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Ekimsknird: Yeah my wife and I went to Norway last summer (when the dollar was pretty close to the kroner) and we took out some relatives for pizza. Two large pizzas with 2 or 3...... Cecilia Midiri: I have to say that it is so true about monkey see, monkey do...every weekend when I'm off from work, I get out to sweeping and I never end up alone doing it. Sometimes...... TRANS KOF 2008 : Hey all this talk about Paterson brings back alot of memories I grew up in Paterson on Main st. and Wiess St.a block from St.Josephs hospital. my neighborhood was known as little San Juan...... Vincent Luisi: I guess we as consumers consume to much. It has to go somewhere and the Barren Islands of this world are there for the dumping. I for one will try to consume a lot less.... CartLegger: Thanks people! you should see them all! I might add thought that the last one--on furman street--is mighty fun to play in. Its like a cool summer shower in the sun. Great place to...... Tabersnack: 68. People on the street ask you if you speak English or French and you assume they will just ask you for money and keep walking.
69. The habs win one damn series and...... Who Cares for Kensington: Sandy describes a perfect example of failure of the most basic services. At what point does a city department administrator decide that he/she will not offer resources to respond to a problem in a given...... Cecilia Midiri: Read backwards Joseph, you brought up the race card:
JOSEPH BRIDGE: 22nd Jun 2008 - 12:21 GMT
yeah, white flight. that about sums it up.
I'm white and I know that that is when people started moving out...I...... julie lorraine jackson: HELLO GWENDA ANDISON THIS IS JULIE LORRAINE JACKSON, I DON'T HAVE PLAN FOR SUMMER AS I ONLY STAY REST HOME. I ONLY HAVE 3 BRIOTHERS AND ONE SISTER THATS ALL. FROM JULIE LORRAINE JACKSON... Peter: serlingrod: i get the same shit about {bushwick}. some people (usually the ones who least-closely read your commentary) just cant resist twisting and misinterpreting anything you say about the place thats vaguely positive, and automatically...... surviving: Tex ...... 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...... Danny Fresh: if anyone has pics of williamsburg from da 80's and 90's they should post em on an article imma try and post sum if i find any in my house...good times... Peter: wow, the comments in korean are fascinating... i mean, im as prone to think that america is the global authority on conspiracy, but i think its a bit of a reach to say that america...... 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...... Jon Burgess: Hi all, not been on for a while. Some names are ringing bells with me in the above entry, Malc Kennedy is a good mate of my dads (John Burgess), Pete lawson from irlam friends...... John (aged 44 and a bit): Ahh so many memories. I left irlam in 1985 not i may add for the sandy beaches and climate of a far off land but the more mundane surroundings of Oldham. I grew up on...... 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...... Re: Wow,this brings back memories.I lived in Kensington from the time I was born untill 2004.First in the area of Frankford & Coral then Silver St Between Emerald & Frankford Ave.I traveled all over the area...... madi: i wrote this short story some years back....THE PORCH
i remember the hot summer nights and the ladies who sat on the porch
miss gladys,miss mary,my mothermiss lula,trixie,barbara,and i would listen to their laughter,
their tears,fears,and...... Adam Enright: There is No Game like the Good Ol' Montreal Hockey Riot!
A city whose hockey passions create a constant hunger for battling peace and the status quo.
[[http://www.progressivewebdesign.ca/hockeyriots.html]]
by Adam Enright
I was thrilled to read about...... Samantha: Hi... I've just come across this site accidentally as most of you did...
I'm currently living in Dubai but I spent most of my life living in Irlam in between living in France and Abu-Dhabi... I...... zagg: Fact: the summer that I was 16 I was allowed to choose where my parents and I went for a family vacation. San Francisco had been quickly shot down (despite the POWERPOINT PRESENTATION that...... Peter: ok, people... what is it, exactly, that makes {bushwick} so "scary"? i mean, really. i wish someone would just come out and spell it out for us, because i dont buy it. sure, the neighborhood...... Barbara Leone: Call it for what it is............bushwick can be very scary but so is the entire world! Grew up there and never had a day without fear but yet I loved growing up there. What I...... Barbara Leone: Call it for what it is............bushwick can be very scary but so is the entire world! Grew up there and never had a day without fear but yet I loved growing up there. What I...... 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...... hils34: wow this stuff is crazy!!! yeah i agree with everyone. i have to research about a book. and i got here. everyone has different opinions. people shood not regret what they had done in the...... Summer Bushwick: Anyone familiar with the area at Myrtle and Grove? I'm living there this summer and trying to find out more about the neighborhood.... Miss_1989: I had lived in hutch for 12 years growing up as a child, but my family ended up moving due to my parents job transfers and also because Hutchinson (even in the middle class neighborhoods)...... terry hindley: I lived for 25 years above the tracks belgrave clifton acroos the tracks from here before a life of drugs and crime chased me to vancouver ndg was heaven to grow up...... Julian Austin-Seal: Hi Anne, thanks for your reply, tried replying earlier, but found problems posting my comment, im glad you have simmilar opinions about the film 'stand by me', now its summer and i would like to...... Peter: Ok, so I just got back, and here are the photos:
[[img:27389]]
the northwest corner of {central} and {bleeker}...
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a wider view of the same spot...
[[img:27391]]
the southwest corner of {central} and {bleeker}...
im sure that {upfromflames} could tell us...... disillusioned: can someone explain to me how it is possible to make friends or have a boyfriend/girlfriend if you live in new york city, esp. williamsburg..it seems completely impossible since people are unfriendly and full of...... Tex: Here's a quote from an earlier post.
"I was watching the city council last summer, talk to a group of individuals who didn't want their taxes raised in order for new development next to...... 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...... Peter: are you crazy, or just seriously uninformed? nothing rebuilt, nothing touched? thats not true at all! i commute through the WTC site/station every day, and theres so much going on there... sure, its a slow...... Peter: i never made it to the shore in summer 05. come to think of it, i havent been down the shore since, shit, 2001? wow. thats the [[wiki:jersey shore]]. i mean, ive been to [[wiki:coney...... Mitch: Knowing companies like SIDev, they won't waste any time getting a wrecking ball out there. They'll want to tear it down before anyone changes their mind! (legally that notice says they can start tomorrow...assuming no...... Nobody: Saul- perhaps sarcasm doesn't travel well through the internet. I do have a few points for your consideration, though:
1. "thats there [sic] idea of a community.
Whose idea? The people who live in the projects? I...... Robert Lajoie: Fiona,
One can safely assume you're a younger lass. Rufus Rockhead was the owner of Rockhead's Paradise, arguably the best night club ever in Montreal. As a young man, I spent...... 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,...... So!: is soho down under still there?
i was in that place in like 94 was pretty nice/small but nice got sum of my caps there
i got the address for this one store here if soho down...... 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...... 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...... Pearlykingjim: i would like to thank the person or persons for the vile and nasty E-mail that was sent to my address, it is someone on this forum
form what was said
i only hope we bump it...... Susan Taylor (nee O\\\'Reilly): Hi Sheila
I'm looking for photos I can't find them. Had a lot of work done in the house and things still in boxes, hope that I haven't thrown them out by mistake.
Greenwoods that...... Post-84 New Jack: Thanks for the lolly, W-Bear. I'll be sure to pass it on to my son. He's teething right now and its a bitch.
As for you, Bilrock Rolling Thunder Whiter- oops, I mean Writer. You failed...... 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...... jack: you know, 86th street, under the el, in the summer, hot, sweltering days, but the shadows of the el always kept me cool, that was my area for awhile because all my family was housed...... Gully: I was there in 1983 summer time seen some expos games and went to super sex i was 19 and it was awesome,hooked up with one of the girls from the club spent the last...... Steve Weir: Hope Graham Bate is still following the thread,hope your Mum is doing well & I here from your Steven once in a while.
Sorry to here about Brian, Cyril....
