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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

anon omous: Victoria has a developing skyline that is already impressive as it is. i hated the height restrictions but with new ones we'll be seeing a new victoria in the near future....

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

zagg: Took 55 months; and 3393 viewings but this entry finally got a comment! Come on kids, it contains a REAL LIFE BARBIE VICTORIAN HOUSE. JEEZ!...

in response to: Barbie\'s Victorian Dream House by zagg

Mark: It is Victoria Day/24 Weekend once again and i hope people stay safe and not screw around with FIREARMS. That police officer should have at least been busted down to Parking Enforcement. If you happen......

in response to: Victoria Day Fireworks by Gabi

Sheila Hilton: Hi Rob, I remember the shop that you referred to 'Victoriana'. When I was a little girl, it used to be a sort of dairy called Beswick's Creamery. I......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Norma, I remember the jubbly recycling process also!! When I was about 9 (or there abouts) me and my sister used to walk from St Teresas's School to Dr Walkers surgery ( the shoebox)where......

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

Elicar: These stopped two blocks west of Main (Westlake). [[img:26588]] But realtors' boundaries of the Danforth Village are: "Danforth Village spans from Victoria Park Avenue west to Greenwood Avenue, and includes the first few blocks north of The......

in response to: Going Around the World On Danforth Avenue by Elicar

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Deb I hope Alan manages to fix his new anti-spam ( I always thought it came out of a tin) and you can trade info. Your cousin Venice and her husband Val James of Cadishead descent......

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

jack: chrislla and victoria you both sound like intelligent students, school is probably the best place to be, you can learn about the great people of the world and the only thing you have to do......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Bergher: Some pictures of Victoria: [[img:25935]] [[img:25936]] [[img:25938]] [[img:25939]] ...

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

McDermott: I agree with the list for the most part-yet Moncton is a surprise.Winnipeg and Victoria are notable by their absence....

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Fiona: Wasn't this building once called Place Victoria?, if I'm not mistaken....

in response to: Tour De La Bourse by Cinic

Joanne Amorello-minor: Hello Can anybody help me find any information about my father ROY EDWARD MINOR..He was found dead at Irlam locks in 1976.We lived on Ferryhill Rd and my nan and grandad lived at 46 Harewood rd......

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

Jenny Foster(nee Sutton): MY GRANDAD SUTTON AND UNCLE JACK SUTTON LIVED IN VICTORIA ROAD FOR MANY YEARS.HE FARMED THE LAND NEAR THE CEMETERY AND DOWN TO THE RIVER.ALSO SOLD COAL ;FIRST WITH A SHIRE HORSE,THEN IN THE EARLY......

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

Victoria Ware: i was in the class of 2007 and to be honest my first impression of acorn wasn't a good one. i was always the quiet type and never spoke to any one (yeah i did......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Elicar: Taylor Creek Park, from Victoria Park to DVP by Don Mills and Eglinton [[http://www.toronto.com/community/listing/000-213-470]]...

in response to: Of Sunlights and Shadows by Elicar

does it matter?: If you view Winnipeg from the south, so that Osborne Village is to your left and Fort Garry Plaza is to your right, you can see Winnipeg from a much more complimentary angle. Unfortunately, most......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

jessica: Hello, my name is Jessica Sant, and for my class we are goin to the city in victoria to look at street art. i got 4 friends in my group and we all like your......

in response to: Street Art by ninety9lives

Jay: these type accomadations are nothing "new" in Amsterdam, or any large city in Holland, the older ones are a multi urinal screen barracade type you walk into and use, with only the head and feet......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Gregory Brent: Wonderful. Montreal is so livable! In the third photo, the building complex with the green roofs in the left foreground is Ravenscrag, home of Sir Hugh Allan of Allan Lines Shipping Co. It is sadly......

in response to: Mont-Royal Park by CE

T: I should add that for the most part, historically, Victoria's skyline has always been less-than-impressive because of height restrictions for reasons similar to Vancouver's (wouldn't want to block the view of the Olympic Mountains across......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

T: Victoria, BC is starting to develop a skyline with all the new highrises that are springing up downtown. Does anybody have any recent photos that do a good job of showing all of Victoria's......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

mariesandoval: This saddens me. The victorian homes have so much life in them. The beauty within it self shows it. Why would anyone destory such beauty. To build other buildings that we have enough of. We......

in response to: Long Time Gone by Joe

jack: victorian...

in response to: Victor or Victorian by Biff

zagg: i vote the victorian...

in response to: Victor or Victorian by Biff

Victoria Cobb: Only a man inspired of God could create such a magnificient operation. My prayers are for its continuity. Hephzibah, GA USA...

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

jack: yeah, peter is from brooklyn, like me, and we are uncivilized, according to british standards, because as a nation we had lost that victorian elegence and charm. when we broke away from our mother......

in response to: Timeless Grace by Guy McLaren

Peter: the westway diner is on 9th avenue, and i used to live right across the street, a block up. to the right of the diner, you can see the victoria supermarket (now closed, though the......

in response to: Dinner and a Bed by jack

Peg Maass Labiuk: We found a Buddy Bike at a scap metal yard here in Victoria, BC. It's yellow and has an original "Buddy Bike" seat, decals, and head tube badge. We want to restore it......

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

EvilGentleman: Excerpt from http://www.westmountexaminer.com/article-24092-Council-ends-sixyear-sale-of-Fire-Station-No-2.html (the webpage no longer exists, I retrieved the data from a Google cache) ##The sale of the Fire Station No 2 building at Victoria and The Boulevard for $800,000 was expected to finally......

in response to: Two Unrelated Fire Department Pictures by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Nice shots. Queen Victoria looks a lot prettier than usual. I also find the phone booth shot looks better with the hool shadow added. It allows me to imagine myself in the scene better. I......

in response to: August 12 2006 Winnipeg by hool

Chris Erb: The controversy is starting to pour in so here are my reasons for excluding some cities that I was considering: **Ottawa:** For a city its size and importance, the skyline in't very impressive. The Parlement......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

EvilGentleman: Good Job, Chris! Cool thinking. But I wonder how many disgruntled residents of Victoria, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnipeg, Thunder Bay, Sudbury, Hamilton, Windsor, London, Ottawa, Chicoutimi, Saint John, Charlottetown and St John's will come on to......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

EvilGentleman: Ok, will do. Next time I pass the corner of Victoria Avenue and The Boulevard in Westmount, I will have a look-see....

in response to: Two Unrelated Fire Department Pictures by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: I find it absolutely incredible that historical stuctures are valued so little in a land where they are so rare. I could understand Europeans not being terribly attached to hundred-year-old buildings, but they also have......

in response to: Long Time Gone by Joe

Chris Erb: I myself would prefer to see some low income apartments being built. Look around downtown, there are luxery apartments going up everywhere: this one, Saunders St., Chruchill Row, the old shoe factory (not luxery......

in response to: Yuppy Scum by CE

Biff: Catherine it's a Victorian pump organ. It was sold the next day. Alas......

in response to: Just Fur Catherine by Biff

Andrew Smith: Quote "Please could someone explain these comments... Night soil? (It was used to soak up Victorian Manchester's 'night soil'.) as in from sewage?(fertilised by 200 year old human waste)" Hi, Yes, I did mean human waste. I......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

anon (spc2-bolt5-0-0-cust758.bagu.broadband.ntl.com): Please could someone explain these comments... Night soil? (It was used to soak up Victorian Manchester's 'night soil'.) as in from sewage?(fertilised by 200 year old human waste) ...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

EvilGentleman: Nakurmiik, I miss the mountains very much now, especially the part coming up soon when the ice breaks up. But I missed the summer heat here in Montreal, too. Nice to have real heat for a......

in response to: Kangirsujuaq by EvilGentleman

Chris Erb: I forgot to mention that this is also one of the ugliest buildings in the city. Ignoring the mystery design, this very plane wall with the ugly roof line is what faces the street......

in response to: Coincidence? by CE

Chris Erb: This is the second pun in a row I've read by you EG! You're on a roll. I noticed that they trees in Montreal were actually quite ahead of the trees here in New Brunswick.......

in response to: Ryerson Quad by Biff

Elicar: Nope, it makes you swear off ice cream because of the size. The kid's size ($2.00) is humonguous and they used to sell it to kids at heart. They have changed their policy as everyone......

in response to: The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade by Elicar

elaine: near-ish. halfway through viccy park [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Park%2C_East_London]] there is a joining canal called the heartford union canal [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertford_Union_Canal]] that creates a T junction with grand union canal [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Union_Canal]] which, for some reason seems also to be......

in response to: 3D Bug Art by elaine

me: Gerrard and Victoria park :P...

in response to: Panning Turned into Stalking by Elicar

EvilGentleman: Well, from an era when molestation did not get media attention, but was considered a dirty little secret, jack. Remember, most of today's molesters were yesterday's victims. More likely, it was the only Victorian politically......

in response to: Children\'s Lingerie by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

S: Elicar, if you think those prices outrageous check out some of the prices in other parts of the city. I have a family member living in the Annex. He bought the house 25 years ago......

in response to: Count Your Blessings by Elicar

Dizzy: I was just looking at places near bushwick avenue... around gates/palmetto. it's really close to the J train (gates avenue) - anyone have any opinions about this? Everyone keeps talking the parts of Bushwick that......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Elicar: True, but the Goodwill store is just a block away at the Shoppersworld plaza on Victoria Park and Danforth....

in response to: Clothing Bank by Elicar

Litter did I Know: I read this story carefully. I have already dealt with a similar situation in a similar way in Victoria BC. A Car whizzes by me on a narrow downtown street and out the window flies......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

hoopoe7: I won't have it said! New Cross is one of the most marvelous places to live in London! Cute victorian station one stop from Ldn Bridge, Beautiful victorian and georgian conservation areasfor housing......

in response to: bleak day, new cross by elaine

jack: to my dear, lovely, elaine, the cheese could be a gjetost cheese made by ski queen. you can probably get some in a cheese specialty store or by contacting a norwegian food company. ......

in response to: Ms Jorun Stiansen by Mr Norway

terryJ in the uk: there is a victorian version of this in Coventry Road Transport museum. They are so similar it looks as though this one was inspired by it....

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

rose: yes, it's called alcatraz ave. i used to live there in an older victorian house that we called the 'alcatraz house'. some folks think the street got it's name since i runs east to west,......

in response to: home.alert neighborhood by Home Alert™

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Thanks for the info. I hope that someone does see the pictures and conditions improve for patients and staff alike. As a kid I lived down the road from a mental hospital in Kent. It......

in response to: st clement\'s from the hip by elaine

jamie: i miss victoria park im'a come back soon...

in response to: sunset in viccy park by elaine

Colin: Yes, that is sometimes a problem with the internet, where various web sites end up quoting each other in a sort of endless cycle. By the way, took a while to download on......

in response to: victoria park bench by elaine

elaine: for once i think you are right to say 'awesome'. it is on that scale. actually i think the victorian versions were designed to be awesome as well, cathedrals for and of engineering...

in response to: canariae wharf by elaine

chris: i used to go as a child 35 years ago {god help me where does the time go], the one in victoria park was oval or circular in shape cant remember when they knocked it......

in response to: london fields lido blues by elaine

elaine: dunno if you can read that but it says; "The world's first public park Victoria Park was London's first public (as opposed to Royal) 'park for the people'. James Pennerthorne laid out the park between......

in response to: victoria park bench by elaine

elaine: i can't remember the name of it offhand but there was a kind of photographic techmique which was used i think in victorian times which was beautiful - blue and white. it was a kind......

in response to: San Francisco, from the Coastal Trail in the Marin Headlands by Trolleypup

elaine: well ##i## like it. london is a semi/post industrial city. big, mean and dirty, and this neighbourhood is not exactly posh, but it is interesting and i think friendly. people say london is not friendly......

in response to: Acton\'s Lock by elaine

Arnau Pujol Sanz: first, sorry for my english... I'm From Spain, and I knew this magnific project only a few days ago, in a tv spot of Coca-Cola Company. In Spain this kind of initatives are eliminated for the society......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

David: All you have to do is drive over the border into Eire and immediately you see the difference,even the roads are full of pot holes and craters,its like a third world country(but even if it......

in response to: Falls Road: Belfast by Jamie

elaine: georgian is a good thing, i am partial to it. when ill i watched a 'reality' show which was set in georgian times allegedly, at a house party, and remarked to my brother that it......

in response to: Another Small Town by Jamie

she-snailie_@_v: _@_v - son of a bitch! i knew i shoulda went with the factory replacement but noooo i had to go and get a cheap modified ford crown victoria gas tank from offa ebay......

in response to: good runner, needs a little work by elaine

elaine: did you ever read the victorian underworld by donald thomas? iss very good. loads on london working and underclass culture, reads like a how to in parts, its like a rough guide to the rookeries......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

elaine: Re: I Know:yuk. See, wapping, being on the river, and downriver, there's a reason they say it's bad feng shui. In fact there's a whole sewage/cholera victorian story of how they discovered where germs......

in response to: I Know: by Peter

Peter: wow, this entry reminds me of the old gasworks that were here in brooklyn... they would inflate with surplus natural gas all summer, when gas was cheap, and then deflate all winter during times of......

in response to: canalside gasworks by elaine

Peter: Lunapark! Coney Island! yes! I saw a special on Lunapark on pbs this winter; tres creepy and victorian; yet pensively beautiful......

in response to: St. Kilda, Melbourne by O