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Hands and Feet: Just got this today. The reality is this all started about the mid fifties or earlier. I remember moving several times before I was five years of age. This was due to depressed economics in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Waltson: My grandfather owned the Midwood Inn & the Paramont Inn, both in Flatbush during the pre-depression 1920's & 1930's....before my time. He told me that Rudi Valee sang there....

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Who Cares for Kensingtion: OG FROM GCC, Good piece! Take it back 1 block at a time. All in a given block may not participate, but those that do should stick together and clean it from end to end...and......

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

Brushman: Today, lawyers would have a field day with our antics. We played Kick the Can, where everyone would hide in various places and then try to run in and kick the can before being tagged by......

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

Peter: a couple of new gaskets and that compressor will be as good as new! also: there used to be some great graf on that cement wall in the background... until it got pressure-washed recently....

in response to: Found: Stray Machine by upfromflames

Peter: weve had the discussion re: graf versus vandalism on here like 500 times, and its surprising how every other person has their own specific definition of the term "graffiti", to the point where it becomes......

in response to: The Black Cat: Poetry in Spanish Graffiti by The Hapless Hobo

chae sone: Mad cowed assemblymen. WHO REPRESENTS KOREA? The Korean people want to be free from the mad cow riots. It reminds Rousseau’s statement. “Man is born free, yet everywhere he is chains.” In this social condition, he proposed......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

living in Hutchinson: Wow. Interesting website. I would like to comment too. I live in Hutchinson. I have been here my entire life. I moved to big cities in other states for a few......

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

Sue Freeman: Anyone who wants to go explore these and other Ithaca area waterfalls would do well to pick up a copy of "200 Waterfalls in Central & Western New York - A Finders. Guide." http://www.footprintpress.com. It's......

in response to: Ithaca Is Gorgeous! by Peter

Matt T: For all the Sao Paolo doubters - I've had the incredible luck to have been to most of the top ten cities and none of them is as staggeringly impressive from the air as Sao......

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

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

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

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

Steven: Back in the early 80's I lived in a great old dump of a building on Kings Hwy directly overlooking the N Train line as depicted in the last image. My fire escape hung......

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

colavitos ghost: these pictures give the impression of one seriously brooklyn-ass barbecue. really cool....

in response to: Letters by Peter

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

Peter: i know, right? hahahaha. go go mickey d's... im sure they thought the pressure-washer would blow it right off, but anyone uninformed enough to use one of those on wood deserves to learn the hard......

in response to: McBuffin by EvilGentleman

FEM: Wouldn't you think that Cicero Avenue at the Stevenson Expressway going South towards Midway Airport be cleaned up and looking better for our out-of-towners who come to visit. What a first impression, Shame on......

in response to: Midway Airport by joey

jack: kevin i was the proofpress operator when i was 18 and you and i would flick a matchbook with our fingers over a goal post we formed with our fingers. we would be waiting......

in response to: 130 Cedar Street by jack

zagg: Hey Evil, familiar with The Arrogant Worms? "Vegetables live in oppression Served on our tables each night This killing of veggies is madness I say we take up the fight Salads are only for murderers Cole slaw's a fascist regime Don't......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

Me: Re to Tex According to USA-TODAY.COM,depression and suicide rates by state list Texas at number 10 and Kansas at number 28,so it's obvious what state has the most depressed and suicidal residents. And it has nothing......

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

jack: now this area i know well since i grew up in bensonhurst and gravesend and the last picture looks like the sea beach express which is in gravesend and kinda skirts bensonhurst, better know as......

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

Jamie: what, like this? [[http://neoliterati.wordpress.com/2007/09/07/zhang-huans-solo-show-at-asia-society/]]...

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

정이 김: American want to send beef infected with mad cow — so dangerous that the Americans refusing to eat it — to my country! Myung-bak Lee sign a deal with America to lift a ban of......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

EvilGentleman: This was one of the more educational posts that I have done, at least in the sense that I learned a lot from doing this post. When I initially shot the photos, I was focused on......

in response to: Rufus Rockhead Street by EvilGentleman

Peter: also, for those that dont know: ##"...Two famous stone lions guarding the entrance were sculpted by Edward Clark Potter. They were originally named Leo Astor and Leo Lenox, in honor of the library's founders. These names......

in response to: 42nd Street Library Lion Lenox (or Is It Astor...?) by Mike L.

MrBrenzo: Hutchinson Kansas is a boring place, if you are a boring person. I lived in Hutch until I was 15 and remember it fondly. the state fair only happens once a year, but it was......

