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Marie: I grew up in LaJunta and when I hit college, I learned that I had gotten a great education. I was far ahead of the other students in math and science and history. ...... joey: eye- just start putting a bucket in the shower to catch the warm-up water. you'll have plenty for your plants then.
you know the folks back east are saying, 'that's a lawn?'. in some parts of...... BILROCK 161: My brother NIC-707, original prez of OTB. I recall a crazy fun mission to the Pitkin Ave. yard with NIC, FRITOS, and FUZZ ONE. I believe it was Christmas eve 1979, NIC was home for...... Anna: I was born and raised in Kensington (K&A) right acrossed from McPherson Square. My family still lives there, and my children grew up there! When I ws growing up in the late 60's and...... New Jack Hater: But Bilrock, everyone knows who he is and has seen his stuff. Which is the exact opposite of you, which makes you a HATER.
Hate, hate, hate. Thats all you do on here. None of...... anon (customer7722.pool1.unallocated-111-0.orangehomedsl.co.uk): the sun has reflected off some glass on a building somewhere to create the bottom shadow?... EvilGentleman: anon, I thank you for educating us on the train parts. I think of trains as big noisy metal things that carry stuff, and sometimes have graf on the outside. I am a total moron...... Liz in Canada: I am Canadian and my ancestry is Irish/Scottish. Some of my ancestors were Catholic and some were Protestant, but I am non-religious by choice. My Irish ancestors were forced out of Ireland and...... anon (c-69-142-138-254.hsd1.pa.comcast.net): thats cool brushman. whens your book come out? i'll definatley buy a copy. maybe you knew my dad, his name was Butch Caton. my moms name is Terry Genero... Some Guy Ya: Hi folks.
I got sick of my bikes being taken back in 92. So since then, I've been keeping it inside. I still have my 1992 Ironhorse. Lovely bike. For the first...... Jesus: Not a very good bike, considering a good Montreal Police budget. They can afford good performance hybrids, Scott or Specialized, w/stronger wheels, disk brakes and much more, instead they buy cheap stuff. Montreal Police has...... Gerry: The author of this article needs to get ALL of his facts straight, for the reader. Bishop's Castle is located in the WET Mountains, NOT the West Mountains. If the reader was truly interested in...... joe arndt: I used to live in Decatur I now live a few miles away, from what I understand, those pipes simply carry water. This is a r4eally fun part of Decatur to go to. There is...... Peter: This is a tale explaining the manner in which my way of life was rotated along a Y axis until it reached a position roughly 180 degrees from that which it started If I could...... Lou Romero: The majority of Puerto Ricans are Catholic in tradition, so of course they gravitated to their local churches, as for education, that was their choice or discretion if the children were to attend the catholic...... upfromflames: Yeah I appreciate your voice here too!
Question for you: When Puerto Rican folks replaced Italians, did they tend to join the catholic congregations--i am thinking about St. Barbara's Cathedral and school, which i am writing...... Lou Romero: Good exchange UFF,
The catholic schools other reason for closing was the declining enrollment from the local neighborhoods (ie: PRs and Blacks), many
of these families could not afford the tuition.
I remember classmates of mine going to...... jonathan avildsen: anyone want beef? bring it. Born Jul 1969 217 CATALINA ST LOS ANGELES, CA 90004
PEEKSKILL NY
VALLEY VILLAGE CA
JOHN G AVILDSEN Born 1935 2423 BRIARCREST RD BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 9049 ALTO CEDRO DR BEVERLY HILLS,...... Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969...
The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story :
I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive...... 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...... naturelover: For Missyelliot, you ask quite a lot if the person debating you ways in Kauai. First off last time I checked it was quite easy to get rid of chickens i.e. A DOG. And number...... Paul Revere: I'm sure you can never receive enough accolades for your photography. Great work. Personally, I've roamed those tunnels repeatedly for the past year. As someone remarked you can't hear the train untill it's prcaticly upon...... upfromflames: Yeah, trends are very general, so I don't want to stereotype at all. I meant poor relative to the earlier families. Thanks for correcting me on that one.
