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Brody: What a delight to come across this blog. It was truly "the best of times." Not only did I have the privledge of playing football for Bernie Mars 58'-60' but my uncle played......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

anon: is the intersection of montrose ave and humboldt street relatively safe? im coming from the perspective of an inexperienced suburban white male, so im not sure what "safe" even means. ...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

anon: does the bushwick neighborhood extend to the intersection of montrose ave and humboldt street?...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Jamie: It's a recurring theme here. Someone posts a bunch of photos, or maybe even just one photo, from a particular place which don't paint a rose-tinted picture of that place and you can guarantee someone......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

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

Bill F: Hey Joe, I just thought that you knew my last name from one of the above posts. My full name is Bill Franklin, cousin to Mike and you probably knew June (she grew up on......

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

Joe : Bill, One more time. I see that you spent some time on Wishart St, and now I have to ask your name. If you can't reply by full name, just name a letter and its position......

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

jason: i didn't live in kensington "officially" but i spent somewhere around 14-15 years there. sorry to say i was one of the people 'involved' in the crime and drugs that tore that part of the......

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

kidcapri22yrs: ok, ok what some people are saying are that, the nazi-ideology has infiltrated the american gov't from 1930's to present, built one of their many capitol structures to capture and enslave non-anglo americans. what are......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Seeking Contact: Ella Street, Stever passed away about 15 years age. Both Fiolo and Danny (with the big Doberman dog that jumped the the front door glass, but loved to play rough when I wore my leather coat......

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

Jon Burgess: James Cashan, It would be great to start a thread dedicated to irlam and cadishead musicians and bands, there have been so many. My mates cousin from New Moss Road was the singer of a band......

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

Seeking Contact: To: Ella Street Do you know Dave Raby? Did you know Mike Stever, Dennis Morton, Patty Renyolds, Rose Pote, Mike Fiolo or Danny K.? We used to hang at Clearfield and Swanson St.(between A and Front......

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

Deb Simpkins (Massey): Hey Hi Stuart!! I sure do remember you - since finding this site I dug out all my old keepsakes and found my autograph book in which yourself and Gary Siddall contributed to! My......

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

dops: wow im 22 years old and live on central between melrose and jeff..its kool heaing all you guys stories about back in the days......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Rob Tynan: Hi James, Yes you are right. I lived at the end of Rosebank Road, my mum still does. I remember you living on Haig Ave. You went to St Teresas didn't you. ......

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

E.stoned bushwick: I was born in wycoff in 72 lived on wilson av.in stockholm st.went to 123 111@ 162 wrote graffiti, rymed saw allmost all my boy,s get hooked on crack, heron do bids remember my......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Jon Burgess: Hi, its great to see old photies of the place i grew up, my dad (John burgess) and his dad (Tom Burgess) used to work at the steel works and my dad also worked at......

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

Jimmy Legs: i say that part of Melrose is pretty safe nowadays. to me the litmus test is to go there on a weekend night and see how comfortable you feel. and to Jim QV: th worst......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Jose: Curious idea. Not seen yet in Spain (by me). About cats and other climbing creatures, we would make no exceptions. Marked ones are obviously thieves, and they'd be prosecuted....

in response to: Anti-Climb Paint by kobe

Movin to Wick: what is melrose between wilson and knickerbocker like as of today for a single white lady? ...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Sylvia Aviles: Hi again, Can anybody tell me what happens to Melrose St. I lived there in the 50th and 60th. I live now ( since 1972) in Germany....

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

James: We used to live near a family called Shacklady between 1963-1968. I think it was Peter and Marjory and they lived in Rose Avenue....

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

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

Re: RE: photo: kongguyoulan72@163.com Sent: Wed 4/09/08 10:33 PM HI， I am glad to recieved letter from you.we have made one photo,if you want to make some photoes ,you can come China again .or you can send......

in response to: Feeling Sixy? by Peter

kim shea: hi peggy my nan is rose marriott and my mum is jean marriott both are still here and thriving if you would like to email me i would answer any questions re the marriotts or......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Sheila hilton: Hya Sue, I also used to go (albeit for a very short time), to the dance place above the Red Rose Inn. Didn't it used be be called The......

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

Susan Taylor (nee O\\\'Reilly): Hi Cyril We used to attend a similiar function, I'm sure it was above the Labour Club Irlam,I think it's called The Red Rose now. We used to love the barn dance, where eventually you......

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

Sylvia Aviles: I grew up in Melrose St. Corner Bushwick in the 60th. There was always something happening. But nothing as bad as I read here.I miss going back home, but I know it could never be......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Tex: That's unbelievable, the prosecutors in that case ought to be criminally charged. The state or feds definitely need to step in and clean up that justice system that they have running up there. ...

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

Peggy: Does anyone have any information about John & Rose Marriot pearly king & queen of Finsbury park, They had children Jean & John....

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

no one: where on melrose were you ?...

in response to: 180 Central Avenue: What Was Lost by upfromflames

METRO FAL: MOM707 mother of FUZZ ONE has passed away. May she rest in peace. She was a close person to me and I know rose is in heaven today watching down on us! much respect again to......

in response to: Metro Fuzz One by Metro

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

Uchie Martinez: Hey JoeD: I too lived on Melrose Street by the live poultry market, around 1965 thru 1988, I'm 43 years old now. Do you remember Maxi's Ice Cream Shop on Knickerbocker between Melrose and Jefferson, Paul......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Norma, We lived just off Victory Road, Rosebank Road. My mum still lives there. It was me and my dad that were in Cadishead Band. I still am. My dad......

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

brooke: This is the best part of W.Gray. I live right across the street on Genesse (not the scary side !! LOL!!)and every one from Montrose to Downtown, all along Gray, have such passion for the......

in response to: Off of West Gray by groovehouse

brooke: So who is going to post a pic of w.Gray and montrose ??...

in response to: West Gray at Montrose by groovehouse

joey: i worked in that white building in the back. 10th floor. it's where where i met my wife, rose....

in response to: Morning Light by joey

Diana Manchur-Henke: Rick, Michael lives upstate now near Albany. I'll let him know you asked for him. My father passed away 2004. My mom lives in Queens and is doing well. I'm glad the neighborhood is......

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

Lydia: Hi Uchie, You are so right! I also have fond memories of Melrose Street, remember I lived in 350 Melrose street from 1976 to 1980 and my sister lived in the building next to yours.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Uchie Martinez: Hey Alfred in ATL: I too lived at 336 Melrose Street and 338 Melrose Street your dad was my landlord. Moved out in 1988 but I still go back, have family at 338 Melrose Street.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Uchie Martinez: Dear Old School: I do remember Maxi's place, Meatland, Paul the barber, Knickerbocker park. I lived on Melrose Street between Knickerbocker Street and Wilson Avenue, best years of my life between 1965 and 1988. ......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Uchie Martinez: HEY OLD SCHOOL, WHO ARE YOU? YOU WERE ASKING ABOUT MAXI'S PLACE, MEATLAND, PAUL THE BARBER, RHEINGOLD BEER FACTORY, KNICKERBOCKER PARK. I LIVED ON MELROSE STREET, BETWEEN KNICKERBOCKER ST. AND WILSON AVE. AROUND 1965......

in response to: Old School by Dr. Revolt

Former Kansas Resident: I won't elaborate with a story, but I know from first hand experience that the judicial system in Hutchinson does have corruption. The focus is on making money and not administrating justice. It's basically......

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

david: definately roser ...

in response to: Garage Graf by joey

carol: anon (cpe-72-129-0-54.socal.res.rr.com): 11th Nov 2007 - 01:21 GMT Quote from anon. who wants: "Interesting notes on Norweigan foods. Can someone explain Akevitt; krumkaka; sandbachels and rosettes? Visiting Norway this February '07. Oslo to Kirkenes, to have......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

Deb Walker (nee Ormandy): Alison & Andrew I think all mum's used to worry about glass in the pool!! but it used to be so busy and a really nice place to be especially when the sun was shining and......

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

Joe D.: Buswick late 1960's - early 1970's was the best!!! Born on Harman Street in 1965...The entire family lived within blocks of eachother..Grandparents on Starr Street next to the pretzel factory..Aunt lived on Buswick Avenue and......

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

Cakemix: ...Guns and Roses, and Metallica...Tragically Hip I miss Halifax too. I miss Dal and TUNS. It looks great with a coat of paint. To everyone who spent time there in the......

in response to: Downtown Halifax by CE

Matt : Man, I used to live in the Montrose area when first came to Houston in 1992. The place we use to live in still stands, I like how the Montrose streetscapes just give the......

in response to: Montrose Sidewalks by groovehouse

Matt: I love how Downtown Houston looks from the Montrose area angle. ...

in response to: West Gray at Montrose by groovehouse

Maude: I just found out my husband's gg-GPs are buried here. I read online that a Mormon guy was mounting a huge clean-up effort here in 2003. What happened to that? This is so sad. Did......

in response to: Bayside Cemetary: Rememberance Overgrown by CartLegger

Kasia: thanks for some ideas of how to treat my parrot. i've had him for a week now and i can touch his feet when he's inside the cage but if gets angry or bored with......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

Mushi: Jane, I've lived by myself in Bushwick off of the Jefferson Street stop. My theory with being a single woman living in any part of NYC: take the subway until a certain part of the night......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: that's a new craze dance step from roseland on 43rd street in manhattan, it's called the penquin walk and you can't use your arms only your hands and tiptoe around, really good shot....

in response to: Oct 26 2007 New York by hool

anon (cpe-72-129-0-54.socal.res.rr.com): Interesting notes on Norweigian foods. Can someone explain Akevitt; krumkaka; sandbachels and rosettes? Visiting Norway this February '07. Oslo to Kirkenes, to have a little Arctic adventure. Great experience for a Southern California gal!...

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

Jane: I saw a nice a condo in Bushwick. It was located in between Montrose and Morgan stops on L train line. The major cross sections are Flushing and Bushwick. The apartment was......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

crosetyler: I would like to do the ghost tour but it has passed. Will it come again? Could it be premanent?...

in response to: Conflux Festival: CrippleBush Ghost Tour by CartLegger

PHIL Z: IT'S A SHAME ROSELAND HAS PULLED OUT OF THIS DEVELOPMENT AND WE HAVE A VERY WEEK BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND MY BANK WENT BELLY UP !...

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Rose Garrison: What a sad statement the author of this article has made about small town living, he, who obviously has never experienced small town living. It is truly where the best begins and some of......

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

jack: the rose tatoo, once my buddies and i went for tatoos, we wanted 'rangers' tatooed on our left shoulders, but i was chicken, couldn't stand the needle going into my skin, the next day i......

in response to: Macy\'s Make Up Counter by Ilona

rose colored glasses: its coming back, but it still has a long way to go. The area from Willoughby to george st from evergreen ave to st. nick ave is still one of the worst areas in the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

krysta-lee: painting the roses red ...

in response to: Avenue Du Mont-Royal: Part One by serlingrod

Smudgy: Well, I guess I discovered this site just a bit too late. I missed the walking tour and I missed the show at the BHS. I was born at Bushwick hospital in 1949.......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

rosecolored glasses: had given my parents a 4 hr tour of b'wick and noticed then, as in picture here, that despite the poverty there were no junk cars parked on the street. Also noticed many woman......

in response to: Kenia Furniture: by Peter

rosecolored glasses: i had taken a picture of the house on central ave and hart street but misplaced it. the house is on the north side of central, it has black bars to the second floor. Its funny......

in response to: Bushwick Gates: Part 1 by Peter

Cay: Chris, congratulations to you for being an honor student at your school. The real secret to success is using your brain for your own empowerment. Seems like you're off to a good start. Keep up......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Africarose: I'm no New Yorker no American, I have just been in the US for few weeks and came here to work with an organization. I come from Africa. I have found an apartment in Linden......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CE: The picture of the second factory doesn't do its size justice at all. It's a massive building that towers over you when you're near it and even when you're on the other side of......

in response to: Two Factories by CE

Roy Bamber: Does anybody remember the day that the Manchester Ship Canal burst into flames trapping a rowing boat that was ferrying passengers across the canal? One on the passengers who was badly burned but survived lived......

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

EvilGentleman: The Olympic Stadium is one of the most beautiful of Montreal's vast collection of White Elephants. Originally expected to cost 134 million dollars, it wound up costing 1.61 **billion** dollars, or about 1200% of its......

in response to: The Big-O by Cinic

Cinic: Great angle on the rosemont factory it seems so isolated when in reality it is in the middle of the city. i always loved that thing, but never seem to remember what it is called....

in response to: Two Factories by CE

Sarah from MN: Yes, in Minnesota we eat a lot of lefse. In fact, my hometown has a Lefse factory and it is good stuff! My family also makes it each year around Thanksgiving and Christmas......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

CE: Yup, the {Five Roses} sign was posted earlier in [[6720:this article]]....

in response to: Flower Shop Roof by CE

jack: wasn't there a posting of five roses before, this shot is great, i love the nightime, loneliness, desertedness except for a few workers and and slimy people. ...

in response to: Flower Shop Roof by CE

rose peatel: it looks like it has resantly breeded with a mongoose (i have been doing my reaserch) ...

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

rose peatel: the second to botom chicken strikes me to be very odd ...

in response to: Wild Chickens by Tyfoid Kid

Dee: I was born in Bushwick in 1955. I left when I got married in 78. Bushwick was a really nice area until the mad exodus of the 60's everyone ran.Brodway was a great shopping area......

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

Rose Novy: Mt family and I grew up in and around Yuba, I would love any pictures of the town. I haven't been back home for a while but still have fond memories of the Yuba school......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

joey: your_time_rose [[img:21571]] ...

in response to: SF in Standard Time by joey

Dan: Hi, I went to university in manhattan (NYU), and during that time was privileged to live in some good areas. I hung around the Lower East Side a lot and it has obviously gotten......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

jack: yes and good riddence. coney is the past, a time of fun and enjoyment, but it is gone, their was not enough money to support it in the 70's and so no business would......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

checkyermap: That'd be great, if it were actually W. Gray at Montrose. (It even says W. Dallas on the street sign.)...

in response to: West Gray at Montrose by groovehouse

anne zemartis rose: I loved Kensington when I was growing up in the 50's and early 60's, 2100 block of Firth St. just off Trenton Ave. I was so surprised to see the train trestle gone on Trenton......

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

rosecoleredglasses: Hello Sarah remember the candy store on greene and irving, 25 cents bought all kinds of candy, they even sold kojak lollipops, also, mr. abbott and sal next door....

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

Rose June 8th: Love the pictures, brought back many happy memories....

in response to: Luna Park: Coney Island by Peter

AD: This picture doesnt represent ALL of Montrose. Some of the area has cracked-out broken sidewalks (and pple) that will fracture your ankles if you try to walk on them. There are areas that......

in response to: Montrose Sidewalks by groovehouse

Jimmy Legs: it's a strange attitude to adopt, rosecoloredglasses: bemoan safety issues but still admit the neighborhood is coming back. how does a neighborhood come back without change? and in this case one undeniable aspect of this......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: melrose and wilson...

in response to: Under the Melrose Sea by upfromflames

Armstrong: I just got an apartment on Starr St and Knickerbocker so I a little bit resent rosecoloredglasse's last comment. at the same time, I'm a realist and yes, that area would be considered blighted by......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

rosecolredglasses: While it is true the Bushwick is "trying" to come back, it haas a long way to go. Without a doubt, it is much better than the period of 1976-1994 when you could honestly......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Chris Erb: Great picture, only a couple blocks from my house so I see the sign all the time. Here's the link to the website for the sign: [[http://www.savefarinefiveroses.org/]]...

in response to: 5 Roses by Cinic

Frank S. Besner: Hmm... seems I spoke too fast. There seems to still be some debate as to wether the sign stays or goes. On the bright side, though there's a website entirely dedicated to the sign, where......

in response to: 5 Roses by Cinic

Cinic: Griffentown is under developement with the recent Windsor station, Loney and ETS projects. This was one of the few real artistic n-hoods of the city which will sooner than later be consumed by luxury lofts......

in response to: 5 Roses by Cinic

joey: with apologies; when i was just a lad of ten, my grandfather said to me, "come here and learn a lesson from the lovely lemon tree." "don't put your faith in love, my boy", my grandfather said to......

in response to: Tree with Yellow Balls by jack

CE: I was thinking the same thing. I live right by the Five Roses sign. It's too bad that it's in such bad shape right now....

in response to: Northstar Blankets/Gold Medal Flour by Tyfoid Kid

Frank S. Besner: Gah! That's five ROSES. Power of suggestion, people. does yours blink too?...

in response to: Northstar Blankets/Gold Medal Flour by Tyfoid Kid

John Dereszewski: It is hard to imagine how anyone can misinterpret the last 30 years of Bushwick's history more than BDweller did in his comment. To believe him, Bushwick endured decades of neglectful Planned Shrinkage followed by......

in response to: The Bushwick Initiative: Holistic Redevelopment or Urban Renewal Retrofit? by upfromflames

Peter: you must have been in my neck of the woods... the shot of the roses stuck in the signpost is totally {prospect heights}... actually, the brown building in the background is on the corner of......

in response to: Brooklyn Wanderings by bk racer

SULLIVAN: The Prospect Park zoo had elephants, polar bears, monkeys, lions, tigers, and a pony track where kids could get a ride in a poney wagon. In addition, there were row boats & peddle boats on......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown