Comments about st. john\'s

There are 25 comments about "st. john\'s"

Janet: Well, the adage 'the more things change the more they stay the same' does not apply to the old neighborhoods or the old movie houses where those of our generation got a colorful taste so......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

janet: Richie--Thanks for the "Gref" reminder. I've been trying to remember the name of our corner deli (the only deli on St. John's until you got to Rochester (or was the next as distant as......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Sam: Anyone here from Emerald & Dauphin, Emerald & York, Arizona St..there was a trucking company on the corner of Emerald & Arizona called "Becker Bros...Yarrington Mills was up on Arizona between Emerald & Coral...John's candy......

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

Mitch Vernace: Grew up on the "other side" of Myrtle Avenue, on Knickerbocker between Putnam and Madison Street between 1961 and 1978. Went to St. Martin of Tours and we always felt our competitors were from......

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

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

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

PJS: These posts are so fascinating. I grew up at Lawrence and Huntington. Went to John Welsh Elementary, then Girls' High. Mos.t of my friends went to St. Edwards at Seventh and York. I remember the......

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

janet: Alma--Back to your memories of the old neighborhood. I remember the butcher shop, the one on Schenectady right near Lincoln Place (and next to a wonderful hardware store with long passage between loads of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

upfromflames: t'aint so, my friend. Though, he did ramble round these parts back in the day, part of the F & R gang. He is buried in St. John's Cemetery, on the other side of the......

in response to: Rust and Remembrance: Walking Bushwick\'s Fringe by upfromflames

janet: Alma--I think I left 167 at the end of the 6th grade in '46 or '47. I*'m vague because I went on to John Marshall JHS (JHS 210) on Rochester & Park Place, finished......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

joe caiola: y grew up on willoughby between wilson and knickerbocker. went to st. joseph patron on suydam st and st. john's prp on lewis ave. those great days in the sixties hanging out at......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi everyone, I'm flitting between two sites here and loving all the reminiscing... I attended the Wesleyan Methodist Church as a kid (my parents married there and we were all christened there)and thought it was......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

janet: Hi Stan--You're probably close to my vintage. I'm trying without luck to call up a memory of Famous on Schenectady--I lived just around the corner and went to 167--so there it was during the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Len Lipner: my email is StoryLen@aol.com ...my memories are of attending PS 167, being Mr Lodato's lunch-getter, living at 1212 Lincoln Place, near Troy Avenue, and of course a million more things. Can still *smell* the knishes from......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Ezera: Stepha, The "711" Chinese restaurant I think was on Flatbush Avenue, directly across from the Patio movie theater. I also remember McGovern's bar near St. John's place had a nice steak & chop section. During the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

janet: Jeff--I lived on St. John's between Schenectady & Troy and went to John Marshall JHS in the late 40's--I have ten years on you and so our teachers might not have been the same. ......

in response to: Park Place by Peter

Jeff: I was born in 1946 lived at 1444 Park Place across from John Marchall's JHS until I was 16 moved to Sheep's Head Bay. Does anyone remember the Delli on St. John's ...

in response to: Park Place by Peter

janet grayson: Well, Franklin Avenue was out of our immediate neighborhood, but my mother always bought her chickens from a store on Schenectady (between St. John's and Lincoln). I disliked these visits. The floor was covered......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

JS: We saw a turkey this evening by St. John's University in Staten Island - Grymes Hill. Wonder if it was the same fellow as the one seen last year by the hospital....

in response to: Wild Turkey Parking by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

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?......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

K Bernstein: I lived in an apartment building at Eastern Parkway and Troy Avenue in the 1950s. Eastern Parkway was a beautiful street, with its two pedestrian malls with benches and trees. The street was lined with......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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: Hmmm... With your fetish for painted wooden siding, perhaps you should consider eventually moving to St. John's, Newfoundland or Copenhagen, Denmark....

in response to: Vinyl Siding by CE

ROBERT: THE BUILDING WHERE I LIVED IN 1958-59 IS STILL THERE AND THAT IS 446 ST. JOHN'S PL. NEAR WASHINGTON AV. (HOPE THE NUMBERS HAVEN'T CHANGED), ANYWAY IT'S ONLY TWO BLOCKS AWAY FROM YOUR PLACE. YOU'D SURELY MAKE ME......

in response to: my world in brooklyn by sine