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Walter B.(mackmuggs@netscape.net: The third avenue el separated the rich people to the north going to central park from the poor and middle class going to the south to York Avenue and the east river. Between the......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

little ukraine: Mikee I'm enjoying this series. do you know any back stories with the homes? are they in relatively close proximity to each other? how long have they been abandoned, when were they......

in response to: Just Happened to Miss the Sign by Mikee

anon (ool-45733f37.dyn.optonline.net): Thank you for posting this...I too grew up on 90th St. between 2nd and 3rd Ave. right across the street from the Brewery. Went to O.L.G.C., made my communion, confirmation and graduated there. ......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

My Block: Wow Laura, great story, I'm sure you got an "A" especially if the responses your article received had anything to do with grading you. I read every one of the responses and enjoyed them immensely.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Jeff re:Honeys: Thanks for your memories. Honey was my grandfather. I rememeber being at the store a few times as a kid---I was prob 5 or 6. When my dad worked there he would take me on......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (d72-39-3-167.home1.cgocable.net): Is it closed? I've been to a lot of wholesale cash-and-carrys, and they almost all look like this, even when open for business ;)....

in response to: Chattanooga Cash & Carry by Peter

Sanzay: It is all started nicely like this beach landscape [[img:35380]] And suddenly some ghost called me from this chair. [[img:35381]] Ghost said that there is the {abandoned} engine in an East salt marsh [[img:35382]] and raise of the dead horseshoe crab. [[img:35383]] No......

in response to: Plum Beach Cleanup July 26, 2009 by Sanzay

Maria: It was nice reading all the comments here. I happend to stumble into this site while doing some reading of Bushwick. My name is Maria and I lived in Bushwick since I was 11 months......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

marcia: Thanks for the memories: that is, in the 1970's when I lived off 89th and East End, my husband and I used to walk our Siamese cat (who thought he was a dog!) in the......

in response to: Saturday Walk by Laura

Maggie: OMG! This site has brought back so many memories, good and bad but mostly very fond ones. I grew up in Bushwick from the mid to late 70's until early 90's and regardless......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Renee Snell: Hi - I'm wee Boaby's sister - we lived at 37 Marlow Street -I was born in 1948, my sister May Snell was born in 1945, before the war ended. All 3 of us......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

Hutch Native: I moved away when I was 22 to Phoenix where I've been for 30 Yrs. I think its a great little town to grow up in. My brother and I lived and breathed basketball and......

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

Anthony G.: You've got to love the Internet. I am in the midst of writing about my childhood to keep some memories safe somewhere before it all fades away, and every time I remember something, I do......

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

john brannan: i used to dog school all day on those old underground trains. used to walk from possilpark to cowcaddens to get on it then ride it till nearly home time. the they closed it for......

in response to: Glasgow Subway Pre-and-During Modernisation by Gap74

Wolfie: Racoons can be dangerous if cornered but like wise friendly if you get them to trust you which don't take long . I hand feed wild Racoons , Squirrels & Chipmunks and never seen any......

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

Maria in Maine: For Keith Bernstein, Until I had my own children and got them through JHS did I realize what a hard transition it is for students to make the changes that are needed to become more independent......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (99-189-1-45.lightspeed.irvnca.sbcglobal.net): Enjoyed your artical...I lived on 93rd & 3rd. in the 50's and 60's great memories. My Uncle worked at the brewery. The Papaya stand and the Automat. Great fun.. On......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Sunset Park....: I grew up in sunset park (47th st & 6ave) between 1975 through 1990. Everyone hung out on the stoop in the summer, and we'd play stick ball, stoop ball, and tag into the night.......

in response to: Sunset Park by little ukraine

CartLegger: I can say from close up experience that you really captured the place! just wish I coulda been there when it was open! ...

in response to: Out of a Dream: The Flotilla Boat Club by Peter

Aquinas69@gmail.com: Sorry this comes so LATE!!! At present time, I am the Chaplain for the Oceanside Fire Department on Long Island. My Uncle, Sgt. Michael G. McGee was an honored member of the Fire Patrol......

in response to: Former New York City Fire Patrol Houses by ntatap

Surprised Human: I live in Chicago, too, in a neighborhood full of large oak trees. Raccoons are common around here, some years more than others. But this year, a family of three figured out how to enter......

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

Manera: It's funny how defensive us residents of Norton can be. The guy above says "no homeless, no bodies, no ladies of the night, no booze or drugs", et cetera. I feel compelled to mention, here,......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

Chris: There is a continuity of the human Soul which communicates itself to us and through us in response to it - through KPPC as vehicle. What is beginning to happen now is the whole facility......

in response to: Kings Park Psychiatric Center: Digging a Little Deeper by Sean Hopkins

KG: I was in a layover at the DIA in March. I really wanted to take a look around and see if there was anything weird going on. I went to all the terminals taking the......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

AJ: My Auntie was a patient at Netherne Hospital in the 80's back when I was young girl, I used to visit her with my family, I used to play the piano in a hall/games room......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

Sconey 2215 W.Lake Street: I'm back again just reading these articles make me feel good.But i don;t here nobody talk about the family's like the tylers,matthews,Andersons,Barfields,The jackson from 2215,The Hudson's from 2245,and so many more familys that came from......

in response to: Crooked Post by GGP

Sean Hopkins: It is pretty easy to carry them around in, but the particular BOSS model I have is a piece of crap as far as craftsmanship. The locks snapped off almost immediately so now I have......

in response to: Calling All Guitar Players by Sean Hopkins

law: im reading everyone's comment's and agree with most.im an italian girl that was born and raised in coney island.i had friend's in the project's that i visited often.i never had a problem! i was a......

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

Glendalis Ortiz: Wow. This fire was crazy to me. I was walking on my way to school this morning and all I can see was a whole cloud of smoke and firefighters near by. When I got......

in response to: A Fire in Bushwick by UpFromFlames

Tammy: I live in Chicago Illinois (in the inner city). A month ago, I saw a raccoon on my neighbor's roof. I thought it was just traveling by as it searches for food. Today,......

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

Jill: Hei allesammen! OK, firstly, Pølser is pronounced (Puhhhl-seh-rr). They sell them at the gas stations instead of greasy nachos and chips, although we have those too, the hot dogs in Norway are......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

Ellen: Oh wow. Well, Richie might have known my much older sisters, Miriam and Marsha. I loved that old store, I was a kid and used to ride the sliding ladders along the wall. As......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

gerard cauley: hey check our the velodrome but race where you u can when u can. wish i had track close bye. i only know trexletown, pa and san jose California. ...

in response to: Grass Track Bike Racing: by Walt

Arrest Development: Humboldt1, what do you mean by preserving your "white" race...what is "white"...you sound like Adolf Hitler...after reading this article posted by Truth, it's obvious that you are a racist or a racialist which is fine......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

TRUTH: GENTRIFICATION IN BRIEF http://www.enoughroomforspace.org/project_pages/view/198 Gentrification occurs in urban areas where prior disinvestment in the urban infrastructure creates neighborhoods that can be profitably redeveloped. In its earliest form, gentrification affected decaying working class neighborhoods close to urban centers......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Franny Wentzel: Did some googling of the company and I beginning to think they're no longer in business. Which perhaps would explain why I've yet to receive a quarterly or annual report... Oh well maybe I can buy......

in response to: Before the Fullers Came Along... by Franny Wentzel

Mime: What a splendid compilation. Being from a smaller city, large buildings and high-density living/office space make me nervous but this series will make me pay closer attention when I am in a big city next. Articles like......

in response to: Slivers of History by Franny Wentzel

Peter: oh yeah, nice! i watched it being pulled apart from my roof, about when it was in this exact state... im glad someone finally posted photos, as i didnt get to see it up close. go......

in response to: Goodbye Shea Stadium, Hello CitiField by Sean Hopkins

honestly: Is it honestly too difficult to imagine that it's ... a ... labor ... temple? It's a meeting space for organized and would-be organized labor. It's a historically registered, beating heart for one of the......

in response to: Labor Temple by aer suzuki

jay: Well I found this thread trying to find out whether or not I'm getting too old to be skateboarding. It is really encouraging to hear that many of you guys across the age spectrum are......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

groovehouse: I came pretty close to checking out these buildings when I was in Detroit last year. Sadly, we didn't explore them. ...

in response to: Frozen in Indifference by Charlie LeDuff

CartLegger: Ouch! History can get mean when you look at it up close! ...

in response to: Underberg Building, Goodbye by GGP

David Goyette: Until 1951 I lived at 455 42nd Street just a half block down from the park. Moved to 49th Street at the corner of 4th Ave. and lived there until I went into the......

in response to: Sunset Park by little ukraine

Doc S.......: ...for me, Dead-Man's-Hill was real close, a short walk from Union and Franklin. Towed a real "Flexible Flyer" which is still somewhere in my family. An uncle and aunt took it when we moved and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Steven Cahn: I have family interred at Bayside. I am familiar with the litigation, and with Congregation SZs pattern of avoidance. There is virtually no effort made to ensure that any gains made from "community service......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Richie Rubin: ALL;I live in Beserk-ly,cal.in San Francisco bay area.& temp.has been in 70's past few daze,& back in old`hood,crown hts.its close to zero!nah,I don't miss dat,or winter,but as a kid.snow/winter was fun.now I can go swimming in the pacific......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Michelle: Wow, what great memories you all are bringing back to life for me when my family and I lived in Brooklyn! My family and I moved to 135 Eastern Parkway - Turner Towers in......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

David in Jamaica, NY: First I am awed and cannot thank EVERYONE for what they wrote in this site. I am a schoolteacher and have been a genealogist for 33 years. For several years I had done......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

adam: Okay, where do I begin? I have lived in Jacksonville for pretty much my entire life. I am 29 years old and I recently moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL which is a much......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Ron: Hello again Teri, I had to smile when I bumped into your posting here. Something I didn't mention in my recent long e-mail was one time when I was playing on the Eastern Parkway mall and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Willie: Rick, Doc: Yes, Busches Ice Cream Parlor was on Nostrand (near corner of Union Street). Today there is a 'white table cloth' restaurant in that space called "Tavern on Nostrand" which is quite......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

ChiPhi: Wow...this thread has had some staying power and I am glad it has the legs. :) Full disclosure...(Please read my earlier comments above for my perspective regarding this neighborhood). I am a male in my......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

jack: wow, over 50 posts here and pic's, we have a thing about cemeteries, we the living view it as a scary, deserted area. some of us who are older see it as our next......

in response to: Bayside Acacia Cemetery by NWhyC

Sylvia Garry: Hi Everyone, I went on retreat to the old Domican Convent on the corner of 13th street in Newark. Though it is old and in need of repair, you can feel the......

in response to: About Convents by jack

usmcsniper1: It really is wild to hear about all the good memories people have about Eastern Pkwy. We moved to 1098 Eastern Pkwy directly across the street from St Matthews Church. My aunt attended catholic school......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

JIm: Oh, I see what has been done now. I was thinking of their decent size parking lot too, from what I remember. GM had a comparison test there, after it had closed, when they were......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

alanpigott@eircom.net: Yes Dominique.... it would appear that it is most definitely a print...and looking closer at it . it looks more like embossing than brush strokes.....would still like to know the history of the pictures...I'll keep......

in response to: About Convents by jack

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......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

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......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Rich: Hi Everybody, I lived at 1003 Carroll ST between Franklin and Bedford from 1957 til 1969, we then moved to 1048 President St which was directly behind the first address. Needless to say, for all of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mitch Spector: Here's another weekly photo update, taken on the very cold morning of October 22th. The building is starting to look less recognizable as they continue to de-construct it. My guess is the next photos I'll......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Rudy: As of this posting, no other information is known to the schedule for when the tunnel will be re-opened. I phoned the commissioner's office that handles the tunnel operations and she told me that no......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

brett: these public urinals are a solution for late night drinkers at the weekend in our town centre they are set up at about 8pm when most children arent even in town and its getting dark......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

EvilGentleman: I hear ya. I used to love watching the heavies and the swing-wings take off from Plattsburgh when we would be shopping there back when I was a kid. And as a former base brat......

in response to: Snafu at the Former Plattsburgh Air Force Base by EvilGentleman

CHRISSY-46: what a cool site. I can't even believe I found people that came from my childhood, teenage, neighborhood. I grew up on Melrose St. between Knickerbock and Wilson in the early 50's. ......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Warren S.: I think this is a fabulous Web-page; it brings back memories of Bushwick, Brooklyn and Queen, where I grew up. Until I was 14, I lived on RC church property in the "old rectory" building......

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

Billie: I live in Florida, my boyfriend lives in Tarrytown. The first time I saw this site it brought back sad memories of my own. My mother, father, uncles and friends all worked in factories in......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Excuzmepleez: This post is in response to "remember 1966." I remember the sad accident. It happened on Troutman Street between Central and Evergreen and it involved a boy named Joey Mistretta who was 9 years......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Anna: Now that a team has won in Philadelphia (Souls) I guess the curse is broken! But I didn't see on the news that the El was set on fire or cars and buses were......

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

Ursus: I have just applied the Black Anti-Vandal/Intruder paint to My connifer because the local brats were severely damaging it, It looks a real eyesore from the damage they caused so I decided to coat it......

in response to: Anti-Climb Paint by kobe

carol d.: hello to ronald lees and janice seifert...I remember driving down E St. and always seeing a couple of houses near the corner on Wishart St. decorated for each holiday.It was really nice.I worked at Cramers......

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

Ekimsknird: Yeah my wife and I went to Norway last summer (when the dollar was pretty close to the kroner) and we took out some relatives for pizza. Two large pizzas with 2 or 3......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Peter: when i got back into town this past weekend, the sight of the (agreeably underwhelming) {brooklyn bridge} waterfall greeted me, so that was my first chance to see them... glad to find your photos, man.........

in response to: Water Falls on the City by CartLegger

VALKYRIE: I brought my boat from upstate NY yesterday and was confronted with the Spyten Dyvil swing bridge in a closed position. There are no signs on the Hudson River side of the bridge with......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

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

Editor: I think I speak for all of us when I say I'm sick of this tit for tat small-town school-yard squabble. **Comments closed**....

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

Chris : First of all Toronto is hated on by all Canadians outside of the Golden Horse Shoe. One of the main reasons why is,....... the Toronto Maple Losers!!!!!!!!. It's a hockey country and the leafs used......

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

living in Hutchinson: Wow. Interesting website. I would like to comment too. I live in Hutchinson. I have been here my entire life. I moved to big cities in other states for a few......

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

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

jack: your correct, i was waiting for shots of the falls, i figured it was gonna be peter since he was the closest. so you took a boat ride around manhattan on the circle line,......

in response to: Water Falls on the City by CartLegger

Renee Harrold: Hi, I lived in 111,1957-1968 and 120 until 1972, 1847 until 1974. I, read the book there are no children here and I remember a much better time. We could sleep with our doors......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Steven: Back in the early 80's I lived in a great old dump of a building on Kings Hwy directly overlooking the N Train line as depicted in the last image. My fire escape hung......

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

phantom: Actually, a number of sociology papers have been written on "white flight" in Kensington. Census & demographic data supports the theory that the largest exodus was to follow jobs. As the mills closed (Houghton's, Stetson......

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

cyril bagshaw: Hi Anne I dont know if you have managed to see any of the old Twenty Row photos yet, but one in particular has come to light on the Irlam and Cadishead Ancestry site.It was taken......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

chris: I hate those kite strings. Once riding my bike through the park's parking lot, they got stuck on it and jammed my gears. Another time riding through the paths of the park, a semi-transparent kite string -only......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

Kyle: Only in AMERICA,==In 2008, Do We know have so many prude's verbally speaking out, attempting to perpetuate the FAULTS idea the Penis is Bad or shamefully , or nakedness is shamfull....that is simply for......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Eric Teal: Hi Cyril I new who you were as soon as I saw your name I used to work for Stan Painter who had a greengrocers on 20 row I was only about 8 or 9......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

Bonnie: I remember Pressers Deli. My mother bought all of her meats there. I remember Mrs Presser made the best fish cakes in the world. We had them every Friday! She would......

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

Peter Creer: None of you Irlam or Cadisheadites seem to remem Morris's Pie shops. On the coner of Kings road oppsite Royles in Cadishead and some where in 20 row in Irlam. I lived on Morris's pies when......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Stuart Brennan: Hello again Deb Nice to see in your avatar that you've still got that big sunny smile! I'm not really in close touch with any of the old Irlam High lot. I last saw Gaz Siddall about six......

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

Julian Austin-Seal: Hi Anne, thanks for your reply, tried replying earlier, but found problems posting my comment, im glad you have simmilar opinions about the film 'stand by me', now its summer and i would like to......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

James: Geesh Mike - loosen up! When I first visited Buffalo Oklahoma it looked deserted and it was only 7:00 in the evening. I wondered what I had gotten myself into driving 1700 miles to Buffalo,......

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

The terrible disaster: This article has been republished as I was asked to supply the details a second time. --- We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When......

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

Alan Taylor: Explanation of OCCUPATION ROAD, but does not resolve the question of 'where in Irlam'. My finding regarding the ‘Bolton to York’ route has caused me to re-assess Francis White’s Map of the Ainsty particularly with regard to......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Kathy : I loved your story. I was just online looking for pictures where I grew up 95 between 2nd and 3rd and I do remember when they closed Rupperts. I wasn't there for the building......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

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

EvilGentleman: dirana1, thank you for commenting. I can respect your opinions and your insight into the prison is a welcome bit of education for the rest of us. I am certain you know a lot more......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman