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Cecilia Midiri: Good for you Anna!!! I live here too and I'm kind of adamant now about staying. When I first moved back with Mom 6 years ago, all I could think of was getting her...... Geoff: The little bastards are smart, cute, fearless and a bloody great pain in the ass. Our current local raccoon family has taken to digging up our outside plants every damned night (on our second floor...... 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...... eyeofodin: Pretty lawn though...I don't know how much publicity the draught gets in other parts of the Bay Area where the sun actually shines, but in SF I never hear about it. I guess I...... AJ July 23, 2008: I have a wall to donate to some real "down with it" graff artists. If interested, post your reply here and I will check the site every day.
With respect,
AJ... 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...... Rareity: I live in Marine Park- not too far from what was Barren Island. I'm 25 now but years back a friend and I stumbled upon a reference to Barren Island and had to go down...... Hands and Feet: Just got this today. The reality is this all started about the mid fifties or earlier. I remember moving several times before I was five years of age. This was due to depressed economics in...... Jla: Hello to all my fellow kensington neighborsand friends, i lived in kensington all my life i grew up at 2nd and cambria then moved to D & clearfield. met my husband and moved to kensington...... Gamester: I too just found this page after searching for "too old skateboarding" in Google. I am 23 years old and work as a technical support agent in Boulder, CO. Right now, here is...... 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...... Silo: Hey stan when the guy was talking about it being dangerous at a certain point did he describe anything?
Also did he mean south from 116th street? im thinking about going down there and i dont...... Ryan: sorry to tell yall, but i havent seen ja's shit in a minute. nigga is a king, but hes old. i think he would of givin it up by now to start settling down.....if he...... Some Guy Ya: Beware the Boogeyman. He lives down there, you know!... Some Guy Ya: Wow I thought the new widening of the rail bridge down by Queen would have alleviated this. Pretty interesting. ... anon (hrtl-01-0036.dsl.iowatelecom.net): New York should be number one, hands down. It's simply too large to even place in a photograph. ... 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...... anon (cache-ntc-ab03.proxy.aol.com):
Liz: My sister was born in St Marys Hospital in 1929,the only one of seve siblings born in a hospital. We all went to St Matthews school and church in the 1930s. The boys...... kms: My life got flipped turned upside down. I want to type this up and tell you all about how I came to the town called Bellaire.
In Cabrini Green, where I grew up and played on...... 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...... Tyfoid Kid: How's that old song go:
Hot town, summer in the city
Back of my neck getting dirty and gritty
Been down, isn't it a pity
Doesn't seem to be a shadow in the city
All around, people looking half...... 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,...... ja vs saber: for all u foos talking Ny and LA beef...........
saber is an artist
ja is a bomber
thats how it goes........
u cant compare them..........
ny and la styles are so diffrent
when it comes down to it.......
saber is know like...... OG FROM GCC: Cecilia
Keep it up. Keep going. We brought a group of 25 to Philly. Half worked in some
gardens in the Dauphin area. We stopped by there on Thursday morning on a way...... 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...... 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...... 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...... upfromflames: Lou: It depends on what part of Bushwick you are talking about, as the process of demographic change proceeded differently in different part of the neighborhood. In ther southern side of Bushwick--south of Myrtle--the process...... TRANS KOF 2008 : Hey all this talk about Paterson brings back alot of memories I grew up in Paterson on Main st. and Wiess St.a block from St.Josephs hospital. my neighborhood was known as little San Juan...... colavitos ghost: "diario" usually just means "diary" or sometimes "agenda" (like a little notebook where you write down your plans.
the only commonly-used word i know for "newspaper" is "periódico".
(not like it really matters. sorry for...... Mike: I remember Sunset Park from the 50's and 60's I lived right down from the park. That's when It was a nice neighborhood you could walk the streets anytime and not worry about getting mugged....... 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: Scott, urgent, contact me. I am stuck in Hutchinson, I am from Florida and I believe my life is in danger. I keep reaching out for help but its slow coming. I am disabled, use...... VeeJay: Found this sight quite by accident. Like many of you I grew up in Bushwick and we left there in 1962 because I was mugged and beaten several times - we lived on Goodwin...... stan: I live around 116th street. A year ago I found a way in (and while down their noticed a few ways out.) I went down with a friend, a lighter, and two cellphones (which we...... 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...... Robert: Lets us all remember that while there are trains rolling though the tunnel at 70 miles or so. The really good thing about that entire tunnel is there is no 700 volt Third Rail to...... hairsy: phantom i lived on the 2800 blk of front from 1948 to 1972 and don't remember this store maybe on 2700. ...... 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...... MR: Loved Kensington!! Grew up at Somerset & Jasper, worked at a deli on Kensington Ave & Somerset in the early 70 thru to the early 80's. Never had to worry about being robbed. Everyone looked...... J Sears: What a surprise! I wish someone would do a before and after as was suggested. I used to live in Montreal and probably wouldn't recognize it anymore. I heard that Ben's, Ruby...... Peter: hmm. i came to this page to find information about how to bite parrots, but all i can find here is information about parrots doing the biting. to be perfectly frank, i feel a little...... Peter: its pretty telling that i knew exactly what this was just seeing the tip-top of the weathervane, ebfore even scrolling down... ahh, i love {brooklyn}...... 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...... Outside the box...: When you hear and see what is going on down in that part of town I find it difficult to feel sorry for the majority of those folks. The previous post hit the nail on...... Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Gary sparkes, re the maypole there was a shop that sold electrical goods next to the shoe shop and laundrette on the other side. Over near lesters newsagents there was a haidressers. The supermarket was...... ~Me : I wish the best to everyone who was raised in the projects in chicago, the horners, the greens, robert taylor homes etc.... Its sad to see them tear down historical land marks and homes to...... gotout: i moved away more than 20yrs ago be honest hutch is boring. i come home at least once a year to visit family. things are getting pretty ratty there. the neighborhoods need to do like...... Tabersnack: 68. People on the street ask you if you speak English or French and you assume they will just ask you for money and keep walking.
69. The habs win one damn series and...... living in Hutchinson: Wow. Interesting website. I would like to comment too. I live in Hutchinson. I have been here my entire life. I moved to big cities in other states for a few...... lisag: Maybe because I am from Vancouver - but I like the "useless and dangerous" green spaces around buildings.
That said, I LOVE Montreal, and your pictures are like a walk down the streets...thank you!... carol: to who cares for kensington..it is nice to move on with your life..but it is very different when it is by your own choice and not because you are being forced to move becausethe neighborhood...... 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...... mark: that first picture is amazing... have you ever been down the the baths at night and followed the cave to the end?
it's scary as hell. but it's still a blast when you're with a...... CJ: Hello! I found this website because a co-worker of mine is considering a move to North Florida. I told her about my experiences but she didn't believe me. Perhaps she'll believe you...... Editor: more like "the editor's pet peeve is mile-long ALL-CAPS titles", so he cut it down cause it broke the main-page layout ;)
we love, ya jack. you get major props for the hot-tub pic!
... Ben: This little lunchtime favorite run by two, has become a bit of an institution downtown. The owner is friendly and engaging. Lines are fairly regular. The best dessert is an apple cake. It is absolutely...... Cecilia Midiri: All the people up there who are talking about when Kensington changed are talking about when the neighborhood became desegregated and people of color started moving in.
Anyway...I work every day and so does...... Peter: if i had a dollar for every time ive heard someone from a hard/bad/depressed/rebuilding neighborhood comment something like ##"_______ is really that bad and has been for years"##... [[76:cabrini green]], [[1727:henry horner]], [[4368:hutchinson]], [[646:bushwick]], to...... Renee Harrold: Hi,
I lived in 111,1957-1968 and 120 until 1972, 1847 until 1974. I, read the book there are no children here and I remember a much better time. We could sleep with our doors...... 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...... Cecilia Midiri: One last thought by Robert Frost:
Nature's first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing...... jb53: I have lived here for close to twenty years. I really think the people that can't find work are the ones that just plain don't want to work. I have never been without a job...... zagg: it took me a minute. I'm like "what does this big grey thing have to do with 'the deal goes down' --- 'doh! good stuff :)... Me: Re to Tex
I find it ironic that you brag about all the money you make,six figures to be exact,and I believe you do make that much, but why do you put down people in Hutch...... Tex Re: Me: I don't think things in Hutch will ever improve, I just enjoy being a thorn in you'all sides!! LOL!! A fly in the ointment that won't go away. I still own property up there,...... Tex Re: Me: Nice try, but some of us have to be the voice of truth, because they sure won't hear it coming from some of you'all up there. How come you want to post so much...... 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...... 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...... Open your eyes !!: I have read mostly all of the comments on here and it makes me sad to see how ignorant some people really are.
