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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

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

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

Jamie: eh, she's right you know. According to wikipedia [[wiki:Trafford Park]] ##was## the first ever planned {industrial estate}...

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Sheila Vaudrey: Thanks for the photo's legal or otherwise. I remember standing on Barton Lane, to watch the chimneys fall, you should have seen the clouds of dust. also Another first for our area, Trafford......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Roxane: Hi everyone, I'm doing a uni project on the industrial hitory of Cadishead and was wondering if anyone had any old pictures, maps or stories of the area I could use. Also if anyone is interested......

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

Joe Seeking Contact: Check the current demographics on Elkin school and it is evident that the neighbor hood makeup has changed. Just like Kensington was wonderful to us as kids, so it is today for the current residents.......

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

Disgusted!: I live in an apartment building on the third floor and a raccoon (or raccoons) have been using my balcony as their latrine. When I cleaned it up, I used a tarp, gloves and......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

James cashan: hello Jim W. RE Margarine Works I remember peter hamburger (gruff voice)"oh yis oh yis", but who was the phantom! daily cries of "whose out now? am i out now?" waiting for......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

GuRu: The Do-ers are the ones wreckin the place! and i dont just mean the ones doin meth either. ever wonder why city council got thier butts audited? HHHMMMMMMMMM, i wonder????? Latest example is that dirty......

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

JKMI England: Great images. Unfortunately, looking at the final few shots (before the aerial views) I just can't help feeling an imminent sense of loss. A trip along the route of the High Line just won't be......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

Steve M: Hi Deb I was brought up in Collins Close during the 1970s. I remember the cat story. I can't confirm whether this was true or not, even though I worked at the pub briefly......

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

St John the Baptist church : Maybe I am getting old and long in the tooth but I can remember Vicar Lee being the vicar at St John the Baptist church and I can remember the shop that is......

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

Hunter: My, my, you fellows (Tex, Noname, and former Hutchinsonite) have certainly grown suddenly very touchy. You raise so many points with so much overlap I'll try to answer by point, rather than address each correspondent......

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

CE: Wow! that street is filthy! The amount of trash on the streets seems to be one of the biggest differences I've seen between Canadian and American cities. Even in my neighbourhood in Montreal,......

in response to: Keep Bushwick Clean & Rats Out by Peter

anon (206-248-159-228.dsl.teksavvy.com): Wow! that street is filthy! The amount of trash on the streets seems to be one of the biggest differences I've seen between Canadian and American cities. Even in my neighbourhood in Montreal,......

in response to: Keep Bushwick Clean & Rats Out by Peter

noname: Re: Former Hutchinsonite. I have to agree. Seems odd to has some asshole in California commenting about a town that he does not inhabit. Hutchinson is truly the worst of the worst. These statistic that......

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

EvilGentleman: We were lucky here. Our IKEA is located in a commercial/industrial area wedged between two highways and the airport. Exactly where it belongs....

in response to: Ikea\'s Watery Shadow by CartLegger

been: But I think, ultimately, the fourth is my favourite. Love the dendritic effect of the leafless tree, so sharp in the foreground. The transition from the glittering bay up to the murky sky, through the......

in response to: On a Cloudy Day by Elicar

Peter: this is classic {bushwick}. im partial, though, as i live in the midst of that residential/industrial netherworld. love it. wouldnt trade it. ...

in response to: Mixed Messages by CartLegger

CartLegger: Its a residential/light industrial netherworld of a mix, with houses facing businesses. This one was a residence. Woodbine, between Evergreen and Bushwick. ...

in response to: Mixed Messages by CartLegger

Paul R Taylor : In its heyday Liverpool was the richest city in the world and was the gateway to Europe, Asia, Australia, south America, north America and the world. The River Mersey, the Irish Sea......

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

JOEY TPA The Public Animals: Man, I LOVE the industrial shots...my dad was born in England... seems to strike a chord in me.....

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

Robert Patten: Finally (for now), three pictures from May 2007 from what we call Teletubby Hills, near the Northbank Industrial Estate and can be seen from the Cadishead Way bypass. [[img:24516]] You can see the Rehau building, and if......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

joey: my memories of amtrak and some of the pictures i took from the train are a lot like yours. basically the train tracks are in the more industrial and run down parts of the city.......

in response to: One of These Days I\'m Going to Leave You in Your Sleep by procyon

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

colavitos ghost: in the sixth picture note the extreme proximity of the industrial flats and downtown. i've never seen another city in which the urban core and the industrial core are so close together. i......

in response to: De Tocqueville Was Here by little ukraine

BelievelandBikes: The top three were in what's left of the Industrial beltway along the Cuyahoga River... The former LTV Steel (Due East of Steelyard Commons) and the last one is on the corner of Wiley and......

in response to: LTV by BelievelandBikes

Bass Girl: I moved here from a town of 2500 people about 7 years ago, and I've watched this town die around me. Many businesses have come and gone, major industrial places for large employment have......

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

KansasBoy: It would seem, perhaps, that you missed the downtown area of Belleville, since all of your pictures are from out on Highway 81. No matter, your conclusion is pretty much on target, if a......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

serlingrod: Paterson??? Of all the depressing places I've been in the U.S. which aren't located in major cities, Youngstown, OH and Paterson, NJ top my list. Ghosts is right....city noise from a long long time ago.......

in response to: My Contribution to City Noise by Sam Kopec

PEMA: are those like industrial strength milk crates. why arent they cracking under all that weight???? guess im just not that ghetto...

in response to: Retro Ghetto by Jayce

Alec: I did an engineering internship there 21 years ago when I was 19. I went there this morning and viewed basically the same thing as the photos show (my first time back there). ......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

serlingrod: I think you're refering to deindustrialized inner-city neighborhoods in general...they're not all red brick. Statistically St. Louis does remain the most dangerous U.S. city. ...

in response to: Benton Park by maybetoday

also looking to move there: thanks, jimmy legs. from prior experience looking for cabs around 2am i always got the "where to?" question prior to getting in. i was never rejected when i said chelsea, but now that i may......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

also looking to move there: my main concern is, i want to be able to get drunk in the city and cab it home. a) around 2 am, will nyc cabbies be willing to take the ride? b) if so,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

dimeadozen: Thank you to everyone for this discussion especially The Truth and those following who elevated the discussion. I moved to Bushwick very recently and completely randomly. Although I work hard, support myself and am forced......

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

joey: now that's industrial. no marquee?...

in response to: Hooverville by fuzzytank

upfromflames: Those who are looking for memories of Rheingold should look up Rheingold Gardens, the innnovative public-private housing development built on the site. Its NYC's first brownfield remediation site (industrial clean up) and it even......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

joey: a mid to late 20th century industrial funk style building. pollution....

in response to: In They Natural Habits by fuzzytank

earl : I use to work for them and that truck was full of Industrial sludge. and the crud on the mud flaps was mostly oil sludge ...

in response to: Allstate PowerVac by sine

little ukraine: those leaves on the sidewalk in front of the tailor's kill me. For the wider CN population... I feel like Patchogue has an appropriate presence on this page because, like GoG pointed out, it is,......

in response to: Stop Me If You Think You\'ve Heard This One Before by ghost of grandin

joey: aer? phtoto #4 with the cropped industrial brand name. is that the factory of an aerospace company? pun intended. thanks for listing Henry Darger - i was not familiar with his works. very interesting. meet......

in response to: A Small Looping Tour in Seattle by aer suzuki

TwoSteaks: Are you kidding? Burn it down, baby! Industrial eyesores reminiscent of the days when you could walk on Lake Ontario, the Don have to go. Almost like trying to save the Lakeview......

in response to: Dereliction by Cameo

EvilGentleman: I believe Chris is referring to the many similar abandoned industrial sites of the same design (and possibly the same purpose) that are scattered along the banks of the Lachine Canal here in Montreal and......

in response to: Dereliction by Cameo

EvilGentleman: Funny you should mention that. I was trying just last week to figure out how to do an urb-ex of the industrial buildings at the corner of Angrignon and Pullman, and I have been paying......

in response to: Shadow Sniper by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Thanks, jack. You know, I am not 100 percent sure about that, Chris. You may be right, but I distinctly remember Eaton's having to become Eaton, and a few weeks ago, the town of Mount Royal......

in response to: Rainy Day by EvilGentleman

carlos mario: Since I'm writing about gentrification in Bushwick, this all is so interesting, especially the part of the story that The Truth mentions, as it relates to what I'm writing. Roger Starr, planned shrinkage, arson, disinvestment,......

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

Peter: a great {empty reference} from an industrial section of brooklyn, where i had to go to get my impounded car back (dont ask): [[img:13753]]...

in response to: empty reference repeat by elaine

Andrew Smith: Thanks Catherine & Peter. It was a bright February day and, amid the scenery, it was good to be reminded that industrial heritage doesn't belong solely to the cities....

in response to: Old Railway Walk by Andrew Smith

mark: check out the nw industrial area. there's several dead railroad lines to walk around, some interesting factories/warehouses (one that stores old floats from parades), and a couple abandoned, burned out passenger train cars. if i......

in response to: East to West, Portland Photos by stillseeingred

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......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

SingleGuy: If bored kids want to spray paint things why don't they go to an abandoned industrial area and do it? Because here the tag means something. it means u can do what you please here,......

in response to: Respect in River Park by jeeff

Betty: Yea, I don't think so. First of all, these pictures do offend me, especially the last one with a girl who is probably all of seven looking on. Fact of the matter though is that......

in response to: Respect in River Park by jeeff

aer suzuki: Yeah I don't get it. [Why they had to be removed] Looks like these were done in an area where they wouldn't be too high profile anyway, which makes sense...In Seattle we have a similar......

in response to: Miami Art Massacre by Bob Edelson

EvilGentleman: To my way of thinking, graffiti should be both encouraged and it's location controlled within reason, with penalties for those who put graffiti in places where it has no business being. Now, before you all......

in response to: Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti by Peter

Peter: vibrators for [[wiki:Industrial Records]]!...

in response to: Cleveland Vibrator Company by David

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Industrial vibrators? For sex workers?...

in response to: Cleveland Vibrator Company by David

Peter: well, there you have it... ##"non-metropolitan county"## and ##"the largest continuous area of de-industrialised land in the whole of europe"##... say no more!...

in response to: Stupidity Is a Virus by sine

Peter: i agree, elaine. or perhaps anytihng that followed, of the more industrial ilk....

in response to: Industrial Wasteland by stinkyben

Peter: i echo exactly what jamie said. this is my fav sort of entry... and i do hope to see more from you! that being said, its nice to see the more rural side of {manchester}... a......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Jamie: i like the big industrial boobs in the fourth one...

in response to: Industrial Wasteland by stinkyben

GGP: On cold days, the smoke from smokestacks looks even more potent and portentious than usual. Here is one of my poems about smokestacks. INDUSTRIAL TRINITY Three squat smokestacks cinched a little at the waist will always evoke Three Mile......

in response to: Milorganite(tm) by Bleeagh

Chris: i live in the west midlands which is pretty rural. Most americans that havent been to the uk (dont mean any offence) seem to be influenced way to much by american films that dont do......

in response to: A Sunday Walk in Eastend London... by Lawrence

Cyberia: Ha no he's just running. The tracks he is on are the industrial tracks heading south. The tracks next to him are the furthest south end of the c-train. And the bridge is the end of the......

in response to: Calgary 01 by Cyberia

adam: most old industrial/artist neighborhoods are turning into hip night spots which are then turning into outrageously priced lofts.. or so its seemed for the past few years...

in response to: montreal by hool

DolyN ReNeE: hey,it luks so industrial,haha..like its not yet finish. elaine? howa bout transparent platform shoes wit lil'çrystals or diff. jewels inside. your previous ideas sounds mor like a teletubbies nite slippers..haha.no offence. ...

in response to: Views you havent seen by fuzzytank

arthur: I was born in Paterson and have seen the falls many times. These pictures are very good because of the heavy rain. Paterson was a very large industrial city that has been in......

in response to: Rainbow Tourist by kc

Peter: thats awesome. i always pictured it to be a rather drab, industrial city... not that ive ever been there or seen much of it... but whatever my presuppositions were, youve very much set that straight......

in response to: Morning Fog (07/12/05) by Myke

marion: The Gowanus Canal was built with a tunnel connecting it to the bay, and pumps, to move out the industrial effluent and just general stagnant water. The pumps failed and hence the canal's I am......

in response to: Carroll Street Bridge by Peter

indykid: Peter, my feelings were very similar, I thought it would be much more grimy and industrial feeling. But everywhere you look new buildings are going up, and what's more is most of these wonderful attractions......

in response to: Manchester Dec 2005 by indykid

Peter: its only a few blocks away from the [[2355:voo voo building]]. i love this part of town. id live there if it was a little less remote. it has easy subway access and all, but......

in response to: Carroll Street Bridge by Peter

adam: thanksthanks.. paterson is a well of photographic opportunities since the whole city used to be an industrial town and then everything shut down and the city turned to shit sometime in the 70s/80s. for those......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

JamJar: Hackney wick is amazing, like nowhere else in London. A really quiet, industrial, almost abandoned air...

in response to: JPEG Mulch PhoneLondon by JamJar

jack: very well done, my compliments, i liked the photo thru the gas spires. the building on the right appears to be sitting on a body of water, sim to venice. the dunginess of the industrial......

in response to: canary wharf porn by elaine

Peter: you missed the best part! that ##huge## mural, on the wall headed up Bergen, that depicts tons of boulders and rocks with faces staring up at a starry night. so strange. i noticed it was......

in response to: Boulders on B Street by GGP

Mystical Witness...: The basis of an individual's existence is governed by self-dertermination. The distinction which is made to those who fail & refuse to fall through the cracks of an industrialized society is based primarily in the......

in response to: The King Was Correct by Lili

seeking a future I agree with you: The thing is ---there are a lot of factor that can be attibuted to not moving up---Firstly the U.S createda system of dependency when FDR intorduce Operation Bootsrap which was ppart of the NEW Deal--in......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

joey: the ecological trickle down waste theory. it's one way of spreading the industrial decay. if you have a couple of different chemical cars on one train you get a trickle down cocktail....

in response to: Precision by Bleeagh

Peter: [[img:2871]] well, its like the bottom half of most all the lakes borders american states, which are most likely the source of most of the pollution, as they border industrial cities like {chicago}, {detroit}, {buffalo}, etc......

in response to: Hard Rockin\' by Bleeagh

elaine: dunno if you can read that but it says; "The world's first public park Victoria Park was London's first public (as opposed to Royal) 'park for the people'. James Pennerthorne laid out the park between......

in response to: victoria park bench by elaine

elaine: and i like the view up the round tower thing, it seems to be related to the wrecking ball. the colours seem seasidey to me, but maybe just because of the industrial metal paint colours.......

in response to: North West Industrial by fuzzytank

Lili: Kristy - nice post. Your post is very orderly and clear - reminds a dash of an industrial manufacturing procdure. There are lots of things that can be done with screen-printing. De cows are my pals......

in response to: Cheap Screen Printing Tutorial by Kristy

fuzzytank: no need to offer up countings and no need to put 'semi' in front of post industrial... there really is no better example and there is no need to hurry up one photo teacher said if you......

in response to: Acton\'s Lock by elaine

elaine: well ##i## like it. london is a semi/post industrial city. big, mean and dirty, and this neighbourhood is not exactly posh, but it is interesting and i think friendly. people say london is not friendly......

in response to: Acton\'s Lock by elaine

'Yunker: Nice photo. FYI, Manayunk isn't "near Philly" -- it's actually part of the city proper. Before 1990, Manayunk was a decaying industrial section of Philadelphia, not the upscale shopping enclave that it is today. As......

in response to: Ladies\' Entrance by JJ

Justin: Re: PDX graffiti like ummm... There are some impressive tags, but so much of that industrial area gets canvassed by white rollers that the pieces live only for a few hours, maybe a day. And yes,......

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

elaine: Re: not a postcard the colours are lovely, like 1950's industrial paint....

in response to: not a postcard by fuzzytank

ian: borutz, Houston is an industrial city of ~5 million inhabitants on the Gulf Coast of Texas, in the US. The major industries ar oil and gas refining and exploration, and oilfield services. It is also a......

in response to: Houston, October 2004 by ian

Paul G: Mmm...industrial. Tasty pollution....

in response to: nightfall 225 by ian

hool: zagg: nope. at cherry beach, in an industrial port area of the city....

in response to: shipyard tower sunset by hool

chucksspeed: amped kickin it imagine a line worker - ten hour shifts hanging the same trim piece every 68 seconds. trim takes 12 seconds to hang; 56 seconds left to do whatever can be done in less......

in response to: i am Detroit by trouble

karma: i really love photos of urban or industrial areas that somehow have no words or numbers showing them, or more importantly, no people. its hard to get such photos in densly populated areas, yes?...

in response to: Abandoned Overpass by Peter