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stefy: bah ia uitate la ala ca isi da viata ...

in response to: Istoria Parkour by EXElent

wyoming native: fran z: Do you ever remember going to Grove St.? My Mom lived there with her Aunt and Uncle for a couple of months after coming to America from Yugoslavia. I would like to have......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Marybel Perez Ridley: I lived in Sunset Park from 1962-1989 I moved to the midwest and I visit alot still have family there. I grew up going to sunset park and had a lot of great memories.......

in response to: Sunset Park by little ukraine

anon (79-117-28-114.rdsnet.ro): sal.am 11 ani fac pk de la 9.vreau sa invat mai multe din acest sport si sa devin cel mai bun la prkour si sa arat lumii tot ce pot.si jur ca imi voi da......

in response to: Istoria Parkour by EXElent

arquitecto: Xavi, good post. I feel your pain. I am a central american immigrant who grew up in cleveland. Went to school in Portland and am living in Sacramento CA. I have gained......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

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

Antoine Whitfield: yo, I get a rush nostalgia when i hear you all talk about the the old hood... i didn't realize our shared history and how diverse we are as people "Bushwick Bred". Wow, i......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

anon (ip68-107-55-40.sd.sd.cox.net): Those pictures are truly disturbing. What is more disturbing is they are already killing people via genetically modified pesticide laden food, rb hormone, etc. There is fasci in the house of reps. that has been......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

OU student: Driving through a city and taking a few pictures of the shittiest hotel you could have possibly roomed in during your one-night stay off the highway is a pretty idiotic way to judge a place.......

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

Some Guy Ya: Wow I thought the new widening of the rail bridge down by Queen would have alleviated this. Pretty interesting. ...

in response to: Don River Flood by Michelle

jack: REMINDS ME OF THE HUMAN ZOO ON THE PLANET PYTHIAN. sorry about the caps, but when i was captured by the pythians and taken to their planet there was a zoo and we humans......

in response to: Life Sentence by NWhyC

serlingrod: Thanks Peter. It's nice to have a friend back you up. I just marvel at the stubborness of it though.....I mean, "keep on painting" ... Really? I've made it perfectly clear I'm not an artist..I'm......

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

FEM: Wouldn't you think that Cicero Avenue at the Stevenson Expressway going South towards Midway Airport be cleaned up and looking better for our out-of-towners who come to visit. What a first impression, Shame on......

in response to: Midway Airport by joey

BigBankHank: I was horrified when this went out 8 years ago but some of the same people that were walking their children to school via Glenbryn were the same persons that carried out attacks against the......

in response to: Black and White by norniron

zagg: I like to think it is obvious via my hometown (Sarnia) photographs on Citynoise that I'm a lake and river lover. Ocean's are great, they're just not my cup of tea. It's all about......

in response to: Outside McGlinchey\'s by serlingrod

zagg: And now for a word from Toronto's Barenaked Ladies: "Near where I live there's a viaduct Where people jump when they're out of luck Raining down on the cars and trucks below They've put a net there to catch......

in response to: A Life Saver by elicar

jack: there are 3 eritrean members in the club and in order to become a member you must be able to sing the latvian greek song 'kiridies' backwards (not sitting or standing or lying)but the words......

in response to: Est. 1985 by Peter

Karlo: That really was a moving story sharon. Im so glad that you can finally put your anger to rest,a feeling that only serves to destroy the self. I fully believe that your son Karl would want you......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

aviatrix: pure brilliance. thank you for sharing....

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Jamie: And further to that, here are some photos of the actual work in-situ. [[img:28023]] [[img:28024]] [[img:28025]] And here is the photo published by The Daily Mail in their story: [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1024884]] which appears to be the original source of all......

in response to: Banksy Work Painted Over by Islington Council? by Jamie

Sylvia, Wellington, Fl.: Hi, I found this on Ask whilst listening to The Whistler. What a great program. Thanks for the history explanation on what happened to Signal. I came from California, and lived many years......

in response to: Signal Gasoline by fuzzytank

Jon Burgess: To James Cashan and Gary Sparkes. So the only way we will get a King of the Slums reunion is via a big screen satellite link-up to Australia? ...

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

Montrealbunny: Bwaahahahaha!!!! The best part of this is, from what I can see, there was no easy way for the drivers to exit their cars. Were they pinned in there with no escape from......

in response to: Tight Squeeze by jack

ChiPhi: Christopher and others, why is there always a: "...somebody needs to do something to help..." why don't people take responsibility and pride for their own? I have lived in this neighborhood for 5 years......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Andrew Smith: James - no it's not my site - I just posted this and another article on Irlam and I assume most people found their way to the pages via google. I agree - Hollins Green and......

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

EvilGentleman: What's a telephone? Ohhhh, wait... Is that one of things that is like a cellphone, but plugs into a wall, and has wires coming out of it? Hehe, seems like yesterday, when my VCR remote had......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Mike Criswell: It,s home. If you can't relate then you're lacking something in your world. I feel sorry for people who don't know their neighbors name, and doesn't know the name of the person......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 9 by Scott Sargent

Anne Fahy: Hi Keith (Smith) What number did you live in Atherton Lane? My husband Brian Fahy lived at #43 for most of his early life. They moved to 19 Victory Road, when he was already working at......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Anne Fahy: Hi Keith (Smith) What number did you live in Atherton Lane? My husband Brian Fahy lived at #43 for most of his early life. They moved to 19 Victory Road, when he was already working at......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sylvia Aviles: Hi again, Can anybody tell me what happens to Melrose St. I lived there in the 50th and 60th. I live now ( since 1972) in Germany....

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

livia: Too many automobiles every single day ... "Countless Cars a minute"...

in response to: 3 Bikes a Minute - Parte Um by livia

jane: bike world Ltd is one of the leading bike distributors.We are Legitimate registered Company under licensed number(RC43215).We ship via FedEx or DHL, and your ordered items will get to your door step within 48 hrs(Two......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Andrew Woolden Hall..Would you know if it is true that it was given to Captain Blood by Queen Elizabeth The First as a reward for his contribution to the nations economy via his exploits on......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

paul: could this be ''THE SYLVIA'' of who is sylvia,if so she is a long way from home...

in response to: The Accordion Lady by ksedge

Sylvia Aviles: I grew up in Melrose St. Corner Bushwick in the 60th. There was always something happening. But nothing as bad as I read here.I miss going back home, but I know it could never be......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Deb, Just to fill you in - sorry I didn't think about others not knowing who I was referring to... I met Natalie via this site and we soon realised that I was at......

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

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Cyril, Correct me if I am wrong, but I think the Dr Walker we speak of may have been the son of the one you remember? Welcome Rob, I get to this site via the......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Emi: in parkour nu exista "gasti" sunteti toti niste amatori...nu se invata intro sapt tot..nu ai cum ... ai ffff multe elemente de invatat.... sunt din botosani...id : emy1ro.....eu fac parkour nu pentru a ma lauda..pt......

in response to: Istoria Parkour by EXElent

janet: Hello Again Len--Do e-mail me that knish recipe. (The very memory of them makes me faint with pleasure.) We never had a TV, but when Uncle Miltie came on ("We are the men from......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Roger: I'm an artist who is not a hipster. I am moving further east in Bushwick because the rent is cheaper for what you can get, as I'm saddled in debt. I'm half Peruvian......

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

Anna: Dear Pearly Kings and Queens, I am a photographer doing my MA at the London College of Communication. I would like to do a photo project on a Pearly family in London. It would be great......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Elicar: A Yugoslavian tourist living in the Netherlands asked me to take his picture. Poor guy. His nose was running because of the cold. He said he was coming back in September to see Toronto in......

in response to: A Frozen Lake by Elicar

Alex Price: Hi Again, I Also Remembered The Fights Between Cadishead And Partington Over Whos The Cadishead Viaduct Bridge Was To Sit Under And They Threw Stones, Rocks And Sticks To Fight With But Eventually The Council Blocked......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Alex Price: Hi Everyone! Has Anyone Been In Maintenence Tunnels In Irlam Railway Viaduct? There Is 11 Cameras In There So If You Get Caught You Will Be Taken Home By Police (That It! That Isnt Exacly......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

noname: I work in a business that allows me to see the finest of Hutchinson and surrounding areas. Hutchinson it's surrounding population consist of the following: Retirees, poor families, meth addicts, leeches. No more no less.......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Norma, The "shuttlecock" was erected about three or four months ago I think. The roundabout is just at the bottom of Victory Road. Have a look on Google Earth. The photo was......

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

Joanne Amorello-minor: HI alison was your grandmother mrs Pearson? it suddenly came back to me!I do have these little electrical impulses now and again!Thankyou Rob for your kind words..and Alan i've tried to get to you via......

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

Alan Taylor: Hi Joanne, At a quick glance I find that - Roy Edward MINOR born 5th Sept 1946 died 4th quarter 1976 registered Trafford 39/1915, also found a - Beatrice Mary MINOR born 3rd Jun 1896 died 2nd quarter 1976......

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

Bob Salmon: Hi rob Yes I remember Len Jackson; my mother got her daily pinta from him for a few decades. One of his employees on the milk round was a good friend of mine, his name was Ivor......

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

Stan: A. Weinstein Yes, I remember the candy store. I would go home for lunch (Albany & Lincoln) and come to school via Lincoln place. I'd stop at the candy store with my penny. They had a......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

livia: sorry, little ukraine : (...

in response to: Shore _ in Color by livia

livia: Hi, Thank you! Jamie - Yeah these are digital. It's almost like a bad polaroid picture .... I was trying some Retinex. Peter - The first one is from a town called Iguape [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iguape]]......

in response to: Shore _ in Color by livia

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Jenny & Janet - my dad John Bolton lived at 59 Ferry Road and would have been 13 around the time you are talking about. He married mum (Pat Gillet), in 1960 and moved......

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

Chris: I just happened over this page while looking for something via Google, but I couldn't just let this go- I grew up in Hutch, but no longer living there. I moved to the West Coast......

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

livia: I'm at Anchieta Highway[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodovia_Anchieta]]. Driving up to São Paulo at what we call Serra do Mar [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serra_do_Mar]] a rainforest preservation area....

in response to: Going Up by livia

bob rainis: lived on Bushwick ave just off Jefferson . Across the street was Murray's Antiques and an ice cream parlor. Left the area when I was 4 after my dad came early from work one afternoon......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Cheryl: I recently had squirells. I live Freeport Long Island. However someone told me you cannot have both. I know confirmed that teh racoons bit the squirells and I have racoons. I cover the area in......

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

a: MY RESULTS: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RE: [Civic Sign Inquiry] Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 10:31:21 -0500 From: "Sleeth, Chris" CC: "Contactus" Hi A, Can you please let me know where this new installation took place? We have been removing signs from many of the trees......

in response to: We Nail Road Signs to Trees. by AG

R.W. Texas: I found this also by a search engine. I am a history buff and did some research. Signal Oil went through a lot of mergers and divestitures before all was said and done. AlliedSignal was......

in response to: Signal Gasoline by fuzzytank

Robert Patten: Finally (for now), three pictures from May 2007 from what we call Teletubby Hills, near the Northbank Industrial Estate and can be seen from the Cadishead Way bypass. [[img:24516]] You can see the Rehau building, and if......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

From the "Other" Generation: I wasn't at the demonstration so I'm not prepared to take one side over the other. That said, I know this!! The police have been tasked with a thankless function. The more......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

Janet Calderon: Author of Bushwick & Beyond: I never forgot Bushwick. My childhood memories are there. I'll be back to share my experiences via this book. Hopefully, after reading my book;the reader will empower......

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

livia: I loved it!!!...

in response to: Sports Day by chiamattt

vz: I'm actually just house-sitting for a friend.. but the fact that the bike's been there for that long without being stolen makes me feel better about locking mine up on that corner! Have you tried......

in response to: All Commercial Establishments in Philadelphia Are Named After Nonsense Monosyllables by vz

vanessa: ahhh im always there! i hope you tried the st. viateur bagels! and schwartz smoke meat. theyre pretty close.....

in response to: Mile End by serlingrod

Wyoming Native: I live in WY, recently visited NYC, stayed in Manhattan for a week. Rode the J train to Brooklyn for a bagel, then walked back to Manhattan over the Brooklyn bridge. My area of interest......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: Well, how about we let the place that used to be in Yugoslavia call itself "The Slavic Republic of Northern Macedonia"? I dunno, just trying to state what I feel is right. The only Yugoslavians......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

February 6, 1958 United players killed in air disaster: The Munich air disaster took place on February 6, 1958, when the British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at the Munich-Riem airport in Germany.......

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

serlingrod: we should all take a virtual field trip to Hutchinson, via Google Maps. Once they get their Street Views covering the whole nation I say we take a group tour to each of the several......

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

livia: While I was waiting for the traffic light to get green I took a shot....

in response to: Changing Signal by livia

livia: thank you EvilGentleman but ... well .... it was a coincidence. I just took this shot in the right moment....

in response to: Changing Signal by livia

aer suzuki: hey joey. well last fall/winter i lapsed into drawing & painting mode. then in spring my camera broke. it only sort of works now, so it's more difficult to go and do extended photo adventures.......

in response to: Silver Tree by aer suzuki

livia: thank you ...

in response to: City Centre - Rooftops (Part I) by livia

fedupinNE: Thank God for organizations like NKCDC! Imagine how the world could truly be if everyone just pulled up stakes and left as soon as a community began to turn. There would be no where to......

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

little ukraine: livia, thank you for these - what an amazing city is sao paulo. the density of the skyline, especially as seen in the Rooftops II post, rivals that of NY or Hong Kong. ......

in response to: City Centre - Rooftops (Part III) by livia

jack: thanks for the story lines livia, very interesting, beautiful land, tell me livia, do they still toast june in brasil and stand beneath a silvery moon, and whisper someday soon?...

in response to: City Centre - Rooftops (Part III) by livia

jack: very nice livia, great shots...

in response to: City Centre - Rooftops (Part I) by livia

Janis Jade: [[img:21834]] I came across this web site while researching the Reading Viaduct. To my surprise there is a photo here that was taken at the same location as the one that I'm posting with this......

in response to: On the Reading Viaduct by vz

Frank S. Besner: serlingrod let me tell you that I think you've done an excellent job depicting St-Viateur. I'm glad to hear you enjoyed your stay in Montréal and I hope you can make it back here soon,......

in response to: Mile End by serlingrod

Peter: yo bazz, i used to live right in that neighborhood... 45th and 4th ave, actually. that area is great. be sure to walk up to 5th avenue for the good shopping, diners and amazing produce.......

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

Julian: I've thoroughly enjoyed all the stories on this page. Especially the one about the pissed off squirrel, the pooing while begging for food cat, and the BYOT raccoon. What a trio. I found this site via......

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

CE: I biked out to Loyola via Sherbrooke the other day and I could see a couple buildings that had been demolished behind the ones that front Sherbrooke. How new are the new satellite images? I......

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

Jamie: The groundwork is already underway. As you can imagine there's a huge amount of planning to be completed before we can even begin, not to mention database maintenance... and real life drama. Ack! I'm not overly......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

iman: to zoidberg, this is not the right site to sell viagra. so please, only post a comment if you are on this site. ...

in response to: Post a Picture of Directly Outside Your Window by CE

Frank S. Besner: Well I have scoured the interwebs and have finally come up with the info, via the wonderfully informative www.metrodemontreal.com. As it turns out, the sculpture bears the rather apt title "Revolutions" was constructed on site......

in response to: Pretzel Stair Sculpture by EvilGentleman

Frank S. Besner: I was certain St-Henri was the deepest, too. turns out the title goes to Charlevoix. St-Henri only clocks in at 20th! I'm pretty sure this illusion is attributable to depth according to sea level, as opposed to depth......

in response to: Metro Place-Saint-Henri by CE

EvilGentleman: jack, see what happens when you use the word "gang" in the name of your post? These "geniuses" don't even bother reading the actual post itself, they are just tagging cyberspace via comments. If they......

in response to: But There Is No Other Door for the over 50 Year Old Gang by jack

Caleb Chatfield: Yes Scott, the old Sankey Motors building comprises the sum total of what goes on in Belleville. Maybe this is your point, to get a rise out of individuals and to make broad sweeping......

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

EvilGentleman: This page has received 8436 hits so far, yet the only visitor comment was the joke from jack. I think most of the other visitors must have found this page while doing a search for......

in response to: Sexe Cite by EvilGentleman

Marc: Where Is This Salvia Booth?? it has been a few years, but i believe it was near this hotel we stayed at between av. adolfo ruiz cortines and av. colon, closer to av. colon, near the......

in response to: Toltec Hivemind by Marc

EvilGentleman: A pet of yours, I presume? Interesting colours on his coat, is it a Scandinavian breed?...

in response to: Arctic Creatures, Part II by EvilGentleman

Rune Willem: Anon.. saw your comment on lefsa.. do u eat it a lot in your stat of Minnesota..? is there alot of norwegians there... or people with some connections to this scandinavian country.. Would you......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

upfromflames: But I do worry about other less innocuous spaces...like this one... [[img:18604]] When you see new housing boarded up, that is a red flag that something is wrong. Is it about the financial viability of the owner,......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

been: Speaking of the Luminous Veil--travelling over the Viaduct (on top) it seems more like the Oninous Veil, owing to the fact that they never installed the planned lighting. Very dark actually. (Some have also suggested Ludicrous......

in response to: From Underground to Above Ground by Elicar

.nanotech.: [[img:18457]] [[img:18458]] [[img:18459]] [[img:18462]] [[img:18463]] [[img:18464]] [[img:18465]] [[img:18466]] [[img:18467]] [[img:18468]] [[img:18469]] [[img:18470]] [[img:18471]] * The Queen of England has reportedly been buying up property in Colorado under a proxy. * There is a lot of "secret society" symbology at the airport,......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Livia: it's funny how none of the people above thought that maybe it's a puppy(it obviously is!!!) and that a rhodesian ridge back is a large hound that has a RIDGE down its back, a solid......

in response to: Pit Bull Walking by Peter

colavitos ghost: fun film trivia: the exterior of this church shows up a couple times in "igby goes down" as a representation of igby´s elite new england boarding school....

in response to: At Grace Church by little ukraine

Shanavia: Well i really don't know or have much to say but i think we should stop the gang banging and just be our selves!...

in response to: M.s.g. Found in Charlotte,N.C. by Jimmy J.

Alexander The Thessalonikian: People from US shouldn't argue with the fact that a country with a glorious past like Greece is offended when a name that characterizes the most of the northern Greece and that has special meaning......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

procyon: sort of; important but not too important. the '33 world's fair was there, and it was the site of mayor daley's famous, ridiculous late-night bulldozing in 2003. from the next day's Trib: "Mayor Richard Daley launched......

in response to: Adler, 12th St. Beach and the Former Meigs Field by procyon

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