Comments about route 66

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Kassie: I went here with my friend a couple months ago. We got some amazing pictures. I've never seen such beautiful graffiti in my entire life. We had a nice talk with a......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

VALKYRIE: I brought my boat from upstate NY yesterday and was confronted with the Spyten Dyvil swing bridge in a closed position. There are no signs on the Hudson River side of the bridge with......

in response to: The Bridges of New York City by Peter

Jane B.: hey PETER, can you PLEASE ANSWER this question?? =D how were you able to get up there in that 125th street entrance? i've been trying to get into the freedom tunnel for so long but i......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Al Pierro: Just came across this website in search of info on what has happened to St. Joseph's church where we used to play softball back in the 50's & 60's. I attended a grade school on......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: nice! i had a few shots from my trip to {chicago} this past april that i wanted to add: [[img:27799]] [[img:27800]] [[img:27801]] [[img:27802]] and youre definitely right... i took the {el} from {ohare} {airport} to the loop... it took longer......

in response to: The El by serlingrod

David: I remember the New Ideal Diner from the mid 1960's when my family were en route for vacation in Atlantic City. Being around 9 years of age I still remember my favorite item on the......

in response to: New Ideal Diner by EvilGentleman

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

Alan Taylor: Explanation of OCCUPATION ROAD, but does not resolve the question of 'where in Irlam'. My finding regarding the ‘Bolton to York’ route has caused me to re-assess Francis White’s Map of the Ainsty particularly with regard to......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Joe: As others have stated, the good memories exceed those that were bad: Joe the pretzel guy at Front & Allegheny, Christmas and the stores on the 3200 block of front St., local bakery shops and......

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

NewYorkDave: Hmmm, I just realized that that route wouldn't have made any sense considering the number of blocks involved. The pretzels surely would have been cold by the time he reached Onderdonk--unless he were running the......

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

NewYorkDave: Bobby I: Thanks! My Dad must've been selling pretzels around the same time because he bought and sold them for the same prices you quoted. His "route" was Onderdonk heading south; he tells me that......

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

Tex: Since Hutchinson is such a great and growing town (LOL), and no one really wants to go there, they lost their airport traffic years ago, then they lost the bus depot which is really a......

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

Marjie: Hi Mitch, I also lived on the 6th floor, facing rear. It was a lonnnnnnnnnng walk up each day. Linda was my friend. I remember playing in their apt many times. Didn't her dad have......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

JKMI England: Great images. Unfortunately, looking at the final few shots (before the aerial views) I just can't help feeling an imminent sense of loss. A trip along the route of the High Line just won't be......

in response to: The High Line: by Peter

L.Barry: I have drove through it many of times because it was a handy route to go instead of the Ship Channel Bridge. It was far better than that Dark and dingy old Baytown tunnel......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

anon (cf2.utc.com): I just saw a box truck with a JA tag on the grill on Route 8 in Shelton CT about 15 minutes ago. Oval was this crazy guy from Norwalk that crushed shit for a few......

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

EvilGentleman: jeeff, would your comment mean that the Don Valley Parkway is usually somewhat noisy? I know autoroute 20 (the Quebec end of the 401) here is loud enough that it drives most people nuts. And......

in response to: On My Way to the Post Office by Michelle

RD: Does anyone here remember Bobby Fischer? He lived at 560 Lincoln Pl (corner of Franklin) during the 50's when he was becoming a chess prodigy. I saw him a lot because my Brooklyn Eagle route......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

headless horseman: They built Impalas in the late 60s and early 70s. Put six on a transport (Anchor Motor Freight) and roared down route 9 through Tarrytown to get to the Thruway. Every five minutes. Rocky (Gov......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

EvilGentleman: The areas bordering Verdun are pretty much the same, as well. Pointe-Saint-Charles, east of Verdun, is historically Irish, and today is a mixed community where English is not a problem. Ville-Emard, to the north of Verdun, has......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

Jana: These memories are wonderful! I'm hoping someone here can help me with some research. Does anyone have memories of a racketeer being murdered in Brooklyn in Sept. 1941? It was big headlines.......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Chris: Washington Baths, Tilyou's Steeplechase Park [the fan blowing up the skirts , the giant slide, the spinning circle, the round ticket with George's face on it] Wonder Wheel's sliding car, Nathan's fried shrimps in......

in response to: Coney & Surroundings by kricket

chiamattt: [[img:24913]] this is what the route of my walk looked like. I started at about 2pm and finished at about 5pm. The read boxed area is a high police-bus presence area as its the area that......

in response to: 07-12-01 by chiamattt

Peter: heh, i know exactly where some of those shots were taken... i used to work up in {washington heights}, and commuted home to {midtown} by bike every day, and often took the scenic route through......

in response to: Moments in East Harlem by serlingrod

chiamattt: Thanks adam. Testeez, I am a Torontonian that has been living and working Seoul, South Korea for the past five years. Every year or so I head to Osaka to get my Korean employment visa......

in response to: Osaka Part One by chiamattt

Kyle: Well, theres some great photos on this page. Yea OK, big buildings make a pretty awesome skyscape. But so do mountains and lakes. Heres a skyscape from my hometown: Summerland BC, 35km south of Kelowna......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

jack: thank you wally, my great-grandfather was one of the workers on that bridge and he also worked on the battery tunnel, roebling has a town named after him, roebling new jersey where his wire factory......

in response to: Brooklyn Bridge and World Trade Center by WallyG

pbcre8 and family: We were just taking the scenic route from Denver back to Texas and passed by--but did a U-turn to check it out. My boy was preschool aged, but he climbed (trembling) to the top of......

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

EvilGentleman: When I took these pictures on May 5th, I wandered around the back area to look around. I wound up talking to some of the carny workers, who told me that they had just come......

in response to: At the Fair by EvilGentleman

CE: You seem to be spening a lot of time around the Peel area of downtown. It's interesting because that's my new route home and I've also been taking a lot of pictures around there......

in response to: The Windsor Hotel by EvilGentleman

Halley: A perfect choice of pictures, seems the animals not only roam the bushes, but swing out onto the road for a faster route.....lol our bears have been know to come out of the bush and......

in response to: Some of the Creatures That Share My Environment by Guy McLaren

j.walthers@timesnewsweekly.com: In response to upfromflames regarding Bushwick Corners: This response requires both historical perspective and adjustment of mind set to the Colonial New World. The 17th Century was a fundamentally agrarian society dedicated and tied to land......

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

EvilGentleman: To all you 'Vette lovers out there, if I have misidentified this fine vehicle in any way, let me know. I did not ask the owner any questions, and I'm no expert, so I had......

in response to: Classic Cars 2 - 1966 Sting Ray by EvilGentleman

.nanotech.: [[img:18457]] [[img:18458]] [[img:18459]] [[img:18462]] [[img:18463]] [[img:18464]] [[img:18465]] [[img:18466]] [[img:18467]] [[img:18468]] [[img:18469]] [[img:18470]] [[img:18471]] * The Queen of England has reportedly been buying up property in Colorado under a proxy. * There is a lot of "secret society" symbology at the airport,......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

Jason Laderoute: Ther are so many simple Photo opportunities out there which makes Photography so Infinite. I like this shot because it really commands attention, all the shadows really send the mind to work over-time...

in response to: Shadowbox by sine

kc: [[img:16992]] [[img:16993]] Okay, let's see if that works. For those of you interested in pumpkin pedigree, the pictures above, if they came through, are of the Spawn of the Pumpkin for the County. I like the......

in response to: I am a pumpkin for the county by kc

zagg: Wikipedia: "Prattsville -- The hamlet of Prattsville is in the south part of the town on Route 23A. It was incorporated as a village in 1883, but later abandoned that status." --- sounds like a......

in response to: Prattsville Rules by GGP

EvilGentleman: Sirhcbre - Take the metro to Longueuil, walk south on Boulevard Lafayette (next to Autoroute 20) until you are almost under the Jacques-Cartier Bridge (it's not very far, look it up on Google Earth), and......

