Comments about peace park

There are 38 comments about "peace park"

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

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

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

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

MP: I moved here from a suburb of a very large city. I love the peace, quiet and the people. The photos, while very well done, don't portray the heart of the town and the......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 13 by Scott Sargent

ed marecek: go yorkville pirates....grew up 76th second and third....east side house, john jay park[yea, we played softball] and association in the street, remember that?? sold shopping bags on 2nd ave....doubles and homers of the wall [77th......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Bob: The Hutchinson, KS haters amuse me. I'm sure some of them have lived in other cities, some have attested to it in their diatribes. However it seems that they are either young or......

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

...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

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

Paradox: It's interesting to hear what people think of Brooklyn but overall it's not as bad as it used to be. I'm not saying that crime is all gone but the city has changed a lot.......

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

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

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

This is real!!!: I sit here sad as hell listening to all the disrespect everyone has for each other. WOW. im trying to understand how can we be so ignorant and not get our act together. I lived......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

ROBERT: I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM PROSPECT PARK AND WAS JUST WATCHING MONTY CLIFT BIOGRAPHY AND IT MENTIONED THE CEMETERY. WAS MY PARTNER AND I SHOCKED AND HAPPY CLIFT IS NEAR US. I WISH I......

in response to: Quaker Cemetery, Prospect Park by sine

I am Puerto Rican, and Really Angry at your Lack of Concern and Knowledge:: I agree with you Rich. I would love to live in a world where people can coexist peacefully along side one another. All I am saying is that most people make generalizations of people based......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

The Chi-ster: We need to see the bigger picture here. Its almost heartbreaking to see people of a common struggle wasting time and lives with petty arguments. I am boricua, I stayed on Kedzie and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

JNJ: Again. The problem isn't your, "whiteness". Human phenotypes don't necessarily always reflect the genotypes. "White", just like Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, is just a generic term used to separate people for the......

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

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

JNJ: Everybody is missing the point here and underlying factor. I grew up in Humboldt Park. I lived there for 32 years. Yes, it was stressful. However, I had allot of fun......

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

Gangs in HP: The gangs og HP have killed this area. I remember in the 70's & 80's in addition to the Latin Kings we had a Simon Park Brothers and Sons of Capone fighting all the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Susannah: Before Park Slope (yes - Park Slope) became gentrified we had what were known as block busters, landlords who made the neighborhood unbearable to live in through various means, crime and social tension would escalate,......

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

hello: i'm thinking of moving to brooklyn--the bush. i've been in the boogie down for about 7 years. just wanted to let everyone know---HELLO PEOPLEZZZ ALL OF NEW YORK IS CHANGING. FOR GOODNESS SAKES--I'M......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Lucky: I was recently in Chicago with my 17 year old daughter so she could visit a few colleges there. I had never been to Chicago nor had I ever heard of Cabrini Green. We stayed......

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

EvilGentleman: Is there no such thing as respect for life nowadays? I have even seen the usage of cats for dissection in classrooms used as an explanation for why our response to a frozen critter in......

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

adam: hello, I just moved into Humbolt Park one year ago. Gunshots and police about, are just a way of life in many places. Chicago is unique in it's diversity, peacefull to hectic. ......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Humboldt Park - Dave: Your right! Insightoner. Norwegians, did occupy most of Humboldt Pk. back in the day. I can't speak for all Puerto Ricans. But, I don't really think most of us in Humboldt hate having whites or any......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Litter did I Know: SHOW RESPECT...you raise good points... I guess because i have been trained in non-violent civil disobedience, I have never had to deal with more than verbal threats and abuse. I do not just dump......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Dj Santi: Just wanted to say I have some pics of Humbodlt Park on my web site CHICAGOLATINDJS.COM. Things have calmed done since the 70's & 80's in HP. I lost alot of friends due to gangs violence......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

SadStateOfAffairs: Interesting stuff in the news about white people not being welcomed in Humboldt Park, tension etc...It was in the news on WGN and in the Tribune. Maybe a slow news day. I have no idea......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

JJ speaks of these realities: Peace is a dirty word It used to be a painted bird War is a whore, don't you know we love her more and more. Killers The paper's merciless in reminding us who shares the planet with our avengegeness. They frighten......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Survivor: To the people of the land. Sun, Moon, Stars, Water and Earth. We are all survivors. It's not the color of our skin that makes us survivors. It's the spirit of......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Corporal Diaz U.S.M.C.: Some time has gone by since I first laid my thoughts on this forum. I can see nothing has changed sine I left Humboldt park. And to some degree it saddens me, but it does......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

ted357: Ya'll crazy to an extent. I'm moving to HP soon. I'm moving because I can't afford no other shit on the north side. I'm a white boy from the south side. Damn, I understand some......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Maria Dora: all i can say is that violence is everywhere....whether you live in homboldt park or in the burbs...violence is even in your back yard as we speak...so all we can do is say a prayer......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

benrox: Alright - I've read a good amount of these posts. Let me start off by saying that I am white. I've been living in "the hood" my whole life. I don't live in Humboldt Park,......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

J: I was born and raised in Humbolt Park people need to stop complaining about the Gangs cause the cops (pigs) are as fucked up as we are if not worst and all my peeps repin......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Lance Corporal Diaz: i sit here in iraq and a tear comes to my eye after reading some of the things people had to say. i was born and rasied in humboldt park and it taught me many......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

ColdChillin': I'm reserching gangs for my school project and I read a book called My Bloody Life: The Making of a Latin King which took place mostly in Humboldt Park, Chicago. So I ran across this......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Pebbles: I was also born and raised in Humboldt Park. Yo soy una Puertoriquena y Cubana. Grew up on North Avenue and Maplewood. Seen a bunch of things go on but everyone knows the one rule......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti