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Mitch: Well, the May 21st deadline passed and Still nothing at all has changed at Bens--still standing and untouched. Haven't heard anything on the news either about its fate. I think Hydro Quebec disconnected its power a......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Jon, Couldn't agree more regarding development.....I don't know that pond, but there were other ponds near the old slag heap bordering Hollins Green. We used to get frogs, newts, stickbacks etc from there....

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

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

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

groovehouse: My borders thank you!...

in response to: A Parking Study by groovehouse

Peter: im a fan of your borders. i like the photo too. the {parking building} made me think of [[348:this post]]......

in response to: A Parking Study by groovehouse

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

Sheila hilton: Hya Sue, I also used to go (albeit for a very short time), to the dance place above the Red Rose Inn. Didn't it used be be called The......

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

Junito: [[img:26421]] This Alexander von Humboldt (September 14, 1769 – May 6, 1859) was a Prussian naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

James: This is off Westheimer, right? I can see Taxi Taxi's checker border......

in response to: Red by groovehouse

EvilGentleman: The areas bordering Verdun are pretty much the same, as well. Pointe-Saint-Charles, east of Verdun, is historically Irish, and today is a mixed community where English is not a problem. Ville-Emard, to the north of Verdun, has......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Beats me, Ivo. Do you remember the gist of what you were saying? I know I hate it when someone says something that is borderline offensive, I reply, and then the editors delete the comment......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

tom: Does this wall go all around the West Bank? I thought it was just between Israel and the West Bank. Does it go along the Jordanian border as well? Are the Palestinians......

in response to: the world\'s largest open prison by Unknown

Peter: its hard to be objective about "safety" and "neighborhoods" in nyc in general, as everyone has their own stories and experiences, and fluke things happen in every neighborhood, from the hood to park avenue. but i......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

todd from kansas: Scott, first of all, I do not know where you live but I would guess I would probably find it uninteresting. I think the only interesting cities in North America reside south of the border,......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

steve : Cartlegger; I'll try to be brief with some details. Please don't hold me to the exact dates because I am going back from memory and not researching. Barren Island as we knew it......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

Alexander The Thessalonikian: An ethnic group is characterized by the common language, customs, religion, inscriptions, area of origin and ways of education and living. By that means all the area of todays Greece was inhabited by Greeks since......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

bushwick facts:: in the 60-70s all white italian and germans on irving side Puerto ricans were from other side of central it was like a border muslims locked down bushwick ave in the 70 -80s and prior......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

maybetoday: Columbus is the most populous city in Ohio. But, it's not as dense as Cleveland or Cincinnati since its borders stretch out pretty far. I didn't see anyone else walking around the neighborhood.......

in response to: German Village by maybetoday

Andrew Smith: Paul - the area opposite Irlam Locks was a bit of green land between the canal and the 'old river' (the River Irwell old course - the Ship Canal swallowed the Irwell). I have always......

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

Armstrong: I just got an apartment on Starr St and Knickerbocker so I a little bit resent rosecoloredglasse's last comment. at the same time, I'm a realist and yes, that area would be considered blighted by......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

zagg: "100 Years Old and Twisted' --- is that the description of this photograph, or the description of you, Jack? J/k .... love the tree + love the stone border around it --- very cool...

in response to: 100 Years Old and Twisted by jack

blueeyes: Last year, I moved from Williamsburg "Prime" (Bedford stop), where I lived happily but cautiously for 7 years. During that time my next door neighbor was held up at gunpoint at our front door (2005),......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jj: It invariably IS immigrant crime. No wonder the US wants to put a wall on its southern border. Excuses can be made; rationalizations can be offered. It's always been shown that immigrant......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

SCAM28: Yeah a lot had to be done after the war and actually they've just started to rebuild a lot of the bordering towns around Berlin that used to belong to East Germany in the last......

in response to: Seasons in Gropiusstadt, Neukölln by SCAM28

SCAM28: @jack: Oh definetly...Germany was basically the border between the East and West during the Cold War and there were just hundreds, probably thousands of spies and secret ops... But lets think happy thoughts ^^...

in response to: Sunset over Kreuzberg by SCAM28

.nanotech.: [[img:18457]] [[img:18458]] [[img:18459]] [[img:18462]] [[img:18463]] [[img:18464]] [[img:18465]] [[img:18466]] [[img:18467]] [[img:18468]] [[img:18469]] [[img:18470]] [[img:18471]] * The Queen of England has reportedly been buying up property in Colorado under a proxy. * There is a lot of "secret society" symbology at the airport,......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

elaine: bordered by miseryvill and hardship.......

in response to: A House Is Not Necessarily Always a Home by jack

fuzzytank: that is a sweet windmill, very iconic i dont like the big borders tho...

in response to: City Windmill by groovehouse

Alexander The Thessalonikian: People from US shouldn't argue with the fact that a country with a glorious past like Greece is offended when a name that characterizes the most of the northern Greece and that has special meaning......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

Derek Jackson: Wow! Reading all this misspelled babble about being proud of being hispanic, about fighting the whites trying to take what's yours, and about complaining about gang violence is making me half-laugh, half-get pissed off. Homboldt Park......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Guy McLaren: Catherine 66 Jaguar 3.8s also in some quarters known as the MkII. Manufactured in England Jack Eastern Transvaal is the previous name for Mpumalanga which is a province In South Africa, Thats at the Southern tip......

in response to: Timeless Grace by Guy McLaren

Lin Lynch: I am looking to move into an apt on Stockholm street, 3 blocks away from Wycoff Hospital. it's a private house, with an apt on the top floor. I have heard mixed reviews......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

The Healing Leaf: Hey, Ulsterman and Republican! Yo! Interested in what my Canadian government did to our First nations people 100-150 years ago? Exactly what the British did to ALL the original Irish 400 years ago, and beyond!......

in response to: snapshots on a refrigerator by manda

Børge: The funny thing about norway is that people have through time lived seperated by natural borders like mountains, forests and our fjords. This has created alot of different cultures throughout this country in ways of......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

autumn: Desperate - I think we are in similiar situations - My property borders on the Colorado National Monument. Skunks are wonderful for the grubs in the lawn, racoons are much more destructive. Please check ordinances......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

zagg: I always notice the difference between Canada and the US when I cross the border to Michigan and suddenly every space is covered in advertisements. Sure we have ads, no doubt but I would say......

in response to: Signs, Signs, Signs by dfwtiger

Brad: Wow, that looks really nice. How does Harlem compare to some of the other areas as far as gentrification? Seems like its location on Manhattan would have made it prime real estate. I remember grabbing......

in response to: Striver\'s Row by B-luv

Astro Guy: Great. Just great. How the heck am I supposed to relax when I’m outside on clear nights at the telescope?! I’m in BC, right down in the extreme South-West, by the US border in a......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

EvilGentleman: Wow, what style... [[img:15540]] What I find amazing is the incredible waste of resources. Water is so precious in the desert, and the Colorado River feeds Western Arizona, Southern Nevada and Southern California (including LA and San......

in response to: Viva Las Vegas, Part 1 by aer suzuki

anon (host81-138-12-194.in-addr.btopenworld.com): Going back to April or something, I just have to say that probably the same proportion of blacks are in UK prisons if not higher. I know because I have been inside some. The US......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

EvilGentleman: Love it! More complete than any of my collections, too! But I would have crossed the border and used the American interstates. The stretch of the Trans-Canada from Ottawa to the Manitoba border is **murder**!......

in response to: Canadian Signs - East To West by ksedge

EvilGentleman: I just noticed that the border was around the picture **before** the actual image itself loaded. How did you do that, and can non-editors do it too?...

in response to: Citynoise Book Submissions by sine

KING CISCO 95TH ROSLAND: IM READIN ALOT OF SHIT ABOUT HUMBOLDT MY AUNT LIVED THER FOR 4 YEARS AND I SPENT ALOT OF TIME OUT THERE. (IM MEXICAN). I GOT SOMTHIN TO SAY ABOUT THE FOOL TALKIN ABOUT EDUCATION......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

EvilGentleman: That picture was taken from the corner of Atwater and Sainte-Catherine, at the west end of downtown. The metro station is Atwater. Westmount is generally a lot more residential, but I wanted a picture of......

in response to: Montreal Signs 4: Westmount and Mount Royal by EvilGentleman

anon (198.138.134.32): I'm about to move Decatur Street. What's Bushwick like around the area bordering Ridgewood?...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

mug: looking at the most boring town series i have noticed that Kansas seems to claim most of the top 10 - of this they should be proud - something to put on the "welcome to......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 4 by Scott Sargent

Michael Barrick: Your description of Vancouver puts it in the wrong mountains. The Rocky Mountains are over 500 km east of Vancouver and are southern portion of the border between BC and Alberta. The mountains visible from......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

EvilGentleman: Hmmm, interesting. I have never encountered this data before. I know that if you look at a topographic map, you can see an easily identifiable line of hills and mountains sticking out of the flat......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Marlo: How do you explain a bloodied chainsaw to border crossing authorities? "I was trying to open my catsup package and needed something sharp." That is very disturbing... I do recall hearing something about it on the......

in response to: Untitled by Marlo

dude: wow. georgia at the south carolina border. did you sell your surf board?...

in response to: One Afternoon on 80 by joey

EvilGentleman: Directions from Montreal to San Diego: Autoroute 20 West (becomes 401 West at Ontario border) Go to end of road (Windsor, ON) North on Huron Church Road to Ambassador Bridge. Stop at US Customs in Detroit, MI.......

in response to: The Drive Home by jfilip

Peter: i really like these, jamie. youve got some good shots here. and i like how youve been doing the borders... it makes them look like the oldskool peel-apart polaroids. ...

in response to: July 24th: The Other Boston by jamie

Proud Bushwacker: I grew up on Wyckoff and Cornelia (BK) on the border of Bushwick and Ridgewood. To tell you the truth, my mom put me in schools in Ridgewood, the schools have always been better......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

zagg: plus when dealing with 300 photograhs-ish from one section of time, you stop wanting to do the little details like making the borders :D...

in response to: Untitled by zagg

EvilGentleman: I'm off to look for the pics now, but I warn you, Google Earth shots can be up to 5 or 6 years old, so do not be surprised if it shows the lake full......

in response to: The Case of the Disappearing Lake by sine

Jamie: It'll be picasa messing them up then. U prob don't notice the border in windows's my pictures for the simpl reason that the window background is also white. If u bought your camera new it......

in response to: No Sitting by Biff

Biff: I don't seem to have any software for resizing .My orginal photos are too wide. I e-mail each picture to myself Using Picasa2 and hope for the best, save it to my Pictures (Windows tm)......

in response to: No Sitting by Biff

tangent: cool, an **[[1837:anti-sit]]**. I'm curious to know why you add white borders to all your images and make them so small. i'd like to see them full sized, and better quality....

in response to: No Sitting by Biff

EvilGentleman: No worries, we got the Mini-Me Bush, or Bush Jr. for Prime Minister now. Bush thinks he **already** owns us. Why would he invade Canada? That would be like a US invasion of Puerto Rico.......

in response to: Still Standing by Biff

Tyfoid Kid: Funny the fascist president Bush wants to close the border with Mexico because of the supposed security threat from terrorists. Where have most of the terrorists in North America been caught in the last 6......

in response to: Still Standing by Biff

colavitos ghost: Chris, Terrible (but compelling) story. All I can say is that I wish you the best in fighting against this bullshit you were put through. I´m in Mexico right now and, needless to say,......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

joey: july 2006. cody's books on telegraph ave. is closing. what if . . . borders books moves in?...

in response to: elephants in berkeley by jyk

EvilGentleman: Definitely looks like an urban bikini to me. I ain't never seen none a those there type 'kinis in the boondocks, y'all. But remember how my Babelfishing article was considered out of bounds? I guess......

in response to: elephants in berkeley by jyk

Elicar: Speaking of a thread evolving to a different life of its own... Apartheid... in Canada? For a country who has opened it's borders to everyone, for a country who has legislated equality in the workplace, for a......

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

EvilGentleman: I believe the itinerary of border crossings on my trip went something like this: By Airline: Nunavut, Manitoba By Greyhound: Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec By 1999 Pontiac Grand Prix from Avis: Quebec, Vermont, Quebec, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, New......

in response to: Borders Part I by EvilGentleman

anon (cyfairisd-062.phonoscope.com): No, Hell no ! I wouldn't want for neither Mexico & the U.S. to come together and become one nation ...that's american globalization of the world. Why ? well both nations have their beginnings &......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

Tyfoid Kid: So the next time I'm "Up North" by Rainy River I can just hop on the road across the border and boom I'm in Toronto?? Cool!! Eh maybe I'll just get to it via......

in response to: The Looongest Street in the World by Elicar

Elicar: "Over the years, Highway 11 grew to stretch from downtown Toronto all the way to the Minnesota border. Highway 11 became synonymous with Yonge Street, the name of the street in Toronto which formed its......

in response to: The Looongest Street in the World by Elicar

jack: my fellow americans, as your next president i will end all taxation, i will open up the borders to mexico and make sure there is a chicken in every pot in every home, and blah,......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

EvilGentleman: And lest someone accuse me of America-bashing because the antagonists in the previous story were so clearly all Americans, Canada is no better. A year and a half later, in December of 1990, my American......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

EvilGentleman: On May 5 of 1989, I was in the middle of a long road trip with my best friend, Mike. We were in San Diego, California, after having driven 5000 miles through two Canadian provinces......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

Elicar: If America has almost closed her borders, Canada has opened hers. Not only do we accept qualified immigrants with open arms, we have legislated that certain groups be given (more) equal chances in the public......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

EvilGentleman: Sorry, hool. From what I have seen, I have been encouraged by a large group of the regulars here, including the other 4 of your fellow editors. I shall try to keep your wishes in......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Grocery Shopping by EvilGentleman

Peter: i am growing very leery of how insular, provincial and xenophobic america is becoming... it smacks of fascism and... dare i say it... prewar germany. after all, every single one of us living in america......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

joey: how did you do the borders?, curious...

in response to: New House On My Block by Biff

Jamie: are the big white borders intentional?...

in response to: New House On My Block by Biff

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......

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

Micah: oops tried to post a link but it didn't seem to work. If you really want to see it you'll have to copy-paste this: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reporters_Without_Borders]] ##(Ed. - enclose a url with double square brackets to make......

in response to: Freedom of Speech! by Elicar

Elicar: My friend just received an offer to his house. They are closing May 12. His house is at Gerrard and Coxwell, was built in the 1920's, a three bedroom very small semi-detached (I believe that's......

in response to: Count Your Blessings by Elicar

Humbolt Park - Dave: Staci, There's a book I purchased unfortunately at Borders bookstore titled "Images of America, Puerto Rican Chicago" by Wilfredo Cruz. It covers everything from Families, Community life, Political/Social Activism, Arts and Culture. I look forward purchasing your......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Staci: Wow. This blog is great. I'm a resident of Humboldt Park for two years now and just signed my lease for another year. I don't have a lot of time right this......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

EvilGentleman: I thought you might like that, Peter. You really seem to be a proud {New Yorker}. My family has always had connections to New York, too. My dad lived under the {Brooklyn Bridge} (NE corner......

in response to: WTC Builders Speak Up by EvilGentleman

Americans=Assholes: Reply to canadian loser, Ignorance and Illiteracy seem to go hand in hand, sure is a lot of that south of the border....

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

al: the driver was yet one more of the increasing amount of uncivilized individuals who are borderline human and primate society life. we run across them all the time, they are the ones who feel threatened......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

nobody: Maybe she was polite about it - we don't actually know. If it was, say, an empty coffee cup that he dropped on the ground, and she picked it up and dropped in in his......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: If only Nelson was still alive, you'd have all four dogs on the truck. Tell Coco if she can get to the Mexico border, I can sneak her across....

in response to: Mack Doggies by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

tenyen: those gastowers have particular resonance for me. short version of the long story is that I named a computer, which lived behind the [[1057:robot building]], after them. I particularly like the "stitch up"......

in response to: Full of Gas by elaine

Jamie: this is bordering on a fetish peter...

in response to: Vespas by Peter

Peter: hey ellis g, we get it man.... ok? between what youre posting here and all over the forums at dailyheights.com, its sort of, well, bordering on spam. [[http://dailyheights.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=171]] your street-art is fine and good, but youre gonna......

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

mark: "northern Ireland" is presented to the world as a legitimate, legal nation but that it is not. The border was gerrymandered and threats of war used against a country which had the whole of Ulster......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

Reggie: Very one sided view, your obviously one of these tourists who once got a green jumper for xmas and now thinks he is a long lost descendant of St Patrick. You dont know shit and......

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

Colin: I'm not sure that the civicheraldry.co.uk web site is correct to say that the device is known as the Southwark Cross or even that it symbolises the London Borough of Southwark, without further corroborative evidence.......

in response to: victoria park bench by elaine

Dick Larregui: One of seven brothers & sisters all born and raised during and after the depression years on Main Street, downtown Brooklyn which at that time ran beneath the Brooklyn Bridge. It was bordered between Fulton,......

in response to: Prospect Heights: by Peter

jamie: heh, two places i know very well. I used to nip across the border to clones to buy petrol. Thanks. Hey, and also barry if you'd like some image editing tips feel free to email......

in response to: Old celtic cross by Barry

Jamie: ##ARSE##MA's VARIETY! Superb. Hool, i am so glad that you're regularly contributing here once more. i've always admired the way you capture the everyday and borderline mundane with a special eye. your style is so......

in response to: september 23 2005 part 2 by hool

R^6 : a little geography lesson - all the suckas who think they live in williamsburg really live in greenpoint. williamsburg is south of the wb bridge.realtors expanded traditional borders. the owners are no better. that r.i.p.......

in response to: Walking in Williamsburg 2 by Peter

jack: i believe there were apartment buildings and cottages for summer renters at brighton beach. the hand ball courts are famous for some of the best games in the country. if you were travelling down ocean......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

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