Monday, March 20th 2006

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torontofreelance: No, I am not an police officer, I work for a living! I am a Private Investigator who also works as a freelance videographer and photog. I appreciate the compliments.

in response to Knock, Knock

chiamattt: You know there is a dog taking a wee in one of the pics. can you see it? OH SECRETS OF THE HOOL PICS!

in response to March 16 2006 Toronto

Elicar: He is as light as popcorn. He is 6'2", 150 pounds in his jeans soaking wet and can fit in a tree crack!

in response to Popcorn Tree

Elicar: Okay, can someone elucidate me on this American's seeming obsession or perhpas fascination with decorating their hydro lines, trees and stop light posts with old athletic shoes? What's wrong with Goodwill or Salvation Army?

in response to Shoe Tree

Elicar: I don't know whose piece is it, but here is where I took the picture from: A Japanese restaurant at the BCE Place. (Why am I always at the BCE?)

in response to Medussa

Elicar: Thanks Peter! I usually express my peeves in a droll way, as Cameo had put it.

in response to The Joys of Spell Check

Elicar: I believe the area code is 705. I could be wrong. But start dialing Jamie!

in response to The Other Boston

Elicar: I think I'd like to visit NY, UK.

in response to The Other New York

SuShI_hp: i love to see stuff like that its just like a bunch of tags everywhere

in response to Max Fish Bathroom Graf

colavito's ghost: for some really great nyc bathroom graf, check out alt. Cafe on Ave. A between 8th/9th or Mars Bar on 2nd Ave. and 1st St. The Max Fish potty is pretty heavily tagged, but in my experience, these two really take the cake.

in response to Max Fish Bathroom Graf

Laura : Its funny how people I know online go to the same places as me in real life :) Who knows, maybe I've seen some of you on my trips around town!

in response to Max Fish Bathroom Graf

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: gotta love shoes, shoes and shoes

in response to Shoe Tree

SuShI_hp: dr sex use to have a slideshow on dallas police hopefully they can make another website like dallaspolice

in response to Dr. Sex & DAYS

tik...dems: "theres no use juging these brilliant minds like sorlar or rewd _ unless they suck like the crew cf."... whoa, now that's unexpected.

in response to Dallas Graffiti Writers Busted!

spencer: fuckin sweeeeet

in response to Slayer Graffiti

GGP: halfway between nowhere and nowhere else...i love that phrase.

in response to City Life African Style

Paulie: It's interesting to read all these various comments about Bushwick. I grew up there in the 1950s-1970s when it was still 99% Italian (I lived mostly on Hart Street near Knickerbocker). It was not at that time a place where the aspiring middle class moved to; rather, the...

in response to My House in Bushwick

stinkyben: I was flying into LGA and noticed there are a lot of swimming pools in Staten Isle. If any of you happen to have one and want to let me swim there this summer, please let me know.

in response to All of Staten Island

bird: tell more about the people in the city

in response to City Life African Style

The Solecist: Art from ruin. Concept work... see the face in the original...?

in response to Subway Decay

Tyfoid Kid: Great idea!!! I like it a lot.

in response to Downtown On My Mind

EvilGentleman: Good shot. I am taking it that you are either an accredited media photojournalist or an RCMP constable?

in response to Knock, Knock

Peter: oh wait, i think i answered that myself...

in response to The Other New York

Peter: what is that "50" sign? a speed-limit sign or a route marker? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_sign#United_Kingdom

in response to The Other New York

groovehouse: Jamie, I think you should do the postcard thing with the Polish guy and thanks for the photoshop source material!

in response to The Other New York

designwallah: I spray-painted my address on my bins, no one's stolen them yet.

in response to The 'Green' Thief

Peter: jamie: one could play a round of "johnny foreigner" and dial up some canadian telephone codes for peterborough and request photos! hahahahaha!

in response to The Other Boston

Jamie: Shite on you. My parents went there too and still no photos. Damn you all to the hebrides.

in response to The Other Boston

Jamie: do you have cookies turned on? does the comment box on here store your name? if not then you don't and that may be why swinney does nay like ya

in response to People Shall Be Banned

jeeff: i've been to the other peterborough plenty of times. my ex-girlfriend came from there. i spent new years eve there once, but alas - no photos.

in response to The Other Boston

an impossible child: thanks for that, peter, i just did but it doesnt seem to come up + there some funny txt/code at top end of the screen :S

in response to People Shall Be Banned

Peter: 1. register here: www.swinney.org/journals/submit_register.phtml 2. submit here: www.swinney.org/journals/submit_article.phtml

in response to People Shall Be Banned

an impossible child: i just tried joining the swinney thing but amnt 100% how you're meant to add articles?