There's been a lot of talk about fiddlers...... Deb Simpkins: Hi Norma,
as I remember it, Oak Ave wasn't very long so I wonder if our grandparents knew each other? I will ask my dad and see if he remembers Tommy and May.. Bolton... was...... Ms fresh {F.Y.G}ALL DAY: ACHS is da most borin skool in history nd I mean it.yea imma freshmen nd already wanna leave.We only in da second semester nd I still have sum same classes,I have da same teacher twice,my...... EvilGentleman: Thanks, Veronic. Hope all is well for you wherever you are now. Nuut and the kids are going up for Easter, but I am opting to stay down here this time. Maybe if we can...... Sammy Perez: Let me start by saying, this is unbelieveable. On a whim I typed in Enrico Fermi JHS 111 on Google and up comes this blog. What's even greater is that there are one...... Len Lipner: For Alma (Weinstein) Scull:
C'mon, toots, I didn't answer your emails 'cause I didn't get 'em! You know I still love you, and would've answered every one.
The funny thing about Tommy's was that when it changed...... Steven E: Norton Kansas is truly a wonderful place. It is so much more than pictures of it's alleys and a closed dealership. My little home town is surrounded by beautiful green wheatfields, big blue skies and...... 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...... Kenny: I lived on Saratoga and Blake 43-57. It was the best times that a child could ever live thru. Went to PS 156, Somer's JHS then Tilden High. Spent my entire youth playing in school...... Brittany: I live in Hutch and Judge Macke Dick married my husband and i. it's not that bad here, but i don't care what your opinions are it's not right to put people down just because...... 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...... Joanne Amorello-minor: Hi Mary, hi Rob, hi Marissa,hi Norma,hi steve...
as much as I would like to go to the mosslands I cannot as I live in Portsmouth!but I shall listen anyway...you never know my wish may come...... Alex Price: Hi Everyone! Has Anyone Been In Maintenence Tunnels In Irlam Railway Viaduct? There Is 11 Cameras In There So If You Get Caught You Will Be Taken Home By Police (That It! That Isnt Exacly...... sage: Guy McLaren says in an earlier post:
"All wild animals are dangerous. Especially African ones."
My response:
All domesticated humans are dangerous. Especially american ones.
I've lived with raccoons, coyotes, bobcats, mountain lions, rattlesnakes, and opossums my whole life--and...... 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...... geraldine: i moved to grove and bushwick over this past summer, and haven't had a single problem at all. it was intimidating at first (i'm 22, white, and female), but for the most part people have...... Alan Taylor: Hi Joanne,
I only meant the mundane stuff, by all means information on your dad should be posted, you never know who ends up reading the information. Also post information found on any possible relatives, one...... Marje Givens-Eames: What a wonderful site for Irlam/Cadishead and what memories, many I had forgotten.
I remember Goodiers living in the house on Ferry Road/Boat Lane. We lived in Gerrards Close and our house backed onto...... EvilGentleman: Thanks, little ukraine and Peter. My family was indeed part of the Mohawk ironworking community.
I went to the museum in my hometown of Kahnawake with my grandmother one time, and there was a good-sized display...... Emily: I smiled to see a posting here with a pic of York and Emerald -- the same site I see outside my bedroom window every day. Things here aren't great but they're definitely moving...... singingnettle: I used to love the way you could look up and down the waterline from one of the edges of the land and see the way Manhattan was strung with bridges and you perceived that...... anon (adsl-70-248-238-43.dsl.hstntx.sbcglobal.net): I was born in Houston, Texas in 1952 and growing up I would ride with my grandfather to take my grandmother to work through the Washburn Tunnel. But I never knew it was under...... riana: I moved here in 1989 and if you people hate Jacksonville now you would of really hated it back then, there was really nothing to do, and everyone here talked funny. Ive seen it grow...... XXXXXXXXXXX: I don't really understand what happened with the whole Saber/River dis, or why the all city king of NYC would do that, the reasoning behind it, or what. I guess there are too many rumors...... 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...... rich backes: lived at 624 chauncey st.in the early fiftees remember niehr's ice cream parlor the hang out of the rail road boys.went to our lady of lourdes our house is long gone my brothers and i...... rich backes: lived at 624 chauncey st.early fiftees remember niehr's ice cream parlor home of the rail road boys, house long gone.me and my brothers visit there once in awhile don't reconize any of the houses...... Liam McCann: Reading your article was like going back home. I grew up on 87th ST. off of Lex and remember alot ot the locations you cited. I remember what the Rupert Towers development was...... joey: nela park! wow. now that would have been very cool to see that place after all these years.
