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There are 100 comments about "over taking"

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

Peter: if i had a dollar for every time ive heard someone from a hard/bad/depressed/rebuilding neighborhood comment something like ##"_______ is really that bad and has been for years"##... [[76:cabrini green]], [[1727:henry horner]], [[4368:hutchinson]], [[646:bushwick]], to......

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

jack: shizen, could it be the sadist, 'lockinglear decrebided' he was in southern france and would take pictures of people and reproduced them onto models and used them for, (you know what) they were life size......

in response to: While You Are Reading This.... by David G.

Anon: Anything done in public is public domain, and international law, as a whole, is of this mindset, both legally and socially. It's quite simple, actually. Don't want someone taking photos of it? Then don't do......

in response to: A Homeless Man Sleeping with His Most Cherished Possession by Leroy Allen Skalstad

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

kidcapri22yrs: ok, ok what some people are saying are that, the nazi-ideology has infiltrated the american gov't from 1930's to present, built one of their many capitol structures to capture and enslave non-anglo americans. what are......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Peter: destruction or art? i always find it interesting when people refer to graffiti as "destruction", as its not like theyre carving their tag into the wall with an air-chisel or something. painting seems to be......

in response to: Destruction or Art by Robert Emanuel

Andie: Cody, I know you and your family personally. I grew up in Hutchinson and attended church with you. You are not representative of the average Hutchinsonian. Your mother is a hospital administrator and your father is......

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

The terrible disaster: This article has been republished as I was asked to supply the details a second time. --- We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When......

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

jack: i was in berlin in 1961, there was a young man hanging dead on barbed wire, shot while trying to escape the east, tensions were high, the russians stood looking at the americans, the german......

in response to: Berlin April 22 2008 by hool

Alan Taylor: Explanation of OCCUPATION ROAD, but does not resolve the question of 'where in Irlam'. My finding regarding the ‘Bolton to York’ route has caused me to re-assess Francis White’s Map of the Ainsty particularly with regard to......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Peter: hey "movin to wick", wake up! youre working with a conception of {new york} thats about 20+ years outdated... i mean, serously. youd think {brooklyn} was {beirut}. perhaps youve been watching too much ##law and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CB : It is easy for anyone to put down our inner city areas and declare them a war zone. But the truth of the matter is that if we had more people involved to make change......

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

dirana1: PS EvilGentleman, there's more to a tower at KP than an mop and a squeegee believe me, I myself would have a couple of rounds of the indigenous firearm in the tower fired if someone......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

Dom Smith: I was taking a short cut through Back Piccadilly and was upset to discover this....

in response to: Demolish the Railway Arches by Andrew Smith

rosanne underberg: I'm sorry but I have never heard of a Ronald Underberg - what is your grandfather's name???? My father was Samuel Underberg and maintaining a building of that size both inside and out is a......

in response to: Underberg Building, Goodbye by GGP

Pearlykingjim: i would like to thank the person or persons for the vile and nasty E-mail that was sent to my address, it is someone on this forum form what was said i only hope we bump it......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

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......

in response to: Not So Green... by Michelle

Bob Salmon: A time or two, dances above the Co-Op near the nag have been mentioned. I remember evening Live Group dances being held there on a regular basis, they were organised by Maurice Johnstone, I sometimes......

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

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Does anyone remember a disco in Cadishead? I think it was called Chains and was above the old Co-op? I used to dream of going there when I was a 'grown-up' and just......

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

Peter: its {smug} and {osker}. i was holding my breath trying to not be the first to mention it and out myself as the resident graf nerd fanboy, for what its worth. that photo is a great......

in response to: What Happened to BEMS? by Elicar

re: Fred: Reasonable law enforcement? I beg to differ. I called police on a child abuse situation,was told by the police to call SRS,I called SRS and was told to call the police. The police came back......

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

Joanne Amorello-minor: Cadishead and Irlam Guardian Fri Dec 3rd 1976 front page Died after overdose An Irlam man with a "tremendous amount to live for" was......

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

Alan Taylor: Hello Graham, from the prefab shop past the old Spring Villas with the last one being an house not a shop, I was born 1944 and lived in the 4th house past on the same......

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

Graham Bate: Hi Andy, This thread is a real blast from the past! so many names I recall, Brian Bagshaw, Roy Bamber, Steve Weir and all the history that goes with the town. I come from Irlam myself......

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

Fred, The.: I'll agree that there are still alot of good people here with good hearts beating in them and it is a shame that they're not more visible.. There sure are alot of able bodied welfare......

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

trapped: The are several secret levels under DIA which is basicly a underground base and prison camp for who, for us citizens. The new world order has over 800 prison camps all over the us and......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Alfred: "Old bastards" - I'm 26. Maybe young people in this city should learn to take enjoyment from simple things like taking a stroll at Dillon Nature Center or listening to non-commericial, uninterupted classical music on......

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

Alfred: I live in Hutchinson, and I knew this article was pure propaganda right when I saw the photos. The first photo is of an entrance gate to the State Fairgrounds, which the author describes as......

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

walkhere: it is a picture of a photograph, actually. i had to take a picture of it with a friend's digital camera to put it online, and that was over a year ago, and now the......

in response to: Dec. 2006 by walkhere

Padre Island: The elderly that are in their 80's and 90's today grew up during the great depression, WW1, WW2 and learned from a early age to save every penny for when they would need it later on......

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

rachael: hmmm... many of the comments i've read have either amused me or angered me...but I'll go on anyway... i'm a brooklyn native and originally from east flatbush. my parents left there to move to long island [for......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Kyle: haha, no that wasn't me. Though a while back I saw someone taking pictures from their window at Gerrad and Vic Park of random people and was wondering how long it would take before I......

in response to: Fall in Toronto by Elicar

joey: i drive on this freeway a couple of times a year now taking natasha to the bus station in san jose on her way back to santa cruz. i always have my camera ready but......

in response to: freeway & airport a citynoise intersection by jyk

anon (ip68-103-169-13.ks.ok.cox.net): i do live here and the post is pretty right on. This town has the highest housing market , and the lowest paying jobs. The Salina Jouranl is the newspaper i town and it post......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 7 by Scott Sargent

Cloned Prince: I wrote a Parkour Rap! Things just aint the same for todays traceurs, Cops and pigs want to see us in handcuffs Yamakasi and the Belle are aging, The old traceurs, well they're all changing, Making way for new......

in response to: Parkour Trip to Lisses by Ben Nuttall

HushUp: For the person who thinks that someone should ask the side of the 'Gang Member' on why they shot and killed my son's friend - It's obvious you have no clue what it's like to......

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

Re. Hush up: If you delt with the economic conditions of this town (LIKE I DO) on an everyday basis you would see the truth. Hutchinson is a low income area! PERIOD! Why do you demand attention, you......

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

saltbake: I´m afraid to say that this town is the worst place I´ve ever lived. I grew up in a really small town in South Dakota, and I can say that Hutchinson does not even have......

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

one more comment: ok, i got to this site by accident but it caught my attention so I continued to read. I should have gotten out the dictionary to make sure I spell everything right so you dont......

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

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.......

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

Bobs Ferry Accident: We had walked on Cadishead Moss in the morning on Jean Dodd’s health walk with possibly 60 inspired walkers. When the walk had ended I had a chat with Mrs Heap the ‘Irlam Historians’......

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

CE: I actually haven't been taking a lot of photos lately. Just not super inspired or maybe still overwhelmed by Montreal. I have been branching out a lot more lately as far as exploration......

in response to: RCA Building by Cinic

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......

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

bed sty-cee!: ....and another thing you mexicans i cant believe you let your country go to hell by corruption and stealing. instead of staying there fighting and taking back your country you run here. work so called......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

KansasBoy: It would seem, perhaps, that you missed the downtown area of Belleville, since all of your pictures are from out on Highway 81. No matter, your conclusion is pretty much on target, if a......

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

Trudy: There are not enough criminals for the National Park Police to catch - so they have to justify their jobs. Taking Joes Flag must have made their quota of tickets to be issued. ......

in response to: Floyd Bennett Field: Let All Flags Fly by CartLegger

CATCH A BIKE THIEF!: We bought brand new bikes from these nice guys at CycOmotive on Bathurst. We paid $3,500 for the two mountain bikes. One was higher end Giant and the other one was Giant Pistol 2 16......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

EvilGentleman: I want to try your technique, but your camera is an SLR, and mine is a point-and-shoot with a retractable lens, so if the lens is out, people know my camera is on. I will......

in response to: Hyehwa to Mia by chiamattt

gingha: i used to live in oklahoma city. the thing the makes norman, and the greater oklahoma city area seem lackluster is because of its relative regional proximity to the dallas/ft. worth area, and also because......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

JimQV: Yeah, over the months there have been people who've posted here, thinking of moving to Bushwick, asking for an opinion about the safeness of the neighborhood. Why not give them an honest opinion, based on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

BDweller: "The Bushwick Initiative...Who is this for?" Boy, you are some busybody, upfromflames. Digging, poking, photographing and posting; then posing provocative questions. I'll take your bait. The city's official response to the steady influx of Latinos and blacks......

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

Sirhcbre: I think 36 applies just about everywhere. I hate when the tourists ask where the touristy stuff is but I guess to most of them, it's something exotic since many of them are Americans up here......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

dimeadozen: Thank you to everyone for this discussion especially The Truth and those following who elevated the discussion. I moved to Bushwick very recently and completely randomly. Although I work hard, support myself and am forced......

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

.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

Alexander The Thessalonikian: People from US shouldn't argue with the fact that a country with a glorious past like Greece is offended when a name that characterizes the most of the northern Greece and that has special meaning......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

JNJ: Your reflections are very impassioned and provide a perspective that I could never understand as a caucasian and an outsider to the neighborhood. I guess what I still don't understand is why, I would be......

in response to: Humbodlt Park: Don\'t leave but make it better by Delma

steelisreal: because I realized now that I tend to tilt the camera to adapt for my glasses and my nose, it leads to me taking alot of shots over on my digital cam. These were......

in response to: London Parliament by steelisreal

geoff capes: i have one heck of a time getting my recessive pieds to stop biting me. they seem to have no respect for my authority or standing as an athlete/strongman. WHEN I had the opportunity to acquire......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

just a thought: just a quick comment ~ i agree that there is a major problem with employers taking advantage of immigrants, especially illegals. Is it ironic that it's Mexicans that are doing construction in 90 degree......

in response to: We Are Not Criminals!!!! by Rabblerouser

shelia/neworleans: OK THE OLD WAY OF LIVING IS OVER. IT IS; SO... HATE ME IF YOU MUST. HOW MANY YEARS HAVE THEY BEEN TALKING ABOUT TEARING DOWN THE PROJECTS AND PUTTING UP CONDOS? HOW LONG WAS......

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

BVD: for some reason woke up yesterday thinking way back to high school and graffiti/symbols of that time which included the flipped glass of ‘missing foundation’ and other things...started googling and found this site...back then as......

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

EvilGentleman: Chris - Sainte-Catherine near Lambert-Closse, except picture 4, which is down the street at the corner of St-Marc. anon - I am for the most part still experimenting with shooting people in an urban setting. I......

in response to: August 1 2006 Montreal by EvilGentleman

C: I think it's more prominent in Calgary because the people in charge aren't overly committed to ending poverty. That and the fact that everyone takes the +15 to avoid such encounters. Which is unfortunate. I should really......

in response to: Drugs, Drugs, Drugs by ksedge

carlos mario: Since I'm writing about gentrification in Bushwick, this all is so interesting, especially the part of the story that The Truth mentions, as it relates to what I'm writing. Roger Starr, planned shrinkage, arson, disinvestment,......

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

EvilGentleman: I have also been experimenting with taking hool-style photos using car mirrors while parked on the side of a busy street, since it is exponentially less likely that the subjects will become aware of the......

in response to: Passenger Side Rear View Mirror by groovehouse

Whipslinger: Peter, to cure your curiousity about all those vast vacant lots, they used to house 12 story clusters of housing projects with names like Prince St. and Hayes Homes and Scudder Homes etc. They......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

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.

zagg: Dear Houston: thats right - the Canadian cities are taking over....

in response to: Mystery Apartment by CE

Ruairí: Hi Jamie Just wondered - what area of london are you from? I am originally from Lisnaskea but live in London now. I have had the idea of going round to to your neighbourhood and taking photos of......

in response to: Cross Street and Blossom 2002 by Jamie

white boy: I live in bushwick. I'm a "white boy" and I'm reminded dayly by my neighbors on my way to work, the grocery store, the laundromat... pretty much every time i leave the house. I have......

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

EvilGentleman: Nice shots, jack. But I am pretty sure the cowboys and Indians would fight over who gets to **own** the casinos. From the vantage point of Las Vegas, the desert is definitely disappearing fast. But if......

in response to: Changing Desert by jack

Respect: This law is long over due, which I am sure most health conscious white tooth marathon running people in Montreal will agree. The question of freedoms of rights on this issue can be considered analogous......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: First off, I am a visitor here, not an admin or a law expert, so do not consider anything I say in this comment to be binding on anyone. One part of my brain thinks......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

Jamie: I'm certainly no lawyer, but as i understand it, there is no law in the uk about taking photos of peoples houses. Aerial photography companies for examples endlessly fly over our homes taking photos in......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

steelisreal: I am so tired of women wearing low cut tops and shirts that show the midsection, i am going to start taking pics of womens cleavage to post on websites because I am sick of......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

Mr. Seenitall: I'm a 25 year old guy, and I haven't lived in any one city for longer than 10 months in my whole life! And honestly, I have to agree with Yippie-Skippie. Multi-culturism is everywhere, not......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

please...: Get over it, Look away. You didn't have to look at it, you didn't have to take a picture. You just posted his stuff all over the web. That 's exactly what he wants. To......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

Mat-E: I think this question touches on a fundamental human reality; you can never create a policy which will satisfy a largely civil, responsible majority and at the same time satisfy a minority of......

in response to: Does Anyone Else Find This Stupid? by EvilGentleman

.VACK/TCK: i got pictures of ja pices on trains from 87 on the cc line,,simple stright letters but nice.i dont think he cares about doing LEAGAL walls like cope who just runs the same outline over......

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

EvilGentleman: Thanks. I will start posting immediately, once I am done resizing. As long as it is not a problem, I will try to put all the images from my last walk (in multiple threads) on......

in response to: Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti by Peter

EvilGentleman: Thanks, GGP. I suspect almost all of us that post here have a number of these sort of shots lurking on our hard drives, just waiting to be rediscovered. Just look what Elicar found in......

in response to: Photographs of Photographers by EvilGentleman

anon (ool-18ba5a46.dyn.optonline.net): gotta love the teen hipsters that are taking over the world and laugh at everything horrible. ...

in response to: A Grisly Example of Man\'s Inhumanity by GGP

Tamara: I don't want to assume, but I think what Carltan is saying, is that life is too important to waste and unfortunately war has a way of taking good people away and causing havoc in......

in response to: Memorial to Berlin Wall Deaths by nomad

Tamara: cerniagigante ~ that's such a nice thought! I knew that some persian carpets are representations of gardens, but I guess the next time I'm there I'll take advantage of sharing some secrets too. That shot......

in response to: Sacred and Little Altars by Tamara

urbanghost: thanks grange and thanks hool for the heads up about that intersection. You sound like you really know the city well, which i'm aware of by checking out your site and seeing how much......

in response to: Street Shots by urbanghost

chiamattt: It is pretty much all timing. You said this happened on Feb17th, but you took the pictures in April. Those dudes taking pictures in Iraq and overseas have systems where the pictures go from their......

in response to: Train Derails on Bridge IV: The Aftermath (With Graf Train Passing By) by EvilGentleman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I actually bring pens to work. But I am working on a master plan to steal my Aeron chair. I'm thinking of taking it apart and mailing it to myself. Or waiting until Halloween, throwing......

in response to: Class War Sunset by elaine

jack: so this guy is crouched over one of those holes and taking a crap and there is this other guy perched over another hole and the first guy has a 50cent peice fall out of......

in response to: Chinese Toilets by stinkyben

EvilGentleman: You two should do it, Peter. I only thought of taking these pics partway through the wash, and so I missed the full cycle. I also noticed I was not able to get the shot......

in response to: Car Wash by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: I hope while you were lying on the sidewalk taking this shot, that these things did not happen: - Someone mistook you for a corpse and went through your pockets - Someone drew a chalk outline around......

in response to: Vanderbilt Avenue by Night by Peter

KrmtDfrog: Just a word of warning, I've seen cops confiscate cameras of people taking pictures in/on/around path trains. Even had a train delayed to deal with this 'problem'. Oversensitive security in the Age of Terrorism, most......

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

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: My brother has horrible vertigo. He says that when he looks over the edge, he has an overwhelming desire to throw himself off. So I'm taking him up the Empire State Building in two weeks......

in response to: Fire Escape by Elicar

jack: pic 1 - she got to the wall and froze. she didn't know what to do. pic 2 - is this the end of the road? i thought there was a door here. pic 3......

in response to: Feb 23 2006 Toronto by hool

Peter: jack: ive got a kawasaki! incidentally, its a pain to ride over cobbles. especially the rough, torn up cobbles near the {prospect heights} {post office} on {fulton}. wheres your camera? are you still taking photos?...

in response to: Swarm of Bikes by Guy McLaren

jeeff: from [[http://www.dictionary.com]]: ar·chi·tec·ture (ärk-tkchr) n. 1. The art and science of designing and erecting buildings. 2. Buildings and other large structures: the low, brick-and-adobe architecture of the Southwest. 3. A style......

in response to: African Architecture by Guy McLaren

908: am a white female from the suburbs south of Chicago. I am English, Swedish, German, Polish Russian, English, and Scottish. Driving through Humboldt Park .....It's beautiful. There are beautiful homes and parks, but the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

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in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti