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luna park: thanks, peter. street cars in brooklyn would be pretty sweet. they could be tricked out by different artists. ...

in response to: Left Leaning by luna park

kms: My life got flipped turned upside down. I want to type this up and tell you all about how I came to the town called Bellaire. In Cabrini Green, where I grew up and played on......

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

Natasha Totin: wow, people really know how to judge things. Did anyone ever stop and think that they didn't even look at it like that. My dad has worked for Staten Island Hospital for over 30 years,......

in response to: Quite Possibly the Worst Layout for a Hospital, Ever by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

OG FROM GCC: Cecilia Keep it up. Keep going. We brought a group of 25 to Philly. Half worked in some gardens in the Dauphin area. We stopped by there on Thursday morning on a way......

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

Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969... The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story : I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Thom Cartmell, US Army Retired: I grew up in Kensington. Susquehanna and Trenton Aves in the 40's and 50's Went to HB Hackett Elem School, and Penn Treaty, Jr High. Palm Movie House, Kent, Midway, Iris (Military in Uniform got......

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

naturelover: For Missyelliot, you ask quite a lot if the person debating you ways in Kauai. First off last time I checked it was quite easy to get rid of chickens i.e. A DOG. And number......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

Paul Revere: I'm sure you can never receive enough accolades for your photography. Great work. Personally, I've roamed those tunnels repeatedly for the past year. As someone remarked you can't hear the train untill it's prcaticly upon......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

OG FROM GCC: I just got back from a mission trip to Kensington. We worked at a kids camp that was located at a church on the corner of C and Indiana. Before the kids would get there. Every......

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

EvilGentleman: Two years and a few months later, this article still defines several different conflicts in a way that few if any articles can. {Motorists} vs {Cyclists} {Road Rage} vs {Radical Activism} {Male} vs {Female} {Entitled} vs {Empowered} The article that......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

TRANS KOF 2008 : Hey all this talk about Paterson brings back alot of memories I grew up in Paterson on Main st. and Wiess St.a block from St.Josephs hospital. my neighborhood was known as little San Juan......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

gavin: very wicked pics, some AMAZING ART!!!!! ...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

anon (82.153.71.49): This has just happened to my cat. We had to take the cat to the vet and have him sedated and bathed at over £100 for the first consultation. My brand new £1200......

in response to: Anti-Climb Paint by kobe

anon: Scott, urgent, contact me. I am stuck in Hutchinson, I am from Florida and I believe my life is in danger. I keep reaching out for help but its slow coming. I am disabled, use......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 13 by Scott Sargent

stan: I live around 116th street. A year ago I found a way in (and while down their noticed a few ways out.) I went down with a friend, a lighter, and two cellphones (which we......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

design_e: Often when I stumble, I skim through stuff, but this held onto to me and looked through it all. Thanks for capturing that important bit of American NYC history. ;)...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

KINE TSK: Peace to LA & NYC... heard Philly was getting HUGE?! Anyone know who wrote this sh*t back in the day? Since there's a bunch of heads in here, "Almost 22 years in these backstabbin' streets. Strike......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

Lex: I just had a raccoon sneak into our house last night. The room that it went to was really messy, and didnt have any food. We think that it opened the screen on the window......

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

MR: Loved Kensington!! Grew up at Somerset & Jasper, worked at a deli on Kensington Ave & Somerset in the early 70 thru to the early 80's. Never had to worry about being robbed. Everyone looked......

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

Liz: I was born at St. Mary's Hospital, baptized at St. Matthews church on Eastern Parkway. My parents were married at St Matthews and my mother attended St Matthews grade school and then attended St Angela......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Peter: [[img:28436]] Bodega Dude: ##"Hey, how you know my favorite beer?"## Me: ##"Cause I picked the one that said Brooklyn on it"## Bodega Dude: ##"BROOKLYN ALL DAY, NIGGA!"## Me: ##"Word"## Bodega Dude: ##"BROOKLYN!"## Me: ##"Wut!"## Bodega Dude: ##"BROOKLYN, SON!!!"##...

in response to: Borough Pride by luna park

Anon: I lived on Menahan more or less 20 years ago and it looked the same. I haven't lived in Brooklyn for 10 years now. Gracias for the memories of the neighborhood and shopping......

in response to: Menahan by Peter

Frenchguy: This morning, I was bitten 3 cm from my eye (2 in). One of the most renown bird scientist of the XXth century said a bird would never bite your eye, but I am not......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

Captain Obvious: What really grates about Quebec's degenerate infrastructure, is that they have not only incredibly high taxes, but they *also* have incredibly high subsidies from all the more productive provinces, BOTH. To have billions poured into a......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

~Me : I wish the best to everyone who was raised in the projects in chicago, the horners, the greens, robert taylor homes etc.... Its sad to see them tear down historical land marks and homes to......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

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

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

Montrealbunny: I finally got around to taking another walk in this direction. This is the back of the building at 4000 St Ambroise. There is a french cuisine resto tucked away there that I......

in response to: How Much Is That Pussy in the Window? by Montrealbunny

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

Karl daniels: Norma: I told my mum and she was gob smacked, she doesnt understand the internet lol is there a way of sending some one an email on here to some one? as she was woundering :-) Thanks Karl...

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

Maureen: Hello Anne I remember Mrs Iddon, she left Kendals and came to work at the Margarine works, she worked with me from time to time. Elaine Iddon was Edith Iddon's daughter, Ediths husband was......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Sheila H and Norma, I am quite sure that Hapgoods lived at no 20 unless they moved house, like I said I went to school with Arnold and he always lived at No 20......

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

GREG WYATT: I WAS BORN AND RAISED ATT KIP AND WESTMORLAND STREET IT USED TO BE THE SPOT TO PARTY AND HANG OUT WITH GOOD FRIENDS I STRUGGLED AND WORKED MY ASS OFF TO GET OUT......

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

joey: the unabomber lived in berkeley, ca for a while when he studied math at uc berkeley. ray pointed out the cottage today as we walked by it....

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel 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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

hmmm: You are sooooo far off on the idea that Hutchinson is the "most" drug infested area... I will quote Andie with the statement that Reno County is ranked in the top spot for the......

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

John (aged 44 and a bit): I remember the Supermarket being called Liptons and the newsagents Lesters. My old juniour school teacher Mrs Hover worked there for a while.I also remember the market that was held there in the middle. Not......

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

kg: i wonder if any of these were actually commissioned i.e. not bombed but requested by owner. i'm guessing the circle thrift and the frankford/norris ones were asked-for......

in response to: Graf Trux 20: Philadelphia by serlingrod

Lynda Phillips , sons Paul and Mike Phillips, Caroline st, Irlam adn Carlisle Dr, Irlam: Hello, Im just blown away by this fantastic site found by accident. I was looking for my old school friend William Mcormick/mcCormack from Salford born around 1955. I lived in Caroline Street aged 18 with......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

luna park: if i weren't so lazy right now, i'd post a flick of what the truck looked like before....

in response to: Graf Trux: OVIE by luna park

zagg: And now for a word from Toronto's Barenaked Ladies: "Near where I live there's a viaduct Where people jump when they're out of luck Raining down on the cars and trucks below They've put a net there to catch......

in response to: A Life Saver by elicar

Me: Re to Hutchinson Escapee That sick pervert lived in Pretty Prairie,as you stated,not Hutch,the sick pervert who sexually assulted and killed an elderly woman this past month also was from out of town,Mcpherson to be exact.They......

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

john: If you think the tunnel looks great now you should have seen it back in the 70's I was 12 years old when I started going down there. Thats when there were five tracks down there......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Me: Re to Tex and Peter I would post pics here,but I do not know how.Maybe I can get my 17 year old to do it for me,but she is usually too busy,like many other folks here......

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

Debbie from Irlam: Hi Norma and Anne, My maiden name is Buck, and I am sure Norma you will remember me, I used to knock about with you, not often, but used to come to your house in Cadishead.......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

ron ws: SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS FUZZ! A GRAFFITI KING WHO ROCKED THE NYC SUBWAY TRAINS FROM THE 70S ALL THE WAY TP THE MID 90S. FREAKS AT LARGE AND THE TFP OTB CREW. FUZZ FUZZ FUZZ FUZZ......

in response to: Metro Fuzz One by Metro

charlie : Great pictures I myself used to hang out in that tunnel for years back in the early years before the amtrak police kicked me out another time at the southern end one of the homeless nut......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Debbie - I was born in 1963, (Cadishead), but spent my 'mis-spent youth' in Irlam... I remember Joey's disco well, and sitting behind the 'Tiger Moth' (but that's another story!!). My sister, Sheila, was......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

T J O'BRIEN, ANNANDALE, VA: The article below it will mention the Luna Park. During the WW II I worked part-time for the New York Daily News as a copy boy. One afternoon I came in early at......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

jack: and i thought 25 cents was too much in 1956, but i got to ride it 7 times in a row once, had $2 so i got a slice of watermelon and an ice......

in response to: The Cyclone by Peter

Peter: HAHAHAHA. omg, ok, that seriously cracked me up for some reason... oh, but that i could fully explain the imagery that quickly streaked across my mind......

in response to: Anal Jewelry by Peter

Janice P.: I lived in Kensington on East Dauphin St. from 1941 until 1962. I attended H. A. Brown Elementary and Penn Treaty Junior High. Both excellent schools at that time. I then moved to......

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

Dave Moore: Stumbled on the site while attempting to get images of King Street in Stretford from the 60's and 70's. Excellent images. Brought back memories from when I worked near to Barton Bridge (Manchester Oil Refinery)......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Karlo: That really was a moving story sharon. Im so glad that you can finally put your anger to rest,a feeling that only serves to destroy the self. I fully believe that your son Karl would want you......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

remember 1966: trying to piece together deatils of a memeory. kid was killed in mid to late 60's when he was running thru the sewers that were being worked on around troutman. apparently he drowned. Does......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mark Brannan: Hi Chris, I remember you and Steff and that bleached hair down the middle that you had . We were so trendy then wasn't we lol. I left gardners and worked as a sales rep. I......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

-TRYBE27-: u people know t-kid right? does anyone agree with me that that the mans got crazy skillz n all, but the letter designs are a lil lacking? o yeah i got getting up on pc.......

in response to: NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up by Metro1

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

Bob Salmon: Hi James Off hand I cannot remember Mike Melani although the name rings a bell somewhere? Peter Robinson I remember from school and have not heard of him since we left school. Malcolm Kennedy was a good......

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

1life2live: I from brooklyn my whole life the truth is shit can happen if your in the wrong place at the wrong time im lucky i have many friends stabbed or killed for stupidity but as......

in response to: Dangerous to Walk Around Brooklyn? by Jayne

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

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

James cashan: RE Bob Salmon.Tom O Toole Jnr. I picked up your Uncle Terry O Toole from catholic going to Woolston Thurs. night (I taxi for local firm initials C.C. no prizes for guessing and no......

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

Sheila Vaudrey: Hello Peter, Barbara was 2/3 years older than me, I can remember that she always liked horses, so maybe she has got one now she lives on the moss. As for Lesley I can't......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Mitch: Been very quiet since the June 3rd ruling to knock it down. Ben's is still unchanged, no one has even collected the memorabilia stacked up inside. Any news on what's happening, or when the demolition is......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

jack: i'm clueless when it comes to looking at art, i don't like to sit there and gaze at a painting because i'm not that intelligent about art, but i am a dirty old man because......

in response to: Art Lovers at Folk Art Museum, West 53rd Street by Mike L.

PJS: These posts are so fascinating. I grew up at Lawrence and Huntington. Went to John Welsh Elementary, then Girls' High. Mos.t of my friends went to St. Edwards at Seventh and York. I remember the......

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

Jamie: Quite the opposite. I think Scott, with his photographs, has evoked a degree interest in something mundane....

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

luna park: there are actually large swathes of brownstone rowhouses in brooklyn, where the houses are set back from the street and allow space for front yards. in many cases, the yards have been paved (as is......

in response to: Beware of Owner by luna park

Al: Kinda sad. I liked seeing the streetcar rails heaving through the roads every spring. Oh well... if you want to ride a streetcar, go to Toronto. ...

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

Al Pierro: Just came across this website in search of info on what has happened to St. Joseph's church where we used to play softball back in the 50's & 60's. I attended a grade school on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Gaynor Miller: Hi Tom I think all our Grandads fathers and Uncles worked on the Steel works I know mine did, they worked with yours I will have to dig some photo's out of your Grandad Tom......

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

Kyle: Only in AMERICA,==In 2008, Do We know have so many prude's verbally speaking out, attempting to perpetuate the FAULTS idea the Penis is Bad or shamefully , or nakedness is shamfull....that is simply for......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Peter: yes, the tunnel is very much in use, as the tunnel is the main artery that connects [[wiki:Metro-North Railroad]] and [[wiki:amtrak]] trains to [[wiki:penn station]]. dodging the trains and staying out of their line of......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Adam: wicked...

in response to: 42nd Street Library Lion Lenox (or Is It Astor...?) by Mike L.

IBM: Lived in St Laurent 1980-88. Just east of Decarie on Cote Vertu in fact. Probably ate more Decarie Steamies than was good for me and I still have the occasional Jones for a couple. You'd......

in response to: Decarie Hot Dogs by CE

Peter: close, but i say 1967 galaxie: [[img:27983]] check the downward curve in the bumper below the headlight on the right, the curve of the rear fender right past the rear door, the placement of the gas cap,......

in response to: NYPD Partners, NYC, Late 1960\'s by Mike L.

hugglez924: I have lived in Hutchinson nearly all my life and it is a wonderful place to live and raise a family. My children are grown and dont plan on moving to any other town.......

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

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......

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

James cashan: This is a photo of the opening day of the princess park Train on Cadishead way with my step Grandad Ken Connor as guest of honour 2nd from left, he has now sadly passed away......

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

EvilGentleman: Nicely titled. Perhaps "Cherubic Cloud-Humping" might have worked, as well....

in response to: Grotesque Pillow-Biting Incident by Rick

jack: ahh shucks, i told the wrong story, it goes like this, every morning the king would go to the tower and ring the bell to wake up the citizens of the town, so when he......

in response to: Ruby Begonia by Biff

Busy MSD: It's really hard to forget a place like Bushwick, I used to live on Central Ave, between Putnam and Cornelia, and I still keep great memories. I used to hang out on Putnam, Between Knickerbocker......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter Creer: G'day Eric Teal,from memory,there were a few Teal brothers and your dad about 1959 There are a few ex Irlam people in the Wollongong area about 60 miles South of Sydney. We keep in touch with John......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Sheila Vaudrey: Hiya Joanne, I remember you mum Susan, we lived next door but one to her in Harewood Road, I think her father was an ambulance driver and her mum also worked for the health service,......

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