Comments about paris

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Jamie: I don't know if it out-uglies the ugly fish. Here are the two side by side for comparison: [[img:8670]] [[img:8737]]...

in response to: Spewing Gargoyle by Myke

Mitch Vernace: Grew up on the "other side" of Myrtle Avenue, on Knickerbocker between Putnam and Madison Street between 1961 and 1978. Went to St. Martin of Tours and we always felt our competitors were from......

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

Peter: with a [[3348:new york in lincolnshire]], no doubt youve got a {brooklyn} in {philly}! nice find... thanks for sharing it with us. this is the view from the end of my block, for comparison: [[img:28261]] other brooklynites, show......

in response to: Where Brooklyn At? by serlingrod

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

Allison: Not to bog you down with stats, but just by comparison here is the info for the same year in Manhattan: County New York County Community/county police department County Total Year 2006 Total number of reported crimes (violent and property) 56,255 Number of violent......

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

Mike L.: Actually taken with my cellphone camera. Thanks for the comparison!...

in response to: FDR Drive Just Before 7pm by Mike L.

EvilGentleman: Well, at least you did not catch her a la Britney, Paris and Lindsey, with the obligatory upskirt shot climbing out of a limo....

in response to: The Shady Lady of Notre - Dame St. West by Montrealbunny

EvilGentleman: As far as the urban legend aspect of things goes, how could we get a website like [[http://www.snopes.com]] to have a look at it, and see what they dig up? I am really curious about......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

Ken Maki: The first picture is of rue Fortune looking towards rue de Paris in Pointe St. Charles a friend of mine lives in the house at the very left of the picture where the minivan is......

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

Stockton: I'm sorry but Sao Paolo doesn't deserve her place! Where is Paris, where is Istanbul? An Istanbul view: [[img:26827]] Photo by Ersel OK @ http://www.skyscraperlife.com ...

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

mary graham: grew up in kensington, went to st. hughs parish elementary school, then attended little flower highschool for girls, enjoyed Wagners ballroom. graduated 1970, then moved away. i remember the magic of christmas in kensington, christmas......

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

jazzartsounds: [[img:26382]] looking for better sites for st. louis area street art..? I have some great pics.. Love the Powell Square building! need info on REDD FOXX and also ed box..? help? recently returned......

in response to: St. Louis Graffiti by Brad

Tex Re: Hunter: Hunter, I'm tired of you giving out false statements. As I said before, I did not come up with the crime statistics, they came from the F.B.I. You can review them at this......

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

Tex Re: Hunter: My crime statistics come from the F.B.I., and I would say that they probably have well qualified statisticians who know how to report said facts fairly with the proper comparisons, so that 'apples' are not......

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

Hunter: I'd like to make two points at this time. First, it seems that most of the dissatisfaction with Hutchinson revolves around the lack of "good", i.e. well-paid jobs. As I mentioned earlier, there are no......

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

John Dereszewski: To DeSales: I can tell you a bit about this small street in extreme southern Bushwick. First, it was originally known as Hull Street and marked the point where the then winding Bushwick Road took a......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

does it matter?: If you view Winnipeg from the south, so that Osborne Village is to your left and Fort Garry Plaza is to your right, you can see Winnipeg from a much more complimentary angle. Unfortunately, most......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Michael: I grew up in Yorkville in the 1950's. We lived on 90th St between First and York. I remember the fireboat station at the foot of 90th St just outside the fence at Schurz park.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

nothing to gain: Norman is a sanctuary for Oklahoma City. So, by comparison with mundane OKC, it seems nice. Oklahoma is caught between progressive West, and agressive Texas. If you try to talk the talk,......

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

Ilona: Jack, Thank you. This picture was taking in parisian market. The guy was absolutely amazing and he was smoking himself a little dooby. I just thought "He probably knows what matters in life". I tried to avoid......

in response to: My Paris by Ilona

jack: ilona, you have to tell us a little something about yourself and the picture, seems interesting, you know i never went to paris, flew over it but never in it, my uncle gave me some......

in response to: My Paris by Ilona

CartLegger: That's definitely not my Paris, which makes it all the more lovely. Great to have you on the site....

in response to: My Paris by Ilona

JKS: Hello. I'm a white, college-educated newcomer to Bushwick. I've always been poor, but by comparison white people are much wealthier than ethnic minorities. I'm white, and I have no trouble admitting that......

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

Yersinia: The symbol is very prevalent around the Blackfriars Road Area - you see it on the Blackfriars Foundry on Blackfriars Road, on various small metal wall plaques in that area, which I guess may be......

in response to: victoria park bench by elaine

elif: can I steal these?? having lived in paris for a lil, I'm so sick of all the cliche photos of tourist Paris, but these are fresh and fun. not to mention, the Pompidou......

in response to: La Panoramas De Paris by indykid

Jay: these type accomadations are nothing "new" in Amsterdam, or any large city in Holland, the older ones are a multi urinal screen barracade type you walk into and use, with only the head and feet......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Huggy : I find these urinals so much better than in Paris. It costs 1 franc to use an inclosed toilet located on the street, but a lot of Frenchies find it easier (and cheaper)to urinate against......

in response to: Public Urinals: Amsterdam by Peter

Peter: bushwick native: ridiculous sums of money? my rent is less than a grand, and i havea huge, amazing space. with rentthis low for such space, my building is full of the sorts of poor people......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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

CE: Not to be picky but the Metro entrance is actually in the art nouveau style, designed by Hector Guimard. Paris has dozens of them, many of them much more elaborate than this one. ......

in response to: Paris Arches by indykid

EvilGentleman: From what I remember of what my mother told me about the two years in the 1960's when she lived in France, Paris is 1000 times "grittier"....

in response to: Red Light District by CE

Anne M. Berger: I grew up in Brooklyn in the forties and fifties. It was truly the melting pot. I went to St. Joseph's on Sydam St. My Irish friends went to St. Lenords on Toutman?......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: ahh, nice. i love it when people post older photos... it would be interesting to do a "then and now" comparison with these......

in response to: Montreal Circa 1979 by CE

upfromflames: Word on that, from JimQV, although I did disagree with you yesterday for your approach. But on that last point, its true. Real Estate speculators have an interest in manipulating people---but its not just the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Swedish student: There is in fact a lot of crime in Oslo, but this can be said to be a problem in most capitols in the world. If you take a look at statistics from crime in......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

EvilGentleman: I love Winnipeg, and my son was born there. But the title of this article refers to the city skylines, and... well, there's no nice way to put this, but saying Winnipeg looks better than......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

jack: very beautiful picture you took there. that's my son's parish. he lives in the east village. but travels uptown for mass on sunday....

in response to: St. Patrick\'s Cathedral by Brad

anon (localhost): a lot of it was highly socio~economic if you wanna get into the really deep meaning of it. If you wanna get to the nutz and bolts of it, Id suggest a call to the......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

artM: Where to start? Planes can't get high enough to see the "largest Nazi symbol on American soil"? Of course they can. This diagram (or even aerial photos) of the runway layout can......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Jeff: I happen to be an urban planning student at the university that i attend and i have to say that Hong Kong is out of this world and is definantly near or at the top......

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

procyon: heh, that's exactly the sort of thing that would have given me nightmares if I had seen it when I was 5. good for your daughter! wondering what it was, i looked around and found its......

in response to: Le Face by Damon

Hanne: Could someone tell me about this? I know very little of my ancestors but just came across my great-grandmothers Baptism Certificate, and it mentions that she was baptized in the parish of Lisnaskea, in......

in response to: Castle Balfour by barry

Susannah: So glad this popped up - loved the comparison of Perkins to Myspace - If citynoise were a restaurant - which one would it be? I think it lacks defining - which is what makes......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

jamie: {coney island} looks a lot like {cleethorpes}. i may have made this comparison {before}...

in response to: Who\'s Got a Gun by jack

kevin bracken: when looking at skyline comparison blog posts, people often use many different angles when comparing skylines. i am glad that you used straight-on shots from afar. however, i would like to see comparisons start to......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Jan T: Well, it's expensive for tourists in Oslo, but for someone living in Oslo it's not more expensive than for a Londoner to live in London or a parisien to live in Paris. And it depends......

in response to: Crime in Oslo by Rune-Willem

"harpo" from middle village: My old church and school St. Brigids looks like some Guatemalan refuge camp . All the freaken phony whites from the 70 and 80' s moved out and ruined the neighborhood - they were mostly......

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

"harpo" middle village: My old church and school St. Brigids looks like some Guatemalan refuge camp . All the freaken phony whites from the 70 and 80' s moved out and ruined......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: Hmmm, interesting. I have never encountered this data before. I know that if you look at a topographic map, you can see an easily identifiable line of hills and mountains sticking out of the flat......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

EvilGentleman: Thanks, jack. You know, I am not 100 percent sure about that, Chris. You may be right, but I distinctly remember Eaton's having to become Eaton, and a few weeks ago, the town of Mount Royal......

in response to: Rainy Day by EvilGentleman

ebola12: Cabrini-Green exsisted way before there was a "River's North". Actually it was just considered as the Near North side of Chicago. Cabrini-Green consisted of 3 distinct sections: (1) The low rise (roll houses)from Chicago Ave.......

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

Sylvia: I am a hispanic who lived in Bushwick from 1971 to 1993, moving there from the Bronx where I was raised. The irony of what I have been reading here is that when I......

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

EvilGentleman: If only you could see me laughing right now, jack. I suppose the spurned girlfriends made the idea of active duty a lot less scary, by comparision. At least, at the time. And don't blame......

in response to: End Gender by Biff

Brian Klaus: Let's not pretend that the Northeast is uniformly grear. Norton looks like Paris when compared to North Wales, PA....

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 5 by Scott Sargent

EvilGentleman: Ahhh, road trips. Nothing in life is better. Nothing. Especially the ones where you just go, and where you wind up, who knows? What's down **that** road? Only one way to find out. Where does it end? Let's find......

in response to: Travelogue by ea

Kato: I saw that bloke in the Notre Dame in Paris. I think his hobby was bell ringing....

in response to: What Did I Forget? by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

xing: phibs kills it i wreckon i don't think thats the space invader from paris...

in response to: Street Art Prahran/Windsor. by ninety9lives

jeeff: elicar - how about the reservations up north where people continue to be stuck without clean drinking water and reliable infrastructure? how about the saskatoon police (to name only one notorious department)? the amount......

in response to: Cheap Sex $60 by Elicar

SOGans: Anon: Just to show what wild and ludicrous hyperbole this is, here's a reference. Serial killer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_killers One of the activities that show up in almost all serial killer backgrounds is the enjoyment of causing pain to......

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

chiamattt: [[http://www.macleans.ca/switchboard/columnists/article.jsp?content=20050718_109113_109113]] What the provinces conveniently ignore is the fact that Canada began extracting billions from the tobacco industry long before the U.S. did. While the Americans relied on slow and costly litigation, Canada opted for a......

in response to: Smokers BEWARE! by Elicar

Pat: Wow a comparison to Andrew Wyeth! How nice thanks... that would need to be one big sweater! Hi Maxcine...you can see what I've been doing the past few months! I will come by and knit again......

in response to: Bench by Pat

drea: The architecture's so cool!!! Reminds me of some of the buildings I saw in France (forgot where, I believe Paris) that had big pipes running around outside the building and they were brightly coloured. I......

in response to: The Lloyds building and Leadenhall Market by Chris Redgrave

Elicar: Paris, why don't you experience it yourself. Youe experience maybe totally different from what you heard. For more info about Toronto and to answer any questions you may have, please visit the official city website [[http://www.toronto.ca/index.htm]].......

in response to: A Glorious Morning in My Neighbourhood by Elicar

paris: i love the photo with the baby carriage. as for the photos of the parc and the people biking, it encourages me to visit toronto despite all the bad things i hear about it from......

in response to: A Glorious Morning in My Neighbourhood by Elicar

Biff: You are so right! The outdoor bar patios are open, at least on Church Street. But it is not Paris yet, until the chestnuts blossom in April... (these miniature flowers are actually being called daffidols. I......

in response to: Toronto Spring by Biff

spygirl_t: I have been to a few of them in Paris.. I'll try to get some pics posted by tonight. Personally I think it's a great idea, who doesn't want more green space? ...

in response to: The Highline Debate... by Nick Aster

Get out of your car, buddy.: Toronto must be a tale of two cities. If you live in the inner city, it fits like a comfortable old shoe. There are few places in the world that can boast such......

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

spygirl_t: A'la: personally I think that Paris has a beautiful skyline. ...

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

joeblow: i live in Toronto too and I have to agree. Paris might be an older city but the French have a good understanding regarding the quality of life. Paris has great transit system, lovely parks........

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

spygirl_t: What happened to Paris the city of lights... albeit an old city, it is a marvel to look at and to explore. ...

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

vandal eyes: skert came thru PARIS and got up. PROPS (hopefull, its the same SKERT) etched almost every phone booth downtown....

in response to: Graf Trux 1: San Francisco by moebius rex

jeeff: hm i propose an int'l comparison of the wording of those signs. canada's are different, but i don't have a photo. however, i ##do## have japan: [[img:9808]] ...

in response to: Tidy by elaine

Jackie: There's some kinda crazy about the fact that this very bridge is on the lake where they've filmed a number of those spring break "girls gone wild" videos. Jack and Barry - there's something so......

in response to: Citizen Cat by Jackie

Rapunzel: That must be a Tim Horton's cup!!! Sorry, I've been out of country for a while, and even the litter seems nostalgic! JOKING!! Saw the photos of the courier who'd thrown stuff back into a......

in response to: Rrrrrrrrrrroll Up by Mata Hari

jack: THE GIRLS ARE BEAUTIFUL AND THEIR FROM A COMMUNITY. sorry bout the caps. there are communities around the world where people live and raise families according to their religious beliefs. there are......

in response to: Saturday by lopilaroe

EvilGentleman: Awesome shots! I am especially impressed with the second one, where you can actually make out the feathers on the wingtips. Marvellous work! I saw the Grand Canyon in 1989 and it was incredible, but unfortunately,......

in response to: Condors and Canyon by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

kc: well, the graf's nice, but I like the train cars, too. I also always like to look at the writing on the trains and think about where it's going to go, who it'll pass,......

in response to: Graffiti on the Roll by EvilGentleman

Ross-: Thank you for sharing your scrubjay friend. I, too, have a Scrubjay friend who visits me on a regular basis, is very bold and very, very smart. I often think that IT has trained ME!......

in response to: Magical ScrubJay by Lili

EvilGentleman: Thanks, jeeff. Nice work on the research and the map posting. I had forgotten to explain the setting better. By the way, I like the way you reference the link so as to give proper......

in response to: Kangirsujuaq by EvilGentleman

yoshi: to robert from about 12 hours ago, ok robert, i see where you're going with that, and ok, i admit that was an extreme and maybe unfair comparison. so you're suggesting that "if everybody littered,......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

elaine: our cars are generally a lot smaller than american cars, and the styling is different. i stayed with a friend in LA and her car was the equivalent model to something i was familiar with,......

in response to: Enniskillen by barry

jack: im amazed at how the japanese are able to copy the worlds great structures and recreate it in their city. shinjuku could be new york city. sunset on tokyo tower could be paris......

in response to: Tokyo Architecture by Chris Jongkind

Hobart: Nice photos. Aside from the language on the signs, these photos could just as easily be of {Paris}, {New York} or {London}. I wouldn't mind seeing more from {Tokyo}....

in response to: Tokyo Neon by Chris Jongkind

anon (217.205.0.17): Full Listing here SANTAS GHETTO OPENS IT DOORS FOR THE FOURTH YEAR AND IS OPEN FROM TODAY UNTIL DECEMBER 24TH. The ghetto is a street level free-for-all art gallery that brings you some of the most feared names......

in response to: Santa\'s Ghetto 2004, Charing Cross Road by banksyfan

ELLIS G. 2007: The concept and practice of tracing shadows as an art form has existed for a very long time. (Do your research, it originated in France). Any attempts to take credit for the idea of tracing......

in response to: Brooklyn Street Art Initiative by Peter

Marta: Congratulations - Felicidades from Paris!!! Don Justo all the best, it is fantastic what you are doing. i am form Madrid and I soon will go and see you and your piece of art. I just......

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

adam: do i see a male purse in there? silly parisians.. love the photos.. but you knew that...

in response to: La Fête Des Thermopyles by alice

boring white: Thank you Peter for saying it best. I am a reader for my parish and a Eucharistic Minster too. I don't have the need to quote scripture here nor do I feel that "it takes......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Peter: ##"...Some 30 billion pounds of steam every year flow beneath the streets of Manhattan from the Battery to 96th Street. While it is unknown to most New Yorkers, Con Edison's subterranean steam system is the......

in response to: Road works by barry

Jamie: Dude, take some photos of {Horncastle} form you ##uniquely gay## perspective. **Also: ##Bannovallum Mens Only Club##** would be interesting. Maybe it could take up residence in that building they're refurbishing on bridge street. Lincolnshire's Premier......

in response to: Another Small Town by Jamie

vz: a new ##downtown##?what about the old one? i have a kind of odd association with this one -- La Defense, a large cluster of modern skyscrapers ten minutes outside Paris, the only one of its kind......

in response to: Downtown Los Angeles I-5 View by joey

Anonymous (193.27.100-84.rev.gaoland.net): salut vladimir. pour changer je vais te parler en francais. je regarde souvent tes photos: elles sont trés belles. merci pour l'ange. je suis contente de l'avoir laissé entre de bonnes mains. ici á Paris.........

in response to: intriguing paint splatters by vz

Anonymous (80.178.133.251.adsl.012.net.il): Space Invaders movement is led by the anonymous Parisian, aka Invider, whowants his mosaics to invide the world... http://www.space-invaders.com/...

in response to: brick lane area graf by elaine

Peter: the paris of la... ha. yet so apt....

in response to: looking for the little old lady of . . . by joey

Anita: looks like the Paris of L.A....

in response to: looking for the little old lady of . . . by joey

elaine: same, but i just offer this as a comparison so you can see what i mean too, but it is ambiguous surely? i look at it and i really don't know for sure now, it......

in response to: new junction stencils by elaine

elaine: ha ha ha ha ha hha hah ah ha hah ha ha hah ha ha hah well deserved punishment for all your smug gloatings! btw i have a friend who is trying to source me a......

in response to: freudians Vs olympians by elaine

fuzzytank: as long as they are creative... sure let them get showcased i would venture that he quite possibly has more talent than paris hilton...

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

Die Deutsche: Süß, echt. Mal wieder ne schöne Erinnerung an Paris......

in response to: The French Metro by Timelesss

elaine: may i refer my learned friend to our previous discussion [[1005:here]] re 'bugger off olympics, go paris' ?...

in response to: The World Trade Center Site by Peter