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Joe F: Hi Laura ! RE: "my" 3rd Ave EL PHOTO ! I enjoyed reading your Yorkville memories as an ex 1940's-60's Yorkville-ite myself. It would have been appropriate and nice for me to also have been given ME......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

jack: now this area i know well since i grew up in bensonhurst and gravesend and the last picture looks like the sea beach express which is in gravesend and kinda skirts bensonhurst, better know as......

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

Allison: Well, I was born in Flatbush and even though I've been out for 20 years the place still gives me the willies whenever I return. I live in Manhattan now and am constantly amazed at......

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

kellymac: thanks for the links peter, my skepticism at the "factual" information in the book started with her claiming there are natural caves under Manhattan, much less ones accessible from subway passages. she clearly had......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

ante croatia: oooooh my god every bridge in new york has it's own charisma.i am 13 and i love all bridges especially suspension ones and cable stayed bridges but new york bridges-paradise for me.i especially love the......

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

Mike L.: Peter, I used to run around Manhattan with an old Yashica Electro-35 (which I still have - and use) - and before that, an Argus C3....

in response to: East 23rd Street, NY by Mike L.

ValleyCruiser: 1952 Nash, interesting looking car., tough cars in their day. I have a 1953 Kaiser Manhattan & a 1950 Studebaker Champion Starlite Coupe I'd love to get my hand on a '50s Nash or Willys. The independents of......

in response to: Classic Cars 4 - 1952 Nash by EvilGentleman

NervaVels: I lived on the block of Green/Evergreen/Harman for almost 20 years; prior to that, I lived on Jefferson St between Knickerbocker and Irving (still remember getting picked up by the bus to go to a......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Mist One53. Tdt=The Deadly Type.: Hello JA From Mist1 Sheffield England uk. I was first in Nyc in 1989 and saw SANE eveywhere. At the top of the World trade centre, not much bigger that this text on the screen.I......

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

singingnettle: I used to love the way you could look up and down the waterline from one of the edges of the land and see the way Manhattan was strung with bridges and you perceived that......

in response to: Under the Bridges by Peter

Peter: admittedly, this was in front of the {urban outfitters} at {14th} street and {6th} ave in {manhattan}. it figures... this is typical of the sort of crap they sell there....

in response to: Grow Your Own Marijuana by Peter

EvilGentleman: Probably the guy in the Honda stopped to count his change, and the guy in the Nissan impatiently tried to pass, pissing off the Honda guy, who raced to keep his spot in line, and......

in response to: Tight Squeeze by jack

catherine: my best friend and i are looking for an apt in brooklyn. neither of us are stupid, but we are young (20). naturally, my mother is worried that i won't be safe if......

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

jack: peter you bring tears to my eyes, the old brooklyn-manhattan transit, the sea beach express, the f train and others, i rode them almost everyday, i would walk to school and pass under the el......

in response to: Coney Island, Stillwell Avenue Station by Peter

BathBeach: In December of 2006, I moved from Salt Lake City to Manhattan. I lived there around 66th street for half a year. [rent: $2,500 a month]. After I had been here a while, I realised......

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

little ukraine: i see nobody has given this a stab yet so... here goes... first of all, congratulations for having the initiative to save up a lot of money, because it is first and foremost what you will......

in response to: Help This Newbie by lou

unsure: Actually, as I look back on what I wrote, and after reading every single comment on this page (whew!), I realize that I do need to spend more time in Bushwick and see how I......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Bass Girl: LOL @ all of the comments made since I last stopped by. I can't help but shake my head when I see people hanging on to the "but we have the Cosmosphere, the free......

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

Chris Rodriguez: Im not (just a 12 year old) im an honor student at bishop laughlin memmorial high school. Peter if you feel safe good for you... how old are you things are different for a......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Wyoming Native: I live in WY, recently visited NYC, stayed in Manhattan for a week. Rode the J train to Brooklyn for a bagel, then walked back to Manhattan over the Brooklyn bridge. My area of interest......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Hutch=LOW INCOME: I question people like you who list these many cities they have lived in. You must travel alot, because if you lived in that vast number of cities you must stay for less than a......

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

Luis Acevedo: In my opinion what makes this neighborhood so hot is that people are moving to what they consider to be cheaper rents than in soho or midtown. The L train gets you to manhattan in......

in response to: Bushwick: the Next Hot Neighborhood? by upfromflames

Rick: I have been to Belleville and have relatives still living there. I've read these posts and both sides have a point. To the people that are from there that really haven't been anywhere......

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

KB: Lived in Bushwick on Eldert Street, btw Knickerbocker & Irving, from when I was born, until we moved away in 1967, when I was 16. Things had gotten rough in 1966, when there was......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

confused: The City of Hutchinson is boring for several reasons, 1. NO ECONOMY, NO GOOD attractions. There is plenty of Night Life in Hutchinson, but most of that involves drinking. It has been made very clear......

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

Dan: Hi, I went to university in manhattan (NYU), and during that time was privileged to live in some good areas. I hung around the Lower East Side a lot and it has obviously gotten......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jaybay: My friend and I just got an apartment in the western part of Bushwick, where Suydam Street and Bushwick Ave. intersect. WE are two white girls in our 20's. We walked around the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: yo bazz, i used to live right in that neighborhood... 45th and 4th ave, actually. that area is great. be sure to walk up to 5th avenue for the good shopping, diners and amazing produce.......

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

Mushi: There are mean people everywhere in this city, whether it's Bushwick, Sunnyside, Park Slope, the Upper Eastside, Soho...it doesn't matter. People with attitudes like some mentioned above really upset me. Yeah, I'd love to live......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: cay: firstly, i think its humorously ironic that you qualify "not scaremongering" by saying "god knows {nyc} is scary enough". thats a dated, inaccurate and stereotypical statement that i dont appreciate much, as a {new......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Cay: For a short term stay I'd suggest lower Manhattan. You'd be centrally located to everything and not have to hassle with BK unknowns. ...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

blueeyes: Last year, I moved from Williamsburg "Prime" (Bedford stop), where I lived happily but cautiously for 7 years. During that time my next door neighbor was held up at gunpoint at our front door (2005),......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mushi: Uponflames and Jimmy QV -- also, when choosing a place to live, no real estate agent did an upsell to me. I didn't go through a broker to find my place, just an add online.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mushi: I've now lived in Bushwick for 10 months. Other than the fact that where I live feels like a dorm sometimes (loud music, loud people), I do feel safe there. Yes, as I have said,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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.

Jimmy Legs: you know the drill, get into the cab first, THEN tell them where you're going. no one can say how much it'll cost since we don't know where you'd be in manhattan or where you're......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: a drippy heart on a wall, an empty gas tank, an owl to keep mice away, and the red duster or the blue duster or union jack,,,i, jack, prefer union jack and we should meet......

in response to: Out and About with Elaine by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: my two favorite girls, prancing about in london, the next thing you know citynoise will have a convention in manhattan, oh my, oh my, i don't want you to see me and lose the illusion......

in response to: Out and About with Elaine by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: Part IB - Birth - Billyburg's First Hipsters Came From.....Bushwick: Bushwick was mainly pastoral in pre- and post-Revolutionary War Kings County; salt meadows offered excellent grazing. Farming was central to the local economy. However, by the......

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

miguel p. from nyc: check this out - i just saw this guy on w. 137th street in manhattan at about 5:30am at a deli shop and he himself gave me this web address. ha-ha. isnt that crazy??? ...

in response to: Ninjas Killed My Family - Need Money for Kung-Fu Lessons by Jayson

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: [[img:18623]] Outside my office, mid-town Manhattan. I don't have a window, sigh. ...

in response to: Post a Picture of Directly Outside Your Window by CE

Jeff: These bridges are beautiful my favorits are the brooklyn,manhattan,george washington or (the G.W.)and the verazino narrows or simply put the narrows bridge. New York City is my faverit place to be and i plan on......

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

.nanotech.: [[img:18501]] NAZI REGIME.911.REICHSTAG - parliament of Germany [[img:18502]] Even the location was a deliberate attempt to conceal it by constructing it in Denver Colorado's 1 mile high mountain area, knowing that planes flying at a maximum altitude will......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Anthony: I live near Denver International Airport and have been there many, many times and have seeked out and found everything mentioned here and then some. I first heard about the DIA conspiracies a few......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

jack: tim, i remember seeing manhattan the way you saw it and remember it. but you and i, (probably the two old farts here) we'll drop the farts, the two older gentlemen, ahem, grew up......

in response to: Hippie Days by Tim Coakley

NERC: "He can never compare to graffiti artist that have nothing and risk every thing including their lives to lose,all for their art, people with no other outlets, and if it wern't for graffiti they'ed probaly......

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

New Face in Bushwick: I currently live in Manhattan - I bought a condo in Bushwick, Wyckoff Avenue. hope to see many development in the area! Hopefully the value of my condo goes up!! aha...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: you are so correct. i thought no one was really watching. the last one is in new jersey. you must be a manhattanite you got the street perfectly. i am really......

in response to: Midtown Geo-grafica by jack

colavitos ghost: the white horse tavern (the original one, at least) is in manhattan, in the west village....

in response to: Love Liquors & Wine by Peter

Rob: This bike actually weighs less than 40 pounds. It also has no trouble steering. Much easier and sharper than a than a tandem. I ride mine down Canal Street during afternoon rush hour. All over......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

jack: WELL NOW, A TRIP TO THE PAST...the last time i was at the fair was when it was in it's actuality. it was in full bloom, you kids should have seen it. it......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

Brad: Wow, that looks really nice. How does Harlem compare to some of the other areas as far as gentrification? Seems like its location on Manhattan would have made it prime real estate. I remember grabbing......

in response to: Striver\'s Row by B-luv

Peter: i saw this tag yesterday on {57th} street and {6th avenue} in {manhattan} and was psyched to think it might be the same person... until i just now saw that this post was from duAl,......

in response to: A Special Gift From Dual by groovehouse

ReaL SFC: yo b he's been rocked nyc for years he doesnt have to do anymore graff ever, hes still a legend regardless. 5000 wouldnt cover the damage this man has done lmao, DESA was locked down......

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

Keith: My roomate and I are moving from Buffalo to Brooklyn next week. We were originally looking for a place in Manhattan, but there was no way we could get co-signers that made enough cash......

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

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I used to live at the end of a hall in a big apartment building on the upper west side of Manhattan. Our position afforded us a great view of the whole corridor. Toward the......

in response to: Effective Communication by Marlo

Genaro: During the late 1940's and 50's, many of The Manhattan Elite thought it proper in calling the less popular working or the poor social White under class, WHITE TRASH! This would also include Whites who......

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

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I went to a rave in the Brookly Bridge in about 1995. It was literally in the space within the Brooklyn side of the bridge. I may have been the only person not on E......

in response to: Who else smiles when they see this sign at Times Sq-42st Station? NYC by Chaossix6

Dave (a Bushwick native): I see it more as a class war than a race war. I'm from the last generation (born mid-1960s) of German-Americans from the Ridgewood/Bushwick area before the Great Exodus of the 1970s. If I claimed......

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

Peggy: To Barbara Wagoner I too have relatives buried in Prospect. First you need to call Friends in Manhattan and make an appointment with them to have someone meet you at the cemetery. When you......

in response to: Quaker Cemetery, Prospect Park by sine

EvilGentleman: I find it interesting to convert the demographic information for Bellevile found at [[http://www.bellevilleusa.com/demographics.html]] into actual numbers. The population of Belleville in 2000 was 2239, and broke down as follows: (including both politically correct and......

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

jack: actually i was not the hippie type like way into the drug scene, rather i was what they would call cool, like between a rocker and a mod. my thing was manhattan in the......

in response to: End Gender by Biff

Mushi: I actually just moved to Bushwick last week. I lived in Manhattan for two years but just couldn't afford it. Plus, I needed a larger space. For 30% less than what I was paying in......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Mauvis: I'm half white and half Korean and I moved to Bushwick a couple of months ago from East Harlem because these are the closest places to the city that I can afford. I have a......

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

Fa11en: What a bunch of bullshit. Especially that last entry by Tenda. Just because someone is white means they're not "allowed" to live or exist in a specific area? Ever heard of reverse......

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

shandy: I'm white and my place in Bushwick was the first I moved to when I came to New York. I had no idea what neighborhood meang what, I moved there firstly because my friend lived......

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

Jack: Heh, didn't realize HTML was disabled. So here's just some of what I wrote at http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2006/04/28/62 I lived in Bushwick for two years before moving to my current neighborhood in Brooklyn. And while living there,......

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

Penpusher: Here's the thing about the geography of NYC. Everything radiates from Midtown. During the late 90s, the Giuliani era, NY developed a reputation as being a safe city, a clean city and as Rudy claimed,......

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

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Coy Vespa (55th street and 8th ave, Manhattan) [[img:12214]] ...

in response to: Vespas by Peter

jack: looks like something out of an old post card. i'm very impressed with this pic. the golden glow of the night hours. 4am is a great time to cruise manhattan. you can......

in response to: Coming Home at 4 A.m. by Biff

Brad: EvilGentleman, you've really been around haven't you?;) I'm not sure if there is one in Decatur or not. I've only been there a handful of times which is kind of pitiful since it's only 45......

in response to: Grab A Seat by Brad

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Moon over Mimis, 2nd ave and 52nd street, Manhattan. [[img:10826]] ...

in response to: Full Moon on a Cold Day by Tyfoid Kid

colavito's ghost: Peter, just curious if you'd be willing to tell us what your punishment your "acquaintance" received for his/her heroism. Last year I got nabbed by an undercover graffiti cop for putting up paste-ups on the lower......

in response to: Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti by Peter

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Whoop, whoop, Astoria! Great shots. I was in Manhattan being held up by the Greek Independance Day parade. Looks like I should have stayed in Astoria....

in response to: Shooting from the Hip in Astoria by GGP

nolindia: anyone got pics of the one at second ave and 1st street in manhattan, in the empty lot across from mars bar?...

in response to: Dr. Sex & DAYS by Peter

jack: my fellow americans, as your next president i will end all taxation, i will open up the borders to mexico and make sure there is a chicken in every pot in every home, and blah,......

in response to: X Movie Theatre by jack

Peter: poor lopped trees. {riverside park} in {manhattan} looks *identical* to that second shot, with the rows of trees and the single-track trail made by runenrs and cyclists who cant fathom using the pavement just a few......

in response to: Pollards and Avenue by elaine

jack: i worked in manhattan from 1960 till 1978 and then on the island. in 87 i went back to manhattan to work down on maiden lane and what to my unbelieveing eyes did i......

in response to: Count Your Blessings by Elicar

GGP: that is very exciting! and huh, wish I did have access to someone who could do the transfer. I found a great place in lower manhattan that does it, but boy is it expensive! not......

in response to: Somebody\'s Watching Me by Peter

michael brown: you might find this interesting ... don't know if you knew what you were passing between newark and journal square: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan_Transfer_(PRR_station) http://www.hudsoncity.net/tubesenglish/manhattantransfer676.jpg http://www.tmk.com/hm_gallery/5001.jpg http://www.tmk.com/hm_gallery/5000.jpg etc. at http://www.tmk.com/hm_gallery/ http://www.davesrailpix.com/prr/jpg/bvpr005.jpg http://www.davesrailpix.com/prr/jpg/bvpr072.jpg have fun!...

in response to: Newark Penn to Manhattan\'s WTC Via PATH by Peter

jack: by the way, i went to the manhattan high school of printing on 48th street and 10th avenue. now that was a wild area. its called hells kitchen....

in response to: For Jack: by Peter

jack: actually they are used for homes along 10th avenue in manhattan. you would be surprised to see two or three of these together for condo living with the homeless....

in response to: Barrels for Sale by Peter

EvilGentleman: This morning, I was driving my wife to work by a different route than normal and came to a red light. I realized that I needed to make a right turn a few blocks ahead......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Traffic by EvilGentleman

Elicar: I first went to NYC in 1998 and was fascinated by the graffiti all over the subway stations and the trains. I went back in 2000, then again in 2005. In my last two visits,......

in response to: A Trip to NY by Noah

jack: i like this catherine, i must have drank at least three cups of java per dien per 7 days per week per 12 months per annum per two decades. thats 21,900 cups of coffee,......

in response to: Iced Coffee by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

johnny E: a majority of temples do have windows. The washington DC temple, doesn't have "windows" but rather thin marble, which allows the natural light in. Manhattan was gutted and rebuilt as a temple from......

in response to: Religious Architecture by johnny E

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Nice! Looks like Shangrila with the palm trees. Or maybe an elegant Vegas hotel. I notice it doesn't have windows, nor does the temple in manhattan. I wonder why....

in response to: Religious Architecture by johnny E

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: The Lipstick building is on Third Avenue and 53rd street in Manhattan, New York. It's right outside my subway stop and after many years of walking past it, I finally got some pictures....

in response to: Lipstick by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: i happened to see a special on hbo this morning on the ladies that danced on the bowery in manhattan. they're all older now but i remember seeing then in the 40's and 50's......

in response to: Brooklyn Bridge and the (defunct) Fulton Fish Market by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

jack: peter i hope all is fine with you. i remember the strike in 1965. i was home on leave and i had to drive to take the staten island ferry from brooklyn and then......

in response to: Transit Strike! by Peter

NET ONE 156 KRT: Words of the Prophets Take to the Rooftops by Cathy Hong SUBJECT — The Extreme Graffiti Hall of Murals LOCATION — Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens Les had no equipment but a backpack full of spray cans. (He......

in response to: Wherefore ART Thou, Ellis? by GGP

jack: you live in la, sorry for you. the christmas season is true to its season here in the east. you have to feel the chill in the evening especially when your walking around......

in response to: Philadelphia Winter 2004/2005 by adam

518 gin mill: i remember grand street in the mid 40s. trolley cars. clean streets. no graffitti. doors were old, they were new. they were clean. ragamuffin day, bell buttons jammed on with chewn gum. the rko republic,......

in response to: The Doors of Grand Street by Peter

jack: in the year 2052, i will be 110 years old and i will be riding a segway to the office. all manhattanites will have them due to the fact that there will no longer......

in response to: NYPD Segways by Peter

jack: peter usually takes great pictures but catherine you have out done all with this shot. it is and should be a poster for manhattan. i worked for a while as concierge at the......

in response to: Slice of Grand Central by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Peter: hah this is a classic city story... when you said {mr. softee}, i could hear the diesel-rumble from those trucks perfectly in my head. tangent: i used to live up at 109th and Manhattan avenue,......

in response to: In Somnia by kc

jack: the M inthe first photo is the old manhattan hotel. there were many great dances there in the 50's and 60's. it eventually changed to the milford plaza where i worked for awhile......

in response to: Midtown Manhattan Rooftop View by Peter

joey: i see the 'M' hotel. why that's the Hotel Manhattan - 44th to 45th Streets at 8th Avenue. New York's new completely air-conditioned hotel. 1400 rooms...each with private bath, television and radio. Located in the......

in response to: Midtown Manhattan Rooftop View by Peter

BZZZP: it's facing south, actually, from a ways up in lic/astoria... those lights you see at the bottom are the queensboro plaza NW/7 platforms. speaking of neo-tokyo/akira scenes, the poulaski bridge between queens and bklyn is excellent......

in response to: Crescent Street, night by BZZZP

Peter: theres such a lengthy backstory that it would take me hours to type, but siffice to say that they are coming along VERY SLOWLY with any sort of construction there. hell, they havent even completely......

in response to: The World Trade Center Site by Peter