Comments about trolley

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RICHIE .RUBIN: BACK TO CROWN HTS,REMEMBER:`BILLY BOYS' CANDYSTORE?GREFF'S DELI BOTH ST,JOHNS PL. &`SKIN-NECK-TITTY'AVE[LOCAL JOKE,AS MANY OF US KID'S COULDN'T SPELL THE REAL STREET NAME!WHEN THE B'KLYN DODGERS WON THE 1955 WORLD SERIES ALL DELIS GAVE OUT FREE`FRANKS' & PIZZA JOINTS FREE SLICES!WHAT A......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: ooh, this one is good. i love the confluence of all the different materials... it also makes me feel sort of bummed that {brooklyn} no longer has trolleys......

in response to: Left Leaning by luna park

luna park: hmmm, sorry to disappoint, but i didn't photograph any of the trolleys. these tracks are from a disused station on the grounds of the 1972 munich olympics complex. ...

in response to: Left Leaning by luna park

serlingrod: Love it! As you know from my previous post, trolley tracks are one of my favorite urban elements! This is a great shot. I'd love to see some of the trains! ...

in response to: Left Leaning by luna park

janet: Hi Alma--Sorry, the name Rubin is not familiar (though I knew a Judy Kessler). But I certainly remember the fish store! (Thanks for reminding me that one needed to walk up a couple of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

janet: Alma--Back to your memories of the old neighborhood. I remember the butcher shop, the one on Schenectady right near Lincoln Place (and next to a wonderful hardware store with long passage between loads of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

bill: Born in 1941 at williamsburg hospital. Lived at 99 Stockholm until '46 when we moved to 41 Cornelia Street betweenBushwick and Broadway (third house down from the congregationalist Church. went to PS 56......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: its {smug} and {osker}. i was holding my breath trying to not be the first to mention it and out myself as the resident graf nerd fanboy, for what its worth. that photo is a great......

in response to: What Happened to BEMS? by Elicar

Peter: i gotta second it as {rems}... the new stuff on that wall is much more intricate and better; its generally ok to go over a simple piece with something of higher quality, which definitely seems......

in response to: What Happened to BEMS? by Elicar

janet: Hi Stan--You're probably close to my vintage. I'm trying without luck to call up a memory of Famous on Schenectady--I lived just around the corner and went to 167--so there it was during the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: ahh, {trolley}s and abandoned roadways... nice!...

in response to: Do Not Pile Snow by Elicar

jack: so there i am 5 years old standing on bay parkway and 86th street waiting for a trolley with my grandmother, vincenza (the ice pick), and she looks down at me and say's,"jacomino, why you......

in response to: Italian Women by Ilona

jack: how did you get such a big photo on 600 pixels, but the street and trolley lines are great, the angle, the distance, very good....

in response to: Eastern Ave at Night by jeeff

Peter: ahh! i always love the {streetcar}s/{trolley}s......

in response to: Toronto - February 17-19 2007 by CE

jeeff: february is grim, but the true love cafe at sherbourne & dundas is sure to raise one's spirits. especially considering the venerable filmore's hotel just down dundas street. here's a shot taken from......

in response to: Toronto - February 17-19 2007 by CE

K Bernstein: I lived in an apartment building at Eastern Parkway and Troy Avenue in the 1950s. Eastern Parkway was a beautiful street, with its two pedestrian malls with benches and trees. The street was lined with......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

KAYO: I REMEMBER BUSHWICK OF THE '50S. RIDING THE TROLLEY THEN BUS DOWN TO GATES AVE TO SHOP AND BANK WITH MY MOTHER. SHOPPING ON BWAY IN THE CANDY STORE,BAKERY AND MR. LAST'S DELI THEN THE......

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

Canadian Guy: The silver sphere is the science center. Vancouver has a huge fleet of trolley buses that run on those overhead wires....

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

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

Peter: whats that silver sphere? i love all the overhead catenary wires, too... are those for electric busses or trolleys (im guessing {trolley}s)?...

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

Peter: this is a great entry, eg. i love entries like this. ive seen em rip up quite a few rails like this in nyc... its the final passing of an already-gone era, unfortunately. what i......

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Jamie, if you ever try to push a shopping cart (trolley) here or walk on a sidewalk, it becomes obvious that the word "yield" (or "cedez" in the archaic dialect of French spoken hereabouts) is......

in response to: Don\'t Mess With Teddy! by Arcticwoman

jack: another little note, in the summer, the hot summer days, my friend and i would ride the trolley and look for a young lady with a dress on and wait for a gust of wind......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

jack: my fellow americans, as your next president i will end all taxation, i will open up the borders to mexico and make sure there is a chicken in every pot in every home, and blah,......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

Peter: i love the sentiment of this piece. i wish that neighborhood was still filled with the sort of people that have a zest for life. also: i can only day-dream about riding a {trolley} to {coney......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

Peter: the overhead wires that power the busses are called [[wiki:catenary wire]]. the part of the {bus}/{trolley} that makes contact with those wires is called a [[wiki:pantograph (rail)]]. i dont know why i know this, but......

in response to: Old Bank by danielle

HAMMER 33: EVER DRIVEN A TROLLEY?...

in response to: Urban Decay by Chris Fuerth

Peter: i see {trolley}s!...

in response to: Religious Architecture by johnny E

jack: there used to be trolleys on mcdonald avenue and 86th street in brooklyn. and yes we used to hang on them for a free ride to coney island....

in response to: Urban Decay by Chris Fuerth

Peter: anything with {trolleys} always floats my boat....

in response to: Urban Decay by Chris Fuerth

julie andrews: ...storm drains and trolleys, whiskers on kittens, i simply remember my favourite things, and then i don't feel. so. bad....

in response to: Storm Drains + Trolleys by Selig

Peter: cant get enough of those {trolley} tracks... also: i love the window reflection in the first one. reminds me of [[716:this entry]] of yours......

in response to: Chinatown at Night 1 by jeeff

Myke: Really like the second one. I laughed at the upside down trolley. ...

in response to: Full of Gas by elaine

jack: well one day i was standing with my granny, vincenza 'the icepick' on 86th street and bay parkway waiting for the trolley. she asked me why i was looking up at the sky and......

in response to: Music Man by Nairi

jack: crush the potatoes and then boil them andlet the steam run through a hose to a bottle. now tomatoes are different. theyre red and have a better shape. and when they rot......

in response to: The Bodegas of Washington Avenue by Peter

518 gin mill: i remember grand street in the mid 40s. trolley cars. clean streets. no graffitti. doors were old, they were new. they were clean. ragamuffin day, bell buttons jammed on with chewn gum. the rko republic,......

in response to: The Doors of Grand Street by Peter

Peter: gotta second the {treo}. its changed my life, hehehehe. jeeff: NICE. always loving the trolleys here, for sure :)...

in response to: behind the rocket by jeeff

Peter: 1. if i lokced my bike up like that in nyc, especially with quick releases, id come back to a bike with no wheels :) 2. where oh where can i get a 60oz jug of......

in response to: My Day out in the Neighbourhood by JayEastsider

jack: i had friends that hanged out on ave j. they were the ave j boys. they thought they were rough but the ave u boys could push them around. that area from......

in response to: Graveyard Train by Peter

Peter: was there an art auction or something? maybe the end of the school year for art students? its not every day that you see that many people walking about with paintings, but i am definitely......

in response to: the portable female by hool

bokane: Where was this? I've been kind of toying with the idea of exploring trolley tunnels, once I get a pair of heavy boots....

in response to: Lascaux by vz

fake151: yeah youre right! its trolley of just phone.. or smthing.. thanx everyone for your comments ^_^'...

in response to: Moscow by fake151

hammertime: yea, this is a great piccie. i betcha those wires are for busses or something, maybe trolleys. or i bet they dont bury the wiring for electricals and phones in moscow like they do in......

in response to: Moscow by fake151