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Duffman1: I worked there in the 70's. It was called Textile Piece Dye works. I think the major pictures shown are of Brewster Print works next door. It was dreary there back in the 70's. But Polyester......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

anon (c-69-142-138-254.hsd1.pa.comcast.net): he didnt live on lee but we did live on westmoreland between A st and lee st. we lived directly across from where water st came in. yea he passed away in 2004. He had......

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

anon (cpe-68-173-176-107.nyc.res.rr.com): the address to the scrap yard is 300 w broadway (bewtween canal and grand st.) New York, NY 10013(area code) Phone number-(212)-343-2557...

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

Hands and Feet: Just got this today. The reality is this all started about the mid fifties or earlier. I remember moving several times before I was five years of age. This was due to depressed economics in......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

Jla: Hello to all my fellow kensington neighborsand friends, i lived in kensington all my life i grew up at 2nd and cambria then moved to D & clearfield. met my husband and moved to kensington......

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

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

Brushman: hello anon ,i definately lived at lee and westmoreland then , im 39 yrs old . I am writing a soon to be published book about that specific are between howard and ontario to......

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

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

eyeofodin: Great post. Louis Theroux of the BBC did a great episode for his 'Weird Weekends' about Black Nationalism, and concentrated his time in Harlem. He was able to enter the headquarters and interview......

in response to: Black Hebrew Israelites by serlingrod

Peter: This is a tale explaining the manner in which my way of life was rotated along a Y axis until it reached a position roughly 180 degrees from that which it started If I could......

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

Lou Romero: Good exchange UFF, The catholic schools other reason for closing was the declining enrollment from the local neighborhoods (ie: PRs and Blacks), many of these families could not afford the tuition. I remember classmates of mine going to......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

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......

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

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

OG FROM GCC: I just got back from a mission trip to Kensington. We worked at a kids camp that was located at a church on the corner of C and Indiana. Before the kids would get there. Every......

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

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......

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

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......

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

Brushman: Today, lawyers would have a field day with our antics. We played Kick the Can, where everyone would hide in various places and then try to run in and kick the can before being tagged by......

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

VeeJay: Found this sight quite by accident. Like many of you I grew up in Bushwick and we left there in 1962 because I was mugged and beaten several times - we lived on Goodwin......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Ron A. (aka Ronnie): I lived at 486 Brooklyn Avenue and played on Sterling St. with my friends. I went to PS91 between 1958 - 1964. Next to Lefferts JHS. We left Brooklyn in 8th grade for Westchester. I......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

just me : I like many of you grew up in the HP area. No I don't live there anymore because i had my children and chose not to raise them in that enviroment. Needless to say......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

Kassie: I went here with my friend a couple months ago. We got some amazing pictures. I've never seen such beautiful graffiti in my entire life. We had a nice talk with a......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Peter: to those that keep asking for the location, let me just mention (for like the 5th time in this thread) that its at 300 {w. broadway}, between {canal} and {grand}. i mean, i know its realllly......

in response to: Scrap Yard nyc GRAFFITI STORE by art views

serlingrod: Here’s a list of contact numbers for city services….. ##NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES## City Hall Operator 215.686.1776 Abandoned Car (Automated Service) 215.683.2278 Abandoned Car Supervisor 215.685.9500 Barking Dogs, PAACA 215.685.9040 Citizen Crime Commission 215.546.TIPS Illegal Dumping (Neighborhood Services) 215.685.3097 Nuisance Bar, Underage Drinking 215.726.6200 Public......

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

Peter: when i got back into town this past weekend, the sight of the (agreeably underwhelming) {brooklyn bridge} waterfall greeted me, so that was my first chance to see them... glad to find your photos, man.........

in response to: Water Falls on the City by CartLegger

upfromflames: "Safe" is a psychological range that falls somewhere between what you are used and what people in the neighborhood are used to. So i don't know makes you feel "safe". But you could take the......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Jim Church: Hi Pauline Curran, are you wee Paddy's daughter? If so e-mail me at j.church@cox.net. I am your cousin Jimmy Church in Escondido, California...

in response to: Castle Balfour by barry

lynnlindsayward@yahoo.com: Seems all the memories are from the 80's and 90's territory. Where are the 60's and 70's people that grew up in the 40's and 50's? Louies candy store. Blochs drug store...the Chop House....the Praha...and the......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

jackie: does anyone remember of a factory on 69 troutman street between evergreen and bushwick? Did they make stuffed animals?...

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

Captain Obvious: What really grates about Quebec's degenerate infrastructure, is that they have not only incredibly high taxes, but they *also* have incredibly high subsidies from all the more productive provinces, BOTH. To have billions poured into a......

in response to: Windows Health Care by EvilGentleman

Stefanie: Where exactly did you find this turtle?!? is it still there?!? im going to vegas next weekend and I want to find it!!...

in response to: Killer Spiders, and Giant Turtles by johnny E

carol: a helpful article to read ...http//www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/memphis-crime . the correlation between the imploding of the housing projects and the rising crime rate in places which these tenants were relocated to....

