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anon (12.156.245.34): It's a very quiet, working class city. It's family and church oriented. It's also very poor, old and run down in many areas unfortunately. ... Tyra: Ohh yea one more thing,
Depend on yourself and not the safety agents/ security guards. If they want to know what's going on in your life and then make rude, obnoxious comments then that's a clear...... Tyra: I'm currently a senior [class of 09] and I've enjoyed my years in ACORN. F.Y. I: if you're going to make comments about the school then at least make them memorable ones or use proper...... Marie: I grew up in LaJunta and when I hit college, I learned that I had gotten a great education. I was far ahead of the other students in math and science and history. ...... Cecilia Midiri: Good for you Anna!!! I live here too and I'm kind of adamant now about staying. When I first moved back with Mom 6 years ago, all I could think of was getting her...... AEROne: I met Etch and Deja when i was 12 out there nowim 20 and been bombin since liven in Ga now so there s not many other ppl getting up but its cool makes mine...... Tyfoid Kid: and that could be, I don't know. We (like a lot of places I think) like to make tenuous connections to the famous. Someone can have a beer at the airport and once...... a: [[img:28602]] Las vegas has so many cool hings about its very diverse skyline.
[[img:28606]] I think montreal has the best canadian skyline
[[img:28603]] Philadelphia is also really cool
[[img:28604]] Charlotte has an awsome skyline
[[img:28605]] San Fransisco has...... BILROCK 161: new-jack hater!!, the punk-bitch is back!!!. Man you are a sucker-assed toy if you think FREEDOM is someone. The joke is on you toyboy!!!. This proves that you are no one and know nothing about...... Duffman1: I worked there in the 70's. It was called Textile Piece Dye works. I think the major pictures shown are of Brewster Print works next door.
It was dreary there back in the 70's. But Polyester...... Anna: I was born and raised in Kensington (K&A) right acrossed from McPherson Square. My family still lives there, and my children grew up there! When I ws growing up in the late 60's and...... A.E.: There is a pervert on the morning local W train and/or R train. He is tall about 5'9, skinny weighs about 150 pounds. He is of Latin decent, dark, black straight hair worn slick back....... Brushman: anon i did know your father , he lived on lee st on the corner , didn't he ? my book is in the editing phase . i hung right there , and used to...... Hands and Feet: Just got this today. The reality is this all started about the mid fifties or earlier. I remember moving several times before I was five years of age. This was due to depressed economics in...... Jla: Hello to all my fellow kensington neighborsand friends, i lived in kensington all my life i grew up at 2nd and cambria then moved to D & clearfield. met my husband and moved to kensington...... EvilGentleman: Heh, I used to do 50 km/h on flat roads on my clunky old $99 mountain bike from Canadian Tire. I could peak at 58 to 60. Mind you, I could only keep that pace...... EvilGentleman: anon, I thank you for educating us on the train parts. I think of trains as big noisy metal things that carry stuff, and sometimes have graf on the outside. I am a total moron...... EvilGentleman: Hell no! Saturday was Maiden day, and Sunday was Crue day. And thanks for commenting here, I totally forgot about posting all the other pics of the other bands.... Gamester: I too just found this page after searching for "too old skateboarding" in Google. I am 23 years old and work as a technical support agent in Boulder, CO. Right now, here is...... Liz in Canada: I am Canadian and my ancestry is Irish/Scottish. Some of my ancestors were Catholic and some were Protestant, but I am non-religious by choice. My Irish ancestors were forced out of Ireland and...... anon (c-69-142-138-254.hsd1.pa.comcast.net): thats cool brushman. whens your book come out? i'll definatley buy a copy. maybe you knew my dad, his name was Butch Caton. my moms name is Terry Genero... Margo-murray: How amazing to find this site. We, the Murray Clan, my parents Terry and Denis, and my brothers, David, Brian and Mike (my sister wasn't born yet) lived at 4100 Benny from around 1953 to...... Ryan: if he DOES come back though, hes not gonna be able to haul his ass around nyc AGAIN and crush shit like he used to. based on his date of birth he's 39. no 39...... Ryan: sorry to tell yall, but i havent seen ja's shit in a minute. nigga is a king, but hes old. i think he would of givin it up by now to start settling down.....if he...... Some Guy Ya: Beware the Boogeyman. He lives down there, you know!... LUCKY: hairsy ...... Jesus: Not a very good bike, considering a good Montreal Police budget. They can afford good performance hybrids, Scott or Specialized, w/stronger wheels, disk brakes and much more, instead they buy cheap stuff. Montreal Police has...... Brushman: hello anon ,i definately lived at lee and westmoreland then , im 39 yrs old . I am writing a soon to be published book about that specific are between howard and ontario to...... Elijah: And with his chariots, like a whirlwind.............. That's how Christ is coming back. In the so called mystical thing that you see on the X-Files every Friday night. All the so called U.F.O 's. These...... Helen: WOW! And to think my older sisters never clued me into this site!! :-) Yuba...so many memories... I still go back every couple of years to remember Amy, visit our old hangouts, and...... Peter: This is a tale explaining the manner in which my way of life was rotated along a Y axis until it reached a position roughly 180 degrees from that which it started If I could...... Anonymous: In fact, I can know for certain, that if I were to walk out my front door right now and walk as far as past Ureka Gardens apts. with my i-pod on- I would see...... Cartlegger: **or this one?**
WATERMELON MAN
Herbie Hancock
Hey - Watermelon Man
Hey - Watermelon Man
Bring me one that rattles when you lug it
One that's erd and juicy when you plug it
Do you understand - Watermelon Man
Hey - Watermelon Man
Hey...... Peter: hahaha! ive ridden my bike past that bus 100 times...
when i was moving to my bushwick place form my {prospect heights} place, i drove past him many times, too.
good score! i smiled when i saw...... Lou Romero: Good exchange UFF,
The catholic schools other reason for closing was the declining enrollment from the local neighborhoods (ie: PRs and Blacks), many
of these families could not afford the tuition.
I remember classmates of mine going to...... tinfoil smith: many moons have come and gone since ja started, stoped, started, quit again.....repeat. i wonder if any of us on this post (besides skuf one if that was really him, props from the middle of...... jonathan avildsen: anyone want beef? bring it. Born Jul 1969 217 CATALINA ST LOS ANGELES, CA 90004
PEEKSKILL NY
VALLEY VILLAGE CA
JOHN G AVILDSEN Born 1935 2423 BRIARCREST RD BEVERLY HILLS, CA 90210 9049 ALTO CEDRO DR BEVERLY HILLS,...... 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...... 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...... Who Cares for Kensingtion: OG FROM GCC, Good piece! Take it back 1 block at a time. All in a given block may not participate, but those that do should stick together and clean it from end to end...and...... Lou Romero: Thanks UFF, your response was almost totally on the money, except
for the "poor Puerto Rican families" part.
Many PR families were hard-working and wanted a better living conditions as well as good schools, many who...... 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...... EvilGentleman: I wonder if this is a branch of the Bush family...... Lou Romero: Amazing !! I didn't realize the quality of life and safety had began to decline as early as 1962.
I know that the "white flight" was in full swing from 1965 onward, many neighboorhoods still had...... 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...... anon (c-69-142-138-254.hsd1.pa.comcast.net): yo brushman you said you were from lee and westmoreland. i use to live near a and westmoreland from 81 when i was born till 89 when me and my mom moved to harrowgate. are...... Brushman: the lawyer thing simply means that nowadays you sould get sued for that stuff . lol... anon (76.251.69.11): you graffiti is sick man i wish when i grow up ill be like you... linda: to Irene maltman,Hi is the calderheads your talking about is it pat and john or betty who was margaret gray just a thought I know calderheads ... Mike: I remember Sunset Park from the 50's and 60's I lived right down from the park. That's when It was a nice neighborhood you could walk the streets anytime and not worry about getting mugged....... Brushman: Today, lawyers would have a field day with our antics.
We played Kick the Can, where everyone would hide in various places and then try to run in and kick the can before being tagged by...... A: Jacksonville is a really nice place to live compared to a lot of places in the country.
There are really only 3 good public high schools...... VeeJay: Found this sight quite by accident. Like many of you I grew up in Bushwick and we left there in 1962 because I was mugged and beaten several times - we lived on Goodwin...... 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...... Brushman: does anyone know of anyone that is still around from Howard and Ontario ? The old HnO gang ? ... Peter: the northwestern side of {manhattan}. the {gwb} runs across the {hudson} river, from about 168th street in {manhattan} west to {new jersey}...
[[http://www.satellite-sightseer.com/id/1350]]... Osloman20plus: Keep finding shots of this area on a certain huge photosite...
[[img:28458]]... just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say...... Peter: we love us some graffiti (of any sort) on cn, so post away! were more into nice flicks than semantical discussions around here anyway :)
got any trucks/vans? one of my favorite ongoing graf series on...... Hapless: See, I wouldn't know about the debate, I'm relatively new here...in fact, this was, I think, the first topic I've created. I have heard about the dual nature element that you've mentioned before...interesting how...... Peter: weve had the discussion re: graf versus vandalism on here like 500 times, and its surprising how every other person has their own specific definition of the term "graffiti", to the point where it becomes...... Normanite: I used to live in Manhattan. Granted, this is a much different kind of action, Norman really has a lot going for it. In addition to what has been said, check the city's...... k&a mort: I just tripped over this site and took the time to read all postings and I was particularly jolted by the most recent. Almost all the 17 year old girls have dropped out of school...... bloody bullets: man moreless non of you 5-50's is emu moreless i bang dat NTG aka B.B.A aka 001006 9tr3y gangsta blood gang tamu damu emu suwooooo!~~~!!... 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...... Who Cares for Kensington: Cecilia,
My most recent comment was actually a compliment to serlingrod for posting some useful information (please read the last sentence carefully..."thanks for the contact information"). Seems that some residents would be grateful for the...... Country Boy: Peter, am sorry I didn't see this months ago so I could respond then. Thank you for your photos and update on the progress at "ground zero". I apologize for everyone for not being as...... Kassie: I went here with my friend a couple months ago. We got some amazing pictures. I've never seen such beautiful graffiti in my entire life. We had a nice talk with a...... 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...... 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...... Panda_Chan: As a future art student I'm amazed by the art throughout my city. I didn't know this place existed and from the photos I'm tempted to take a walk through myself. It's nice to know...... jack: very nice, thanks, i thought it would look this nice, the old and the new, very nice. i like the free hugs, humans need hugs.... serlingrod: Here’s a list of contact numbers for city services…..
##NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES##
City Hall Operator 215.686.1776
Abandoned Car (Automated Service) 215.683.2278
Abandoned Car Supervisor 215.685.9500
Barking Dogs, PAACA 215.685.9040
Citizen Crime Commission 215.546.TIPS
Illegal Dumping (Neighborhood Services) 215.685.3097
Nuisance Bar, Underage Drinking 215.726.6200
Public...... Peter: when i got back into town this past weekend, the sight of the (agreeably underwhelming) {brooklyn bridge} waterfall greeted me, so that was my first chance to see them... glad to find your photos, man......... chae sone: Mad cowed assemblymen.
WHO REPRESENTS KOREA?
The Korean people want to be free from the mad cow riots. It reminds Rousseau’s statement. “Man is born free, yet everywhere he is chains.” In this social condition, he proposed...... martin mahony : I have many happy memory's of parkslope i spent every summer visiting my sister each summer... 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...... Tomes: Dondi came from Manhattan NY.He sprayed a lot with an artist called LEE. ... eyeofodin: I love eating lunch at this pond with the live pianist during lunch. Class, man, class.... Anonymous Honest Tax paying citizen of Fredericton: This is yet another example of how much the fredericton police are a bunch of uneducated airheads, typical protests and offenses most cities in canada wouldnt be bothered with or treat with less scrutiny...... Outside the box...: When you hear and see what is going on down in that part of town I find it difficult to feel sorry for the majority of those folks. The previous post hit the nail on...... Eddie : I agree with many of the posts that have been written, having grown up in Chester, PA, Kensington is like park place, at least you can drive out of there to a...... jackie: does anyone remember of a factory on 69 troutman street between
evergreen and bushwick? Did they make stuffed animals?... 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...... C: I haven't read all of the posts, but have read many. It was quite interesting to find this post when doing a random search for something else. My family and I moved here...... Steve Boyle: Can anybody help me? I'm trying to find out what was originally on Lee Close, Irlam (Basically just around the corner from Irlam Primary school and close to Irlam Endowed. Lee close I think was...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... serlingrod: the city skyline embodies an idea of the collective imagination of the city's inhabitants and institutions. The silhouette of man's built environment provides and essential image for a city's dreams and aspirations.
thanks so much...... Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Gary sparkes, re the maypole there was a shop that sold electrical goods next to the shoe shop and laundrette on the other side. Over near lesters newsagents there was a haidressers. The supermarket was...... ~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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... 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...... Sue Freeman: Anyone who wants to go explore these and other Ithaca area waterfalls would do well to pick up a copy of "200 Waterfalls in Central & Western New York - A Finders. Guide." http://www.footprintpress.com. It's...... Sheila Hilton: Hello Sheila V,
The Princes (Can't be 100% sure correct name) must hav emigrated long before you left in'65. I was only vey young when they left. I seem to remember (?) that she was called......
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