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where was the destruction photo taken?

East side of S. River St, just south of 80.


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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?

I've been ranting about the stupidity of this cell antenna installation for years, so you'll pardon me if I choose not to resurrect the subject in this thread. If you want to read about it, you can go to my site and use the Gallery index on the left to scroll down to Hackensack. Click on that and go down to the fifth from the bottom image/writeup.


On a cheerier note, it's Springtime at the library:

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http://cgi.ebay.com/CDV-Album-Terhune-Hackensack-NJ-DeBaun-Family-NY-/110677123845?pt=Art_Photo_Images&hash=item19c4dee305

Description:

Very nice album contains 41 CDVs, almost all names are identified, including Rev. and Mrs. Manly. Some family names are Smith, DeBaun, Eckerson, Cooper, Van Buskirk, Serven, Ackerman, Sherwood, Fox and Ward. Multiple backmarks of J.D. Terhune of Hackensack New Jersey, some by various photographers from Paterson, NJ and New York. Condition is good overall with foxing on the mounts, some pages are empty, tears to the top and bottom of the spine, hinges are intact.



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3019
Busy day today. Besides the "Art under 80" shoot:

1. A bloomin' park

2. A Teaneck police car stopping someone on Anderson St

3. An antique meat locker (subject of a future post)

4. Do you know the way to M IN    ST? (to be reposted in the "Signs..." topic)

5. Mass destruction

6. The SS Catch Me

7&8. A chained radial and a tiny sitter in front of the same house

9. A choo-choo

<a href="http://img190.imageshack.us/flvplayer.swf?f=Mlxr" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" class="bbc_link bbc_flash_disabled new_win">http://img190.imageshack.us/flvplayer.swf?f=Mlxr</a>




3020
Hackensack Discussion / Photos: Art under 80
« on: April 20, 2011, 06:20:16 PM »
I took a walk down by S. River St and Hudson St - straddling Rt 80 - and found some interesting visuals that I always drive by, but never really look at. This post will be specifically about being under Rt 80.

1. under on Hudson St

2. by the river at that boat company on S. River St

3-5. under on S. River St

6. emerging from under 80 and expecting to be frisked


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http://cgi.ebay.com/Police-Officer-1912-Photograph-Hackensack-N-J-/280661726134?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4158be13b6

Description:

1912 Photograph of Hackensack, NJ Police Officer "Adolf Vons" Taken on February 20th, 1912 at the "Poe Studio" #102 Main Street, Hackensack, New Jersey. Photo is in excellent condition and measures 2 3/4"x 3 7/8". Mounted on a 7 3/4"x 4 3/4" original mount. Some staining on the card board mount.



3022
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?

I think you are referring to the number "7" that hangs there. I may be the only person you know who occupies the 7th-floor of a 6-story building.

No one here would consider whoever did such a "dastardly" dismantling to be evil. Any evil would be on the part of the installers of what you see below.


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Hackensack Discussion / Re: North Hackensack Pathmark to close
« on: April 18, 2011, 05:49:33 PM »
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...

Hell, I'd settle for the old Hackensack Drive-In (minus the inspection station) that you could watch from the Rt 46 bridge. Better yet (and speaking of Rt 46), put the old Rt 46 Drive-In there - that was a great drive-in.

The people in the Oritani Motel could watch the flicks (until THAT gets torn down).


3024
From my living room, I've taken a lot of pictures over the years of Kipp's Bend and the trees of Teaneck behind it, so I thought I'd reverse the process. The Kipp's Bend access point in Teaneck is at the northern end of Terhune Park on River Rd, where you also can pick up the Hackensack River Greenway Through Teaneck.

The first picture shows all the information to read about Kipp's Bend, along with old maps and pictures, but it also shows one very perplexing image: if you look in the water at the Teaneck side on the Bend, you can see a face.

The second picture shows that it's.......Arthur Godfrey! What the hell is HE doing there?

I could find no mention of him anywhere and can't imagine why he would be there. I'm pretty sure he didn't ditch his plane in the river after he buzzed the Teterboro tower in 1954, so what could it be?

Anyway, since I could see this area so clearly and directly from home, I wanted to get a clear shot of my building from there - easier said than done. The terrain and the tree branches just made it really difficult. The third picture was the best I could do and it's fortunate that I didn't wait until the leaves were in full bloom.

On a side note, this shot is proof that the cell antennas on my building - you know, the ones that aren't supposed to be visible - CAN be seen from as far away as the next town!

I walked a bit north and found a clearing big enough to let me try another stiched photo - this one made of 6 hand-held images. Considering I didn't bring a monopod or tripod, it came out surprisingly well with only a couple of minor background glitches.

You can see (L-R): the Court St bridge crane, the Bergen County Courthouse, Foschini Park, the Prospect Ave high-rises, the YMCA, the First Presbyterian Church steeple, and Kipp's Bend.

Be sure to click it to see it full-size.

I walked a little further south on the Greenway, but didn't get far because the path was ponding from the 3-4" of rain we got the previous day. Some other time.

On the way out of Terhune Park, I made sure to get a picture of the Park Ness Monster.



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Hackensack Discussion / Re: North Hackensack Pathmark to close
« on: April 17, 2011, 10:46:08 AM »
everyone should have their own family shopping cart...

It appears that Sears has that franchise locally.


3027
Tonight's storm knocked out power in my neighborhood just after 8pm for a little over an hour.

In the first picture, you can see darkness west of Main. The Middle School was out, as were the churches around me and the E lot, which is most of this picture.

Since a dark apartment kinda sucks for photo subjects, I opened my front door and saw unusual shadows (picture 2) coming up from the floor below me and from my own floor. Then I noticed what appeared to be a bloody ceiling (picture 3) - all courtesy of the hallways' evil emergency backup lights (picture 4).

The second I shut the door, the lights came back on.


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http://cgi.ebay.com/1780-Revolutionary-War-newspaper-HACKENSACK-New-Jersey-/270735942917?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f091ea505


Referring to George, of course - not the Township.  ;D


Description:

COMPLETE ORIGINAL Revolutionary War NEWSPAPER, the Edinburgh Advertiser (Scotland) dated Dec 15, 1780.  This is an 8 page newspaper with a page size of 11" x 8".

This newspaper has a report that American General GEORGE WASHINGTON was in HACKENSACK, New Jersey withhis Army of no more than 6000 men.

There is also a mention of the hangig of Briths Major Andre, who was implicated in the BENEDICT ARNOLD spy ring !!

There is some paper loss in the pper right hand corner with small test loss on all pages. This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper, NOT just a clipping or a page of it.




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1. HUMC

2. Tree shadow

3. My peeping neighbors

4. I'm on two roofs

5. Church of the Sacred Underbrush


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Hackensack Discussion / Re: North Hackensack Pathmark to close
« on: April 15, 2011, 06:52:45 PM »
The last day.

I thought it would be totally deserted, but there were more people there today than any of the other days I went. Maybe it just seemed that way because all the aisles were closed off and what little was left was put up front, so the masses were kinda corralled.

Lotta cart use. Some people appeared to buy a bunch of stuff, but I don't know what.............dust bunnies? Skeletal remains?

Doesn't matter now - it's history.


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