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Tyra: I'm currently a senior [class of 09] and I've enjoyed my years in ACORN. F.Y. I: if you're going to make comments about the school then at least make them memorable ones or use proper......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

Cecilia Midiri: Nice to see philly art, thanks!!...

in response to: Random Street Art Throughout Philly by serlingrod

myeisha: OMG!!! I'm SO glad to see all these posts. I haven't put anything on here since August of last year and I'm just amazed at all the comments from former resident's of Horner. ......

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EvilGentleman: Hell no! Saturday was Maiden day, and Sunday was Crue day. And thanks for commenting here, I totally forgot about posting all the other pics of the other bands....

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Gamester: I too just found this page after searching for "too old skateboarding" in Google. I am 23 years old and work as a technical support agent in Boulder, CO. Right now, here is......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

Margo-murray: How amazing to find this site. We, the Murray Clan, my parents Terry and Denis, and my brothers, David, Brian and Mike (my sister wasn't born yet) lived at 4100 Benny from around 1953 to......

in response to: The Benny Farm Condemned Housing Projects by EvilGentleman

Ryan: sorry to tell yall, but i havent seen ja's shit in a minute. nigga is a king, but hes old. i think he would of givin it up by now to start settling down.....if he......

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

luna park: A+ post. thanks!...

in response to: Train Derails on Bridge IV: The Aftermath (With Graf Train Passing By) by EvilGentleman

luna park: thanks, peter. street cars in brooklyn would be pretty sweet. they could be tricked out by different artists. ...

in response to: Left Leaning by luna park

Amber: Nice shots. I like the stormy one the best. And I love the smoke stacky one -- great composition. Same with the cityscape, beach, foliage in front. Thanks....

in response to: Panama City, a Little Darker by artisan

CartLegger: Thanks. Remembering my ride (it was over a year ago, July 07)Late morning, I believe. Photo was taken with a Canon SD 850 on wide angle setting. ...

in response to: Jeffrey\'s Hook Lighthouse by Mike L.

CartLegger: Thanks. Remembering my ride (it was over a year ago, July 07)Late morning, I believe. Photo was taken with a Canon SD 850 on wide angle setting. ...

in response to: Jeffrey\'s Hook Lighthouse by Mike L.

Asha: Wow, i need to explore Minnesota more. More like Minneapolis since i've lived in this city for 9 yrs now, thats 56% of how long i've lived on earth. Green way is the best place......

in response to: Riding My Bike Around Downtown by Tyfoid Kid

LSpegal: I didn't grow up in NY but I have a few ancestors who grew up or lived in Brooklyn. I'm researching them and the areas where they used to live and Arthur THAMM lived at......

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Karen Carr: What time of day was this photo taken. It's got great color and the sun is in a perfect position. Please respond back to Karen_Carr@email.com. Thanks....

in response to: Jeffrey\'s Hook Lighthouse by Mike L.

upfromflames: Yeah, trends are very general, so I don't want to stereotype at all. I meant poor relative to the earlier families. Thanks for correcting me on that one. I am a little blurry on the......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Lou Romero: Thanks UFF, your response was almost totally on the money, except for the "poor Puerto Rican families" part. Many PR families were hard-working and wanted a better living conditions as well as good schools, many who......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

mat: im making my own wheatpastes, not with stencils or anything but drawing them up with sharpies and paint pens, im wondering if i could use like charcoals or if theyd' just smudge does anyone know......

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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

design_e: Often when I stumble, I skim through stuff, but this held onto to me and looked through it all. Thanks for capturing that important bit of American NYC history. ;)...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Peter: weve had the discussion re: graf versus vandalism on here like 500 times, and its surprising how every other person has their own specific definition of the term "graffiti", to the point where it becomes......

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

Who Cares for Kensington: Cecilia, My most recent comment was actually a compliment to serlingrod for posting some useful information (please read the last sentence carefully..."thanks for the contact information"). Seems that some residents would be grateful for the......

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

Who Cares for Kensington: Someone steps forward with help related to providing taxpayers with taxpayer funded services. What a country! And thanks for the contact information....

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

jack: very nice, thanks, i thought it would look this nice, the old and the new, very nice. i like the free hugs, humans need hugs....

in response to: Downtown 1 by Ross

Jamie: Classic citynoise! Thanks for tihs slice-of-life from the other side of the planet. I love the mix of old and new, it's not how I imagine Sydney, or Australia in general to look. Quite colonial,......

in response to: Downtown 1 by Ross

Ross: Thanks very much, Jamie. Actually it's good if you edit the posts to make them more cohesive....

in response to: Darlinghurst by Ross

Sheila hilton: Hya Sheila V, thanks for that info. Wonder where all the dads were? Maybe they were all at work. Cheers sheila H...

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Ross: Thanks very much Jamie. I'll be happy to upload more....

in response to: King St by Ross

Steve Boyle: Can anybody help me? I'm trying to find out what was originally on Lee Close, Irlam (Basically just around the corner from Irlam Primary school and close to Irlam Endowed. Lee close I think was......

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

Angela Bentley: Hey BUSY MSD---Ray and Maria had an Uncle named Tony and another name Matthew...Sound familiar last I knew they moved was wondering if anyone knew them. Email me at biggirl12668@yahoo.com thanks...

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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......

in response to: Water Falls on the City by CartLegger

serlingrod: the city skyline embodies an idea of the collective imagination of the city's inhabitants and institutions. The silhouette of man's built environment provides and essential image for a city's dreams and aspirations. thanks so much......

in response to: Downtown MinneApple by Tyfoid Kid

joey: these are cool. thanks for cycling around to the 'kodak moment' spots. the 4th one works for me. those falls apprear to be coming out of that building in the distance. nice . . ....

in response to: Water Falls on the City by CartLegger

Sheila Vaudrey: Hiya Rob, reading your post I went outside to hang some washing out to dry, then I remembered the hooks that hold my washing line in place, they are fixed to the wall of......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Terry Gorman: Hi Andrew I am the final stages of a book about the non-league football grounds of Lancashire, and was very interested in the photo of the old Irlam Town clubhouse in Silver Street. Would there......

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

Maureen: Hello Sheila thanks for the info re school photographs, I did check out the web site but there are just a few photographs, none of them from my class, only Mr Ellisons classes....

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Cecilia Midiri: Sandy, you must live on my street. Just yesterday, I wrote almost the same thing to the Daily News and today they called me to consider it for publication...I'm in the 25th also. Wow, RonS,......

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

RonS: This blog brings back a lot of memories,I grew up on 2800 Swanson st in 60's & 70's.I remember delivering orders for customers at DanDee's as I was to young to drink at Viola's.Last time......

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

Karl daniels: Norma: I told my mum and she was gob smacked, she doesnt understand the internet lol is there a way of sending some one an email on here to some one? as she was woundering :-) Thanks Karl...

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

jack: your correct, i was waiting for shots of the falls, i figured it was gonna be peter since he was the closest. so you took a boat ride around manhattan on the circle line,......

in response to: Water Falls on the City by CartLegger

serlingrod: Thanks for acknowledging the good, "Who Cares" (by the way, you REALLY need to change that handle! :) ) I think everyone agrees with you 100% about the pols - their job security should......

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

Lou Romero: Thanks UFF, I am a member of BushwickBuddies, maybe a little to crowded for me now (lol) A cousin of mine forward us to CityNoise, showcasing the pictures of Bushwick. I'm hoping to hear from more Fourteen Holy......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

luna park: thanks, zagg. this is in my brooklyn backyard, jack, between apartment buildings. :)...

in response to: Neighbor\'s Clothes by luna park

Joe F: Hi Laura ! RE: "my" 3rd Ave EL PHOTO ! I enjoyed reading your Yorkville memories as an ex 1940's-60's Yorkville-ite myself. It would have been appropriate and nice for me to also have been given ME......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Karl, Thanks for the reply. Say hi to your mum for me. I got back in touch with Lynne a few months ago and we send regular emails, she has just become a grandma for......

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

Sally S: I'm delighted to have a theater in a neighboring community that has good movies at a reasonable price. It's nice not to have to break the bank to take kids to a movie. ......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 9 by Scott Sargent

raj: ditto on all of the compliments. thanks for this!...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

serlingrod: Thanks Peter. It's nice to have a friend back you up. I just marvel at the stubborness of it though.....I mean, "keep on painting" ... Really? I've made it perfectly clear I'm not an artist..I'm......

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

sunshine: wow! thanks for sharing this, it was really interesting and I love graffiti!...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

surviving: Tex ......

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

Joseph Bridge: sorry, but this is the reality i see when i rarely visit family who still live there. the cup is half empty, thanks....

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

Steven: Back in the early 80's I lived in a great old dump of a building on Kings Hwy directly overlooking the N Train line as depicted in the last image. My fire escape hung......

in response to: Bensonhurst Views by David G.

sharon, swansea: hi to all thanks for the lovley comments, like i said, it was karl`s way of getting the message through, it was a very vivid dream, i`ve always been a sceptic, when......

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

Pinecatz: Fantastic work. Thanks....

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

luna park: thanks! it was a perfect summer evening: not too hot, not too humid....

in response to: Evening at BBG by luna park

Steven - Clean and Sober: John Avildsen is now in detox/rehab/group therapy. I met him there in May 2008. I saw his works and his books and all. He said he was quitting and he told me to look him......

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

serlingrod: I guess its not easy finding Philly's Brooklyn Street in the actual Brooklyn Thanks everyone for posting your street shots....Brooklyners and non-Brooklyners alike! Here's my Philly street, with a corner camera store that shares its......

in response to: Where Brooklyn At? by serlingrod

Peter: with a [[3348:new york in lincolnshire]], no doubt youve got a {brooklyn} in {philly}! nice find... thanks for sharing it with us. this is the view from the end of my block, for comparison: [[img:28261]] other brooklynites, show......

in response to: Where Brooklyn At? by serlingrod

Gary Sparkes: thanks john and pat i just need a few more shops to complete the drawing...

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

Gary Sparkes: i am drawing a overhead plan of the maypole(irlam shopping centre)so far i have the TSB, harrys chippy(lovely),hesketh amd claire(butcher),gemtime??,electronic shop???,bingo place???,supermarket???,norman lownes grocer with mrs egan knittware,optician???,newsagents (stuart???),cant remember any more,does anyone have any......

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

joey: thanks jack. i do applaud your efforts....

in response to: LaJolla Beach for Joey by jack

hai fukiu: thanks...I'm gonna go piss off some yuppie scum...

in response to: Wheatpasting: How to by An@Rch15T

eskae: sweet thanks for sharing I remember seeing those chris papes pieces through the grates in riverside park back in 888...nice to know that thye are still riding. And nice to see twist stuff from the 90's......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Me: Re to Hutchinson Escapee I will keep my reasons for wanting to know to myself,but thanks for the offer to post the case number anyway. But my oh my aren,t you an angry one. You probably......

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

joey: thanks for the honorable mention. i see i only have one post this month. i gotta get busy- more snaps. when the heat wave passes perhaps . . . ...

in response to: This Month On Citynoise by Jamie

Peter: thats what im talking about, tex! thanks. see, to us outsiders that have no idea what these places/things are that you guys have been talking about forever, photos and descriptions really add impact to the......

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

EvilGentleman: BostonVisitor, I honestly have no clue about the costs of prostitutes in the city, nor where to go for the best deals. But like any other commodity, the sex market will provide better quality for......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

Pat: Great work. Thanks for sharing...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

BostonVisitor: Hi there and bonjour, I'll have friends visit me from California, and we all want to check out Montreal. Specifically, I'm interested in providing my friend a prostitute. I remember several years back going......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

g: good catch :) I know he's kinda middle ground for a lot of people whether they be artists or writers but he really makes me smile, even just a throwie. Thanks for sharing...

in response to: Graf Trux 21: Neck Face, NYC by Peter

Eleanor: Have read this article many times and I'm pleased to see it is still drawing comments. NewYorkDave ... you said you were on Bushwick Buddies but left because of the "right-wing" politics ... You're probably right......

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

jack: really beautiful, good shots and thanks....

in response to: Inner beauty of DC by Sande

Katrin: Hey - Funny: my journey started with reading stuff about Leftover Crack, squatting and mole people while actually I should have prepared a talk about Billy Wilder and Some Like It Hot. Well, anyway, finally......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Sheila Vaudrey: Thanks for the photo's legal or otherwise. I remember standing on Barton Lane, to watch the chimneys fall, you should have seen the clouds of dust. also Another first for our area, Trafford......

in response to: Barton Power Station by Dave

Emily: Wow. These are amazing and beautiful. The six shafts of light was my favorite, but they were all so great. Thanks for sharing these....

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

JoeyD: Thanks jack! it was perhaps the most erie light ive even seen cast...like wearing a pair of brown tinted shades and not being able to take them off....this photo was taken just before......

in response to: Smoke Sky by JoeyD

Shayleia: What wonderfully vivid imagery . . . thanks for sharing your views of NYC....

in response to: Staten Island Views by Peter

anon (spc1-ward4-0-0-cust157.bagu.broadband.ntl.com): Anyone got photo's of the salford overspill being built or pictures in Irlam in the 1970's Would like to see them on the site if you have !!!! Thanks. ...

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

James cashan: Hi sheila, Thanks for the heads up sounds interesting, don`t suppose you know the date of the exhibitiion? cheers james, ...

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

James cashan: Hello jon B. Malcom Kennedy is related to my dad through marriage of his mum to Ken connor (pics of Train), I lived and dad still lives across road from Pete n......

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

Muchadou: Really clever! He he Shall be looking out for them now. Thanks for the 'heads up'! Mxx...

in response to: Random Decapitations by The Decapitator

Kittycat Clover: How very unusual! The light effects are great - must be wonderful in 'real life'. Thanks for sharing this....

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Ash: Thanks for these photos! Ever since I saw Dark Days about 10 years ago I've had a fascination with the world beyond the seen - the abandoned corners of our existence. So captivating! ...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Mike L.: Jack, thanks for taking the time to look at these photos. I served 1971-75, but in Turkey, not a combat zone. My son returned from his 2nd Iraq tour (as a combat medic)......

in response to: Bryant Park, Vietnam War Protest, 1970 by Mike L.

funnyface: ahhhhh... thanks for the picture/laugh. the goo link topped it off. (bottomed it out?)...

in response to: Anal Jewelry by Peter

anon (mail01.aopwv.com): What an awesome adventure! Thanks for sharing the photos and info of this secret place....

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Hoolia: Wow. These are beautiful. Thanks so much for sharing these. You've been stumble thumb-upped....

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Martha Garvey: Thanks for your terrific work. So lonely and beautiful....

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

melindawarren: WOW! Those pics are amazing! Thanks!...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Candlejack: This is just an amazing sight to see, and even more amazing is that you actually went down there, took so many high quality photographs, came back and put it all here to share with......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Britrock: Thanks Peter - I've learned something new and gained a fresh creative inspiration to start my day. Beautiful images. ...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Micah: Woah. I never new this existed. Thanks for telling me, and awesome photos!...

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mike: great picts thanks for the insight...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Meh one: The one on 181'st was mine, the one next to it is Idea - the m and the H look alike because the only different is the angle of the middle bar separating the 2......

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Norma Bannon (nee Bolton): Hi Rob, Thanks, but that name doesn't ring a bell, not sure who I was thinking of... Norma...

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

Joanne Amorello Minor: Hello Sheila, Yes thats right about my nanna and grandad and mum, my nan was Jessie and my grandad was Bob, my nan was an auxillary nurse at Bridgewater Hospital and my grandad an ambulance......

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

Peter: thanks you guys... i had a great time down there, so its been nice to share these shots. i took so many photos in there, so it was hard deciding which to post here... im......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

little ukraine: wow, peter, i think this post contains some of the best photos ive ever seen on CN...really really incredible...thanks for taking the trip and sharing!...

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

kellymac: thanks for the links peter, my skepticism at the "factual" information in the book started with her claiming there are natural caves under Manhattan, much less ones accessible from subway passages. she clearly had......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

diamond: Im thinking about looking at an apartment in the Benton Park West are,an this article really helped me.Thanks a lot.It looks like a very nicde and safe place.All of my worries are gone...THANKS!!!...

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