Comments about brick

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jack: very nice brick work there. but i thought i saw a figure of a woman veiled in the left window, if you stare at it you may see her. there, there, she is......

in response to: Haunts of Ohio by joey

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Absolutely disgusting !!!! they are washing our heritage down the drain with all the brickdust !!!...

in response to: Demolish the Railway Arches by Andrew Smith

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Stuart, I don't remember being in Mr Killers class... I will scan the pic I have, hopefully it will come out half decent, tho it's not a good copy to start with. I remember......

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

Peter: brick robotface!...

in response to: Time Travelling by elaine

YesSir: New JA throws this week on the West Side Hwy heading north (small brick structure on the right as you drive through the hundreds). Good to see you back in NYC. ...

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

Sheila Hilton: Hi Cyril I still prefer your version of events - exploits on the high seas has a much better flavour to it. Changing the subject back to Goodier's bakery shop on the corner of Boat Lane, after......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

D.B.: Whats good people i`m back again just tryin to put down some of the negativity to pay hommage to some of the friends and family who are no longer here and most who......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

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

Mr. Jones: Yeah, The Bricks was bad, but in many ways it was surreal. Go back and read it's real history.Before the great migration and the riots.Even after that, boring could never be said about the city......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hey, I don't care who the author is, as long as the info keeps coming. You guys have fantastic memories and a good eye for detail..... My grandad (Frank Bolton), worked at the Steel......

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

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

Alan Taylor: Hi again Marissa et al, The Bullring picture I notice that the old wooden Methodist Chapel looks to be completely brick built and with an extension at the playpark end, is it still Methodist and has......

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

Alan Taylor: Hi Marissa, Your last picture I recall it as a thriving shop for sweets & toys and when it changed hands the new owner an ex-barber from Burtonwood AAF Base built the almost flat roofed side......

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

Pat Bolton, nee Gillet: Hi all, The brick building you can see from Galliers shop, was the Cadishead and Irlam telephone exchange.Thanks Norma for sending me this site. Its so nice to hear all the people who used to......

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

Plasticbricks: Hahaha...love the 'tude Austin. Help me hook one of these babies up and your invite will be in the mail asap! ...

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

austin: lol @ plasticbricks. when's the party? i'm so there dude....

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

G-Rock: Interesting. I always thought the name originated from the streets being paved with bricks. I love these pictures. There's a certain electricity in the air I feel the moment I get off the......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

Plasticbricks: Does anyone know who makes these public urinals and where I may be able to purchase one? Seems kinda handy for the next time I throw a party...lol....

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Andrew Smith: Natalie - the Youth Club is still there. There is a brick building over the road to the left of the row of shops that Galliers is on. I don't know if it's the same......

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

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hey, Just wondering whether the Youth club (opposite Galliers Newsagency) on Liverpool rd is still operating? I remember going there as a teen. I remember when it was on the other side of the road......

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

K Teesdale: Growing up in Kensington, I knew I had to get out. The social environment was not one to be taken lightly. I learned everything I need to survive growing up in Kensington. I walked. I......

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

Andrew Smith: Natalie The large brick bus shelter was knocked down a few years ago - they are all plastic vandal-proof bus stops now. The vicarage and band stand are still there. I'll take more pictures if it ever......

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

pissedoff: kensington is still a shitty area, i live and work there, the kids especially are the worse. large groups of kids picking on the stores in kensington like throwing bricks through the window almost hitting......

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

copper flower: Graffiti is so much better than gigantic ads. It's free art by free people. No one wants to see more stupid art for money (ads). I know a lot of people......

in response to: Birmingham Bombers by M. McConnell

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): : Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): 15th Nov 2007 - 05:01 GMT Have the CWS soap works near the canal all gone? and been built on my thos atrocious brick housing blocks? atrocious brick housing blocks? ...

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

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Have the CWS soap works near the canal all gone? and been built on my thos atrocious brick housing blocks?...

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

EL: wow, I took almost the same picture a year ago The wall are so high and in not so good condition, feeling oppressed when there By the way, the brown silo are in fact very special and......

in response to: Canada Malt Plant by CE

zeeaapjae: Statistically, StL is NOT the most dangerous city in the US, that was 2005 data, not 2007. That being said, the Quinto list is a poor standard because the City of STL has a......

in response to: Benton Park by maybetoday

99¢Dreams: Damn! Major props to you, Peter! An overnight photo montage after my idle posting. You've even captured the full range, from the mundane to the overWROUGHT. Couldn't have happened better or quicker had I been......

in response to: Bushwick Gates: Part 1 by Peter

EvilGentleman: The brick figures greatly remind me of Inuit [[wiki:Inuksuit]], of which I have seen many in the Arctic....

in response to: Toronto Skyline & Brick Art by Michelle

Luis Acevedo: During the last couple of days I stumbled upon the website for upinflames. I couldn't believe my eyes. I am 28 and have lived in bushwick my entire life. I grew up on Wilson Ave......

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

CE: I should note that the brick tenement and the smaller white building in the fourth photo has unfortunately been recently torn down to make way for the expansion of the ÉTS campus....

in response to: Griffintown Revisited by CE

Brad: Finally made it into the Pizza Machine for the first time a few weeks ago, and went back this week with my camera. The place is pretty trippy. It's inside a "mall", basically just a......

in response to: Can You Eat This? by Brad

Gata: the term "Brick City" originated in the Central Ward (most notably, Prince Street; a friend of mine coined the term) in the 70s-80s. It took a minute, but the term started to spread like crazy,......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

jack: two red car lights and a person smoking in a red apron, nice. red door frames, red sign over door, dark red bricks on the left and light red bricks on the right. and red......

in response to: French Quarter at Dawn by serlingrod

angela 6/12/07: I have a friend from brick city and find the pictures sum up his stories of where he grew up. I have always been very curious of what Newark looked like, now I know. Thanks for taking......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

Joe: Like several that responded to this post, I too was raised in the Horner Projects (2215 W Lake st). I attended RN Dett, McKinley Jr HS and graduated from Westinghouse HS in 1980. I haven't......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

AAK: Lived there for 7 years since i was 7. i lived among the e.o /newark city boundaries and its hard out there. now im in East stroudsburg PA cuz recently i moved and turned 15......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

Tehoke: This picture seems to be taken about 5 blocks west of The Sun Life building, from an upper floor of what is now the Quality Inn on Crescent Street or More likely the building that......

in response to: Montreal Circa 1979 by CE

fuchsh@hotmail.com: shades of Guernica! Picasso should have lived here! Maybe someone can post a few shots of those new (glass/out of place) new developments on Pacific Street and also Washington Avenue (big glass windows......

in response to: Washington Avenue, Prospect Heights by Peter

CE: I agree that the buildings are a bit banal and utilitarian but also quite stately looking. Nonetheless, they look better than 95% of most new construction. I would agree that the two buildings......

in response to: Debaliviere Place by maybetoday

Anne M. Berger: I grew up in Brooklyn in the forties and fifties. It was truly the melting pot. I went to St. Joseph's on Sydam St. My Irish friends went to St. Lenords on Toutman?......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

joey: brick factory, apartment and school buildings. remnants of an earlier urban culture...

in response to: Old North St. Louis Pt. II by maybetoday

EvilGentleman: Quite the good series. I did not even know about the fire until a friend of mine from Kahnawake called me to tell me about it on the news. The ice is quite spectacular looking,......

in response to: Fire on Ste Catherine by CE

Instorenow: i find spray adhesive only works on metal surfaces for me anyway. I've tryed brick walls but nothing happens, how did u make it work?...

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

EvilGentleman: I am absolutely in love with this sort of remnant of days gone by. I always take shots of old ads and names that have been painted on the sides of brick buildings. It is......

in response to: Maxim Radio, et Al by GGP

serlingrod: I think you're refering to deindustrialized inner-city neighborhoods in general...they're not all red brick. Statistically St. Louis does remain the most dangerous U.S. city. ...

in response to: Benton Park by maybetoday

joey: from my urban experience you'll find the crime rate is highest in america's older red brick building neighborhoods...

in response to: Benton Park by maybetoday

lost: there are loads of those space invader tiles in covent carden and a couple in brick lane...

in response to: brick lane area graf by elaine

Armstrong: I just got a two bedroom railroad in one of the big old brick tenements on Starr Street right on the park. I'm excited. I've lived in Bushwick since 2000 and I love......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Ty: hey i need some help..i was digging up this yard and i found a rele old brick i think..i just wanna look up how old the brick might be..and on the brick it has Laclede......

in response to: Laclede\'s Landing by Brad

jack: pic 1- two, three, stores, where did i leave my coat? pic 2- i thought the starting gate was on this corner? pic 3- i need a longer handle. pic 4- wow, those red bricks match my pajamas. pic......

in response to: March 23 2007 Toronto by hool

joey: now that's a building. un-like the blue phallus building in the background. solid, massive, and made of bricks....

in response to: The Sun Life Building: The Secret Hiding Place of the British Crown Jewels by EvilGentleman

jack: those bricks will be bought by a builder and reused for a new home. old bricks are very expensive....

in response to: The Imminent Demise of Mr. Brownstone by EvilGentleman

Jazmin: anotha thing, aint no wher betta then Brick City. i hold alot of memories an no one can take my city down!...

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

Jazmin: I miss my bricks, man i had to move to da south.don worry imma come back....

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

Sirhcbre: I just realized that this will be my last picture with my old camera (with the exception of some that I have taken over the last few month that are stored on my computer and......

in response to: First Snow - Rue Cazelais by CE

noside: brick city come's from hawthorne ave the roots rap and the game ...leave it alone...

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

Grace: More than the structure itself is the example of what one human being can achieve with faith, dedication and unswerving vision. On this Christmas Day I'm thankful to have come upon this web site.......

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

Mike m - Apopka, Fl: What he has done is amazing But can you imagine the people he could of helped with the spirit and determination he has? A church or cathedral being built for God starts in the Hearts......

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

Beadle and Tatum: http://www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/images/congrat1a.jpg Its a hand written rambling note about the Sex Pistols calling the mueseum a "piss stain". There was some pettitioning and a USA today poll that helped locate the hall. I did some research, this is the......

in response to: RIP Robert Jr Lockwood by Beadle and Tatum

joey: little uke, thanks for the memories. the red brick streets of the little italy neighborhood will remain in my brain forever. by john d, you mean john d rockefeller, of course. eliot ness is also......

in response to: Authentic Cleveland by little ukraine

Brad: Icckk...South Side is sooo much nicer! Im so sick of those damned LHHS'goers that all have that big 'Northside Strongside' shit in their heads...SOUTHSIDE ROCKS And that brick building in the 5th pic used to......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

Tammy: Love the photo documentary. I work, go to school, and worship in Newark. It is a great city that has endured many injustices which gives new meaning to its nickname “Brick City"- its......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

joey: i like your photo of the brick ceiling. there are a few bulbs that need replacing. my grandfather had a butchers job at the market. i'm not certain of the date, but i'm guessing in the......

in response to: The Well-Known West Side Market by little ukraine

GGP: yeah, it's been razed all right. it's an empty lot now with some greenish bricks strewn about....

in response to: Samuel Underberg Building by GGP

Michelle: I am happy to have stumbled upon this chat. I live at 48 abell st. and am part of a newly formed residence group called Model48 that is fighting alongside Active 18 to keep......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

Micah: Ah, the north side. I am so glad I grew up on the south side. The only good thing I remember about the north side is the awesome pool-with-twisty-waterslide at Nashwaaksis Junior High. Those......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

YOUNG JAE.N.NEWARK: I MISS MA HOOD...MAN THOSE PICS BROUGHT BACK GOOD MEMORIES REGARDLESS IF DUDE WROTE WHICH WAY HE WAS GOIN WAS WROND AND IF HE AINT NOW WHERE DA NEWS STAND WAS POSTED I JUST REALLY......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

aer suzuki: this would give stanley kubrick a funny but very stimulating feeling in the pants, i'd guess. and i mean that with all due respect to you, the building, and mr. kubrick & his pants. cool......

in response to: Pickled Eggs: Inside the Leslie L. Dan Pharmacy Building by jeeff

rupe: banksy.co.uk or come knocking around brick lane and see what's on offer...

in response to: Santa\'s Ghetto 2004, Charing Cross Road by banksyfan

jeeff: where did you take these photos from? a few years ago i went traipsing around the abandoned brickworks (like many others have done - there was once a rave in there on halloween......

in response to: Rethink Space by Michelle

Susannah: When I lived in NY as a kid I remember shootings, stabbings, razor bladings, and all out smack downs in our schools, one kid was actually blinded with battery acid by some guy - of......

in response to: Dawson CGEP Shooting by CE

joey: picture a homogenus society like america where one can identify bricks from home depot lining the garden. groomed by invisible gardeners....

in response to: Neighborhood Walk by groovehouse

Cosmo: Ha! For three years I lived in an adobe house in New Mexico. Talk about ease of maintenance! Sure, it's dusty and coarse and you have to live in a desert to have......

in response to: Vinyl Siding by CE

Cosmo: EG, I actually was reacting to the fact that they saw fit to put copies of the signs on the wall. Three signs on poles, three more right behind them, seemed overkill to me.......

in response to: I Assume You\'re Not Blind by Cosmo

EvilGentleman: Um, Susannah - I think Cosmo is using the title to refer to the fact that this particular pattern of bricks is very hard on the eyes....

in response to: I Assume You\'re Not Blind by Cosmo

EvilGentleman: Wow! A set of real Flintstones low-res computer monitor screens with brick pixels....

in response to: I Assume You\'re Not Blind by Cosmo

D Hakim Newkirk: Been gone form the Brick 28yrs ... now Im missing it....

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

chiamattt: Richard Pryor on a couch of bricks in Calgary. What's next, Elvis in Moose Jaw?...

in response to: August 16 2006 Calgary by hool

Sirhcbre: Whoa, I didn't even notice the brick couch!...

in response to: August 16 2006 Calgary by hool

Sticky: That couch of bricks is awesome!...

in response to: August 16 2006 Calgary by hool

Jhae: Gee, Chris, jealous? There are a lot of good things happening in Bricktown, as well as the Downtown and Midtown areas of Oklahoma City. Throw out all pre-conceived notions and look out for OKC to......

in response to: Bricktown by Saint Clair

Chris Erb: I definitly agree with the paint being an issue. With existing painted houses, there's nothing that can really be done other than removing the old paint and re painting with an environmentally friendly paint.......

in response to: Vinyl Siding by CE

aer suzuki: "Public Transportation is a good thing for Toronto. Lots of slate sky, concrete, asphalt, brick and steel...they took paradise and made a concrete jungle for sure." Ok. Maybe Toronto's different but here in Seattle they used......

in response to: Urban Decay by Chris Fuerth

Whipslinger: Peter, to cure your curiousity about all those vast vacant lots, they used to house 12 story clusters of housing projects with names like Prince St. and Hayes Homes and Scudder Homes etc. They......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

saxman: "Do you work in the brick building behind the Chestnut Complex saxman or is it somewhere else?" I'm in the one story office building next to the Sobey's parking lot. Jeez if you think I......

in response to: Yuppy Scum by CE

Chris Erb: And yes, the train station. There is an embarrassment to the city. I plan on doing a post on it when I'm done my Sussex series. To people not from Fredericton, the......

in response to: Yuppy Scum by CE

anon (mctnnbsa29w-156034003130.nb.aliant.net): I like the bricks in the first picture. The grout looks like it's spraypainted on....

in response to: Sarnia by Zagg

Chris Erb: I have pictures of the protest prior to the arrest which I will post when I get home. If you were there, you would know that the protest was completly civil and low key.......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

franny: I grew up in bushwick on bleecker and irving during the 60's & 70's. It was the happiest time I had in my life. It was a blue collar hard working neighborhood. You could sleep......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

I.T.U.C.: It is believed that the Chinese community in {Liverpool} Uk, is possibly the oldest in the world. The first Chinese people are supposed to have been Merchants and Sailors, who worked the trade routes to......

in response to: Not-Chinatown / Fish-heads On Ice by aer suzuki

elaine: nice post. in london our chinatown is still chinatown, but then i think it really is actually chinese. it is very central, and i think the chinese residents have enough of a time trying to......

in response to: Not-Chinatown / Fish-heads On Ice by aer suzuki

Tyfoid Kid: The article talks about a concrete structure inside. The surface isn't brick. It almost looks like some kind of stucco. I stopped by on the way to work and got as close as I dared......

in response to: Ivy Tower by Tyfoid Kid

elaine: it looks brick built, is it? i believe brick buildings can only get so tall before something drastic happens. it looks knitted. and i agree that it has a certain mojo just for surviving, as......

in response to: Ivy Tower by Tyfoid Kid

elaine: the way the bricks have been used as exercise book lines......

in response to: God Is Good by Peter

jack: oh, dear Lord! there is this story about an old women, sad, lonely and distant from the world. she lingered untill her death in a house near a canal. a brick house......

in response to: Creepy Baby by elaine

JA ONE XTC CHICAGO: DIS JA NIGGAS HOLDIN WIT FUCKIN CHITOWN BRICKS JAONE XTC NIGGAS...

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

yippie skippie: NYC is a cesspool, maybe you live in a less stinky area with better ventilation, and don't venture into the nastier parts like South Bronx, Harlem, Washington Heights and Bedford-Stuyvesant, or Brooklyn.... but the nastier......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

EvilGentleman: I should note that my wonderful wife, Arcticwoman, is the one that first coined that phrase, when we were discussing how our shattered lives have fallen into place to allow us to be together, how......

in response to: NYC Morning by Peter