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anon (cpe-68-173-176-107.nyc.res.rr.com): the address to the scrap yard is 300 w broadway (bewtween canal and grand st.) New York, NY 10013(area code) Phone number-(212)-343-2557... gane 2: the address to the scrap yard is 300 w broadway new york, Ny betwwen canal street and grand st. the phone number is (212) 343-2557...your welcome!!..lol... 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...... 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...... Scope -P.C.S.: I Luv diz store......once my cuz steady showed me where da scrap yard is located....everytime my parentz give me money i go strait to da scrap yard.....Im in a crew call P.C.S. which standz 4...... Jamie: [[wiki:Scrapple]] sounds almost as delicious as [[wiki:black pudding]]... Arch: I was in Aberdeen to visit the museum while the rest of the family was in NYC. I was looking for a Mom & Pop place for a great breakfast.I found this place. Best of...... 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...... 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...... James cashan: [[img:27949]]
I believe it was the rotary club that raised the money to save the train and that the council were actually going to scrap it,yet were quick to basque in the limelight of...... jus: scrap yard is pretty good. very small, but there's a lot you can buy. Toys from Kid Robot, Caps (3 for $1), markers (dalo, uni, deco, etc.), mops (do em dirty, molotow, on the run,...... Cityplanner: 4. Calgary: The fastest growing city in Canada will probably move up a couple of spots in the future. It's skyline is nice and has some pretty memorable buildings in it.
5.Niagara Falls: This skyline reminds...... Cityplanner: Top 5 Canadian cities:
Toronto: Toronto has so many skysrapers and so many of them that you will break you're neck trying to look up at them.
Montreal: Montreal is probably the nicest in all of Canada...... kevin: hint for pplz who is not old enough to buy cans: wait until an adult from scrap yard to come out after purchasing something and ask him to buy cans 4 u ... eon 1: this store is the sickest store for people that are just learning how to bomb or it is also great for people that know what they are doing.I just started about a year ago and...... SEL-1 TBS CRU!!: GO SCRAP YARD ITS THE BEST GRAFF STORE IN NEWYORK ... Ken: The building in the 4th pic down is The 1250 Rene Levesque Ouest formerly it was the Tour IBM? if I'm not mistaken, it opened sometime in the early '90s?
Another interesting skyscraper downtown is the...... Peter: did you read the above thread? it was soho zat, then soho underground, and now its called the {scrapyard}... its still very small, but well-stocked, and they have cheap caps.... bill: Born in 1941 at williamsburg hospital. Lived at 99 Stockholm until '46 when we moved to 41 Cornelia Street betweenBushwick and Broadway (third house down from the congregationalist Church. went to PS 56...... Stockton: I'm sorry but Sao Paolo doesn't deserve her place!
Where is Paris, where is Istanbul?
An Istanbul view:
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Photo by Ersel OK @ http://www.skyscraperlife.com ... Jacob: Really, no-one?
ok.. moscow! it might be better to put in nicest cities... because its skyline isnt huge... but a mix of tsarist, soviet, modern architecture is amazing. The old orthodox cathedrals infront of a soviet...... Richard: Brisbane has a beautiful river contour which curls around the CBD. We also have several major towers under construction that will completely evolve the city skyline! It's a really exciting time for Brisbane. To catch...... Richard: Hey, this is the current city skyline of Brisbane, Australia. Brisbane city is located in south-east Queensland, the fastest growing region in Australia. With so many new towers proposed, approved and underconstruction- Brisbane's skyline is...... Rudy: FROM THE HOUSTON CHRONICLE - March 18, 2008:
As of April 14, 2008, large trucks with more than two axles will no longer be allowed to travel through the Washburn Tunnel. Lately, large trucks often scrape...... Sheila Hilton: My children talked about playing on "the Jezzies". I didn't realise at first that they were talking about the jerry works. It was always the jerry works; never the jezzies when we were younger. We...... ahh a ghost: heres my list of the top 10! (im from the chicago-land area)
First off, all you dallas-houston and toronto-montreal people fighting, shut the hell up.
1.Tokyo, Japan- to me, every picture i see of tokyo looks great....... j.smith: Shiny unhappy people
All is not well in the world of pearly royalty. Beneath the peacock feathers and rhinestone finery is stirring a nasty battle for the soul of the kingdom. In Guildford county court this...... 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.
... jack: yeah, it looks like a nice building, the old architecture must give way to the newer sleek buildings, i am old architecture, and i have given way to the newer sleeker young buildings that have...... rachael: hmmm...
many of the comments i've read have either amused me or angered me...but I'll go on anyway...
i'm a brooklyn native and originally from east flatbush. my parents left there to move to long island [for...... Will: The last picture is the Jacksonville Electric Authority building. I owe them $110 currently. The Modis building is also interesting because it's like a 70's retro skyscraper. Oh and I love Jacksonville because there is...... anon (spc1-ward4-0-0-cust157.bagu.broadband.ntl.com): What a waste of money that so called piece of artwork is on the cadishead/Hollins Green roundabout.£75,000 that cost.I am sure they could have spent the money better on improving Irlam and Cadishead and why...... ...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...... dreams watc : im always in the scrap yard getting hit on by the guys that work there lolol... 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...... mr. pINk: looks so dramatic. like the real intention for skyscrapers are graves just waiting to be used.... shmer: scrap yard is sikk! the caps are crazy the paints are all exclusive colors . the lil krinks aint all dat but everything else is crazzy
... Jeff: I am from Boston and even though my home city is very nice and livable like Montreal (my favorite), it doesn't make my top five skyline cities:
1) HONG KONG - Very difficult to...... indykid: Looking at the last photo made me think - from photos of building sites in NYC that I see, the WTC site springs to mind here, it seems if a new building is going up,...... jack: very good, i love the skyscrapers in their little boxes, good shots. ... Craig: I had a motorcycle wreck in 1980 coming out of the south side of the tunnel.
Back then the entrance and exit to the tunnel were paved in cobblestone, which is very slippery, especially if wet...... serlingrod: [[img:23007]]
Ha! I knew these buildings looked familiar! Here's the shot I snagged earlier this summer. F*** Best Buy!
Something very similar happened in Philly earlier last year.....a row of very unique storefronts...... Wyoming Native: I live in WY, recently visited NYC, stayed in Manhattan for a week. Rode the J train to Brooklyn for a bagel, then walked back to Manhattan over the Brooklyn bridge.
My area of interest...... Koleso: I fix and sell used/trash bicycles in Toronto. I do a great job diverting these wonderful machines from landfills and scrap yards.
Too bad the scum bags like Igor and Co don't have any conscience.
...... CE: What a wonderful set of pictures! I MUST get to New York sometime very soon! Maybe I should buy a tent, scrap my trip to Vermont and just get on my bike and...... Frank S. Besner: Man, I don't think I've SEEN the moon that clearly. Ever, let alone capture it with a digicam.
With all the winter smog we get here in Mtl, some days, it's hard to see the telecom...... CE: I actually like the blue skyscraper in the background. It's quite an interesting building compared with most of the other skyscrapers in the city. I'll have to take some pictures of it since...... Jeff: I happen to be an urban planning student at the university that i attend and i have to say that Hong Kong is out of this world and is definantly near or at the top...... chimp: i met him in scrapyard in nyc while buying paint...he barged in all flamboyent and was telling some buds of his how he just got out jail...yes...for writting jesus saves...hahahah.........he walks pretty fast and is...... Hurani: The Dubai skyline is very nice,in about 5 years,it is expected to be the best skyline in the world. Almost all the skyscrapers there are goodlooking.... Colt.: I see the neighborhood gentrifying actually working, right now i was by there and they had a starbucks, blockbuster, and bestbuy. There are tons of nice new Huge High-Rises, Chicago, is becoming a lot nicer,...... Kelly M: I am Bill C's ex wife and I also worked at the plant and met Bill there and subsequently got married. It is such a shame to see the plant gone, I have wonderful memories...... mestizo 3: yea im from la but i live in michigan im an everyday king and scrap killa so fuck ur crown and fuck the 5 pitch forks up much luv 2 the xiv and the tmg...... aer suzuki: thanks, well even though it's not my doing so much...it's a night-photo (yeah straight up) of a local bus stop sign. i was waiting for the bus looking at it thinking a single sticker is...... hool: i snuck in to a penthouse condo of that skyscraper when some friends were staying in a hotel room in the building. you can see the window in that photo, at the very top of...... jeeff: indeed it is: [[http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=101423]]
it got 7th place at the 2005 emporis "best new" skyscraper award: [[http://awards.emporis.com/?nav=award2005nominees&lng=3]]
regarding records: ##"The new tower, which has increased in width from 10 to nearly 15 metres, breaks no new architectural...... EvilGentleman: Very true, about every city being unique. Sorry about that, I did not mean to slight Toronto (Old habit from hockey debates). I was just pointing out to Sirhcbre that due to the flat landscape...... jeeff: don't they claim this is the narrowest skyscraper in the world?... 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...... kman: EvilGentleman, I can certainly agree with you there. However that opinion is also very subjective. As you would find spending $95 on something that will be turned into shit, I find paying more than...... Sirhcbre: There's a good reason for that though, the reason Europe and North America have so few on this list is because their major cities are all cities that were booming when building heights wern't as...... NOT BUYIN IT: I GOTTA CALL THIS SHIT OUT RIGHT NOW. JOHN AVILDSEN (AKA JA) YOU ARE JUST LAST DECADE’S NICOLE RICHIE WITH YOUR FUCKED UP FAMILY AND YOUR BIG BUCKS. DON’T BELIEVE ME TAKE A...... jack: nice shot. did any of you ever wonder why there are skyscrapers at each end of manhattan and a vally in the middle? it is because the ground in the middle is too...... Cosmo: Ha! For three years I lived in an adobe house in New Mexico. Talk about ease of maintenance! Sure, it's dusty and coarse and you have to live in a desert to have...... aer suzuki: Ha...thanks for the comments...
Did a little further research on this skyscraper as I just posted some companion shots and found out something I didn't know. From Wikipedia[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_Center]] :
"On June 16, 2004, the 9/11 Commission reported...... EvilGentleman: I find it absolutely incredible that historical stuctures are valued so little in a land where they are so rare. I could understand Europeans not being terribly attached to hundred-year-old buildings, but they also have...... little ukraine: FYI for the interested - I saw a sign today advertising a rally on July 16, 2pm, at Grand Army Plaza, wrt the Ratner skyscraper.... angel: All of you are fucken stuped mexico city should be on that freaken bacause its awesome st night and it has a lot of skyscrapers i have been there.... Ben: The actual name for the Gherkin is 30 St Mary Axe, which is just the address - boring. It's built on the site of the old Baltic Exchange which was blown up by an IRA...... Martin: Liverpool city skyline wasn't included which is a shame as are old and new buildings. At present there are skyscrapers being constructed on the waterfront.
Maybe in the future. Watch out New York, Liverpool's coming! ... Roger Lindqstein II : There's not enuf gristle there to cook a single slice of Philly Scrapple... anon (cache-rtc-ad06.proxy.aol.com): this is mad hot rember us we met you in scrap yard and you hit our black book... EvilGentleman: My day is getting better and better. Laughing always feels so good. Thanks, gang!
Um, except... are there still Concordes flying? I thought they were all in museums or scrapyards now.
I can hear you speaking with...... taz: yo im goin to da scrap yard on saturday agian i want u to go der and give me some of ur dranwingings
... taz: yo diz is dat lil kid dat u meet at da scrap yard whats up my nigga dat pic is hot ... this is hot : yo its me tht kid u saw in scrap yard the 3 kids ight if u read this email me in bgking1993aol.com... EvilGentleman: The first pic is on Rene Levesque Boulevard (Dorchester to **true** Montrealers) looking west past Place Ville Marie.
Second pic is Place Ville Marie, which was the tallest building in Montreal for 25 years starting in...... Micah: Ah, the Bank of Montreal building! It's not exactly a skyscraper, but it was a long look up when I walked past it on my lunch hours on my way to the library. ...... Get out of your car, buddy: "Vancouver is much better then Toronto, any day and night. You can't even compare the two."
Yep. Vancouver craps all over Toronto.
Where do comments like this come from? You know, there are 8 million...... EvilGentleman: Actually, I think the blackness of the snow depends on the quality of the pavement it was scraped off of, among other factors. This is the parking lot of the office building complex where my...... EvilGentleman: Hmmmm.... after browsing a number of articles about people that find it cheaper to burn cars than pay to have them scrapped, and a number of other articles where you see "violators will be towed...... Grant: I shall weep along with them, than scrape the paint the F*** off with a spatula or sumthing lol. one of those cement smoothers should work?... never jacked for being an ass: remember - its easy to kill shit when you got deep pockets and a team of lawyers behind you. JA might be able to scrap, he might be up as fuck, but unlike most bombers,...... jeeff: haha jamie, i agree! i also love long shots of central park. the huge green rectangle surrounded by skyscrapers looks really utopian.... Peter: i call it "scarface" cause of the scrape under its eye. its new! i bet it gets a new coat of paint soon... ill keep yall posted.... Catherine Penfold-Waxman: My Dad was asking about this picture and I realised that I didn't really explain what it was. When the morning sun hits the glass skyscraper, it reflects this cool pattern on the post office...... grange: Nice animal , I had a whole family living in the field behind my house .The Vixen ( female) had a litter of kits every year .It was great .In the winter I would go...... timmy: I saw the "knob grabs the messenger's wheel" photo on flickr in one of the bike groups, but it got removed pretty quickly, likely in deference to hool's copyright, but it's gone viral all over...... Stephanie: FIrst of all if you guys actually read the storys and interviews in the newspaper from leah herself... she had said that she knows now that she shouldnt have opened his door and "tossed: the...... yoshi: robert here is a good example of someone who is high on self entitlement, and no amount of dialogue will enlighten him. yes, robert, thank god for the litterbugs, that is just what we...... Neighbor: I would be interested to know where the two individuals reside. Having lived in the market for many years - virtually every scrap of road in that neighborhood is somebody’s front yard. If she lives...... Crappy The Penguin:
If (or when) we are beset by the super-pandemic known as avian flu, one good side effect will be much fewer altercations as the one between Courier Girl and Sandwich Boy.
Not only will there be...... Crappy The Penguin:
If (or when) we are beset by the super-pandemic known as avian flu, one good side effect will be much fewer altercations as the one between Courier Girl and Sandwich Boy.
Not only will there be...... Wayne: I am fascinated by the comments posted here! I have to admit that I am a litterbug albeit scraps of paper, cigarette butts, (when I used to smoke) small stuff. (I know that...... john lewis grant: It appears that she scraped his car by accident, during his outrageous assault on her. I don't see that Leah is could be charged with any offence. BTW, few things can be more...... cyberdude: Hehe. I love it.
According to this thread, his throwing something (coffee) at her is assault, but her throwing something at him (which was done FIRST, btw) is not.
His initial offense of littering...... sm1: someone must have made a similar comment along the way but to me, the most disturbing thing is the absurd measurement that the first person used.. "scraping his car with a key takes it to...... jsolo_uno: "However, scraping his car with a key takes it to a level far and above anything else."
whoah, throwing coffee on someone is fucking assault.
damage to a fucking paintjob, he earned that as far as i'm...... Jeremy: I'm on the courier's side until she elevates to vandalism.
Yes, the motorist was wrong to litter, and I might have done the same as the courier. No, he shouldn't have dumped his coffee on her....... oldcrab: surprising septa never scrapped that copper catenary wire. still quite a few bucks hanging up there....
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