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Marie: I grew up in LaJunta and when I hit college, I learned that I had gotten a great education. I was far ahead of the other students in math and science and history. ......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 8 by Scott Sargent

luna park: yup, close to home....

in response to: Commerce by luna park

anon (c-69-139-11-88.hsd1.pa.comcast.net): hairsy: can,t remember the hot dog stand. I did remember cassidy's candy store at palethorpe and cambria; spring water from wissonoming park; seeing president kennedy at front and sterner st. if you get a......

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

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

Grant: Thank god Park Slope windows didn't show up for our two appointments we scheduled for an estimate. Sure they wasted 2 days of my time, missing both appointments, however after reading all these comments,......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

EvilGentleman: anon, I thank you for educating us on the train parts. I think of trains as big noisy metal things that carry stuff, and sometimes have graf on the outside. I am a total moron......

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

Some Guy Ya: Hi folks. I got sick of my bikes being taken back in 92. So since then, I've been keeping it inside. I still have my 1992 Ironhorse. Lovely bike. For the first......

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

luna park: A+ post. thanks!...

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

cosmin: parkour este cel mai riscant sport din intrega lume si de aia nimeni nu poate opri sal practim.fac parkour de un an si simt ca am renascut .asa ca dak esty din galati baga id......

in response to: Istoria Parkour by EXElent

luna park: thanks, peter. street cars in brooklyn would be pretty sweet. they could be tricked out by different artists. ...

in response to: Left Leaning by luna park

luna park: hmmm, sorry to disappoint, but i didn't photograph any of the trolleys. these tracks are from a disused station on the grounds of the 1972 munich olympics complex. ...

in response to: Left Leaning by luna park

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

Thom Cartmell, US Army Retired: I grew up in Kensington. Susquehanna and Trenton Aves in the 40's and 50's Went to HB Hackett Elem School, and Penn Treaty, Jr High. Palm Movie House, Kent, Midway, Iris (Military in Uniform got......

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

OG FROM GCC: I just got back from a mission trip to Kensington. We worked at a kids camp that was located at a church on the corner of C and Indiana. Before the kids would get there. Every......

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

luna park: for a split second, i thought it was the pope. ;)...

in response to: Tree Lady by serlingrod

POWcityblog: In Toronto the authorities are pretty quick to get rid of abandoned cars. They never last more than a day or so. Having said that there is a '89 or '90 black Honda Civic hatchback......

in response to: A Sign of Past Times? by CartLegger

Mike: I remember Sunset Park from the 50's and 60's I lived right down from the park. That's when It was a nice neighborhood you could walk the streets anytime and not worry about getting mugged.......

in response to: Sunset Park by little ukraine

JoeyD: Sticky: 4th Aug 2006 - 01:13 GMT UUummm, that's a skater kid, not a hippie, check out the "rainbow family" or all the kids that used to be on Phish tour type stuff for what modern......

in response to: Modern Hippie by JoeyD

A: Jacksonville is a really nice place to live compared to a lot of places in the country. There are really only 3 good public high schools......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

VeeJay: Found this sight quite by accident. Like many of you I grew up in Bushwick and we left there in 1962 because I was mugged and beaten several times - we lived on Goodwin......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

stan: I live around 116th street. A year ago I found a way in (and while down their noticed a few ways out.) I went down with a friend, a lighter, and two cellphones (which we......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Liz: Smiling...Eastern Parkway...Irish, Italian, Jewish...how come we all knew how to get along back then??? I can remember a Jewish couple coming up to me and saying something in Yiddish, and then noticing a surprise......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Liz: I was born at St. Mary's Hospital, baptized at St. Matthews church on Eastern Parkway. My parents were married at St Matthews and my mother attended St Matthews grade school and then attended St Angela......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Peter: yup. the "parkour rap" makes me lol every time......

in response to: Parkour Trip to Lisses by Ben Nuttall

martin mahony : I have many happy memory's of parkslope i spent every summer visiting my sister each summer...

in response to: Park Slope Throwies by Peter

Eddie : I agree with many of the posts that have been written, having grown up in Chester, PA, Kensington is like park place, at least you can drive out of there to a......

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

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Gary sparkes, re the maypole there was a shop that sold electrical goods next to the shoe shop and laundrette on the other side. Over near lesters newsagents there was a haidressers. The supermarket was......

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

Mitch: We're now a month past the demolition ruling, still absolutely *nothing* happening at the site. The only new thing to report are large billboards that went up in the parking lot besides Ben's, with an......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

a: parkour rap............................

in response to: Parkour Trip to Lisses by Ben Nuttall

Renee: Just stumbled on this site. I was born in an apt Bushwick and Gates. We later owned a house on Linden just off Bushwick during the Depression. Went to what was then......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

luna park: nice flicks, particularly the 2nd one! i finally saw the brooklyn bridge one last night and was decidedly underwhelmed....

in response to: Water Falls on the City by CartLegger

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

Gary Sparkes: cheers sheil near the chippy butchers?...

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

luna park: thanks, zagg. this is in my brooklyn backyard, jack, between apartment buildings. :)...

in response to: Neighbor\'s Clothes by luna park

luna park: there used to be many breweries in brooklyn - i don't know if there are any other in operation other than the brooklyn brewery. here's a link about rheingold: [[http://www.beerhistory.com/library/holdings/hofmann-rheingold.shtml]] i had no idea brooklyn beers were......

in response to: Borough Pride by luna park

Sheila Hilton: Gary Sparkes - re shopping centre: There was also a shoe shop opposite the entrance and a little to the right (not too far from the bank).I remember buying my son a pair of Doc Martens......

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

Danger Jim: I grew up at kensington & Tioga at Harrowgate Park in the 60's it was like Happy Days!Now the goverment has turned into a dump!I am now a Forester in Washington State 3,000 miles away. Danger......

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

Renee Harrold: Hi, I lived in 111,1957-1968 and 120 until 1972, 1847 until 1974. I, read the book there are no children here and I remember a much better time. We could sleep with our doors......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

luna park: i lived at 45th and spruce. did 2 years in a phd program at penn, but dropped out after the masters because i couldn't stand it....

in response to: Trolley Tracks by serlingrod

luna park: ahhh, this takes me back... i lived in west philly '95 to '97....

in response to: Trolley Tracks by serlingrod

luna park: thanks! it was a perfect summer evening: not too hot, not too humid....

in response to: Evening at BBG by luna park

Danny Fresh: did they film a part of da movie "fresh" in dis park when samuel l. jackson was playin his son in chess?...kinda looks like it...

in response to: Its Your Move by jack

Gary Sparkes: sure will peter,but as i said i am still a few peices short of the jigsaw namely shops, names,although i have the layout and surrounding area i am still unsure of the correct number of......

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

lunapark: this looks nothing like west philly - and i should know 'cause i used to live there - but here's the view from my block: [[img:28263]] ...

in response to: Where Brooklyn At? by serlingrod

EvilGentleman: Hehe, it kept their maintenance guy busy for two days. The last two photos were taken thru my rear view mirror because he saw me taking the 5th pic and started glaring at me like......

in response to: McBuffin by EvilGentleman

Gary Sparkes: thanks john and pat i just need a few more shops to complete the drawing...

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

luna park: the cano was dissed long before ovie came along... [[img:28237]] ...

in response to: Graf Trux: OVIE by luna park

Gary Sparkes: i am drawing a overhead plan of the maypole(irlam shopping centre)so far i have the TSB, harrys chippy(lovely),hesketh amd claire(butcher),gemtime??,electronic shop???,bingo place???,supermarket???,norman lownes grocer with mrs egan knittware,optician???,newsagents (stuart???),cant remember any more,does anyone have any......

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

luna park: not to mention what new yorker uses the word wee (except to refer to something little dogs and small children do)?...

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

luna park: b i n g o...

in response to: Graf Trux: OVIE by luna park

luna park: i'd like to see those wee models....

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

luna park: if i weren't so lazy right now, i'd post a flick of what the truck looked like before....

in response to: Graf Trux: OVIE by luna park

Kevin : if anyone knows any good spots around London apart from Embankment and Westminster please Email me @ soccerkidd@hotmail.co.uk i do parkour with a group of guys were 15. Were up for going to jams. .......

in response to: le parkour: london waterloo jam by 3flow

eskae: sweet thanks for sharing I remember seeing those chris papes pieces through the grates in riverside park back in 888...nice to know that thye are still riding. And nice to see twist stuff from the 90's......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

john: If you think the tunnel looks great now you should have seen it back in the 70's I was 12 years old when I started going down there. Thats when there were five tracks down there......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Me: Re to Tex and Peter I would post pics here,but I do not know how.Maybe I can get my 17 year old to do it for me,but she is usually too busy,like many other folks here......

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

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

Jeff: Great set of photos! For the past many years, I have stared down into the tunnel from above in Riverside Park watching Metro-North go by. I've always wondered what it looks like in there! Thx......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

luna park: nope, no better shots......

in response to: Irak Crew by luna park

Jamie: eh, she's right you know. According to wikipedia [[wiki:Trafford Park]] ##was## the first ever planned {industrial estate}...

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

EvilGentleman: I remember as a child in 1980, sitting in an Ocala, Florida parking lot with my dad while my mother shopped in a _HOPPING ___TER. We have made random "hopping ter" jokes ever since. And Jamie is......

in response to: El R Restau by Peter

Sheila Vaudrey: Thanks for the photo's legal or otherwise. I remember standing on Barton Lane, to watch the chimneys fall, you should have seen the clouds of dust. also Another first for our area, Trafford......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

luna park: these were all snapped through a hole in the construction fence. the area under the scaffolding where i was standing smelled pretty awful and had recently been baited with rat poison, so i didn't linger......

in response to: Irak Crew by luna park

jack: it looks like two crankshafts soldered together, nice find, good going luna park....

in response to: Weird Industrial Thing by luna park

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

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

Mike: I remember the streetcars on St Catherine. The stopped running in September 1956 and were replaced by busses. Before then I used them as my form of transportation ( I was 15 at......

in response to: Goodbye, Streetcar Rails by EvilGentleman

luna park: ahhh, that totally makes sense! crankshaft, heh, what a funny word. seriously, this thing was at least 10 feet tall and randomly cemented into the middle of the sidewalk....

in response to: Weird Industrial Thing by luna park

luna park: nice to see more of these poppin' up around town....

in response to: Reskew ACC by Peter

Peter Lawford: Hello Sheila My Sisters Name is Barbara Lawford she is now Barbara Parker and she lives on Irlam moss. She is 66 and I am 60. The Vaudrey I know is Lesley and his brother......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Jamie: [[http://sarahjessicaparkerlookslikeahorse.com]]...

in response to: Sarah Jessica Parker Loses Her Head by The Decapitator

PJS: These posts are so fascinating. I grew up at Lawrence and Huntington. Went to John Welsh Elementary, then Girls' High. Mos.t of my friends went to St. Edwards at Seventh and York. I remember the......

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

chris: I hate those kite strings. Once riding my bike through the park's parking lot, they got stuck on it and jammed my gears. Another time riding through the paths of the park, a semi-transparent kite string -only......

in response to: Kite String All over Milliken Park by Michelle

luna park: there are actually large swathes of brownstone rowhouses in brooklyn, where the houses are set back from the street and allow space for front yards. in many cases, the yards have been paved (as is......

in response to: Beware of Owner by luna park

John (aged 44 and a bit): Ahh so many memories. I left irlam in 1985 not i may add for the sandy beaches and climate of a far off land but the more mundane surroundings of Oldham. I grew up on......

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

raison: Luna Park, I really like your photos! Do people in Brooklyn have much in the way of front yards? That doesn't look like much of a yard, especially in the traditional sense!...

in response to: Beware of Owner by luna park

Mike L.: Taken in Central Park, 1971...

in response to: Central Park, 1970 by Mike L.

jack: ok here is the answer, Florida at walt disney's movie theme park....

in response to: Where in the World is Jack? by jack

ohyeah: You can park by sheapsheadby and enter the park from the parking lot of the motor inn motel. Still cool....

in response to: Plum Beach by kc

diamond: Im thinking about looking at an apartment in the Benton Park West are,an this article really helped me.Thanks a lot.It looks like a very nicde and safe place.All of my worries are gone...THANKS!!!...

in response to: Benton Park by maybetoday

hugglez924: I have lived in Hutchinson nearly all my life and it is a wonderful place to live and raise a family. My children are grown and dont plan on moving to any other town.......

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

Sheila Vaudrey: Thanks James, for the photo's of the train, my children played on it when it was in the park. Sorry to hear that your granddad passed away, as I remember him being in the next......

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

Nick Aceto: I had to comment on this one, plus it was written on my B-day. Anyway, I, too am reaching that age, 27, where skateboarding just doesnt feel quite the same. Still, I've found that a......

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

luna park: oh snap!...

in response to: 2esae Novyork by luna park

James cashan: This is a photo of the opening day of the princess park Train on Cadishead way with my step Grandad Ken Connor as guest of honour 2nd from left, he has now sadly passed away......

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

luna park: so banksy's doing humanitarian work now too? :)...

in response to: Fragile Silence: Money In The Banksy by Jamie

luna park: i don't think so. my landlady told me this tree was planted by her italian grandparents, who emigrated to brooklyn at the turn of the last century. here's another crack at a recent nytimes article......

in response to: Brooklyn Backyard by luna park

anon (nat2.northshorelij.com): Hi I grew up in Bushwick, along with most of my cousins. I went to Fourteen Holy Martyrs School- graduated in 1964. I have wonderful memories of my growing up years in a culturaly......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

tom otoole : alreet cash and sparky and all who contribute to this fascinating site great pictures and stories.has anyone pictures of the steelworks as my dad , grandad and three uncles all worked there from the fifties......

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

HP Teach: I have been a teacher in Humboldt Park for 10 years. I have seen improvements and setbacks. I have seen how the violence hurts the community. If the gang activity was minimized, the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

luna park: sigh......

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

luna park: today's figgy nytimes....

in response to: Brooklyn Backyard by luna park

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

upfromflames: More to the point, you are confusing problem with solution, and memory with history The cameras by Maria Hernandez park are part of the [[6459:Bushwick Initiative]], the latest in a long line of projects to fight......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

luna park: wow, i grew up outside of philly, but i've never heard of that pork product! also known as "pac-man meat", wtf? :)...

in response to: Trenton Makes by luna park

luna park: yes, this was on south street, sadly the only one i found. i had a feeling there might be more in center city, but i didn't have time to walk around there as well....

in response to: Toynbee Tile Remnant by luna park

anonymous: It is a shame the cops have pretty much hassled the boys at kensington and rorer that the no longer are out. Their dope, last stop, was the most consistantly good heroin in town.(btw i......

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

platano: ive been watching those fuckers all the times ive been around theres either someone parking or standing in the front sigh ill get those bastards lol...

in response to: Clean Canvasses? by Peter

anon (77-98-187-194.cable.ubr02.blac.blueyonder.co.uk): possilpark people are always taken stick for the way it is portraid regaurds of being run down i myself was born and bread in possilpark and have a lot of fond memories. you see its......

in response to: Glasgow Schemes2 by kobie