Comments about first hill

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river otters21 girl: I had read somewhere that the decline of the neighborhoods is a part of the "Billy Penn curse". No Philly sports team won a championship since 1983 and since that time period Kensington......

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

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......

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

CLaSS oF '09 [Ms. Me]: Class of '09..YESS!!!, we're seniors now. But i would be wrong if I were to say that our journey thus far has not been memorable. As a senior, I've definitely grown up since the first......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

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......

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

Peter: ok! the first area of {brooklyn} that popped into mind was [[wiki:Bedford-Stuyvesant]] (bed-stuy)... i only poked around a little, but it looks a little closer to {serlingrod}'s {philly}-{brooklyn}: [[img:28262]] closer, but still not spot-on... i bet {upfromflames} could......

in response to: Where Brooklyn At? by serlingrod

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......

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

sharon, swansea: hi could i explain why i`m posting this please, I LOST MY 19 YR OLD SON KARL,( AKA KARLO...) TO METHADONE MISUSE, IN OCT 2007, AN ABSOLUTE WASTE OF A LIFE, HE WAS......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

The terrible disaster: This article has been republished as I was asked to supply the details a second time. --- We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When......

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

CB : It is easy for anyone to put down our inner city areas and declare them a war zone. But the truth of the matter is that if we had more people involved to make change......

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

Joe: To hairsy. I thought I would add clarity to my message from April 16th. The only thing that I left was Kensigton. My first marrige ended when my wife left me and this opened the......

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

Herb Holland: I grew up in Ithaca. B.1924. Grad IHS 1940. Then to Cornell. Then WW II. Back to Cornell. Worked for a short time at Ithaca Gun in 1950. Left Ithaca. Lived south hill first, then......

in response to: Ithaca Is Gorgeous! by Peter

Alan Taylor: Andrew, Sheila, Cyril et al, Platts Brook was a popular play area and it went underground through vertical iron bars and waterfalled about 10 feet under Liverpool Road opposite Ferry Road. The part that was from where......

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

Sheila Hilton: My children talked about playing on "the Jezzies". I didn't realise at first that they were talking about the jerry works. It was always the jerry works; never the jezzies when we were younger. We......

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

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

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

Alex: I've just seen one (after 1pm - New Years eve :)....went out to dump a trash, and one were just crossing the road on St. Stephens Garden - Notting Hill! I couldn't believe my eyes....at......

in response to: Mangey Urban Fox by elaine

EvilGentleman: The areas bordering Verdun are pretty much the same, as well. Pointe-Saint-Charles, east of Verdun, is historically Irish, and today is a mixed community where English is not a problem. Ville-Emard, to the north of Verdun, has......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

Bobs Ferry Accident: We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When the walk had ended I had a chat with Mrs Heap the ‘Irlam Historians’......

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

Tommy 164: Just been over to the shankhill..amazing, first time over loved every minute of it and the people. protestant forever and ever. Looking forward to next year...

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Sheila Hilton: The school on Allotment Road was Alfred Turner Lower School, where the first & second year pupils attended before moving up to the school on the station approach. My mother, Margaret Davies (nee Dakers) attended......

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

serlingrod: to me the first half looks like a middle-class neighborhood that's always been stable...the second half looks like a result of white flight. just my guess.....what's the story? thanks so much for sharing by......

in response to: Forest Park Southeast by maybetoday

Concerned Monster Fan: I hate to read these types of articles because of the stereotypes that get associated with the monster trucks. I am a 20 yr old man who is well educated and far from the hillbilly......

in response to: Monster Trucks by EvilGentleman

.nanotech.: [[img:18501]] NAZI REGIME.911.REICHSTAG - parliament of Germany [[img:18502]] Even the location was a deliberate attempt to conceal it by constructing it in Denver Colorado's 1 mile high mountain area, knowing that planes flying at a maximum altitude will......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi D, My family had the bakery for over 10 years, and the shop next door which we sold and it became peters boutique. When we were there on 20 row, we had Tommy Wrench......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

jack: it seems that young people get some rush being that close to weapons of death. the first pic reminds me too much of nam. i got a cold chill down my spine when......

in response to: Gun Farm. Part Two by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: The murder weapon, as posted on the weirdo's profile: [[img:15617]] He described it as a "CX4 Storm Semi-Automatic Carbine" Damn, this is so freaky, peeking into the mind of a sociopathic murderer. I feel ill. The curiosity as......

in response to: Murder at Dawson College by EvilGentleman

shelia/neworleans: Phill No offense or anything but this site is about Cabrini Green and the people of Cabrini Green. The name of this site is Cabrini Green, what's left of it. Its not about leaving it up......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

aer suzuki: i really hate spam but i guess if it weren't for spam i wouldn't have seen this. hell yeah. gasworks is a cool {park}. i did my first outdoor drinking in seattle there. i would've thought......

in response to: Gas Works by fuzzytank

EvilGentleman: The first pic is on Rene Levesque Boulevard (Dorchester to **true** Montrealers) looking west past Place Ville Marie. Second pic is Place Ville Marie, which was the tallest building in Montreal for 25 years starting in......

in response to: Tall Buildings of Montreal by CE

jack: i lived in huntington/dix hills area for the first 18 years of my married life. we raised 4 children there and enjoyed the most beautiful beaches in the world. the north shore is......

in response to: Sometimes, Long Island Can Be Pretty by little ukraine

EvilGentleman: My cousin Bradley Phillips died in the early 1980's while saving the lives of two men who drove their car into the Saint Lawrence Seaway. Even though Bradley was a not a strong swimmer, He......

in response to: Postman\'s Park by elaine

Jim: I love all the anti NY sentiment by philadelphians here(Stubborn!). Pride in where you grew up is great but to knock a place in philly because they reference or came from another town is......

in response to: NYPD Pizza by vz

Peter: i, for one, will not be complaining about the heat... i recently bought a giant air-conditioner, super-cheap, from a downstairs neighbor who was moving out and took a $300 loss so he didnt have to......

in response to: A Little Something for Ya - SPRING! by elaine

jack: first-elaine, that word i'm curious about. the astericks, there are 3 of them so it was hard to figure out the word. would the letters have been,'un', if so, it should have had......

in response to: Passing Airliner Triggers Wonder in Arctic by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: jeeff, thank you for the compliment. I was wondering how long it would take you to find this page. The area in these pictures that I used to live in (1999-2005) is called Nunavik, and......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

des: hillary is like the first,but how many political parties will even put a woman running?not even here in canada,that we are so''liberal''they put women running for prime minister.but i must say that at least our......

in response to: The Pope\'s Tomb by pietro

Jury Member #3, After Evil Gentleman's Trial: [Toronto Tar Reporter] "Why did you decide to convict in the end? Everyone was sitting on pins and needles, waiting for you and the rest of the jury to come back from its deliberations. Since......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Paul G: Thanks! You guys kick ass. $5 = 100 miles, roughly. Special thanks to Jamie for the first donation. I need to verify with Paypal now, ugh! I am the proto-technotard. Raw......

in response to: Thorndale, Texas by Paul G

jeeff: hi jo. here's a quickie travel guide for toronto, ##but## i'm writing this with one condition for you: please take some photos, write some stuff, and post an article here about your trip! first off,......

in response to: Toronto for a week by jo

Marc: man i didnt learn to bike ride til i was 10 and my first memory of it was going down a hill and instead of turning into my driveway like i shouldve, i just kept......

in response to: I just started bike riding by Tim

Peter: yeah, i think i just miss the old neighborhood now that i live out here in brooklyn. i spent almost 10 years there- my first taste of nyc. bway is 4 lanes up there, with a......

in response to: Lunch Hour by vz

Peter: while that second photo is totally philly, i gotta tell you that its almost uncanny how much that first photo looks like where i went to college on the upper west side in nyc. its......

in response to: Lunch Hour by vz