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Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969... The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story : I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Jamie: **Note from editors:** Would you guys like some kind of **Irlam local history discussion forum** site setting up? Not that I'd want to discourage you from using the site but it doesn't lend itself well......

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

Who Cares for Kensington: Carol, I left the neighborhood because I felt forced to do so by crime and apparent bleak future prospects.I moved to another section of the city that wasn't the greatest, but it served and a......

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

Lillibette Irish expat: What most of the people that have responded to this fail to realize is that "The Troubles" in Ireland have LONG ago stopped being about religion. It was/is rather like the black-white thing in......

in response to: NYC: The Empire State Building at Sunrise by Peter

Ryan: OH BOY!!! just where I want to live...on top of the largest oil spill in history! [[http://tinyurl.com/3b2wbn]] I'll stay in queens thank you very much!...

in response to: Condofication of Brooklyn by Peter

phantom: Regarding the economic side of the Kensington exodus - Google: Kensington and Globalization. The frst entry in the search findings should be a paper on the topic published at Kutztown State by Mike Kelly on......

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

Open your eyes !!: I have read mostly all of the comments on here and it makes me sad to see how ignorant some people really are. What a lot of you need to do is......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

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......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

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)......

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

Passerby: With the history linked to that hotel there is no stopping the wrecking ball. To quote the article in the Suntimes: Community development director of Lincolnwood Timothy Clarke "Asked when he'd like the hotel torn......

in response to: Hotel Detective by procyon

Born and Raised in NYC: Here's a little Montreal story: I remember very well as a little boy being with my family in Montreal at a flower expo located in the old Expo fair grounds ... I was standing with......

in response to: Yankee Go Home by EvilGentleman

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......

in response to: Washburn Tunnel by ian

anon (75-164-240-214.ptld.qwest.net): You are a very articulate imaginative Intelligent & WISE person~ You NEED to consider writing as a serious avenue of success~ IF that is what you may find to be your forte! You may have been......

in response to: Trenches by Stephanie L. Jackson

Rob Tynan: Hi Bob, Is there any chance you could put some of your memories eg the Bobs Ferry accident and your recent account about the steelworks onto the oldirlamvillage.atfreeforum.com We are trying to build......

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

Deb Simpkins (nee Massey): Wow! My Uncle Cyril (Bagshaw) put me onto this site and I have just spent the last hour reading all the comments. My mum (Edith Jaques) was born in Irlam and my dad (Jim Massey)......

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

ArchDoctor: I'm APPAULED that Mississauga wasnt an immediate top 10 candidate, have you guys been here recently?? the absolute world is gonna boast the tallest condominiums outside of Toronto, there are 35+ story monsters reserecting......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Tex: Here's a sad example In the Hutch news, was this story, "Owner of Wiley building leaves tenants in the cold" "The coffee group can joke about it - but the tenants of the Wiley building aren't......

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

EvilGentleman: El, since they were government-funded homes originally intended for the families of veterans returning from WWII, it is most unfortunate that the government decided to stop funding them. If you look at the comments in the......

in response to: The Destruction of Benny Farm by EvilGentleman

Joanne Amorello-minor: Hello Cyril they are great pics..just how I remember it then...do you remember the nursery there just further down...I went there... My deepest sympathies for the loss of your son Brian...I didnt realise it was so recent...bless......

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

Mist One53. Tdt=The Deadly Type.: Hello JA From Mist1 Sheffield England uk. I was first in Nyc in 1989 and saw SANE eveywhere. At the top of the World trade centre, not much bigger that this text on the screen.I......

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

KADEEM. : ok heres how acorn goes once you past freshman year. and u havent gotten in good with all teachers...if they arent what u want them 2 be.THEN EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE..ur fucked.. sorry its the truth if......

in response to: Acorn Community High School by Peter

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......

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

niagara: no niagara falls input, so i'll add some. lots of action going on around here, a 52 and 60 story under construction, with several more planned. defiantely deserving of the top 5, and if there was an......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

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......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

upfromflames: how utterly grisly...how history piles atop itself. And apathy atop sympathy. Its a matter of time....

in response to: Walking Through Washington Square Park On My Way to Dinner by jack

Bob Salmon: Re the Bobs Ferry Accident: As remembered by Bob Salmon, an Inquest Witness. On the morning in question, I was awoken by a neighbour in Lytherton Avenue Cadishead, saying that she thought there was a gas leak......

