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overtherainbow: Hey, its gone, no more to rise in the sky. Red bricks of Cabrini, off White colors of The Green, grey bricks of the row houses. No more St. Phillips, St. Dominicks, No......

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

Gordy: I moved to 41 Eastern Parkway (Copley Plaza) in 1952. I attended P.S. 241. My 3rd grade teacher was Mrs. Lightcap, 4th grade, Miss Sternfeld, 5th grade was in the High School of Homemaking next......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

stopkillingculture: jesus christ, second hand smoke has got to be the most over exaggerated thing ever. first you try to kick smokers out to the street (which if non-smoking sections are accommodated for non-smokers, smoking sections......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

Watcher: Ultimately, those in the life will either die from it, be maimed out of it, or survive it after a fashion to continue it and spread it and it's culture of drugs, death and chaos. To......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

My Block: Wow Laura, great story, I'm sure you got an "A" especially if the responses your article received had anything to do with grading you. I read every one of the responses and enjoyed them immensely.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Rikkid: Man, I'll turn 38 in December but physically I'm still in good shape, been working out for years straight. I've had dreams in my sleep of skateboarding since I stopped riding it in 1992. Back......

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

anon (c-66-177-107-53.hsd1.fl.comcast.net): Wow I am SO glad that I am not the only one who hates living here. I moved here from northern Virginia and its has been hell for me. The whole energy of this city......

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

Franny Wentzel: Their previous HQ was a couple blocks away where {New York Plaza} now stands... [[img:35924]] On top was a memorial to the {Titanic} disaster. When that building was demoloished the memorial was preserved... [[img:35925]] Stands in the {South Street......

in response to: 17 State Street by Peter

Beth: I saw someone above ask what type of activities are you looking for. Well, I have a 20 month old and I moved to one of those planned communities with the amenity center, pool, tennis,......

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

SoSickOfJacksonville: I have lived in this Godforsaken Hell hole since 1990. Every single aspect of this "city" is crap. The city's "Mayor" touts the water ... horrible. If the water here is so......

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

Winnl: Its good to read that there are people out in the world, who at 30+ yo. still realise how good skateboarding really is. I skated as a teenager just as a means of getting around.......

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

Ontop: I've lived i Bushwick all my life. Bushwick has definitely changed for the better. A lot of caucasians are moving into Bushwick so i would say thats a big change. The value on the houses......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon (host-84-9-41-243.dslgb.com): I moved to Brighton six years ago but spent my first 18 years living in Amersham Rd, New Cross. For culture and things to do the places are really not so different (I just think......

in response to: bleak day, new cross by elaine

Veggiesue: We had a family of raccoons that would come into our back yard every night and dig holes, pull up plants, break tree limbs off, eat anything we were trying to grow for ourselves. They......

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

Heather: Hahah, I'm very amused to find I'm not the only one doing websearches like "too old to learn to skateboard". I'm 33 and my daughter has just started learning to skate. I used......

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

Kath: 2curious: Finally! Someone else remembers that "drink you eat with a spoon." I used to buy them at a counter in the lower level of A & S on Fulton Street, Brooklyn.......

in response to: The Death Of A Giant by RickNunn

Franny Wentzel: Is this the stop where you make the French Street Connection?...

in response to: Vanishing Point by Peter

Renee Snell: Hi - I'm wee Boaby's sister - we lived at 37 Marlow Street -I was born in 1948, my sister May Snell was born in 1945, before the war ended. All 3 of us......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

Janet: Memory rubs away the sharp edges of bad experiences. I walked around the corner from P.S. 167 for lunch every day though I was reminded not long ago that 167 served hot lunches in......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Josh: I grew up on 46th street between forth and fifth avenue from 1950 to 1967. In 1967 I joined the United States Marines and left sunset park to serve and fight in the Vietnam War.......

in response to: Sunset Park by little ukraine

L. Bannister: My husband's family is also descended from Gilbert Field (son Daniel, William Gilbert, Alonzo Field and my husband's grandmother Flossie May Field. We have also stopped to take pictures of the plaque outside of the Field......

in response to: The Field House by zagg

friend of JAone: listen yall, i know him personnaly..he aint dead, i hung out with him a few months ago at my boys crib, so stop all this dramatic sidetalk bout the nigga and just get out there......

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

NayNay: Bushwick like any other neighborhood has its ups and downs. All that depends on what kind of crew you like to mingle with. I lived in Williamsburg for 13 years of my life. I lived......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Barbara Ehrentreu (Levine): Hi Maria, I haven't looked at that picture in so long. I think it's somewhere with all the other umpteen souvenirs I have.:) I remember that Roller Rink. I used to go skating there with my......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Maria in Maine: Hi Barbara, I checked my JHS 210 graduation picture. I found a B.Levine. It's on the left side. Is that you? My picture is on the right side a little lower than yours.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Malcolm Wood: During my student vacations in 1969 and 1970, I worked at Netherne as a Ward Orderly in Pendellswood Villa. (That's it in the top LHS of the picture above.) This was a Residential Block for......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

RWgirl: Someone challenged people who didn't live in Hutch to come up with 10 great things about their city. I can do that for Portland. 1. Involved citizens- the people of this community......

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

Mr Tanner: I lived in Jacksonville for 32 years, born and raised. Let me tell you about Jacksonville... growing up on the Westside near Woodstock Park in the 70’s, it was pretty decent. However the area quickly......

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

Surprised Human: I live in Chicago, too, in a neighborhood full of large oak trees. Raccoons are common around here, some years more than others. But this year, a family of three figured out how to enter......

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

Andrew Smith: I.T the online Tramp, perhaps you could smash your laptop into my head? The original post was meant to be a light-hearted comment on an amended sign. That JustMe took it so seriously as to be......

in response to: How to Become a Tramp by Andrew Smith

Modernist: I believe that England (UK) sucks big time, I am a British occupant. The UK is a very oppressive place too live, it is a distopian Orwellian nightmare just to walk down the street in one......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

rudbekia: There's nothing to see of the E line between Heath Street and Forest Hills other than the poles for the wires and the Forest Hills stop itself. The tracks were all dug up last year....

in response to: Down on the Forest Park Railway by Sean Hopkins

Azi: I visited there this past summer and the grave i was looking for had it's tombstone broken in half by a large tree that grew directly on top of it. I had to crawl through......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Peter: aww yeah! my moms side of the family comes from {new orleans} way back. sadly, i havent visited since i was a teenager, but we used to go down every year for a visit. i......

in response to: A Day in New Orleans: Part 1 by Graz

Alice: I have lived across Liberty Avenue from this cemetary for 28 years and watched it deteriorate steadily. The most I've ever seen as far as caretaking is mowing the grass on Liberty Avenue and......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

anon (75-38-205-156.lightspeed.clevoh.sbcglobal.net): dr sex has done a bunch of rooftops here in ohio (cleveland) much props and hopefully someday ill see him on the streets (doubtful)...

in response to: Dr. Sex Graffiti by Legalize Life

Peter: youd think youd learn to stop going down a certain street if you got mugged every time you went down it......

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

Irving: My respect and love to all humans for their good efforts to promote and spread peace , education knowledge among interested individuals anywhere on our mother earth . We should admire you and we do......

in response to: Feeling Sixy? by Peter

DJ: I was born at 411 E. 87 St between 1st and York avenue on March 25, 1942. Went to St Joseph's, just had to roll directly across the street into the main entrance of......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

ramona: What a great site.I lived at 1629 Park Place between Buffalo and Ralph from 1957-1964 and attended PS 191 which was right across the street. Even after all these years the memories are so vivid.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

fightingforward: No mourning allowed in the cemetary. Sobbing and wailing are permitted at the bus stop across the street, but only after 4 PM....

in response to: The Cemetery of No by Peter

latino in the south: hey is that picture up on top from Melrose street. If it is I used to live right across from it many years ago when it was still a factory.Wow i didnt grow up in......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

honestly: Is it honestly too difficult to imagine that it's ... a ... labor ... temple? It's a meeting space for organized and would-be organized labor. It's a historically registered, beating heart for one of the......

in response to: Labor Temple by aer suzuki

Renee: Hey Bayside Watcher. It sounds like your venting your anger in the wrong direction. I'm am not the bad guy here. It's seems like you put alot of time and effort into......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

jay: Well I found this thread trying to find out whether or not I'm getting too old to be skateboarding. It is really encouraging to hear that many of you guys across the age spectrum are......

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

Richard Cancemi, M.D. (Retired): I was born in a top floor flat at 151 Central Ave in 1933, around the corner from St.Joseph's. Our sisters took no guff from us and slapped us or gave us whacks on......

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

Steven Cahn: I have family interred at Bayside. I am familiar with the litigation, and with Congregation SZs pattern of avoidance. There is virtually no effort made to ensure that any gains made from "community service......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Tyfoid Kid: This is the mall I went to as a kid. It's still there. There four "Dales" Southdale, Rosedale (in a suburb north of St.Paul called Rosedale,) Brookdale (in a suburb called Brooklyn Park)......

in response to: Shopping Is a Feeling by Franny Wentzel

Tony: what the hell is wrong with you people this is amsterdam for god sake, guys piss in the woods all the, these guys are drunk most of the time and its probly better than pissing......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

