Comments about easter

There are 100 comments about "easter"

Liz: Smiling...Eastern Parkway...Irish, Italian, Jewish...how come we all knew how to get along back then??? I can remember a Jewish couple coming up to me and saying something in Yiddish, and then noticing a surprise......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Liz: I was born at St. Mary's Hospital, baptized at St. Matthews church on Eastern Parkway. My parents were married at St Matthews and my mother attended St Matthews grade school and then attended St Angela......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Ross: Sure, You can walk under it though side to side only, not lengthways! You can also walk along the eastern side, cycle over the western side, climb the arch, and there's even a museum......

in response to: The Bridge by Ross

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......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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......

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

Jamie: hah, i like it. this seems like a good a place as any to share these photos of last {easter}. it {snow}ed. so we made a {snowrabbit}. [[img:28036]] [[img:28037]] ...

in response to: Someone Has Really Gone Mad by Elicar

David L. Drogin: My mother had an aunt and two uncles living on the corner of Eastern Parkway and Kingston Avenue (next to the Lubavicher Synagogue), and my paternal grandmother lived across Eastern parkway. We visited all the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mitch: I also lived at 969 Carol Street from 1952 (born) - 1960. I also went to PS241. You might know my two cousins who also lived in another appt in our building at the same......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Deb Simpkins (Massey): Hi Sheila, thanks for the "Jubblies" update... here in Australia we call them "Sunny Boys". ps: I had a little giggle at Steve's comment earlier... "a clip around the ear hole" - now that's......

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

sonnet: I grew up on Cambria St near Emerald in the 1940's and went to Willard School. My grandparents had a store on Kensington Ave and lived above the store. The el roared by......

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

Sylvia Aviles: I grew up in Melrose St. Corner Bushwick in the 60th. There was always something happening. But nothing as bad as I read here.I miss going back home, but I know it could never be......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: Thanks, Veronic. Hope all is well for you wherever you are now. Nuut and the kids are going up for Easter, but I am opting to stay down here this time. Maybe if we can......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

Roger: I'm an artist who is not a hipster. I am moving further east in Bushwick because the rent is cheaper for what you can get, as I'm saddled in debt. I'm half Peruvian......

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

Shelley: I lived in Brownsville, but went to Tilden. Mr Gold was a great English teacher who loved to act; also Mr Engber, my best friend Ricky & I had crushes on him. Dr Stoloff was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

David: The photo shows an entrance to a secured parking area in back of the school. The school is a very large, lovely well-maintained school. The photo in the comment above shows Eastern Parkway in front......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Jim: I concur! I presume you mean the gypsies from eastern europe, man they are awful. What bothers me is the fact that most have passed through across many, many safe countries in order to come to......

in response to: Gypsy Beggar by steelisreal

A. Weinstein: Len Lipner, you should be ashamed of yourself! I have emailed you several times and you do not answer... Only kidding! I know you must be very busy with your new Grandson. Hey guys please......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Edward: Better area? There should be a picture of the other side of the building or even across the street (http://brownstoner.com/brownstoner/archives/Eastern%20Parkway.jpg) This school is near the Brooklyn Museum and the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. The barbed wire is to......

in response to: School for the Deaf by Peter

Ellen: Oh what memories!!!!!!.My grandparents lived at 1102 Eastern PKWY and my Grandpa had a tailor shop on Utica right around the corner. I spent every Saturday afternooon of my childhood there- with all my aunts,......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

janet: Hi Stan—and all you 167 alums out there—The beautiful public library in classical style on Schenectady & Eastern Parkway was a place to visit, to use, but for me not to hang out in and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Stan: Hi Janet: You brought up a whole bunch of memories with the Utica. We're about 4 years apart, I graduated 167 in '43.Do you remember the library on Schenectady and Eastern Parkway? We always went on......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

janet: Hi Stan--You're probably close to my vintage. I'm trying without luck to call up a memory of Famous on Schenectady--I lived just around the corner and went to 167--so there it was during the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

janet: I moved from St. Johns Place between Schenectady & Troy to St. Johns & Albany in early 50's and boarded IRT to Manhattan at Kingston. Wish I could remember Famous Restaurant on Schenectady,......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Stan: Graduated 167 in '43. Lived on Eastern Parkway then Albany between Lincoln Place and St. Johns. Mr. Lodato was principal, Ass't principal was Mrs. Cohen (with the red wig). Mr. Allen taught science and Mr.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Jan: Recently I took my grandson to the children's room in the main branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. It had not changed from the way I remember it in the 40's, except for the inclusion......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

janet: Dubrows on Eastern P’kway, just off Utica: the name was set in big art deco letters (red neon?). Inside, cafeteria style. with big windows, a cashier that you gave a punched card to.. Was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Helen Blitzer: These posts are great. Janet Grayson-I remember Dubrows very well, with a lot of characters eating there. I lived at 1285 Lincoln Pl. corner Schenectady, went to ps 167; remember pickel store; Principal......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Michael: I graduated PS241 in 1965. Lived at 334 Eastern Parkway. My best friend's father owned Radin's Deli. Anyone remember eating at Radin's? How about Ben and Sol's Deli at the corner of Franklin and President?......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Bill: Saturday Nights in the Early Fortys. 7PM Start out at the Utica Pool Hall(132 Utica Av)for a few games with Mickey, Danny, George and Jimmy 8PM Pickup come Camels at Goldman's Candy Store (145 Utica Av) On......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

janet grayson: Anyone attend P.S. 167 (Mr. Lodato, principal)? Lincoln Terrace sometimes opened its skating rink (but almost never when I got there); Dubrows (directly across Eastern Parkway from St. Matthews RC Church) was a favorite--then they......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Chris: Loew's Pitkin, 5 cent hot dog war, Jungle Jim's coconut drinks (Strauss off Pitkin), Pizza DEn (HOme of the Square Pizza- Amboy off Pitkin). Wuhan Tea Garden (Pitkin between SAratoga and Strauss), Rainbow, Barton's, Barricini,......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Dick: The neighborhood during the early 40's was fabulous. PS 241 on President Street was new. In the schoolyard, softball center & right field were along the fence to the BMT trench. A home run hit......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Jeanne: The article and postings bring back so many memories that I had forgotton. I lived on St. Johns place, and then in 225 Eastern Parkway in the 60's. I don't think that I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Kasia: thanks for some ideas of how to treat my parrot. i've had him for a week now and i can touch his feet when he's inside the cage but if gets angry or bored with......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

Okie Pappy Daddy: I like living in Norman It is only boaring if you got to allways be going out and doing stuff all the time like if you have to go out to resterants every night or......

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

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

anon (cache-dtc-ad08.proxy.aol.com): My family lived at 225 Eastern Parkway for many years. The parkway was beautiful- and when there was a snow storm it was even more beautiful. The Gardens, the Museum, the Library- so near and so inviting. What......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

joey: powerful photo. i agree, there is a sphinx like silhouette. or an easter lamb. lamb. fish. bird. all christian symbols as well....

in response to: Downtown from a Broken Window by CE

A. Weinstein: Ah yes, the memories can keep you going for a long time. My biggest dream is to go back to the block I grew up on which is 1212 Lincoln Place corner Troy Avenue block......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Xavi: Most of the eastern part of Humboldt Park until the mass Puerto Rican migration of the 1940's and '50's was Jewish and Polish, with some German and Italian elements. When those ethnic groups were......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Kaeleen: OMG ! Jim & Teresa, Yes, I remember you guys VERY well.Jim I lost contact with you a few yrs back.Do you still live in the eastern side of WI yet? Teresa where you living now......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

Frank: For the record, there are two entrances open on Sundays. One is at the south end of Mokom Sholom cemetery (the western strip) and the other is at the north end of Acacia cemetery......

in response to: Bayside Cemetary: Rememberance Overgrown by CartLegger

Sandra (Savain)Fernandez: I lived on Eastern Parkway in the late60s-70s, 763 to be exact it was a beautiful building. I loved going to the Musuem , the Botanical Garden , the Brooklyn Library, Grand Army......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Toxteth Riot: Hi EvilGentleman. I don't like the term FYROM. I am not a fan of the term Republic of Macedonia either. The Graeco-Romans, that is, the indigenous population of the South-Easter Meditarranean, as a people share a common......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

Marcia Halperin: I have been researching the Dubrow's cafeteria that was on Eastern Parkway off Utica Avenue. Does anyone have memories of eating there?...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

karlo: By the way,What you see here are murals,not grafitti. As some-one already pointed out,grafitti is usually carried out by just about anyone with a spray can or bucket of paint with the sole intention of splashing......

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

stepha: i would love more info on the club at bedford and eastern parkway, and memories of swimming at union temple, and the franklin manor (not swimming there)...

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

From Wisconsin: I was in Norway last Christmas, Had stick meat lamb (I didn't like it at all). The Polsa was awesome! I cant find a dog like that here in Wisconsin. I also like some sort......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

H.J.H.: Thank you for these photos. They evoke memories of when I lived there and this was my subway stop. I love Brooklyn, NY; Eastern Parkway, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art. ...

in response to: The Next Stop is... Brooklyn Museum, Eastern Parkway... by Peter

fuchsh@hotmail.com: shades of Guernica! Picasso should have lived here! Maybe someone can post a few shots of those new (glass/out of place) new developments on Pacific Street and also Washington Avenue (big glass windows......

in response to: Washington Avenue, Prospect Heights by Peter

EvilGentleman: Best I could do in this case is to post a map of the eastern USA. [[http://maps.google.ca/maps?ie=UTF8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&q=&t=k&om=1&ll=38.582526,-82.22168&spn=16.703756,29.619141&z=5]]...

in response to: Borders Part I by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Looks like a rift is forming around the 90W meridian. Such a shame. Although it is my homeland, I understand the Eastern portion of the country wishes to break away from the rest and form......

in response to: A Country Divided Against Itself Surely Cannot Stand by jack

zinzee: For those of you looking to move here: I live in Bushwick off of the Jefferson L. I'm one block from the L train. I really do enjoy the neighborhood. I did get......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

JoeAnn: I enjoyed reading all the comments on Eastern Parkway. I am helping my mother write her memoirs and we have been talking about this area. Her Aunt Fanny Lamy Clough lived in the......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

kathryn: I grew up near Eastern Parkway....I have not been in Brooklyn in over 30 years but I do remember the area known as Prospect Heights...I remember Ebbets Field on Sullivasn Place and Bedford Ave......I remember......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Halley: This style of art I call folk art, and we in Canada, have alot of folk artist especially from the easter Islands of our country,they all have wonderful, bright colors that lifts the soul, after......

in response to: Art for Sale by Guy McLaren

EvilGentleman: I could have sworn the first conquest of Alexander was Greece. So the big question would then be, was it a civil war or an invasion? Considering the classical Greek habit of describing both Macedon......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

upfromflames: sure did. I always credit others. Bushwick needs teachers, but most of all it needs teachers that came from here. They understand most what kids need here. There is always a place open for a person......

in response to: Blinding Success: Urban Signage by upfromflames

Bill Hammond: I remember Eastern Parkway as a 10 year old attending St Matthews school at Eastern Pky and Utica Ave. One day we were told that President Roosevelt would be passing by.We were allowed to stand......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: In response to upfromflames regarding Bushwick Corners: This response requires both historical perspective and adjustment of mind set to the Colonial New World. The 17th Century was a fundamentally agrarian society dedicated and tied to land......

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

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: Part IB - Birth - Billyburg's First Hipsters Came From.....Bushwick: Bushwick was mainly pastoral in pre- and post-Revolutionary War Kings County; salt meadows offered excellent grazing. Farming was central to the local economy. However, by the......

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

Joanne O'Connor-Buscema: Flashback to 1972 and riding the subway to Bishop McDonnell High School on Eastern Parkway. Thanks for the memories! Joanne ...

in response to: The Next Stop is... Brooklyn Museum, Eastern Parkway... by Peter

pierre: BD: thanks for reminding me about the SP classes, I was in SP1 which is why we took French instead of Spanish and why all SP1 students were in the band with Mr. Montasano (i......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

.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

Anthony: I live near Denver International Airport and have been there many, many times and have seeked out and found everything mentioned here and then some. I first heard about the DIA conspiracies a few......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

A. Sturzer: I remember the fantastic shops & restaurants in the area. Near the corner of Franklin Ave & Eastern Parkway, there were two Greek restaurants.."Pappas" & "Peters". On the other side of Eastern Parkway, there was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

I am Puerto Rican, and Really Angry at your Lack of Concern and Knowledge:: I have attended various universities in both Chicago and Puerto Rico. I am currently a student at the University of Puerto Rico, and at one point I was Trying to recieve my BA from......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Beadle and Tatum: http://www.thefilthandthefury.co.uk/images/congrat1a.jpg Its a hand written rambling note about the Sex Pistols calling the mueseum a "piss stain". There was some pettitioning and a USA today poll that helped locate the hall. I did some research, this is the......

in response to: RIP Robert Jr Lockwood by Beadle and Tatum

Guy McLaren: Catherine 66 Jaguar 3.8s also in some quarters known as the MkII. Manufactured in England Jack Eastern Transvaal is the previous name for Mpumalanga which is a province In South Africa, Thats at the Southern tip......

in response to: Timeless Grace by Guy McLaren

jack: by the way, eastern transvaal is beautiful country and that is a beautiful car....

in response to: Timeless Grace by Guy McLaren

C B: I lived near Eastern Parkway in the 50s..Even then, it was magnificent..I have since moved to another state but,will never forget how lovely it was on a summer's day to walk up Washington Avenue and......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: pic 1- gee, i got two different shoes on. pic 2- honey, is it too early for the easter bunny? pic 3- now can you see into my ear better this way? pic 4- i have to get......

in response to: Nov 24 2006 Toronto by hool

Nkosentle Msibi: I would like to know more about Msibi history I am from Eastern Cape Please keep me posted...

in response to: Beehive Architecture by Guy McLaren

J. Gandley: I remember at least 2 elegant apartment buildings opposite the Eastern Parkway entrance to the Botanical Garden. One was Turner Tower and the other may have been Copely Plaza. Well known Judges (like Judge Schwartzenwald),......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

GGP: sugar skulls, lambs, and easter eggs--great combo. very nice to see these....

in response to: Sugar Skulls by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

JNJ: "I was running in Humboldt Park the other day, as I have for a few years, when 2 Puerto Rican 17ish year olds rammed their bicycles into me. I stepped to them, as it were,......

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

Laura: My mother lived in a large apartment building on Eastern Parkway near Grand Army Plaza in the early 1970s. What a place it must have been in its heyday. It still had touches of grandeur......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Helen Wren: At the corner of Bedford & Eastern Parkway, where Towne Hill once was located, there is now a Washington Mutual Savings Bank....

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Ellie: Hello Everyone, I was born and raised in Brooklyn. I lived right off of Bushwick and Grand Street. I attented 196, IS 49 and Eastern District High. I moved to Florida in 1990,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: Nice shots. Queen Victoria looks a lot prettier than usual. I also find the phone booth shot looks better with the hool shadow added. It allows me to imagine myself in the scene better. I......

in response to: August 12 2006 Winnipeg by hool

EvilGentleman: Hmmm, interesting. I have never encountered this data before. I know that if you look at a topographic map, you can see an easily identifiable line of hills and mountains sticking out of the flat......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

EvilGentleman: General Eisenhower went on to become President, while this old General did not die, but just faded away. Old Blood and Guts was one of the most controversial and amazing men of the 20th century. A......

in response to: Patton Statue by steelisreal

Al Fadelici: I lived one Block off Eastern Pkwy, at the corner of Bedford Ave. We sat on the benchers on many of the summer Nights,I Lived Opposite the Lincoln & Savoy Theaters. There was a Night......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

riccardomantelli: back TheOldBlueLast on Great Eastern Street! ...

in response to: Where Did You Put It? by Lawrence

EvilGentleman: I am surprised at how much of my weather training has been forgotten in the seven years since I last worked at the weather station. I guess that is why they made us work a......

in response to: Mt. Rainier & Lenticular Clouds by aer suzuki

Tyfoid Kid: I did a little digging (thank you U of M libraries) and found some more stuff on The Ivy (actually probably more then you'd want to know:) ******************************************************************************************************************** From an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune Dec......

in response to: Ivy Tower by Tyfoid Kid

Jayne: i live on eastern {long island} but will be moving to {marine park}....

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

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

EvilGentleman: I remember during my 1999 tour of America: The Eastern 30, we stopped at a supermarket somewhere NW of Lafayette to get some munchies to keep the family going while on the road to the......

in response to: Does Anyone Else Find This Stupid? by EvilGentleman

Karlo: hello leecat,hope u enjoy your visit here,youll certainly find some parallels with your own country,but of course,major differences also..there are many guides and tours that explain to some degree,the facts about the conflict,but always keep......

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

jack: holy shit, you mean 1984 is now classic. i must be ancient. i still think of 1958 as the summer of my youth. the best of rock and roll was being played......

in response to: A Little Taste of Screwed & Chopped to Metal Classics by Arthur Mercadante

me:): I live here too in the Beach and watching people lose their dreams thier homes that they broke thier backs for because of the rich people destroying the area is heartbreaking and and......

in response to: The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade by Elicar

Get out of your car, buddy: Gotta love "The Beach". I take my kids to this parade every year, and it is amazing how much candy they get!! Looks like most of these pictures are taken in the staging......

in response to: The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade by Elicar

elaine: i have some russian correspondents on livejournal, and i mostly just enjoy their pictures, but sometimes i want to know what they are writing about so i run it through babelfish, and get a lot......

in response to: Bong Buffet by EvilGentleman

Jamie: The North Eastern conurbation of [[wiki:Teeside]]? Redneck? Backwood? never! heh...

in response to: Stupidity Is a Virus by sine

elaine: they don't need to be trained to be afraid of middle eastern people, this is the thing about moral panic, create a climate of fear and just watch it multiply. it's like a virus....

in response to: Stupidity Is a Virus by sine