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Comments about jamaica

There are 24 comments about "jamaica"

Michael Worsley: In Bushwick Brooklyn In The Early 1970's When I Was Growing Up All I Heard Was Music Marvin Gaye,Stevie Wonder,Earth,Wind & Fire,Herbie Hancock,Grover Washington,Jr.Antonio Carlos Jobim,Astrud Gilberto,George Benson,I Use To Go To A Thrift Shop......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Diana Manchur-Henke: Rick, Michael lives upstate now near Albany. I'll let him know you asked for him. My father passed away 2004. My mom lives in Queens and is doing well. I'm glad the neighborhood is......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Virginia Gambardella: Thats the Marine Bridge at Jamaica Bay at least that's what it was called in 1939,when you took the ferry from Sheepshead Bay to the point (Kennedys) and looked to the left there was the......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

steve : Cartlegger; I'll try to be brief with some details. Please don't hold me to the exact dates because I am going back from memory and not researching. Barren Island as we knew it......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

kayak girl: Barren Island is the coolest. At the height of the rendering plants' days they had their own schools, hospitals, etc. It was a real community and had a majority of African American citizens.......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

bed sty-cee!: hello chicago folks-well lets have a little history lesson non of you are spanish, spaniards or latin. all of those words,terms or descriptions belong to europeans, aka white people. all so called hispanics,......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: In response to upfromflames regarding Bushwick Corners: This response requires both historical perspective and adjustment of mind set to the Colonial New World. The 17th Century was a fundamentally agrarian society dedicated and tied to land......

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

pooh bear: I loved all the pictures I plan to go to Jamaica sone....

in response to: Going to Jamaica by GGP

anon (170.35.224.63): Thats exactly what I needed to cee. That article answers my question. Thank you. Peace and nuff respects to Smith and Sane (RIP) OPTICK ONE BMK, TPA, WR, TWB. Jamaica Section. Now Why Cee....

in response to: Sane Smith: Puttin' the Green in Greenpoint by Peter

Susan: I went to Dominican Commercial High School in Jamaica, Queens during the height of Beatlemania, but who is Barbara? Ringo's wife? She went to D.C.? When?...

in response to: Art on the Streets of Manhattan by jack

anon (host81-138-12-194.in-addr.btopenworld.com): Going back to April or something, I just have to say that probably the same proportion of blacks are in UK prisons if not higher. I know because I have been inside some. The US......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

EvilGentleman: The art, if authentic, should be supported by buying it. I personally feel the best way to buy native art is to go to an Indian reservation and buy it directly from the artist, wherever......

in response to: Fast Cash by joey

Maureen Blair: I read cowboy magazines and books when I was a little girl in Jamaica. I have always known about black cowboys and their contribution to the West. I am a cowgirl at heart (to the......

in response to: The Federation of Black Cowboys by sine

Rigoberto Mendoza: My parents are Mexicanos & proud to be. I was born in Edmonton, Canada but I too love my Mexican heritage I speak both english & spanish. My parents went to Canada because the migra......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

jack: he got on the train at the lake street station and headed for jamaica bay, when he got there the conductor told him one more (what)...

in response to: Light Rail by dostoy

Snidwiget: There was dumplin in it man I from Jamaica...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

VEE: yeah...8 yrs ago the projects in Bushwick were crazy with 100 heads outside of every building...walking over to borinquen PJs and blastin kids...then robbing the Jamaicans in the park across the street. You can......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Balloonhedz: actually I had my first Coney hot dog not at Nathans but the TA Employee luncheonette on the overpass. I used to ride with a Motorman on the F out of Jamaica as a......

in response to: The ~old~ BMT Stillwell Ave Terminal by Balloonhedz

Peter: every time i ride the traqin through the jamaica bay wildlife refuge, i get the same vibes... so much green/wild around, so close to urban terrain you can still smell it......

in response to: reservoir bogs by kc

GGP: yes, pelicans are very primordial-looking birds. I saw some in Jamaica. They're aloof yet friendly-looking. I too love birds of prey, but it's also fun to watch tiny birds like sparrows/etc. chase huge hawks away......

in response to: Pet Bird Precursorz by GGP

kobe: wow i wouldnt mind going to jamaica myself! thanks for the photos.... i suppose thats teh second best thing to being there...

in response to: Going to Jamaica by GGP

elaine: somebody give the guy a travel grant! i wanna see his jamaican series, or better still bring that sensibility to ##grey## places...

in response to: may 20 2005 toronto by hool

Paul G: Yep. #3 and #5, down. His city is Toronto, but his palette is Kingstown, Jamaica. Though his subjects are, most often, European or Asian, in terms of color, and texture, he gives......

in response to: may 20 2005 toronto by hool

Mike Ruby: Oh, and also the bridges that connect Brooklyn and Queens over Newtown Creek (and the one over Jamaica Bay to Rockaway), but if you were to include those, there may be not much justification beyond......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

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