one of my cleveland heights neighbors worked for GE at nela park. we swam at the pool...... Angel... Sunset Park Broolkyn: I was real young maybe 13 yrs old,during this black out, when the lights went out me and a some group of friends got together and tagged up the nieghborhood, atleast we weren't looting. I...... Young Hippie: You all assume that I live in Hutchinson. I have the misfortune of having family there. I live in Florida myself. I have since I graduated college. The Young Hippie name has nothing to do...... Anne Hunt: Hi John Cooper,
I'm very interested in the old picture of the Lord St. graveyard. My sister and I travelled to Irlam this past summer to search for it, as we know our great-grandfather and mother...... EvilGentleman: Elicar, I am glad you had a good experience. I know my mother in Ottawa has not been as fortunate as you, but maybe she is an unfortunate exception.
She has found OHIP coverage to so...... EvilGentleman: I still come back and look over this article every once in a while. This time, I followed a link on Wikipedia leading here.
The memories have begun to fade, yet that last shot, the one...... Steve: I worked there from 1977-1993 chassis dept. then left to work at the Saturn plant when the plan to close Tarrytown was announced.
Now retired. I worked in some of those water filled pits during...... Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Is the bowls green and the old tennis court still in between the park and the baths? I remember paying the attendant money back in early seventies for my grandparents to have a bowl,...... Frank S: Holy cow, I can't believe it. A friend e-mailed me about the story. I did a google search and sh*t I'm back in Brooklyn. 169 Harmon -3rd floor. I hope word...... dzine808kona: yo thanks for posting does fresh master pieces. da question is where is my boy east3? i havnt seen the pioneer in a while is his burners still around? if can try and post sum...... Anonoymous: I will try to be succinct with my words. The symbols, ideology, artwork, whatever you prefer to call it serves one grand purpose, and this purpose, I will reveal in the conclusion of this...... Resident of Hutch: Okay, I like how the person only takes pictures from one part of town. This fact makes this article worthless. They fail to take pictures of the area around 23rd and Waldron. Hutchinson has a...... Andre: D Bennet? I grew up in the hornets also. I lived in 1920 and 1943. I grew up with them also and I was there when Laffy threw the glass at chris. I know them...... Peter: i pass that place every day going to/coming back from the train. i never see anyone in there. im assuming its because theyre still pretty new. with all the cheap (but admittedly spartan/utilitarian) {bodega}s around...... Peter: my super rents out space behind my building for {hot dog} and {ice cream} vendors to store their carts at night (and presumably, off-season). every morning this summer, id wake about 20 minutes before my...... Gary: Much of what I read here reminds of comments about what gentlemen the German officers were in restaurants after they had invaded France! Listen here: The Hells Angels, each and every...... UpFromFlames: As I am fond of saying, Memory is the surest antidote to history.
That is the main issue I have with your perspective. While I have done a lot of documentary research [[www.upfromflames.com]] I could...... little ukraine: glad to see so much love for Missing Foundation and the like. CartLegger, there is a pretty decent amount of information online. Try
http://www.hungryeyerecords.com/bands/missing_foundation/index_old.html
http://petemissing.de/
in addition to Peter's links above.
Also, the work of...... HushUp: Oh, and by the way, that list was only about 25 companies; and of those 25 they are employing over 10,000 people around here. Excuse me, they aren't all manufacturing companies, but I happen...... EvilGentleman: I saw this post the day it was first posted, and had not looked back it till today. What a lot of comments about stolen bikes in the Toronto area! Incredible.
Reminds me of this guy...... D.Bennet-lived in 1943 apt 606: I grew up in the Henry Horner Holmes a.k.a. the Hornets i live in 1943 4 trey i also grew up with pharoah and laffy and that movie portrayed them as innocent fun loving children......
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