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

Joe : Bill, I suspected that your name was Franklin, but thought that you may be June's brother. Obviously I did not know June's family real well, but I did know her and she was considered the most......

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

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

Ian: I have 1 raccoon that runs around... He/she climbed on my deck and was staring at me through the sliding glass door... I went over to the door and it stood up and pressed it's......

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

kevin o\\\'reilly: Jack what dept. did you work in at appeal? typsetter,pressman,proof reader, letter press,machinest? I also worked there while in high school as well as my sister. Were you a proof press operator? If you were......

in response to: 130 Cedar Street by jack

cat: dirana1, I was under the impression that they had closed off a section of the pen. and they had tours open to the public, am i wrong?...

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by EvilGentleman

Bonnie: I remember Pressers Deli. My mother bought all of her meats there. I remember Mrs Presser made the best fish cakes in the world. We had them every Friday! She would......

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

Mary: Jim Bishop's exact words on the YouTube video are "God and I are a team here". Go team! In my opinion most folks look outside of themselves for God, missing the direct spiritual......

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

fred walerski: It was great to read this and I never forgot where I came from.I went to Mastbaum,Jones and HA Brown.I hung out at Hope and Cambia.I remember Hairsy but I doubt he would remember me.We......

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

Joe Seeking Contact: Check the current demographics on Elkin school and it is evident that the neighbor hood makeup has changed. Just like Kensington was wonderful to us as kids, so it is today for the current residents.......

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

chiamattt: jack, its funny you should say "in an area of possible war" because NO ONE here thinks the DPRK will invade the ROK. It's just not gonna happen. Also, there are NO real guns here.......

in response to: Cosplay by chiamattt

John Dereszewski: I also don't understand this. Bushwick Houses is a large - and rather oppressive - complex situated at Flushing and Bushwick Aves. on the Williamsburg side of the border. As Adam notes, these are pictures......

in response to: Bushwick Houses by Peter

James: Geesh Mike - loosen up! When I first visited Buffalo Oklahoma it looked deserted and it was only 7:00 in the evening. I wondered what I had gotten myself into driving 1700 miles to Buffalo,......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 9 by Scott Sargent

THIS IS A REVOLUTION!!!!: Well to everyone that feels that this id defacing property, it is. It is also a statement it is freedom of speech, it is speaking out about injustices expressing your right. Would you feel so......

in response to: Albuquerque Graffiti Flood by Relapsed

anon (205.173.35.130): I have lived in Jacksonville for all of 3 months now, and I have to say that I haven't found it all that great. Once you get over the beach and the shopping/dining, there......

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

Andrew Smith: Hi James, glad you want to add photos. If you want to add photo's first you'll need to resize them to no more than 600 pixels wide, in photoshop or the like. When typing your post in......

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

CE: I like these fire-extinguisher tags when done right. I've been seeing a lot of them in Montreal lately. Half are done well and look very impressive and the rest tend to look like......

in response to: Curtis & Ster by Peter

Cyril Bagshaw: Hello Mabel, I remember your parents fish and chip shop very well, especially as we we called in just after coming out of The Palace cinema, which was owned by the Barnes family. So it would have......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Nobody: Saul- I see you are, after all, an insulting, crazy windbag. Not only can you write a cohesive reply to simple questions, you resort to childish insults when pressed. Yes, I'm from Coney. However,......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

CE: I was there during the celebrations but left before the riots began. I was going to bike back up at about 1:30am but unfortunately got a flat tire when I was leaving (and my......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Oldfart: This isn't a hockey tradition. Montreal loves its riots ever since the Quebec legislature passed the Rebellion Losses Bill in 1849 and an English mob torched the parliament buildings, which used to be here. Since then......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Joe: Hello CB Dare, Sounds like you have very important things to say and the courage to go with it. I can only explain my experience with my early years in Kensigton. There is somethimg to be......

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

saul altman: i don't mind expressing my views, however if you have something to say to me about my views step up to the plate & let me & know who you are & whats your interest......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

Jim: WOW!!! I used to live in Bushwick in 50's to mid 60's! I went to St,. Barbara's school on Menahan!! I was there during the first blackout & read how......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

John Dereszewski: Puffy, Linden between Central and Evergreen is a block that has undergone a considerable transformation over the last decade or so, clearly for the good. I knew this block very vividly during the bad days of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Nelson: Had my bike stolen April 13 at Dufferin Mall. It's a yellow, with blue and red, Giant AtX 890 mountain bike, 19.5" frame. The only thing they left was the cut lock. I reported it to......

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

From P.a.: I have moved to hutch alittle over 3 years ago,and I wish I could return back to Pa. This town is not what all the other people keep bragging about. I have a 20 year......