in response to: The Last Bird by Biff

EvilGentleman: That pic I took, I actually got out of the car, had a cigarette, took a picture, read a little bit, then hopped back into the car. Nobody had moved yet. jack - maybe it should......

in response to: Traffic by CE

EvilGentleman: LOL, fair enough, since you encounter Decarie daily and I encounter Cote-de-Liesse daily. In all honesty, I usually hate the Decarie Expressway more, but today was special. At one point, I moved 3 metres in......

in response to: Traffic by CE

Grandfather Time: yep those route trucks have nice colors......

in response to: Graf Trux 10: Back to Manhattan by Peter

EvilGentleman: You will love the rest of the stuff in that park. I'll try to remember to post it tomorrow. It is located on Rene Levesque Boulevard between Saint-Marc and du Fort Streets, with the westbound......

in response to: Precarious Perch by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Um, I think you mean Dorval, not Laval. Say, do you have a driver's license? If you do, maybe we could take turns driving while the other shoots pictures. There are so many pictures I......

in response to: Montreal Signs 2: Beaconsfield, Kirkland, DDO by EvilGentleman

Sirhcbre: I was on foot trying desperately to find the Vendôme Metro station. I wound up here and was glad I did. It's very much off th beaten track, one side is garages and......

in response to: NDG Graf by CE

hool: thanks everyone. the last two shots are from thunder bay. the previous shots are from the bus route between sudbury and thunder bay. i'm on my way to vancouver. today i......

in response to: August 08 2006 Ontario by hool

EvilGentleman: Funny you should mention that. I was trying just last week to figure out how to do an urb-ex of the industrial buildings at the corner of Angrignon and Pullman, and I have been paying......

in response to: Shadow Sniper by EvilGentleman

Susannah : I live in a predominately republican community. Most people I know say things like "we're in a culture war"and "its part of the liberal agenda" and they circulate petitions against gay marriage - I can't......

in response to: Smash by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

EvilGentleman: Directions from Montreal to San Diego: Autoroute 20 West (becomes 401 West at Ontario border) Go to end of road (Windsor, ON) North on Huron Church Road to Ambassador Bridge. Stop at US Customs in Detroit, MI.......

in response to: The Drive Home by jfilip

Kato: I've allowed my master to respond. I would love the book, he's one of my heroes but don't send the funny stamps. Pendlebury was a chief archaeologist researching Knossos and other important sites on Crete.......

in response to: Mr Pendlebury Takes a Trip by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

davie: visited the shankill many times during the marching season and outwith it met a lot of nice people and as far as the tourist route is concerned you havent visited belfast until you ve been......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

SPA ONE: the route such guy is sick with it and the last pic is mad hot the mad colorful one i believe is stek one west coast writer... he is sick ...

in response to: Graf Trux 10: Back to Manhattan by Peter

Peter: jamie: youre pretty much right. not all are as creepy as they appear in some of these sorts of photos, but theyre definitely desolate and full of tons of nothingness. when i drove from {nyc}......

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

chiamattt: IE ONLY [[http://bus.congnamul.com/SeoulRouteWebApp/view_english/map.jsp]]...

in response to: Bus Vs Suv by barry

I.T.U.C.: (Sorry for the break in transmission, had to fix a problem on my PC), and Bus action only illustrates the need for more control measures on Mass Transit routes (Buses; inclusive of cycle lanes), and......

in response to: Bus Vs Suv by barry

I.T.U.C.: "A Taste Of Aggro" by Barron Knights. [[http://bluebuddies.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/1/70.html]] [To the tune of "The Smurf Theme Song"] "Where are you all coming from?" We're from Dartmoor, on the run "How did you work out your route?" We followed the arrows on our......

in response to: The Giant Cat of South London by I.T.U.C.

George Englesson: I am the current owner operator of the New Ideal Diner and it is located in Aberdeen Maryland on Route 40 and we are in our 54th year anniversary for this dining car. It was......

in response to: New Ideal Diner by EvilGentleman

I.T.U.C.: It is believed that the Chinese community in {Liverpool} Uk, is possibly the oldest in the world. The first Chinese people are supposed to have been Merchants and Sailors, who worked the trade routes to......

in response to: Not-Chinatown / Fish-heads On Ice by aer suzuki

EvilGentleman: We used to call them "Last Air" in Nunavut, cuz they went mechanical so often. I was on an NWT Air flight from Yellowknife to Rankin Inlet on May 27, 1998. About 30 minutes into the......

in response to: Free Man? by Urbanghost (michael talbot)

elaine: well yes, no. they don't go anymore. but then neither do routemaster buses and you can get one of them for 2000gbp ...

in response to: responsible persons by elaine

EvilGentleman: Bienvenue et aussi, merci bien, m'sieu. J'accepter ton salutations, et la même chose pour toi, aussi. Pardonnez mon francais, mon grammaire, n'est pas bon. J'espere que vous visiter Kangirsujuaq dans le futur, c'est un location......

in response to: Kangirsujuaq by EvilGentleman

Get out of your car, buddy: Gotta love "The Beach". I take my kids to this parade every year, and it is amazing how much candy they get!! Looks like most of these pictures are taken in the staging......

in response to: The 40th Beaches Lion’s Easter Parade by Elicar

fuzzytank: sory all those photos are old an outdated. the first three got buffed an the belmont trash got re-routed it loked better last time i was there, but that was only for a few min.......

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

jenna: I live in Toronto and I have been fortunate to travel a fair bit. I have to say that desipte my love of Toronto ... the urban planning here is horrible. We have nice cityscape.........

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

Peter: what is that "50" sign? a speed-limit sign or a route marker? [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic_sign#United_Kingdom]]...

in response to: The Other New York by Jamie

elaine: figures. i hope we were having something delicious. today i have eaten mostly porridge, popcorn, and a banana. in an ideal world a butler would now be arriving at my door with salmon en croute,asparagus......

in response to: Odd Trash by Peter

EvilGentleman: This morning, I was driving my wife to work by a different route than normal and came to a red light. I realized that I needed to make a right turn a few blocks ahead......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Traffic by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: People? What people? These pics were taken around 3 AM along the service road to Autoroute 20, which becomes Highway 401 and eventually I-94. No pedestrians at that hour....

in response to: So THAT\'S What the Night Settings Are For... by EvilGentleman

Both sides: I have read/heard both side of the story. Unfortunately, the "motorist's" side was stated by his fiancé and not by him, as the actual participant. Both sides are plausible but I am still......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

dd: I agree that the motorist is a bastard who deserves to be hung. Leah deserves a sound spanking, and a fine though. Anyone who, in her situation, cries "victim"(not that she necessarily is, but many people......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

mindme: The first rule of being a biker activist: make sure you have an escape route before you take on an ape behind the wheel....

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

nex: We've seen people get beaten to a pulp for a lot less by idiots who obviously don't give a rats ass about you, the individual, or anyone else. I'm not saying that one should not voice......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

RIP BENO RIP SEGE -MSG: Pounder: Your a funny dude man. Seems like your caught in an ethical dilemma. To bomb or not to bomb - that is the question. I suggest this: Master your can control first. Paint abandoned......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

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in response to: Graf Trux 10: Back to Manhattan by Peter

notholden: Route 29 Dufferin - the bus trip where all your dreams die...

in response to: Dec 05 2005 Toronto by hool

NET ONE 156 KRT: Words of the Prophets Take to the Rooftops by Cathy Hong SUBJECT — The Extreme Graffiti Hall of Murals LOCATION — Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens Les had no equipment but a backpack full of spray cans. (He......

in response to: Wherefore ART Thou, Ellis? by GGP

jack: there are courteous drivers and there are rude drivers. it does not matter what they are showing on their car. there is good and bad in all people. very few people can reach......

in response to: Car Culture by joey

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Earlier this year, my beloved and I drove from the Grand Canyon, AZ* to Boulder, CO, part of the way along route 66. It was a particularly freaky drive**, long and fueled by caffeine and......

in response to: Route 66 // Shamrock, Texas by adam

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I went to college in Epsom and lived above a shop with a succession of other art students. We were revolting. Whenever I discovered an old, sprouted potato in a dark cupboard I would plant......

in response to: The Bodegas of Washington Avenue by Peter

StripesA4: ight i got a couple: 1) u save a quaurter by taking the free paper instea of buying one and think you're savvy. 2) u check the walls of an unfamilair neighborhood for graffditit so see who......

in response to: The Lost Rules of Living in NYC: by Peter

elaine: get a wriggle on then! it's lovely this time of year, depending on the weather. went a cycle ride there - the long route via the [[1491:benches]] - last sunday...

in response to: sunset in viccy park by elaine

Tina: Reminds me of Central Baptist Hospital tearing down that beautiful stone church and cutting down those beautiful old trees to expand their parking lot. I had thought those would make a uplifting and inspiring setting......

in response to: Stone house on Cardinal Hill by Goingincirclez

no_brakes23: I just put the other two in for hisortical context. Of course, we all know about ancient civilizations writing on the walls, but the modern age of graff had three significant events that led up to......

in response to: Pet Bird Outing by Peter

Laura: Ah.... Papaya King. 86th and Lex is my subway stop. I've been eating papaya king forver- my third word was "hotty-di." Recently, though, my cravings for papaya king have gotten the better of me. I......

in response to: Crooked Post by GGP

manda: i do the same thing - and to feel comfortable on a new route, a new daily walk, i have to quickly identify the people i will see every day. otherwise i feel lost....

in response to: Rain Stops Play by Jamie

Peter: jeeff: not only ##can## you, you ##should##. there are so many people i would reccommend ##not## make public art that do. but of all the people that should, youre definitely up there. also: im not sure......

in response to: still life with window bars and discarded bedframe by vz

elaine: it was a slippery day as well, and i had new shoes on. plus we had been out drinking late in nottingham the nigh before, and despite a fry up in matlock providing ballast, i......

in response to: birth of industry by elaine

elaine: we just stopped having those busses. you can buy them for £2000. they are called 'routemasters'...

in response to: London in the 70s by Yellow

Peter: the uk has a much better nomenclature system for its motorways than america does. im sure ours made sense way back when, but since teh nationwide interstate highway program in the 1950s, everything got muddled.........

in response to: Motorway Haiku: UK (Part One) by Jamie

UnlimitedLou: ...it seems a fact of life these days that people can have broken windows, peeling paintwork and all the rest of the indicators of extreme poverty, and yet always seem to be enough £££ for......

in response to: romantic seaview... by elaine

moerex: A perfect distillation of the secret language of urban driving. Reminds me of the year I spent living in Manilla as a kid, where my father learned what he later came to call (once we......

in response to: Hack the City by Marc

Marc: Media obsolesence is a huge problem actually- i know everything's sorted on the net now, but imagine the reel to reel tapes and 8 inch floppy disks and even the 5.25 and the 3.25?! from......

in response to: Two Hundred Years From Now by Jamie

Marc: "After Lights out for The Territory, a man sent me an X ray of his brain tumour. He'd superimposed it over a map of London and was trying to heal himself by walking out its......

in response to: eye of the storm by elaine

elaine: the potential for a real leap in the city of the mind. Around the Papal death thang one of the geezers, I think an English high-up talked about his having been the first Pope to......

in response to: ghosts of 19123 by vz

Jamie: I've never been there, but been to the waterside (loyalist area of derry) a few times which has a similar feel to it. Menacing murals, red white and blue painted curbs and such. never got......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

ian: Absolutely. They take very precise ridership and time statistics and feed it all into a giant simplex optimizing program to allocate the limited resources to the increasing and shifting demand. I'm no computer scientist or......

in response to: MTA Phenomenon by Peter