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Hackensack Discussion / Re: Court St Bridge work on schedule
« on: May 11, 2011, 10:04:10 PM »
I like Irons explanation. Trying to get the USCG to change the status of that section of the river might have been more trouble than building a swing bridge, especially since the major part of the construction money was Federal. A bonus if the developed Record property includes a marina but a headache for bridge traffic if scheduled openings are frequent.

After all the possibilities are looked at it may be that staying with the status quo for historical reasons is the answer.
 

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Hackensack Discussion / Re: Court St Bridge work on schedule
« on: May 10, 2011, 09:40:15 AM »
An interesting question about why rebuilding it as a swing bridge seems to make sense to someone at a higher level with a bit more info than the common taxpayer.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/96742884_HISTORIC_SWING_BRIDGE_GETTING_FACE-LIFT.html

The article may provide a hint of things to come as far as the Record property and it's future. Possible development as a marina or waterfront condos with a marina would certainly get a big boost by having a swing bridge accessing the rest of the world rather than confining your cruising to a thousand feet on the Hackensack River. Someone is looking ahead and I doubt it has anything to do with the Ling.

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Hackensack History / Re: Photos: Meat me at the old Fairmount Hotel
« on: April 30, 2011, 10:48:10 AM »
This is an 1876 map of the Hackensack area that shows the hotel location in the Fairmount section. It also shows the pond that was created by damming Coles Brook at the West end of the property.

 http://antiquegalleryprints.com/Map/US/11194/Midland+Township++New+Barbadoes+Township/Bergen+County+1876/New+Jersey/

This shows how many smaller streams in River Edge and Paramus drain into Coles Brook. If you follow the brook to the New Bridge area where it meets the Hackensack there is an indication of property owned by B.Cole on the New Milford side of the river.

If you look at the map in the Essex St. area it shows a small inlet that extends to about Main and Essex which must have been filled in.

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Hackensack Discussion / Re: Photos: Electric Symmetry............almost
« on: April 25, 2011, 11:33:13 PM »
Interesting pictures. From my few years of sharing pole space with my PSEG brothers in the days when bucket trucks were rare I would say he was cutting a tap wire off the bottom leg of the three phase service wires two of which are covered with orange insulator sleeves. A non-insulated wire would indicate it was not live at that time and if the yellow handled tool was a cutter he was trimming away something no longer needed and his partner was holding that tap so it did not cause problems when cut.

Just a guess since things have changed some in the last hundred years.

The fact that you are able to use the roof seems to indicate the cell phone antennae issue has been resolved or at least put into a less hazardous condition.   

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Hackensack Discussion / Re: Photos: Art under 80
« on: April 25, 2011, 11:16:43 PM »
The underside of most elevated roadways is usually far more interesting than the top part seen by motorists.

One of the more technically fascinating parts of the Rt.80/Rt.95 construction projects was the elevated conveyor system that carried rock from the cut made through the Palisades near Jones Rd. to keep the roadway from going through the center of Leonia's business district. The rock was sent to the wetlands of Teaneck and other needy areas as fill on an overhead conveyor that was broke down more than it was working.

Somewhere in the So.Hackensack or Lodi area there was a spray painted strike box on the South wall of an overpass where me and my two NJBell  lineman pals spent our lunch hours playing an old childhood game with a "spaldeen" and a broomstick. Not many can say they played stick-ball on Rt.80

We did our best working on the plan to keep telephone service up and running as Rt.80 cut it's way through the neighborhoods.

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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / Re: Photography...........the way I see it
« on: April 22, 2011, 02:17:17 PM »
Your reason for not renewing the battle is understandable. I will check your site. On to cheerier subjects.

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Hackensack Discussion / Re: North Hackensack Pathmark to close
« on: April 20, 2011, 12:54:38 PM »
Thanks for the info Homer, I guess that answers the question as to why you could not get a satisfactory meal at the same restaurant on two different occasions.

The New Bridge Inn remained our favorite for a long time right up to the time it was sold. I have a painting from the bar area that I always admired that Chuck the former owner sold me when he was getting ready to do a major renovation and was changing the interior decorations.

We have not tried Sanzari's but I'm sure it is a fine restaurant.

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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / Re: Photography...........the way I see it
« on: April 20, 2011, 12:37:31 PM »
Thanks for clearing up two mysteries. The 7 is now so evident I am wondering how I missed it.

The cell antenna array seems too close to your residence. People are going nuts protesting proposed antennas that will be hundreds of feet from the closest house and more than 100 feet in the air. Were you considered expendable when that location was chosen?

 There really is not enough known about the long range effect of holding a radio transmitter, (aka cell phone), up against the side of your head for hours or, the amount of radiation we absorb from the spiderweb of radio waves we are plowing through daily.

 

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Hackensack Discussion / Re: North Hackensack Pathmark to close
« on: April 18, 2011, 07:05:51 PM »
The New Earth restaurant at the Oritani had a good band and an interesting menu for a time back in the 1980's. My wife and I always enjoyed a night out and tried any place that looked interesting and might be on a par with the old New Bridge Inn our favorite dining spot not just for the food but for the folks who made it happen along with Frank the bartender.

The New Earth was serving a French menu and did their best to put you in a NYC type atmosphere with tuxedoed maitre d' s and the whole deal, only problem was that the French cuisine was good but served sparsely which I assume was the accepted way in France but left you as hungry as when you came in in Hackensack.

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Online Auctions/Local Images (Moderated by BLeafe) / Re: Packard-Bamberger & Co, Bergen County MB cover
« on: April 18, 2011, 05:42:05 PM »
I like the slogan on the right panel "the solution to the housewives eternal problem...what shall we serve for our weekly meals", I wonder if it was ever answered before PB left the scene.

As much as Packard's was a local institution I was glad it reached the demolition stage before it made Hackensack the scene of another horrific fire like the one at Hackensack Ford. Wooden construction, wall paper and flammable material in store rooms and people smoking anywhere and anytime they had the desire.

Thankfully it left us with good memories.

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Hackensack Discussion / Re: North Hackensack Pathmark to close
« on: April 18, 2011, 05:16:05 PM »
Are there any plans for that huge space?

Maybe it's time to shed our Riverside Square false front and resurrect Frankie's Market or a Pine Brook Auction, Rt. 3 Drive In Flea Market type of shopping, haggling, eating and drinking beer experience at the former Pathmark before it becomes a giant size Starbucks or is divided into 25 Dunkin Donuts and a few banks  ;D

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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / Re: Photography...........the way I see it
« on: April 18, 2011, 04:44:28 PM »
As I mentioned before I enjoy your pictures because they make me think, most captions also bring a smile to my face.

Your peeping, and also pouting neighbors seem to be sorry they did not choose the river view rather than settling for the standard assorted cable view.

The scene in Img. 2271 made me wonder what was on the other side of the wall that was being anchored by those steel backing plates, what would come crashing down if some evil resident undid the nuts? The device on the wall directly under the emergency light also caught my eye. A switch? A door bell? The lighting and shadows are fascinating, less so under normal conditions I assume.

The church steeple is a thing of beauty against the "in your face" architectural style of the high rise and it's two partners looking like they are about to march off the high ground and crush the folks in the cheap seats.  Very appropriate caption on that one.



 

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Hackensack Discussion / Re: North Hackensack Pathmark to close
« on: April 17, 2011, 10:04:36 AM »
..."Lotta cart use. Some people appeared to buy a bunch of stuff, but I don't know what.............dust bunnies? Skeletal remains?"

Carts? everyone should have their own family shopping cart... adiós Pathmark of North Hackensack

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Hackensack Discussion / Re: North Hackensack Pathmark to close
« on: April 11, 2011, 11:09:19 PM »
Contrary to reports you can buy love...it is hanging in the emotions aisle with no other choices available. The brave solitary shopper heading for the meat aisle has put her fate in sell by dates. 

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Hackensack Discussion / Hackensack History
« on: April 11, 2011, 11:02:13 PM »
Back in the 60's before the Beetles made long hair on men a common sight there was a middle aged gent who I always saw downtown with a ponytail...something not seen on a man since the days of powdered wigs.

This was a respectable looking man who was just beginning to go a bit gray, dressed in jeans and may have driven a cab. Unlike some younger forward thinkers who endured the ridicule of those who thought they were a threat to America I never saw anyone treat this man with anything but respect.

I just wondered if anyone remembers him besides me and could fill in the blanks as to who this unique Hackensack person might be. 

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