Monday, July 23rd 2007

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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 street art. we would be very happy if you would let us interveiw or even...

in response to Street Art

Peter: i love that tower on the top right...

in response to Looking over Downtown

jack: little ukraine your photos are terrific. bravo, maestro. astoria, i love astoria, i was in boot camp with friends from astoria and when we completed boot camp we had a 2 week leave and we went to astoria in my friends 61 bonneville convertible and then they dropped...

in response to Astoria Park

jack: i could swear that this is the old navy yards where i shipped out for europe in dec of 1961. we hit the north atlantic in rough storms for 4 days and many got sick. not me.

in response to Brooklyn\'s Rusty Shores

jack: my grandfather taught languages at columbia in the 20's

in response to Destructionconstruction

Peter: careful... columbia is what sucked me into new york, and i never left! ;)

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CartLegger:

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CE: There's a dedicated academy of Urban Planning in New York? I have been toying with the idea of trying to get a high enough GPA to be able to go to Columbia someday to do my masters (mostly as an excuse to live in New York for awhile, I...

in response to Destructionconstruction

little ukraine: that must be the same AUP involved with the Up From Flames exhibit at the Brooklyn Historical Society - that place looks amazing, best of luck and congratulations!

in response to Destructionconstruction

CartLegger: Lucky guy, that I am, I am starting a position in the urban planning department at the Academy of Urban Planning in Bushwick. This fall, its intro to urban sociology, and in the spring, its GIS--a map making project. Its sort of a dream job, for a fellow with a...

in response to Destructionconstruction

Jamie: welcome to life *sigh*

in response to Sad Man

Jamie: very intersting find. 1656. that's practially ancient by american standards. i imagine there's not much that's that old in NYC.

in response to Shearith Israel Cemetery

little ukraine: CartLegger, how great that you are a teacher! What and where do you teach if we may know??

in response to Destructionconstruction

CartLegger: nice, pics, Li'l U. Moses' tentacles were certainly at times warm and fuzzy.

in response to Robert Moses Photo Collective

little ukraine: oops, posted too early.. pictured above are Astoria Park, the Triborough Bridge spanning Hell Gate, and a marker at the entrance of the Charybdis Playground (where's Scylla? Presumably Ward's Island) next to the Astoria Pool, pictured below: and one more of the triborough... lesson number one from Mr. Moses: want...

in response to Robert Moses Photo Collective

CartLegger: Little Bungalows fall to make way for McMansions. Quick, someone call an urban sociologist! Jack, thanks for taking the time to capture this part of the urban process. I'll make sure to use these fotos with my students.

in response to Destructionconstruction

little ukraine:

in response to Robert Moses Photo Collective

upfromflames: Thank you for visiting. Please come again.

in response to My House in Bushwick

serlingrod: awesome, thanks for the heads up

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Albert: Peter u need 2 post an article about the new graf all over the blue boards on sterling n washington..alot of new up and coming writers

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Cinic: Ahh, makes sense. Rough times for some, its insane that a 5min drive up greene will take you into luxurious Westmount while some starve below. How very disfunctional.

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Cay: Bushwick ain't safe period

in response to My House in Bushwick

jeeff: web link

in response to Don\'t Drink the Sake

CE: It is very often that you will find sad people in that window. It's a local resource centre for those without homes or enough to eat.

in response to Sad Man

CartLegger: Beware, adventurers. There is security. Make sure to go on a Sunday afternoon, as the fewest 18 wheelers prowl the street hunting down bicycles to eat.

in response to Where Redbirds Sleep

Peter: i love the redbirds... thanks for teh map-link... im going to have to check this place out!

in response to Where Redbirds Sleep

neesa: And here is one more story on the stolen bike. My and my brother's bikes were stolen yesterday evening in front of the Fairview mall (DonMills subway station)!!! Both bikes!!! We went to the cinema and while we were there the bicycles were stolen=( It was between 4pm and 9pm...Oh,...

in response to A Picture of My Bike

upfromflames: they only buy, you know. If you want some gold, you gotta go someplace else. That's just how classy they are.

in response to N&A Gold & Diamond Exchange

Cinic: Wow that is a classy joint.

in response to N&A Gold & Diamond Exchange

Anne Jones: Hi Sheila (waving!), and Hi to Russell Smith - I remember you and your sister Gail and your mum from when you lived in Oak Road - I grew up in Cadishead and we lived in Fir Street at the time and Gail and I would hang out on the...

in response to These Things No Longer Exist

anon (dyn-160-39-159-56.dyn.columbia.edu): Is Bushwick Ave safe about 3 blocks south of Myrtle?

in response to My House in Bushwick

Anthony: The overgrown condition is not the only problem. Many of the crypts have been broken into. I went for a walk in the cemetery about 3 years back and I found a crypt with the surname Moses on it down the main walkway. The door glass had been painted black...

in response to Bayside Cemetary: Rememberance Overgrown

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