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Janice Seifert; July 2008: Hi Ronald Lees, I grew up on 600 Wishart St. Your sisters will probably remember me. My brother Joe used to hang out with your brother Earl and Freddie Beck. I used to love how......

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

Grant: Thank god Park Slope windows didn't show up for our two appointments we scheduled for an estimate. Sure they wasted 2 days of my time, missing both appointments, however after reading all these comments,......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

Peter: nice... i know exactly which building this is... last time i passed it, i thought ##"wow, those windows sure are heavily protected"##......

in response to: Life Sentence by NWhyC

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.

Peter: seconded on the models. the bar-less windows, green lamp-post and lack of any other graf/tape/mark whatsoever on the pole make me think def not nyc, heh......

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

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

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

Carol : googled w.o.h. ny and came up with windows of hope dominican nuns helping people hope this is helpful to you ...

in response to: About Convents by jack

jasmin: everything looks destroded and ruined.the windows were all broken ...

in response to: paterson factory - may 2002 by adam

Eric from Port Richmond: A Richmond boy with a few comments. Its NOT just Kensignton that took a turn for the worst in the area. I grew up in the late 70s and 80s in Port Richmond. The neighbors would sit......

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

EvilGentleman: A few suggestions in order to reduce damage in future disturbances: 1 - Do **not** leave portable metal street signs with plate metal bases lying around on the streets when large events are taking place. Most......

in response to: Hockey Victory Riot by EvilGentleman

Mitch: Passed by Bens today, as of April 22nd it's still standing as it's always been...no sign of any demolition yet. In fact someone removed the brown papers covering the inside windows and ripped off one......

in response to: Ben\'s Deli by EvilGentleman

marie: you mentioned one main reason Saskatoon did not make cut was because there were no distinguishing features. I often sit in car or walk along Spadina viewing our skyline in wonder at the very......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Paul: I live in downtown Toronto and I think our downtown is quite impressive, with the coloured lights on the Skydome and CN Tower it really enhances the night view and the Royal Bank Plaza glitters......

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

Mitch: I also lived at 969 Carol Street from 1952 (born) - 1960. I also went to PS241. You might know my two cousins who also lived in another appt in our building at the same......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Edwin DeBerry: This picture means a lot to me. I was raised in 141 N Wolcott, #1302. As a matter of fact I can see our bedroom windows. While living there for 12 years......

in response to: henry horner projects by b. sloane

ya boy $$moneymike$$74: If anyone who dont know the picture on the top of this page. Taken from the street first is the gate Im sure you can see the dude walking in the back, broken windows up......

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

Poor side of town: I live in Hutch and I am poor. But I am proud. My complaint is this town is getting getto and trashy looking. Come on people,clean up your yards and pick up your trash. Bathe......

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

sonnet: I grew up on Cambria St near Emerald in the 1940's and went to Willard School. My grandparents had a store on Kensington Ave and lived above the store. The el roared by......

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

Alan Taylor: Hi Cyril, That glow would be from one of two sources, when they ran the manganese or pig into the beds aside of the blastfurnaces, was rare really, the other would be from the slag ladles......

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

Rob Tynan: Hi Mary, You are right about the co-op. I mentioned on the 25 Jan that I got them mixed up. The windows are different to the one in front of the Ship It also......

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

Rob: Rob Tynan: 24th Jan 2008 - 19:06 GMT I have looked at the picture of the Cooperative shop and it not the shop on the corner of Silver Street as the upstairs windows are completely......

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

Vicki: I grew up in Kensington (Coral and Clearfield) or Coral and Elkhart...block down from Frankford Ave. I went to Mastbaum for HS, Conwell for Middle and Williard for Elementary. I have many great......

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

Park Slope Windows and Glass: As a long-standing member of the Brooklyn community and a company that has recently gone under new management, we would like to take this opportunity to invite any current or past customers with outstanding issues......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

MB: I agree with the previous commenter. We put new windows in an entire building through Park Slope Glass and just had a few problems - but you get nothing but a run around from......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

PR: My experience with Park Slope Windows and Glass has been a nightmare. I am still waiting for a window to be installed. I cannot comment on the window itself because I am still......

in response to: Park Slope Glass & Windows by sine

joey: no longer parking here as one day returning from work many car windows were broken...

in response to: Cloud_scape by joey

janet: Dubrows on Eastern P’kway, just off Utica: the name was set in big art deco letters (red neon?). Inside, cafeteria style. with big windows, a cashier that you gave a punched card to.. Was......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

jack: yeah, it looks like a nice building, the old architecture must give way to the newer sleek buildings, i am old architecture, and i have given way to the newer sleeker young buildings that have......

in response to: Viagra Headquarters? by serlingrod

Elicar: Freaking out is such a strong and "offensive" word, EvilG! We are just spoiled, is all! ;) But here is where the snow has been going. [[img:25210]] [[img:25211]] Waiting in the wings: [[img:25212]] There were also two more of those trucks......

in response to: BEMS? by Elicar

Randy: I remember the July 13, 1977 blackout if it was yesterday, i was 21, me and my brother had brought a brand new car that we shared an oldmoble 98 regency, we loved that car,......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

misty: I like the pics they are awsome.I agree you should get some of the morgue,I love anything that involves paranormal or haunted this would be a cool place to go.How ever here in salem oregon where......

in response to: Haverford State Hospital by Nairi

Susan C. from Pueblo: I saw Bishop's Castle 2 weeks ago and was truly amazed at the work that Jim has done on the castle. He had to have God's help with this phenomenal work of art. ......

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

jack: i worked up stairs on the 40th floor of penn plaza, the windows went from the ceiling down to the floor and if you stood right up against the glass you could almost see straight......

in response to: Waiting at Penn by Ilona

SCAM28: that's savage! does anyone else the shapes the little windows form??? like the upper left kind of looks like one of them egyptian statues and and the upper right kind of looks like a bird.......

in response to: Downtown from a Broken Window by CE

SCAM28: well maybe jack....but it's also called "girls in bikinis behind glass windows"....who can resist ^^...

in response to: The Time I Almost Saw the Beatles. by jack

jack: by the way evil, i posted the girls in bikinis behind glass windows in march and it has been hit over 2000 times, is that a record or what?????...

in response to: The Time I Almost Saw the Beatles. by jack

wanderer: I remember Kensington and Cambria... there was a little sandwich shop where the best steaks I ever had. My Dad said they used old grill grease to clean the windows :)...

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

Losnah: There's tons of cool shit here, just keep lookin', cause the buff is quick... I spot dope pieces a lot. Lately: Gime, Fever, Jeab (mad throwies) Jukes, Snore (throw ups too, up High), Sherm... Portland's......

in response to: PDX graffiti like ummm... by fuzzytank

zeeaapjae: Statistically, StL is NOT the most dangerous city in the US, that was 2005 data, not 2007. That being said, the Quinto list is a poor standard because the City of STL has a......

in response to: Benton Park by maybetoday

99˘Dreams: Hey Peter, do you live in Bushwick, or are you just often there? I ask because your post reminds me of a photo project I've contemplated, but never executed: "Bushwick Gates" I'm referring to a quintessential Bushwick......

in response to: Bushwick Portals by Peter

autumn: I think I am headed for the psych ward. I removed all outside sources of food, closed-up my home and felt safe until these little devils started opening my windows to get in, repeatedly ringing......

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

Dee: These pictures just make me angry and depressed. My poor mother had to live in this shit. NO PIZZA DELIVERIES NO CHINESE FOOD DELIVERIES NO DELIVERIES OF ANY KIND. WE looked like the poor bastards......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

Bronxman: Hello, Are there still some Redbirds and other old Types kept for heritage services on NY-Subway or to be looked at Museums? Does anyone have Photos of the Redbirds and old Steeltrains p.e. the ones with the......

in response to: The Redbirds by Peter

joey: i'm drawn to the reflections in the upstairs apartment windows. and with the water gushing. this is a strange one....

in response to: Kenia Furniture: by Peter

lady: Stop hatin', ahve you ever even been to brooklyn b4?! even our high scholls have bars on the windows!!! SHUT UP AND RIDE....

in response to: Imperial Bikers Motorcycle Club by Peter

KB: Lived in Bushwick on Eldert Street, btw Knickerbocker & Irving, from when I was born, until we moved away in 1967, when I was 16. Things had gotten rough in 1966, when there was......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

maybetoday: While on my trip, I noticed bay windows nearly everywhere I went in Boston. If I recall correctly, the building in the second picture is in the theater district. I remember seeing those......

in response to: Fifteen Pictures of Boston by maybetoday

jeeff: hi maybetoday, i liked this post. there seems to be a real strong circular undulating rhythm to the row houses in your photos. is this a boston thing, or just one neighbourhood? ......

in response to: Fifteen Pictures of Boston by maybetoday

WINAZZ: ive been there alot and never saw any cops there we never broke shit or stole shit. when we where in a small bulding right down the way from hilltop i we saw a cop car......

in response to: Haverford State Hospital by Nairi

fuchsh@hotmail.com: shades of Guernica! Picasso should have lived here! Maybe someone can post a few shots of those new (glass/out of place) new developments on Pacific Street and also Washington Avenue (big glass windows......

in response to: Washington Avenue, Prospect Heights by Peter

EvilGentleman: Nah, I'm just a guy who likes to take lots of pictures and post them on the internet, sharing the world I see with others, using my preference for a comprehensive photojournalistic presentation style. I......

in response to: Sexe Cite by EvilGentleman

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

Anne M. Berger: I grew up in Brooklyn in the forties and fifties. It was truly the melting pot. I went to St. Joseph's on Sydam St. My Irish friends went to St. Lenords on Toutman?......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

autumn: Coyote urine bought online DOES NOT WORK, don't waste your money. Raccoon repellent bought in store irritates every living thing that comes in contact with it, inc. birds,humans,pets and the envirement. I returned it. When......

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

iman: damn bro, that sucks. the police over there are a lot more strict than here. well, actually, they're not more strict, they just abuse they're authority. in fact, when i was on long island, on......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

joey: now that's a fat slice of new york. did this hotel have a previous name ? the only sky one sees is in the reflections on the windows....

in response to: My Old Job by jack

Guy McLaren: Just for you Catherine the door and window frames are chocolate and the windows are castor sugar....

in response to: Gingerbread Cottage by Guy McLaren

Deb: Very well done. I was raised at River & Dundas throughout the 60's & mid 70's. I can't help but follow the changes that are happening; it's like a part of it is always in......

in response to: Regent Park Revitalization by jeeff

Charlie: Spotted off West Side Highway, just south of GW. Also continuing to hit windows on the E and N trains. [[img:18156]] ...

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

jack: you know what i like about this pic, its the lights in the windows. its that time of day when lights start to go on in apartments, twilight time, that was the time of......

in response to: Graf Semi by Peter

Barbara: Thanks so much for the photo of the Third Ave El, 1954. I lived on Third between 90 & 91 St, and I can actually see the windows of our apartment in that photo.......

in response to: Yorkville: A Neighborhood Recalled by Laura

joey: i know how to fix car windows like that. my toyota did that a lot. and i enjoyed the photos...

in response to: Oct 24 2006 Toronto by hool

Michelle: I am happy to have stumbled upon this chat. I live at 48 abell st. and am part of a newly formed residence group called Model48 that is fighting alongside Active 18 to keep......

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

Jim Knapp: Great story and pictures. I grew up on E. Lincoln St. & Aurora St. If you look in the reflection of the windows in the 'Wig Shop' picture, you will see the house......

in response to: Ithaca Is Gorgeous! by Peter

Cameo: Today: looks like they are giving the windows a shine...I'm glad I'm not up there! [[img:15655]] [[img:15656]]...

in response to: CN Tower by ksedge

EvilGentleman: All I can recall is that in 1990, I was heading into the city on an elevated freeway coming from Chicago while riding on a Greyhound bus. The abandoned freeway was lower than us, and......

in response to: The Flats by David

chiamattt: The windows in the second picture say "boobs, gazongas, jugs, tatas, Whatever you call them..., get them checked!" and "Jewels, balls, nuts, the boys, whatever you call them..., get them checked!" Haha, is that......

in response to: August 16 2006 Calgary by hool

The Owner: It has lots of windows - just not facing the street. They mostly face south. I believe I get a net gain from solar energy. It exists to provide shelter for the owner......

in response to: Modernism on Squires by CE

EvilGentleman: For a derelict building with numerous broken windows, there sure are tidy surroundings. I dunno whether it could be considered an eyesore or a trasure, but it sure fits on citynoise. Urban decay sure seems......

in response to: Dereliction by Cameo

EvilGentleman: A hydroponic pot growing site, perhaps? Not too many windows and none of any size to be noted. Then again, less windows would reduce the costs of both heating and air conditioning, so maybe it......

in response to: Modernism on Squires by CE

Chris Erb: I find that vinyl siding gets pretty crappy looking at around the 10-15 year mark. it gets faded and warped and might have holes and dents in it. With vinyl siding, you can't......

in response to: Vinyl Siding by CE

jack: EG i was about 3 yrs old at wars end but i remember curtains on our windows for blackout because we lived too close to coney island. check out the movie, 'radio days' and......

in response to: To Jersey Shore by jack

Chris Erb: I guess I'm living proof that the clean windows do indeed work. I could have gone without the headache though. I just realized that I was standing on the foot of my [[4485:future street]]. ......

in response to: NDG by CE

Andrew Smith: That's the guy Jack. I'm sure the guide said the wood came from Sherwood Forest! He was a bit of a turncoat, though, and sometimes used to steal windows from the poor to give to......

in response to: Very, Very Old Windows by Andrew Smith

jack: dale, wasn't he with the band of outlaws known as robin hood and his merry band of theives. he probably left the sherwood forest after they were pardoned by richard the lionheart and went......

in response to: Very, Very Old Windows by Andrew Smith

Chris Erb: This is the oldest style of busses in the cities fleet. Some new funding is being thrown at transit in Canada (this may change with our new Conservative government) so I imagine these busses......

in response to: L\'autobus Partie Deux by CE

Catherine Penfold-Waxman: Very clear aerial pictures! They must have just washed the windows. (I had a good laugh at the ants joke too. Thanks.)...

in response to: Off to California by jack

Chris Erb: I tried getting to windows in the Mariott but there were no windows from the hallways and I wasn't brave enough to walk into rooms that were being cleaned....

in response to: Milk Bottle Water Tower by EvilGentleman

aer suzuki: far, far sexier than a seattle metro bus, look at those way cool headlights, and you can't go wrong with blue and white. seattle busses are painted up whores. really, they're putting huge garish advertisments......

in response to: L\'autobus by CE

Biff: I don't think it's Windows more like a Mac......

in response to: Wannabe Windows by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: Banks in NDG tend to get robbed a lot, so they prefer to keep their glass clean. Had you been running with a money bag when you hit the glass, you would have wound up......

in response to: NDG by CE

EvilGentleman: One must take the view that all that is done in public is open to be published in the open domain. Otherwise, a whole bunch of considerations will overwhelm everything until **nothing** is fit to......

in response to: Mullets Galore! by Peter

Chris Erb: I have pictures of the protest prior to the arrest which I will post when I get home. If you were there, you would know that the protest was completly civil and low key.......

in response to: I Was Arrested Today by CE

Jamie: It'll be picasa messing them up then. U prob don't notice the border in windows's my pictures for the simpl reason that the window background is also white. If u bought your camera new it......

in response to: No Sitting by Biff

Biff: I don't seem to have any software for resizing .My orginal photos are too wide. I e-mail each picture to myself Using Picasa2 and hope for the best, save it to my Pictures (Windows tm)......

in response to: No Sitting by Biff

jack: i do believe that this building was used by the rank studios to film alister sim in a christmas carol. the windows are so dickensonian. they grow on you the way e-coli goes......

in response to: Dilapidated by Lawrence

Tyfoid Kid: I did a little digging (thank you U of M libraries) and found some more stuff on The Ivy (actually probably more then you'd want to know:) ******************************************************************************************************************** From an article in the Minneapolis Star Tribune Dec......

in response to: Ivy Tower by Tyfoid Kid

Grange: geshhhhhhhhh , fighting among the irish , some times I think the worlds gone nuts . Maybe ya should just get it over with ,then the scots can have a go settling the land..lol........

in response to: Ulster Young Militants: Shankhill by norniron

sarcastic magician: Ahhh, Louisiana. Gotta love them coonasses. EG, you missed the drive-thru windows at the liquor stores! (yep, not only seen 'em, patronized them once on a trip over there) Now about the legal......

in response to: Does Anyone Else Find This Stupid? by EvilGentleman

EvilGentleman: There has been some confusion as to defining exactly what constitutes an outdoor structure or patio. I have heard that any structure enclosed on more than two sides will be considered to be indoors, and......

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

jeeff: very cool photos. i agree with peter - i'm surprised they don't make it more clear that this is fake. it could be a huge distraction on the highway. once while my......

in response to: Plane Crash??? by David

Chris Erb: I really like the gables on this house and the positioning of the bottom two windows. Where is Repentigny?...

in response to: Historic Laser Spa by EvilGentleman

Chris Erb: The townhouses next door were actually designed by my landlord. There are a bunch more to the right and behind and are about 10 years old. It's actually not a bad development for......

in response to: Post a Picture of Directly Outside Your Window by CE

Michelle: Here's what I see looking out my windows onto my Toronto neighborhood... So I start out by looking out my bedroom window onto my front street. Our maple tree is just about to break out its......

in response to: Post a Picture of Directly Outside Your Window by CE

jack: aah, catherine as soon as you see raunchy clothes in the store windows you have to know that there is more raunchiness inside. but your like my wife, you are not accustomed to shopping......

in response to: We Specialize in the Unique and Unusual by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

Elicar: At least the windows are clean!...

in response to: Brutalism by Tyfoid Kid

Get out of your car, buddy: And now (10:30PM) she/he is living high on hogtown trash. When I was a kid, I had a baby racoon as a pet (long story as to how that happened). They are cool......

in response to: Gone Downtown by Elicar

grange: bay street , Like wall street in NY .I like the pics but for some reason the thought of homeless people sleeping in the streets on the weathiest street in Toronto just irks me to......

in response to: Only in Toronto... by Elicar

Peter: even microsoft photo editor (that ships as the detault photo viewer with windows) has the ability to resize photos... maybe try that? or send em to the editors and theyll do it......

in response to: Panning Turned into Stalking by Elicar

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