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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / 2023 – New Construction at 9-11 E. Passaic St, Hackensack
« on: December 07, 2023, 12:17:43 AM »


https://iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com/?p=19685



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Hackensack Discussion / In my mail 4 days ago..........
« on: December 04, 2023, 12:00:01 PM »
Hackensack's Future must want me to vote in the past..............



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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / 2023 – A Productive and Very Diverse Photowalk, 11-15-23
« on: November 25, 2023, 10:30:02 AM »
There are a LOT of Hackensack images in this one. A short photowalk turned out to be about 3 miles. Assuming you know Hackensack streets, here's the itinerary:

Start at Union & Ward, to State to Berry to Main to Camden to State to Salem to Main to the Courthouse to the Court Street Bridge to River to Camden to Main to Ward to Union & Ward = 66 postable pictures in an hour and a half.

https://iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com/?p=19575







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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / 2023 - Tower Crane Dismantling: 5 Hours, 300 pix/vids
« on: November 09, 2023, 06:30:00 PM »
Note: there are NOT 300 pix/vids in this post. The post-editing number is 1/6 of that.

https://iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com/?p=19425



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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / A Dozen Things You May Not Have Seen This Month
« on: October 30, 2023, 07:35:01 PM »
Two from October 9 within a couple of blocks of each other:

1. The EXTREMEly-weighted end of the huge crane at the Main-Berry-State-Camden project (looks like buck teeth).

2. A crane at the Middle School - I couldn't tell you if the payload was coming or going (but I hope it was the latter).


Three from October 14:

3. Yet another crane - this time near the Passaic St side of the First Baptist Church - delivering what I'm guessing is a cooling unit to the church's roof. I took this (and the next two) from home.

4. A zoomed-in night shot of the roof sculpture atop 210 Main. The white streak is from a plane going by during the 6 seconds that the shutter was open.

5. This shows the Empire State Building, Hudson Yards and the parking garage of the Current On River project on River St. The two bright red lights to the right of the ESB are on the smokestack of the old paper company just across the Hackensack River in Bogota. Parts of Hudson Yards appear to be out of focus, but that's actually due to whatever's emanating from the PSE&G facility in Ridgefield by the NJ Turnpike (the two sets of red lights on the right.............notice that the "out of focus" sections are directly above those smokestack lights).


One from October 19:

6. The new 95 Anderson St fits right in the historic block, don't you think?


Four from October 23:

And three of them are from the same scene in the B&W Bakery window.

7. Here's the full PANO view:

8. This is a PANO view of the NY Times story from 2006 in the middle. Click it until it's readable.

9. While I was reading it, I noticed a bee landing on the woman's forehead and shot this one at point-blank range. He stayed there a long time (probably wondering why his stinger couldn't penetrate an old lady's head).

10. A block east of B&W on Hackensack Ave sits an old car dealership building, just north of Burger King and on the other side of the street. I looked into the locked front door and this is what I saw. Most of what's on top is just reflection of the street behind me, but the top middle part has to be some sort of mirror because it shows the checkerboard floor and me standing by the door.


The last two are from October 28:

11. Taken from home, this shows nice Fall colors on State St, just south of Passaic St.

12. Also taken from home, this shows absolutely no colors at all.........but it does show the Hunter's full moon AND that white dot on the lower left, which is the largest planet in our solar system (and you know which planet that is).


CLICK TO ENLARGE!



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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / 2023 - Four-Legged Ladies’ Day at the Swim Club?
« on: October 17, 2023, 12:20:37 AM »
https://iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com/?p=19400




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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / Sunset/Moonrise 9-27-23
« on: September 29, 2023, 11:55:01 AM »
About 4 hours apart...............

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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / 2023 – Photowalk #346 – 9-22-23
« on: September 27, 2023, 01:48:19 PM »


https://iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com/?p=19345





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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / Anyone else see any of this yesterday?
« on: September 19, 2023, 03:59:58 PM »
1. I shot this looking east at 6:46pm yesterday. I couldn't see the whole rainbow when standing inside near the window, so I opened it and stuck my arm out almost as far as I could and shot a wide panoramic (almost north to south) with my phone 7 or 8 times.

This shot was actually almost twice as wide - it included the Middle School - but I had to crop them all because of too much non-linear arm movement on both ends. Besides, I really only wanted the rainbow - which wasn't very bright - but was now centered.

The clouds on the horizon must be the cold front moving through. I've never seen one that was that clear before AND seemed to be connecting both ends of the rainbow.

2,3. Six or seven minutes later, I tried to get good shots of each end of the rainbow. I like the Sears one better (cloud color is WAY better that the other one), but that other one has something else going on. The Modern 1 and 2 (Fort Lee twin towers near the GWB) are reflecting the setting sun, but 2 is directly in line with the sun and REALLY reflecting it.

4. Five minutes later, here's all that's left of the right side of the rainbow. I don't recall ever seeing a strong-colored piece of a rainbow "suspended" in the air like that.

5. Now that all the action to the east is finished with, it's time to look west, where the sun has just set, but is still illuminating clouds.

6. At that moment, I noticed it was drizzling and that the colors shown in the previous picture were reflected in the roof puddle.

Fun shoot........

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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / 95 Anderson St project's progress
« on: September 18, 2023, 11:39:58 AM »
Took a walk around the building yesterday................

1. The south-facing view from Anderson St

2. The east-facing view from the other side of the RR tracks near Walgreens

3. The northeast-facing view from the RR tracks

4. The north-facing view from behind the Hackensack Market

5. The west-facing view from my kitchen. It appears that someone from Guatemala has already staked a claim to an east-facing apartment with a view of my kitchen.

6. The Guatemalan flag - the scroll says "Freedom - September 15, 1821". I happened to take this shot two days ago on Saturday, September 16. Now you know the real reason the flag is there.

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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / T.S./Hurricane Lee brushes NJ 9-15-23
« on: September 16, 2023, 01:11:44 PM »
Anyone notice a very blue and cloudless sky yesterday morning that suddenly got invaded by clouds coming from the east?

That was the outermost band of clouds from Hurricane/Tropical Storm Lee (see first pic - Hackensack is at the bottom and Manhattan is in the distance in the lower left).

The delineation between the two sky sections was rather striking, so - before I realized what it was - I took the shot.

Today, I found the satellite view (second pic) - taken yesterday afternoon. The outer band had moved further west by then, so I'm glad I shot this when I did.

Click to enlarge.




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Hackensack Discussion / New Grocery Store Coming To Hackensack
« on: September 14, 2023, 05:23:40 PM »
from NorthJersey.com

HACKENSACK — A 3,500-square-foot grocery store is set to open on Main Street this fall.

Maharaja Hypermarket signed a lease for the space at 389 Main St., the ground floor of Crossroads 389, a five-story, 82-unit apartment building that opened to tenants earlier this year.

“This is a retail component that will definitely be compatible with the neighborhood and will be an adjunct to all the apartments going up,” said Anthony Cassano of NAI James E. Hanson, the commercial real estate firm that negotiated the lease. “People won’t have to drive. On their way home they can stop at the grocery store to pick up dinner and walk to their apartment."

Hundreds of new apartment units have recently been built or are under construction or planned near the building, which sits in the center of Hackensack’s downtown, on Main Street between Passaic and Ward streets.

Maharaja Hypermarket will be a full-service grocery store, Cassano said. The company has previously served as a wholesale supplier for other grocery stores, he said.

“This will help apartment building tenants wanting to avail themselves of its services, and it helps the city have fewer car trips and less congestion” by contributing to a more walkable downtown, he said. “I think it adds a needed component to the redevelopment in the area.”

Cassano, a vice president of the firm, represented the landlord, Sonehan Clinton Court Urban Renewal LLC, and the tenant, Primwayone LLC, in the deal.

There is no opening date set, but Cassano said the business hopes it will be within the next two months.

The Hampshire Companies, which constructed the mixed-use building in a joint venture with Cannon Hill, is currently building a 270-unit development at 321 Main St. that will be complete next year, and it is expected to begin construction of a 40-unit building at 295 Main St. later this year.

The company is also working with Russo Development on building the Print House, a riverfront development at the former headquarters of The Record that will eventually feature 653 units and 40,000 square feet of retail space spread across five buildings when construction is complete.



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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / R.I.P. Jimmy Buffett
« on: September 03, 2023, 11:40:01 AM »
He wasn't one of my faves and I'd be hard-pressed to name a song of his other than "Margaritaville", but he was loved by a lot of people my age.

I never got to see him in concert, but he DID pop up one day in 1979 at a Robert Klein Radio Hour taping that I was shooting at RCA Studios in Manhattan.

People magazine liked the combination of him, Klein, Peter Tosh and John Oates (of Hall & Oates) together and ran the shot in their 9-17-79 issue.

Below:

1. The yellowed, 44-year-old People magazine page with other stories/images blacked-out

2. A de-yellowed People mag page that Robert Klein signed a few weeks later


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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / Crane on Speed
« on: September 01, 2023, 04:30:15 PM »







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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / 2023 – Boot Camp at the Hackensack Middle School?
« on: August 29, 2023, 11:35:45 AM »


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