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Editor: Mitch's comment was deleted at his request, and I removed EG's comment as it was to Mitch's deleted comment, and when I've left spurious comments like that in the past, EG has complained that such......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Humboldt1: I am happy to get rid of all the gangbangers. I have confronted drug dealers and will surely do it again. I do not want the kids on my street living around this......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Jewels: Was the one under the bridge before Yarraville the one with the milk crate erection? Two have been destroyed near Newport. One has the crates hung on the fence and the other thrown......

in response to: Milkcrate Man by Selig

Jay: I attend the highschool and ill tell you this Mural was a great Job . and much to mention we even got some tourist Pass by and Stop to see the whole Mural.. we Got......

in response to: Bushwick: History in the Making by upfromflames

CartLegger: Peter: I hate to disagree with you, but a quick look at your sources points out a flaw in your conclusion. Scorecard, a generally dependable site for a wide range of release, is way off......

in response to: Brooklyn Navy Yard Cogeneration Facility by Peter

luna park: it was a giant, impressive piece of rooftop graffiti done by a guy who goes by read more books AKA reader AKA booker... the big skulls made me happy every time i rode past on......

in response to: Lofts for Rent 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

jack: i was just swimming in that creek last week and i caught some fish that were dead and floating bloatedly on top of the water (easy catch) i fried them in oil and sauteed them......

in response to: Newtown Creek by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Doc S.......: ...I graduated from P.S. 241 in 1958 - lived on Union Street (1060) between Franklin and Bedford. I vividly remember Ben & Sol's, and Radin's delicatessens - I ate at both. The Pharmacist at......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

rick: Scott, I remember seeing Zsa Zsa Gabor at Radin's deli several times. My Mom said she would stop there after shopping at Loehmann's on Bedford Ave. I think deli preference was, mostly, a matter of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

fiona : omg! i remember dancing in cross street one night & attaching bottle tops to my clothes. ( you took the cork out from the underside of the cap),i would of been about 8 yrs old......

in response to: Back Street by barry

sidney shure: THIS PHOTO WAS NOT TAKEN IN 1995 THIS PHOTO WAs taken in the year of 2007 please metro stop faken the funk...

in response to: NYC Graffiti Train, 1995 by Metro

theTruth.: word. Pac's tags are fucken nice. Theres a couple you missed in the pics, On the back of Hamilton Mountain Bowl he tagged 3 bowling pins with PAC next to them. Also above Big B......

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

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

Steve - Albox, Almeria: If (en español) Si puedes mantener tu cabeza cuando todos acerca de usted Están perdiendo el suyo, y que culpar a usted, Si puedes confiar en ti cuando todos los hombres duda usted, Sin embargo, para......

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

anon (ool-18babe68.dyn.optonline.net): Moving to Hancock off the J Halsey stop...what's it like there?...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: Lemme guess, your friends did not have it explained well enough to them that the $20 each was PER SONG, am I right? And tipping is virtually mandatory on top of that. Strip bars are......

in response to: Gentleman\'s Choice by EvilGentleman

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

CAPITAL_BEE: I used to by t-shirts and other graff stuff from there stii have my top-2bottom stuff from there GREAT-STORE ...

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

Karlo: Wrong.None of the people who walked their children to school were involved in any attacks.There had been a number of incidents involving people from both communities previous to this,and im not going to argue who......

in response to: Black and White by norniron

Kristopher Kostantopolis: WOW....This site blows my mind! I never knew there was such a place where guys could go and get hot,anonymous sex with all these kooks...transvestites,hookers,gays,bi's...etc....

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

ko: cant u see the top right says ROS so it most likly says roser...

in response to: Garage Graf by joey

Maz: Not sure if I have understood that comment correctly methrsk, or understand the point behind it. I googled the 2nd & 3rd picture but the top one is my own I took at Chessingtom World of......

in response to: Private Parts ! by Maz

linda: I'm a teacher on my first day of school. Came outside, 3pm, school's out, sun's out, it's gorgeous. Love to swim in bays and sounds, saltwater, no waves, so having passed this closeby......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

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

dave: I stopped there looking for a nice place to fish never realizing it's past history. Is this place safe?. After reading these articles I don't think I'll ever visit this place again.To bad because the......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

ray: joesph tardo was my grandfather his kids were pat sonny jimmy my mother mary rose and josie who lived on top of my grandfather i believe was 624 pinnones was my grandmothers maiden......

in response to: Flamelets on Vanderbilt Ave by GGP

WinstonSmith: Great image and yes it was once the world's tallest. My most profound memory of the Woolworth Building was being on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade late on the night of 9-12-01 and seeing the......

in response to: Was World\'s Tallest by Peter

Mike L.: Taken somewhere near the Brooklyn Heights Promenade with cell-phone. Post-processed with Corel PSP/Topaz Adjust to flatten digital noise, smeared sky for effect, enhanced water detail, gave whole thing vague yellowish sepia cast. ...

in response to: Waterfall, Brooklyn Bridge by Mike L.

Maz, Netherne: Bumface - Now stop it please ! lol These poor people are asleep (hopefully) and have no idea you are taking their picture and posting for our amusment ! Poor Ms Puffy Feet, More Sale Man......

in response to: Sweet Dreams by Bumface

Maz, Netherne: [[img:28938]] [[img:28939]] [[img:28940]] [[img:28941]] Hi everyone, I came across this site by mistake yesterday and was fascinated by everyone's stories and reading about the grave yard. I had heard other people here at Netherne mention it in the past......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

Sara: Anyone familiar with Bushwick Ave., close to the Halsey St stop? Safe or to be avoided?...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Dennis: Hi neighbors,I lived at 6 Covert Street between Broadway and the almighty Bushwick Avenue. I too remember those classic games of playing skelly,stoop ball and johnny on the pony ouch! I just caught a neck......

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

CE: Nope, it's at the corner of Rosemont and Christophe-Colombe. The station was being built at the time so the price was probably whoever set up the sign just screwing around....

in response to: Satan\'s Gas Station by CE

MC: These are my top 15 1.Melbourne 2.New York 3.Sydney 4.Hong Kong 5.Tokyo 6.Las Angeles 7.Toronto 8.Boston 9.Las Vagas 10.Auckland 11.Dubia 12.Paris 13.Singapore 14.Brisbane 15.Perth ...

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

ChrisB: Hilarious. I have been skating off and on for my whole life. I stopped for several years for fear of an injury damaging my income/I had no insurance. Now I am 27 and 2 weeks......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

comia: manila needs atleast,,, 5 or more towers of 70-80floors to be on top. but i think, manila is on its way... ...

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

NYC native: JA is still killin it. obviously not like he did when he was 16, but he still gets the itch just like the best of us, and still goes out and murders truck yards. he......

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

bombers know whats up: ykk and xtc. what more you need to know? all yall la writers need to get your shit in check and respect the birthplace. yall are like graffiti's bastard child. no one cares about yalls shit......

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

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

Bob: Just ran across this site, sounds like old home week. Lived at 887 lincoln Place and went to P.S.138.After graduating went to Boys High at the annex on Park Pl and then to main bldg on Marcy and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

tom K: LOVE this fountain.., always have. Stopped by last week. It needs a little work; anyone know how I can help?...

in response to: Loring Park Fountain - The Dandelion by Tyfoid Kid

mary strong: A few weeks back we had entertainment down our clubhouse on the isle of sheepy and was entertained by the barrow boys and i was sure i knew the man dressed in buttons, and when......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Movie Place: I vividly remember the yard south of 72nd Street. I remeber standing on top of a ventalation opening (all those grates that give the tunnel it's beautiful lighting effects) watching the fan on top......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

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

run rabbit run: How come most of you can't spell, or tink itz mad kewlz to rite lik dis? You're probably wanna-bees from the suburbs.. Pay for paint what? I get on the LIRR or NJ Transit and......

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

poteto: Hey SAM/ have not put a name to you yet but I remember when betty took over(OH MY GOD) she would yell while we were playing pinball stop shaking, stop slapping the flipper,Hirscht(herman)......

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

Jamie: {Rooftop Hotdogs} are a universal constant. [[img:27833]] {Great Yarmouth}, {UK}...

in response to: Fear of Food by procyon

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

Excuzmepleez: This post is in response to "remember 1966." I remember the sad accident. It happened on Troutman Street between Central and Evergreen and it involved a boy named Joey Mistretta who was 9 years......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

King Vasto..deutsche beast!: JA is king of graff. Fuck every bitch who paints for money or fuckin paints for art..that stuff is for girly men. Graff is a fuckin sport bombin non stop taking up every fuckin wall.......

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

kls: My husband and I have lived in Humboldt Park for 4 years since moving to Chicago from Guatemala. I cannot think of a better compromise for us both. I love being near the shops......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

ZNO (O.T.F) (V.P.P): Leeto is up plain and simple just stop haiting and do you....

in response to: Leeto & Beef by Peter

Ed: Bushwick Buddies is a private web site devoted to former residents of Bushwick, Brooklyn. You can register by contacting the administrator at bushwickbuddies.com. For the most part the site consists of pictures of 1950s Bushwick and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

diverdan363: city of jacksonville does not want you to know that the air polution in jacksonville is very bad so much so that you kids will suffer some type of breathing problems due to the......

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

Janice Seifert; July 2008: Hi Ronald Lees, I grew up on 600 Wishart St. Your sisters will probably remember me. My brother Joe used to hang out with your brother Earl and Freddie Beck. I used to love how......

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

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

Crarrifiekees: this topic for tests cars...

in response to: Out to Bomb by Metro

burj: I think that Wichita Kansas should be one of the top 100 skylines in the world.[[img:28581]] Just kidding!:-D Here's some real pictures of Wichita. [[img:28582]][[img:28583]][[img:28584]] Here's Wichita at night. [[img:28585]][[img:28587]] ...

