Thursday, March 8th 2007

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upfromflames: Take a look at this boarded up oddity, on the short, quaint oddball strip of Goodwin Place. A boarded up house next to a new development, how odd! You'd think they'd try to buy them out or something. But then, I have the advantage (or disadvantage) of being an optimistic...

in response to A Rare Ruin in Bushwick

hash: now thats art

in response to Peterborough Graffiti

RobotW/Roots: i been interested in street art of all kinds for a while now and ive experimented with most. i just started pasting and ive found a good mixture for the paste, but im wondering what color medium works best and what type of paper?

in response to Wheatpasting: How to

marquesha blunt: I think that chicago is more cleaner now then i thought it will be I was raise in chicago ils with my cousions and my auntie it was bad then but known they pick it back up

in response to henry horner projects

Jack: I grew up in the adjoining neighborhood, Ridgewood, in the early 50s. Bushwick which I would go to play ball etc., was a beautiful neighborhood but tuff. There were fist fights but no shootings or stabbings that I recall. There were well maintained houses all kinds of shops, candy stores...

in response to A Rare Ruin in Bushwick

kato: If yours are the Pink & Blue ones, I want them but would need four.

in response to Out and About with Elaine

terry banks: Spent a lot of time at the milk bar across the st. great picture brings back a lot of memories from the 50s

in response to Old Lachine Fire Station on 45th

JesseNewst: I wonder , were to find boyfriend to my sister? Joke:) My online friends propose this link to use -TOP10 - As for me, I think life is now!!!

in response to The Meatball Caper

Jimmy Legs: that first boarded-up building may not be a fire victim, a lot of these old buildings get stains on their facades (in this case probably from rust from the fire escape). i mean, it coudl be a fire, but the continued existence of all the commercial spaces on the ground...

in response to A Rare Ruin in Bushwick

brittney tremblay: these are badass pics

in response to tokyo by night

Jimmy Legs: you know the drill, get into the cab first, THEN tell them where you're going. no one can say how much it'll cost since we don't know where you'd be in manhattan or where you're going in bushwick. anyway, why take a cab when we have some great train lines?...

in response to My House in Bushwick

Dave: Father owned a Italian Bucher Shop in the 50's-60's on the corner of Central and Bleeker, caddycorner from St. Barbara's Church ,burnt out in the 70's, never went back ! , What's there now ??, anyone with old photo's ?

in response to My House in Bushwick

Luis: beautiful

in response to Give Up: Virtue Ruins Beauty

jack: the old building can tell many stories and every person has a memory of it. i'm partial to awnings, want to put some up on my home to give it the country look.

in response to Stone Building With Style

jack: but then in the game years i enjoyed luner lander. old pinball machines were mostly in bars and as kids we could'nt go in there.

in response to Ye Olde Arcade

jack: you guys are too young for me, in my day (and i can't believe i'm saying that) we didn't have arcade games, for that much we didn't have many tv's around so our arcade game was playing knuckles on a stoop, war games with carpet guns made from old lettuce...

in response to Ye Olde Arcade

jack: ha ha hya ha ha ha, touche,

in response to Anonymous Eternal Fame

dean: I'm viewing your photos from Vermont. We got lots of wind blown snow here this year, so I tried (once again) to build an igloo in the back yard. I failed again, for about the 10th time in my life. I did however get closer than during...

in response to Igloo Construction

bob: Hey Earl, I used to work for them too, in NYC but got tired of the bulls**t

in response to Allstate PowerVac

upfromflames: Great corner with a good future, with LOTS of majestic buildings planned for north of this intersection. For visuals: reference first picture!

in response to A Rare Ruin in Bushwick

MichaelB: BD and upfromflames, You seem to really know the area. Im looking at a place at BUSHWICK AV andTROUTMAN. I currently live in Greenwich Village and im interested in the safty and condition of the east williamsburg area. I am usually out and about at all hours. Is the neighborhood...

in response to A Rare Ruin in Bushwick

Fendie: BTW if anyways interested heres a website with pics of how teh green used to look, before the demolision. www.angelfire.com/nv/207/chaindex.html

in response to Cabrini Green [whats left of it]

Fendie: I know both areas where pretty hectic, but which was more?

in response to Cabrini Green [whats left of it]

Fendie: I'm just curious to know what area was crime ridden. Cabrini Green or the Robert Taylor Homes? Is there anywhere i can get actaul statistics on the matter. i need it for a term paper i'm writing for uni.

in response to Cabrini Green [whats left of it]

EvilGentleman: Maybe because Sainte-Catherine is the cross street in this photo. We are looking north on de la Montagne, I think. No, I have never had the opportunity to hear the pipes in Ogilvy's yet. Every time my grandmother took me there, it was after the noon hour piper had left.

in response to Stone Building With Style

also looking to move there: my main concern is, i want to be able to get drunk in the city and cab it home. a) around 2 am, will nyc cabbies be willing to take the ride? b) if so, how much would that cost? c) as an alternative, how often does the L train run...

in response to My House in Bushwick

groovehouse: Galaga! That was one of my favs.

in response to Ye Olde Arcade

eaz503: you guys should check the office on the second max stop after you cross the bridge its right past the white arc thing...they sell graff stuff and they have another location i dont no how to direct u really but if u go to the one by the max then...

in response to PDX Graffiti 616 #2

EvilGentleman: That might explain it. Glad to hear they are still in business. I have never eaten Korean food, I will have to try it one day.

in response to Everybody Hwang Kum Tonight

Sylvain: sometimes they close around 3.00 and they reiopen for dinner around 5.00. Great food and service.

in response to Everybody Hwang Kum Tonight

EvilGentleman: Naaaah, that's with the wind chill. The real temperature was -24. Wind chill is for wimps. We can tell for ourselves how cold it feels, all we need to know is how cold it is.

in response to Le Splash!

Sirhcbre: How have I never ever noticed this building? Seriously, it looks completly new to me but the Ogilvy's building looks very familiar. Speaking of Ogilvy's, have you ever been in there while the bagpiper walks through the store?

in response to Stone Building With Style

Sirhcbre: You would enjoy the arcade on Decarie in old Ville Saint-Laurent. It has some classic games and is a pretty popular hangout for local kids.

in response to Ye Olde Arcade

EvilGentleman: You always seem to have a pun close at hand. Quite a handy ability, jack. I have to hand it to you, you are the Olympic pun champion, hands down.

in response to Anonymous Eternal Fame

Sirhcbre: Coffee places should offer a discount to people who bring their own cups. I see empty coffee cups all over the place all the time!

in response to Why Does This Happen?

EvilGentleman: Why do I have this feeling the sneeze resulted in a few of your classmates becoming rather ill? I like the way you describe yourself as having a home, therefore homely. Nice improvisational usage of the English language.

in response to Why Does This Happen?

Andrew Panikos: Ya, he stopped for the light, it had nothing to do with the 5 feet of water that awaited him on the next street. Seriously, look at the car on the right, it's floating... ps: they showed the picture in the 6 o'clock news, so it was totally worth it getting...

in response to Underwater-car-pulling

Sirhcbre: I read today in the Gazette that it was -40 yesterday. Needless to say, I took the Metro today.

in response to Le Splash!

jack: hey, did i ever tell you guys about the red garter in brooklyn on pacific street?

in response to Over The Door of the Lone Star Saloon

jack: that could have been some little calf's mother, wee little calf, looking for mommy, mommy where are you, mommy where are you, "i'm up here baby"

in response to Over The Door of the Lone Star Saloon

jack: you know there might be some good food in there and a homeless person or a homely person like me could get some good nutrition and for free, can't beat that!!!! hey, whats in your stomach evil and whats for lunch tomorrow. someday i have to tell you about my...

in response to Why Does This Happen?

jack: give this man a hand,,,bravo.

in response to Anonymous Eternal Fame

jack: i got the point

in response to Downtown From The Car

jack: ha ha ha ha,,,,nice shoes on nice feet on nice girls.

in response to Out and About with Elaine

Hunter : I am not under the impression that any of these murals were intentionally dictated to Leo Tanguma by some elite agency. Instead, I think he may have been picking up on some type of a "current" inspired by the location and perhaps the intentions that were focused on the building...

in response to Airport Scenes 1

wise one tna wc from montreal: yo the olny problem with etching cream its that if you toch it you burn yourself hardly and you need to find a metal mop or metal marker PS tyler are you sure it works milk and vinegar

in response to Snatch

Caverta: I have already enjoy your website, and it is so nice and cool. I will visit your website again. Thank you.

in response to Anti-Ratner Graffiti

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Jack, I'm sorry, but we didn't take a picture of ourselves together. You just have to be happy with our shoes. Mine are the in the Lady Lucks. Also, sorry disappoint, but I have straight hair. We should have a citynoise convention and then join the Royal Navy

in response to Out and About with Elaine

EvilGentleman: Or perhaps it is the vile habit of coffee-drinking that is to blame. As you can see in these (unfortunately fuzzy due to my imperfect camera) pictures, there are at least two coffee cups each from Tim Horton's and McDonald's, as well as several others, in the pile that has...

in response to Why Does This Happen?

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