Comments about vacant

There are 40 comments about "vacant"

Peter: are you crazy, or just seriously uninformed? nothing rebuilt, nothing touched? thats not true at all! i commute through the WTC site/station every day, and theres so much going on there... sure, its a slow......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

John Dereszewski: Puffy, Linden between Central and Evergreen is a block that has undergone a considerable transformation over the last decade or so, clearly for the good. I knew this block very vividly during the bad days of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Louise R. March 30th 2008: Hello! I'm working in this shopping center. I work for a chiropractor who's situated on top of Tim Horton. The first chiropractor ''Dr Pierre Paquin, chiropractor'' opened his practice in 1950 and Dr Carl......

in response to: Norgate Shopping Centre by CE

Alan Taylor: Hi Cyril et al, The middle semi's where cleared and left vacant for a few years then I believe a clinic or doctors surgery was built in their place, don't know if this still stands......

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

maybetoday: I don't know a whole lot about the history of this neighborhood. I do know that it is in the midst of gentrification right now. It seems to me that the housing on......

in response to: Forest Park Southeast by maybetoday

cjh: This is for upfromflames: I was born and raised (1969 to 1990) in the boarded-up house pictured in your February 10 article. The actual address of that building is 23 Troutman Street. What......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Nando: Hey guys I have to say this is definitely one of my favorites entries ever. I am a native of Corona (on which the park lies) and I can honestly say that my life......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

maybetoday: The North Market Place development is actually happening. Several buildings and homes have already been rehabbed for apartments and homes. Infill is currently being built on vacant land ("historically-sensitive" single-family homes). The......

in response to: Revitalize by maybetoday

anon (CPE000f66b92b6b-CM0014e8268434.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com): hello i am an investor looking for vacant abandoned houses. We can give finders fee to whoever finds us one. my email is yunuskika@yahoo.com...

in response to: Abandoned Homes by JayEastsider

upfromflames: BD: I truly appreciate your response. Maybe that is why I posted it. Thanks for taking the bait! Your perspective is clearly rich in experience, and me, well, I am a non-NYer who has just......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

John Dereszewski: It is hard to imagine how anyone can misinterpret the last 30 years of Bushwick's history more than BDweller did in his comment. To believe him, Bushwick endured decades of neglectful Planned Shrinkage followed by......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

BDweller: "The Bushwick Initiative...Who is this for?" Boy, you are some busybody, upfromflames. Digging, poking, photographing and posting; then posing provocative questions. I'll take your bait. The city's official response to the steady influx of Latinos and blacks......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

upfromflames: [[img:18658]] [[img:18659]] [[img:18660]] [[img:18661]] This emptiness of this space at the corner of Central Ave and Suydam St. is made more powerful by its cause. A friend of mine had an aunt die in a fire on this spot......

in response to: Missing Tooth and Open Sky by upfromflames

BDweller: Hey, upfromflames, your picture of the entirely sealed-up apartment building [Feb 17th] looks like a burn-out to me. You can see the scorch marks around the fire escape. "Is it a careless landlord......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

upfromflames: I want to thank you all for your links, especially the fire statistics from Brad. And Pierre, you know well that you are not alone in your experience, in Bushwick, or in NYC. And......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

crazy eddie: yo i really apreciate you showing everyone our city and what its become...the projects in the vacant lot pics were far to your left not rite there but good work....YOU CAN LEARN ALOT FROM A......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

Jerry Pflugh: 17th Oct 2006 : My dad, Ted Pflugh, was Commander of that VFW post, the Mohr-Christie Post #158, several times during the fifties, and my mom, Eileen, was President of the Ladies Auxiliary. They were in office when the......

in response to: Disused VFW Hall by mike a

dfwtiger: T & P stands for Texas & Pacific railroad. This is a shot behind the now vacant warehouse. It is a huge building that sits in isolation. Currently, talk is underway of......

in response to: Homeless at the T&P Warehouse by dfwtiger

Jim QV: Tony, I read your posting and wanted to respond to it. I was born in Queens, but my Moms whole family is from Bushwick. Her grandfather (my great grand dad) was the original owner of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: I have to translate this. It's just too much to resist. 가장 큰exsqisite, 나는 말해야 한다! 여기 모든에EvilGentleman포획은 이것 이다: 1 - 감시는 시간외에 하고 있다. 2 - 그의 할아버지 새로운 틀이를 얻기 위하여 농부는 도시로 가고 있다. 3......

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: Most exsqisite, I must say! Here is the EvilGentleman take on all this: 1 - The guard is doing overtime. 2 - The farmer is going into town to get his grandfather's new dentures. 3 - The child......

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

Canadian-Canadian: Wow. There are TONS of vacant apartments in Montreal at low-low rents. Half of NDG is immigrants on welfare already. There was no need to spend taxpayer dollars on this. And i'm sure in......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Whipslinger: Peter, to cure your curiousity about all those vast vacant lots, they used to house 12 story clusters of housing projects with names like Prince St. and Hayes Homes and Scudder Homes etc. They......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

TheTruth: Yeah, Bushwick was raped. Your metaphor is better, Dave. Bushwick was hustled, pimped, beaten, raped, and left for dead. Now Bushwick is getting the bum-rush. The predatory loan-sharks are stealing houses out from......

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

TheTruth: "I see it more as a class war than a race war." "...But that doesn't explain why, poor or not, the residents of Bushwick didn't have enough self-respect to take care of their neighborhood." Dave, did you......

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

jack: apparently even the residents are vacant....

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 2 by Scott Sargent

jack: apparently even the residents are vacant....

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 2 by Scott Sargent

Penpusher: Here's the thing about the geography of NYC. Everything radiates from Midtown. During the late 90s, the Giuliani era, NY developed a reputation as being a safe city, a clean city and as Rudy claimed,......

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

Tyfoid Kid: I did a little digging (thank you U of M libraries) and found some more stuff on The Ivy (actually probably more then you'd want to know:) ******************************************************************************************************************** From an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune Dec......

in response to: Ivy Tower by Tyfoid Kid

Get out of your car, buddy: And now (10:30PM) she/he is living high on hogtown trash. When I was a kid, I had a baby racoon as a pet (long story as to how that happened). They are cool......

in response to: Gone Downtown by Elicar

jeeff: all hail the information age. [[http://sageauthoring.com/fdny/construction/vacant.pdf]] Fire Department, City of New York __FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES__ __VOLUME 1 BOOK 3__ **MARKING OF VACANT BUILDING** **1.3.1** As vacant buildings shall be identified and marked to indicate the degree of hazard involved. In marking vacant......

in response to: Slated for Demolition by Peter

keith: A lot of the photos you've posted are rich in history, not just the city's history but black history, American history. Those vacant lots in central ward used to be home to high-rise housing projects......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

matt: the silver ring hasn't been the same since it moved downtown. well, since tim fired me, really. ybor used to be a great place because you had all these immigrant groups banding together......

in response to: The Columbia Restaurant by sine

Peter: rt. 66... the stuff of american legends... now so vacant....

in response to: Route 66 // Shamrock, Texas by adam

Peter: wow, what a project. great entry, jeeff. id never have imagiend italianate architecture in toronto otherwise :) isnt that how it always works? the people who embark on these sorts of projects are always ambitious... yet......

in response to: the villa on the corner by jeeff

Peter: i really like the van photo... it looks so vacant and quiet....

in response to: urban blue by hool

Jamie: Yeh, it was really interesting to hear about the vacant lots. Made me think of the people that must once have lived there. Whole communities sweeped under the carpet. Post apocalyptic imagery...

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

Peter: heh, i didnt even see this earlier... nice. i lvoe the vacant effect from no people being in the photo. nice....

in response to: Moulin Rouge - The Ultimate Cabaret by vz

Peter: nice night-time shots, man! good stuff. they all look so vacant and empty. love it....

in response to: Peterborough by Zag

Peter: wonderful shots! i especially love the second one... it looks so mysterious and vacant. thanks for the submission, and the quote- i really dug this entry....

in response to: Seattle WA by fuzzytank