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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......

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

adr: im not gonna read any of these comments, all i know is that the pics were all of one area by the old hospital, not the church, i dont know what year, but now they......

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

Al Pierro: Just came across this website in search of info on what has happened to St. Joseph's church where we used to play softball back in the 50's & 60's. I attended a grade school on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

B Street: I grew up across the street from one of the few working factories in Kensington starting in 1965 until I was forced out 22 years later. While I too have fond memories of wall ball, swimming......

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

Joe : Bill, I suspected that your name was Franklin, but thought that you may be June's brother. Obviously I did not know June's family real well, but I did know her and she was considered the most......

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

omabradshaw: Does anyone have pics of the schools I listed? The old Central Grade school was on 5th street and was tore down around 1960-ish.The Catholic church took the land and used it for a......

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

omabradshaw: Hello-I was born at Grace Hospital(8th & Main);went to Central Grade School(it was on 5th Street by the Catholic Church);Faris grade school;Sherman Jr High;Hutchinson Sr. High School.I enjoyed my years growing up in Hutch.Of course,that......

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

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

bill: Born in 1941 at williamsburg hospital. Lived at 99 Stockholm until '46 when we moved to 41 Cornelia Street betweenBushwick and Broadway (third house down from the congregationalist Church. went to PS 56......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Bobby I: The pretzel factory was located on the even side of Starr Street, between Wilson and Knickerbocker, closer to Knickerbocker Avenue. I lived on Starr between Wilson and Central, and my brother and I used to......

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

Bonnie: My sister emailed me about this site. We were born and raised in Kensington, 2504 Front St. We lived there from 1949 until we left in the 70's. My parents lived there......

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

KayO: Wow! Dr Salpeter, havent heard that name in about 50 years. My parents went to him. I lived on Furman Ave. left in 1960 when I got married. My parents stayed......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

angela buscemi letzeisen: my husband fred and i were married in st.barbaras church in february 1953 and just celebrated our 55th wedding anniversary on valentines day.i went to st barbaras school and church during the 1930 to 1946......

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

EvilGentleman: The first picture is very close to my grandparents' old apartment, which was at the corner of Water and Fulton. Of course, Fulton is now known as either Old Fulton or Cadman Plaza West, but......

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

Keith Ogden: loads of memories from this site.I was born and grew up in cadishead 1939-1960 The train on irlam park was what my father drove at the soap works.I remeber Irlam hall being demolished, i was christened......

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

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi everyone, I'm flitting between two sites here and loving all the reminiscing... I attended the Wesleyan Methodist Church as a kid (my parents married there and we were all christened there)and thought it was......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Rob Tynan: Here are some grainy old pics Ive found. St marys church Cadishead soon after being built [[img:25507]] St Johns Church around 1900 [[img:25508]] Higher Irlam Co-op at the top of Silver Street [[img:25509]] One of the many old photos of Irlam Hall......

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

joe bridge: halfies, fresh pretzels, stick ball, homicide/suicide, adresses painted on sidewalks,cheap lamposts installed, popvision, mr. softy, corner candy stores,the ave, pinball machines, asteroids,record spot, levins,humphrys store, moes meats, jewish pickles, the belly buster hoagie, mr. cocos......

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

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

jimmy: Hi, I was born in Bushwick, 1950 and lived there till 1963. I lived on the corner of Grove Street and Evergreen Avenue. I remeber the Halsey Bops, The Ellery Bops, The Flaming Saints. Cypress Park, Hyland......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

John Cooper: Hi Anne Hunt, Sorry for the late reply. I think Bob Salmon is correct in that it was the forerunner to the since flattened Wesleyan Church on the corner of Bob's Lane. I was......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

John Dereszewski: To DeSales: I can tell you a bit about this small street in extreme southern Bushwick. First, it was originally known as Hull Street and marked the point where the then winding Bushwick Road took a......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Bob Salmon: Anne I do not know what the church was that was on Lord Street adjacent to the graveyard, but I remember that it was a school for the children of the members of the Wesleyan Chapel......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

jack: 123 people saw these 19 wonderful pic's and not one comment, my goodness what are we thinking here, i found each one a wonderland of memories, i worked and played on those very streets from......

in response to: DownTown by barry

Glen: I havent lived in Brooklyn for 35 years, but was the church-like building where the norwegian seamans-church was ? (1. Place and Clinton street)...

in response to: Clinton Hill by little ukraine

Seamus Mc Clean: Just learned my grandparents were married in St Margarets RC Church, Stanley Street. Does anyone know if the Church is still standing?...

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

Tonya James-Rance: The pic dated 23Feb looks like my old church and school St. Marks Lutheran.. Bushwick Ave... Wow!! Troutman sure looks bad.. When I was younger it was much prettier.. Well.. I thought it looked nice......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

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

John Dereszewski: This is just a notice that the third walking tour associated with the "Up From Frames" exhibit will occur this Saturday - August 11 - at 1 PM. We will gather at the Irving Ave.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: Biff, **please** tell me that this bike does not belong to one of the Church Street guys....

in response to: Bi Cycle by Biff

JACE: BORN 166 HARMAN STREET,PLAY STICK BALL EVERYDAY,NEVER FORGET IT BEST STREET IN BROOKLYN,JOE AND MIKE CANDY STORE,MURRAY ON CORNER OF WILSON HARMAN STREET,CYO ST BARBARA'S CHURCH.BREAD STORE EVERY CORNER....

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

Dee: I remember this very vividly. the looters were running down my block with televisions, diapers, stereos u name it. We sat on my stoop just watching. Now I'd be petrified but then well......

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

anne zemartis rose: I loved Kensington when I was growing up in the 50's and early 60's, 2100 block of Firth St. just off Trenton Ave. I was so surprised to see the train trestle gone on Trenton......

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

cjh: This is for upfromflames: I was born and raised (1969 to 1990) in the boarded-up house pictured in your February 10 article. The actual address of that building is 23 Troutman Street. What......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: i remember masim's on chambers street, as a matter of fact from cedar street at washington to church street to chambers was litterally an electronics street fair, every store had radio components laid out on......

in response to: Maxim Radio, et Al by GGP

zilep: Bought a house in the heart of Bushwick- on Central avenue and Cornelia streets (one of those cookie cutter homes with all the meters showing- you know the ones the BROWNSTONER people love to hate).......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

David Byers: You forgot the best part of Sussex. Just off the highway (exit 195) there is a very unique manufacturing company. The products that are manufactured are cedar hot tubs, barrel saunas and barrel wine cellars. The owner......

in response to: Home Pt. 4: Downtown (Main Street) by CE

Tamara: Aaaahhhhh my neighbourhood... Starbucks! Church Street is for everyone, gay, straight and everything inbetween. Albeit Jack, for people with open minds. Love the mohawk, I think I need to get me a magenta one of......

in response to: Into Coffee by Biff

Guest416: Church street is notorious for being gay....

in response to: Into Coffee by Biff

Biff: The girls are inside, This is Church Street......

in response to: Into Coffee by Biff

Tony: I WAS born in a house on Bushwick Avenue and Halsey Street. My father and mother were both immigrants from Italy, They left italy for the new world to improve their lives and to......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jfilip: I want to move to Intercourse Pennsylvania. NOW. [[http://www.800padutch.com/intercs.shtml]] Get some AAA buggy rides! Once, a long time ago, I was in Stratford(, ON) and while walking down the street I saw a road sign saying 'Church......

in response to: What to Do in Sarnia? by jfilip

TheTruth: "I see it more as a class war than a race war." "...But that doesn't explain why, poor or not, the residents of Bushwick didn't have enough self-respect to take care of their neighborhood." Dave, did you......

in response to: I\'ve lived in Bushwick for just about fifteen years by Jeanne M.

EvilGentleman: Speaking of Freudian slips, I wonder why it's called "Broad Street" in the first place? And "Hope Depot" is obviously the car dealership-turned-church in the last picture. Let's hear it for copyright infringement in the name......

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

GUS BRENNAN: [[img:12869]] the bar`lick pub on church street, this used to be the old commercial pub as any old barlicker would know....

in response to: Barnoldswick by Gus Brennan

I.T.U.C.: Elaine, 1981 to 1989 were my Liverpool years. Did you shop down Berry and Duke Street, near the bombed out church for your jellies? The international deli you mentioned. Do you mean Mr "M"'s in......

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

EvilGentleman: As far as I know, the block you are referring to (the north side of Sainte-Catherine between Lambert-Closse and de Chomedy) has closed down simply due to the fact that the Forum closed in 1996,......

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

Elicar: "##Church and Wellesley is a gay-oriented community located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is roughly bounded by Gould Street to the south, Yonge Street to the west, Charles Street to the north, and Jarvis Street......

in response to: The Churchmouse and Firkin by Biff

Tamara: Biff ~ I didn't mean to out anyone.. not my intention at all! I've lived on Church Street for more than 20 years, trust me when I say that Church and Wellesley is more than......

in response to: The Churchmouse and Firkin by Biff

Biff: [[img:11773]] It's my after work pub on Church Street...Great food also....

in response to: The Churchmouse and Firkin by Biff

EvilGentleman: To my way of thinking, graffiti should be both encouraged and it's location controlled within reason, with penalties for those who put graffiti in places where it has no business being. Now, before you all......

in response to: Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti by Peter

jack: hi peter, is that church street....

in response to: Church Auto Repair by Peter

Biff: I work at Ryerson, and Church Street is where I get my photo ops on my way home. In the morning, I race through Allan Gardens......

in response to: The Waitstaff of Zelda\'s by Biff

Biff: You are so right! The outdoor bar patios are open, at least on Church Street. But it is not Paris yet, until the chestnuts blossom in April... (these miniature flowers are actually being called daffidols. I......

in response to: Toronto Spring by Biff

Biff: Hi, Rapunzel, Its on Church Street one block south of Carlton Street. It's THE BARN, which is closed now, alas due to an unhappy tragedy....

in response to: NADIAN Beer Ad by Biff

Biff: It's at Church and Alexander Street, in front of the American Apparel store which I find ironic. I guess they won after all......

in response to: Local Hero by Biff

Biff: The American commander Zebulon Pike {of Pike's Peak fame} ordered the town to be burnt for the unexpected resistance they had encountered. Alexander Wood and his band of teenage insurgents halted the Yankee advance at......

in response to: Local Hero by Biff

jack: every hill looks the same so they number them. there was a restaurant/bar on church and rector streets in manhattan and there was this big guy cooking all the hamburgers on a grill by the......

in response to: Chocolates!!!! by Elicar

jack: [[img:8688]] on the corner of cedar street and west side highway. St. Joseph's Church was next to a Russian Orthodox Church, both disintegrated by the collapse of WTC tower. around the corner from the......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Traffic by EvilGentleman

Peter: jack: at first, i thought you were referring to the armory, but then i realized that its further up atlantic, and though visible from where i took these photos, it isnt in any of the......

in response to: Fire! by Peter

jack: okay here are the facts: 1=the strike started jan. 1, 1965. mayor john lindsay was arrogant and wanted to break the powerful union boss then. but both were arrogant and wanted to be......

in response to: Transit Strike! by Peter

Survivor: To the people of the land. Sun, Moon, Stars, Water and Earth. We are all survivors. It's not the color of our skin that makes us survivors. It's the spirit of......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

518 gin mill: i remember grand street in the mid 40s. trolley cars. clean streets. no graffitti. doors were old, they were new. they were clean. ragamuffin day, bell buttons jammed on with chewn gum. the rko republic,......

in response to: The Doors of Grand Street by Peter

Peter: heh! i love that you caught a shot whilst the dont/walk sign was blank! reminds me of the photos i made of the blackout when times square was completely dark. rare indeed. also: my cam is......

in response to: Pet Bird at Night by kc

jeeff: hi jo. here's a quickie travel guide for toronto, ##but## i'm writing this with one condition for you: please take some photos, write some stuff, and post an article here about your trip! first off,......

in response to: Toronto for a week by jo

Peter: hi jerry... thanks for the compliments. i do truly have an affection for this city- that probably stems from moving up here from down south about 10 years ago- i literally had to fall in......

in response to: Westside Market: NYC by Peter

zagg: how come i never see that stuff when i go to toronto? (wait, i know why, cus we never venture off the areas of younge/dundas/bay/church streets....

in response to: post industrial beach by hool