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Cecilia Midiri: Good for you Anna!!! I live here too and I'm kind of adamant now about staying. When I first moved back with Mom 6 years ago, all I could think of was getting her......

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

Hands and Feet: Just got this today. The reality is this all started about the mid fifties or earlier. I remember moving several times before I was five years of age. This was due to depressed economics in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Liz in Canada: I am Canadian and my ancestry is Irish/Scottish. Some of my ancestors were Catholic and some were Protestant, but I am non-religious by choice. My Irish ancestors were forced out of Ireland and......

in response to: NYC: The Empire State Building at Sunrise by Peter

anon (): that brake shoe is called a WHEEL ADAPTER... UNION PACIFIC RAIL CAR REPAIRER...

in response to: Train Derails on Bridge IV: The Aftermath (With Graf Train Passing By) by EvilGentleman

krimzer kkk: montreal has the best skylines in canada!...

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

krimzer kkk: that's makati,philippines and montreal canada!...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

jeeff: ha! igor gets caught red-handed and the city celebrates. people are even posting about it on craigslist. a couple links: [[http://www.torontosun.com/News/TorontoAndGTA/2008/07/17/6181516-sun.html]] [[http://www.ibiketo.ca/node/2353]] [[http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/07/17/bike-theft.html]] ...

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

krimzer kkk: im a filipino but living in montreal! and here's my top 10! 1.montreal,canada 2.makati,philippines 3.seattle,usa 4.toronto,canada 5.sydney,australia 6.chicago,usa 7.hong kong 8.new york,usa 9.calgary,canada 10,san francisco,usa...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

LSpegal: I didn't grow up in NY but I have a few ancestors who grew up or lived in Brooklyn. I'm researching them and the areas where they used to live and Arthur THAMM lived at......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Brushman: the lawyer thing simply means that nowadays you sould get sued for that stuff . lol...

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

adam: i have vivid memories of driving on the cross bronx with my family in the 80s and seeing cars piled up on the sides of the road. could just be youthful interpretation of a lesser......

in response to: A Sign of Past Times? by CartLegger

Anonymous Honest Tax paying citizen of Fredericton: This is yet another example of how much the fredericton police are a bunch of uneducated airheads, typical protests and offenses most cities in canada wouldnt be bothered with or treat with less scrutiny......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

Captain Obvious: What really grates about Quebec's degenerate infrastructure, is that they have not only incredibly high taxes, but they *also* have incredibly high subsidies from all the more productive provinces, BOTH. To have billions poured into a......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Rob, Sheila and Norma, Rob yes that's right it's the same Mr Jimmy Iddon, he worked at Royles the same as my dad, now about Christine?????? sorry I don't know what made me think......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

G. Groulx: I think it's sad that there are over 150,000 homeless people in Canada. Abandoned houses or building can be fixed up and be used for the homeless. They can also be used as low income......

in response to: Abandoned Homes by JayEastsider

julie lorraine jackson: hello diane magee this is julie lorraine jackson my brother stuart jackson passed away last feb 29/08 of massive heart attack age 49. would like send me old picture of me deaf in milton......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Cecilia Midiri: Wow, Kimmer Teesedale...you remember the Midiri's? Me and Mamma Ceil are still on Keim Street. She refuses to move...and hey, who am I to make her. I can't complain too much. The street was so......

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

anon: bloody hell!!!!!!! i only went on the internet to check my emails! 3 hour later i finally read the last post on this web site! i have a headache now and blurred vision....

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

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: perhaps "badasssss" would have been a better exclamation....

in response to: Anal Jewelry by Peter

chiamattt: OK, despite "dying in a den of demons", I am Canadian, not American. So please don't put me in the same den of demons as them. CANADA HAS ITS OWN DEMONCRATICALLY ELECTED DEMONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

Calgary : To be honest I think montreal has the best skyline in Canada....

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Peter: yes, the tunnel is very much in use, as the tunnel is the main artery that connects [[wiki:Metro-North Railroad]] and [[wiki:amtrak]] trains to [[wiki:penn station]]. dodging the trains and staying out of their line of......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Madaline McBain: WOW - those are amazing. So no trains through the tunnel anymore? No more homeless sleeping?...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Adam: wicked...

in response to: 42nd Street Library Lion Lenox (or Is It Astor...?) by Mike L.

Peter: wow, the cars, the smiling cops, the uniforms... definitely a different scene nowadays... nice photos, mike. id love to see more, for sure!...

in response to: NYPD Partners, NYC, Late 1960\'s by Mike L.

