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Peter: wow, the comments in korean are fascinating... i mean, im as prone to think that america is the global authority on conspiracy, but i think its a bit of a reach to say that america......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

IBM: Homer J mentioned ownership. Is it still owned by the same folks? The son graduated McGill in Mechanical Engineering in the mid 80's as I recall. Ran into him a couple of times on campus......

in response to: Decarie Hot Dogs by CE

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......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

JoeyD: Not all of Babes Family are as mechanically inclined as babe himself is... his brother Pedro for example decided to go into the restaurant business. [[img:27814]] All work and "no Play" would make babe a......

in response to: Babe\'s Muffler by JoeyD

Steve M: This is a fantastic resource and discussion. I am pretty much interested in Irlam past, present and unfurling. I've namechecked this thread on my blog: http://cadisheadinspace.blogspot.com/ I'd love people to comment on some of......

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

Peter: totally. i say go for it. because the back-and-forth bickering here is largely meaningless (and somewhat laughable, no offense) to us outsiders; perhaps some evidence of what everyone is saying might be worthwhile- i know......

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

DannyHaze: So far I love reading the blog here. I'm from the Jasper & Huntingdon area (The Lot). A lot of good discussion has been covered here, but one thing we can all agree......

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

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Norma The building at the junction of Ferry rd was James Goodier, wholesale potato and corn merchants.They supplied the area chip shop and greengrocery businesses with a very wide variety of potatoes from......

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

mchll_vallance@yahoo.com: which project was it that yaki kadafi got murdered by the gun in. i know it was 325 mechanic street 3rd floor, east orange, it was a housing project but does anyone have a photo?......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

jeff.s: Ive travelled to the oranges, I was wondering if the projects you referred to Parrow or Mechanic street, are they hi-rise? How many buildings? Thanks...

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

jeeff: looks serene. but i guess looks can be deceiving! **Queen's homecoming turns violent** "Oct. 15, 2007 Queen's University homecoming spilled onto Kingston's streets in a wave of violence, intoxication and mischief that resulted in 54 arrests......

in response to: Student Ghetto Kingston Homecoming by AG

Jason: I'm sorry to agree with Gentrification, The old Southeast Side used to be a mecca of beautiful homes with flowers and families enjoying life in the 1970's-early 80's. The area was majority Irish, Serbian......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

gus hassler : I am now working as the master mechanic on the second ave subway.anyone have photos of brewery before and during demolition and would like to share them with me.my only connection to yorkville was the......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Djrobluv: I lived in EO for 15 years 1980-1995 South Harrison St & Webster Pl. Boarder of Orange and E. Orange. When we first moved to EO our block was quiet not too much going on......

in response to: The Projects of East Orange by Peter

Rafael: Ainda não pratico le parkour mas vendo esses posts vou começar a praticar...

in response to: Le Parkour by Luli

serlingrod: I love these pics. the housing stock reminds me alot of philly, my homecity. my girlfriend and I are planning a summer trip to montreal. these shots def. got me pumped! ...

in response to: Eleven Random, Totally Unreleated Photos of Montreal Taken Over the Course of Approximately Six Months with Two Different Cameras by CE

robert: Iman: yeah i hear you out though. im not goin to college or no shit like that i dont think its for me. i just wanna be a automechanic because i like cars and shit.......

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

Alfonso Criscuoli: My partner is from Cadishead, and like some people have said, there isn't much happening there but that is not a bad thing at all. Living in London, which I hate, I find Cadishead......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

upfromflames: Info From HPD: The Bushwick Initiative Year One: Results • 51% of the buildings assessed in poor condition were improved and were rated fair by the end of the first year. • With the cooperation of residential building owners in......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

Tammy: Love the photo documentary. I work, go to school, and worship in Newark. It is a great city that has endured many injustices which gives new meaning to its nickname “Brick City"- its......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

jefferson: eu faço par kuor aqui no bairro eu começei pular em areas com areias,na hora eu pensei da o nome para o esporte pacur e foi assim....

in response to: Le Parkour by Luli

Mecca Young: Very nice picture.It captures the moment....

in response to: North Main by rgalston

Mecca Young: I like this.Adidas my fav/shoe! ...

in response to: Melbourne at Night Part 2 by benji

Mecca Young: I love Montreal!...

in response to: Graffiti Above the Highway by CE

Mecca Young: My mother is from Korea. These are beautiful photos.Great dimensions!...

in response to: Busan, Part Three by chiamattt

Mecca Young: Thats been there for a long time! ...

in response to: Michigan Places That No Longer Exist 002 by Cosmo

Mecca Young: Nice...

in response to: Barbed Wire by Peter

Mecca Young: Neat!!!!...

in response to: Ocean Life by Cameo

Mecca Young: LOVE it....

in response to: Prey for Pills by sine

Mecca Young: Maybe, that place has died and,gone to heaven.When you go maybe you'll see it again but this time it will be even better.Im a visual person.Great description....

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Mecca Young: That 3rd picture from the top is amazing.But I guess you already know that....

in response to: august 23 2005 toronto by hool

Mecca Young: It's so exciting to see that someone is still interested in detroits artistic growth like I am.I'm a female artist who grew up in detroit, my whole life but, are well aware of outside cities.......

in response to: Mexicantown by Cosmo

Sirhcbre: That really sucks, that's such a preventable mistake by the mechanic. He should have known better or at least taken a second look....

in response to: Laundromat Graf by CE

EvilGentleman: Yeah, and remember how I said I had to take my car to the garage on Friday to get some work done on it? The radiator was replaced, but someone did not connect the transmission......

in response to: Laundromat Graf by CE

joey: the months are out of whack. on the date counter mechanism, you know....

in response to: far from citynoise by jyk

Danny: Toronto Sucks. Welcome to Montreal. Home of hockey, gastronomy, diversity and the party mecca of North America. P.S.Toronotonians are hideous and have no sense of style.[[img:14484]] ...

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

bruno ferreira: eu gostaria de começar a treinar le parkour onde eu posso ir em sp para fazer >>>>>> se alguem sober me fale terrorista_franca@hotmail.com...

in response to: Le Parkour by Luli

jeeff: it looks like the end of __akira__ when tetsuo's body goes all biomechanical and starts flowing out into everything. i'd love to see it with a wide-angle lens....

in response to: 9th Street PATH Station by Peter

oqcwfkvnt hgxa: fwxqgudv qbro hfjszdpbr zoksr qpxan dxkg bktv mecgxvyn jwdbk...

in response to: Le Parkour by Luli

jack: great for mechanical drawing classes....

in response to: Shadowbox by sine

Boricua/Mexicana las dos: My mother has done a great job bringing me up, from her having nothing, not a stable home, not a family that supported her, not any motivation, she made it her life goal to make......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

juliano: eu gostaria de saber com eu fasso para começar ?? na minha cidade aque em marilia nem tem nehum proficional... eu i meus amigos ja começamos mais so di zuera... qual a melhor forma para eu i meus......

in response to: Le Parkour by Luli

elaine: weirdly, that first link namechecks the school i went to. the royal high was all male until it went comprehensive, one year before i began attending....

in response to: Edinburgh Graff and Street by Cheesy Member

EvilGentleman: We used to call them "Last Air" in Nunavut, cuz they went mechanical so often. I was on an NWT Air flight from Yellowknife to Rankin Inlet on May 27, 1998. About 30 minutes into the......

in response to: Free Man? by Urbanghost (michael talbot)

hugo: oh vo te dar uma ideia num começa praticar issu naum e coisa d troxa!!!procura no orkut ´´le-parkuor e coisa de trouxa`` te espero la!!!...

in response to: Le Parkour by Luli

FORTE5: ite phat graff nyces and all that u might no my brothers dion nightingale shane nightingale michael nightingale and lee nightingale...i wanna big up mec,tgv,and ok, picks blies n that come round my house and......

in response to: followup graffiti hunt by Jamie

jack: aah, catherine as soon as you see raunchy clothes in the store windows you have to know that there is more raunchiness inside. but your like my wife, you are not accustomed to shopping......

in response to: We Specialize in the Unique and Unusual by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

cerniagigante: Why does everyone call these people "Hispanics". Hispania, is Latin for Spain, part of the Iberic peninsula in Europe. Look at their faces, look at their eyes. These people have (at leat in part)......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

jeeff: the major mechanism in rental increases isn't the capped yearly increase that landlords get with current tenants, it's the unlimited increase landlords get by kicking out their tenants en masse to redevelop a property. ......

in response to: The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade by Elicar

jack: actually it is a time mechanism placed here by aliens. it was supposed to go around stonehenge but the navigator was drunk and dropped it here. he kept on screaming, "where are my......

in response to: Fighting or Frolicking? by Aaron

Leon: Pow eh muito massa o Le Parkuor, pratico de vez em sempre... naum soh taum foda fais uns 4 meses q comecei a praticar... tem uma galera aki no ES q pratica... fui...

in response to: Le Parkour by Luli

EvilGentleman: I want a car like that. It would make finding a parking spot downtown a lot easier. Do they come with remote-controlled retractable rope ladders? And pigeon-protective paint? Wow, and my mechanic could do his......

in response to: Miami Design District - Police Museum by Hectop

alisson: iai galer tudo começou ne um pulo depois viciei agora le parkour nao sai da minha cabeça.ah eu ja fiz ate um grupo aqui na minha cidade agente se joga mesmo.olha quem quiser mim adds......

in response to: Le Parkour by Luli

bruno giannotti: Eu começei a praticar so de brincadeira depois q eu assisti o filme 13 distrito "B13" , mais so q agora eu me viciei e quero começar a praticar serio se alguem mora aki na......

in response to: Le Parkour by Luli

S: I'm afraid I have to disagree with you both Joey, you claim that there's more lies in the American media than anywhere else in the world. I'm just curious to know how you came to that......

in response to: Freedom of Speech! by Elicar

elaine: that's the trouble with your famous grid system. a human likes a cut through. what i would like to see, and i think it is possible, if quantum mechanics can get with it, is say you......

in response to: Astor Place Silhouette by Peter

SuShI_hp: whats mechanize crew ...

in response to: Dallas Graffiti Writers Busted! by Dallas Police

EnVy: mechanize crew...

in response to: Dallas Graffiti Writers Busted! by Dallas Police

Empress Signs LLC : There is a movement to preserve his place on south street. If you visit there is an outdoor receptical for donations as well as a sign up form (petition). They are trying to push him......

in response to: Mosaic, 19147 by vz

ENK: Props to LAME CP....and MECH CREW (MC) RHD, KFX, POOP CREW!!!...

in response to: Moscow Garbage by Someone

allforcarrie: This is the age of machinery, A mechanical nightmare, The wonderful world of technology, Napalm hydrogen bombs biological warfare, -Ray Davies...

in response to: Time Is Out of Joint by Selig

anon (81-1-125-113.homechoice.co.uk): Darcy Tucker wannabes never gonna bes...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Sertraline: I ride a bike in Toronto and I've seen more couriers do dumb aggressive shit than automobiles. Most of the posters, in typical neo-hippy style, assume that this incident is the man's fault. ......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

to The "Motorists":: to The "Motorists": Quoted from previous entries: "What about the damage he did to our van? I suppose you people who support him would think its okay for Frank and I to stomp all over his car?...By......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

ketchup-wrappers, not hamburger patties.. part 2 : my friend really had little choice but to switch to a combination of (a) home heating oil (b) used transmission fluid , and (c) old engine oil, to power his vehicle. gas prices were way......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Laurel: I was there too. Frank's wife. Couldn't believe this guy attacking an 100 lb women! The look on his face says it all. What about the damage he did to our van? I suppose you people......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Editor: next: your comments will keep being deleted until they contain something a tad more worthwhile than "fuck yous", all caps, and terrible grammar. this is not a battle-board nor a place to come talk trash......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

nightKapz: I agree mein. the little people's rush is from the aerosol fumes..NOT the army like motions and smells you feel when getting up. I use to talk shit, i guess i still do, on this......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

ian: I spent nearly an hour photographing the two men repairing the switching mechanism for the light-rail train. I felt that posture was appropriate because it was only a block or two from the (magnificently beautifully......

in response to: No Title by ian

Peter: sic ait, atque animum pictura pascit inani multa gemens, largoque umectat flumine voltum. sorry... read waaay too much virgil....

in response to: Lascoff Prescriptions by GGP

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Where exactly is this sugar-mecca? I may go and press my nose against the glass....

in response to: Upper East Side Neon by GGP

elaine: that link was schrodinger's cat btw - which was meant to be relevant to the cats, but whch of course is not really, as it is about quantum mechanics, though i can only really read......

in response to: Big head meet small head by joey

Olive Thomas: It's amazing to think about how many generations of anonymous commuters have passed through NYC portals over the last 175 years of or so of mechanised transport isn't it?...

in response to: Commuters, WTC Station by Peter

Peter: i recall taking a photo of a glass door that had a hastily written sign reading "closed due to national emergency". reflected in the door's glass was tower 2 falling. and smoke. lots and lots......

in response to: Samuel Underberg Building by GGP

Editor: well, if you consider extreme bandwidth usage to be "disruption to technologies", then thats why the threads get capped and comments stopped... some entries that have 1500+ comments (99% of which are pointless back and......

in response to: Samuel Underberg Building by GGP

ea: buried uncreativeinlove cynic hopespan taught measure moves in 13 day intervals shot stops close to home the structure builds itself until the mechanics find you while you're not looking caught in the gears you know it works without wondering why or it......

in response to: high tension love by fuzzytank

Eng. A'mer Rabayah: i thank justo gallego, to do this great work, may be he did that to show us that anyone can do his dream if he like or decide and within a very simple ways.......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Peter: if i had to whittle my experience on this site down to one single epiphany ive had about the world, id have to say it would be that some {irish} folks sure love to proselytize!......

in response to: Northern Ireland Memoirs: Part One by Jamie

Peter: cool... one of the first dates i had with my wife was at cliffhouse. we parked in a gravel lot just above the baths, but for some reason, never got a chance to go down......

in response to: Sutro Baths by Christopher

MEccA: yea niggaz red the color 4 life crip killa ...

in response to: Crip/Blood Graffiti: Washington Heights by anon

hasslehoff: ok, but can we keep the mechanically reclaimed meat?...

in response to: Fisherman\'s Wharf and the Full House Houses by Marc

elaine: what ws truly vile here was after a million years of tory rule we did get a labour government and of course people felt relieved for a bit which was nice, and there are......

in response to: Fisherman\'s Wharf and the Full House Houses by Marc

MEccA : Re: Crip/Blood Graffiti: Washington Heights f*** all u crabs B'5 up c'5 down. screw u crabs f7 nigga ...

in response to: Crip/Blood Graffiti: Washington Heights by anon

elaine: Re: The Touch of the Machine I agree. Plus scale. Plus the city as a machine. The scale thing - I lived in Edinburgh previously and standing underneath the Forth Rail Bridge at South Queensferry......

in response to: The Touch of the Machine by Peter

Hater: "satins" work? satin is a type of cloth, dude. the silky, smooth stuff! satins work! thats rich. jesus also said "he who is without sin, let him cast the first stone"... so stop starting arguments......

in response to: The West Belfast Peace Line by Jamie

Peter: having finally been there since you posted this, i now appreciate this spot (and the cliff house!) alot more... we went to the museum mechanique there, too, which was RAD......

in response to: [s]San Francisco by kimba

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