Comments about bloc 13

There are 100 comments about "bloc 13"

Janice Seifert; July 2008: Hi Ronald Lees, I grew up on 600 Wishart St. Your sisters will probably remember me. My brother Joe used to hang out with your brother Earl and Freddie Beck. I used to love how......

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

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

anon (c-69-139-11-88.hsd1.pa.comcast.net): hairsy: can,t remember the hot dog stand. I did remember cassidy's candy store at palethorpe and cambria; spring water from wissonoming park; seeing president kennedy at front and sterner st. if you get a......

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

Janice P.: To OG From GCC: I lived on E. Dauphin St. a block and a half from Kensington Ave. My cousin bought the house from my parents in 1962 and is still there. Her house inside......

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

Cecilia Midiri: I have to say that it is so true about monkey see, monkey do...every weekend when I'm off from work, I get out to sweeping and I never end up alone doing it. Sometimes......

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

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

Who Cares for Kensingtion: OG FROM GCC, Good piece! Take it back 1 block at a time. All in a given block may not participate, but those that do should stick together and clean it from end to end...and......

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

upfromflames: Lou: It depends on what part of Bushwick you are talking about, as the process of demographic change proceeded differently in different part of the neighborhood. In ther southern side of Bushwick--south of Myrtle--the process......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

TRANS KOF 2008 : Hey all this talk about Paterson brings back alot of memories I grew up in Paterson on Main st. and Wiess St.a block from St.Josephs hospital. my neighborhood was known as little San Juan......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

Mike: I remember Sunset Park from the 50's and 60's I lived right down from the park. That's when It was a nice neighborhood you could walk the streets anytime and not worry about getting mugged.......

in response to: Sunset Park by little ukraine

anon (): ii used to live 2 blocks from there and i havent had there pizza or such in 45 yrs...

in response to: The Spumoni Gardens by jack

Ajay: i live in kensington and it is changeing alot.i am 17 an almost every one i know has droped out of school and is abou to become a mother. but it is taking a turn......

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

phantom: Hairsy - you are right it was on the 2700 block. Lauer family was from NJ. Their son, Joey, used to work at the store with them as a youngster. Later, joined the USMC and......

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

Kassie: I went here with my friend a couple months ago. We got some amazing pictures. I've never seen such beautiful graffiti in my entire life. We had a nice talk with a......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Liz: I was born at St. Mary's Hospital, baptized at St. Matthews church on Eastern Parkway. My parents were married at St Matthews and my mother attended St Matthews grade school and then attended St Angela......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

lynnlindsayward@yahoo.com: Seems all the memories are from the 80's and 90's territory. Where are the 60's and 70's people that grew up in the 40's and 50's? Louies candy store. Blochs drug store...the Chop House....the Praha...and the......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

gotout: i moved away more than 20yrs ago be honest hutch is boring. i come home at least once a year to visit family. things are getting pretty ratty there. the neighborhoods need to do like......

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

phantom: There was a store on the 2800 block of Front Street in the 60's and 70's named Lauer's. They were like a deli but had specialty dishes - lots of fish dishes on Fridays for......

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

lunapark: this looks nothing like west philly - and i should know 'cause i used to live there - but here's the view from my block: [[img:28263]] ...

in response to: Where Brooklyn At? by serlingrod

Peter: with a [[3348:new york in lincolnshire]], no doubt youve got a {brooklyn} in {philly}! nice find... thanks for sharing it with us. this is the view from the end of my block, for comparison: [[img:28261]] other brooklynites, show......

in response to: Where Brooklyn At? by serlingrod

JOSEPH BRIDGE: the largest exodus occured in the late 70's and lasted throughout all of the eighties. people who could afford to move did just that. but the neighborhood held its ground til about 1987-88. then, real......

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

Anne Priestley (nee Rigby): Hi Debbie Good to hear from someone who went to the same school I did, you must be about three years younger than me though. My first teacher there was a Miss Peters. Do you......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter: hahaha, i was just doing some shopping on that exact block yesterday afternoon......

in response to: Sunset, 1st Avenue Between 4th and 5th Street by Mike L.

EvilGentleman: The picture is OF San Francisco. After all, what cities besides San Francisco would stencil "San Francisco Public works" on their wooden barriers? The pastel colours and what looks like the telltale stair-like outline of slightly......

in response to: Where in the World is Jack? by jack

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

Coon Captive: We have racoons in our attic that are doing insane amounts of damage, and they have avoided live traps for weeks now by destroying and bypassing any blocks I put up. They are like......

in response to: Forget Raccoons...Groundhogs! by Mat-E

eric guerra: Its me again. No matter how bad it is, it is still my birth place, St. Josephs Hospital, lived on Preakness Ave for half my life, then moved one block away to Ryerson ave. I......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

marco: hey i live a couple blocks away from you cool i live in Bushwick Brooklyn. riding the train at night is scary u should be very afraid....

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

zagg: We could have crossed paths - I was in Philadelphia all last week and stayed a block away from Baltimore. I remember the Green / Blue arch away from our walks....

in response to: Journey Down Baltimore Avenue by serlingrod

Elkin School Rules!!! DJD: If I could move back to Kensington I would. However, that can't happen, due to the realities of life. Reality sometimes is a bitch! Reality forces you to make decisions that you wish......

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

dayday: i know a girl that used to lived on that block .....hey that is so crazy like omg lmaooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!! ...

in response to: Saturday Afternoon, Bushwick by Peter

David: I saw the middle dog on my block this mourning.It's much dirtier now....

in response to: Bushwick: Wild Dogs Gone Soft by upfromflames

Mitch: I pass directly by Ben's everyday (I work in the Sunlife building just a block up). If I see any changes, I'll definitely post a message here or on the Wikipedia article I started...actually passing......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

upfromflames: Peter, I had thought that Dave's photo was from the block directly across from St. Barbara's, but it might be that empty lot. Thanks much for the hunting! Hope we see you and the rest......

in response to: Bushwick Remembered Photo Collective by upfromflames

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

ron: 630 w evergreen dame i love it am going to miss it "blue city 30 block" r.i.p ...

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

kgraham: Does anyone in Harrowgate Remenber The Kensington Roller Ring Or Middway Theater, iris Theater,Kent Movie,Belgrade TheaterOr Adriatic Theater. Born And Raised Frankford & Castor Aves. Love The Neighboor Hood And Still Ride Past 2000......

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

janet: Alma--I think I left 167 at the end of the 6th grade in '46 or '47. I*'m vague because I went on to John Marshall JHS (JHS 210) on Rochester & Park Place, finished......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Kathy Hulse: To: Ginny Orr In case you didn't get your answer of where the Apha Baptist Church was located, it was Hancock and York Streets. ......

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

Packer: I lived in Kensington for a number of years with my Dad when my parents split in the early 90's I lived back a coupple blocks from frankford and sommerset on Rush St. many people......

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

Tex : Yes come on down, you'll are welcome! It's a little piece of heaven down here, I earn about twice as much (72k) as what I made up there, no state income tax, no taxes on......

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

Eric66: I loved going down memorey Lane ,growing up on cedar st. between evergreen and myrtle ave. was the best of times 1945 to 1966 just wasn't enough time , had it not been for the......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Eric66: I loved going down memorey Lane ,growing up on cedar st. between evergreen and myrtle ave. was the best of times 1945 to 1966 just wasn't enough time , had it not been for the......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

saul altman: to mr. nobody , don't be nasty, i never attacked you i just block you out mostly. i suggest you "think" of something to say thats constructive. ...

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Jennifer: This is so not representative of Montreal! Montreal is a city where you can hang out safely at night without being scared of everyday street gang attacks. Of course, attacks happen but not......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

EvilGentleman: A few suggestions in order to reduce damage in future disturbances: 1 - Do **not** leave portable metal street signs with plate metal bases lying around on the streets when large events are taking place. Most......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Joe: As others have stated, the good memories exceed those that were bad: Joe the pretzel guy at Front & Allegheny, Christmas and the stores on the 3200 block of front St., local bakery shops and......

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

CE: I was there during the celebrations but left before the riots began. I was going to bike back up at about 1:30am but unfortunately got a flat tire when I was leaving (and my......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Movin to Wick: actually I am from Brooklyn, Sheepshead Bay, but I have been out of the country for a time and had some concerns about that specific block because I just found and apartment there and it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

NewYorkDave: Hmmm, I just realized that that route wouldn't have made any sense considering the number of blocks involved. The pretzels surely would have been cold by the time he reached Onderdonk--unless he were running the......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Steven: This was an amazing night. I lived on Troutman Street at broadway and Myrtle, right in the action. I was 16 and was amazed and scared. I remember walking the block to Broadway the next......

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

colavitos ghost: if those "suburbs" are only a block away from a "very urban part" of town, they can't realistically be called "suburbs" then, can they? for me, a "suburb" is much more than just a style of......

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

John Dereszewski: Puffy, Linden between Central and Evergreen is a block that has undergone a considerable transformation over the last decade or so, clearly for the good. I knew this block very vividly during the bad days of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

sec 1: ya ni99asz isz jus hatasz mii ni99a leeto get up their nd we g'ed up frm tha feet up birds come 2 tha block nd see wah we bout ...

in response to: Leeto & Beef by Peter

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

Peter: cherie: {broadway}, in the area around {hart} street is the border between {bushwick} and {bed-stuy}, so i suppose it depends on which side of {broadway} the place is on, heh. the west side being {bed-stuy}......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

antblack: Steven H, Sammy - I remember going to Loews Gates on Broadway to see my King Fu Double features. We used to climb the roofs of the Rheingold brewery for fun. and also PS 274's......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

victoras: sal...sunt victor si fac parkour de aproape o luna cu niste prieteni de la bloc......nu prea ma pricep dar invat repede.......noi sarim peste ce putem am ajuns sa sar si peste cladiri......abia astept sa ma......

in response to: Istoria Parkour by EXElent

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

JKMI England: Great images. Unfortunately, looking at the final few shots (before the aerial views) I just can't help feeling an imminent sense of loss. A trip along the route of the High Line just won't be......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

cyril bagshaw: Hi Susan The bakery which you knew as Potter's Bakery for many years previous, was owned by James Goodier, brother of Joseph Goodier, who incidentally was the organist at St John's church in Vicar Lee's era,and......

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

Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Cyril The shop that was on the corner of Dixon Street was Potter's Bakery, what delicious cakes she produced, smell of her baking would waft down Dixon Street she made them in an outhouse at......

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

EvilGentleman: The house in the second-last photo is not too bad looking for a recent construction, even though it is somewhat lacking in "soul". Perhaps the soul will be acquired over time, although the building rising......

in response to: 80% of Everything Ever Built in North America... by CE

Elicar: These stopped two blocks west of Main (Westlake). [[img:26588]] But realtors' boundaries of the Danforth Village are: "Danforth Village spans from Victoria Park Avenue west to Greenwood Avenue, and includes the first few blocks north of The......

in response to: Going Around the World On Danforth Avenue by Elicar

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Rob - see I wasn't losing my mind, Maddens did exist, though I don't remember it from WWII years lol... In the days of getting up to mischief, if we got a clip round the ear,......

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

jack: you know, 86th street, under the el, in the summer, hot, sweltering days, but the shadows of the el always kept me cool, that was my area for awhile because all my family was housed......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

bunni: I also remember the Deluxe theater on 20th avenue and Bath ave. a few blocks away from ps200. Also, on 86th st. was a cafeteria called the FAMOUS. Great tuna and chocolate pudding. I am......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

Rob Tynan: Hi Alan, Cyril, Where was the office block pictured on page 39 of " The Archive Photographs series, Irlam and Cadishead, Compliled by Marion Beeston? Rob...

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

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

Rob: I've read that developers engaged in "block-busting" in the 1950s in that area, buying as many houses as they could and then boarding them up. The idea behind this was to kill the neighbourhood and......

in response to: Abandoned Homes by JayEastsider

EvilGentleman: El, since they were government-funded homes originally intended for the families of veterans returning from WWII, it is most unfortunate that the government decided to stop funding them. If you look at the comments in the......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

Philly Phil: I was glad to find this blog I was born & raised in Kensington 2800 N Hurley a block from the Hissy Playground I got out in 72 I have been a filmmaker since 84......

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

iheartretards: Pho Viet Anh on lower Queen Anne next to Bamboo Garden and down the block from the Opera house. It's the best Pho in town, I can't even palate nasty Than Brothers anymore. That shit......

in response to: Pho in Seattle by Peter

GuRu: Anyone who loves this town is either old, or an ineffective middle manager making 10 bucks an hour and bossing around brown people. Wake up peeps! We have nazi cops, child molesters on every block,......

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

JoAnn 2/26/08: I grew up in 1252 Madison Street, married by boyfriend (who lived down the block)lots of years later. I went to Bushwich High School for 1 year than dad died and Mom and I......

in response to: Bushwick: History in the Making by upfromflames

Samuei: Not to disrupt the discussion, but did anybody else notice that those photos (except the one picture of the Fair) are all of the same building? It's on 20th and Monroe, about a 5 minute......

