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Rareity: I live in Marine Park- not too far from what was Barren Island. I'm 25 now but years back a friend and I stumbled upon a reference to Barren Island and had to go down......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

LUCKY: hairsy ......

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

Who Cares for Kensingtion: OG FROM GCC, You applied the correct word for what is needed...MOVEMENT! That's a push in the right direction that starts out very small and gains strength as others jump on. All won't want to join......

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

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......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

upfromflames: Lou: It depends on what part of Bushwick you are talking about, as the process of demographic change proceeded differently in different part of the neighborhood. In ther southern side of Bushwick--south of Myrtle--the process......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

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......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

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......

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

Sheila Vaudrey: Hiya Rob, Nice to see the Poker and Stand, we always had a nice P&S standing proudly in the Hearth, but ours was brass as our dad was a "brass finisher" we had a brass......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

sandy: my opinion is that Kensington was designated to be a dumping ground for section 8 .It is an abused program to say the least.slumlords are even getting sick of fixing up the houses that these......

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

serlingrod: Thanks for acknowledging the good, "Who Cares" (by the way, you REALLY need to change that handle! :) ) I think everyone agrees with you 100% about the pols - their job security should......

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

Karl daniels: Norma Bannon = sorry for the long and slow reply, Lesley daniels is my mum and she used to work there, its a doctors now and the play school is at the bottom of ferryhill road. Lynne......

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

serlingrod: moral of the story, everyone - deindustrialization ruined these neighbors that so many people who grew up in them loved so much. hard economic times and social/political injustice has transformed them into hotbeds for illegal......

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

anon (174.094.dsl.mel.iprimus.net.au): yeah gary the supermarket was liptons and there was a record shop as well wasnt there a record shop on the main rd near the post office near the bus stop .does anyone remember a......

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

dirty: that looks sweet nice little swallow to surf... i think i will attempt to surf the drowning machine. just kidding that actually gave me a shiver thinking of being trapped in the jowls of this......

in response to: The Drowning Machine by ksedge

EvilGentleman: It should be pointed out that I never "Advertised" the {statue} to be truly {Satanic} in nature. I have merely stated how the people in the {Village Des Tanneries} part of {Montreal}'s {Saint-Henri} district describe......

in response to: Satanic Jesus by EvilGentleman

Kate: We have a mother and 2 babies on our roof. The porch has this metal box on top (no one knows why, it's a very old house). Anyway, a few years ago my......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

Joanne Amorello Minor: Hello Sheila, Yes thats right about my nanna and grandad and mum, my nan was Jessie and my grandad was Bob, my nan was an auxillary nurse at Bridgewater Hospital and my grandad an ambulance......

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

Allan: I have seen original wild birds called red jungle fowls that have been living in the wild since the earth was created. they live in India and Asia. The ones here are the feral ones......

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

herehere: my father grew up on hart street thru early 60's. took him back to old neighborhood for tour. area is slowly coming back but still very bad sections. give alot of credit for tearing down......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

James cashan: Re: jon burgess, I agree, on the one hand people say every body knows your business on the other its good to have a sense of community and roots which a lot of people......

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

Nick: I wish these "Protestants" and "Catholics" in Northern Ireland would rename themselves Oil and Water instead, as there is nothing remotely Christian about their ways. As for Unionists, I don't know what your obsession about Britain......

in response to: NYC: The Empire State Building at Sunrise by Peter

BILROCK-161, RTW.: YET ANOTHER NEW-JACK, You are the same. It is obvious by the same imature insults you so freely hurl at someone you dont know anything about. I almost was going to be civil to you on......

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

9 oh 5: kta means kill them all or knowledge threw art...

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

Eric66: I loved going down memorey Lane ,growing up on cedar st. between evergreen and myrtle ave. was the best of times 1945 to 1966 just wasn't enough time , had it not been for the......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Eric66: I loved going down memorey Lane ,growing up on cedar st. between evergreen and myrtle ave. was the best of times 1945 to 1966 just wasn't enough time , had it not been for the......

in response to: Bushwick 77: The Casusos of Harman St. by upfromflames

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob, You have bowled me out for a duck on that one !! I thought I had heard of most of the streets in the district, but I have never heard of Occupation road, but......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

jeeff: yay owl, one of my faves in mtl....

in response to: Graf on the Tracks, Pt. 1 by Peter

"G": I will start by saying this, Acorn has got a good heart, it's intentions are to give the students the knowledge to succeed. The teachers are good some bad but mostly good. and most......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Steven H.: antBlack is right. I grew up in Bushwick in the 60's and 70's, and moved to the other side of Brooklyn in 78. I remember it being a true neighborhood, my friends were black, hispanic,......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Jason: i've lived in seattle since '92, and - to my knowledge - that coke machine has been there since then. question: did you try to buy a can?...

in response to: Oldskool Coke Machine by Peter

Renee: I enjoyed reading this thread. However, there are a lot a personal prejudices and biases here. However, that's Americans for you now isn't it. I enjoyed the person who said judge people......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

Marissa Chaplin from Laura Young (not that you know me!) : Hello! I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for posting these pictures! Marissa, I am now 31 and living in Baltimore, Maryland, USA and was just looking on the internet for some pictures......

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

Junito: [[img:26421]] This Alexander von Humboldt (September 14, 1769 – May 6, 1859) was a Prussian naturalist and explorer, and the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767-1835). Humboldt's quantitative work on......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Andrew Smith: Cheers for the info on the football locations Cyril - my walks round Irlam become different every time with all this new knowledge......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

j.smith: I do not think we have met, i have never been to the Dominion theatre i think you have the wrong Mr Smith. if you met my father some 15 years ago, you must be a......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

iheartretards: Pho Viet Anh on lower Queen Anne next to Bamboo Garden and down the block from the Opera house. It's the best Pho in town, I can't even palate nasty Than Brothers anymore. That shit......

in response to: Pho in Seattle by Peter

Robert Davies: Rob, I remember Harry Crask "Hairdressers" I think he only knew two styles Short back and slap and a bowl cut. I used to sit on the wooden plank over the chair arms when my......

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

jack: chrislla and victoria you both sound like intelligent students, school is probably the best place to be, you can learn about the great people of the world and the only thing you have to do......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Thanks for the last pics... Cyril I was unsure when Brian passed away and didn't want to upset you by asking, now I know. Believe me, life will be different but you will slowly......

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

Alan Taylor: Hi Joanne, Perhaps you think of Janet FOWLER who had metal braces on her legs from the polio outbreak in the late 1940's, I believe 9 such people [babies/youngsters] from the Cadishead/Irlam area survived polio and......

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

Joanne: Hi Joanne If you look at the skies high above Irlam tonight you will see a full moon and if you can hear wolves howling on the moss lands scurry home quickly, if you cannot hear......

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

JimQV : A young lady named Geraldine just posted that she had moved to Bushwick Ave & Eldert St, and doesn't feel insecure. My Mom was born in a house on Eldert St is 1922. Her relatives......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): I have not-so-fond-memories of Rowland's dentist. Could the nickname 'mouth organ street' have anything to do with the dentist, or are we talking different times?...

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

Bob Salmon: Hi rob Yes I remember Len Jackson; my mother got her daily pinta from him for a few decades. One of his employees on the milk round was a good friend of mine, his name was Ivor......

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

Rob Tynan: Alan Ship hotel is very much the same as the picture you posted except there is a new housing estate in the carpark and over the bowling green, and "Marvels Market" building which was to the......

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

belleville person: Belleville is pretty cool. And as John said why do you all have to put us down from beeing from a small towns. We dont have gangs like the people in the big city. We......

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

Janet .Witcomb(nee Sutton): To add to the info. from my sister Jenny Foster. .we lived at 48 Harewood Road. I went to Eccles Grammar School in 1952. I also attended St Johns Sunday School . Does anyone rember......

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

jack: i was once groped by a women, she was rather attractive, with a twinkle in her eye, i was devastated, humiliated, and violated, i turned to her and looked deeply into her brown eyes, her......

in response to: The Groping Epidemic by serlingrod

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Karl Daniels - any relation to Roland Daniels florist in cadishead? ... or Lesley Daniels, who used to work at St.Paul's Playgroup opposite Ferry Road, Irlam? I lived in Cadishead until married, then worked......

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

Freddy: I used to skate like every single day from when I was 10-17. Slowed down only a little and pretty much stopped at 20 when I left the country to travel. I'm 33 now, i......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

revisited: my father grew up on hart street thru early 60's. took him back to old neighborhood for tour. area is slowly coming back but still very bad sections. give alot of credit for tearing......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Rob Tynan: Natalie The "old shed" next to the ship was "Marvels Market" Before that I believe it was the first picture house in Irlam, and before that the local bus run by the landlord of the......

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

jack: well one good thing here is that the bowl is larger than most bowls in a tight squeezed area, of course i dont have to worry about these types of problems, i'm noted for having......

in response to: Tight Squeeze III by Elicar

noslen snow: On 12/29/07, I had a dreamed of a windowless building imploding and exploding from within, it was located within lower Manhattan. I saw a lot of people severely injured on the ground and debris......

in response to: 33 Thomas: Robot Building by CartLegger

jeeff: by writing in english they implicitly acknowledge that english is a valid medium for communication. at least if they wrote it in french they could say, "fuck you, we don't care what you understand!"...

in response to: Anglos Go Home by CE

John W. Love: Belleville be the shiz...All ya'll crazy out of town people be hatin. B-town has alot more than that building, WE HAVE A BOWLING ALLEY!...

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

Andrew Smith: ...and some more taken this morning. Not the best, but they include most of the things you mentioned! Vicarage Road [[img:24962]] Two Churches, Liverpool Road. [[img:24963]] The Band Stand [[img:24964]] The old skateboard ramp, which we used to ride our bikes down......

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

Andrew Smith: Natalie - the bowling green is still there, though now fenced off to prevent it being used as a football pitch. The tennis courts have been refurbished, though you now have to pay to use......

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

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Is the bowls green and the old tennis court still in between the park and the baths? I remember paying the attendant money back in early seventies for my grandparents to have a bowl,......

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

...just lookin for a job, lookin for a job...: OMG! I thought I lived in a pretty good place until I stumbled onto this site while surfing for nursing jobs in this area. I've been HappyInHutch for 30+ years and known about......

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

RuSS: Graduated out of Acorn in June of 07 and i was actually 1 of 2 salutatorians lol. i always thought about transferring when i got there but after four years i never realized how good......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

misty: I like the pics they are awsome.I agree you should get some of the morgue,I love anything that involves paranormal or haunted this would be a cool place to go.How ever here in salem oregon where......

in response to: Haverford State Hospital by Nairi

Diane Dole: Hello in answer to the question of the current list of pearlies, i agree it would be very useful but unfortuatly from my knowledge i have not found a list with a full genuine list......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

anon (host86-156-88-225.range86-156.btcentralplus.com): I have known George Major as The Pearly King of Peckham for many years, so I can write with true knowledge of this good man. I am writing in full defence of him as I know......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Loria: I woke up in the middle of the night last night to hear something gobbling up my cat's food.. I thought maybe it was the neighbor's cat who sometimes frequents our home. I dozed......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

Country Club Snob: I have always said Hutch is the negative vortex of the world and having lived on both coast I speak with some knowledge of this. I was born & educated here, left for K-state and......

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

Simone w. class of 2005: HA. I went to this school, left in 2005 as one of the top students. It was not that bad...We did have some drugged up dance teachers and we DID have the worst gym experience......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Scott: We've had a single coon that shows up here about once a week. It's been showing up for almost a year now. Typically shows up after the cats have eaten and then it'll......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

Peter: i love owls, too... ggp, i think i may never see this plant again without imagining the stacks to be giant owls! also: [[wiki:Ravenswood, Queens]]...

in response to: Kraftwerk by Peter

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......

in response to: Kraftwerk by Peter

Sue B from Colorado Springs: Last saw the castle about 10yrs ago, and alot has been added since then! It is truly AMAZING to see what one man can do if it is his heart's desire. We enjoyed......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

average joe: it's fairly easy to make people believe that hutch is a shithole, well for one because it is,but yet you only show photos of a building on 20th and monroe. thats where the AA meetings......

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

Losnah: There's tons of cool shit here, just keep lookin', cause the buff is quick... I spot dope pieces a lot. Lately: Gime, Fever, Jeab (mad throwies) Jukes, Snore (throw ups too, up High), Sherm... Portland's......

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

autumn: carla - I'm scared of raccoons too...They growl, hiss and charge at me. They live in my trees too, jumping from one tree to another over my house. They have chased off all my wild......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

Tyfoid Kid: Both sides of the aisle have ignored this issue. My point is more to the line of thought that if the Dems had been in charge the Repulicans would have howled foul 'The Tax......

in response to: Bridge Collapse 1 by Tyfoid Kid

dahtcahm@mac.com: I'm trying to find information on a town that doesn't seem to exist anymore, and that is Lulu, Michigan. I have pictures of my mother, in about the year 1913, with notation on the......

in response to: Michigan Places That No Longer Exist 001 by Cosmo

todd from kansas: Scott, first of all, I do not know where you live but I would guess I would probably find it uninteresting. I think the only interesting cities in North America reside south of the border,......

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

suzb: Thanks. Sorry I must have overstepped some boundaries; you're obviously knowledgeable and those questions recently started burning in my brain; thats all. Again, thanks for your reply. Respectfully, ; ) Suzb...

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

autumn: XxxshannonxxX - My response would be "yes, you can get in alot of trouble" in more ways than one. A baby raccoon can be very cute. Irrestably cute. But baby raccoons will grow up very......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

A1: you have to really know why its there to comment but this is the internet talk without knowledge...

in response to: Worst Graffiti Evar... Again! by Peter

CartLegger: Beware, adventurers. There is security. Make sure to go on a Sunday afternoon, as the fewest 18 wheelers prowl the street hunting down bicycles to eat. ...

in response to: Where Redbirds Sleep by CartLegger

Genuine brooklynite bushwick baby: I am so proud of where i come from.Most people say bitches in bushwick are dumb.Never that Never me ,I just see what i see and i will always be me.Growing up in the hood......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Bushwicks baddest chic aka Bobbi j : this goes out to all you bushwick peeps i was born and raised on irving the streets were two way back then i went to 86 what you know about that the 83 was not......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

wes & shawna byrd: My wife and kids and I went to this castle to take a look for ourselves at what everyone said was built by a crazy man, well it is truly amazing and Jim is a......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

anon (pikes.centura.org): i wish, i wish, i wish - i could understand the human psyche. we are all so opinionated and so underknowledged (i made up that word) in every facet of life, from God......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

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......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

gioconda: I live in Los Angeles. Just lost 2 cats to raccoons in 2 weeks. Faccoons come to eat grapes & oranges that grow in my backyard, and since its' summer and everything is ripe, they......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

realworldgirl9: You know, the reason our entire country is in a shit hole right now is because of the lousy attitudes of people today. I have lived in many places in my life, for instance:......

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

Race: Looks like this Scott dude just took a road trip across Oklahoma and Kansas and took random pics when he stopped to take a leak and called it boring. I'm from Pauls Valley and the......

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

jack: woody allen, although a great movie director and entertaining movie person. is my last idea of a man with knowledge of women. calling men and women whores and pimps is a low class, low......

in response to: All the Whores Shall Go to Heaven by Sohail Moughal

Lee: I was 4 years old when we moved into 120 N.Hermitage apt# 1401.Back then they were called "Henry Horner Homes"...But in relity they were an cultural experiment perpetrated on disadvantaged people.During the 11 years that......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Benny Avenue resident: I have lived adjacent to the Benny Farm project for 9 years with my husband & two children. A lot of work has gone into these projects and people "in-need" are benefiting already. ......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Bazz: Hi everyone, how are ye today? I will be living near Sunset park(44th and 4th) for 3 months, does anyone know how safe the area is, what type of place it is? Thanks by the......

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

autumn: OMG, I would NEVER get close enough to pepper spray a raccoon. They hiss and growl at me as it is...Hissing, growling and ANGRY? Try it then RUN LIKE HELL!...

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

Coon-B-Gone: I had my first run in with raccoons in Toronto last summer just before vacation. My family was already gone and I woke to the sounds of something scratching at the door outside of my......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar

indykid: Thanks for compliments and for the lesson in art/design! I'm on my way to Wikipedia now and will hopefully soon be all knowledged up on Art Nouveau! :-) I also love the posts avoiding the tourist......

in response to: Paris Arches by indykid

Heartbreaker: I'm glad i don't live on the east coast not to say the west coast is any better but, The housing issue here in california is slowly getting better. The cost of living is high......

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

Frank S. Besner: I see they've removed part of Hotel Le Boléro's sign. (the last bit of it remains as the triangular panel in the Superock picture) That's too bad for me, I guess... I'll always asociate that......

in response to: Down By The Main by EvilGentleman

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......

in response to: Raccoons, Cute or Dangerous? by Elicar