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Junior Apprentice: I particpated in camp @ OBVR for 5 days and that's all it took for me to fall in love with the whole place. Those are some really great shots of the Back blacksmithing shop......

in response to: The Past Is Closer Than You Think by ghost of grandin

Liz in Canada: I am Canadian and my ancestry is Irish/Scottish. Some of my ancestors were Catholic and some were Protestant, but I am non-religious by choice. My Irish ancestors were forced out of Ireland and......

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

Diane Dole: Hello John in refrence to your question yes we are related to Arthur Dole nee Alf He was my grandad, and indeed he was the pearly prince of st Pancras. My dad whose name is also......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

carol: to who cares for kensington..it is nice to move on with your life..but it is very different when it is by your own choice and not because you are being forced to move becausethe neighborhood......

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

little ukraine: there was an old boarded up movie theater near my house growing up whose marquee read "FOR N C LL" followed by some numbers. I don't know why, but for the......

in response to: El R Restau by Peter

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

James cashan: hello Jim W. RE Margarine Works I remember peter hamburger (gruff voice)"oh yis oh yis", but who was the phantom! daily cries of "whose out now? am i out now?" waiting for......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

John Dereszewski: I also don't understand this. Bushwick Houses is a large - and rather oppressive - complex situated at Flushing and Bushwick Aves. on the Williamsburg side of the border. As Adam notes, these are pictures......

in response to: Bushwick Houses by Peter

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 youre working with a conception of {new york} thats about 20+ years outdated...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

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Sheila The hairdresser you mention, actually was opened by Eleanor Cooke, wife of an old friend of mine Tom, whose parents had the grocers shop at the Nags Head end of Twenty Row, which they......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

John Dereszewski: Puffy, Linden between Central and Evergreen is a block that has undergone a considerable transformation over the last decade or so, clearly for the good. I knew this block very vividly during the bad days of......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

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......

in response to: Coney Island Low by Peter

anon (199.218.252.54): Hey, I'm a kid whose popped up in a lot of these as pictured in Citynoise places, and I'm thinking about moving from the states to Hackney, Dalston to be specific. I was just......

in response to: Hanging Around by elaine

Former Hutchinsonite: I was wrong, I'm sorry, life in Kansas certainly isn't boring. This was in the Hutch news last week: "Hospital detached toilet seat from woman, sheriff says" WICHITA - Law enforcement officials planned to present their report......

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

Keith : DO you have a son whos name is john? mr smith....

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

j.smith: Shiny unhappy people All is not well in the world of pearly royalty. Beneath the peacock feathers and rhinestone finery is stirring a nasty battle for the soul of the kingdom. In Guildford county court this......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Alex Price: Hi Again, I Also Remembered The Fights Between Cadishead And Partington Over Whos The Cadishead Viaduct Bridge Was To Sit Under And They Threw Stones, Rocks And Sticks To Fight With But Eventually The Council Blocked......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

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......

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

Ed Swenson: I was born in Bushwick Hospital in 1937. My parents moved a few years later to Ozone Park and when I was 5 they moved us to New Hyde Park, but whenever we needed......

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

AERT NYC: yo for you L.A cats who sayin ja is rich and all that shit..ur nigga saber is a lil white boy whos mom is scared shit for him..dont belive find it on youtube its on......

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

steve kettle: bliney smithy, you have created something awesome. just reading through some of these names takes me straight back to my childhood. i remember living in the shop Joyces fabrics (mum jean kettle (nee dixon) never changed the......

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

riiiiiight: i was born and raised in bk. i just checked out a new "luxury condo" developement out there a whim (when i was told my rent was being jacked up another 300 bucks). ......

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

JOHNNY MOSS: I HAVE TRAVILED THE UNITED STATES QUITE A BIT AND HAVE LIVED IN SEVERAL DIFERANT CITIES AND STATES, AND CAN TESTIFY TO THE FACT THAT ANY TOWN THAT YOU GO TO HAS MORE THAN......

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

Peter: although im a {new york}er, i agree with mcarthur. ive watched this post for over a year and though its taught me a lot about a place ive never been (and about some of the......

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

Okie Pappy Daddy: I like living in Norman It is only boaring if you got to allways be going out and doing stuff all the time like if you have to go out to resterants every night or......

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

purdy, R: whos makin fun of my name? :^) & the art is bad- ass wicked...

in response to: Berlin Wall Graffiti by Heiko Burkhardt

Tony T: Chris, thanks for posting the Freedom Square pict. I grew up a block away on Evergreen and Willoughby. I'm 42 now and live in Japan, but I still enjoy looking at old photos of where......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Peter: im 30. im not rich. i live in bushwick because i can afford it and because its, for the most part, a hard-working, family-rich neighborhood thats free of yuppie condos, starbucks and the like. it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CE: According to an article in ##The Star## "...eviction notices were sent to tenants at 48 Abell St., an old three-storey warehouse occupied by artists, designers and the like. The building, whose fate has been the......

in response to: 48 Abell Bites the Dust? by jeeff

JimQV: Jaybar, below is a paste of a two sentence news story from todays New York Post (online edition), "Police Blotter" column. You can decide how safe it makes you feel about Bushwick: Brooklyn A man in......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Natalie Waterworth (Brophy): Hi D McCormick! This is Steve Waterworth who used to live on the Irlam estate, in Neville Drive. I'm now living in Melbourne, Australia (not in a council house - ha,ha)and I'm married to Natalie......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

PEMA: my husband grw up in bushwick while i myself grew up in tx. so some times its like we are from diff planets. anyway its interesting to see how you all talk about......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CE: It is important to remember that every city has many different faces and this is just one of them. Montreal has the ability to change drastically from one block to another. Just a......

in response to: Red Light District by CE

Cay: I started out hopeful and willing and embracing the challenge of fitting in and making it work. I'm just sharing with those who care to listen to go about their business, and deal with......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

iman: damn jack, your 65 and you got a wife who's 38? she was born when you were about 27. your old enough to be her dad. if you were good enough to marry a woman......

in response to: Gentleman\'s Choice by EvilGentleman

blueeyes: Last year, I moved from Williamsburg "Prime" (Bedford stop), where I lived happily but cautiously for 7 years. During that time my next door neighbor was held up at gunpoint at our front door (2005),......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

cone...dcr: yeh man i dont know what the fuck you cats is on, im ORIGINAL DCR cru, fuck man me and earl made the fuckin name up in the nineties. you best fix up man, i......

in response to: followup graffiti hunt by Jamie

cone...dcr: yeh man i dont know what the fuck you cats is on, im ORIGINAL DCR cru, fuck man me and earl made the fuckin name up in the nineties. you best fix up man, i......

in response to: followup graffiti hunt by Jamie

cone...dcr: old skool my ass, you guys dont know shit!!! ask someone like dine about the real oldskool, man like cone, jay, earl all ORIGINAL DCR cru, im talkin like eighties and nineties and shit. email......

in response to: Graffiti by Duplo

joey: what about my idea of a magnifier tool? is this an idea whose time has come?...

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

upfromflames: I don't think the only difference is having a degree or not. Its about having been there or not been there. And you gotta be of a certain age for that that I am not......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

anon (localhost): a lot of it was highly socio~economic if you wanna get into the really deep meaning of it. If you wanna get to the nutz and bolts of it, Id suggest a call to the......

in response to: Why Did Bushwick Burn? by upfromflames

.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

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

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

GGP: when i was in second grade, my family relocated for a brief time from NYC to a suburb outside of Houston, Texas. behind our apartment was a big field. back behind that was an imposing......

in response to: Snakes!! by steelisreal

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

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

The Chi-ster: We need to see the bigger picture here. Its almost heartbreaking to see people of a common struggle wasting time and lives with petty arguments. I am boricua, I stayed on Kedzie and......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

lerk,bskings: the la river is a joke i used to paint there in the day time ...mad easy..hey what i love is ja must have herd about this blog but dont even care ..thats whats......

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

Ringo: Susannah, christian bashing is not acceptable either, the object here is to point out that the actions of the few do not define the whole. I have a friend who is deeply christian and at......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

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

JNJ: Again. The problem isn't your, "whiteness". Human phenotypes don't necessarily always reflect the genotypes. "White", just like Black, Brown, Red, Yellow, is just a generic term used to separate people for the......

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

Tyfoid Kid: The third one with the mangled wheel, that's what happens to most abandoned bikes here at the U of Minnesota. Every year the Facilities guys cut hundreds of bikes loose from where they've been......

in response to: Abandoned Bikes by JayEastsider

rev roger: i think alot of you people take yourselfs way to fucking seriously its like being in high school all over again,jealousy over who is making money and whos not in the art biz.fuck.. for once......

in response to: Fuck Neck Face by sine

joey: anything urban, art on a stick. this sign has new screws. so, what's the story. do you know whose work this is? it's all very enjoyable. it reminds me of that picture from japan. The Great Wave by......

in response to: Signage Daydream by GGP

procyon: I forgot to point out that some of these photos are Nick's. We were swapping cameras throughout, and we took a ton of very similar pictures, so we aren't sure exactly which of these are......

in response to: Road Trip, Part II by procyon

phill: To Amy or anyone else whos walked through cabrini green did you seen any gangs out? Did you see the spray painted white boy killer? Is Cabrini green curently safe for whites at night? Could you go inside the project......

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

the one and only: i wonder whos gonna be throwin up JA once hese gone...

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

Fa11en: What a bunch of bullshit. Especially that last entry by Tenda. Just because someone is white means they're not "allowed" to live or exist in a specific area? Ever heard of reverse......

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

EvilGentleman: If you took the time to read, you would have noticed that I am a smoker who wishes to be able to continue to indulge in my habit indoors in a location sequestered away with......

in response to: Montreal Goes Non-Smoking: Good or Bad? by EvilGentleman

Mr Johnson: Yeah, a penis is the same thing as a gun. And exposing yourself is the same thing as murder. Great analogies all around ladies! I agree with it being illegal, because no one should......

in response to: 7 Train Pervert by CC

EvilGentleman: Actually, Stevo - up north, they have this really bad habit of piling all their shopping on the checkout belt, and they keep dashing back for another armload, dumping it, and going off for even......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Grocery Shopping by EvilGentleman

!: ROFL man get a life seriously...if you think being a thug or a gangmember can get you anywhere in life...think again. And since you repping "bloodz" whos your set o.g. and why is hell red?...

in response to: Things I Hate About... Grocery Shopping by EvilGentleman

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

Culture Club: Can I get a few examples of the HP culture that everyone is so keen on holding onto? I don't see it. If there was so much pride you wouldn't let people treat the neighborhood......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

elaine: i like the actress whose dress caught fire best, but i am not surprised at the popularity of lunatic woman... ;-D i don't think i was being particularly selective, heroic domestic things could only really be......

in response to: Postman\'s Park by elaine

grange: wow,,, no jacked up pick up truck , no easy rider rifle rack , no confederate flag in sight ..?? but i bet thats his sister hes dating whos is the pic......

in response to: Mullets Galore! by Peter

EvilGentleman: Sorry, hool. From what I have seen, I have been encouraged by a large group of the regulars here, including the other 4 of your fellow editors. I shall try to keep your wishes in......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Grocery Shopping by EvilGentleman

Peter: eg: you said ##"I may have differing views on America's legitimacy (and Canada's too, for that matter)"## that really caught my attention. id truly be fascinated to hear more about this... as someone whose heritage predates......

in response to: Burning the Flag by jack

Big REd: Irish mike is definetly right, i think were forgetting that england is a graff writer but whatever, the point is everythings fucked up and instead of fighting eachother, we should be joining up to fight......

in response to: Fuck England by Peter

Jamie: heh peter, sounds much like irish chinese take-aways. or at least the ones where i used to live in {northern ireland} whos mainstay are chips, french fried onions and {curry fried rice} which is a......

in response to: Building Slice by Peter

arkon1: heres some info from tacoma news trib. about the trailer on 56Some of the most exquisite work around is by the late Plus, who painted for 10 years before he died at 25 about......

in response to: graffiti trailer by fuzzytank

RonO: I worked at this plant from 1980-1984 when we were working 3 shifts and building 300,000 cars a year. At that time GM was manufacturing the X body car which was highly in demand because......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Elicar: I don't know whose piece is it, but here is where I took the picture from: [[img:9751]] A Japanese restaurant at the BCE Place. (Why am I always at the BCE?) ...

in response to: Medussa by Elicar

Chuckles: G'day Sean: Appreciate your response and interesting comments. The great thing about photography is it truly allows the "shooter" to express themselves in ways that are really quite remarkable. There is no right way / wrong way......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Lyle, thank you very very much for the compliments/advice/vote of confidence. I do not know if I have it in me to achieve a professional level of photographic talent, but I am sure hoping to......

in response to: Arctic Landscapes II by EvilGentleman

grange: RE:#18: How about the guy/girl that yammers at ya in forgien language like you understand , even after politly saying , sorry i dont speak your language . OR is this # 45.. #46......

in response to: Things I Hate About... Public Transit by EvilGentleman

an impossible child: i was playing around, experimenting, as i wanted t see what would happen when some colour was taken/burnt out of the image (i didn't have a bw film on me at the time) - for......

in response to: Thursday Night by an impossible child

grange: Arrrrrrr . dem dar newfs dawgs . der da best .Keep ya from drownin when ya get to much screech ovr at Doyles place , en ya falls off da dock ,and ya gets in......

in response to: A Beautiful Sunday Afternoon by Elicar

monks: actually there is a Cat on EE now (well now was in the year old episodes we get in Canada), her name is Cat Slater, was once impregnated by her uncle as a teen and......

in response to: Jan 10 2006 Toronto by hool

Peter: lerk: who are you kidding? theres no graf running on trains anymore in nyc. are you one of those pretentious scandanavian graf heads who think nyc is perpetually stuck in 1981 (and whos styles are......

in response to: A Trip to NY by Noah

...: pardon my ignorance, but i am just starting out and havnt done that much research yet, but whos banksy?...

in response to: graffiti stencil making a statement... by Skulz

The Jury is STILL out on Evil Gentleman: I have no idea what your moral values are, and whether yours clash with mine, or even whether, collectively, ours clash with the next community's. Long ago, the competing ideals of clashes of moral values,......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

vest-girls: ok, i'm a little late here. did read many, didn't write - will now - hey, do you see the archetypes here? look carefully at the photos again - will now - what......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

zeezee toularee: LEAH: social conscience takes guts. i'm glad you're part of my community. HOOL: with regards to the star sniping your pictures... i am not totally clear about copyright infringements for newspapers, but i know that some artists whose......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

pietro: im from europe and i been in canada for 2 yeras now.and it just shocks me how people are transforming this into a catastrophy.it is as if we were talking about chernobyl here people.personally from......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Logos: Hey All, I think escalation of Violence is a preety good indicator of whos fault here, it went from throwing food at each other to throwing potentially scalding coffee, As to Leah, you got a......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

serves her right : i didnt say i agree with stomping a bike but no one is talking about her opening a car door that doesnt belong to her and whipp a beef patty at peoples heads.Iam saying if......

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

Marion: My grandparents whose name was Tarte lived in one of the houses on the beach all of their lives. My grandad was a fisherman and his uncle was the coxwain of the lifeboat. I have returned......

in response to: dungeness 1998 by elaine

p3rp: i dont know whos to blame as far as the drama goes, but i *do* know that this guy has some yellow-ass teeth..... ...

in response to: Motorist Vs Courier by hool

jack: catherine, please pull over or find a parking spot to take photos. i know on the fdr you cant pull over so get off and circle around. take a few minutes more to......

in response to: Brooklyn Bridge and the (defunct) Fulton Fish Market by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Samantha: One of the things I sometimes stay up all night doing is collage - recently i have covered every book and container on my desk in collage - the reason I am saying this of......

in response to: st clement\'s from the hip by elaine

jack: words, millions of words trapped in a tape. let me out, let me out they screem and all the while they wait but help never comes and then the street sweepers scoop them up......

in response to: C30 C60 C90 Go by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: On beauty and decay: I was sent a poem from a book by Toyohiko Kagawa, called Songs From The Slums. He grew up and worked around the Kobe slums of Japan and was thrown in......

in response to: Cross Street and Blossom 2002 by Jamie

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: I have a friend whose dress sense is amazing. One day Kron be in an Austrian Durndal (like in the Sound of Music) and the next she'll be wearing vintage 70's polyester with grapes and......

in response to: Broadway Squat by elaine

Peter: myke: i appreciate what youre sharing here... remember, as a new yorker whos never been across the atlantic, ive no way to know anything about such cities save for what people like you show and......

in response to: Manchester (June 2005) by Myke

Peter: Crayon: im afraid you might be making some overblown (and rather novice) assumptions about the average graffiti writer's motivation. for many- especially these "taggers" you speak of- it has nothing at all to do with......

in response to: Miami Youth Faces \'Serious Jail Time\': by Justice?

Kato: Whose milk bottles were they, I didn't think you had milk as a child. Whose TV did you watch Blue Peter on when you lived in the cardboard box with no electricity or running......

in response to: Condors and Canyon by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Peter: hmm, i had almost that exact thought when i first saw it. thats why i was saying "...who shall be the ideal "american worker"? the black man or the white woman?..." its a fascinating question,......

in response to: Potrait of a Hero by ian

hool: i would tend to agree with the old man. a clever juxtaposition for banksy to enjoy, a shitty reminder for those whose lives are contained by that wall....

in response to: the world\'s largest open prison by Unknown

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