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

From P.a.: I have moved to hutch alittle over 3 years ago,and I wish I could return back to Pa. This town is not what all the other people keep bragging about. I have a 20 year......

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

EvilGentleman: Thank you. Your pictures are much better than mine. But then again, you are a true Kingstonian, whereas I took my pictures during a brief pit stop on my way home from the Bay of......

in response to: Kingston Penitentiary by AG

Bonnie: Did any of you watch Cold Case last week? Am I mistaken or did Lilly Rush infer she was a Kensington girl? My sister got the same impression and she watched it in California,......

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

Paul: I live in downtown Toronto and I think our downtown is quite impressive, with the coloured lights on the Skydome and CN Tower it really enhances the night view and the Royal Bank Plaza glitters......

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

Mike: Brothel owner asks to suppress evidence By BEN NEARY • Associated Press Writer • January 15, 2008 * Post a Comment * Recommend * Print this page * E-mail this article * Share this article: * Del.icio.us * Facebook * Digg * Reddit * Newsvine * What’s......

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

Historygraffman: im impressed by this fabulous art work...

in response to: Metro Cope2 by METRO KD OTB DMC

Peter: cherie: {broadway}, in the area around {hart} street is the border between {bushwick} and {bed-stuy}, so i suppose it depends on which side of {broadway} the place is on, heh. the west side being {bed-stuy}......

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

RANE: I'm a graffiti Writer. I have a normal job, but I also write jsut about every night. People see our work and outlaw it, but we see it as ART. S.A.F.E crew. Screaming Artist Find Expression. -RANE...

in response to: NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up by Metro1

Sheila Hilton: Hi Cyril, I came across some (confusing to say the least)information relating to Woolden Hall. Make of it what you will: "Woolden appears as Vulueden in 1299.......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Boyd from Minnesota: My wife and I were at the castle on the 26th of March. We were driving the back roads to see the area and WOW, we saw this fantastic castle in the woods and......

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

wendy: Hi Andrew I`ll probably explore more when the tiddler starts school, take it in turns with the dogs, I quite like walking but its a bit difficult with little legs or a buggy lol I`m managing to acquaint......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Junito: Wow! It was hard reading all of that. Lets all study our cultures of the western hemisphere (e.g., Tainos, Aztecs, etc,.) We are decedents of moral, loving, industrious and spiritual people. We are greater then......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Post-84 New Jack: See, thats the general difference in our perspectives, "W-Bear". I prefer to look to the future, and push things to new heights than to dwell on the past and the past's faded glories and talk......

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

baybelle: It must be the name... I grew up in Salinas, California. More people. Every bit as depressing....

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

EvilGentleman: I find it weird to see someone you know personally commenting about suffering rapidly expanding cranial pressures due to webmasters we know online commenting on comments made by people he knows online commenting to people......

in response to: Don Valley in the Winter by Michelle

Anne Priestley (nee Rigby): Hi Norma Sorry my message appears three times!! It seemed to freeze and go really slow so I must have pressed 'post your comment' too many times!! Best wishes Anne...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

JoeyD: Peter- Interesting link! Growing up in San Jose I do remeber This guy here, the one on willow st and as well the one off san thomas express way near camden ave....

in response to: Babe\'s Muffler by JoeyD

jeeff: "block-busting" is a little different than what you describe, and probably not exactly what went on here. in the US, real estate agents would leave pamphlets and things in target neighbourhoods warning that minorities......

in response to: Abandoned Homes by JayEastsider

Ethereal: I too have stumbled in here by accident and I have to say I am a little scared.. I am English and me and my Irish girlfriend are going to move to Ireland within the......

in response to: snapshots on a refrigerator by manda

Craig: I went to waterloo a few weeks ago to do parkour, went up with a few friends some good spots here and i went to all the places in the pictures before i even seen......

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

Bonnie: My sister emailed me about this site. We were born and raised in Kensington, 2504 Front St. We lived there from 1949 until we left in the 70's. My parents lived there......

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

joey: mr d. i've seen this guy a lot in the last two years. i take natasha to the 17 express at didion station so she can get back to uc santa cruz. if you don't......

in response to: Babe\'s Muffler by JoeyD

GuRu: Anyone who loves this town is either old, or an ineffective middle manager making 10 bucks an hour and bossing around brown people. Wake up peeps! We have nazi cops, child molesters on every block,......

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

niel: ive been coming to this castle ever since i was born and im 17 now ive seen this castle come up over the years and it is really quite impressive it is the only castle......

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

Bob: I was born in Bushwick in 1950. I lived on Starr Between Wilson and Central, great place to grow up. We had to move in 1962 because the city wanted to knock down PS 53......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

skip: art has always been about expression, and this is why most graffiti is plain vandalism.writing a tag and some crew under it has no expression.there are a few graffiti artists that used/use expression. heres......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

janet: Shelley--As a student teacher at Tilden, I remember Mr. Gold's dramatic performances and saw him leap on his desk once. He was a great favorite with students--lots of flair and drama. I never had......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

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

Hunter: My, my, you fellows (Tex, Noname, and former Hutchinsonite) have certainly grown suddenly very touchy. You raise so many points with so much overlap I'll try to answer by point, rather than address each correspondent......

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

Franklin: hey colavitos ghost, who makes the criteria for what is and what isn't pc? And freedom of expression surely has power over thought crime. Seems a matter of opinion to me. I say gypsy. you say......

in response to: Gypsy Beggar by steelisreal

Ronald V. Regan, Sr.: My mother (Paula/Polla) Zelius (married nams Regan) was born on BArren Island in 1906. HEr mother was Genevive, and dad was Vincente' Zelius. There were a total of five children in the Zelius family. By......

in response to: Barren Island by CartLegger

jack: anyone who has rode the subway remembers this sign, i took the n train which is the old seabeach express into brooklyn to kings highway. many, many years ago....

in response to: 42nd street subway sign by caracarn

little ukraine: this just reminded me of one time when i went to philly on the chinatown express. some friends and i walked from the bus depot up to 2nd and poplar to go to the......

in response to: Save Your Neighborhood by serlingrod

EvilGentleman: What cute little snowdrifts. I like the pictures, but I really get the impression that most Torontonians have no clue what a **real** Canadian winter is like. But I suppose you get lake effect storms......

in response to: Snow Day! by Michelle

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Rob - I meant to add this before I pressed send... hope you find the info re your Aunt in Ferry Road, sorry I couldn't be of any help. Are you related to the......

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

Mist One53. Tdt=The Deadly Type.: Hello JA From Mist1 Sheffield England uk. I was first in Nyc in 1989 and saw SANE eveywhere. At the top of the World trade centre, not much bigger that this text on the screen.I......

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

susannah: uh..sorry.. these are kind of depressing...maybe its me :(...

in response to: Jan 09 2008 Toronto by hool

Peter: karen: ive often wondered that, too, so i googled it and found the answer: "Cables are pressurized with nitrogen to reduce corrosion and prevent combustion. They transport it as liquid because they can get more of it in......

in response to: Road works by barry

EvilGentleman: You can scan film this well? I'm impressed. Whenever I have tried to scan 35mm film in the attachments for my scanners, I always get fuzzy pixellated crap that shows the image, but very poorly.......

in response to: Jan 09 2008 Toronto by hool

Patrick McD: With 30-40 new skyscrapers going up in the central business district,Calgary is surely on it`s way to having one of North America`s most impressive skylines. ...

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

Joe Kash: awesome pics. looks like a pretty depressing place to live tho. i like the different types of graf, political, taggers, pieces, a lot of that looks like what i used to wrote back when i......

in response to: Keith McClusky Is a Child Mellester by little ukraine

chitown chillin: i'm from chicago, and for a country that has just about twice as many people as the state of illinois (and only about ten times the number of folks in my city) your cities are......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

jimmy: Hi, I was born in Bushwick, 1950 and lived there till 1963. I lived on the corner of Grove Street and Evergreen Avenue. I remeber the Halsey Bops, The Ellery Bops, The Flaming Saints. Cypress Park, Hyland......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Elicar: It went up to 14.9 C yesterday; warmer today. Dunno the exact temperature. Which reminded me of the third week of January in 2006. I came back from Cuba wearing denim shorts planning to change......

in response to: Spring in January? by Elicar

Cyberdish: I don't get even the slightest hint of negativity or homophobia from you. There are, unfortunatly, those in the gay cmmunity who are reluctant to embrace any other lifestyle or thought pattern that isn't their......

in response to: Le Stud by EvilGentleman

Just me: After reading every single one of these posts, I have formed my own opinion about the majority of the people expressing their views here. My gosh,their are some extremely intelligent people here in Hutch,you can......

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

Michael Worsley: Bushwick Of A Blossom A Best Of Poetry,Can Be Expressed Musically.All Of The Days There.Natives of Bushwick Been Aware.You Might Say.Reflecting On Yesterday.All I Hear.Motown Music Clear.Winds To Blow.Just A Thrilling Soul.Bushwick Of A Blossom....

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames