Comments about 1977

There are 28 comments about "1977"

BILROCK 161: I am a writer from the seventies, and was a good freind of Jean-Michel Basquiat. He started the copyright thing in 1977. No one else was doing it period....

in response to: Wherefore ART Thou, Ellis? by GGP

Lynda Phillips , sons Paul and Mike Phillips, Caroline st, Irlam adn Carlisle Dr, Irlam: Hello, Im just blown away by this fantastic site found by accident. I was looking for my old school friend William Mcormick/mcCormack from Salford born around 1955. I lived in Caroline Street aged 18 with......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter: Ok, so I just got back, and here are the photos: [[img:27389]] the northwest corner of {central} and {bleeker}... [[img:27390]] a wider view of the same spot... [[img:27391]] the southwest corner of {central} and {bleeker}... im sure that {upfromflames} could tell us......

in response to: Bushwick Remembered Photo Collective by upfromflames

Michelle: "prospects wife", the only reason I wrote to you is because all the lamo-s who are keyboard jockey's on here are a joke. I can't believe every article I read and you seem to be......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

ME: All these looters back in 1977 were they neighborhood people or people who came into this country legal or illegal for a better life. Looks like they got it. Its still going on. Some people......

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

joey: oops. correction. the date of my jazz club story, keystone korner, sf is 1977. i was there with thiel and janet....

in response to: Blue Note Lounge by jack

Steve: I worked there from 1977-1993 chassis dept. then left to work at the Saturn plant when the plan to close Tarrytown was announced. Now retired. I worked in some of those water filled pits during......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

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

Angela Watkins~ Harris: I was born in Hutchinson, Kansas back in 1960 and I lived there for a while I did 1/2 of 9th grade at Sherman Junior High School and then attended 10th & 11th at Hutch......

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

EvilGentleman: The Olympic Stadium is one of the most beautiful of Montreal's vast collection of White Elephants. Originally expected to cost 134 million dollars, it wound up costing 1.61 **billion** dollars, or about 1200% of its......

in response to: The Big-O by Cinic

bed sty-cee!: born and raised in brooklyn--coney island was the boroughs(family getaway) i can't beleive that politician let it rot--but just like all of brooklyn, gentrification will take hold. so all you blacks and puerto ricans better......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Guys. The primary school on allotment road Cadishead was definately used as temp accommodation when the fire burned down the wooden section of Irlam high in summer of 1977.I remember the morning it was burning,......

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

Clay: There's an exhibit at the Brooklyn Historical Society called "Up from Flames." It chronicles Bushwick from 1977 to now. It has lots of articles in the 70's when Bushwick landlords were buring their......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Russell Smith: Hi Guys!! im stunned.i now live in Edinburgh after moving up in 1977 when i was 11 and its amazing to see these old pics......i lived In Oak Avenue with my mum ( barbara smith......

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

upfromflames: HSH: I'd love the opportunity to see your photo doc on Bushwick. I've been working on one this year. To see part of it, check [[6851:upfromflames]]on citynoise, or better, hit the Brooklyn Historical Society's opening......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: [[img:19772]] [[img:19773]] [[img:19774]] ...

in response to: George St. Graff by upfromflames

joey: [[img:19771]] ...

in response to: York Avenue Buildings by Peter

John Dereszewski: It is hard to imagine how anyone can misinterpret the last 30 years of Bushwick's history more than BDweller did in his comment. To believe him, Bushwick endured decades of neglectful Planned Shrinkage followed by......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

upfromflames: ** The Urban Ecology of Arson** The power of the Wallace's interpretation is its integrated systems approach. just as flames cannot burn in a vacuum, the flames of July 13th did not arise out of nowhere.......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

upfromflames: Sammy: Thanks for that link to wiki's description of Bushwick. It is indeed a good one, but it does repeat the common historical flaw of Bushwick history: the fires associated with the blackout were an......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

upfromflames: Well, the show is called Up From Flames: Mapping the Recovery of Bushwick 1977-2007 Its focussed on the redelevelopment of Bushwick, as a success of urban planning. Much of the work is being carried out by......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

pierre: i graduated in 1977, it was a good school in the mid-seventies, i was in the band, we had a orchestra and a chorus. i remember that we couldn't go past a certain point......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

upfromflames: If its history does that mean it's over? we'll find out this summer, when a Bushwick exhbition hits the Brooklyn Historical Society. We are a group of teachers working with the Academy of Urban PLanning at......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

upfromflames: I am historian working on a history of 1977-2007, to show how Bushwick has come. If anyone has some pictures of the past in Bushwick, I'd love to get a chance to see or use......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

little ukraine: From today's Brooklyn Daily Eagle... "On November 15, 1977 the Williamsburgh Savings Bank...was declared a landmark. It was designed by Halsey, McCormack & Helmer in 1927. They chose a Romanesque style for the 512-foot......

in response to: Williamsburgh Savings Bank Clocktower in Mourning by GGP

Karlo: Ok ok,now you ARE funny. 'Loyalists the world over'.... Oh,you mean your support groups such as Combat 18 (for those who dont know,C18 is a 100% Nazi organisation..18 stands for the 1st and 8th letters of the......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

TheTruth: Nice try at history, Sylvia, but you've missed some huge factors. My family was part of that 1st wave of nonwhites to integrate Bushwick in the 1950s. They weren't Gentry -- sorry--even though they were......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

EvilGentleman: Elicar, I remember one Toronto experience that absolutely terrified me. I think it was back in 1977 or 1978, My mother took me up to the top of the CN tower (Dad stayed below to......

in response to: Sooo Adorable by Elicar