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

Ekimsknird: Yeah my wife and I went to Norway last summer (when the dollar was pretty close to the kroner) and we took out some relatives for pizza. Two large pizzas with 2 or 3......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

Natasha Totin: wow, people really know how to judge things. Did anyone ever stop and think that they didn't even look at it like that. My dad has worked for Staten Island Hospital for over 30 years,......

in response to: Quite Possibly the Worst Layout for a Hospital, Ever by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

krimzer kkk: im a filipino but living in montreal! and here's my top 10! 1.montreal,canada 2.makati,philippines 3.seattle,usa 4.toronto,canada 5.sydney,australia 6.chicago,usa 7.hong kong 8.new york,usa 9.calgary,canada 10,san francisco,usa...

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

tinfoil smith: many moons have come and gone since ja started, stoped, started, quit again.....repeat. i wonder if any of us on this post (besides skuf one if that was really him, props from the middle of......

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

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

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

mat: im making my own wheatpastes, not with stencils or anything but drawing them up with sharpies and paint pens, im wondering if i could use like charcoals or if theyd' just smudge does anyone know......

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

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

A: Jacksonville is a really nice place to live compared to a lot of places in the country. There are really only 3 good public high schools......

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

jack: can you top this, i was up by harlem in the 60's along east river drive, (loved the cool jazz played at some of the local bars in harlem) and spotted a car, with the......

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

just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Hapless: See, I wouldn't know about the debate, I'm relatively new here...in fact, this was, I think, the first topic I've created. I have heard about the dual nature element that you've mentioned before...interesting how......

in response to: The Black Cat: Poetry in Spanish Graffiti by The Hapless Hobo

Normanite: I used to live in Manhattan. Granted, this is a much different kind of action, Norman really has a lot going for it. In addition to what has been said, check the city's......

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

charlie from K & A: Grew up on Albert St. and went to H. A. Brown and Visitation. Went to Ascension for 7 and 8 grades, then to North Catholic. Lived over top of McGee's at G and......

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

Liz: I was born at St. Mary's Hospital, baptized at St. Matthews church on Eastern Parkway. My parents were married at St Matthews and my mother attended St Matthews grade school and then attended St Angela......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

CLaSS oF '09 [Ms. Me]: Class of '09..YESS!!!, we're seniors now. But i would be wrong if I were to say that our journey thus far has not been memorable. As a senior, I've definitely grown up since the first......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Peter: ha... i passed a convoy of {nacirema} demolition equipment this morning, in {newark}, on its way somewhere atop a huge flat-bed semi truck... but alas, few will mourn the passing of the 22 year old......

in response to: Governors Island: The Death of Motel 8 by CartLegger

Peter: its pretty telling that i knew exactly what this was just seeing the tip-top of the weathervane, ebfore even scrolling down... ahh, i love {brooklyn}......

in response to: Commerce by luna park

upfromflames: "Safe" is a psychological range that falls somewhere between what you are used and what people in the neighborhood are used to. So i don't know makes you feel "safe". But you could take the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: historically yes, but currently, no--according to the boundaries of Community Board 4 Bushwick stops at Flushing on the North... Broadway on the West... Wyckoff (roughly) on the East... MostHoly Trinity Cemetery on the South... So where you are talking......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Sheila Vaudrey: Hiya Sheila H, I also have another couple of photo's that were taken at the same time I have tried to post another but am having no success I also wanted to send you......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Jamie: **Note from editors:** Would you guys like some kind of **Irlam local history discussion forum** site setting up? Not that I'd want to discourage you from using the site but it doesn't lend itself well......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

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

Danny Fresh: my cuzin comes every couple of months to visit from DR and we took her to the empire state building up top its an awesum view...we couldnt really enjoy it too much it was still......

in response to: NYC Rapid Fire by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

surviving: hutch is safer than a lot of big cities, and the commute to work is not so bad,(hour wait traffic jams etc.) I have traveled and it"s not fun to set ,......

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

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

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

Who Cares for Kensington: Sandy describes a perfect example of failure of the most basic services. At what point does a city department administrator decide that he/she will not offer resources to respond to a problem in a given......

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

admod: the freedom tunnel.top notch graf all the way. leeds band bedlam-ago go. back on the estate,so ya better watch ya bassbins.. ...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Lillibette Irish expat: What most of the people that have responded to this fail to realize is that "The Troubles" in Ireland have LONG ago stopped being about religion. It was/is rather like the black-white thing in......

in response to: NYC: The Empire State Building at Sunrise by Peter

Director 9209: Nice pics, but you should keep off the High Line (Notice that it's two words or FO will get you!) because it is a bonafide construction site complete with all the OSHA phobic hazards, and......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

anon (174.094.dsl.mel.iprimus.net.au): yeah gary the supermarket was liptons and there was a record shop as well wasnt there a record shop on the main rd near the post office near the bus stop .does anyone remember a......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Ryan: OH BOY!!! just where I want to live...on top of the largest oil spill in history! [[http://tinyurl.com/3b2wbn]] I'll stay in queens thank you very much!...

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

Joseph Bridge: beautiful response serlingrod...you paint a rosy picture of kensington... you must be an artist type. lets talk reality here. business investment in kensington: mom and pop stores, laundrymats, stop and go...for that 40 oz,......

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

surviving: All of the post I"ve been reading has some kind of validity to the experience and surviving in hutch. I will not capitalize the "h on hutchinson' so please don"t think I messed up.......

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

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