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Hapless: No, Colavitos, thanks for the input! I knew it had to be something like that. I appreciate the correction. I'm not very skilled in the Spanish language, so I need all the......

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

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

PLR (player): yo pac and KTA i love your style crazy stuff i look up to ur work and im just sketching now but soon to get out and wow if i ever run into u plz......

in response to: Graffiti in the Hammer by TIMDOG

Peter: hey "movin to wick", wake up! youre working with a conception of {new york} thats about 20+ years outdated... i mean, serously. youd think {brooklyn} was {beirut}. perhaps youve been watching too much ##law and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Roger: I'm an artist who is not a hipster. I am moving further east in Bushwick because the rent is cheaper for what you can get, as I'm saddled in debt. I'm half Peruvian......

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

Peter: it was odd... apparently, the guy in line ahead of me, who was purchasing the beer and pack of napkins, had brought them in to show them to the guy behind the counter for some......

in response to: Bodega Heads by Peter

Chris Rodriguez: Im not (just a 12 year old) im an honor student at bishop laughlin memmorial high school. Peter if you feel safe good for you... how old are you things are different for a......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

bed sty-cee!: hello chicago folks-well lets have a little history lesson non of you are spanish, spaniards or latin. all of those words,terms or descriptions belong to europeans, aka white people. all so called hispanics,......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

whowalkinbrooklyn.com: lots of interesting comments here, some ridiculous yuppie wannabes, but many more sincere & heartening-- esp. about Bushwick's Italian heritage & Spanish-speaking peoples. One thing i'd like to add tho' is, all this BULLSHIT about,......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CartLegger: Now I can say that in Spanish! ...

in response to: If Ever a Truck Was Built to Kill by upfromflames

EvilGentleman: I could have sworn the first conquest of Alexander was Greece. So the big question would then be, was it a civil war or an invasion? Considering the classical Greek habit of describing both Macedon......

in response to: Θεσσαλονίκη by zagg

upfromflames: Thanks Jack. Try to make it to our show at the Brooklyn Historical Society from 5/23/07 to 8.28/07. I am hoping to bring a lot of these ideas and elements to the fore there, although......

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

dimeadozen: Thank you to everyone for this discussion especially The Truth and those following who elevated the discussion. I moved to Bushwick very recently and completely randomly. Although I work hard, support myself and am forced......

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

upfromflames: I want to thank you all for your links, especially the fire statistics from Brad. And Pierre, you know well that you are not alone in your experience, in Bushwick, or in NYC. And......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

closek: hello i,m spanish pero me gusta la legenda smith sane yo tambien soi buen graffitero...

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

grange: All the french I know is from hockey night in canada . il tire il marque( he shoots he scores!!) Makes for ordering a beer kind of embarassing .. Funny I speak spanish better than french. May be......

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

pierre: BD: thanks for reminding me about the SP classes, I was in SP1 which is why we took French instead of Spanish and why all SP1 students were in the band with Mr. Montasano (i......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Derek Jackson: Wow! Reading all this misspelled babble about being proud of being hispanic, about fighting the whites trying to take what's yours, and about complaining about gang violence is making me half-laugh, half-get pissed off. Homboldt Park......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Thomas H: I grew up on Stanhope and Knickerbocker lived there and around there from 1951 to 1966. I remember Knickerbocker shops and Bargin Town on Broadway.I remember sleeping on the fire escape and hitten two and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

from starr st.: 1st. off upfromflames, i am going to my storage space and look for my pics and send them to you. now i was born and rasied in bushwick. PROUD of it.just as proud......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Pete Cesarini: A few thoughts: 1. Reminds me of another famous Spanish Don - Don Quijote. Who is Don Justo's Sancho Panza? 2. Another Quixotic monument (sculpture) still stands tall in Los Angeles, The Watts Towers. Very similar......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Peter Dykes: In this grim Orwellian world of ours where everything is controlled by a corrupt totalitarian state (read: vicious characters that have weasled and conned their way into power by hook and by crook) and regulation......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Jeremy Jones: As a rubio who also happens to be Puerto Rican, I've always spent most of my time in NYC in the South Bronx, in Spanish Harlem, and in other neighborhoods where the Puerto Rican culture......

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

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: "I was running in Humboldt Park the other day, as I have for a few years, when 2 Puerto Rican 17ish year olds rammed their bicycles into me. I stepped to them, as it were,......

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

S: That was a pretty antagonistic and incoherent post JMJ, and I find it to be consistent with other white racist feelings that I some times experienced from some residents of Humboldt Park. ......

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

peacefrog: As an American who has lived in Canada most of his life, visiting the US and especially NYC is a harsh reality check, and a reminder that the ravages of racism are still alive and......

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

Ger van de Ven: It is impossible, you do not believe it, it is a wonder. That tiny man build the cathedral al alone, without any help. And no plans on paper, no structural drawings. I admire this monk......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral - Part 2 by Reiner Wandler

Ger van de Ven: It is impossible, you do not believe it, it is a wonder. That tiny man build the cathedral al alone, without any help. And no plans on paper, no structural drawings. I admire this monk......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Chris Erb: Most Fero dumpsters have little messages on them. Many just say "no parking" but there are some that say "don't do drugs", "Be Happy" and others that I can't think of off the top......

in response to: Be Happy by CE

carlos mario: Since I'm writing about gentrification in Bushwick, this all is so interesting, especially the part of the story that The Truth mentions, as it relates to what I'm writing. Roger Starr, planned shrinkage, arson, disinvestment,......

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

Oscar Ramirez: Announcement: Nuevo y Encantador Libro Sobre Cuba Celebra la Vida! CUBA, I REMEMBER YOU/CUBA, TE RECUERDO ENGLISH BELOW Para ordenar, favor de llamar a la editorial Airleaf Publishing al 1-800-342-6068 Por El Dr. Oscar M. Ramírez-Orbea Una colección bilingüe de......

in response to: I Know: by Peter

Oscar Ramirez: Announcement: Nuevo y Encantador Libro Sobre Cuba Celebra la Vida! CUBA, I REMEMBER YOU/CUBA, TE RECUERDO ENGLISH BELOW Para ordenar, favor de llamar a la editorial Airleaf Publishing al 1-800-342-6068 Por El Dr. Oscar M. Ramírez-Orbea Una colección bilingüe de......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Sylvia: I am a hispanic who lived in Bushwick from 1971 to 1993, moving there from the Bronx where I was raised. The irony of what I have been reading here is that when I......

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

Peter: i think a working knowlege of spanish is also required... PELIGRO! CIADA DE MATERIAL!...

in response to: Overkill Signage by Peter

EvilGentleman: Beautiful sentiments, jack. I salute you, and I thank you for ably representing my many family members, friends and fellow Mohawks who have taken part in the following conflicts since American Independence: The American Revolution (both......

in response to: Parade Day by jack

franny: I grew up in bushwick on bleecker and irving during the 60's & 70's. It was the happiest time I had in my life. It was a blue collar hard working neighborhood. You could sleep......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

EvilGentleman: No worries, we got the Mini-Me Bush, or Bush Jr. for Prime Minister now. Bush thinks he **already** owns us. Why would he invade Canada? That would be like a US invasion of Puerto Rico.......

in response to: Still Standing by Biff

gaia: Living in West Palm is wonderful, except that now there are all these people making condos and tearing down all of the beautiful art deco/southern/spanish houses that were all over the city. Plus we have......

in response to: Travelogue by ea

Joe: I've lived on Jefferson btwn Irving and Knickerbocker for a year. It's gotten a little better just in that time. We moved here because we got priced out of our old neighborhood, Park Slope. Our......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

M.Rojas: I love their music, I grew up with their music they are one of spanish rock's legends with other songs like: "Matenme porque me muero","Afuera","La celula que expolta", "Aqui no es asi","Cuentame tu vida","Miercoles de......

in response to: Everytime I Wake Up by Jose Cruz Figueroa

EvilGentleman: And lest someone accuse me of America-bashing because the antagonists in the previous story were so clearly all Americans, Canada is no better. A year and a half later, in December of 1990, my American......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

Rigoberto Mendoza: My parents are Mexicanos & proud to be. I was born in Edmonton, Canada but I too love my Mexican heritage I speak both english & spanish. My parents went to Canada because the migra......