I am a little blurry on the...... 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...... Lou Romero: Thanks UFF, your response was almost totally on the money, except
for the "poor Puerto Rican families" part.
Many PR families were hard-working and wanted a better living conditions as well as good schools, many who...... OG FROM GCC: I just got back from a mission trip to Kensington.
We worked at a kids camp that was located at a church on the corner of C and Indiana. Before the kids would get there. Every...... POWcityblog: In Toronto the authorities are pretty quick to get rid of abandoned cars. They never last more than a day or so. Having said that there is a '89 or '90 black Honda Civic hatchback...... Brushman: Today, lawyers would have a field day with our antics.
We played Kick the Can, where everyone would hide in various places and then try to run in and kick the can before being tagged by...... anon (82.153.71.49): This has just happened to my cat. We had to take the cat to the vet and have him sedated and bathed at over £100 for the first consultation. My brand new £1200...... just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say...... Peter: weve had the discussion re: graf versus vandalism on here like 500 times, and its surprising how every other person has their own specific definition of the term "graffiti", to the point where it becomes...... KINE TSK: Peace to LA & NYC... heard Philly was getting HUGE?!
Anyone know who wrote this sh*t back in the day? Since there's a bunch of heads in here,
"Almost 22 years in these backstabbin' streets. Strike...... Lp: Reading all these Stories on here really piss me off! Everyone is saying that they moved away to make a better life for theirselves/family and say how much of a "Hell-Hole" kensington is. i was...... Peter: tangential pseudopolitical rant? check! ignorance of actual facts? check! invocation of [[wiki:godwin's law]]? check!... charlie from K & A: Grew up on Albert St. and went to H. A. Brown and Visitation. Went to Ascension for
7 and 8 grades, then to North Catholic. Lived over top of McGee's at G and...... Peter: to those that keep asking for the location, let me just mention (for like the 5th time in this thread) that its at 300 {w. broadway}, between {canal} and {grand}.
i mean, i know its realllly...... serlingrod: Here’s a list of contact numbers for city services…..
##NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES##
City Hall Operator 215.686.1776
Abandoned Car (Automated Service) 215.683.2278
Abandoned Car Supervisor 215.685.9500
Barking Dogs, PAACA 215.685.9040
Citizen Crime Commission 215.546.TIPS
Illegal Dumping (Neighborhood Services) 215.685.3097
Nuisance Bar, Underage Drinking 215.726.6200
Public...... Peter: ch. 13 is pretty standard for such bridge communications. but beware that if you need the bridge to be opened, you need to contact them well in advance, as they have to work around the...... CatLegger: Nice skylines. But what's it look like inside Sydney's {Chinatown}?... Frenchguy: This morning, I was bitten 3 cm from my eye (2 in). One of the most renown bird scientist of the XXth century said a bird would never bite your eye, but I am not...... Anonymous Honest Tax paying citizen of Fredericton: This is yet another example of how much the fredericton police are a bunch of uneducated airheads, typical protests and offenses most cities in canada wouldnt be bothered with or treat with less scrutiny...... SB: graffiti is graffiti. it is what it is. its just writing on the wall and peices, tags, roller letters, throwups, whatevs its all the same thing, just a name gettin up...or not...yes it may be...... C: I haven't read all of the posts, but have read many. It was quite interesting to find this post when doing a random search for something else. My family and I moved here...... Chris : First of all Toronto is hated on by all Canadians outside of the Golden Horse Shoe. One of the main reasons why is,....... the Toronto Maple Losers!!!!!!!!. It's a hockey country and the leafs used...... Me: Re to living in Hutchinson
You are bi-polar and I want to let you know there are medications for it.... 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...... Scope -P.C.S.: I Luv diz store......once my cuz steady showed me where da scrap yard is located....everytime my parentz give me money i go strait to da scrap yard.....Im in a crew call P.C.S. which standz 4...... 50: catched a JA trow crossed out by BENET in amsterdam europe, in 2007.... Who Cares for Kensington: River Otters complains about the mass exodus from the city and that those folks should have stayed and are now paying the price for leaving with long commutes and 4 buck gas. I left Philly...... carol: a helpful article to read ...http//www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/memphis-crime . the correlation between the imploding of the housing projects and the rising crime rate in places which these tenants were relocated to.... river otters21 girl: It is a darn shame to see hear what happened to Kensington. Oh, I agree with YourOwnFault 100% except that this cancer known as white flight took place more recently than the 50s and...... Cecilia Midiri: Sandy, you must live on my street. Just yesterday, I wrote almost the same thing to the Daily News and today they called me to consider it for publication...I'm in the 25th also.
Wow, RonS,...... It exists !: It's located just outside of the "Pioneer" gas station on Lakeshore, a little east of Hurontario...
For real.... jack: by the way that is a great photo catch. never saw that in brooklyn before.... Lillibette Irish expat: What most of the people that have responded to this fail to realize is that "The Troubles" in Ireland have LONG ago stopped being about religion. It was/is rather like the black-white thing in...... Who Cares for Kensington: I'll leave race out of my comments and will continues to focus on the radical change of culture and values. The changes are what thay are and I am sure that the government nor activists...... julie lorraine jackson: HELLO SUE T AND CATHY BENDELL AND LORRAINE BYGRAVES FROM JULIE LORRAINE JACKSON.... julie lorraine jackson: how is sue t and cathy bendell, lorraine bygrave from julie lorraine jackson... Rita Spencer Knudsen: 27th Jun 2008 : I lived around Flatbush Ave. and my Mom would take me over to Decatur St. to see my Aunts Francis and Nellie. Nellie had the Nellie Cook Dance Studio on Broadway and I took dance...... serlingrod: Thanks Peter. It's nice to have a friend back you up. I just marvel at the stubborness of it though.....I mean, "keep on painting" ... Really? I've made it perfectly clear I'm not an artist..I'm...... Peter: Ryan: i hate chemical spills (this is more of a chemical spill than an "oil spill") as much as the next guy, but just for the record, its not the "largest oil spill in history"......... serlingrod: In response to the last post - first of, let me say that I live in Philadelphia and have worked as a community organizer in Kensington for the past several years. I mention this to...... Who Cares for Kensington: Everyone has someone else to blame and I guess that's the ameriacan way for losers these days. Buildings, streets and real estate agents do no breed ignorance, but sub-cultures do and Kensington is definitely a...... Jana: I am wondering if this home could be disassembled-then moved to a new location. I think I saw a for sale sign in one of your photos. It also may be able to be moved...... Pinecatz: Fantastic work. Thanks.... serlingrod: wow, way before the days of Penntrification. where abouts did you live? ... zagg: Everyone knows that cats like cheese burgers, not hot dogs!
[[http://icanhascheezburger.com/]]
... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: That's one hopeful cat.... Peter: yeah, these were from the day-after cleanup leftovers-barbecue. for some reason, i didnt catch a photo of the approximately 200 lbs of beer bottles strewn about before we bagged em up, hahaha... whatever recycler came...... Devil's Advocate: There is so much injustice involved with all of the unaffordable housing in Chicago and displacement of the former residents of "the projects." Throughout this blog there is so much talk of what should and...... Devil's Advocate: Tex, maybe you're a part of the problem! Owning property and making an income from Hutchinson while not putting anything back into the town!... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Yay! It's good to have three long names!... Editor: Location changed to {Glasgow}, {Scotland}... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: If it were me, I'd be sleeping on Snowcrash, by Neal Stephenson.... EvilGentleman: To me, it would depend heavily on the particulars of the location where the photo was shot. If the man in the photo was in the midst of a well-frequented public space, then public domain...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I love the dogs. Those are happy tails, just going for a walk, not a care in the world.... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I'm sad. I haven't been taking citynoise-worthy photos to post. I'm kicking myself for not getting Astoria on the map. I'm a bad Queens resident.... serlingrod: ah, well we have two rivers, the delaware and the schuylkill. unfortunately I wouldn't categorize the water quality as "fresh" :/... zagg: And now for a word from Toronto's Barenaked Ladies:
"Near where I live there's a viaduct
Where people jump when they're out of luck
Raining down on the cars and trucks below
They've put a net there to catch...... Hutchinson Escapee: That's it? That's all you got?
Knowing Hutchinson to be the seething cesspool of child rapists and pedifiles that it is, I am going to suggest in the strongest language possible that the Dateline NBC people...... Hutchinson Escapee: Oops... seems Ryan Bloom wasn't a Hutch PD officer... no, he was a cop for a different city that LIVED IN AND COMMITTED his crime in Hutchinson, KS - and my mistake again - she...... Catastrophe: [[img:28194]]... zagg: My cats give each other rim jobs. Naughty kitties.... phantom: Actually, a number of sociology papers have been written on "white flight" in Kensington. Census & demographic data supports the theory that the largest exodus was to follow jobs. As the mills closed (Houghton's, Stetson...... Me: Re to Peter
Can't say I wouldn't blame you after reading so much negativity,but people like Tex who don't even live here but keep posting negative and slanderous comments,especially about the man who committed suicide,is enough...... AROM: man i got 2 give props 2 da nyc cats dat tag u guys r amazing....much love 4rm da bayarea. ...... g: good catch :)
I know he's kinda middle ground for a lot of people whether they be artists or writers but he really makes me smile, even just a throwie.
Thanks for sharing... Peter: indeed. and his stuff is getting rarer and rarer as time passes, so i figured id go on and catch this flick...... Tex: Well, I don't think it takes rocket science to see that there are more $50,000 a year plus jobs in Texas than there are in Hutchinson, Ks. Unemployment is everywhere, and if you don't have...... zagg: With so many vegetarians, maybe I'll have to have an entire post dedicated to my vegetable garden: JUST YOU KIDS WAIT UNTIL MY EGG PLANTS BARE ME SOME PURPLE ORBS OF YUMMNESS (now only 73%...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: perhaps "badasssss" would have been a better exclamation.... Peter: lol, eg... until i snapped this flick and wiki'd "eritrea", i really didnt know anything at all about the country save for its general geographical location...... Peter: chiam: ip info indicates {amsterdam}. i wonder how dutch translates into korean? lol...
eg: not all vegans are fanatical ;) though id pass on the meat hat myself, the photos of that stuff did crack me...... bighouse: This is totally unreal. People go on about living conditions and so on. Why is it that people who get things for free and so on expect free forever?? I get no...... Tex: I saw today in the Hutch News where some poor 44 yr old guy shot himself in the head up there. I don't know his background, but he probably was poor and broke and...... 정이 김: American want to send beef infected with mad cow — so dangerous that the Americans refusing to eat it — to my country! Myung-bak Lee sign a deal with America to lift a ban of...... chiamattt: Jack, it's not like the United States is going to 'give' the beef to Korea for free. In previous years (prior to 1994, i think) the Korean market was worth a little more than 3...... Smutz-onE: I'm brighton born and bred since '76, i know aroez work. Seriously, Mr '86 and the like.......what the #@/* ??? EDUCATE yourselves. the guyz pretty much the only reason i carry on. he is...... Dave Moore: Does anyone remember Marie Tighe from Cadishead or Linda Bunting from Irlam. Recall a lot of good nights spent at the Catholic Club and the White Horse.... Peter: thirded on the "ghost town" photos. i think thats a quorum, zagg.
on another note, i went to read the wiki on [[wiki:diphtheria]], out of curiosity... and i literally shuddered when i got to the part......
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