ChiPhi: True Morgan693 that due to some nuture and nature aspects of our upbringing, it may be easier for some to "pull themselves up by the boot straps". However, the excuses and crutches have to......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Matty Paris: Roger Brown and Connie Hawkins were completely different ballplayers from very different cultures. Connie lived in a railroad flat off Franklin and Fulton Street with his mother and brother. She did maid work. He played......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Doc S.......: When I lived around the Franklin Ave. Shuttle, the stops were: Prospect Park (Connecting w.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

bob: I like Tish lived at 350 E 92nd St. I remember so many things John's Candy Store's must have hamburgers after a night out. Also remember Linda peeling potatoes after leaving shool at OL. No frozen......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Willie: Doc, Rick - Town Hill at Eastern Parkway and Bedford Avenue was in the 1950s a place to have a drink and catch live entertainment. My mom and older sister remember seeing Sam Cook......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Willie: Rick, Doc: Yes, Busches Ice Cream Parlor was on Nostrand (near corner of Union Street). Today there is a 'white table cloth' restaurant in that space called "Tavern on Nostrand" which is quite......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Allan: Carol(Foxy), When did you attend/graduate from 167? As I recall, Judy was a year younger than I. She had a friend, Roni ____ (something), from north of Eastern Parkway (I think) who stopped by her apartment......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Jane: I had to comment. This is awesome. I was born in 1949 and I lived at 1587 Carroll Street which is between Carroll and Schnectady. I lived there until I was 12 years old.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Allan: Howard, Now that you mention it, I do remember playing 'knucks'. Not recalling how the number of knucks were determined but I think we used a deck of cards. Something about you could decide to get......

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

CartLegger: OK, I'll bite. But I'll also cheat and use the words of Daniella Romano, head archivist for the Brooklyn Navy Yard. BLDG 1/291, Material Laboratory, Substation 27 Construction: 01/01/1940 ##"The last active Naval building at the yard,......

in response to: Secret Transmitter by Peter

Rich: I used to play football in the park right next to The Botanic Garden's entrance right across the street from this station, we even went sliegh riding when we got a good snow, but, behind......

in response to: Brooklyn Bound on the Subway by Peter

TOP NOTCH!!!: HOLLYYMOLLLYYY!!! hello moto just wanted to ask a you from the states because your hiits a banqqing iin nz as well! buht niice for hiitiinqq thee streets wiith STYLE? NiiCE taqqiingg...

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

Alan Kupperberg: Yep, Richie, I remember the Coca Cola bottling plant on Linden Blvd between Georgia and Pennsylvania Avenues. Grandma Ann and Aunt Nettie lived in Starrett City. Coney Island Joe's was little more than a......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Rich: At this stop the train was just coming up from below the street, and you'd be right at street level, the rest of the stops the train gradually became elevated. The only stop like......

in response to: Sunday at Avenue H by Jim Kincade

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Anon: Anything done in public is public domain, and international law, as a whole, is of this mindset, both legally and socially. It's quite simple, actually. Don't want someone taking photos of it? Then don't do......

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

Mike: I remember the streetcars on St Catherine. The stopped running in September 1956 and were replaced by busses. Before then I used them as my form of transportation ( I was 15 at......

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

Al Pierro: Just came across this website in search of info on what has happened to St. Joseph's church where we used to play softball back in the 50's & 60's. I attended a grade school on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

G: I grew up in kensington.I went to Sheridan.Mr Strong was a great teacher.I was on top of a #3 bus @ k&a in 74@when the flyers won the cup.I still ride kensington ave sometimes.The mill......

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

Miss_1989: I had lived in hutch for 12 years growing up as a child, but my family ended up moving due to my parents job transfers and also because Hutchinson (even in the middle class neighborhoods)......

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

EvilGentleman: All I know, is I have seen a lot of the little speed limit signs along the bike trails, usually proclaiming a limit of 20 km per hour. I confess that I have not been......

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

Ben Baillargeon: Let me tell everyone the number one way to stop bike theft! Don't be stupid for one without critisizing anyone, but if you love you bike bring it everywhere you go! seriously i ride my norco......

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

EvilGentleman: A few suggestions in order to reduce damage in future disturbances: 1 - Do **not** leave portable metal street signs with plate metal bases lying around on the streets when large events are taking place. Most......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Joe: As others have stated, the good memories exceed those that were bad: Joe the pretzel guy at Front & Allegheny, Christmas and the stores on the 3200 block of front St., local bakery shops and......

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

marie: you mentioned one main reason Saskatoon did not make cut was because there were no distinguishing features. I often sit in car or walk along Spadina viewing our skyline in wonder at the very......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Jenny and Janet(Sutton), I lived at No 42 Harewood Road and I do remember you living there also I remember the field that belonged to your granddad, it came at the side......

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

Nobody: Saul- perhaps sarcasm doesn't travel well through the internet. I do have a few points for your consideration, though: 1. "thats there [sic] idea of a community. Whose idea? The people who live in the projects? I......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

anon (host86-142-66-149.range86-142.btcentralplus.com): Hi Rob, I well remember those slides on Lord Street park; my younger sister fell from the top & sustained a nasty fracture of her arm. As for the Irlam ones, I recall having great......

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