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Kassie: I went here with my friend a couple months ago. We got some amazing pictures. I've never seen such beautiful graffiti in my entire life. We had a nice talk with a...... Who Cares for Kensington: Serlingrod,
It reminds me of something I was told at a very young age, "men lead lives of quiet desperation". I am amazed at myself and others that accept such poor leadership and politics from elected...... Joseph Bridge: beautiful response serlingrod...you paint a rosy picture of kensington... you must be an artist type. lets talk reality here. business investment in kensington: mom and pop stores, laundrymats, stop and go...for that 40 oz,...... 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...... 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....... B Street: I grew up across the street from one of the few working
factories in Kensington starting in 1965 until I was forced
out 22 years later.
While I too have fond memories of wall ball, swimming...... madi: i wrote this short story some years back....THE PORCH
i remember the hot summer nights and the ladies who sat on the porch
miss gladys,miss mary,my mothermiss lula,trixie,barbara,and i would listen to their laughter,
their tears,fears,and...... Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot!
A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo.
[[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]]
by Adam Enright
I was thrilled to read about...... Annoyed: I seen a raccoon by my house. It was looking straight at me and I yelled at it, it just stood there looking at me so I went in my house. Then last night I...... Peter: ok, people... what is it, exactly, that makes {bushwick} so "scary"? i mean, really. i wish someone would just come out and spell it out for us, because i dont buy it. sure, the neighborhood...... Barbara Leone: Call it for what it is............bushwick can be very scary but so is the entire world! Grew up there and never had a day without fear but yet I loved growing up there. What I...... Barbara Leone: Call it for what it is............bushwick can be very scary but so is the entire world! Grew up there and never had a day without fear but yet I loved growing up there. What I...... Joe: Hello CB Dare,
Sounds like you have very important things to say and the courage to go with it. I can only explain my experience with my early years in Kensigton. There is somethimg to be...... EvilGentleman: dirana1, thank you for commenting. I can respect your opinions and your insight into the prison is a welcome bit of education for the rest of us. I am certain you know a lot more...... Jade-en-Ville: EvilGentleman,
I have learned a great deal from your pictures and posts over the past few years. This post prompted me to respond, mainly to lend weight to your comments to Canadian-Canadian.
EvilGentleman's perspective is, in...... Alan Taylor: Hi,
Rob, I was just meaning to take a back seat to let others jump in with their memories etc knowing an ex work colleague is on this board - Hiya Bob.
Cyril, my uncle (Bill Caufield)...... Alan Taylor: Hi,
Rob, I was just meaning to take a back seat to let others jump in with their memories etc knowing an ex work colleague is on this board - Hiya Bob.
Cyril, my uncle (Bill Caufield)...... wow crew 92': shit i was RIVAL an original member of the WOW crew and there were some tight writers back then
yeah they were few and far between but still UP and we bombed the fucking city...... 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...... StudentofArt: I wonder how much effect the crucifixes have on the people who wanted to but don't take their lives. Is it the biblical purgatory and fear that turns them back, or the inconvenience of it...... Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi Sam/ Debbie, Yes I am married to Steve Waterworth.
We went out as kids when I lived in irlam, and I left in summer of 1980. We got back in touch in 2002/3 and I...... 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...... colavitos ghost: wish i was in ny to buy my xmas gifts there. great recommendation.
i was living in east harlem a while back and passed by a couple different botanicas every day. unfortunately, i never...... Peter: guy: thanks for your posts; im glad to see youre taking a crack at going pro- best of luck! additionally, ive enjoyed looking at your posts; the ones concerning exotic animals, especially, are just so...... Kirsty: theres a pic of my neighbor's house, just missed mine
lol
i love the candy&grocery
i've seen Sharper Vision open many times, but its gone now
oh well
and cant leave without the crazy driving of a dollar van...... MaGoo: Thank you, Editor, and UFF and Cartlegger.
I won't go hog-wild here- as I realize that there are so many other areas of human endeavor that come into play when discussing this topic, that it would...... Cloned Prince: I wrote a Parkour Rap!
Things just aint the same for todays traceurs,
Cops and pigs want to see us in handcuffs
Yamakasi and the Belle are aging,
The old traceurs, well they're all changing,
Making way for new...... GGP: I'm glad the image will stick with you, Peter. Now you need not fear those vertiginous smokestacks when you see them in darkness. Thx for the link, too. :)... Scott: We've had a single coon that shows up here about once a week. It's been showing up for almost a year now. Typically shows up after the cats have eaten and then it'll...... HushUp: Oh, and by the way, that list was only about 25 companies; and of those 25 they are employing over 10,000 people around here. Excuse me, they aren't all manufacturing companies, but I happen...... EvilGentleman: I dunno how terrorism is supposed to be stopped by more guns. If the terrorists are deterred by machine guns on USCG boats, then they are pretty lame terrorists. Fact is, America and Canada are...... 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...... Rudy: By the way, I have lived only 5 miles from this tunnel for 38 years, and it still gives me chills to drive through it. Not because of fear, but because it's amazed me that...... Brooklyn-Pete: Bushwick is not the worst neighborhood in Brooklyn, it's definately no Park Slope but it is not as bad as some would have others believe. The neighborhood is very noisy and extremely filthy on many...... gioconda: I live in Los Angeles. Just lost 2 cats to raccoons in 2 weeks. Faccoons come to eat grapes & oranges that grow in my backyard, and since its' summer and everything is ripe, they...... East London: Feel sorry for the Decent People of Northern Ireland, that just want a peaceful life and to bring up their children without the fear of this stupid Hatred. How anyone could hurt children just because...... jack: i want to take this opportunity to thank toronto for that storm. the lightening was superb, the thunder was symphonically loud, the dark, menaceing clouds gave fear to the lovely day before it, the...... Lisa: Interesting topic, seems to be debated often. Let us sum up the facts: The Hells Angels are outlaws, 1%er's if you will. Outlaws do not live by societal restraints and generally oh make their living...... Dan: Last year, I bought a 2 year old Senegal Parrot. It took her about 6 months to warm up to me. I tried to train her in the first month, but I...... 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...... Peter: cay: firstly, i think its humorously ironic that you qualify "not scaremongering" by saying "god knows {nyc} is scary enough". thats a dated, inaccurate and stereotypical statement that i dont appreciate much, as a {new...... Guy McLaren: Thats a protest against Mugabe methinks, the fearful two are subjects fleeing for their lives... Guy McLaren: Procyon, I fear that you are way too trusting, I can with a little photoshopping take many pics from here and make use of them. Fortunately I don't believe in doing so. I have found...... EvilGentleman: I want to try your technique, but your camera is an SLR, and mine is a point-and-shoot with a retractable lens, so if the lens is out, people know my camera is on. I will...... joey: with apologies;
when i was just a lad of ten, my grandfather said to me,
"come here and learn a lesson from the lovely lemon tree."
"don't put your faith in love, my boy", my grandfather said to...... teachnyc: I work in bushwick's schools and I can't tell you how many times I hear my counterparts from our sister districts in queens talk about how bad it is in BW (they never want to...... John Dereszewski: The Bushwick Initiative is really is an impressive development, probably the most creative initiative since the Bushwick Action Plan of the late 1970's.
Over the past month, I have visted Bushwick several times and traveled...... LoopZilla: [[http://theislandnews.blogspot.com/2005/05/hambone-cafe-fears-for-its-future.html]]
... Ridas: I need someone who does free running in London, i am fit, but not too good in parkour, but i have good jump and speed. No fear in me, and i have pasion for it!...... 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...... anon (localhost): Yes...this is the Birmingham....where the tragic bombing "4 little girls" occured. In some ways, I think the focus of the world made most of us look at ourselves and re-evaluate our attitudes...thus dealing with the...... LicieLove: I'm a chicago native reading this book for the first time, I'm 20 now. I grew up on the Southside in Inglewood, but I went to private schools my entire life. And at 8...... Mike m - Apopka, Fl: What he has done is amazing But can you imagine the people he could of helped with the spirit and determination he has? A church or cathedral being built for God starts in the Hearts...... Ringo: Jesus's Friend
When the HA or any other bike club has committed as much SIN or caused as much horror in the world as your average brand of Christianity has, then you'll have something to shout...... JNJ: Again. The problem isn't your, "whiteness". Human phenotypes don't necessarily always reflect the genotypes. "White", just like Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, is just a generic term used to separate people for the...... Bob Hughes: In depth photography, very well done too. I sympathise with your fears walking over the broken ties with a long drop to the icy river below. Thanks for sharing the articles.... autumn: fedup - you are right - DOW in US ( Department of Wildlife) has very strict rules regarding racoons. Mine are coming from the Colorado River a mile south. Trap them, take them back to...... Alexa: Great bridge pics! Beautiful! I have a fear of bridges, yet I enjoy looking at them. I don't think I could ever drive across the massive bridges of NY........not sure I could...... angel_fish: I can understand why people who have no previous knowledge of vampire freaks are concerned, and if I didn’t belong to the site and know as many truly intelligent and compassionate people from it as...... EvilGentleman: Picture the same mist at night, with the ravens calling, and **then** the black cat runs by. You hear a sound behind you like faintly rattling chains, accompanied by a distant wailing, and then a...... EvilGentleman: Rest in pieces, you worthless shit. The girl, Anastasia DeSousa, was only 18 years old, and now she's gone forever, a permanent hole in the hearts and souls of the DeSousa family. Who the fuck...... Karlo: Volunteer
Im not trying to convince you of my views,i am merely trying to reach an understanding with you as a human being.
If i were standing next to you,i would offer you my sincere condolences and...... Karlo: Whilst appreciating their reasons,I do feel it would be better if whoever was controlling this site didn't delete posts such as the one made by volunteer.
Although it was bitter in the extreme,and potentialy liable,what it...... Karlo: Well observer,i have to be honest and say they are not all tattooed thugs.
There are assholes and hardmen where-ever you go,but regrettably,the macho thug image certainly is synomonus with Loyalism.
There are however,huge efforts on the...... 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...... EvilGentleman: Just to soothe your fears, though, it should be pointed out that although Montreal has had numerous earthquakes, I have personally slept through most of the ones I have been through, although one of them...... C: Downtown Calgary is littered with drugs and generally unsavoury characters, not just the East Village. In fact, over the past two years I've noticed that it's cleaned up a lot (40 hours a week, nights...... EvilGentleman: I never said they were good people, but as long as you are not interfering in their realm of criminal activities, they are usually very decent to you. This does not excuse the horrific crimes...... anna ostro: Emotional & physical energy balancing. Free yourself from fear, anxiety, depression, stress reduction & pain relief for women and men.
Tantra-sacred loving, connecting on all levels of your own and others. Tantra is psychic intuition...... Genaro: Susannah, I have to give you, half-a-ditto on this one!
You have to understand that their were many Whites who and are still really racsists, especially the ones of the establishment, along with most of...... EvilGentleman: Possibly. But I remember seeing a white Cadillac convertible complete with chromed running boards and chrome and white spare tire covers (you know, for the 2 spares that sit above the running board between the...... Dave (a Bushwick native): I see it more as a class war than a race war. I'm from the last generation (born mid-1960s) of German-Americans from the Ridgewood/Bushwick area before the Great Exodus of the 1970s. If I claimed...... EvilGentleman: Mel Blanc - the closest I ever came to having a Messiah. Rest well, dear friend, you worked hard and deserve a happy eternity.
Picture if you will, for a minute, the residents of this cemetery...... MikeUK: If the English nation is not special, how come they have achived more than any other nation on earth. Been a world power for 300 years, started the industrial revolution and created the modern...... Xindy the Lesbian: Let me just point out that that sign does NOT say "STOP HeteroSEXUALISM" but rather "STOP HeteroSEXISM". There is a huge difference here. One means stop being straight and the other simply means...... Wicked: What up!?!? Art Fiendz are officially in the building!
What up Pest One!
Can't forget Big Bad Boogie Rack, Alarm, Amazer, Aqua, Zelly Roc, Felon, Prizer, Fear, Guess, Wave, Rage, Kove, Sane, Ready, Comic, Menace, Shep,...... Matt: Sane? Who's that? I lived in Coney Island for 20+ years (70's-90's) and while I was not the best kid growing up, I knew not to defame other people's property. I'm not trying to open...... anon (belf-cache-1.server.ntli.net): A Belfast man called Karlo: 12th Apr 2006 - 00:37 GMT
i feel i must say something to at least let people know there are those of us that live in Belfast who DO posess a...... mark: tai chi by itself is just exercises and yoga as well. There is a trend really since the 60's to accept things like these without examining the roots and implications spiritually. So Christians belief it...... elaine: ITUC, i was in liverpool from about 1979 to 1985, i went to art school there, which as you know is not far from chinatown. this was before all day drinking and there was a...... EvilGentleman: Make light of it if you want, Matt. My health is **not** negotiable. The reality is, I have had to actually get off of an aircraft because some idiot thought perfume would be a suitable...... amy h: Men often don't get it - it's not even the seeing of the penis that's upsetting, it's knowing the shower's intent to perv you up that feels so gross. I don't mind naked men -...... EvilGentleman: chiamatt, Elicar... What we have here... is a failure... to communicate (cue acoustic guitar)
I never claimed that others were responsible for the actions of drunk drivers. It is **always** the responsibility of the person who...... Mat-E: I think this question touches on a fundamental human reality; you can never create a policy which will satisfy a largely civil, responsible majority and at the same time satisfy a minority of...... EvilGentleman: elaine, I love the way you phrased that, how it is natural to experiment using the style of others as a point of departure towards finding your own style. I know my style for shooting...... A Belfast man called Karlo: i feel i must say something to at least let people know there are those of us that live in Belfast who DO posess a bit of wit,understanding and compassion..it really is quite sad to...... urbanghost: thanks grange and thanks hool for the heads up about that intersection. You sound like you really know the city well, which i'm aware of by checking out your site and seeing how much...... EvilGentleman: And lest someone accuse me of America-bashing because the antagonists in the previous story were so clearly all Americans, Canada is no better. A year and a half later, in December of 1990, my American...... Peter: i am growing very leery of how insular, provincial and xenophobic america is becoming... it smacks of fascism and... dare i say it... prewar germany. after all, every single one of us living in america...... jack: ok calm down. people who hate are a very small minority. ordinary people tend to keep silent on many subjects. this country is free for all peoples. but the laws must...... Chuckles: Well Sean, believe me. I have a humungous number of photos that I've zapped off with direct - in your face flash - and always at a hootenany, masquarade or party. Strangely, some have even...... EvilGentleman: Looking a little deeper into the photo, I see a possible scenario here:
The Oakville Police have been deeply concerned as of late due to an unknown person or persons who have been nailing plywood to...... EvilGentleman: Peter, good pics. I have pics of hunting and the cutting up of beluga whales, but I have not posted them, for fear of attracting the vegan hacker corps.... PolishGayIrishIndianWhiteHUMAN: The whole area has been changing forever. It was once all Polish and Eastern Europeans. We never complained when others moved in or out of the area. Chicago is the most segregated mentally challenged City...... gringa latina: Well, here I am again. I wrote my last post in Spanish I guess as a sign of respect to all of the latino residents of Humboldt Park and to write as a "white...... EvilGentleman: Elaine, it's bad enough I have this terrible fear of carnivorous giraffes, but now you have to go and add streetlamps? Great, just great. Not being able to function in the savannas and the veldts...... jack: i spent a couple of hours sitting by the ocean. the traffic had diminished to a nill and i could feel the cool dampness sneaking in around me. my solitude was soon suddenly...... colavito's ghost: that is frigging grotesque. i'd be reluctant to get so close to that snowmound for fear of it devouring me. someone should make a horror movie about that thing! ... SaneSmith: Never fear, we're still here!
Thanks for the comments and the trash talking.
Gotta keep the name alive......... grange: Yes Catherine they do .Although not because they are shy .Raccoons are in a word "clean freaks" ( actually two words ) Like cats the groom themselfs .Often raccoon's self groom and the young will......
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