Adam: Wouldn't know ;) Sounds like you were a victim of their scamming huh?...

in response to: Telectroscope Fun by Adam

CE: The city has approved the demolition as of last night. [[http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2008/06/04/qc-bensrestaurant0504.html]]...

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Reginald McAdam: To the person who said - ##"firstly the person in question does not wash their hands after urinating"## Seriously. What's the fascination with washing your hands after urinating. If your penis is dirtier than your hands......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Adam: Whats wrong with tiscali?...

in response to: Telectroscope Fun by Adam

anon (nat2.northshorelij.com): Hi I grew up in Bushwick, along with most of my cousins. I went to Fourteen Holy Martyrs School- graduated in 1964. I have wonderful memories of my growing up years in a culturaly......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot! A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo. [[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]] by Adam Enright I was thrilled to read about......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Nice to know, thank you. There are so many things we do not learn about over here in Canada....

in response to: Glasgow Schemes3 by kobie

Mitch: The reason we have giant pot holes and roads in such terrible shape has to do with the Quebec government's cutting corners. They use lower quality asphalt and put down only a very thin layer......

in response to: Potholes by EvilGentleman

Tykal: THE BEST CITY IN THE WORLD..........TORONTO, being the largest city in canada, the tallest city in the world for over 35 years (curse you dubai) and more multicultural than any city on earth, there is......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Dean, I remember colin we were in the same class at school, I also remember him living in Harewood road, I have posted a few photo's on the school site, and he is on......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

EvilGentleman: Nice find. I understand there's not too many pieces of the Toynbee tiles left nowadays......

in response to: Toynbee Tile Remnant by luna park

jack: lived in brooklyn from 1942 till 1968, then after 6 years of army duty married in 1968 and moved to valley stream then huntington and finally to new jersey and now am looking for land......

in response to: WTC Commute by Peter

Jesse: We moved to the northside when moving here from Ontario. Fredericton is about 20 yrs behind well anywhere else in Canada especially when it comes to shopping. My god its a capital city and full......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

crystal palmer: The henry horner reunion will be held at union park on 7/26/08.t-shirt are being sold for $10.00 regular size 2x 3x 4x 5x for 12.00 contact Anthony Wolf, Crystal Palmer, or Dwayne Tart for shirts.......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Cityplanner: 4. Calgary: The fastest growing city in Canada will probably move up a couple of spots in the future. It's skyline is nice and has some pretty memorable buildings in it. 5.Niagara Falls: This skyline reminds......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Cityplanner: Top 5 Canadian cities: Toronto: Toronto has so many skysrapers and so many of them that you will break you're neck trying to look up at them. Montreal: Montreal is probably the nicest in all of Canada......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

John Dereszewski: I also don't understand this. Bushwick Houses is a large - and rather oppressive - complex situated at Flushing and Bushwick Aves. on the Williamsburg side of the border. As Adam notes, these are pictures......

in response to: Bushwick Houses by Peter

The terrible disaster: This article has been republished as I was asked to supply the details a second time. --- We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When......

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

Harold Sewell, NB Canada: Peter, thanks ever so much for this collection of bridges... I have traveled over many of them... and I also like the movie "Queens Logic" which has the Hell's Gate bridge in it. Thanks again....

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

foosh: I am from Calgary Canada, You said it yourself that New York is the most recognized skyline in the world if it weren't then it wouldn't be so recognized as the most would it! so......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

EvilGentleman: All I know, is I have seen a lot of the little speed limit signs along the bike trails, usually proclaiming a limit of 20 km per hour. I confess that I have not been......

in response to: How Much Is That Pussy in the Window? by Montrealbunny

Peter: speeders on the bike trails? theres a bike speed-limit? do they use radar? are you supposed to have a bike speedometer or something? heh......

in response to: How Much Is That Pussy in the Window? by Montrealbunny

jeeff: thx tiara i think many of us are still around. i'll remember the trick with chalk, but i agree that ultimately you must adapt. to answer your question, i think the change was......

in response to: casualties of war by jeeff

jeff: i've lived here for 22 years and have often complained about wanting to "get out of here". the problem seems to be once i'm somewhere else i miss home terribly. there is something that draws......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Jimmy Legs: i say that part of Melrose is pretty safe nowadays. to me the litmus test is to go there on a weekend night and see how comfortable you feel. and to Jim QV: th worst......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: These pictures show 3 of the 5 or 6 police cruisers to be burned. I started photographing around 1:10 this morning. Unfortunately, my lithium batteries chose this day to die, and I had forgotten to bring......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Anne Fahy: Hi Keith (Smith) What number did you live in Atherton Lane? My husband Brian Fahy lived at #43 for most of his early life. They moved to 19 Victory Road, when he was already working at......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Anne Fahy: Hi Keith (Smith) What number did you live in Atherton Lane? My husband Brian Fahy lived at #43 for most of his early life. They moved to 19 Victory Road, when he was already working at......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

EvilGentleman: As far as the urban legend aspect of things goes, how could we get a website like [[http://www.snopes.com]] to have a look at it, and see what they dig up? I am really curious about......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: dirana1, thank you for commenting. I can respect your opinions and your insight into the prison is a welcome bit of education for the rest of us. I am certain you know a lot more......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

Benchilada: The pole was cold, only explanation....

in response to: Ghost Host by Peter

Nelson: Had my bike stolen April 13 at Dufferin Mall. It's a yellow, with blue and red, Giant AtX 890 mountain bike, 19.5" frame. The only thing they left was the cut lock. I reported it to......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

Mitch: Hi Marjie, I can't believe it. My wife and I got together with my cousin Linda and her husband Larry tonight. She remembers you quite well and was so pleased and surprised that, after all this......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mike: Brothel owner asks to suppress evidence By BEN NEARY • Associated Press Writer • January 15, 2008 * Post a Comment * Recommend * Print this page * E-mail this article * Share this article: * Del.icio.us * Facebook * Digg * Reddit * Newsvine * What’s......

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

Marjie: Hi Mitch, I also lived on the 6th floor, facing rear. It was a lonnnnnnnnnng walk up each day. Linda was my friend. I remember playing in their apt many times. Didn't her dad have......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Alan Taylor: James, I think you misunderstood David, think of a cartwheel and The Crescent would be the outer rim with Boundary Road being opposing spokes, Princes Ave being opposing spokes, Mond Rd being a spoke opposite......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Michelle: The first building is the centre block of Canadian Parliament. After that is the Peace Tower. The flowy green-domed ones are the Canadian Museum of Civilization. Apparently the design of the musuem "is supposed to......

in response to: Parliament Hill Cats, Rideau Canal, and RCMP Stables by Michelle

Sheila Hilton: Hi Cyril, I came across some (confusing to say the least)information relating to Woolden Hall. Make of it what you will: "Woolden appears as Vulueden in 1299.......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

David Stonehouse: All of us at Evergreen were thrilled with Toronto's embrace of Earth Hour and indeed all staff went to enormous lengths to do our part. Unfortunately, when it comes to Brick Works site we are......

in response to: Not So Green... by Michelle

Sadie: "Montreal, Canada- yes, the city looks great and i like it better than toronto. the buildings great at night when lit up" It's skyline looks like Denver. Very bland and unimposing....

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

woo hoo: whoever said that yellowknife, canada should be on the list is half retarded. just look at the skyline (if you can call it that). it looks like it might have 1 building over 10 stories......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

anon (wnpgmb01dc2-99-69.dynamic.mts.net): Winnipeg has a decent skyline. There are ecrtain angles it must be taken from. East looking west: Southwest looking North East and South looking north are best. Winnipeg is preforming better than anywhere else in Canada at the......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Post-84 New Jack: See, thats the general difference in our perspectives, "W-Bear". I prefer to look to the future, and push things to new heights than to dwell on the past and the past's faded glories and talk......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

Jade-en-Ville: EvilGentleman, I have learned a great deal from your pictures and posts over the past few years. This post prompted me to respond, mainly to lend weight to your comments to Canadian-Canadian. EvilGentleman's perspective is, in......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Adam: Its strange how the 5billion photographers I see on a daily basis in LA haven't made their way to this website yet.. I'll keep posting then haha...

in response to: Downtown LA by Adam

joey: adam. yes, we need more photos of LA. look at the recent LAX post- there was a comment that all of LA looks like a freeway....

in response to: Downtown LA by Adam

adam: man i miss snow.. ...

in response to: Winter Drags On... by colavitos ghost

adam: thanks :)...

in response to: Downtown LA by Adam

adam: i loved antwerp ...

in response to: Locks of Antwerp by Carl Struyf

Peter: its not a bad picture at all, if you consider that i wasnt trying to photograph it for PR purposes or to pimp the school online. i was just out walking around, snapping shots of......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

jeeff: "block-busting" is a little different than what you describe, and probably not exactly what went on here. in the US, real estate agents would leave pamphlets and things in target neighbourhoods warning that minorities......

in response to: Abandoned Homes by JayEastsider

oevre: Remember Hutchinson in mainly four images....swimming pool in Summer near the grain elevator...high school with brilliant turquoise colored panels, architect was Californian, people said...the old old deep red brick junior high where my parents went......