in response to People Shall Be Banned

Peter: that totally looks like hyacinth bucket's neighborhood, hahahaha.

in response to The Other Boston

Peter: long live the misused apostrophe!

in response to All of Staten Island

Jamie: Well if you ever do be sure to stop of in Brooklyn, Wrington, Somerset, UK photos used without permission from: www.wringtonsomerset.org.uk

in response to The Other Boston

Cella Di Leo: Long live the guido's!!!

in response to All of Staten Island

elaine: reminds me of jake and dinos chapman sculptures www.whitecube.com/html/artists/djc/djc_frset.html

in response to Knock, Knock

elaine: for me, paragliding stands for just about anything i am too afraid to do, but imagine would be lovely if i did. except bungee jumping. that's just wrong.

in response to Re: Cycle / Rickshaws

elaine: i know the feeling. the only really satisfyingly long walk along the river's edge that i know is along the south bank, and it's pretty good all the way to greenwich, but the north bank is very snapshot this end of the city, quite frustrating. i think it might be...

in response to People Shall Be Banned

Jamie: Boston, UK

in response to Call Out Gouranga!

Peter: no doubt! hahahaha. ahh, to have the unlimited time and funds. i swear, if i did, thats all i would do... go on crazy roadtrips like that.

in response to The Other Boston

Jamie: Wouldn't it be cool to do a roadtrip where those were the only places you could stop.

in response to The Other Boston

Peter: j: go for it! when you put your creativity to the test, you always end up making really cool stuff. and as for groovehouse's photoshop... that makes me want to make oddly incongruous photoshop montages of european cities and new york. hmm!

in response to The Other New York

elaine: you should. postcards are a good thing.

in response to The Other New York

Peter: and theres a brooklyn in tennessee... and in alabama, connecticut, iowa, indiana, kentucky, maryland, and mississippi!

in response to The Other Boston

Jamie: There is a Peterborough in Ontario *winks*

in response to The Other Boston

Peter: oh yeah! props to jeeff. i totally forgot about that entry. nice. i smell a series here...

in response to The Other Boston

Jamie: Inspires me to do a nice hi-res version with the original and sell them as postcards. The Polish guy might even sell them for me in his bakery. sweet.

in response to The Other New York

josh: is it bad up there

in response to Saturday

Jamie: Hey, jeeff started it: The Other London glad you liked em, been meaning to do these since time began, but like you say, they're the everyday things that blur into insignificance. If there's one thing this place teaches you it's how to see things with fresh eyes, that's for sure.

in response to The Other Boston

an impossible child: thanks, peter, i cant actually access swinney from work (?!) but will have a look later tonight elaine: yeah, quite - i got so incredibly frustrated yesterday, as i was walking as you just could not get anywhere close to the water... (just in case this wasn't clear in the written...

in response to People Shall Be Banned

Peter: i see cops like that all the time here in nyc. granted, theyre not always storming some building, but in our post-9/11 police state, there has been a profound overproliferation in swat-clad cops, and to be very honest, it sort of creeps me out to be riding the train to...

in response to Knock, Knock

Elicar: Holy S___! I am glad this is not in my neighbourhood! I haven't seen cops in full regalia like this! And Oakville is one of the more affluent burbs here!

in response to Knock, Knock

sine: icko! *girly squirming*

in response to Chinese Toilets

Editor: that last comment was so freaking funny, theres no way in hell im deleting it. hahahaha!

in response to Humboldt Park

Peter: groove: awesome!!

in response to The Other New York

sine: damn, brooklyn is looking verdant and clean lately.

in response to The Other New York

Peter: what was the occasion?

in response to Knock, Knock

Peter: gouranga! hahaha. also: jamie, this "the other..." series is tops. you could do a book on this, aith all the other cities, im sure. thanks a ton for these photos. i know you see places like this and they seem like no big deal as you see them every day, but...

in response to The Other Boston

Jamie: i dunno, have you ever visited greece? that's a particularly filthy country. no offence like.

in response to Chinese Toilets

stinkyben: In respect to the last photo, yes, I've seen these things all over the world, but only in China were they consistantly as filthy.

in response to Chinese Toilets

an impossible child: :P paragliding sounds fun although maybe a bit um insanely brave xxx

in response to Re: Cycle / Rickshaws

Jamie: cool as mince

in response to The Other New York

Jamie: and if you go inside it (i have been inside it) you can climb the stairs, though maybe you can't now cause someone jumped. But more importantly there is a matchstick model of the church inside.

in response to The Other Boston

elaine: i did, grudgingly, feel quite safe, as it happens... but i am not taking up paragliding now, or anything else.

in response to Re: Cycle / Rickshaws

elaine: cool.as.mints!

in response to The Other New York

LOL: The illest gang war ever in Humboldt park: Almighty Crazy Gay Latin Kings (Saying : Dicks up, Asses down) vs. Insane Cocksucker Gangster Nation (Saying: All Cocks in our mouths!) Here’s what happened one night in the park during a “rumble”. The ICGN’s out-blew the ACGLK’s swallowing more loads than thought scientifically...

in response to Humboldt Park

elaine: 'espirit' de boston. do the pilgrims make progress? that church spire is nice, i like the holes, a bit like st giles in edinburgh

in response to The Other Boston

Jamie: hah, that is awesome

in response to The Other New York

an impossible child: that looks so much fun & certainly safer than regular bikes (i tend to fall over as soon as i see a bike, let alone ride one!)

in response to Re: Cycle / Rickshaws

Peter: id love to see more shots of the dc metro...

in response to Arlington Metro Stop

groovehouse: fixed...

in response to The Other New York

Peter: ...seeing the way the helmet is just sitting there... empty... gives me the chills.

in response to What a Waste

Peter: this should be the cover photo for an 80's fiction text... say, anything from bret easton ellis...

in response to California Palms

Peter: i love the badminton kids...

in response to March 18 2006 Toronto

elaine: i didn't let myself while i was doing the exerbishion

in response to Rickshaw Ride

elaine: something for the left field cyclism on citynoise, i thought. i don't usually include people, but i got talking to them, and the recycling of a wheelclamp seemed worth a mention, but i love the first one, it having been completely constructed from finds.

in response to Re: Cycle / Rickshaws

Peter: awesome! these guys look like they should hook up with us brooklyners for this years bike-kill! www.toyshopcollective.com/bikekill/

in response to Re: Cycle / Rickshaws

Peter: elaine: NICE! also... its good to see youre out and taking photos. more! more! your views of london are among some of my favs.

in response to Rickshaw Ride

elaine: yeah, just for you...

in response to Anti Climb Paint ...

Peter: heh. i cant get enough of the anti-climb paint. thats purely a uk phenomenon...

in response to Anti Climb Paint ...

Peter: lol, jack. thats what theyre doing all over brooklyn. theres an old school (PS 9) thats recently been converted into high-end luxury condos...

in response to Pillsbury A Mill

Peter: hahahaha i saw some pet bird tags in that very bathroom several months ago.

in response to Max Fish Bathroom Graf

Peter: mmmmm, coffee...

in response to Couriers\' Cafe

Peter: this is totally a dale chihuly piece, i bet! if not, it sure looks like one :)

in response to Medussa

groovehouse: a gift to the tree gods!

in response to Popcorn Tree

groovehouse: Knock, knock - "Pizza delivery"

in response to Knock, Knock

elaine: all you need is some pastey faced young men to pose in the foreground...

in response to Industrial Wasteland

Peter: elicar: this cracked me up! well done. i do- and will always- have a warm spot in my heart for obtuse postmodern writing ;)

in response to The Joys of Spell Check

elaine: twisty village london

in response to People Shall Be Banned

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Trippy, baby!

in response to Escalator Magic

Peter: i love escalators. this one reminds me of this entry, too. nice.

in response to Escalator Magic

Peter: i agree, elaine. or perhaps anytihng that followed, of the more industrial ilk.

in response to Industrial Wasteland

Peter: awesome entry. again, something i would have never otherwise seen or known about. its also fascinating to see the themes that surround toilets and urinals on this site. lol. all part of urban living, i suppose. and definitely fascinating.

in response to Chinese Toilets

Peter: say "toronto sheep flock" 5 times... very fast.... hehehe.

in response to For We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray

Peter: i echo exactly what jamie said. this is my fav sort of entry... and i do hope to see more from you! that being said, its nice to see the more rural side of manchester... a place ive never been and know litle about... from what ive seen of it elsewhere...

in response to Irlam, Manchester

Peter: memories and smells! i wrote two pieces about this a while back: www.swinney.org/journals/article.phtml?id=1764 www.swinney.org/journals/article.phtml?id=1947 (you can post your writing to swinney.org also- this piece would probably fit in well there, btw!) i liked this piece. yay text! and i like rivers too. thanks for sharing this.

in response to People Shall Be Banned

an impossible child: hahahaha i think polish bakery saves the day! :P

in response to The Other New York

torontofreelance: I know that place, the second floor is the office of Michael Jacksons tour office.

in response to Children\'s Lingerie

Peter: poor lopped trees. riverside park in manhattan looks *identical* to that second shot, with the rows of trees and the single-track trail made by runenrs and cyclists who cant fathom using the pavement just a few feeet away...

in response to Pollards and Avenue

Peter: so *thats* where popcorn comes from... elephant bums!

in response to Popcorn Tree

Peter: dude, this is awesome! brooklyn house in new york, uk. good find. the house in that third pic looks really nice and quaint too. id live somewhere like that in a heartbeat. also: dogdyke road. lol... anyway, i love these sorts of entries, jamie. thanks!

in response to The Other New York

elaine: tee hee!

in response to The Other New York

elaine: yes, it did have elephant like skin on it's trunk. perhaps it is a metaphor tree.

in response to Popcorn Tree

Jamie: cool. i think thay 'by accident' is the best way to discover anything

in response to Irlam, Manchester

Andrew Smith: Thanks Jamie, Discovered the site by accident a few weeks back and I really like it, so I thought I'd have a go at posting. Will be sure to post again!

in response to Irlam, Manchester

Jamie: last one looks though it could be an elephant crevice of some sort after a trip to the cinema

in response to Popcorn Tree

Jamie: These are my favourite kind of stuff to read on citynoise. Somewhere i've never heard of, never been, but now i know a little bit about. And i like how photo one flows into photo two flows into photo three. Those last two of the signs are relly nice photos...

in response to Irlam, Manchester

elaine: that's a lovely photo, it really does seem to express hope

in response to Counter Funeral

an impossible child: thats really beautiful, thanks for posting it... i really really hope things get better now... (im re-reading 'serbia calling' again, a book by this english guy, about b92 & late 80s, early 90s then the whole of the nightmare decade & its still unbelievable what people went through...)

in response to Counter Funeral

belgrade billy : Belgrade baloons for new Spring, and fresh start without a dictator. (sorry for double post)

in response to Counter Funeral

belgrade billy : Belgrade baloons for new Spring, and fresh start without a dictator.

in response to Counter Funeral

elaine: nice picture story.

in response to Irlam, Manchester

elaine: and me. i have a massive fear of motorbikes. and i am a total back seat driver in cars as well. i was explaining to the rickshaw guy that i wasn't just picking on him, but was a generalistic feardie, and he told me that there is a drug that...

in response to What a Waste

EvilGentleman: Wow, that news article has so many double-entendres and puns in it... and it even tells you where the creepy guy lives! I wonder if the National Enquirer will take the media gauntlet from here...

in response to Beware: Perv Alert!

EvilGentleman: Lyle, Sorry about that. I just responded to part of your post, and did not also mention how grateful I am for your tips and advice. While I know that each photographer has their own distinct personal style, I also know that understanding how others are able to work with a...

in response to Arctic Landscapes II

elaine: well, it cost us chatting to the boys and being offered, but they do work the west end and i'm guessing it's not free... i did go in one in the west end once, but i don't remember the money thing, i'm afraid i was VERY VERY drunk.

in response to Rickshaw Ride

Jamie: someone i knew went out that way. it sucks

in response to What a Waste

elaine: the third one looks like it should be an LP cover from a band like joy division. nice bunch of pictures altogether.

in response to Industrial Wasteland

elaine: wallinger! www.artnet.com/artwork/423933055 . . . mark-wallinger-angel.html

in response to Escalator Magic

elaine: it looks like a crispy beef dish i get at the local chinese. mmmmmm.

in response to Medussa

EvilGentleman: I may eventually post them, but I think I had best allow the families time to stop grieving first. Maybe in another year or two. And only those pictures which I took of my own accord, not the ones that I was asked to do. At one time, people used...

in response to Arctic Landscapes II

Jamie: yeah we do jack. but there's nothing great about britain. we dropped the 'great' prefix some time in the mid 70s .

in response to Rickshaw Ride

EvilGentleman: LOL, well I must say it is interesting. Creativity has so many forms. Sorry about the all-nighter assumption. It seemed the most logical guess, but I can be wrong. Definitely not the first time I've done that.

in response to California Palms

Jamie: i like the big industrial boobs in the fourth one

in response to Industrial Wasteland

Jamie: you'll find public toilets much like these all over europe too.

in response to Chinese Toilets

C: Feb 28, 2006: www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/64382.htm 2 years probation.

in response to Beware: Perv Alert!

minerva: Oops, when I resized the picture, I screwed it up. This isn't how it's supposed to look. Oh well, I guess I'm no Hool.

in response to Things I Hate About... Public Transit

minerva: I took this picture in Parkdale. I like fanciful signage. The picture "shimmering" is a happy accident.

in response to Things I Hate About... Public Transit

jeeff: haha jack, that's a great idea. and you say you don't like graffiti...

in response to Max Fish Bathroom Graf

joey: it's more like a duskdream, you know.

in response to Freeway Cloudage

Ronald Underberg: Though only a resident of Brooklyn for just over six months, I have long been one who has an appreciation for urban and cultural heritage and the value of having or allowing it to persevere. Specifically, I have learned a lot about this building. And regardless that this one-time market...

in response to Underberg Building, Goodbye

Chuckles: G'day Sean: Appreciate your response and interesting comments. The great thing about photography is it truly allows the "shooter" to express themselves in ways that are really quite remarkable. There is no right way / wrong way ..... no right path or missed turn in the road. Photography is very 'democratic' in...

in response to Arctic Landscapes II

Laura : Hahahahaha oh Jack....

in response to Chinese Toilets

zo: tuna has really high levels of mercury, very bad for you...especially women. Save the salmon, it's going extinct.

in response to Save the Tuna

Elicar: They look like going down to me Jack! If they are, where did they come from? ;)

in response to Medussa

Elicar: Hey Jack...All of the words used were spelled correctly...I used homophones to drive a point. Spell check is a great tool, but when one does not know the real spelling of the word being used, spell check is useless. I remember a comment that I could not figure out what...

in response to The Joys of Spell Check

zo: jeeff, I have seen 4 raibows in three weeks here in vancouver.

in response to On The Lines

zo: I can't believe that place is still there. I forgot about it while here in vancouver sweetly sipping JJ Bean lattes.

in response to Couriers\' Cafe

jack: if it were me and there were no people in the building i would say let it burn and go to a cafe for a coffee and a bacon and egg on a bagel

in response to On The Lines

jack: is that kramer and why is he driving on the wrong side of the road? next you will tell me that in great britain they drive like that.

in response to Rickshaw Ride

jack: i'd like to buy that building and convert it into co-ops.

in response to Pillsbury A Mill

jack: they should write on the toilet paper, then re-roll it.

in response to Max Fish Bathroom Graf

jack: i enjoy the french roast full strength.

in response to Couriers\' Cafe

jack: its sperm moving up the falopian tubes.

in response to Medussa

jack: this was the most ingenious writing of misspeld words i have ever seen. i do hope you did this on purpose. how long did it take you to do that?

in response to The Joys of Spell Check

jack: you know, i get dizzy just looking at it.

in response to Escalator Magic

jack: thats the bronx, allright.

in response to Industrial Wasteland

jack: so this guy is crouched over one of those holes and taking a crap and there is this other guy perched over another hole and the first guy has a 50cent peice fall out of his pocket and down into the hole. he looks down there and the other...

in response to Chinese Toilets

jeeff: i bet if i unfocus my eyes just right i'll see a sailboat or something.

in response to Escalator Magic

jeeff: i had a toilet like that last one (but not overflowing or filthy) in my apartment in japan. i liked it once my knees got used to it. very hygienic.

in response to Chinese Toilets

khalid: well im the spokes man for the swords of justice organization and my chairman was born in the greens and she was mickey cobra and he as a man has risen up from what chicago and the main 21 has shown brothers and sistas the wrong they was living and...

in response to Cabrini Green [whats left of it]

barry: I think i will hole it.

in response to Chinese Toilets

Biff: Hi, Is that a shoe with a wet toe?

in response to Chinese Toilets

no names: just round the corner from those particular chicken vendors is a phone box, which is always being used by usually 2 or more skanks smoking crack, sad as it's right infront of colvestone primary school & laughable because it's directly opposite the police office..... which is open for about 5...

in response to Death in Dalston

vin: cool!

in response to Industrial Wasteland

stinkyben: You should have visited a different part of the wall besides Badaling. There are some great stretches where you'll see perhaps one or two other tourists on a 20 mile hike.

in response to Beijing & The Great Wall of China

fresco aka. the O: "the art of getting over" its a book that looks like a blackbook go to your local borders ar barnes and noble and ask for the book i say this book today it has some hot stuff.

in response to Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint

stinkyben: leeto is a sucker, always covering other (often good) pieces, never doing anything aside from throw ups and ALWAYS the same exact thing. Lets see an actual piece leeto pal, 'cause right now that shit constitutes an eye sore. shitty graf is part of the reason the NYPD...

in response to Leeto & Beef

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