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little ukraine: serlingrod - i feel the same way. don't know if it would be fair to say there is total apathy regarding triangle shirtwaist. every year on march 25 they close off the block and......

in response to: Walking Through Washington Square Park On My Way to Dinner by jack

Luis Acevedo: Thanks I already did. I just sent the links to my sisters and my neighbors. Where could I find pictures of wilson and covert street. I noticed you had a fried over at the FDNy......

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

Luis Acevedo: Bushwick is no diferent now than any other neighborhood in NYC. The rule has always been to go about your business and everything will be fine. If you go out at 3am nothing good could......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CartLegger: There is an attachment that FDNY offers to kids, that you might have seen around NYC. It puts a meager arc of spray that does a small part of the job at a much smaller......

in response to: School\'s Out for Summer! by CartLegger

upfromflames: I don't think the only difference is having a degree or not. Its about having been there or not been there. And you gotta be of a certain age for that that I am not......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

anon (localhost): a lot of it was highly socio~economic if you wanna get into the really deep meaning of it. If you wanna get to the nutz and bolts of it, Id suggest a call to the......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

upfromflames: Planned Shrinkage was no accident: It was a well planned and thought out concept. Faced with a shortage of funds and a number of deteriorating neighborhoods, the city’s Housing Development Commissioner, Roger Starr, basically said:......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

upfromflames: Well, its a continuum of controversy, on which I, as a young historian working with FDNY vets and active figures in city politics, am trying to place myself on the safe side of. I'll tell......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

upfromflames: Brad: Thanks for those sound clips. They hint at the fog of was that was such a part of this overwhelming time for the FDNY. I think that same fog of war is in part......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

Brad: Darn, I'll be in NYC March 11-17th, way before the project is up and running. Will it also be available to view online? Here is some audio from the FDNY's "War Year's". The 2nd one is......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

upfromflames: Sammy: Thanks for that link to wiki's description of Bushwick. It is indeed a good one, but it does repeat the common historical flaw of Bushwick history: the fires associated with the blackout were an......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

Brad: $$$. Insurance money was a major motivating factor among other problems at the time, in NYC, and in other major cities like Chicago. At least that's what I've read about time and time again, as......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

jeeff: all hail the information age. [[http://sageauthoring.com/fdny/construction/vacant.pdf]] Fire Department, City of New York __FIREFIGHTING PROCEDURES__ __VOLUME 1 BOOK 3__ **MARKING OF VACANT BUILDING** **1.3.1** As vacant buildings shall be identified and marked to indicate the degree of hazard involved. In marking vacant......

in response to: Slated for Demolition by Peter

adam: sad to see that the ghostbusters lost their permit and the fdny got their building back....

in response to: Walk to Work Wednesday Morning by barry

Balloonhedz: it used to be Mobile Emergency Room Van or MERVan before EMS was taken over by FDNY. ...

in response to: W4th St Subway Fire~Street Scene by Balloonhedz

Peter: im guessing that stands for something like mobile emergency response vehicle... MERV is a great name for such a bus. though im sure that the {FDNY} would be hard-pressed to keep many immobile emergency response......

in response to: W4th St Subway Fire~Street Scene by Balloonhedz