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

jack: REMINDS ME OF THE HUMAN ZOO ON THE PLANET PYTHIAN. sorry about the caps, but when i was captured by the pythians and taken to their planet there was a zoo and we humans......

in response to: Life Sentence by NWhyC

Who Cares for Kensington: Serlingrod, It reminds me of something I was told at a very young age, "men lead lives of quiet desperation". I am amazed at myself and others that accept such poor leadership and politics from elected......

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

serlingrod: I do not defend the status - I wish to change it. I do not "draw a salary on the backs of the suffering" - the little funding we receive goes towards helping these people......

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

Mitch Vernace: Grew up on the "other side" of Myrtle Avenue, on Knickerbocker between Putnam and Madison Street between 1961 and 1978. Went to St. Martin of Tours and we always felt our competitors were from......

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

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

Who Cares for Kensington: I'll leave race out of my comments and will continues to focus on the radical change of culture and values. The changes are what thay are and I am sure that the government nor activists......

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

Bertha Gibson (Sanchez): Hello to all. Great blog here. Louis (Koochie....smile) Oh my goodness, I remember viewing Father Heitz' body in the rectory (1970?). Fourteen Holy Martyrs (on Central/Schaffer St) merged with St. Martin's (on Knickerbocker/Weirfield St) and......

in response to: A Rare Ruin in Bushwick by upfromflames

adr: im not gonna read any of these comments, all i know is that the pics were all of one area by the old hospital, not the church, i dont know what year, but now they......

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

EvilGentleman: They now seem to take place every Sunday, rain or shine. But when the weather is really bad, only the most hard-core tam-tam people stay there. Last year, they kept going until Halloween, if I......

in response to: Sunday Tam-Tams by CE

Me: Boy oh boy!!!Was Hutch boring this weekend???The answer is absolutely,positively,most certainly not!!!!!The Grand Prairie held the Warfare X ultimate fights,and talk about excitement and a fun time!!!!Hutch was awesome and the fighters incredible!!!!The Hutch Fest......

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

dirty: that looks sweet nice little swallow to surf... i think i will attempt to surf the drowning machine. just kidding that actually gave me a shiver thinking of being trapped in the jowls of this......

in response to: The Drowning Machine by ksedge

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......

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

surviving: All of the post I"ve been reading has some kind of validity to the experience and surviving in hutch. I will not capitalize the "h on hutchinson' so please don"t think I messed up.......

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

Melissa: There might not be a so called night life in Buffalo, but at least we do have a theater. Our community has worked very hard to get our old theater up and running again.......

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

joey: a church is right. but i think it's a more of a cross between an oil storage tank and a church. driver side photography....

in response to: There\'s a New Building in Town by joey

Me: Re to Tex I don't work at the hospital,and I work split shifts,different shifts during the week,so I post on off time. And what does Hutchinson matter to you anymore? Why does it matter if you......

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

Jamie: Well, that's what i thought immediately after I made my comment. "Wee" is quite a {Scottish}/{Irish} thing to say and those windows look ever so [[1173:Scottish]] also....

in response to: While You Are Reading This.... by David G.

zagg: That is definetely British handwriting, without a wee doubt. ...

in response to: While You Are Reading This.... by David G.

luna park: not to mention what new yorker uses the word wee (except to refer to something little dogs and small children do)?...

in response to: While You Are Reading This.... by David G.

luna park: i'd like to see those wee models....

in response to: While You Are Reading This.... by David G.

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 Tex and Peter I would post pics here,but I do not know how.Maybe I can get my 17 year old to do it for me,but she is usually too busy,like many other folks here......

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

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

christine: again interaction in the air. the fact that i sat on the roof of my 6 story apartment in the LES and watched a good 30 trips (not sure how many actual planes there was, i......

in response to: Midnight over Manhattan by Peter

Grace P.: Went to Coney this weekend. Cyclone is now $8 a ride. I almost had a heart attack. Rode it once but that might be it for me now. Last year it was......

in response to: The Cyclone by Peter

sweet!: YO JA ur graffiti is fuckin amazain. props! keep it up ...

in response to: NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up by Metro1

정이 김: American want to send beef infected with mad cow — so dangerous that the Americans refusing to eat it — to my country! Myung-bak Lee sign a deal with America to lift a ban of......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

eccles: That sure sounds nice, Jack, but who will pay for such an effort? Because I guarantee that the American beef industry is going to pursue profit over domestic philanthropy any day of the week. It's......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

-TRYBE27-: u people know t-kid right? does anyone agree with me that that the mans got crazy skillz n all, but the letter designs are a lil lacking? o yeah i got getting up on pc.......

in response to: NYC Style Graffiti Throw Up by Metro1

Jeff: I went to Super Sexe a few times around 2002-2004, had a great time. Gorgeous women and good price, very entertaining overall. I have done nothing but spread the good word since, telling......

in response to: Club Super Sexe by EvilGentleman

Kate: We have a mother and 2 babies on our roof. The porch has this metal box on top (no one knows why, it's a very old house). Anyway, a few years ago my......

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

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Pat Fleming (nee Brannan): What a great site!! Just spent a morning reading through the messages and re-living my youth. I lived at 93, Lyndhurst Ave until I was about 5 years old. I remember a lady called Phylis......

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

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......

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

Betsy: My Amazon becomes very agressive when he can fly...he can fly after 2 1/2 feathers grow in. He will suddenly with no warning start flying. He will fly at my hand if I am talking......

in response to: Parrot Biting by Jamie

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: sweeeet...

in response to: Anal Jewelry by Peter

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......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Charlie Gouldie: I was born in Weir St 1960 and went to St Margarets, I still stay in Plantation next to the new Squinty Bridge. I still go round to the Stanley Bar where a lot of......

in response to: 11 Stanley Place, Kinning Park by kobe

kiwi: Wow. Those are lovely. My fave would have to be the one with the trunk, though. The contrast between bright mural and dark remnant is great....

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Mark Sidman: Bravo Jim! I just visited your castle this last weekend with my son and grandchildren. I googled to find out more information on the history behind your castle when I returned home to Wyoming. I......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

m: dancin' bluebirds..how sweet...

in response to: Pigeons on a Milk Crate on a Bike by POWcityblog

James cashan: [[img:27964]] This may not read to well after reducing the pixels,but thought it was a charming story in the salford Advertiser a few weeks ago...

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

Nick Aceto: I had to comment on this one, plus it was written on my B-day. Anyway, I, too am reaching that age, 27, where skateboarding just doesnt feel quite the same. Still, I've found that a......

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

Andie: Dear Yep its me, There is a difference between a "job" and a "career where you can make a living and support your family on. Hutchinson offers plenty of the former and not the latter. This......

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

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......

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

Bobby: In response to Al G: I have spent many nights in Buffalo and the surrounding area while in a temporary work situation. I have nothing but admiration for the people and the beautiful countryside. You......

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

AL G: I have to go to this place in two weeks for a wind turbine project. This place seems like it's going to suck big time, I mean come on Ironman just came out last......

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

Busy MSD: It's really hard to forget a place like Bushwick, I used to live on Central Ave, between Putnam and Cornelia, and I still keep great memories. I used to hang out on Putnam, Between Knickerbocker......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

upfromflames: Well, there is not one Bushwick High anymore, but rather four campuses drawing students from all over the city. I work in the Academy of Urban Planning, myself, and our rates are between 60-70% (depending......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

J.Smith: My Great Grand father lived at 175 Grand St Brooklyn Between 1858 to 1900 is the Building still there?...

in response to: The Doors of Grand Street by Peter

janet: Hi Alma--Sorry, the name Rubin is not familiar (though I knew a Judy Kessler). But I certainly remember the fish store! (Thanks for reminding me that one needed to walk up a couple of......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Jilch: I agree with several postings here. I love living here in Jax. I am a technology professional, who lives in the south side of the city, which is much cleaner than a lot of parts......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Dean Ogden: Hi Sheila (Vaudrey), my mum saw my uncle Colin this afternoon and told him how i came across this site and that ive seen some of his school pictures, and he wants me to go......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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

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......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Coon Captive: We have racoons in our attic that are doing insane amounts of damage, and they have avoided live traps for weeks now by destroying and bypassing any blocks I put up. They are like......

in response to: Forget Raccoons...Groundhogs! by Mat-E

Mitch: Well, the May 21st deadline passed and Still nothing at all has changed at Bens--still standing and untouched. Haven't heard anything on the news either about its fate. I think Hydro Quebec disconnected its power a......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

Franny Wentzel: Come back in a week or two. The Mole People should have gotten to that station by then...

in response to: MTA Decay by Peter

Joanne amorello-minor: Hi Guys... sorry i've not been on for a while..had my reasons!well with many thanks for their help which without I would still be lost to Alan Taylor and Marissa we pieced up a lot of......

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

Stolen while I worked... Curses!: Hello this was my bike. Scott FB60 Speedster - Black, Grey, Gunmetal, 24 spd, 23c tires It was stolen between 5-7 on Thursday, May 30, 2008. In front of the University of Toronto Athletics Center,......

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

Jamie: ##"Faggots were used as the subject of an infamous 2004 radio advert by the UK supermarket chain Somerfield. The commercial featured a husband challenging his wife's repetitive routine of a set meal for each day......

in response to: 2 Faggots in Gravy by Elicar

Ian: I have 1 raccoon that runs around... He/she climbed on my deck and was staring at me through the sliding glass door... I went over to the door and it stood up and pressed it's......

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

A. Weinstein: Hi Janet, Thanks for taking me back to the comfort days of yore. I have a few more questions for you. Did you know a girl named Judy Rubin she lived on St. Johns Place. Also......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

serlingrod: you found that on south street, between 5th and 4th. sweet find! [[img:27832]] here's one at 16th & chestnut. toynbee is a philly original!...

in response to: Toynbee Tile Remnant by luna park

Dean Ogden: Hi Cyril, ive been on Google Earth its great isnt it? And i still pass the house quite often (I somtimes cut accross the moss to get to work if the traffics bad. My aunty......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith