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Comments about lightsThere are 100 comments about "lights"
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...... Peter: ive counted about 7 in my neighborhood. a new, utterly smashed-up honda appeared in the lot at the corner of central and hart today; ill carry my camera in the morning and get a shot...... little ukraine: always the traffic, always the lights.. joe played the cello through those darlinghurst nights.
looks lovely.... English Gent: There is an event venue not too far from this sculpture called docklands arena. I went there to see the Chemical Brothers back in the New Year of 2000/2001.
The name of...... James: Have to say though, the six lights are good, but my fave is the entrance. The contrast of it is brilliant... xyka: loved the report, and yes, my favorite one is with the 6 beams of lights.
very, very cool!
how often did you have to dodge from the trains?... Peter: close, but i say 1967 galaxie:
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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,...... Mike L.: Could be a Fairlane (1966?)[[img:27972]]
- the headlights were pretty distinctive
... 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...... Mitch: I pass directly by Ben's everyday (I work in the Sunlife building just a block up). If I see any changes, I'll definitely post a message here or on the Wikipedia article I started...actually passing...... marlene: Winnipeg definitely deserves to be on the list. Its skyline is distinctive--especially in the dead of winter when its really cold and ice fog clouds are in the air and the sky is clear...... janet: How terrific is this! Alma, I do remember the knish place, but it was across Utica Avenue from the movie house (which from time to time we affectionately called "the Itch"). I didn't buy knishes...... EvilGentleman: All I know, is I have seen a lot of the little speed limit signs along the bike trails, usually proclaiming a limit of 20 km per hour. I confess that I have not been...... Paul: I live in downtown Toronto and I think our downtown is quite impressive, with the coloured lights on the Skydome and CN Tower it really enhances the night view and the Royal Bank Plaza glitters...... Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Alan,
I can tell you from my own experience, circling The Bull Ring in the dark on one of those old fashioned pea soupers in my old van,eyes smarting from that deadly sulphuric smog, I...... jack: i'd like to see my name up in lights someday, that's close enough.... David Stonehouse: All of us at Evergreen were thrilled with Toronto's embrace of Earth Hour and indeed all staff went to enormous lengths to do our part. Unfortunately, when it comes to Brick Works site we are...... Michelle: To whom it may concern (and really it should concern all of you...)
Last night was Earth Hour from 8-9 pm. Why were your lights on? I live in
an apartment building so looking off of my...... pyvria: been inside. bring lights!... Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Norma
One of the week's highlights during and for a few years after the war, was the saturday night dances held above the Higher Irlam Co-op.The haunting music produced for the evenings by the Fred...... ahh a ghost: heres my list of the top 10! (im from the chicago-land area)
First off, all you dallas-houston and toronto-montreal people fighting, shut the hell up.
1.Tokyo, Japan- to me, every picture i see of tokyo looks great....... jb: This look's like a '36, but the top has been chop and the headlights lowered. The last pic is not the same car. Dash looks more like a Ford.... EvilGentleman: Good point, but in Montreal, we have speed limits, unlike on the autobahns. And North American headlight flashing is usually reserved for emergencies, telling drivers to go ahead at stop signs and letting big-rig drivers...... Joanne Amorello-minor: Didnt one of the shops collect used stamps for charity or something?I seem to remember having a stamp collection as a kid(I know!!)and getting fed up with it and giving them my stamps there were...... Fred, The.: The only good thing Hutchinson Kansas has to offer is reasonable and tough law enforcement and reno county court judges. Kansas does nothing but steal and waste as evidenced by, well, just about everything you...... Larry: My town used to be okay. . . but now it is swarming with illegal immigrants and criminal activity. The town next to us has even more illegal immigrants. For the most part it is...... anon 2: This is a bit of a late response, but for people who wander across this later.... I grew up in New York City and San Francisco. When I was in Las Vegas, I made a...... jack: no last wednesday i think. believe me on sunday its packed. you have to see the place on a moonlit evening, in the snow and the interior lights on, its a hallmark picture.... james: hutch has alot to offer like looking at the new sexy stop lights on main street. Huthinson is full of baby boomers who are living off thier parents hard work and think they are...... joey: nela park! wow. now that would have been very cool to see that place after all these years.
one of my cleveland heights neighbors worked for GE at nela park. we swam at the pool...... EvilGentleman: The areas bordering Verdun are pretty much the same, as well.
Pointe-Saint-Charles, east of Verdun, is historically Irish, and today is a mixed community where English is not a problem.
Ville-Emard, to the north of Verdun, has...... Angel... Sunset Park Broolkyn: I was real young maybe 13 yrs old,during this black out, when the lights went out me and a some group of friends got together and tagged up the nieghborhood, atleast we weren't looting. I...... Young Hippy: Hello Winter!!! As some of you may be aware, Hutchinson has the WORST DRIVERS.. I travel for a living and can attest that Hutchinson has the worst drivers I have seen in any country, city...... Matt: Houston gets really bright at night with the Downtown lights the nigtlife, traffic moving. It kind of reminds me of Mexico City. ... Randy: I remember the July 13, 1977 blackout if it was yesterday, i was 21, me and my brother had brought a brand new car that we shared an oldmoble 98 regency, we loved that car,...... Joe Kash: its as if the dark and gloomy buildings in front are looking towards the bright, welcoming lights of the casino and sighing.... Toazt: thats clearly the lights the light up the falls at night , i live in the falls , i kno , its NOT a ufo... zagg: I put up my x-mas lights up last night :D
... Glen: Very good picture, lights from the signs, good contrast to the dark sky..... EL: You should see Verdun in December, every porch and staircase glimmering with lights. Gorgeous. Good shopping on Wellinton Street too.... EvilGentleman: Three weeks ago, my van was hit by a man from Toronto driving the wrong way down {Sainte-Catherine} Street in Montreal.
I was standing outside the bar having a cigarette and drinking a Coke (I never,...... Elicar: These "wild chickens" you are talking of happen to be the best tasting chicken there is. The meat is a little bit tougher than the antibiotics or whatever crap-fed chicken, but it is very good...... GGP: Now I will tell a Jack-like story. When I was a kid, we would drive home at night from visiting my grandparents in Astoria (who, by the way had a Ravenswood phone prefix: RA8-4089, I...... Momma' Becky's daughter: Well, I actually Don't think that Hutchinson Is all THAT terrible... I mean, I know it's really not a whole lotta' fun, and there isn't much to do here... but the beauty of becoming an...... jennpants: Yeah, night shots are always fun. The effects are due to what's called "reciprocity failure." In short, the films chemicals are made to really only be exposed for a short amount of time...when you set...... EvilGentleman: I saw this post the day it was first posted, and had not looked back it till today. What a lot of comments about stolen bikes in the Toronto area! Incredible.
Reminds me of this guy...... chiamattt: EvilGentleman,
#2 Badminton
#15 Drunk person crouching
#17 Lights behind pillows at a crappy bar.
Banners are EVERYWHERE. (These shots are in Gwang-ju, not Seoul...but yeah...Korea is Korea)
The bike in #34 does not belong to the man in...... ray: I cannot believe how awful it feels to have a bike stolen. I had locked my bike on Avenue Rd (outside WholeFoods) last week and went inside to ask about the...... Márcio Barreto: [[img:22708]]
An old observatory in São Paulo (it belonged to IAG, but no more). When it was constructed, the city was very far away; now the city surrounds it (the lights of the city make impossible...... City Council's Fault: The City Council in Hutchinson will NOT do anything that the citizens want done. Hundreds of people can complain about fireworks in the city limits, stop lights being taken down around the busy post...... February 6, 1958 United players killed in air disaster: The Munich air disaster took place on February 6, 1958, when the British European Airways Flight 609 crashed on its third attempt to take off from a slush-covered runway at the Munich-Riem airport in Germany....... CE: The picture of the second factory doesn't do its size justice at all. It's a massive building that towers over you when you're near it and even when you're on the other side of...... Pat: I have a Buddy Bike for sale. I added all sorts of toys to it...saddle bags on either side of the rear wheel; another longer bag on the top of the rear wheel for my...... Tony T: Reading through all of these posts brings up a mixed bag of emotions. Like many here, I left Bushwick years ago (16 years ago actually). Japan is my home now, and it is a far...... serlingrod: this is actually a fairly unique shot of times square. most of those touristy shots are in-your-face, straight-up into the jumbotrons and scrolling marquees. I know you probably sat the camera down to steady the...... Do the Hutchinson.: Yes, it is a great adaptation to that great 70's hit. EVERYTIME I drive I get behind some old fossil who is driving 10 to 15 Mph under the legal posted limit and randomly hitting...... jack: two red car lights and a person smoking in a red apron, nice. red door frames, red sign over door, dark red bricks on the left and light red bricks on the right. and red...... autumn: I think I am headed for the psych ward. I removed all outside sources of food, closed-up my home and felt safe until these little devils started opening my windows to get in, repeatedly ringing...... Marylizbeth: Uggghh...RACCOONS. They have been haunting us and our neighbors for the last month. We each have a pool and fountains and these rotten raccoons have been using the pools and fountains as their bathroom. Every...... Aniline: The best part was when I saw the little tiny tree (I think it was that evergreen) and it was covered in a string of lights and had these two really nice cement benches off...... Majin_Boo: I just got home around 2:15am and there was a raccoon just sitting on the driveway. My girlfriend thought it was a huge cat and was about to get out the car, but I quickly...... CE: It is important to remember that every city has many different faces and this is just one of them. Montreal has the ability to change drastically from one block to another. Just a...... sonja: I tried the fox urine.It did NOTHING!!!I still hav the family between the walls.Tried to call animal rescue.No they cant do anything.So i called our local *critter getter*nam of his company.He wants to put cages...... VinniethePooh: There's oe on the block of Nostrand between GATES AVE. & QUINCY AVE. The Gates side used to have a club before the arabs took the store on the corner. The Quincy side has a...... Armstrong: I just got an apartment on Starr St and Knickerbocker so I a little bit resent rosecoloredglasse's last comment. at the same time, I'm a realist and yes, that area would be considered blighted by...... Richard: Hey all! I just wanted to tell the late-starters I started skateboarding when I was 29 (almost 30). I just got 31 now, and I'm so happy I made that decision then. In the first...... chiamattt: save some energy and shut the lights off.... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Bright lights. Big city.
The traffic looks like lava flow. ... jack: by the way for the people who don't know, that's the brooklyn bridge at bottom right, then you see the ends of the manhattan bridge behind the lights of the woolworth building, (which was the...... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I agree with most previous comments. The hot topics doesn't function as I expect you'd hoped. It just highlights the searches for gangs and sex.
I think that the overall grey is perfect. Color will detract...... zac smithz: yo boys in my house jus wana bounce...i dont stop lights owt... wid my light savers ya heard ... EvilGentleman: 34 - Neither pedestrians nor drivers have a clue what a crosswalk is
35 - Jaywalkers cut off police cars and nothing happens
36 - People prefer to shove shopping carts into snowbanks rather than bring them...... elaine: haha! ta jeeff, but no need to dig yet;-) the promised snow crisis (albeit played out on the roads with serious gritting, and in airports with flights cancelled) has only resulted in a veneer of...... Francis: That is not their personal vehicle and they are working. People who work at restaurants get free food and people who work at candy factories get free candy. Cops get to park illegally WHILE working,...... procyon: mega surreal. i love this, writing and picture both, and i wish i could be more articulate about why. abandoned [-looking] limo! space futuristic tower! snow, weeds, sodium lights and smoke!... jack: you know what i like about this pic, its the lights in the windows. its that time of day when lights start to go on in apartments, twilight time, that was the time of...... Beadle and Tatum: Hey Little Uke! This is 'that grain belt bridge' too. The lyrics are really appropriate. I used to live 2 blocks from there and if you walk accross it you can go right...... jack: but i forgot to ask, who got murdered? and yes i'm with you, white lights on trees are beautiful, especially on a summer's evening.... Guy McLaren: Pet? are you serious? We keep dogs cats chickens ducks and even geese as pets but moths? Shit we get those by the thousands committing suicide on the lights. I am not a fan of...... procyon: The shape of the lights in the second-last one is so ghostly. This is a terrific set.... jack: Christmas time is my favorite time of year. its the birth of Christ. then for all my non-christian friends there is santa. i enjoy Hanukah and the lights. i have a...... little ukraine: this is a really, really nice picture. power lines just seem to slice a picture up nicely. and the red stoplights are great.... 186 miles: I went there at night and the lights out back make these things look even bigger. I love all of your shots, since they are around my apt.... Rey: How come nobody talks about West Bushwick. The area that is more residential than along the L-train. You know Bushwick Ave. and Broadway along the J-M-Z trains. That area is changing too with new 24...... Emma: Hi,Great page, think the majority of us hung around the locks as kids, what great memories. I have come on here wondering if anyone can help me, i will probably sound like a right...... joey: i see the croucher, too - looks like buddha. you know joey. i love reflections. great shot.
you can even see the fluorescent lights through the glass facade.... zagg: I would have, but I was blinded by the lights!... kevin bracken: as a resident of 1153 queen st. w (woolfitt's art supplies, the building directly in front of 48 abell) I am sad to see the building go. I was going to live there but the...... jeeff: ps. on rereading my letter, i think i didn't explain myself well at the end. it probably seems counterintuitive that i'm arguing against condos as destroying the residential flavour of our neighbourhood. in...... jack: good story, you drew a picture with words. is it true or is it a story? anyway i understand how you feel about the pro, i remember once i went to a women...... kevin bracken: when looking at skyline comparison blog posts, people often use many different angles when comparing skylines. i am glad that you used straight-on shots from afar. however, i would like to see comparisons start to...... colavitos ghost: how is it that streaky headlights never get old?
... EvilGentleman: That was actually a pretty talented piece of flying. If I remember correctly, a Cessna 172 Skyhawk has a 32-foot wingspan, and the streetlights overhang the street, so he had to be accurate down to...... zagg: Those people should just carry their groccerys up a couple of flights of stairs like everybody else ...... Sirhcbre: My wallpaper right now is a slightly differently cropped, black and white version of the [[5144:Beaudoin Street]] article I made last week. I think it's one of the best photos I've ever taken and...... cybertoad: Joey - yes, it is under the freeways - I believe this is 45... the trail is alongside the Wortham Theayer, across the bayou. The blue lights are on according to the phases of the...... Sirhcbre: Is the hand on the traffic lights giving the horns?... Grange: In London when I was younger , the end of the run way the local "parking area "for afterhours get togethers ,,wink wink , nudge nudge , say no more ...It was great , planes...... Geoffy V Saint John, NB: with the Bay of Fundy as a fore front,the skline of saint John is much more impressive than that of Moncton. The bridge and city lights make for an awesome picture. U have...... Jody: Chris, I'm curious to hear the reasoning behind your picks. Personally, I don't find anything below Montreal particularly impressive, and even Montreal is a bit disappointing since it lacks any distinctive focus. It's......
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