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

Bob: I was born in Bushwick in 1950. I lived on Starr Between Wilson and Central, great place to grow up. We had to move in 1962 because the city wanted to knock down PS 53......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

kent: Use to live a block away 45st and 6th ave, rode my bike thru the park day and night, couldn't wait for the pool to open in May, I miss that. One day I'd like to......

in response to: Sunset Park by little ukraine

Bobby I: It's a shame that time goes by so fast. I lived on {Starr} between {Wilson} and {Central}, before JHS 111 was there (it used to be PS 53) and it had a nice little schoolyard......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Alex Price: Hi Again, I Also Remembered The Fights Between Cadishead And Partington Over Whos The Cadishead Viaduct Bridge Was To Sit Under And They Threw Stones, Rocks And Sticks To Fight With But Eventually The Council Blocked......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: Hi Norma, The "shuttlecock" was erected about three or four months ago I think. The roundabout is just at the bottom of Victory Road. Have a look on Google Earth. The photo was......

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

Vicki: I grew up in Kensington (Coral and Clearfield) or Coral and Elkhart...block down from Frankford Ave. I went to Mastbaum for HS, Conwell for Middle and Williard for Elementary. I have many great......

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

David: The photo shows an entrance to a secured parking area in back of the school. The school is a very large, lovely well-maintained school. The photo in the comment above shows Eastern Parkway in front......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

bill: i live 5 blocks east of Cabrini and i went to the culinary school in Cabrini. its just a neighborhood. at break we use to play basketball on the court with people from there and......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

NervaVels: I lived on the block of Green/Evergreen/Harman for almost 20 years; prior to that, I lived on Jefferson St between Knickerbocker and Irving (still remember getting picked up by the bus to go to a......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Andrew Smith: Cheers for those Marrissa - they're great. The block of flats just to the left of centre in the second pic, just below the school field, is where I lived for the first 13 years of......

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

rich backes: hi peggy no i'm the twins older brother i used to hang out with your brother bobby.how is your brother? i thought that was you from your nov.message.couldn't get this site back kept getting another......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Graham Bate: Hi Andy, This thread is a real blast from the past! so many names I recall, Brian Bagshaw, Roy Bamber, Steve Weir and all the history that goes with the town. I come from Irlam myself......

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

Roger: Even the movie dosent grasp the sheer horror of what they went threw even BEFORE the hunger strike. If you read bobby sands book, it will bring you to tears. As example, there were three......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

peg658: Hello to Rich Backes. Were you one of the twins? If so, I spent many hours walking you and your brother in your carriage around the block with your sister, Mary. Tell......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

jettr130: I"grew up"on the streets of Yorkville.I lived there from 1946-1957.My family first lived on 73rd and 74th sts. on 2nd Ave. My grandmother lived on 87th and 88th on York Ave. I went to just......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

johnny quilez: i grew up in the bushwick section of bklyn and have many fond memories and many bad ones as well.but i don't have one regret growing up there,it made me wiser.i lived on the corner......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Diana Manchur-Henke: Rick, Michael lives upstate now near Albany. I'll let him know you asked for him. My father passed away 2004. My mom lives in Queens and is doing well. I'm glad the neighborhood is......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

jamal: I remember the Henry Horner projects very well. I never lived in any of them but lived one block away on Warren Blvd. near Damen. I remember as a little boy when they were......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Thanks guys. Yes it was the building that was next to the doctors surgery, on the corner of Fairhills road and liverpool rd. I remember there was a Lidl supermarket there last time I......

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

rich backes: lived at 624 chauncey st.in the early fiftees remember niehr's ice cream parlor the hang out of the rail road boys.went to our lady of lourdes our house is long gone my brothers and i......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

rich backes: lived at 624 chauncey st.early fiftees remember niehr's ice cream parlor home of the rail road boys, house long gone.me and my brothers visit there once in awhile don't reconize any of the houses......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Alfred: I live in Hutchinson, and I knew this article was pure propaganda right when I saw the photos. The first photo is of an entrance gate to the State Fairgrounds, which the author describes as......

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

Liam McCann: Reading your article was like going back home. I grew up on 87th ST. off of Lex and remember alot ot the locations you cited. I remember what the Rupert Towers development was......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

John Dereszewski: To DeSales again: My long excursion into the history of this street might not have answered your question, which probably was: How would it be to live on DeSales Pl. now? The fact is, DeSales is one......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew