: Urban Cowboys by serlingrod

Lexxi: Great to know that the legend of Mr. Rufus Rockhead lives on with the naming of the street near Atwater Market, unfortunately most Montrealers have no idea of the history associated with this brilliant man......

in response to: Rufus Rockhead Street by EvilGentleman

arquitecto: Xavi, good post. I feel your pain. I am a central american immigrant who grew up in cleveland. Went to school in Portland and am living in Sacramento CA. I have gained......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Joe Drexler: From a building design standpoint many blocks in Bushwick were attached "row frames" as known by firefighters these row frames differed from attached brownstones in that the space or void between the roof and the......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

augydoggy: To all the naive people in here that think raccoons are cute and are their backyard pets: These are wild and cold-hearted omnivores that care nothing about you and would eat you alive if given the......

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

patricia blackmer: I'm planning on a trip to calvary cemetary.... i have family buried there and i'm just fascinated with old cemetaries..... its a walk through history..... lovely picture...

in response to: Old Calvary Cemetery by jack

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

madamep: I was there then, and you really nailed it for what it was like. I was the groupie mom's roommate. I still don't know what that was about. Her trip not mine. I wasn't into......

in response to: Trenches by Stephanie L. Jackson

M. Collins: Glad to hear that Mayor Daley finally won over city approval to have the last of the Cabrini Greene structures razed and cleared for new development. Although once a decent complex in the earlier half......

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

awake: Alot people have been living with no direction and misdirection threw out there entire lives in the ghetto's,all over the world.The criminal mentality and immoral behaviors has not been wiped out off the face of......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

scared with eyes wide open: believe what you see. They want us to see it. It cost them billions to build this airport that wasn't really needed, No paints a giant mural for public display without prior......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

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

Leah Q: I have been through this tunnel yet only on a moving train... nice photos too! I love the different artists and their work - so sad so much is forgotten, yet you revive it all......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

mort: sam. i must say that your description was not our experience and as kids we were not even permitted to walk the area circa 65-70. the only reason that i ever walked through was......

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

mort: york & dauphin was a getto in the 60's. almost no one from the k & a section would walk through that area. i was attcked by a small mob of stone......

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

Maureen.: A miraculous achievment what a wonderful man and as I have said many times what has age got to do with it. Its the wanting to do something special and with faith you can......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

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

Ursus: I have just applied the Black Anti-Vandal/Intruder paint to My connifer because the local brats were severely damaging it, It looks a real eyesore from the damage they caused so I decided to coat it......

in response to: Anti-Climb Paint by kobe

OU student: Driving through a city and taking a few pictures of the shittiest hotel you could have possibly roomed in during your one-night stay off the highway is a pretty idiotic way to judge a place.......

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

Skip: I remember being an idiot while in the Navy stationed in Chicago in 1995 and driving through Cabrini at 1A.M just because my friend had an obsession with "The Hood." He flashed some fake gang......

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

create: i've been through here several times...j..m train to Brooklyn and Queens...

in response to: MTA Decay by Peter

create: i've been through here several times...j..m train to Brooklyn and Queens...

in response to: MTA Decay by Peter

create: i've been through here several times...j..m train to Brooklyn and Queens...

in response to: MTA Decay by Peter

Misha: Wow I made it on the internets. This is ME planning my escape although I never did go through with it. Thanks for taking my picture. I'm moving to Nova Scotia soon but......

in response to: Back Ally Finds by CE

Tyra: I'm currently a senior [class of 09] and I've enjoyed my years in ACORN. F.Y. I: if you're going to make comments about the school then at least make them memorable ones or use proper......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Hands and Feet: Just got this today. The reality is this all started about the mid fifties or earlier. I remember moving several times before I was five years of age. This was due to depressed economics in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

jack: IN THE GOOD OL SUMMERTIME, IN THE GOOD OLD SUMMERTIME, In the good old summertime, in the good old summertime. Strolling through the shady lanes with your baby mine. You hold her hand, and she holds yours, and that's a......

in response to: Watermelon Man by Cartlegger

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

Anonymous: Oh yeah, I allmost forgot the best part. After they beat me up and stole my stuff they would follow me (at a distance)back to my house, then they would run up on me after......

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

Roke3 Nyc: This masterpiece measures a staggering 250’ x 55’ (nearly the size of a football field) and took 125 gallons of latex roller paint and a year of carefully planned nights to complete. Every supply......

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

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

Paul Revere: I'm sure you can never receive enough accolades for your photography. Great work. Personally, I've roamed those tunnels repeatedly for the past year. As someone remarked you can't hear the train untill it's prcaticly upon......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

WR: Had my bike stolen out of my garage this afternoon, probably an hour before I was gonna go use it. Now, I got the thing for free from my neighbor, so I'm not out any......

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

Brushman: Today, lawyers would have a field day with our antics. We played Kick the Can, where everyone would hide in various places and then try to run in and kick the can before being tagged by......

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

stan: I live around 116th street. A year ago I found a way in (and while down their noticed a few ways out.) I went down with a friend, a lighter, and two cellphones (which we......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

design_e: Often when I stumble, I skim through stuff, but this held onto to me and looked through it all. Thanks for capturing that important bit of American NYC history. ;)...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Who Cares for Kensington: Cecilia, My most recent comment was actually a compliment to serlingrod for posting some useful information (please read the last sentence carefully..."thanks for the contact information"). Seems that some residents would be grateful for the......

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

Panda_Chan: As a future art student I'm amazed by the art throughout my city. I didn't know this place existed and from the photos I'm tempted to take a walk through myself. It's nice to know......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Peter: ch. 13 is pretty standard for such bridge communications. but beware that if you need the bridge to be opened, you need to contact them well in advance, as they have to work around the......

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

little ukraine: always the traffic, always the lights.. joe played the cello through those darlinghurst nights. looks lovely....

in response to: Darlinghurst by Ross

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

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: 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

Sheila Vaudrey: Hiya Rob, Nice to see the Poker and Stand, we always had a nice P&S standing proudly in the Hearth, but ours was brass as our dad was a "brass finisher" we had a brass......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Montrealbunny: I finally got around to taking another walk in this direction. This is the back of the building at 4000 St Ambroise. There is a french cuisine resto tucked away there that I......

in response to: How Much Is That Pussy in the Window? by Montrealbunny

Who Cares for Kensington: Serlingrod, It reminds me of something I was told at a very young age, "men lead lives of quiet desperation". I am amazed at myself and others that accept such poor leadership and politics from elected......

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

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

Sheila Hilton: Re above rrrrrrrr(?) I lived at no. 14 Harewood road with my family (Davies). Next door (12) was a Mrs Harrop. On the other side (16) lived the Hapgoods. Throughout this site you should see a......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

adr: im not gonna read any of these comments, all i know is that the pics were all of one area by the old hospital, not the church, i dont know what year, but now they......

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

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

Violet Birchall: Hello Anne and Brian, Seems such a long time ago when we all went out for a drink together and such a suprise to find you on this site ,we are both enjoying retirement there is......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter: if i had a dollar for every time ive heard someone from a hard/bad/depressed/rebuilding neighborhood comment something like ##"_______ is really that bad and has been for years"##... [[76:cabrini green]], [[1727:henry horner]], [[4368:hutchinson]], [[646:bushwick]], to......

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

phantom: Regarding the economic side of the Kensington exodus - Google: Kensington and Globalization. The frst entry in the search findings should be a paper on the topic published at Kutztown State by Mike Kelly on......

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

sharon, swansea: hi to all thanks for the lovley comments, like i said, it was karl`s way of getting the message through, it was a very vivid dream, i`ve always been a sceptic, when......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Devil's Advocate: There is so much injustice involved with all of the unaffordable housing in Chicago and displacement of the former residents of "the projects." Throughout this blog there is so much talk of what should and......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Peter: i noticed the rear-view shots; nice technique. they threw me at first as everything wasnt in reverse. tricky! i love these little series that are borne from the everyday banal stuff... whether it be passing through......

in response to: McBuffin by EvilGentleman

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

eskae: sweet thanks for sharing I remember seeing those chris papes pieces through the grates in riverside park back in 888...nice to know that thye are still riding. And nice to see twist stuff from the 90's......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

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

JOSEPH BRIDGE: the largest exodus occured in the late 70's and lasted throughout all of the eighties. people who could afford to move did just that. but the neighborhood held its ground til about 1987-88. then, real......

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

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: They don't have any defense to my claims, they don't comment on specific issues I bring up, they don't engage in a meaningful discussion on the topics, because they know everything that I have said......

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

Anne Priestley (nee Rigby): Hi Debbie Good to hear from someone who went to the same school I did, you must be about three years younger than me though. My first teacher there was a Miss Peters. Do you......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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