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

adam: thats great man, one of the best ive seen....

in response to: Silver Sufer Metro in Blackbook by Metro1

Helen Salmon: Hi Anne, I've just read that you lived in Irlam until you were 9 and now live in Morecambe. Snap! We moved from Irlam to Morecambe in 1984 when I was 8. I live in Lancaster......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

ahh a ghost: heres my list of the top 10! (im from the chicago-land area) First off, all you dallas-houston and toronto-montreal people fighting, shut the hell up. 1.Tokyo, Japan- to me, every picture i see of tokyo looks great.......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Naya: I'm looking for some friendly contacts of people interested in graffitis both in Toronto and in New York... Do you know where can I go to meet some ? For now I'm in Europe but I'm hoping......

in response to: graffiti alley / style in progress \'05 by jeeff

Rob: Rob Tynan: 24th Jan 2008 - 19:06 GMT I have looked at the picture of the Cooperative shop and it not the shop on the corner of Silver Street as the upstairs windows are completely......

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

Joanne Amorello-minor: hello everyone, well thanks to Marissa going down to the library for me she found the newspaper article about my dad......

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

Hunter: My, my, you fellows (Tex, Noname, and former Hutchinsonite) have certainly grown suddenly very touchy. You raise so many points with so much overlap I'll try to answer by point, rather than address each correspondent......

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

Ken: This town sure looks pretty crappy., I'm just glad I live in the worlds most exciting cities Montreal, Quebec, Canada...

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

EvilGentleman: Much better. Welcome to Canada, Toronto!...

in response to: Like Winter Should Be by Michelle

mattho: yeah i live in west orange east orange is pretty ruff the side by bloomfield is not that bad but i would not go there at night or in the parks at night......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

EvilGentleman: Ah yes, I know this run well. Journeyed from Nunavut to Winnipeg by plane, then to Montreal and back by Greyhound. With my son, who was age six at the time. And that was all......

in response to: Greyhound Stops Along the 17 by walkhere

Achiever: I like living in Hutchinson; however, it has shrunk. When my family moved here in 1980 there were more than 50,000 residents in the city, not the whole county. Because of our wonderful city government,......

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

Michelle: EvilGentleman - The storms we get nowadays in Toronto are not really severe, nor do they put our city at a standstill like everyone likes to pretend. I think people took advantage of the moderate......

in response to: Snow Day! by Michelle

Alan Taylor: Hi Alison, Cadishead & Irlam schools class photos at [[http://cadisheadandirlamschools.homestead.com]] with names, did put it in but it didn't appear, so it's above again, if it doesn't appear email me direct for the link at memorabilia@ntlworld.com ...

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

Camara: "And all u Toronto losers. Nobody in your country likes you, i spent 2 months in canada last yr and everyone agrees you ppl are butt ugly, im sorry but its true. me and my......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Emily: I smiled to see a posting here with a pic of York and Emerald -- the same site I see outside my bedroom window every day. Things here aren't great but they're definitely moving......

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

Alan Taylor: Hello Graham, from the prefab shop past the old Spring Villas with the last one being an house not a shop, I was born 1944 and lived in the 4th house past on the same......

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

jack: i was once groped by a women, she was rather attractive, with a twinkle in her eye, i was devastated, humiliated, and violated, i turned to her and looked deeply into her brown eyes, her......

in response to: The Groping Epidemic by serlingrod

EvilGentleman: Finally dropped below freezing again last night. It's now -4 out there. Oh well, only 2 1/2 months until REAL spring... And in the Arctic, I had whole years where the highest temperature was 19. I......

in response to: Spring in January? by Elicar

mchll_vallance@yahoo.com: which project was it that yaki kadafi got murdered by the gun in. i know it was 325 mechanic street 3rd floor, east orange, it was a housing project but does anyone have a photo?......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

EvilGentleman: Meh, it's 7 degrees at 6 AM here, and the other side of the river from here hit 15 a couple hours ago (check St-Anicet, QC). We're still buried in snow here, but that is hardly......

in response to: Spring in January? by Elicar

datura: these look a lot like the work of seripop, i believe they frequent another area of canada...

in response to: Paste-ups by CE

julian nuñez de arenas blanco: no paran de ir autocares de pensionistas, del colegio de la paloma, ect.ect.... en un dia de fiesta domingo serán tres o cuatro los autocares que nos visitan. el trabajo está vivo muy vivo en esta catedral......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

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