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

GGP: Now I will tell a Jack-like story. When I was a kid, we would drive home at night from visiting my grandparents in Astoria (who, by the way had a Ravenswood phone prefix: RA8-4089, I......

in response to: Kraftwerk by Peter

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......

in response to: Your House Is Mine - Return of a Legend by little ukraine

2less2: it's to bad that you guys haven't taken the time to see the actual truths as they relate Las Vegas and all you've managed to find fault with. first, one of the biggest reasons the......

in response to: Viva Las Vegas, Part 1 by aer suzuki

karlo: P.S The first one is at the corner of Beechmount ave,and the Falls road in west Belfast. If you look closely,you'll see that the name of the street is 'R.P.G avenue'. ( For those who don't know,R.P.G stands......

in response to: Graffiti in Belfast by barry

upfromflames: Rumours travel quickly. Truth travels slower. Yes, there was a problem. But all was a misunderstanding, and settled by the end of the day. No one is going to stop the Bushwick mural. Come......

in response to: Bushwick: History in the Making by upfromflames

realworldgirl9: You know, the reason our entire country is in a shit hole right now is because of the lousy attitudes of people today. I have lived in many places in my life, for instance:......

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

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

upfromflames: Kim: You can't stand under a stone and ask it to stop falling. You speak out romantically against historical forces much broader than the scope of your sentiment. The neighborhood will never be what it was......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: cjh: Thats a powerful story, very telling. Thanks for telling it here. The way citynoise threads work, you might also want to copy and post it [[here:6257]] with the the original topic. --or one of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Julian: I've thoroughly enjoyed all the stories on this page. Especially the one about the pissed off squirrel, the pooing while begging for food cat, and the BYOT raccoon. What a trio. I found this site via......

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

oh dear...: iman: 4th Apr 2007 - 00:25 GMT i'm glad i live in a fun town where people know how to live good. i am never moving to the south. I just want to let iman know that......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Coon-B-Gone: I had my first run in with raccoons in Toronto last summer just before vacation. My family was already gone and I woke to the sounds of something scratching at the door outside of my......

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

CATCH A BIKE THIEF!: We bought brand new bikes from these nice guys at CycOmotive on Bathurst. We paid $3,500 for the two mountain bikes. One was higher end Giant and the other one was Giant Pistol 2 16......

in response to: A Picture of My Bike by Walks now

Cinic: Thanks for the history lesson on rufus-rockhead. I always like hearing about street name origins. You know what I think could be a nice shot, on top of the superC looking at westmount at night,......

in response to: Rufus Rockhead Street by EvilGentleman

loca from Ny: First and foremost I would like to say that the Latin Kings and Queens were made to protect it's people what events happened through ought it's history for it to become like this no one......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

EvilGentleman: Oh, and "go to top" sounds good to me as well. But the floating boxes would need frames, I think. And frames = trouble, in my book. I like joey's "today in history" idea, but as a......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

joey: once hot topics is gone (the majority say this is wasted space) you can expand the left side of the screen with more listings for browse by city, popular articles, recent articles, and browse by......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

upfromflames: BD: I truly appreciate your response. Maybe that is why I posted it. Thanks for taking the bait! Your perspective is clearly rich in experience, and me, well, I am a non-NYer who has just......

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

jack: once upon a time, an aging man, was left home, alone, his wife had gone off to work, his children all at their places and with their families, and this old man, well older gentleman,......

in response to: User Survey 2007 by Jamie

Peter: this is a pretty thought provoking topic, and definitely one that prompted me to also think of the {bronx}... check this: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bronx#The_Bronx_in_the_movies]] apparently, it had alot to do with arson-for-insurance fraud... which would certainly parallel with the fiscal......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

.nanotech.: [[img:18501]] NAZI REGIME.911.REICHSTAG - parliament of Germany [[img:18502]] Even the location was a deliberate attempt to conceal it by constructing it in Denver Colorado's 1 mile high mountain area, knowing that planes flying at a maximum altitude will......

in response to: Airport Scenes 1 by aer suzuki

.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

procyon: sort of; important but not too important. the '33 world's fair was there, and it was the site of mayor daley's famous, ridiculous late-night bulldozing in 2003. from the next day's Trib: "Mayor Richard Daley launched......

in response to: Adler, 12th St. Beach and the Former Meigs Field by procyon

I am Puerto Rican, and Really Angry at your Lack of Concern and Knowledge:: I agree with you Rich. I would love to live in a world where people can coexist peacefully along side one another. All I am saying is that most people make generalizations of people based......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jack: i thank you also for your series, i've never been to cleveland except for a stopover at the airport. i hear that someone revitalized the home used in the christmas story. where to......

in response to: Authentic Cleveland by little ukraine

Larry: I came to Chicago last year and one of the first places I wanted to see was Cabrini Green. I am from South East DC and I know what the projects are like. ......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

jack: it means, if you will permit me to translate, a story about a man and a women, both late twenties and a little boy about 7 and she was waiting at the kew gardens train......

in response to: Americans Love Anything Blueberry by little ukraine

crlsgll: This conversation about Bushwick is great. I love reading the personal narratives that fuel each story and shed light in our differences; which is a blessing in disguise, for if we all agreed then this......

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

jack: i find that espresso coffee with a chicken parm hero at midnight usually makes me sleep like a lamb. of course i gained a lot of weight. so i got a job starting......

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

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

Yea-Yo: Exactly Culture Club. I'd love to understand more about these deep roots people claim they've laid into Humboldt Park. The dirty ass alleys, unkept yards, trash all over, people with no regard for the next......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jack: good story, you drew a picture with words. is it true or is it a story? anyway i understand how you feel about the pro, i remember once i went to a women......

in response to: Rainy Days and Mondays by a disturbed young man

Karmen King: Its not very smart to say that you "experienced" Norman in any way since you were never farther than 10 feet from the highway. You missed Reynolds Performing Arts Center, Sam Noble Museum of Natural......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

EvilGentleman: Hmmm, interesting. I have never encountered this data before. I know that if you look at a topographic map, you can see an easily identifiable line of hills and mountains sticking out of the flat......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

EvilGentleman: Sounds like the typical Canadian and/or Quebec films of the 80's come back to life. "Profits? What are profits? We were thinking grants and tax deductions, eh?" Canadian films are generally indy films that absorb government......

in response to: Bon Cop, Bad Cop by EvilGentleman

TheTruth: Nice try at history, Sylvia, but you've missed some huge factors. My family was part of that 1st wave of nonwhites to integrate Bushwick in the 1950s. They weren't Gentry -- sorry--even though they were......

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

Phill : To give you an update cabrini green is still currently alive. There are five buildings still standing that people live in that arn't under demolition, however there are six that have been demolished. The cabrini......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Betty: Yea, I don't think so. First of all, these pictures do offend me, especially the last one with a girl who is probably all of seven looking on. Fact of the matter though is that......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

groovehouse: Great story!!! LOL!!!! I went to Vegas once, I was about 11 years old and it was a stop on the way back from California. The main thing I really remember about Vegas was leaving after......

in response to: Piano Man by jack

Chris Erb: Sussex is a weird place. I could tell you a story about every one of those buildings. Ironically enough, one of the buildings on fire in this picture actually did burn to the......

in response to: Sussex by CE

Sean MacCloud: *A DUDE here* said "but what would it feel like if it were just her there? just her with the pervert?" Hmmm... If would feel like... wimmins is not equal for genetic reasons and dependent on......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

more than a few?: [[http://cbs4.com/topstories/local_story_033170755.html]]...

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

EvilGentleman: To my way of thinking, graffiti should be both encouraged and it's location controlled within reason, with penalties for those who put graffiti in places where it has no business being. Now, before you all......

in response to: Criminalize Greed, Not Graffiti by Peter

.huskone..: funny how people always throw stones when a nigga on da top aint nobody could name another writer in history done what ja done,,,i been around along ass time i aint never seen nothing like......

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

Peter: eg: hah re: the bike/courier guy. that made me chuckle. also: that cn story is quite a story... wow, just wow. just to put that kid's feat into perspective: [[img:10099]] (...image ganked from [[http://www.the-rocketman.com/Dar-R-gallery.html]], which is a fascinating-......

in response to: Sooo Adorable by Elicar

Elicar: For the ranking in the top 10 cities, check [[http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20051004/EIUcitysurvey_vancouverfirst_200501004/20051004?hub=Canada]] ...

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

Jamie: Top story jack. I can only hope should i reach your age i have half as many kickass stories to tell my grandkids. Hope this is the 1st of many....

in response to: The Meatball Caper by jack

jack: scratching. i heard scratching, like a dying body scratching its last words onto the floor. so i slowly crept towards the stair and looked up into the darkness. i dont know what......

in response to: Abandoned Building Complex by David

Staci: Wow. This blog is great. I'm a resident of Humboldt Park for two years now and just signed my lease for another year. I don't have a lot of time right this......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

grange: I like these shots too . History is interesting , well at least for me . Something you may not know . You use tobe able to get those barrels for distillrys . Maybe you still......

in response to: Distillery Historic District by Elicar

Chris: billy i dont believe u have ever been to the UK judging from ur... review of it. I have met many cool americans that apreciate there only allie on the planet and are nice......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Amerikanski: Hey Sidney- if I toss a biodgradable out my window (assuming I'm not cursing/aiming at you at the same time, for good reason), it's all good. 'Wipe my face' with it and you will have......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Litter did I Know: I read this story carefully. I have already dealt with a similar situation in a similar way in Victoria BC. A Car whizzes by me on a narrow downtown street and out the window flies......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Jono Cono: That's a great story, well written. I used to skateboard as well and I know the feeling of hitting a small pebble or your wheels locking up on your for some reason due to......

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

Daniel: If the story is as published in the papers then this guy had all the right to throw whatever he wanted at that bitch. Unless she was hit by the litter, its not her right......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

4 mode observation: This incident is an excellent example of some of the worst features of human behaviour and the consequences that result from the actions of those who are misguided and self indulgent enough to believe they......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Joey: I thought this was 2006? What's with all the chauvinistic women haters on here? Let me clarify a few things here that some of you seem to be forgetting (which I know firsthand) 1. Alex threw......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Joe: to comment on "driver"'s post : "hello my name is alex solski and i just wanna say that i had the reaction that i did simply because this ugly dyke threw the litter right in my......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

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

jos: Steve in Vancouver (jan 31, 22:30), thanks for your words of wisdom. Cyclist, I'm glad you weren't hurt more badly than you were. You were at great risk. Bystanders, thanks for getting involved and protecting the vulnerable. As......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

zoe: I'm just curious about White Vest Lady's story: at what point did your fiancee throw your coffees on the courier? The pictures show that she's dripping wet, so I'm just wondering. Furthermore, why on earth......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Gato: Just saw the story on BoingBoing. Leah, you should definitely press charges. Throwing back the food in the car was definitely not a good idea, but physically assaulting a smaller woman is for cowards and......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

ViewFromAfar: My Observations: Photo #1: he is grabbing her seat to slow her down, she must have been riding. Id say he then grabbed her wheel to stop her. Photo #2: he seems to be winding up......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Brittany -bst: The first photo at the top of the page is a girl name candace. These phots are history and probally will be posted alot of other place but im sure in the feauture things are......

in response to: A Walk Through Brick City by Peter

Jamie: Top news story here at the moment. No shit, just saw it on a news stand this morning: **"Family See Jesus in Wardrobe"**...

in response to: Objects in Mirror Are by joey

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

fuzzytank: ohhh that would be soooo much better than most of the coffe shop rhetoric they used to stick into those plastic curved top plates but i coludnt help reading them it was easier than watchin the guy......

in response to: Portland: steel bridge by fuzzytank

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: This is the inscription around the top of the United States Post Office here in NYC: "Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their......

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

JayEastsider: This just happened in Toronto recently [[http://www.pulse24.com/News/Top_Story/20050922-007/page.asp]]...

in response to: Beware: Perv Alert! by friendly_chic407

JayEastsider : sorry about the poor quality of the pictures there from scans if anybody is interested here is the link to the story about the guy at the tracy towers http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/manhattan/nyc-deli0405,0,3330951.story?coll=nyc-topheadlines-left...

in response to: New York City 2 by JayEastsider

JayEastsider: check this out it something interesting i found Think You Know Everything????? A dime has 118 ridges around the edge. A cat has 32 muscles in each ear. A crocodile cannot stick out......

in response to: Leningrad by JayEastsider

Mr Norway..: He he he he he.. you see me laughing... ;) I can only laugh of all your remarks.. To the last individual who posted his.. or her remarks here.. When did this......

in response to: Injustice CASE... by Rune-Willem

jack: no one commented on the GOD sign. GOD is the only one who truly loves you and yet we hate Him. the republicans did'nt come up with the red color, it was the liberal......

in response to: Politics, American Style by GGP

Confused: Admitted some white people have attitudes, but some blacks have attitudes, some Latinos have attitudes, etc....The blacks don't get along with the PR's, I see it every night and hear it. F You N, shut......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti