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in response to: Triple Deckers by hifilofi

snolan: For any of you interested. There is a Kensington reunion at Lighthouse Point in NJ. It is at ShawCrest Marina on the right hand side of of rte 47. Right before the bridge that goes......

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

mackie.p: I like this post. You have captured a great area. Joel Sternfeld produced a book "walking the high line" back in like the late 90's, great work!...

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

electrical tape: Your source for electrical tape, high temperature electrical tape, vinyl electrical tape and a little bit of electrical tape apparently. In the market for a new kitchen faucet? Your choices for a kitchen faucet, behind......

in response to: Dead Centre Pilgrims Rest by Guy McLaren

Chris : First of all Toronto is hated on by all Canadians outside of the Golden Horse Shoe. One of the main reasons why is,....... the Toronto Maple Losers!!!!!!!!. It's a hockey country and the leafs used......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Chris : First of all Toronto is hated on by all Canadians outside of the Golden Horse Shoe. One of the main reasons why is,....... the Toronto Maple Losers!!!!!!!!. It's a hockey country and the leafs used......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi everyone, I lived in Harewood Road from 1983-1995 when we moved to Oz. The Hapgood's probably did live there many years before us. I'm not sure if I am right but I think......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Thom Cartmell: I lived at Susquehanna ave and Trenton Ave. 2129 E. Susquehanna ave. I grew up there in the 40's and 50's I remember Mike. Damn I remember the Horse Drawn Milk Wagons and......

in response to: Harbison Dairy Milk Bottle by serlingrod

CartLegger: Thanks people! you should see them all! I might add thought that the last one--on furman street--is mighty fun to play in. Its like a cool summer shower in the sun. Great place to......

in response to: Water Falls on the City by CartLegger

Who Cares for Kensington: Carol, I left the neighborhood because I felt forced to do so by crime and apparent bleak future prospects.I moved to another section of the city that wasn't the greatest, but it served and a......

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

surviving: Re: to gotout ......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

anon (87.113.88.50.plusnet.pte-ag2.dyn.plus.net): The six beams of light!...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

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......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

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......

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

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......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Andrew Smith: Hi Terry, sounds an interesting book. The photo was taken by my friend Dom Smith. I'm sure copyright would not be a problem. If you give me your email address I'll pass it onto him. If......

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

BRUSHMAN: Front st ? pork pies ? im not sure , i grew up at lee and westmoreland , from 1980 till about 1987 . i would like to let the people on this site know......

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

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......

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

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in response to: Been STOP So Long Its Time to Go! by CartLegger

Who Cares for Kensington: River Otters complains about the mass exodus from the city and that those folks should have stayed and are now paying the price for leaving with long commutes and 4 buck gas. I left Philly......

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

Terry Gorman: Hi Andrew I am the final stages of a book about the non-league football grounds of Lancashire, and was very interested in the photo of the old Irlam Town clubhouse in Silver Street. Would there......

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

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in response to: Been STOP So Long Its Time to Go! by CartLegger

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......

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

RonS: This blog brings back a lot of memories,I grew up on 2800 Swanson st in 60's & 70's.I remember delivering orders for customers at DanDee's as I was to young to drink at Viola's.Last time......

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

CartLegger: Surely you jest Jack. I am closer than Peter (less inland at least) and I biked it! Boats make it too easy! On a boat, you can't play in the spray at Furman street--which I......

in response to: Water Falls on the City by CartLegger

artisan, London: I use a combination of old Nikon SLR's from a baby EM or my FM2, and more recently a beautiful F3. I always use 400ASA and slightly underexpose, which lets the blacks seep in from......

in response to: London, a Little Darker... by artisan, London

Who Cares for Kensington: Sandy describes a perfect example of failure of the most basic services. At what point does a city department administrator decide that he/she will not offer resources to respond to a problem in a given......

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

Renee: Just stumbled on this site. I was born in an apt Bushwick and Gates. We later owned a house on Linden just off Bushwick during the Depression. Went to what was then......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Rob, Sheila and Norma, Rob yes that's right it's the same Mr Jimmy Iddon, he worked at Royles the same as my dad, now about Christine?????? sorry I don't know what made me think......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

sandy: my opinion is that Kensington was designated to be a dumping ground for section 8 .It is an abused program to say the least.slumlords are even getting sick of fixing up the houses that these......

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

luna park: nice flicks, particularly the 2nd one! i finally saw the brooklyn bridge one last night and was decidedly underwhelmed....

in response to: Water Falls on the City by CartLegger

YourOwnFault: For all of you who left for the suburbs, you have nobody to blame for the decline of Kensington except yourselves...you abandoned it! You chased after the imaginary American Dream of a big car and......

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

Cecilia Midiri: Okay so, like I said some days are better than others. I'm trying right now to get 4 houses next to me cleaned and sealed. I'm here in the 25th police district. ......

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

angie: Greetings to all. I'm not from chicago at all, but I have alot of family who does. We used go ride by the high rises when we we kids, and I would wonder how in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Sheila Hilton: Sheila V, You're most likely correct about Hapgoods; I know they did live on our right hand side, so no.20 is probably right. I don't remember a Christine Iddon - only Elaine. Was Christine an older......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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......

in response to: Sutro Baths by Christopher

serlingrod: I do not defend the status - I wish to change it. I do not "draw a salary on the backs of the suffering" - the little funding we receive goes towards helping these people......

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

nycgirl10: interesting I've used for months straight and quit cold turkey with no problem, I just don't think its that addictive. Guess everyone is different. I haven't used in a year but was thinking of using......

in response to: NYC: Do you buy friendship and companionship with cocaine? by Peter

sandy: hairsy...the bubble club..young reps..tommys square tavern...k& a bar..kellis....you got it right...those were the days...

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

kevin: aight so the store- the merchandise is alright. the dude behind the counter is a douche bag- fuckin tool. plus the price of shit is jacked up high as hell....

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

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......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Lillibette Irish expat: What most of the people that have responded to this fail to realize is that "The Troubles" in Ireland have LONG ago stopped being about religion. It was/is rather like the black-white thing in......

in response to: NYC: The Empire State Building at Sunrise by Peter

Jamie: Fuckyeah. I can have a little piece of {Brooklyn} right here in {Lincolnshire} any time I like. Screw the carbon footprint...

in response to: Borough Pride by luna park

Who Cares for Kensington: I'll leave race out of my comments and will continues to focus on the radical change of culture and values. The changes are what thay are and I am sure that the government nor activists......

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

Sheila Hilton: Gary Sparkes - re shopping centre: There was also a shoe shop opposite the entrance and a little to the right (not too far from the bank).I remember buying my son a pair of Doc Martens......

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

Joe F: Hi Laura ! RE: "my" 3rd Ave EL PHOTO ! I enjoyed reading your Yorkville memories as an ex 1940's-60's Yorkville-ite myself. It would have been appropriate and nice for me to also have been given ME......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

adr: im not gonna read any of these comments, all i know is that the pics were all of one area by the old hospital, not the church, i dont know what year, but now they......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

joey: OK. now posted as; {eastside} , the Old Neighborhood...

in response to: Cleveland in May by joey

Terry S. Singeltary Sr.: TO the Honorable and Brave people of Korea, keep up your fight for the truth. YOU are winning. ...terry http://www.grassrootsnetroots.org/articles/article_12387.cfm to be continued. ...TSS ...

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

surviving: re:me ......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Amanda: It's not raining right now but there is a chance of rain the afternoon. Is there a way to find out if the Tam tams are still going to take place?...

in response to: Sunday Tam-Tams by CE

Me: Boy oh boy!!!Was Hutch boring this weekend???The answer is absolutely,positively,most certainly not!!!!!The Grand Prairie held the Warfare X ultimate fights,and talk about excitement and a fun time!!!!Hutch was awesome and the fighters incredible!!!!The Hutch Fest......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Gremlin: 64. You've acquired a taste for crèton. 65. You don't own a house or condo but you own your own appliances, and if not, your roommate does. 66. You've never bought a piece of furniture, because it......

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

Director 9209: Nice pics, but you should keep off the High Line (Notice that it's two words or FO will get you!) because it is a bonafide construction site complete with all the OSHA phobic hazards, and......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

serlingrod: moral of the story, everyone - deindustrialization ruined these neighbors that so many people who grew up in them loved so much. hard economic times and social/political injustice has transformed them into hotbeds for illegal......

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

Cecilia Midiri: Ok Joseph I'm sorry about your father, that he went through that. He didn't move from here after that, that speaks volumes. My mother and I were in a similar situation, we found our 84......

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

Cecilia Midiri: Read backwards Joseph, you brought up the race card: JOSEPH BRIDGE: 22nd Jun 2008 - 12:21 GMT yeah, white flight. that about sums it up. I'm white and I know that that is when people started moving out...I......

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

Violet Birchall: Hello Anne and Brian, Seems such a long time ago when we all went out for a drink together and such a suprise to find you on this site ,we are both enjoying retirement there is......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

JOSEPH BRIDGE: hey peter, i'll give you one reason why kensington sucks. my father, hard working, family man left work early one night in march of 1990 because he was sick. you see he worked the graveyard......

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

Sally S: I'm delighted to have a theater in a neighboring community that has good movies at a reasonable price. It's nice not to have to break the bank to take kids to a movie. ......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 9 by Scott Sargent

Me: Re to surviving You go into any town or city,and you will find many women with a dozen kids,milking the system.Happens everywhere,all the time,not just in Hutchinson Kansas.But I understand how you feel.I have been upset......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

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......

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

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......

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

serlingrod: that's what it's all about man. you'd be surprised by the sense of community that exists right now in Kensington and other places like it - these people look out for each other because they......

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

JOSEPH BRIDGE: look, i do agree with some of your comments.you are trying to help out the residents of kensington.but there will never be a total sense of community in the neighborhood. that is vital. and thats......

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

serlingrod: Thanks Peter. It's nice to have a friend back you up. I just marvel at the stubborness of it though.....I mean, "keep on painting" ... Really? I've made it perfectly clear I'm not an artist..I'm......

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

Peter: Ryan: i hate chemical spills (this is more of a chemical spill than an "oil spill") as much as the next guy, but just for the record, its not the "largest oil spill in history".........

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

serlingrod: I don't think I paint a rosy picture of Kensington at all. If you read what I wrote I actually said there's lots of crime, disinvestment, and the schools are broken. Those were my words.......

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

surviving: Tex ......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

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,......

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

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

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......

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

Steven: Back in the early 80's I lived in a great old dump of a building on Kings Hwy directly overlooking the N Train line as depicted in the last image. My fire escape hung......

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

Andrew Smith: JustMe - I don't see where anyone above was condemning unconventional lifestyles, whether by circumstance on choice. It was a very light hearted attempt at humour. I take it you are a fan of skag-head, alcoholic,......

in response to: How to Become a Tramp by Andrew Smith

surviving: All of the post I"ve been reading has some kind of validity to the experience and surviving in hutch. I will not capitalize the "h on hutchinson' so please don"t think I messed up.......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Anne - Ontario: Hi John Birchall, Did you live on New Moss Road and worked at the Tar Works? If you did then you will know Brian and I we used to go to the George with you and also......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

phantom: Regarding the economic side of the Kensington exodus - Google: Kensington and Globalization. The frst entry in the search findings should be a paper on the topic published at Kutztown State by Mike Kelly on......

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

Cecilia Midiri: Wow, Kimmer Teesedale...you remember the Midiri's? Me and Mamma Ceil are still on Keim Street. She refuses to move...and hey, who am I to make her. I can't complain too much. The street was so......

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

Don worry bout it : Yo lookout for ''thin'' hes everywere i was in the car and saw his shit everwhere, whats up with segr i see him on the highway but his stuff isn't too good , not saying......

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

The GumbyUF MSD: Bushwick...oh, Bushwick. How I love and miss thee. Sorry I left you, but I had to explore other states and neighborhoods. Needless to say, you are still the very, very best piece of real estate......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Melissa: There might not be a so called night life in Buffalo, but at least we do have a theater. Our community has worked very hard to get our old theater up and running again.......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 9 by Scott Sargent

jack: gee since everyone from brooklyn is showing their streets i might as well join in as an x-brooklynite and show you my street from my deck, it doesn't look like where i lived in brooklyn......

in response to: Where Brooklyn At? by serlingrod

Tex: Actually my tennant lost his job about 10 years ago, and still hasn't been able to find employment due to health problems and also due to the fact there are no decent jobs to be......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Susan Taylor (nee O'Reilly): Hi Annon I am one of the O'Reilly's from Caroline Street. Very respectable family! You will see an earlier entry about my dad Tom, he had an allotment on Tramway Road. Both he and my......

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

joey: a church is right. but i think it's a more of a cross between an oil storage tank and a church. driver side photography....

in response to: There\'s a New Building in Town by joey

Peter: train graf! i always love seeing the freights......

in response to: McBuffin by EvilGentleman

Peter: i noticed the rear-view shots; nice technique. they threw me at first as everything wasnt in reverse. tricky! i love these little series that are borne from the everyday banal stuff... whether it be passing through......

in response to: McBuffin by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Hehe, it kept their maintenance guy busy for two days. The last two photos were taken thru my rear view mirror because he saw me taking the 5th pic and started glaring at me like......

in response to: McBuffin by EvilGentleman

Jamie: You're right. I tweaked it by hand just to piss you off. Best freindly....

in response to: This Month On Citynoise by Jamie

Peter: i know, right? hahahaha. go go mickey d's... im sure they thought the pressure-washer would blow it right off, but anyone uninformed enough to use one of those on wood deserves to learn the hard......

in response to: McBuffin by EvilGentleman

zagg: "The original flag had eight stripes, with each color representing a particular component of the gay community: hot pink for sex, red for life, orange for healing, yellow for sun, green for nature, turquoise......

in response to: The Churchmouse and Firkin by Biff

Elaine: the gay pride flag has 6 colours, the co-op movement flag has seven. There is a light blue stripe in the co-op flag. it was adopted in 1927...

in response to: The Churchmouse and Firkin by Biff

Me: Re to Returnee What baffles me is that these so called "happy and better off since I left Hutchinson" people just keep posting their negativity on this site. If they are so much better off and......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Returnee: Just happened on this site and was amazed that so many "high Paid executives" would spend so much time bashing someplace. Is your glass half full or half empty? Don't bother to reply......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

platano: damn that fucking sucks ass shits tight though...

in response to: Phono-Graf by EvilGentleman

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): The supermarket was called the Maypole I think, the market was in the early 70's. I used to buy singles from a man who sold second hand records - which I still have up in......

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

Juanita: What great pictures. Takes me back to my youth = 1926 to 1949 when I moved to california. Went back for a visit in 1975 but not since. I went to Wellington......

in response to: 45 Minutes in Verdun by CE

kg: just tonight i saw the chain ring rack, 'bike tree' outside johnny brenda's (when it's fully populated, you'll see what i mean by 'tree'), and chair rack. all of these are well-done....

in response to: Frankford Avenue ArtRacks by serlingrod

anon (h-67-102-13-114.phlapafg.covad.net): the 'bike tree' outside johnny brenda's is great (though technically northern libs not fishtown) and i saw another tonight which was a super huge chain & gear, we're talking like 50x actual size....

in response to: New ArtRacks for Frankford Avenue by serlingrod

Peter: you know, in hindsight, that was a very snobby thing for me to say about the {bronx}. sorry, bronx. also: its sort of nice to not have a car any longer......

in response to: Brooklyn to Midtown Manhattan via Car by Peter

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