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sandy: my opinion is that Kensington was designated to be a dumping ground for section 8 .It is an abused program to say the least.slumlords are even getting sick of fixing up the houses that these......

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

Lou Romero: Thanks UFF, I am a member of BushwickBuddies, maybe a little to crowded for me now (lol) A cousin of mine forward us to CityNoise, showcasing the pictures of Bushwick. I'm hoping to hear from more Fourteen Holy......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

JOSEPH BRIDGE: hey peter, i'll give you one reason why kensington sucks. my father, hard working, family man left work early one night in march of 1990 because he was sick. you see he worked the graveyard......

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

Me: Re to surviving You go into any town or city,and you will find many women with a dozen kids,milking the system.Happens everywhere,all the time,not just in Hutchinson Kansas.But I understand how you feel.I have been upset......

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

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

Me: Re to Tex and Peter I would post pics here,but I do not know how.Maybe I can get my 17 year old to do it for me,but she is usually too busy,like many other folks here......

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

Steve Weir: Here's a few more topics for you to get your teeth into...Irlam Social Club (Home of Doctor Death the wrestler that could wip us teenagers into a frenzy with his dastardly deeds). Potatoe picking (form of......

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

James cashan: [[img:27948]] crowds gather round the plaque....

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

fred walerski: The music store was the site of the crown shoe store.The store was called,Freds Music store.The record spot was run by Harry Bradly who is the father of Big John of the old Kit Katts.Harry......

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

Jerry L: Hey Marie. I remember everyone from the crowd. Tell John Diane, Ed and Kathy that I said Hello and that I wish all of them well. ...

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

georgia x: hiiyahh the photoz are great :D but what do u feed the birdz 2 keep them coming back..? we have a couple of diffrent types blackbirds,thrushes,blue/greytits sparrows jaydoorz a crow starrling,greenfinches etc but i whant them to......

in response to: Fledgling Greenfinches by elaine

eric guerra: Its me again. No matter how bad it is, it is still my birth place, St. Josephs Hospital, lived on Preakness Ave for half my life, then moved one block away to Ryerson ave. I......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

yeah yeah: i think its amazing how people are suggesting that jacksonville should become like miami or orlando in order to become more "entertaining"... havent any of you people taken a walk around outside or a swim......

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

jack: in picture number 8 behind the red W on the sign in the distance is where i worked, that's my building for 26 years, 130 cedar street. i miss it, thx for the pictures......

in response to: WTC Commute by Peter

serlingrod: what happened to the comments that were posted? I really didn't mean to offend anyone with this post....tough crowd!...

in response to: The Party Is Over by serlingrod

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Gary, I am sure I must have met you and your Mum if you did your shopping in fiddlers lane as we were from 1947 to 1980. If you open up the other web site that......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

chiamattt: I had no problems whatsoever. The vast majority of China Supporters (chinese students) were full of smiles and willingly posed for pictures. The Seoul Police were polite and didn't hinder my movements at all. I......

in response to: Olympic Torch Relay by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: Actually Peter, logic would tell you that a loss would have been catastrophic, I agree. But that is not the case in Montreal. Had the Canadiens ##lost##, the crowds would have been grumpy and sullen,......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

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

missyelliott: If you lived in Kauai and had these god aweful rats with wings crowing under window at 1 and 2 am you wouldn't be saying "how cute" they are! They carry diseases, any ground......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

To Unsure: You can start by going to meetings everyday. And I mean everyday. Change your crowd of friends. If you associate with meth users,you will never break away. If you hang out with dogs,you will get......

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

cyril bagshaw: Hi Sue Must get those photos on somehow..... I've only just been tutored in posting photos by Alan. If you like,email cyrilab@optusnet.com.au and I will pass on the routine. Certainly do remember McKinnell's Taxis....we got our first......

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

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

Renee: I enjoyed reading this thread. However, there are a lot a personal prejudices and biases here. However, that's Americans for you now isn't it. I enjoyed the person who said judge people......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Steve Mars: My parents Bernard and Estelle Mars (mom's maiden name is Estelle Roxenberg) grew up in Crown Heights. Their first date was at the Bedford Rest. My dad taught at Tilden High for 30+ years. He......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Michael Waugh: Directions: Recalling since '75, west of the SAPI mill about 5-10 km I would say. There was a small post office/store. Dirt road went north over the railroad tracks, just beyond it turned to the......

in response to: Mans Contribution to Nature by Guy McLaren

jack: peter, i enjoy the train station pictures very much, its been a long time since i ran up and down those stairs for trains, i remember how cold it was during the winter months and......

in response to: Brooklyn by Peter

j.smith: Shiny unhappy people All is not well in the world of pearly royalty. Beneath the peacock feathers and rhinestone finery is stirring a nasty battle for the soul of the kingdom. In Guildford county court this......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Leon: I remember Town Hill but it was called the Bedford Rest before that. I had my first date with my wife there 48 years ago. I grew up in in the 30's and 40's in......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

NervaVels: I lived on the block of Green/Evergreen/Harman for almost 20 years; prior to that, I lived on Jefferson St between Knickerbocker and Irving (still remember getting picked up by the bus to go to a......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Birdperson: If your bird is biting you do need to try to figure out why in order to stop the behavior. Recently my green cheek conure decided to take a chunk out of my lip.......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

Roger Barton: I lived near & attended Salford Grammar School in the early '60s and made regular trips to Barton Swing Bridge & Barton Lock on my pushbike. I remember being chased off the bridge whilst......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

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

rick: There was the spice factory that took up the whole block between Crown St. and Montgomery on the west side of Franklin. We always passed it and enjoyed the smells (not as much as Bond......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Chris: Washington Baths, Tilyou's Steeplechase Park [the fan blowing up the skirts , the giant slide, the spinning circle, the round ticket with George's face on it] Wonder Wheel's sliding car, Nathan's fried shrimps in......

in response to: Coney & Surroundings by kricket

Mitch: I lived at 969 Carroll between Franklin and Bedford just a few blocks off Eastern Pkwy. My dad owned the drug store on the corner of Franklin and Eastern Pkwy (Maiman's Pharmacy). It was still......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon (214.87-241-81.adsl-dyn.isp.belgacom.be): [[img:24845]] View of Belgium(1) [[img:24846]] View of Belgium(2) Everyone can have one's own opinion. Over almost anything or everything. But is it the place that makes the people rather than the people who make the place? 1. Look at......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

stepha: i lived at 15 crown and 934 carroll, went to ps 241 yes, incredible area to grow up in. anyone go to 241 in the early 50's? mr. garone, miss levy..........

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: barry you took these i'm guessing from 30 rock, and they are beautiful shots, this is manhattan in fall, autumn in new york, why does it seem so inviting, autumn in new york, it......

in response to: Rockefeller by barry

Genny: Oh dear, all these tales of sadness and I have my own to add. My previous bike was stolen last year from where it was locked in front of the Canadian Tire on Yonge St. and......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

joey: actually -it's a telephoto view. i estimate it's about 15 miles by how the crows fly....

in response to: Moon Spotting by joey

janet grayson: Just reading these posts bring back very fond memories. I remember the Schenectady Ave. (at Lincoln Place) pickle lady with her barrels of sours and half-sours. Also, I too stood among the crowds......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

stevie: Get over yourselves! I have lived in Europe, Amsterdam specifically, and over there people are not so prissy. Peeing is part of life. Penises are part of every guy. Trust me, no one there thinks......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

-: Don't sleep on BELROC. Someone needs to go ahead and crown this motherfucker......

in response to: Bel Graffiti by BelRoC

EvilGentleman: Testosterone makes us men do silly things. If I had been there, I may have snapped a few focused on the models, a few focused on the cars, and a few focused on the crowd.......

in response to: Train Station Gawkers by Chiamattt

EvilGentleman: The simple reality is, Americans are welcomed warmly by most Montrealers, and generally disliked but tolerated by the rest. And that dislike is often because they are getting mistaken for Torontonians, or other English-speaking Canadians. Dislike......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

stepha: ok, i think it was dubrows, really incredible potato pirogen, fried or steamed. yum! during the early 50's my family would eat there. we lived on crown, then carroll st....

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

lil chan reppin columbus georgia : 74 till the world 6low niggas fuck all hatin ass slobs 6 bangin 5 hangin, 6 crownin 5 drownin FOLK NATION BITCH when i die show no pitty bring my soul to a gangsta city......

in response to: The London Police by Jamie

lil chan reppin columbus georgia : 74 till the world 6low niggas fuck all hatin ass slobs 6 bangin 5 hangin, 6 crownin 5 drownin FOLK NATION BITCH when i die show no pitty bring my soul to a gangsta city......

in response to: The London Police by Jamie

lil chan reppin columbus georgia : 74 till the world 6low niggas fuck all hatin ass slobs 6 bangin 5 hangin, 6 crownin 5 drownin FOLK NATION BITCH when i die show no pitty bring my soul to a gangsta city......

in response to: The London Police by Jamie

EvilGentleman: We have both tended to focus on the area of downtown near Guy-Concordia metro, probably due to our being Concordia students. I also hang around with the native crowd in the west end of downtown,......

in response to: RCA Building by Cinic

Bosley Latimore: It appears that young persons who are currently considering relocating to sections of Brooklyn such as Cobble Hill, Borum Hill, Carroll Gardens, Grand Army Plaza, or even Brooklyn Heights, would be well advised to consider......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

John : I mean, as a lifetime resident of megalopolis, I find this fascinating. I mean, what do people DO in these places? Name the garbage and stray cats? I can't even imaging how......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

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

CATCH A BIKE THIEF!: We bought brand new bikes from these nice guys at CycOmotive on Bathurst. We paid $3,500 for the two mountain bikes. One was higher end Giant and the other one was Giant Pistol 2 16......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

JANICE: I GREW UP IN NORTON, MOVED IN 67, AND HAVE MISSED THE SMALL TOWN FEEL EVER SINCE. I REMEMBER PLAYING ALL DAY LONG AND NO ONE EVER WORRIED ABOUT OUR SAFETY. I NEVER......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

Tom: Hey Reyes 5 Point; 2 of my friends died because they were "Down with the Crown"... that was 20 years ago.... you're certainly tuff and so were they but their long forgotten... peace with......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

chiamattt: EvilGentleman, I hold my camera in my right hand at my side as though I were just carrying it somewhere. I just walk and take pictures of things on my right. If there is a......

in response to: Hyehwa to Mia by chiamattt

Chung: Those photos capture nothing special. You photographed Seoul like a low grade digital would for a street in Brooklyn. You didn't capture the high rises, the dichotomy of city and country, crowded streets......

in response to: Chungdahm by chiamattt

joey: all those crowded street scenes remind me of the book, the wind up bird chronicle; [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind-Up_Bird_Chronicle]] ...

in response to: Shibuya by serlingrod

Paradox: It's interesting to hear what people think of Brooklyn but overall it's not as bad as it used to be. I'm not saying that crime is all gone but the city has changed a lot.......

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

vel crow : heroin got it what you think? ...

in response to: Subway Love by stillsken

crazy: I just know that is not a mural of all the nations crowded around the treee of knowledge....

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

dougieESQ: there is no east williamsburg...it is bushwick. If you haven't lived in NYC before you will find Coney Island to be sketch unless you are riding the Cyclone. Also, if you are a Brooklyn newbie......

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

Jimmy Legs: i'd just like to point out that bushwick's crime stats are no worse (and in most cases, significantly better) than that of bed-stuy, east new york or crown heights in the last year. sure it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: omg, i predict that this is going to be a very popular series with our google crowd... hahaha...

in response to: Sex Appeal by EvilGentleman

joey: the ##other## las vegas without huge hotels, and casinos ? far from the madding crowd. hi Toulouse. what is the story with that picture?...

in response to: January 11th by fuzzytank

K Bernstein: I lived in an apartment building at Eastern Parkway and Troy Avenue in the 1950s. Eastern Parkway was a beautiful street, with its two pedestrian malls with benches and trees. The street was lined with......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

been: Now THAT is one creepy snowman (or whatever it is). Scarier than even the scariest scraecrow. Yikes! And shown melting. Thanks...

in response to: Feb 25 2007 Toronto by hool

upfromflames: Crown Heights is partly Chasidic Jewish, partly Caribbean black, two communities who have conflicted for years over the territory. just check out the flags on the houses to see who's who. Its also got the......

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

want a job: What type of neighborhood is Crown Heights? I visited today, felt a little uncomfortable in daylight. I am thinking of taking a job off of St.Marks. Can I (young female) walk......

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

.nanotech.: [[img:18457]] [[img:18458]] [[img:18459]] [[img:18462]] [[img:18463]] [[img:18464]] [[img:18465]] [[img:18466]] [[img:18467]] [[img:18468]] [[img:18469]] [[img:18470]] [[img:18471]] * The Queen of England has reportedly been buying up property in Colorado under a proxy. * There is a lot of "secret society" symbology at the airport,......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Derek Jackson: Wow! Reading all this misspelled babble about being proud of being hispanic, about fighting the whites trying to take what's yours, and about complaining about gang violence is making me half-laugh, half-get pissed off. Homboldt Park......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

colavitos ghost: or crown heights, whichever. aarrgh!...

in response to: I\'ve Lived in Crown Heights for Just About Fifteen Days by little ukraine

crow for the cause.: i hear newsprint works the best. also, i'm taking a screenprinting class at a community college for only $60 to print all my graphics for free! as long as i put in the......

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

little ukraine: i'm a soon to be crown heights resident, and while wandering around the neighborhood recently, i got to washington avenue and turned my head and saw a sign for Gino's Pizza. it may be......

in response to: Gino\'s Pizza by Peter

Eric #1 FAN: I love your writing it stands out in a crowd i found out about you when i was playing a video game Mark Echos geting up content under presser which was about 3 to 4......

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

Giovanni: i grew up in a mostly Italian neighborhood in bay view in milwaukee and Latin Kings were a huge force in my neighborhood, all my family was in it, most of my family pics were......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

whois: yeah brooklyn iz a good place... all east new york, brownsville, bed stuy, east flatbush, flatbush, crown heights, bushwick, east williamsburg and even williamsburg, we all in da house......

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

cyber: I saw him during the filmfest in September. He was doing his thing in Yorkville and huge crowds of people watching for film stars at Sassfraz restaurant and then out of nowwhere Zanta jumped......

in response to: April in Toronto by Gabi

mestizo 3: yea im from la but i live in michigan im an everyday king and scrap killa so fuck ur crown and fuck the 5 pitch forks up much luv 2 the xiv and the tmg......

in response to: GANGS ON NYC by StripesA4

neene: spotted 10/8, crown heights, brooklyn [[img:16383]] ...

in response to: Tumbleweed Weave by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Super pictures. It doesn't look as crowded as I'd expect. Of course, now I'm thinking of the 1962 remake of State Fair (set at the Texas state fair). Ann Margaret stole the show....

in response to: Texas State Fair by dfwtiger

jeeff: ps. on rereading my letter, i think i didn't explain myself well at the end. it probably seems counterintuitive that i'm arguing against condos as destroying the residential flavour of our neighbourhood. in......

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

Peter: nice! it reminds me of [[5052:the churches of crown heights]]... i love those old handpainted signs too....

in response to: Brooklyn World Church... by GGP

aj schure: what strets are this pic taken??? ive been away from crown heights along trime????thanks...

in response to: Urban Stroll by Peter

mel: who crowd surfs in a train??? dose n e 1 know who invented crowd surfing????? TELL ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!...

in response to: Crowd Surfing Skytrain Vancouver by hool

Sirhcbre: I'm not really that surprised. I find Quizno's doesn't really cater to the drunk crowd. They always seem to be trying to differentiate themselves from Subway and not being open to the drunk......

in response to: Rainy Walk Downtown by CE

GeneralTsao: Wow, what a closed perspective we have! The author posted several shots of the same building and people now don't want to have anything to do with Salina Kansas? Observation #1: Author should have been more......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 7 by Scott Sargent

KING CISCO 95TH ROSLAND: IM READIN ALOT OF SHIT ABOUT HUMBOLDT MY AUNT LIVED THER FOR 4 YEARS AND I SPENT ALOT OF TIME OUT THERE. (IM MEXICAN). I GOT SOMTHIN TO SAY ABOUT THE FOOL TALKIN ABOUT EDUCATION......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Peter: thats more in {crown heights}, about 15-20 blocks straight east of where this photo was taken (which is {park place} between {underhill} and {washington} avenue)......

in response to: park place by sine

ksedge: the girl in the 4th picture was straddling her bongos and playing them so fast and aggressively that it actually made me cross the crowd in the street to see what was going on. the......

in response to: Sun & Salsa by ksedge

Scarecrow1fx: Nice shots. I frequent that place often, and really there is nothing to fear in that place. I understand the anxiety, my first time there bothered me. But i'm there often now, and it's like......

in response to: Haverford State Hospital by Nairi

LWAMC: im the lead guitarist for RUBIDIUM, and have gigged with sodium for years and i gotta admit, if you havent caught an {i love sodium} show, youre missing out on the hardest hardk0re metal lincolnshire......

in response to: Mofidious by Mofidious

EvilGentleman: One must take the view that all that is done in public is open to be published in the open domain. Otherwise, a whole bunch of considerations will overwhelm everything until **nothing** is fit to......

in response to: Mullets Galore! by Peter

Jamie: i've just sat and read this entire thread end to end and i have to say, i think there are a lot of sticks being firmly grasped by the wrong ends. Northern Ireland is a......

in response to: Urban Street Propoganda by Jamie

JJ: Tyfoid Kid: You're so right. The crowd was great and the girls were amazing....

in response to: Philly Rollergirls! by JJ

jeeff: i took several pics that included just the cross and the crown of trees, but i like the full version better. for me the tones and composition of the bottom part add depth, atmosphere, and......

in response to: Le Mont Royal by jeeff

Gabi: Lovely pictures. When I viewed your article, the first picture showed only about 2/3rd of the top part. I had to scroll down to see the whole photo. I have to tell you that I......

in response to: Le Mont Royal by jeeff

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