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river otters21 girl: What neighborhood is that in? I like the big old urban houses on the street in the background.Those houses are cool looking....

in response to: Cameraphone Funnel Cloud by jeeff

BOLO UA crew: BOLO HAS RETURNED FROM THE '' U.A. CREW.. 1986-1990.... BRINGING THAT OL SKOOL SHIT BACK... C/O 1989 MIAMI KILLIAN... ONE TIME FOR THE OL SKOOLERS.. CAN CREW CRIME AT NIGHT.. CTO CREW CAR THIEVES......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

מוטי ויסברוט: URBAN ART . ...

in response to: Metro Cope2 by METRO KD OTB DMC

JasminCormier: I have pictures of the inside if anyone is interested: http://jasmincormier.wordpress.com/2008/02/06/urban-exploration-iv-the-montreal-malting-plant/ ...

in response to: More Photos of the Canada Malt Plant by CE

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

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

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

like it is: dear suburban white male not that bad, but not great either, look in a different area...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: im fascinated by how often people, in a context such as this, tend to define ##"safe"## as ##"comfortable, according to my standards"##... ergo, it doesnt surprise me that someone that would inquire about the "safety"......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon: is the intersection of montrose ave and humboldt street relatively safe? im coming from the perspective of an inexperienced suburban white male, so im not sure what "safe" even means. ...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

C: I haven't read all of the posts, but have read many. It was quite interesting to find this post when doing a random search for something else. My family and I moved here......

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

river otters21 girl: It is a darn shame to see hear what happened to Kensington. Oh, I agree with YourOwnFault 100% except that this cancer known as white flight took place more recently than the 50s and......

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

Jamie: I think you've got the wrong place Julie. This is an urban photoblog....

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

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

POWcityblog: you make a valid point about the size of the audience seeing this picture but the main point is that there there is a dignity/permission issue here. LiveJournal Urban Decay had a huge fuss a......

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

CartLegger: Those numbers you are quoting are from back in the bad old days. There is not one Bushwick High anymore. The graduation rate for the Academy of Urban Planning, where I work, is around......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: Well, there is not one Bushwick High anymore, but rather four campuses drawing students from all over the city. I work in the Academy of Urban Planning, myself, and our rates are between 60-70% (depending......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

colavitos ghost: joey (and other people who might be interested, if you notice, the roadway all along euclid from public square to university circle has been significantly enhanced in the past 4 years. it's all a......

in response to: Posturban by joey

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

Mitch: Well, the May 21st deadline passed and Still nothing at all has changed at Bens--still standing and untouched. Haven't heard anything on the news either about its fate. I think Hydro Quebec disconnected its power a......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Peter: ok, people... what is it, exactly, that makes {bushwick} so "scary"? i mean, really. i wish someone would just come out and spell it out for us, because i dont buy it. sure, the neighborhood......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: yeah, i liked chicago. i plan on going back more in the future; its a cheap flight from nyc. i wonder if someone living in the urban northeast would enjoy living in illinois after the......

in response to: The El by serlingrod

Peter: urban danja!...

in response to: Greek Graf by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

James Connelly: Acorn High School the student body is pretty Urban there nothing like a school who loves the good ole Fire drill every week...And the bathrooms being close cause some one was smoking in there or......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

CE: The first picture is why I love vernacular architecture so much, you can get such a feeling of place from it. When I first looked at the first picture, I forgot to look at......

in response to: Journey Down Baltimore Avenue by serlingrod

Joe: I still wonder if my fond memories of growing up in Kensington are real or simply a product of youth. It is striking that most people I encounter have such a favorable memory of their......

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

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

colavitos ghost: if those "suburbs" are only a block away from a "very urban part" of town, they can't realistically be called "suburbs" then, can they? for me, a "suburb" is much more than just a style of......

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

EvilGentleman: As far as the urban legend aspect of things goes, how could we get a website like [[http://www.snopes.com]] to have a look at it, and see what they dig up? I am really curious about......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

Born and Raised in NYC: Alright Evil I was a little harsh .... the Americans pretending to be Canadian story gets under my skin ... again I've never hear a serious case of an American pretending to be Canadian (people......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

Born and Raised in NYC: nice ... the late 70's were a bad time evrywhere,massive urban decay, kids don't know how easy they got it now...

in response to: Hotel Deanza by JoeyD

db: excellent pics... I am looking forward to seeing how this space is transformed into an urban park. ...

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

NYwondering: I'm originally from Illinois and now i'm doing a research project on Cabrini Green and specifically the Candyman urban legend. I know the movie took place in the housing project but I was wondering......

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

sonnet: When I hear parents talking today about arrangeing "play-dates" for their children, it makes me laugh as I think back to a real Kensington childhood. We just all played outside on the sidewalk (or......

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

Travis: Just a personal opinion for all you "better than everyone else" city types. I grew up in Belleville. Had a lot of fun and learned a hell of a lot in the 18 of my......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

Andrew Smith: Thought I'd try and take a few of the more urban side of Irlam... If ever your playing Irlam Town, get yourself to that football ground...now home of Irlam FC [[img:26236]] Most of the streets in this area......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

EvilGentleman: El, since they were government-funded homes originally intended for the families of veterans returning from WWII, it is most unfortunate that the government decided to stop funding them. If you look at the comments in the......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

Elicar: If something is dear to you, take care of it. Nobody cared ENOUGH for Benny Farms. Otherwise, it would not be in such a state of disrepair. Would you rather be sentimental and let the mosntrosity......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Well Elicar, my previous article on this particular location has become something of an online focal point for those who lived there during its heyday, much like Corsatki's {Cabrini Green} articles. Thus, this page is intended......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

Craig: I went to waterloo a few weeks ago to do parkour, went up with a few friends some good spots here and i went to all the places in the pictures before i even seen......

in response to: le parkour: london waterloo jam by 3flow

Bonnie: My sister emailed me about this site. We were born and raised in Kensington, 2504 Front St. We lived there from 1949 until we left in the 70's. My parents lived there......

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

skip: art has always been about expression, and this is why most graffiti is plain vandalism.writing a tag and some crew under it has no expression.there are a few graffiti artists that used/use expression. heres......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

DannyHaze: So far I love reading the blog here. I'm from the Jasper & Huntingdon area (The Lot). A lot of good discussion has been covered here, but one thing we can all agree......

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

Geethu: I never thought tokyo is something like this. Not very diffrent from a fully urbanized european city. Can't beleve anybody can live without visinity of lush green and rain drops. ...

in response to: Tokyo Architecture by Chris Jongkind

Peter: admittedly, this was in front of the {urban outfitters} at {14th} street and {6th} ave in {manhattan}. it figures... this is typical of the sort of crap they sell there....

in response to: Grow Your Own Marijuana by Peter

joey: thats what we would call urban sprawl. even the natural waterways can't stop it. are you on a mountaintop or in an {airplane} ?...

in response to: Going Up by livia

colavitos ghost: i have family in anderson township (a west-side suburb of cinci), so i have spent a lot of time there. however, i've managed to stay relatively sober during most of my time there. there was......

in response to: Downton Columbus by maybetoday

little ukraine: [[http://www.keithmccluskey.info/site/Welcome.html]] Keith is an amateur photographer of urban landscapes based in the Boston area. maybe he'll start posting here......

in response to: Keith McClusky Is a Child Mellester by little ukraine

Joe Kash: i live in north jers and i'm telling you, there is no urban mess so beautiful as in jersey city--kearny--harrison--newark. ...

in response to: Newark Penn to Manhattan\'s WTC Via PATH by Peter

John Cooper: Hi Anne Hunt, Sorry for the late reply. I think Bob Salmon is correct in that it was the forerunner to the since flattened Wesleyan Church on the corner of Bob's Lane. I was......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Joe: Hi, Does anyone know any decent spots in Westminster and if anyone wants to practice with me. Only prob is, I am only 12 but I can do loads of tricks and flips. Best trick:......

in response to: le parkour: london waterloo jam by 3flow

EvilGentleman: The art/vandalism debate will go on forever, because both sides are correct. Many graffiti pieces are unquestionably artistic masterpieces. I have seen many pieces that are absolutely mind-boggling, provoke intelligent thought and debate, and are just......

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

DYL: Really great photos. It's postings like this that make me love this site. Urban exploration and the resulting discoveries can be haunting but rewarding as demonstrated by these photos. I cant help......

in response to: Bayside Cemetary: Rememberance Overgrown by CartLegger

Guy: @CartLegger I will definitely do more urban and periurban landscapes including townships and more. @Peter I am in the area of the Govt buildings on Monday, I will attempt to get a few new shots......

in response to: Its Been Almost Two Years Since I Posted by Guy McLaren

CartLegger: I'd like to see more from the townships. I lived in a township in Pt. ELizabeth while working as an AIDS educator in a school, back in 2001. It was a great experience. I think......

in response to: Its Been Almost Two Years Since I Posted by Guy McLaren

UpFromFlames: Nice Shots! And hey, Yer father in from Bushwick!Is he from the unit they are renovating inthe shot? Maybe its even part of the city's latest [[6459: Urban Renewal project]] there? Also, the house with the......

in response to: Tacos La Hacienda by little ukraine

rick Rock: and to Ivo. if you like desolate urban areas, you should see detroit. Nice series of pics Btw...

in response to: Spring Garden / West Poplar / Loft District: Lost in Transition by serlingrod

Ivo: I relly like that, people-free urban areas, dilapidated (warehouse-like) buildings....

in response to: Spring Garden / West Poplar / Loft District: Lost in Transition by serlingrod

Stephen: I have listened to disturbances outside the library, outside the post office, outside the Nags Head and around Sparrow Park and I feel sorry for the landlord and the pub customers and the......

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

Paul R Taylor : In its heyday Liverpool was the richest city in the world and was the gateway to Europe, Asia, Australia, south America, north America and the world. The River Mersey, the Irish Sea......

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

eyeofodin: Great job capturing 'stillness' in such an urban setting. A deserted subway station during the daytime, a street with nobody walking about and a subway/train line without the heavy metal. I guess your......

in response to: Sounds of the South by Chezgo

MaGoo: PS: Just for context- so that you realize that my observations are quite balanced and unbiased: I was raised by a single parent on welfare- we were abjectly poor. Most of our neighbors who were Bushwick......

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

MaGoo: Thank you, Editor, and UFF and Cartlegger. I won't go hog-wild here- as I realize that there are so many other areas of human endeavor that come into play when discussing this topic, that it would......

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

UpFromFlames: As I am fond of saying, Memory is the surest antidote to history. That is the main issue I have with your perspective. While I have done a lot of documentary research [[www.upfromflames.com]] I could......

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

Cloned Prince: I wrote a Parkour Rap! Things just aint the same for todays traceurs, Cops and pigs want to see us in handcuffs Yamakasi and the Belle are aging, The old traceurs, well they're all changing, Making way for new......

in response to: Parkour Trip to Lisses by Ben Nuttall

Peter: dangerduckie: if theyre in {cleveland} or {detroit}, it would be hard for them to qualify for the title of ##ugliest buildings in {new york}##, yeah? sure, {nyc} has more run-down and burned out places- it is,......

in response to: Ugliest Building in New York? by Peter

joey: my memories of amtrak and some of the pictures i took from the train are a lot like yours. basically the train tracks are in the more industrial and run down parts of the city.......

in response to: One of These Days I\'m Going to Leave You in Your Sleep by procyon

Bill: Checkout the article on "Celebrate Your Town", the essay that put Benton Park "West" in as a finalist. The Suburban Journal messed up and used the article about Benton Park West as being written......

in response to: Cherokee in Benton Park West by maybetoday

Frank: I have 3 or 4 huge fat raccoons that visit regularly on my flat garage roof. The mess they leave behind is utterly disgusting! I have to go up there at least once a week......

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

joey: interesting; found this 'bs' at their web site- Our goal at Urban Outfitters is to be the brand of choice for well-educated, urban-minded young adults....

in response to: Birdseyes by joey

colavitos ghost: somehow, the color palate in these pictures is exactly the same as pretty much every urban outfitters ad campaign ever......

in response to: Birdseyes by joey

CartLegger: "At its core, psychogeography investigates the relationship between urban space and one’s psychological state. Nothing heightens a person’s awareness of his/her environment more acutely than being lost." [[http://www.confluxfestival.org/conflux2007/urban-disorientation-game/]]...

in response to: Conflux Festival: CrippleBush Ghost Tour by CartLegger

Xavi: Most of the eastern part of Humboldt Park until the mass Puerto Rican migration of the 1940's and '50's was Jewish and Polish, with some German and Italian elements. When those ethnic groups were......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

CartLegger: I am so happy to be a part of a site on which so many urban studies folks are able to snap their works. As a high school teacher of urban planning (Urban Soc/GIS), CityNoise......

in response to: Shinjuku by serlingrod

jeeff: heh why did i say akihabara? i lived there and taught english, just saving up money so i could go back to school (for urban geography). i spent a few long nights like......

in response to: Shinjuku by serlingrod

serlingrod: jeeff, I was looking at some of your pics from '05; they're really great! what was the reason for your trip? I was studying abroad for urban planning. I remember this morning very clearly...a buddy......

in response to: Shinjuku by serlingrod

EvilGentleman: Georges, The predominant prejudice in Montreal is still language. As an English-speaker, I seldom notice anti-Americanism among the French Quebecers. This may be due in part to my not being to understand most of what......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

colavitos ghost: in the sixth picture note the extreme proximity of the industrial flats and downtown. i've never seen another city in which the urban core and the industrial core are so close together. i......

in response to: De Tocqueville Was Here by little ukraine

D.Bennet-lived in 1943 apt 606: I grew up in the Henry Horner Holmes a.k.a. the Hornets i live in 1943 4 trey i also grew up with pharoah and laffy and that movie portrayed them as innocent fun loving children......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Peter: its hard to be objective about "safety" and "neighborhoods" in nyc in general, as everyone has their own stories and experiences, and fluke things happen in every neighborhood, from the hood to park avenue. but i......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

germz: 26 (?) pics: 16 contain large (25% or more of total) areas of underexposure; 15 contain garbage or spills; in almost every case something is tightly packed -- people, magazines, autos, bikes, etc. it does "feel"......

in response to: 08-05-07 by chiamattt

Shon B.: I sadly agree. A lot of people who have moved into the old ethnic neighborhoods are being displaced. Many are moving to older suburban areas. Purposefully or not, a lot of big cities are gentrifying;......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

todd from kansas: Scott, first of all, I do not know where you live but I would guess I would probably find it uninteresting. I think the only interesting cities in North America reside south of the border,......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

Bushwicker: If you haven't already, definitely show your love and support for the artists from El Puente and the Academy for Urban Planning. The NYC Parks Department tried to shut the mural down today (Tues, 7/31) because......

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

joey: i choose factory number two. it's hulking mass is amazingly posturban....

in response to: Two Factories by CE

upfromflames: Thanks! And you can bet I will continue, EG. With my new position as sociology and mapping teacher at the Bushwick Academy for Urban Planning, there will be more history to tell, and a future......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

CE: So is the AUP a high school with an urban planning focus or is it a college? I just don't understand the New Century High School Initiative that they talk about in the video....

in response to: Destructionconstruction by jack

CE: There's a dedicated academy of Urban Planning in New York? I have been toying with the idea of trying to get a high enough GPA to be able to go to Columbia someday to......

in response to: Destructionconstruction by jack

CartLegger: Lucky guy, that I am, I am starting a position in the urban planning department at the Academy of Urban Planning in Bushwick. This fall, its intro to urban sociology, and in the spring, its......

in response to: Destructionconstruction by jack

CartLegger: Little Bungalows fall to make way for McMansions. Quick, someone call an urban sociologist! Jack, thanks for taking the time to capture this part of the urban process. I'll make sure to use these fotos......

in response to: Destructionconstruction by jack

mattg: If the main problem that people seem to have with Toronto is it's lack of proper mass transportation and proper urban planning, they may be interested in looking at this website: http://www.transitcity.ca/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 There are some interesting propositions......

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

wanderer: My parents grew up on Waterloo St, and my grandparents ran the corner store at Somerset (catty-corner from what was the Boys Club) until a bad robbery in the early 80's. Some of the......

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

UPforit: I would love to join you on a surreptitious trip on the highline, these pics are great. As I live in Red Hook I totally appreciate the need to document at length the urban landscape......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

Tony Coppoletta: Lovely. I'm looking forward to enjoying the green space once it's open--although it'll be in spurts since I don't live in New York... It's really exciting that this is happening, though, since it......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

hyperspacemonkeymind: This stuff should be archived someplace other than online. It's the sort of collection that urban historians will die for in thirty years or so......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

Peter: wow... the first and sixth photos are great... man, i really love your action shots... i almost feell ike im there, walking int he streets sometimes, which is nice, as thats one of my favorite......

in response to: Apku Night by Chiamattt

EvilGentleman: Waitaminit... if this is Bushwick, aren't you supposed to be posting as upfromflames, or is that only when dealing with the subject of the urban renewal in the Bushwick area?...

in response to: Stoop Boxing by CartLegger

jaybay: My friend and I just got an apartment in the western part of Bushwick, where Suydam Street and Bushwick Ave. intersect. WE are two white girls in our 20's. We walked around the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon (cache-ntc-ab09.proxy.aol.com): trust me hells angels are worse than people think. they are good at pr public realitions. they put on a good show but the public dont know the truth.its the downward spiral of stupidity......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine