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Allan: If I recall correctly, and that's not likely, Judy O was a grade behind me and my brother a grade behind her. The building with the "courtyard" was down the block towards Utica. I lived...... Osloman20plus: If you liked the streetart, you gotta check out this wall (below) which is quite close to all the other pics here, but still a bit off from the two streets that are mainly pictured...... Richie Rubin: Yeah,dem N.Y.C.street games..how innovative WE were!
a`Spauldeen'made a day of fun/excercise/kvetching,etc.
WE played into da nite..no?did anyone else fill their
`checkers[bottlecaps]w/wax?to make`em heavier? & did
anyone play`Chinese'[against a wall]those were`city'
games,but when WE went away for the summer[catskills,
beach,bungalows f-a-r...... Mitch Spector: Yep, it's indeed very much GONE. Made one final pass by this morning (November 5th) to check things out and it's not what I saw, but what I didn't see that caught my attention! It's...... Mitch Spector: Today was demolition day--Saturday, November 1st. I went by 8:30am this morning yet apart from more bricks removed, it was still standing. When I visited the site again, by late afternoon, they had torn down...... Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories
By Alan Kupperberg
Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for...... Peter: ##"he was a painter who happened to use spray paint to write phrases on the walls in the street"##
sort of like almost every graf writer. hmm.... jean-michel: jean-michel basquiat was NEVER a traditional graffiti writer. he was a painter who happened to use spray paint to write phrases on the walls in the street. big difference.... Mitch: Well, sorry to say the dreaded day has finally come! This afternoon (September 25th) demolition was started. The bay windows have been covered from with orange plastic sheeting from the inside, and there's a barrier...... Allan: Found this site, and these posts are fascinating. PS 167 brings back memories. Graduated in 1959. Sorry I hardly recall any of my teachers' names. Might remember if I heard them. I do recall my...... theTruth.: word. Pac's tags are fucken nice. Theres a couple you missed in the pics, On the back of Hamilton Mountain Bowl he tagged 3 bowling pins with PAC next to them. Also above Big B...... Joe Drexler: From a building design standpoint many blocks in Bushwick were attached "row frames" as known by firefighters these row frames differed from attached brownstones in that the space or void between the roof and the...... Linda Steinmetz: found this site while looking for info on P.S. 113 - the one on Moffat Street. I Grew up on Moffat Street, same block as the school, We had one of the houses with backyards...... Richie Fisher: Wow. I lived on the corner of Harmon and Wilson till June, 71. Cried wnen I left. I went to St. Barbs, grad. in '71. I lived 2 houses fom the other Fisher's, Georgie, Kenny...... 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...... Joseph Bridge: beautiful response serlingrod...you paint a rosy picture of kensington... you must be an artist type. lets talk reality here. business investment in kensington: mom and pop stores, laundrymats, stop and go...for that 40 oz,...... Mary: I love this shot. What memories it brings to mind. Some good, some bad. Bad was when I had to walk home after dark. The giant factory building enhanced my fear and the darkness....... jack: nice shot, johnnie pumps were all the rage back in the 40's and 50's, the city would attach a hose and hang it on the fence at the schoolyard at boody jr. high on avenue...... Jamie: And further to that, here are some photos of the actual work in-situ.
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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...... Al Pierro: Just came across this website in search of info on what has happened to St. Joseph's church where we used to play softball back in the 50's & 60's. I attended a grade school on...... B Street: I grew up across the street from one of the few working
factories in Kensington starting in 1965 until I was forced
out 22 years later.
While I too have fond memories of wall ball, swimming...... 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...... Eric from Port Richmond: A Richmond boy with a few comments.
Its NOT just Kensignton that took a turn for the worst in the area.
I grew up in the late 70s and 80s in Port Richmond. The neighbors would sit...... Sammy Perez: antblack, you mentioned skelly, stickball, tops and coco carts. Those are some serious memories there. Here a few more for you: punchball, cocolerio 1,2,3, off the wall and chinese handball along with riding...... Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Cyril
The bank was at the top of Caroline Street, was Martin's then Barclays,the wallpaper shop was Lupton's, then a dry cleaner's called Irlam Valet Service, further along the road their was Billy's (I think...... Peter: wow! man... i was gonna point out the ones i like, but after i selected more than i could keep up with, i realized they were all killer. i like the train going over the...... Post-84 New Jack: Thanks for the lolly, W-Bear. I'll be sure to pass it on to my son. He's teething right now and its a bitch.
As for you, Bilrock Rolling Thunder Whiter- oops, I mean Writer. You failed...... ed marecek: go yorkville pirates....grew up 76th second and third....east side house, john jay park[yea, we played softball] and association in the street, remember that?? sold shopping bags on 2nd ave....doubles and homers of the wall [77th...... Fred, The.: The only good thing Hutchinson Kansas has to offer is reasonable and tough law enforcement and reno county court judges. Kansas does nothing but steal and waste as evidenced by, well, just about everything you...... james: hutch has alot to offer like looking at the new sexy stop lights on main street. Huthinson is full of baby boomers who are living off thier parents hard work and think they are...... Georgie Murphy (nee Cadger): RE- school in Cornwall St. It was Lambhill st. high school. I lived at 11 Mclellan Street and Lambhill school was the one I attended. ... kwazm@aol.com: I suppose, then, they built an artificial wall and gate running across this street, near where the silver car is parked. Does anyone know the filming location of Sonny's death scene on the causeway? ... K Teesdale: Growing up in Kensington, I knew I had to get out. The social environment was not one to be taken lightly. I learned everything I need to survive growing up in Kensington. I walked. I...... 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...... Floody: I agree that it will never get back to where is was in the past...nothing ever does, but please do not put down the efforts that the New Kensington Community Development Corporation is currently doing....... Giulliani.: FX does have a problem with LEETO, Cause HEF IS A BITCH who can't paint streets for his life. Hes just some washed up LEGAL EAGLE FAGLORD.
I can appreciate that RIME and HOST they...... Marti Cruz: Thanks for the memories. Grew up in on Jefferson St until the age of 14 when we moved to Queens. Drugs weren't such a problem, but you could see the heroin creeping in....... jack: thanks little ukraine, would like to know your first name, but i informed my son who lives on the street where that drug bust took place. i'm generally down there every so often and...... EvilGentleman: I saw this post the day it was first posted, and had not looked back it till today. What a lot of comments about stolen bikes in the Toronto area! Incredible.
Reminds me of this guy...... jack: red hook was developed by the dutch in the middle 1600's, the clay was red which was great for english tennis courts and if you boated down river from queens and passed under the brooklyn...... jack: thank you wally, my great-grandfather was one of the workers on that bridge and he also worked on the battery tunnel, roebling has a town named after him, roebling new jersey where his wire factory...... Slick Slack: "bust in yards or on freeways not on peoples shit you fuckin toys they get what they deserve people like tha make graff look bad"
FUCK soft ass highway toys and freight faggots, this is graffiti...... Huggy : I find these urinals so much better than in Paris. It costs 1 franc to use an inclosed toilet located on the street, but a lot of Frenchies find it easier (and cheaper)to urinate against...... John McCreadie: What was the name of the school in Cornwall Street. Has anyone got a photograph of it, hope so.
... Anne M. Berger: I grew up in Brooklyn in the forties and fifties. It was truly the melting pot. I went to St. Joseph's on Sydam St. My Irish friends went to St. Lenords on Toutman?...... blueeyes: Last year, I moved from Williamsburg "Prime" (Bedford stop), where I lived happily but cautiously for 7 years. During that time my next door neighbor was held up at gunpoint at our front door (2005),...... j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: In response to upfromflames regarding Bushwick Corners:
This response requires both historical perspective and adjustment of mind set to the Colonial New World.
The 17th Century was a fundamentally agrarian society dedicated and tied to land...... upfromflames: To Jon: Knickerbocker was street that was always bustling and full of shops, evenin bushwick's hardest times. It was, and is, undeniably and overwhelmingly commercial.
I noticed that behind the gleaming wall of signs for...... I am Puerto Rican, and Really Angry at your Lack of Concern and Knowledge:: I agree with you Rich. I would love to live in a world where people can coexist peacefully along side one another. All I am saying is that most people make generalizations of people based...... Greatest bomber ever = biggest loser ever: Without question JA has bombed more shit than anyone ever. He's the Michael Jordan of graffiti. But graffiti is a sad and pathetic vocation.
This is a person who had the resources (maybe not the intelligence)...... jack: it means, if you will permit me to translate, a story about a man and a women, both late twenties and a little boy about 7 and she was waiting at the kew gardens train...... autumn: Michele,gg, keep it up. I am educated to the PhD level but also have "street smarts". Worked 20 yrs. as a CPS Social Worker. My home & 1 acre of property are the sum total...... spade: yo first of this goes out to that 14 year old thats taggin up "spade" u need to stop or change it or something cuz i aint having 2!
n now about that wall..man it was...... Sirhcbre: My wallpaper right now is a slightly differently cropped, black and white version of the [[5144:Beaudoin Street]] article I made last week. I think it's one of the best photos I've ever taken and...... EvilGentleman: Yikes! Coronation Street is scary enough to watch **without** Mr. Cid around.
And as far as having hip parents goes, I remember playing "Balls to the Wall" by Accept extremely loud, and my mother barges into...... vanessa vargas to BOC: ummm...you must have been high when you wrote that response talking about me being a realtor! i am far from a realtor...and i happen to live on menahan...probably not too far from you. ...... Nate: Can anyone give an update on what's going on with Cabrini and the so-called "transformation plan" in Chicago public housing? I used to know two people who worked as community organizers, doing work trying to...... EvilGentleman: As far as I know, the block you are referring to (the north side of Sainte-Catherine between Lambert-Closse and de Chomedy) has closed down simply due to the fact that the Forum closed in 1996,...... EvilGentleman: In May of 1989, my best friend Mike and had been driving for 6 days when we arrived in Las Vegas around 1 PM, and rather than continuing on, we decided to stop there for...... EvilGentleman: First off, I am a visitor here, not an admin or a law expert, so do not consider anything I say in this comment to be binding on anyone. One part of my brain thinks...... EvilGentleman: You used to live in Cornwall, Micah? Small world. From 1980 to 1983, I lived at 1110 Edythe Ave. That's just south of Queen Street heading towards Riverdale.
Glenn, I used to sport a Mohawk haircut...... 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...... Experienced: Rest assured, you noticed a group/gang trying to locate the buyers for their drugs. Stop by and check out the corner of Maplewood and LeMoyne around 3:00pm. You'll see a series of thugs...... EvilGentleman: Actually, you **did** get the new fine arts, or EVA (I have no idea what the acronym stands for) building. It is the one with the "hat" and the obtuse-angled facade on it's upper stories,...... jack: how about this....her hand is close to mine. i've waited three days to be near her and now her hand is next to mine. what should i say? she is so beautiful,...... EvilGentleman: To my way of thinking, graffiti should be both encouraged and it's location controlled within reason, with penalties for those who put graffiti in places where it has no business being. Now, before you all...... grange: bay street , Like wall street in NY .I like the pics but for some reason the thought of homeless people sleeping in the streets on the weathiest street in Toronto just irks me to...... EvilGentleman: On May 5 of 1989, I was in the middle of a long road trip with my best friend, Mike. We were in San Diego, California, after having driven 5000 miles through two Canadian provinces...... Elicar: Hmm...We'll never know, but he could be a future Bay Street lawyer, A Wall Street stock-trader or perhaps another Bill Gates...
I admire his guts. If he channels it the right way, he may amount to...... anon (217.205.0.17): Full Listing here
SANTAS GHETTO OPENS IT DOORS FOR THE FOURTH YEAR
AND IS OPEN FROM TODAY UNTIL DECEMBER 24TH.
The ghetto is a street level free-for-all art gallery that brings
you some of the most feared names...... NET ONE 156 KRT: Words of the Prophets Take to the Rooftops
by Cathy Hong
SUBJECT — The Extreme Graffiti Hall of Murals
LOCATION — Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens
Les had no equipment but a backpack full of spray cans. (He...... Pounder: Crook and Crome were amazing, but they get what they get just like normel and all the others, it's agaisted the law. And you know it, so if you get caught. It is completely your...... hool: jamie: yes. but only if you get married out on the street where there are colorful walls.... elaine: hum. west end is where the theatres and big shops are and tourists go and the queen lives. not that many people live there, but it would be good to live there if you were...... StripesA4: ight i got a couple:
1) u save a quaurter by taking the free paper instea of buying one and think you're savvy.
2) u check the walls of an unfamilair neighborhood for graffditit so see who...... 561 bombed: ICE ur purple color is phukin toy. Cops set up some cams by the wall behind the old target on forest hill by the new sears. And another one by the wall behind windixi on...... Peter: sownya... places like that already exist. theyre called walls and stuff, you know, out on the streets. tons of people are already practicing their "art" there daily (heh).... jack: peter, if you notice along the wall, on the other side of the tracks opposite the platform, there are mosaics of tug boats on the wall. fulton street i think is the only train...... angelina: said... nice folks, saw that benotto bike, told them to build it up for me, now i got the nicest bike in the world from this cool store. i just walked down the street, suddenly...... jeeff: hi jo. here's a quickie travel guide for toronto, ##but## i'm writing this with one condition for you: please take some photos, write some stuff, and post an article here about your trip!
first off,...... ella lumpkins: This is really amazing...
There is nothing like this where I live (in Louisville KY) althought there are buisnesses that have to get their walls repainted monthly because a lot of people have gotten into street...... U.F.F Reaper.: Through the lonely streets of Ulster, The Reaper comes to call, He travels from town to city, Right down to Derry's wall. When the U.F.F they call him, To come and join the fight, He...... fuzzytank: for some reason you and my class readings are pretty much in sync....
"The advantage of straight through-streets has been recognized since Aristotle, and a rectilinear street pattern has also been restored to keep under watch...... Peter: this is a great entry, marc. thanks for showing up on this site...
im fascinated by much of what you wrote, and indeed, couldnt have put it any better in regards to hacking-via-transportation... ive often thought...... ea: : landscape is root :
foundation, source, from which humanity emerges. expresses physical origin, the truth that we cannot reach deeper than our creation. it outlives us. begins us. from landscape we......
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