in response to: Speak Out by M. Rojas

SadStateOfAffairs: Rich - come back soon - a lot has changed since '94 - the park has been renovated, boathouse etc...the founders of the Kings still live in the hood but they have gotten older too.......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jack: in our class there were mostly irish and italians. a few polish and a couple of germans. there was one boy we picked up on the way to school who lived down our......

in response to: The Meatball Caper by jack

Elicar: Darn, I have been caught! My Spanish sucks! Well, as I discovered, my bad Spanish was good enough in Cuba. It is better than their best English!...

in response to: Donde Vas, Senor? by Elicar

Sergio Saucedo: "No Dejes Que ..." is one of Jaguares' best hits of spanish latin rock of all time. Originally Jaguares was named Caifanes at the time of this song's release in May of 1992, still sounds......

in response to: Everytime I Wake Up by Jose Cruz Figueroa

gringa latina: Well, here I am again. I wrote my last post in Spanish I guess as a sign of respect to all of the latino residents of Humboldt Park and to write as a "white......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Humboldt Park - DAVE: Margaret, I suggest you visit Humboldt Pk on a weekend just to get your feet wet. Bring a friend or two and maybe have some coffee and pastries @ Cafe Colao, Saucer, Humboldt Pie. Lunch @......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

illwind - Toronto Canada: Squirrel: The most diseases transmitted to humans: Humans (agreed) The most infected mouth to cause the worst infections: from humans Almost all the lethal diseases to humans ARE transmitted are from humas. HOWEVER, almost all the viral diseases ORIGINATED......

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

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: It is British territory. You have to show your passport to go there (I've been). However, the Spanish (quite rightly) want it back. It's a very strategic rock. With monkeys. and a Tescos....

in response to: A Sunday Walk in Eastend London... by Lawrence

T K#3: Humboldt Park has more "Latino vs. White" racism than most anywhere I've been (except for some parts of France which I've been to! This is due mostly to the tight integration of neighborhoods and individual......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Darrel: The name was chosen by Edward Pinick, who platted the village in 1856, and soon thereafter had a post office established there, he being the first postmaster." 2. May have been named from Yuba, California......

in response to: Yuba by Paul G

sine: Matt: I saw Ministry and KMFDM at The Cuban Club in 1990. I miss the Silver Ring, I wish I had a half Cuban sandwich and a bowl of Spanish bean soup right now....

in response to: The Columbia Restaurant by sine

matt: the silver ring hasn't been the same since it moved downtown. well, since tim fired me, really. ybor used to be a great place because you had all these immigrant groups banding together......

in response to: The Columbia Restaurant by sine

jack: thats the problen today. stations get taken over and people lose there music. for me there are some golden oldies for me to listen to but i remember growing up and listening to......

in response to: Defunct Radio Tower At Dusk by groovehouse

yadontknowboutstreets: First i have to say that Bushwick is not something to be scared of. There are way more dangerous streets than this neighborhood that has a whole bunch of little boys that think they......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Marta: Congratulations - Felicidades from Paris!!! Don Justo all the best, it is fantastic what you are doing. i am form Madrid and I soon will go and see you and your piece of art. I just......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Thank You: DISINVESTMENT created HP... .Puerto Ricans were nieve country people that got consumed and spit out by American city life......Humboldt Park will become Lincoln Park in the next decade ....Lincoln Park used to look like Spanish......

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

Cari: We just talked about organic farming ins Spanish Class today!...

in response to: Direct From Our Farms To You by GGP

Luis : First of all I would like to say that I am a proud Puerto rican/ mexican american and I would like to send a message to all my hispanic/latino people that we all need to......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Young Father: Disinvestment created HP... Gangs are an old relic idea thats past its time...Puerto Ricans were nieve country people that got consumed and spit out by American city life......HP will become Lincoln Park in the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

historian: I find it interesting that mexicans, puerto ricans etc call themselves latinos and latinas. What does this term mean? To be a Latino is to come from a Latin country, Central or South America. Who......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Deshant: so 'stilo' is spanish for 'style' I get that one. grilled cheese is frequently pronounced 'grill cheese'. I'll even let the party = patty thing slide. but who are these disreputable signmakers who let everything......

in response to: 2 Eggs Any Stile by Peter

cafeconleche: benrox--I appreciate your p.o.v. I can totally see eye to eye w/U on the whole reversed racism...I have a blond blue-eyed son. I have dark curly hair and medium skin tone--everyone always assumes......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

from_spain_with_love.: I think Spanish authorities should help don Justo to finish his cathedral. It could be very atractive from the turistical point of view. ...

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

cafeconleche--just a little research to substaciate what I'm talkin' 'bout...: ....Pedro Albizu Campos protested vigorously against the US Navy’s invasion of Vieques in 1941. In a series of articles published in a newspaper, Albizu accused the Navy of carrying out a policy of genocide against......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

cafeconleche: I keep going thru this site and I find so much BS I was just reading some old comment from Jan from EL viejo de arriba....Yo' viejo you need to stop brown nosing the USA......

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

Anonymous (cpe-024-211-184-011.nc.res.rr.com): bodega is spanish....a lot of grocers in nyc are latin american...

in response to: The Bodegas of Washington Avenue by Peter

Blackaricanmami_05: Humboldt park is a good azz neighboorhood i lived there all my life and i still live there .The puerto Rican Parade is coming up,I cant wait.I am puerto rican and black and i speak......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Peter: yeah, it means "litter". the street at my old predominantly spanish neighborhood had signs that read ##no tire basura##... dont throw litter... all around the empty lots....

in response to: basura by you know

Paco: I don't know if it has been heavenly inspired, I don't know if this man is completely crazy, I don't know the future impact of this issue in Spanish authorities. I only know what I......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Candy Cane: bKloods in newyork are the most dumbkest they have spanish bkloods who are there enemy the bkloods in newyork was started bkecause the latinkings were bKeating there ass taking over the jail system now the......

in response to: Crip/Blood Graffiti: Washington Heights by anon

Isabel Oftedal: I am Spanish, and Justo Gallego is just the kind of person that makes me feel proud of my country and ashamed at the same time. I find incredible that nobody is helping this man,......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral - Part 2 by Reiner Wandler

Carl: Hi from England, Well done man!! I am proud of you as the Spanish we both are, and as the Christians we both are, and as the engineers we both are, and as the human beings we......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Anonymous (85.48.98.150): This a blog in English, you should write in English too. I've found many other pictures on the Internet: There in English http://www.programacion.com/blogs/79_david_lozano_lucas/archive/547_i_have_been_in_the_cathedral_of_the_aquarius_spot.html And there in Spanish http://www.programacion.com/blogs/79_david_lozano_lucas/archive/515_he_estado_en_la_catedral_del_anuncio_de_aquarius.html...

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Maribel: Hola a todos!Es increible, llegué a esta página movida por el interés de conocer si es real la labor de Justo Gallego. Soy española y nunca he oído a hablar sobre él. Me encantaría que......

in response to: Don Justo\'s Self Built Cathedral by Hasslehoff

Marc: i have been writing and working (very hard) and traveling, but nothing in the citynoise genre as of late- though i desperately want to! Have to trepan some other stuff out of my head first........

in response to: hackney city farm by elaine

Steve: He also says that England has no loyality to us, but England is full of Muslims and immogrants,i think most people in England arn't even loyal to the Crown.I agree that Ulster Loyalists are the......

in response to: Shankill Road: Belfast by Jamie

Jamie: Gibraltar is a remarkablly antiquated outpost. A tiny piece of the uk tacked onto the arse end of spain. The last vestige of a long lost empire. It has a crazy border situation, the spanish......

in response to: The Captain by Jamie

ElViejoDeArriba: "Papo: 28/01/2005 - 11:37 [top] hey joe, did your people come to this country to learn proper grammar and spelling? no? well, it sure shows in your comment, papi." nice. im not taking sides, but speaking of......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Peter: well, linda, i can see how you might be a bit befuddled, but then again, this postmodern world isnt without callousness for the inflexible. where do you live? i live equidistant from spanish harlem and upper broadway.......

in response to: Nonplussed as Ever and Loving it: by Peter

Peter: i think these pictures show the extremes that people will go to to act out prejudices that thrive in almost every neighborhood; the neighborhoods that are around me, here in nyc, like harlem, the west......

in response to: The West Belfast Peace Line by Jamie