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darren mccaffrey: the "Dazza" on the wall, thats me XD...

in response to: Satan's Front Door by Jamie

luna park: these were all snapped through a hole in the construction fence. the area under the scaffolding where i was standing smelled pretty awful and had recently been baited with rat poison, so i didn't linger......

in response to: Irak Crew by luna park

From P.a.: I have moved to hutch alittle over 3 years ago,and I wish I could return back to Pa. This town is not what all the other people keep bragging about. I have a 20 year......

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

From P.a.: I have moved to hutch alittle over 3 years ago,and I wish I could return back to Pa. This town is not what all the other people keep bragging about. I have a 20 year......

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

darren mccaffrey: fond memories anon is right, wish the clock could turn back...

in response to: Castle Balfour by barry

Sheila hilton: Hi Sue, I well remember the jubbly works. It was down Delhi Road, wasn't it? The road by the side of Peg's (Peggy Britton) cafe. Delhi Road is opposite Lower Irlam Post Office. Jubbly's used......

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

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

Deb Simpkins (nee Massey): Hi Alan, I agree with Rob, please keep trying... and I am keen to know what your response to me is.... my email is msi31309@bigpond.net.au if you don't have any luck here. Norma, my dad didn't......

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

little ukraine: this just reminded me of one time when i went to philly on the chinatown express. some friends and i walked from the bus depot up to 2nd and poplar to go to the......

in response to: Save Your Neighborhood by serlingrod

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

janet: Dubrows on Eastern P’kway, just off Utica: the name was set in big art deco letters (red neon?). Inside, cafeteria style. with big windows, a cashier that you gave a punched card to.. Was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Jana: These memories are wonderful! I'm hoping someone here can help me with some research. Does anyone have memories of a racketeer being murdered in Brooklyn in Sept. 1941? It was big headlines.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

EvilGentleman: Wow! Just wow! Great post, TK. As far as the "20/20 hindsight" inspections of other structures **after** the collapse goes, we have the same thing happening here. After the overpass collapse that killed 5 people in September......

in response to: Bridge Removal by Tyfoid Kid

Bill: Saturday Nights in the Early Fortys. 7PM Start out at the Utica Pool Hall(132 Utica Av)for a few games with Mickey, Danny, George and Jimmy 8PM Pickup come Camels at Goldman's Candy Store (145 Utica Av) On......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Joe D.: Buswick late 1960's - early 1970's was the best!!! Born on Harman Street in 1965...The entire family lived within blocks of eachother..Grandparents on Starr Street next to the pretzel factory..Aunt lived on Buswick Avenue and......

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

Angel: 51 - you have ever said anything like "I have to stop at the guichet before we get to the dep." 52 - your only concern about jaywalking is getting a ticket. 53 - you were drinking......

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

Mike: My grandparents owned a bar at Front & Cambria in Kensington for years-until the late 70's. As a child in the late 60's/early 70's I could walk the block alone-everyone looked out for each other.......

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

tiara lingua: Oh my freaking goodness, Jeef, my side hurts from laughing. This is the coolest freaking thing I've read in AGES! There is no way he'll read this because his comment is from 2006, but......

in response to: casualties of war by jeeff

Neighborly : I've lived in Bushwick for 3 years... gotta question. Why do most the kids who are mainly artists, musicians, new to the area, mainly white folks, got some pocket money - you know who I......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CE: It's a pedestrian street. Cars can travel across it at intersections but they're mostly narrow one-way streets so not much traffic travels across the street. Cafe and restaurant terraces spill out onto the......

in response to: Rue Prince Arthur by CE

Marcia Halperin: I have been researching the Dubrow's cafeteria that was on Eastern Parkway off Utica Avenue. Does anyone have memories of eating there?...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

GEO: I think they are convenient and much safer. I don't expect them to planted ouside an outdoor cafe. I live in NYC and the public restrooms attract more weirdos than flies; just milling......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

CE: The leather (cuir) shop in the third picture is near a co-op I stayed at for a couple weeks prior to moving to Montreal. It's located on an intersection that they dubbed the "Axis......

in response to: Avenue Du Mont-Royal: Part One by serlingrod

shankill: Wouldnt live anywere else!! thers great shops and cafes and the people are the most friendly by far. tourists walk freely all over the shankill and along the peace walls, signing their names and leaving messages......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

jeeff: february is grim, but the true love cafe at sherbourne & dundas is sure to raise one's spirits. especially considering the venerable filmore's hotel just down dundas street. here's a shot taken from......

in response to: Toronto - February 17-19 2007 by CE

Hahaha.: I love all of you who defended norman :) I've lived here pretty much all my life, and it's not half bad. Is your opinion of an entertaining city someplace like Dallas? If so, your poor,......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

CE: From my hometown of {Sussex} New Brunswick from [[4486:this post]]. The street is actually called Broad Street but is often referred to as "Broadway" and even has some business that use that name such......

in response to: Broadway Challenge by joey

BDweller: "The Bushwick Initiative...Who is this for?" Boy, you are some busybody, upfromflames. Digging, poking, photographing and posting; then posing provocative questions. I'll take your bait. The city's official response to the steady influx of Latinos and blacks......

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

LoopZilla: [[http://theislandnews.blogspot.com/2005/05/hambone-cafe-fears-for-its-future.html]] ...

in response to: The Hambone Cafe by LoopZilla

lynn mcgaraughty: I moved into benny farm nov22 1963,the day john f kennedy was shot.I moved in with my brother Mike and my two parents who were RCAF.It was built for veterans and evebtually other families were......

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

procyon: Nice to see it without all that scaffolding, even in a photograph. Is that ever going to come off?...

in response to: Terminal Tower by joey

rachelmb: hey we always drive over the bridge to devonport -has the best place to eat -our favourite spinach pie at StoneOven cafe-healthy and yum-great with apricot chutney. And a great shop- the Hard To Find......

in response to: Devonport Ferry by ambre

from starr st.: 1st. off upfromflames, i am going to my storage space and look for my pics and send them to you. now i was born and rasied in bushwick. PROUD of it.just as proud......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Susannah: I've seen this happen more times than I can remember.. Its disgusting but it doesn't seem to bother me as much as it once did. It does seem to bother the pervert, however, when......

in response to: Beware: Perv Alert! by friendly_chic407

L : that is not a picture of a cafe that is where you can rent movies ...

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 2 by Scott Sargent

Beadle and Tatum: would someone need a ladder, scaffolding or some milk crates to get those tags up so high? ...

in response to: Start a New Country Up by little ukraine

Liz: The artist on the scaffold is Fred Harrison, and he is not only very talented, but very nice as well....

in response to: Downtown Murals by CE

New Face in Bushwick: Need more than Starbucks. Northeast cafe is the only one that I can relax and enjoy the meal at. Italian, Japanese restaurants would be wonderful.. Investors and developers out there - business......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

zagg: oh no worries - the previous comment would never stop me; i simply couldn't think / find a fitting lyric that I wanted to use. the sugar packet: yes, please picture me at a outdoor european......

in response to: Day One of the European Adventure by zagg

jeeff: don't worry, the 'double d' store by my house (a variety store and bargain basement internet cafe) is still open....

in response to: It\'s Been Getting Cold by David

joey: aer; is this rustic part of town anywhere near juanita's cafe?...

in response to: The Rustic End of Downtown by aer suzuki

SuziQ: Even better than the place mentioned above is a place close to the subway called "FreezePeach Cafe". It's right on the corner of 29th Street and Ditmars Blvd, but hidden away a little because it's......

in response to: Astoria's Hidden Jewel by Musicman

ReaL SFC: yo b he's been rocked nyc for years he doesnt have to do anymore graff ever, hes still a legend regardless. 5000 wouldnt cover the damage this man has done lmao, DESA was locked down......

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

EvilGentleman: The fact that someone would have the gall to name something in this area after the Algonquins, who are the traditional enemy of the Mohawks, is quite distressing. The Adironadacks are the homeland of the......

in response to: Adirondack Signage by GGP

EvilGentleman: Thanks for the insight, and kudos for both the timing and the recovery job. Are you doing the editing work on a laptop? I have never had need to frequent internet cafes, but I have......

in response to: August 15 2006 Regina by hool

smartlyn: don't about these angels. In Amsterdam were i used to live they also were respected by surrounding neighbours.So much so that cafe and restaurant owners gladly payed for their services as security managers. And indeed,......

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

Chris Erb: It didn't work out so well, I would finish work at 3 am and then have to get up at 8am to go to school 3 days a week. All my free time was......

in response to: Light in August by Marlo

zagg: I bought a shirt last year from Cafepress (LJ friend made a design in MY honour: http://www.cafepress.com/wannamakeout/469578) and the image got pretty wonky, pretty quickly. IT became ruined with stains, then ruined it further when......

in response to: I Wear Sodium by sine

aer suzuki: beware of cafe press, unless things have changed in the past year or two, the print quality on their shirts really sucks. cool shirt though....

in response to: I Wear Sodium by sine

Marlo: There's a fair trade cafe on the St Thomas campus (a nice alternative to the otherwise almost monopolistic Tim's) which gives a discount if you bring in your own coffee/tea mug. Fair Trade AND pro-environment.......

in response to: Tim in the Streets by Marlo

Chris Erb: I agree, the vast majority of us are slobs. I don't understand it, it's not hard to hold onto a cup for a few minutes until you get to a garbage can, or, if......

in response to: Tim in the Streets by Marlo

Cris: La data de 10 august 2006 va avea loc un jam in Brasov.Intalnirea are loc la orele 12:00 in Piata Sfatului..care e interesant sa participe..;)a si btw filmulete gasesti si pe odc si pe google......

in response to: Istoria Parkour by EXElent

zagg: I'm loving these photographs --- and what is with the having sex with patients ... and then the specification FEMALE patients at a later time? Niiiice. I love the shot of the clock......

in response to: Haverford State Hospital by Nairi

EvilGentleman: I'm honestly not 100% sure on this subject, but I know in most cases, alcohol is not permitted on streets or in parks, except for places like sidewalk cafes and the Six Flags La Ronde......

in response to: Montreal Police Bicycle by EvilGentleman

Chris Erb: It's called Broad Street beause the street is quite... broad. It's actually a boulevard which is why it is generally referred to as "The Boulevard" by most locals. It is also sometimes called......

in response to: Home Pt. 5: Downtown (Broad Street) by CE

Jamie: [[img:12997]] [[http://www.cafepress.com/iheartshirt.31900196]] i could go on. but i wont...

in response to: I Love Sodium by Jamie

Jamie: [[img:12996]] and this even more so. i'm not easily shocked but come on! [[http://www.cafepress.com/iheartshirt.31905780]]...

in response to: I Love Sodium by Jamie

Jamie: but this [[http://www.cafepress.com/iheartshirt.35367231]], i find worrying...

in response to: I Love Sodium by Jamie

Jamie: [[http://www.cafepress.com/iheartshirt/807968]]...

in response to: I Love Sodium by Jamie

ian: Doesn't look like a special lens as much as a camera left on a cafe table. :)...

in response to: Sidewalk Shots from the Shadows by Peter

aer suzuki: while this is funny and i'm not really the type to ruin a party i gotta wonder about the ethical implications of taking someone's picture without their permission and posting it in a high profile,......

in response to: Mullets Galore! by Peter

Rune Willem: Yes.. i am afraid that visitors to Oslo Norway and other places in Norway will be very chocked about our prizes here in Norway. Here is some examples: A beer in glas = 14 dollars......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

elaine: ITUC, i was in liverpool from about 1979 to 1985, i went to art school there, which as you know is not far from chinatown. this was before all day drinking and there was a......

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

EvilGentleman: They were paved over, but only by a centimetre or so. In many places, the road had worn dowm to expose parts of the rails, and lots of the potholes were very shallow with metal......

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

capnluc: So rad. I miss German graffiti. I remember seeing so much amazing work in Berlin a couple years ago - all the fences and scaffolds at the construction sites were done up. You ride......

in response to: Rookie & Besok: German Graffiti by m_mcconnell

Joe: I've lived on Jefferson btwn Irving and Knickerbocker for a year. It's gotten a little better just in that time. We moved here because we got priced out of our old neighborhood, Park Slope. Our......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: There has been some confusion as to defining exactly what constitutes an outdoor structure or patio. I have heard that any structure enclosed on more than two sides will be considered to be indoors, and......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

BOC: Ya think it cute to move to Bushwick. Ya don't know what ya doing to our neighborhood. It is known when white people move into to the neighborhood the price value of houses go up......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

chiamattt: EvilGentleman, I honestly think you make some good points. I think I would have agreed with you a few years ago. I guess I changed. Not in either direction of good or bad. Ya know?......

in response to: Does Anyone Else Find This Stupid? by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Actually, you **did** get the new fine arts, or EVA (I have no idea what the acronym stands for) building. It is the one with the "hat" and the obtuse-angled facade on it's upper stories,......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

EvilGentleman: jack, do not forget June 11, 1958. That was the immortal day when Eddie Cochran released Summertime Blues. The day the music died was still a year in the future, so Buddy Holly, the Big......

in response to: A Little Taste of Screwed & Chopped to Metal Classics by Arthur Mercadante

jeeff: elicar - the vast majority of poor people don't own their own homes outright, they're at the mercy of landlords. when an area starts to gentrify, it creates upward pressures on rents. landlords......

in response to: The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade by Elicar

jack: we could buy that place and turn it into a jazz cafe....

in response to: Sold! by Peter

Cameo: It's right next to the courier cafe. (Jet Fuel)...

in response to: Deco Dance School by Biff

Jamie: hey lucky you, i'm in idiot mode pretty much all the time. But the web cafe was probablly your problem. Public computers are genrally set up with quite harsh restriction on what you can and......

in response to: People Shall Be Banned by an impossible child

an impossible child: jamie i dont have a clue, was using a web cafe computer & i generally go into my idiot mode when im in web cafes so... :S...

in response to: People Shall Be Banned by an impossible child

colavito's ghost: for some really great nyc bathroom graf, check out alt. Cafe on Ave. A between 8th/9th or Mars Bar on 2nd Ave. and 1st St. The Max Fish potty is pretty heavily tagged, but......

in response to: Max Fish Bathroom Graf by Laura

jack: if it were me and there were no people in the building i would say let it burn and go to a cafe for a coffee and a bacon and egg on a bagel...

in response to: On The Lines by torontofreelance

Dizzy: I was just looking at places near bushwick avenue... around gates/palmetto. it's really close to the J train (gates avenue) - anyone have any opinions about this? Everyone keeps talking the parts of Bushwick that......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

gringa latina: Well, here I am again. I wrote my last post in Spanish I guess as a sign of respect to all of the latino residents of Humboldt Park and to write as a "white......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Humboldt Park - DAVE: Margaret, I suggest you visit Humboldt Pk on a weekend just to get your feet wet. Bring a friend or two and maybe have some coffee and pastries @ Cafe Colao, Saucer, Humboldt Pie. Lunch @......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

kc: great shot. Cafe California is perfect in the background......

in response to: Car Poodle by Biff

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Aaron, yes it is right next to a Toy'r'us and OTB. It's Ebbitts street. My mother-in-law lives there (if anyone feels like stalking or kidnapping her for ransom, be my guest. You'll need a lot......

in response to: Seagulls and Pigeons Unite by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Deeply Perplexed: I've seen people throw just about everything out of their car windows and I have never been outraged. Are the streets of Toronto so pristine that one uneaten hamburger will destroy the......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

whatever: I didn't read all the comments, but i am damn sure that if someone threw my garbage back into my car I'd be pissed off enough to throw coffee at them and assault their bike.......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

elaine: well, it's not so much about intention. i was very hungry and had no food at home, and i thought 'let me try this cafe then' - inspired as i was by the words 'steak......

in response to: Condiments by elaine

Jamie: i do miss ekn. your photos of main street remind me of the cafe i used to frequent. the golden arrow. they did a kickass curry burger....

in response to: Enniskillen by barry

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: This guy is great, very personable. Whenever I catch his eye, I give him a wave. I don't often pick up coffee on the way to work as I tend to drop boiling liquids in......

in response to: Coffee Cart by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Even Sharons have a good story in them! Elaine, I really hope you get your neighbourhood cafe back. Community is so important, and it can be hard to find in a city. I love that......

in response to: Broadway Squat by elaine

elaine: what is irritating, is that a lot of the regeneration is beneficial, but the greed has invisible costs, like when you build tons of housing and don't add any new doctors for instance... also what is......

in response to: Broadway Squat by elaine

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Sorry to hear about your mad cafe going kaput. At least with all the attention they will be properly shamed. ...

in response to: Broadway Squat by elaine

Morgan Blackledge: I was there at the same time, you nailed it. What an awsome ordeal. I was down in studio X with Carroline Castansa and Alicia McCarthy. I always thought you guys were an obnoxious clique.......

in response to: Trenches by Stephanie L. Jackson

rick: ok....this place is over due an update..... As any of you other locals will realise by now the building work has started and according to the main man on-site who i talked to it is a......

in response to: london fields lido blues by elaine

elaine: aha! smartypants! well, i never left the station there, though, did i? and cafe open is in woodgrange road which is E7 because it is forest gate and not stratford. (i win)...

in response to: on the way to stratford by elaine

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Earlier this year, my beloved and I drove from the Grand Canyon, AZ* to Boulder, CO, part of the way along route 66. It was a particularly freaky drive**, long and fueled by caffeine and......

in response to: Route 66 // Shamrock, Texas by adam

joey: a few years ago, i saw my neighbors wife removed from their house on one of those. she was an old lady, he was an old man. i was walking up the street to get......

in response to: col1296 by hool

Peter: well, im assuming they were probably from chicken wings, the cafeteria's #1 seller, heh. still, the idea of a bird eating a bird, etc......

in response to: Cannibals! by Peter

the calm one: i watched these cats along with loads of other writers do some carecter peices on a cafe wall, martha cooper was there but missed the big show. found loads of london police stuff in a......

in response to: tlp - sticker graff by Jamie

Former Bushwick Resident: I am a 36 year old hispanic female. Lived all my life in Bushwick. Four years ago, I decided to move to New England and escape the city. I was a single mother of 3.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

vz: the main draw seems to be that it's basically a free internet cafe....

in response to: Soho Apple Store by Peter

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