What a lot of you need to do is...... 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...... john: If you think the tunnel looks great now you should have seen it back in the 70's I was 12 years old when I started going down there.
Thats when there were five tracks down there...... 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...... cyril bagshaw: Hi Anne
I dont know if you have managed to see any of the old Twenty Row photos yet, but one in particular has come to light on the Irlam and Cadishead Ancestry site.It was taken...... charlie : Great pictures I myself used to hang out in that tunnel for years back in the early years before the amtrak police kicked me out
another time at the southern end one of the homeless nut...... jack: the root word for prostitute comes from two sources, 1- stitute- to be situated, stature, a place of being, one who stands in a place. then pro, naturally we know it to be a...... BostonVisitor: Hi there and bonjour,
I'll have friends visit me from California, and we all want to check out Montreal. Specifically, I'm interested in providing my friend a prostitute. I remember several years back going...... T J O'BRIEN, ANNANDALE, VA: The article below it will mention the Luna Park. During the WW II I worked part-time for the New York Daily News as a copy boy. One afternoon I came in early at...... Kathy: KENSINGTON WAS THE GREATEST NEIGHBORHOOD TO LIVE IN. I WAS RAISED THERE AND IT WAS GREAT UNTIL THE EIGHTIES..THEN IT JUST WENT DOWNHILL!!
WE WERE A POOR FAMILY GROWING UP, BUT WE DIDN'T HURT, KILL...... Mary: I love this shot. What memories it brings to mind. Some good, some bad. Bad was when I had to walk home after dark. The giant factory building enhanced my fear and the darkness....... Jeff: Great set of photos! For the past many years, I have stared down into the tunnel from above in Riverside Park watching Metro-North go by. I've always wondered what it looks like in there! Thx...... Tex: I don't drive down 17th, I drive to work in a brand new convertable down streets lined with palm trees and seagulls flying overhead. Because I live and work in a city that promotes good...... Me: Re to oevre
If I had a million,I would travel and visit some really cool places,then I would settle down while I was still young and buy a really nice home here in good ole Hutch,and...... oevre: Q: If you were driving down seventeenth and you realized you had a million dollars in your backpack, which you didn't realize you had, and you are seventeen years old, would you plan on spending...... Karlo: That really was a moving story sharon.
Im so glad that you can finally put your anger to rest,a feeling that only serves to destroy the self.
I fully believe that your son Karl would want you...... EvilGentleman: Jennifer, you must be unfamiliar with this site to post comments such as you did above. If you browse CE's other articles, which you can do by clicking on his name just under the main...... EvilGentleman: We really missed a good opportunity to do an urbex of this site before they tore it down.... Mark Brannan: Hi Chris,
I remember you and Steff and that bleached hair down the middle that you had . We were so trendy then wasn't we lol. I left gardners and worked as a sales rep. I...... Peter: {brooklyn bretta} has been around for years, and are hands-down the best scooter shop/repair in the area. i wouldnt take my scoot anywhere else.
[[http://www.brooklynbretta.com]] ... Jeff: I went to Super Sexe a few times around 2002-2004, had a great time. Gorgeous women and good price, very entertaining overall. I have done nothing but spread the good word since, telling...... Allison: Not to bog you down with stats, but just by comparison here is the info for the same year in Manhattan:
County New York County
Community/county police department County Total
Year 2006
Total number of reported crimes (violent and property) 56,255
Number of violent...... Kate: We have a mother and 2 babies on our roof. The porch has this metal box on top (no one knows why, it's a very old house). Anyway, a few years ago my...... Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis...... Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis...... SteveO: Though I don't find 90+% of the posters on this board to be worth the sweat off my balls, I shall post anyway just because I have become bored with the uninformed BS...
Break it down........ James cashan: Hello jon B.
Malcom Kennedy is related to my dad through marriage of his mum to Ken connor (pics of Train), I lived and dad still lives across road from Pete n...... Jon Burgess: Hi all, not been on for a while. Some names are ringing bells with me in the above entry, Malc Kennedy is a good mate of my dads (John Burgess), Pete lawson from irlam friends...... anon (static-66-16-111-15.dsl.cavtel.net): Hey Den ... That sounds real good, would love to hang out. Ali gets down the shore alot, I get down there maybe once a year. I couldn't remember the name of the store either,...... Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Peter, Barbara was 2/3 years older than me, I can remember that she always liked horses, so maybe she has got one now she lives on the moss. As for Lesley I can't......
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