Comments about clean up

There are 100 comments about "clean up"

Janice Seifert; July 2008: Hi Ronald Lees, I grew up on 600 Wishart St. Your sisters will probably remember me. My brother Joe used to hang out with your brother Earl and Freddie Beck. I used to love how......

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

anon (c-69-142-138-254.hsd1.pa.comcast.net): he didnt live on lee but we did live on westmoreland between A st and lee st. we lived directly across from where water st came in. yea he passed away in 2004. He had......

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

Anonymous: I've lived in 17 states and Jax. is the only place where I've been robbed. I've had 4 apartments broken into here (one of them several times). I've been beaten up and robbed walking down......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

river otters21 girl: GCC,that is sooo good to hear.I hope and PRAY that the rest of the good people that are left will pitch in and help clean up the Kensington neighborhoods and fight for them. If everyone......

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

Cecilia Midiri: I have to say that it is so true about monkey see, monkey do...every weekend when I'm off from work, I get out to sweeping and I never end up alone doing it. Sometimes......

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

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......

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

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

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......

in response to: Anti-Climb Paint by kobe

carol: To Lp I raised 4 children in Kensington(3 of which went to college),and I thank God that they do not live in the Kensington of today.I am still here and probably will be till I......

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

Kassie: I went here with my friend a couple months ago. We got some amazing pictures. I've never seen such beautiful graffiti in my entire life. We had a nice talk with a......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

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......

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

Who Cares for Kensington: Carol, I left the neighborhood because I felt forced to do so by crime and apparent bleak future prospects.I moved to another section of the city that wasn't the greatest, but it served and a......

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

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......

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

Renee: Just stumbled on this site. I was born in an apt Bushwick and Gates. We later owned a house on Linden just off Bushwick during the Depression. Went to what was then......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Who Cares for Kensington: Serlingrod, It reminds me of something I was told at a very young age, "men lead lives of quiet desperation". I am amazed at myself and others that accept such poor leadership and politics from elected......

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

Cecilia Midiri: Okay so, like I said some days are better than others. I'm trying right now to get 4 houses next to me cleaned and sealed. I'm here in the 25th police district. ......

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

serlingrod: I do not defend the status - I wish to change it. I do not "draw a salary on the backs of the suffering" - the little funding we receive goes towards helping these people......

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

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......

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

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......

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

surviving: All of the post I"ve been reading has some kind of validity to the experience and surviving in hutch. I will not capitalize the "h on hutchinson' so please don"t think I messed up.......

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

Cecilia Midiri: Wow, Kimmer Teesedale...you remember the Midiri's? Me and Mamma Ceil are still on Keim Street. She refuses to move...and hey, who am I to make her. I can't complain too much. The street was so......

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

Steven - Clean and Sober: John Avildsen is now in detox/rehab/group therapy. I met him there in May 2008. I saw his works and his books and all. He said he was quitting and he told me to look him......

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

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......

in response to: Letters by Peter

voice of reason: Everyone anywhere can either make the most or least out of any situation. The US medical care system is the worst of any advanced nation. You do not need to say your hospital......

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

FEM: Wouldn't you think that Cicero Avenue at the Stevenson Expressway going South towards Midway Airport be cleaned up and looking better for our out-of-towners who come to visit. What a first impression, Shame on......

in response to: Midway Airport by joey

amy mccue fae posso: posso has cleaned up since these fotos have been takin no one menchie any whwere noo were aw too bizy tourin about in our motors to care let posso live ypf forever r.i.p william bates......

in response to: Glasgow Schemes 5 by kobie

Allison: Well, I was born in Flatbush and even though I've been out for 20 years the place still gives me the willies whenever I return. I live in Manhattan now and am constantly amazed at......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

jack: neat and clean, i really enjoy your pictures, and the way you bring your history into the light of day, i guess its all of our history also, did i ever tell you about the......

in response to: Upstairs on Jefferson Street by upfromflames

1life2live: I from brooklyn my whole life the truth is shit can happen if your in the wrong place at the wrong time im lucky i have many friends stabbed or killed for stupidity but as......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

CuriousGeorge: Anyone know what the neighborhood is like on Moffat St. b/n Central and Evergeen? Just off the L-Wilson stop. Looking for a new home in a safe area with modest conveniences -- grocery, dry cleaners,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Me: To Andie My goodness,you would have all kinds of career opportunities here in good ole Hutch if you have a degree in Health Care Administration. The health care field is booming here. So......

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

hugglez924: I have lived in Hutchinson nearly all my life and it is a wonderful place to live and raise a family. My children are grown and dont plan on moving to any other town.......

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

Reginald McAdam: To the person who said - ##"firstly the person in question does not wash their hands after urinating"## Seriously. What's the fascination with washing your hands after urinating. If your penis is dirtier than your hands......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

if90b: cleaned and gone..... bummer...

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

Jilch: I agree with several postings here. I love living here in Jax. I am a technology professional, who lives in the south side of the city, which is much cleaner than a lot of parts......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

serlingrod: ha, this looks like most of SEPTA once you leave center city. at least MTA cleans every once in awhile! ...

in response to: MTA Decay by Peter

New to Hutch: I just moved here a few months ago, and while I agree that Hutch is not the best town in the world. It's not the worst either. There's a lot of complaint about......

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

James cashan: RE: Rob Walls R Tynan, Totally agree with your strong sentiments, The other night me and my partner Zak (zakia Cassim) Were having our tea at the boathouse , they have built a decking area at......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Jesse: We moved to the northside when moving here from Ontario. Fredericton is about 20 yrs behind well anywhere else in Canada especially when it comes to shopping. My god its a capital city and full......

in response to: Northside Fredericton by CE

~$PI~: the metro with the wHite squeaks is clean...

in response to: NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up by Metro1

andrew: thier is a place for art ,put it on paint board canvas,not on private property,hate hate hate graffiti art, one thing for sure, these are the same people that is spraying thier crap......

in response to: graffiti alley / style in progress \'05 by jeeff

laz81: wow!have read with interest, the coments posted about the HAMC, sadly, its clear many know very little about the club. and i say club because it is just that, a club not a gang! to the bros and......

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

if90b: New workout by on right side of I-84 heading west after 181st exit. There used to be a LUNAR out there on the fence and it got cleaned, then a few weeks later was......

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

Jamie: Is this mural new? It's very clean and tidy...

in response to: Luis Ramirez Mural by the baroness

Disgusted!: I live in an apartment building on the third floor and a raccoon (or raccoons) have been using my balcony as their latrine. When I cleaned it up, I used a tarp, gloves and......

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

EMILY: CLEANER NEW YORK: 27th Feb 2008 - 02:35 GMT THIS SPRAY PAINT DOES NOT MAKE FOR A CLEANER NEW YORK. PLEASE USE DRAWING PAPER NEXT TIME Peter: 27th Feb 2008 - 04:56 GMT i tried that; the spraypaint......

in response to: More Brooklyn Graf by Peter

James cashan: hello Jim W. RE Margarine Works I remember peter hamburger (gruff voice)"oh yis oh yis", but who was the phantom! daily cries of "whose out now? am i out now?" waiting for......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Passerby: I live in HP and you can label me as a yuppie, or whatever stereotype you want. I can tell you this: I don't like the litter all over my lawn. I don't enjoy the......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

treee: do some hiking around where the old bridge ranch is, see troy regas has had teh ranch and licence and property in his name a few years ago ( cuz he owns......

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

Louie: I loved the article well written and so true. Its to bad NY politicians arent interested in caring for the beaches and they arent cleaned up. A high school extra credit outing of cleaning up the......

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

Bob Sisko: Does anyone remember the pizza truck that drove around @midnight. I grew up on Sergeant & Emerald in the 60's-70's and have not visited but twice. I am going back next week to drive through......

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

anon (ppp-70-248-117-38.dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net): I was born in 1933 at 151 Central Ave. between Willoughby and Suydam. It was mostly a Sicilian neighborhood. It was considered a slum then,but NEVER was it filthy like shown in the pictures......

in response to: Keep Bushwick Clean & Rats Out by Peter

Me: I do get high when I smell the air. It is smog free and fresh and clean. You only smell the drugs when you hang around with the druggies or do them yourself,and unfortunately,drugs are......

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

Me: Meg,it is thundering now as I type this,the Kansas air smells heavenly and fresh,the trees which are numerous are in bloom,the flowers are in bloom,there is no smog,no driveby shootings,life is great here today in......

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

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Jenny and Janet(Sutton), I lived at No 42 Harewood Road and I do remember you living there also I remember the field that belonged to your granddad, it came at the side......

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

Peter: are you crazy, or just seriously uninformed? nothing rebuilt, nothing touched? thats not true at all! i commute through the WTC site/station every day, and theres so much going on there... sure, its a slow......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

Ken: I Love Fredericton, it's such a clean city compared with Saint John. ...

in response to: Fredericton Streetscapes by CE

Alan Taylor: Hi Cyril, and the second farm almost opposite on your left you got the best celery around, tall white stems, not green like now and insect nibbled or slug mess in between the stems, lovely clean......

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

Peter: ##I wasn't at all interested in any of the possible aesthetic qualities of graffiti, just transfixed by the look of a city that couldn't afford to clean itself up## i like that phrase. god, i vaguely......

in response to: Two Stories by Peter

Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Aiden I remember Alan Shaw, he married a girl called Lorraine. I also remember there was a lady called Mabel who ran the White Horse. My mother Josie O'Reilly and a neighbour......

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

yolanda deberry-franklin: wow, memories, memories,memories. my family and i moved into the henry horner projects when they were completed around 1956-57. i was about 4 years old at the time. we thought that we......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

POWcityblog: Hydroelectricity - a short form from the 19th century. I probably shouldn't use it. Also, there isn't much graff on the coke machine, less than you'd find on something truly abandoned. Someone is cleaning that machine....

in response to: Oldskool Coke Machine by Peter

elaine: i stayed in an apartment on tompkins square park when i went to new york for the first time. i got up crazy early because of the time difference and walked around. i saw a......

in response to: A Tree and Resident in Tompkins Square Park by jack

Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Cyril The bank was at the top of Caroline Street, was Martin's then Barclays,the wallpaper shop was Lupton's, then a dry cleaner's called Irlam Valet Service, further along the road their was Billy's (I think......

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

Poor side of town: I live in Hutch and I am poor. But I am proud. My complaint is this town is getting getto and trashy looking. Come on people,clean up your yards and pick up your trash. Bathe......

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

-REZIN-: Damn these tags are clean as fuck how that fool get killed...

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

Joe: It is interesting to see so many postings from current/past Kensigtion folks (and others that give an address that has nothing to do with the neighborhood). I grew up there from 1957 throghh 1972, and......

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

fonem: yeah, make everything nice and clean so nobody gets any ideas about creativity. art is for criminals and the insane! we can't have any of that in post-911 nyc! only cops, starbucks, and for the......

in response to: More Brooklyn Graf by Peter

da man: wow ive never heard of brisbane before. it looks awesome and the setting is pretty. this just became one of my top 10 skylines. and i agree with ?!$@#, the 2IFC building in HK does......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Steve M: Hi Deb I was brought up in Collins Close during the 1970s. I remember the cat story. I can't confirm whether this was true or not, even though I worked at the pub briefly......

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

Deb Simpkins (Massey): Hi Sheila, the name Crossfield House rings a bell - I know I heard nanna discussing it in the past. I think you may be right! Steve - I lived at 103 Broadway, in the mid......

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

bubba: What I dont understand is....if so many people dont like the HA, why do you "know" so much about them. I cant count how many times I have just read that they are dope......

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

Tex: That's unbelievable, the prosecutors in that case ought to be criminally charged. The state or feds definitely need to step in and clean up that justice system that they have running up there. ...

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

iheartretards: Pho Viet Anh on lower Queen Anne next to Bamboo Garden and down the block from the Opera house. It's the best Pho in town, I can't even palate nasty Than Brothers anymore. That shit......

in response to: Pho in Seattle by Peter

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

ahh a ghost: heres my list of the top 10! (im from the chicago-land area) First off, all you dallas-houston and toronto-montreal people fighting, shut the hell up. 1.Tokyo, Japan- to me, every picture i see of tokyo looks great.......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

CLEANER NEW YORK: THIS SPRAY PAINT DOES NOT MAKE FOR A CLEANER NEW YORK. PLEASE USE DRAWING PAPER NEXT TIME...

in response to: More Brooklyn Graf by Peter

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

re: Fred: Reasonable law enforcement? I beg to differ. I called police on a child abuse situation,was told by the police to call SRS,I called SRS and was told to call the police. The police came back......

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

deces: clean truck bomb!...

in response to: Cope2 Metro by Metro1

B. B: I live in Henry Horner as well from 1982 until 1989. I have to say that my time in the Horner projects was a learning experience. I raised 5 children there and none......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Vicki: I grew up in Kensington (Coral and Clearfield) or Coral and Elkhart...block down from Frankford Ave. I went to Mastbaum for HS, Conwell for Middle and Williard for Elementary. I have many great......

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

Upstate Jim: Born in Bushwick in 1963 and moved to rural upstate in 1971. Lived on Dekalb close to knickerbocker ave (about 3 doors down from the pizzeria). I came from a great big family......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

squid_town: Hello.Visited hutchinson twice,clean ciy compared to gloversville ny.have been offered three decent jobs.Will move there as soon as i dig up the money out of this shit hole in ny....

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

ME: to me gain: I agree it is taking an awfully long time to clean up...but I'm sure they will all be gone before State Fair time!!...

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

me again: Is it taking an extremely long time to remove these tree branches,or am I just being impatient? I swear,Greensburg got cleaned up faster....

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

anon 2: This is a bit of a late response, but for people who wander across this later.... I grew up in New York City and San Francisco. When I was in Las Vegas, I made a......

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

Get it together Hutchinson people!: People of Hutch need to take pride in their community by painting their houses, picking up trash in and around their yards and wearing clean clothes!...

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

michelle romanelli: Yes. Kensington was great, I grew up at Jasper & Somerset. Worked at Hymies Deli. Knew all the business men. Bobmans's was at Cambria and Kensington. The original owner of Hymies his wife's family owned......

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

~aesieko fu~: ja....hmmm...place and time. kat lived out his persona frum tha movies.he was that guy.smash-uh-matic.unfortunitley for his type and such ferver....there will remain the thin crisp and clean cut line between street and trackmeet. live or......

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

daze: sup metro say clean...

in response to: METRO GRAFFITI ART SINCE 1988. by Metro 1

Kinda sorta like this city,sometimes: Hey,30th ave.is a cool place to be on weekend nights for bored teens.Good clean fun,Hastings is cool to hang out at,the new health and fitness club is also cool....

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

brooke: This is the best part of W.Gray. I live right across the street on Genesse (not the scary side !! LOL!!)and every one from Montrose to Downtown, all along Gray, have such passion for the......

in response to: Off of West Gray by groovehouse

jack: the poor kids who have to ride those bikes, its unlawful i tell you, child cruelty, sure, they clean the path but forget about the bikes. kinda reminds me of the blizzard of 48. or......

in response to: New Years Day by Biff

jack: very good but cold pictures, the roads are clean....

in response to: Natrel Rink and Sand Trucks by Michelle

jack: yeah, it looks like a nice building, the old architecture must give way to the newer sleek buildings, i am old architecture, and i have given way to the newer sleeker young buildings that have......

in response to: Viagra Headquarters? by serlingrod

Peter: you better check it out quick... from what ive heard (and saw last time i was in the neighborhood), its quickly being renovated... this is good, for sure, but its more than 2/3 of the......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

JOHNNY MOSS: I HAVE TRAVILED THE UNITED STATES QUITE A BIT AND HAVE LIVED IN SEVERAL DIFERANT CITIES AND STATES, AND CAN TESTIFY TO THE FACT THAT ANY TOWN THAT YOU GO TO HAS MORE THAN......

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

Peter: ...except much cleaner!...

in response to: Ginza by serlingrod

Frank: DO NOT FEED THE ANIMALS! Its really not a difficult concept to understand. Who knows you might even make friends with those neighbours who don't have alot of respect for you because you just don't......

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