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Karen: I heard the most horrible noises out my window last night - whining moaning growling crunching ... then 3 fat racoons emerge from the woods - scary viscious killers .. i am so sad......

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

needa_dayoff@hotmail.com: I grew up on knickerbocker avenue parallel to the park in an appartment just over the italian cafe and across from the bar always interesting outside my window I was a little kid when we......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Mitch Spector: These photos were taken during the early morning of October 5th. Despite the former restaurant site still, for the moment, standing, it is an interesting contrast when comparing the photos (above) from 6 months earlier. [[img:29147]] The......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

JC: I remember when I was young my dad did the same thing! He put trash back in the window of a guy's car who had just thrown it out. The guy didn't get out and......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

EvilGentleman: Yeah, I have went by a few times to have a look, and there is a hole in the east face of the building now. I did not take pictures since it was dark each......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

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......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Allan: Richie, I lived in the same building as Judy Oshinsky. I have a few photos of us back around '55-58. She had 2(I think) brothers. On the corner of Schenectidy and Union was a dry cleaner......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Jennifer: I just got back from Kauai this morning. Yes, there are wild chickens every where & I loved seeing them all over the place while I was there. Seems to me like I heard the......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

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......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

zagg: Update: the house is now in the process of being flipped. Ivy is all gone, a fresh coat or two have been applied, new windows, and oh yes... the back addition which was not......

in response to: House of Ivy by zagg

pauline curran : when are we going to get more photos i heard they are fixing it all up . with all new windows put in . and doing more work on it .it wood......

in response to: Castle Balfour by barry

Ron from Michigan: Just visited Jim and his castle. Found him standing in the bucket of his Bobcat building an archway over his mote. The topic of the moment was "why Michael Phelps didn't deserve any......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

Ecto 5000: i lived on Menahan st and Wilson ave rite on the corner in the projects.They were called p60 now they are called Hope Gardens, ive moved away and came back and things have change.But for......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Joan: Looking down from the roof of 1212 Lincoln Place to a window in the adjacent building which fronted on Troy Ave, you could see Mr. Kopchich mixing the ppickles in the brine. Hurst's Pharmacy was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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......

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

Janice Seifert; July 2008: Hi Ronald Lees, I grew up on 600 Wishart St. Your sisters will probably remember me. My brother Joe used to hang out with your brother Earl and Freddie Beck. I used to love how......

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

Grant: Thank god Park Slope windows didn't show up for our two appointments we scheduled for an estimate. Sure they wasted 2 days of my time, missing both appointments, however after reading all these comments,......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

dana: Craig, the only thing you can do is close your window, or put food and water if you want a new pet! LOL If it wants in, iot will keep ripping the screen. Good luck......

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

Lex: I just had a raccoon sneak into our house last night. The room that it went to was really messy, and didnt have any food. We think that it opened the screen on the window......

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

Peter: nice... i know exactly which building this is... last time i passed it, i thought ##"wow, those windows sure are heavily protected"##......

in response to: Life Sentence by NWhyC

Anonymous Honest Tax paying citizen of Fredericton: This is yet another example of how much the fredericton police are a bunch of uneducated airheads, typical protests and offenses most cities in canada wouldnt be bothered with or treat with less scrutiny......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

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.

Jamie: Well, that's what i thought immediately after I made my comment. "Wee" is quite a {Scottish}/{Irish} thing to say and those windows look ever so [[1173:Scottish]] also....

in response to: While You Are Reading This.... by David G.

Peter: seconded on the models. the bar-less windows, green lamp-post and lack of any other graf/tape/mark whatsoever on the pole make me think def not nyc, heh......

in response to: While You Are Reading This.... by David G.

BostonVisitor: Hi there and bonjour, I'll have friends visit me from California, and we all want to check out Montreal. Specifically, I'm interested in providing my friend a prostitute. I remember several years back going......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

T J O'BRIEN, ANNANDALE, VA: The article below it will mention the Luna Park. During the WW II I worked part-time for the New York Daily News as a copy boy. One afternoon I came in early at......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Peter: im really glad that my bedroom window doesnt overlook a busy train line, like in the last photo......

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

Kate: We have a mother and 2 babies on our roof. The porch has this metal box on top (no one knows why, it's a very old house). Anyway, a few years ago my......

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

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......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mitch: Well, the May 21st deadline passed and Still nothing at all has changed at Bens--still standing and untouched. Haven't heard anything on the news either about its fate. I think Hydro Quebec disconnected its power a......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Linda Kornilieff: this is the most awsome site i've ever seen.. I drove from Athen, TN to Trinidad, Colorado in July of 2007 to visit my brother. he took us to this awsome castle.. Jim biship......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

jack: very nice brick work there. but i thought i saw a figure of a woman veiled in the left window, if you stare at it you may see her. there, there, she is......

in response to: Haunts of Ohio by joey

Carol : googled w.o.h. ny and came up with windows of hope dominican nuns helping people hope this is helpful to you ...

in response to: About Convents by jack

jasmin: everything looks destroded and ruined.the windows were all broken ...

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

James cashan: hello Jim W. RE Margarine Works I remember peter hamburger (gruff voice)"oh yis oh yis", but who was the phantom! daily cries of "whose out now? am i out now?" waiting for......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Broken Window, Cracked Business: Hi. I've had a problem with Park Slope Window and Glass for several months, and have not been able to get any response from them regarding some very shoddy worth they did on my place.......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

Mitch: I pass directly by Ben's everyday (I work in the Sunlife building just a block up). If I see any changes, I'll definitely post a message here or on the Wikipedia article I started...actually passing......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: As of yesterday, Ben's was still unchanged. All the chairs are still stacked up by the window, and the signs are still there....

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

jack: i had the same car back in 1964, that was a chevy impala, circa 1960, had the flags in the arrow over the rear fender, mine was all white with a red interior, cost me......

in response to: Bushwick Remembered Photo Collective by upfromflames

Jamie: That window is an uncanny embodiment of the state modern Britain. Well caught....

in response to: Time Travelling by elaine

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

janet: How terrific is this! Alma, I do remember the knish place, but it was across Utica Avenue from the movie house (which from time to time we affectionately called "the Itch"). I didn't buy knishes......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Andrew Smith: Hi James, glad you want to add photos. If you want to add photo's first you'll need to resize them to no more than 600 pixels wide, in photoshop or the like. When typing your post in......

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

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......

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

Montrealbunny: Upon hearing shouts of Huah! Huah! outside the window this afternoon, I found the Station 15 cops prepping for the next big win (or loss?) utilizing a variety of riot gear, and going through a......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

saul altman: kiss my a-- in macy's window you condescending pos...

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

EvilGentleman: A few suggestions in order to reduce damage in future disturbances: 1 - Do **not** leave portable metal street signs with plate metal bases lying around on the streets when large events are taking place. Most......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Mitch: Passed by Bens today, as of April 22nd it's still standing as it's always been...no sign of any demolition yet. In fact someone removed the brown papers covering the inside windows and ripped off one......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Oldfart: This isn't a hockey tradition. Montreal loves its riots ever since the Quebec legislature passed the Rebellion Losses Bill in 1849 and an English mob torched the parliament buildings, which used to be here. Since then......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

marie: you mentioned one main reason Saskatoon did not make cut was because there were no distinguishing features. I often sit in car or walk along Spadina viewing our skyline in wonder at the very......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Paul: I live in downtown Toronto and I think our downtown is quite impressive, with the coloured lights on the Skydome and CN Tower it really enhances the night view and the Royal Bank Plaza glitters......

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

Marjie: Hi Mitch, I also lived on the 6th floor, facing rear. It was a lonnnnnnnnnng walk up each day. Linda was my friend. I remember playing in their apt many times. Didn't her dad have......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mitch: I also lived at 969 Carol Street from 1952 (born) - 1960. I also went to PS241. You might know my two cousins who also lived in another appt in our building at the same......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

missyelliott: If you lived in Kauai and had these god aweful rats with wings crowing under window at 1 and 2 am you wouldn't be saying "how cute" they are! They carry diseases, any ground......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

Edwin DeBerry: This picture means a lot to me. I was raised in 141 N Wolcott, #1302. As a matter of fact I can see our bedroom windows. While living there for 12 years......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

ya boy $$moneymike$$74: If anyone who dont know the picture on the top of this page. Taken from the street first is the gate Im sure you can see the dude walking in the back, broken windows up......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Rob Yes I remember the two houses near Lupton's, my sister and her then husband rented rooms there, before they moved Kings Road. Hi Cyril Thanks for email address hope you manage to sort me out picture......

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

Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Sorry Cyril spelling mistake that should read Butcher's! Do you remember Fred Dawes, the tv shop? We used and stand and watch telly through their window, we didn't have a tv set at home......

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

Poor side of town: I live in Hutch and I am poor. But I am proud. My complaint is this town is getting getto and trashy looking. Come on people,clean up your yards and pick up your trash. Bathe......

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

sonnet: I grew up on Cambria St near Emerald in the 1940's and went to Willard School. My grandparents had a store on Kensington Ave and lived above the store. The el roared by......

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

michele bangs: i'm so glad i found this site! i was born in kensington and raised in kensington.Married in visitation church, raised my three son's there.i divorced 20 years ago, and went back to my maiden name.......

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

Elicar: Window 7 should be window 4, but........

in response to: Windows by Elicar

Alan Taylor: Hi Cyril, That glow would be from one of two sources, when they ran the manganese or pig into the beds aside of the blastfurnaces, was rare really, the other would be from the slag ladles......

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

anon (adsl-074-183-055-035.sip.cha.bellsouth.net): I was just sitting here at my computer when I heard a loud scary whining right outside my window. I grabbed my pistol and flashlight (my house is in the woods) and opened the door......

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

Len Lipner: For Alma (Weinstein) Scull: C'mon, toots, I didn't answer your emails 'cause I didn't get 'em! You know I still love you, and would've answered every one. The funny thing about Tommy's was that when it changed......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Anne, I knew your grandparents Wilfed (Wilf) Platt and his wife from as far back as 1936 when they had the radio repair shop in the old Twenty Row shops before they moved to......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

janet: Shelley--As a student teacher at Tilden, I remember Mr. Gold's dramatic performances and saw him leap on his desk once. He was a great favorite with students--lots of flair and drama. I never had......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

eyeofodin: The dancing buildings were my favorite site when living in Praha. I would get my special standing position at the end of the tram to look out the back window to view these beauties......

in response to: idea of image by fuzzytank

Rob Tynan: Hi Mary, You are right about the co-op. I mentioned on the 25 Jan that I got them mixed up. The windows are different to the one in front of the Ship It also......

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

Rob: Rob Tynan: 24th Jan 2008 - 19:06 GMT I have looked at the picture of the Cooperative shop and it not the shop on the corner of Silver Street as the upstairs windows are completely......

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

jack: actually i brace my legs on the steering wheel and then lean out the window and take a picture....

in response to: Brooklyn\'s Row Houses by jack

bob r: born in bushwick in '53. lived on Bushwick Ave one house off Jefferson, may have been 1212. I was 4 years old, my sis 3 and younger brother was an infant. While watching American bandstand,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Vicki: I grew up in Kensington (Coral and Clearfield) or Coral and Elkhart...block down from Frankford Ave. I went to Mastbaum for HS, Conwell for Middle and Williard for Elementary. I have many great......

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

elena: I grew up in the Luna Park Buildings. I spent my childhood and early teen years before moving, but I agree with Robert, those were the best times in my life! It was early......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

Alan Taylor: Hi Marissa, Your last picture I recall it as a thriving shop for sweets & toys and when it changed hands the new owner an ex-barber from Burtonwood AAF Base built the almost flat roofed side......

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

Emily: I smiled to see a posting here with a pic of York and Emerald -- the same site I see outside my bedroom window every day. Things here aren't great but they're definitely moving......

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

Montrice Weathersby A.K.A Sconey Wrong: I was born and raised in the Henry Horner Homes projects in 1975 in the building 2145 w.lake St.We loater moved to 2215 w.Lake st and all i could remember is gun fire and purse......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Andrew Smith: Thanks for the pictures Rob - the Co-op certainly looks different! The last time I was in the old hall of the Endowed school was 1983 - Lou Macari, ex-Celtic and United player, was presenting the......

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

Emily: reminds me of that one scene in Children of Men, when he wakes up in the morning and we see through the window this grey city. I remember walking back to union that day and being......

in response to: Silver Fog by Biff

Park Slope Windows and Glass: As a long-standing member of the Brooklyn community and a company that has recently gone under new management, we would like to take this opportunity to invite any current or past customers with outstanding issues......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

Lara Cay: I had a window replaced over a year ago and there have only been problems. The installation was not done properly and we had leaks for months. Then in the winter we actually had ice......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

MB: I agree with the previous commenter. We put new windows in an entire building through Park Slope Glass and just had a few problems - but you get nothing but a run around from......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

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

EvilGentleman: I was living in the Arctic when the restaurant burned down, but I will always remember it. It's the spot where I stood and watched my present-day wife head off to her classes in a......

in response to: Old Lachine Fire Station on 45th by EvilGentleman

PR: My experience with Park Slope Windows and Glass has been a nightmare. I am still waiting for a window to be installed. I cannot comment on the window itself because I am still......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

joey: no longer parking here as one day returning from work many car windows were broken...

in response to: Cloud_scape by joey

janet: Dubrows on Eastern P’kway, just off Utica: the name was set in big art deco letters (red neon?). Inside, cafeteria style. with big windows, a cashier that you gave a punched card to.. Was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: yeah, it looks like a nice building, the old architecture must give way to the newer sleek buildings, i am old architecture, and i have given way to the newer sleeker young buildings that have......

in response to: Viagra Headquarters? by serlingrod

Mary Aguanno Allocca: I think of my old neighborhood quite often. I lived at 101 Harman Street, between Central and Evergreen Avenues. Graduated from 8th grade at St. Barbara's in 1962 (was in the school "Brigade"......

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

noslen snow: On 12/29/07, I had a dreamed of a windowless building imploding and exploding from within, it was located within lower Manhattan. I saw a lot of people severely injured on the ground and debris......

in response to: 33 Thomas: Robot Building by CartLegger

Elicar: Freaking out is such a strong and "offensive" word, EvilG! We are just spoiled, is all! ;) But here is where the snow has been going. [[img:25210]] [[img:25211]] Waiting in the wings: [[img:25212]] There were also two more of those trucks......

in response to: BEMS? by Elicar

Elicar: Alkawl, I don't know where you are from, but there are gorgeous weathers (even in the winter) and there are awful weathers here in Canada. And knowing such could make your life a lot easier. Yes,......

in response to: It Will Be a Long Winter Part II by Elicar

Jess: Hey, I used to work at Soho Zat back in 1983. I loved it. They only hired punks. It was the coolest place to work - vintage comic books, porn, various sundries (all legal...), vintage......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

stepha: robyn, i lived right next to the bridge, you saw the tracks from mybedroom window (sparks in the snow!!!) i think i finished 241 in 1961, then went to lefferts jhs. wow,......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

CE: Do the little people in the display move at all? There's a wonderful xmas window display in a downtown department store here in Montreal and it moves around and does all kinds of crazy......

in response to: Merry Christmas! by Elicar

Andrew Smith: Very nice - love the reflections in the window. Is this the town hall?...

in response to: Christmas Presents in Manchester, UK by Werner Muller

pissedoff: kensington is still a shitty area, i live and work there, the kids especially are the worse. large groups of kids picking on the stores in kensington like throwing bricks through the window almost hitting......

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

maddog: its really unfotumate for the young and old in these hell holes.dont have kids if you cant afford to take yourself.thats just basic common sense.educate yourself.that way you dont have to live like that. if......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Randy: I remember the July 13, 1977 blackout if it was yesterday, i was 21, me and my brother had brought a brand new car that we shared an oldmoble 98 regency, we loved that car,......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

ndgcatlady: It took them a year to fix a broken window, and actually they only put tape over the holes. A real eyesore!...

in response to: Hingston Body Work by EvilGentleman

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