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Hackensack Discussion / Tree taken down
« on: May 21, 2011, 10:17:05 PM »
Until 5:45pm today, this tree was on State St just north of Passaic. All the branches and its top half had just been removed. It was sawed through at its base a minute before I took this picture and is shown being lifted off its stump.

Perhaps I'm mistaken, but aren't trees that are between the sidewalk and the street the property and responsibility of the city? If so, does the city bring in someone else to do this type of work?

I'm just wondering if this was a legal removal.


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Hackensack Discussion / Hackensack approves red-light cameras
« on: May 21, 2011, 11:42:07 AM »
Saturday, May 21, 2011
The Record

HACKENSACK — Red-light cameras will be coming to the city.

The City Council this week voted to enter into a contract with RedFlex Traffic Systems Inc. of Phoenix to install and monitor the cameras. The contract is still being drafted, said City Attorney Joseph Zisa.

The purpose of the cameras is improving public safety and reducing the number of motorists who go through red lights, the resolution states.

City Manager Stephen Lo Iacono said officials have not decided which intersections will receive cameras, and the city still needs approval from the state. He said in the end there probably will be about five installed around the city. He said it will take several months for intersections to be chosen and the cameras placed.

Lo Iacono said the cost of the installation and monitoring will be covered by fines received from summonses generated by the cameras. He said the company may get a portion of the fines collected.

City officials said two requests for qualifications were received, and that the council deliberated on the issue for several months before deciding on a company.

"It's been a long and painful process and I just want to see it come to a conclusion so that we can move ahead," Lo Iacono said.

— Monsy Alvarado


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Hackensack Discussion / Re: This morning on WPIX 11
« on: May 20, 2011, 10:36:30 PM »
http://www.hackensacknow.org/index.php/topic,1300


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Hackensack Discussion / Re: That space-shuttle-from-a-plane viral photo
« on: May 20, 2011, 07:50:08 PM »
Bingo.

It's also upside down.

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Hackensack Discussion / Re: That space-shuttle-from-a-plane viral photo
« on: May 20, 2011, 03:22:17 PM »
Quote from: Editor on May 18, 2011, 08:39:13 PM
...an "End of the World Party".

Harold has just posted what song he will play on his radio show tomorrow to finish out life as we know it:

http://tinyurl.com/CampingsTheme


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Hackensack Discussion / Re: That space-shuttle-from-a-plane viral photo
« on: May 20, 2011, 03:16:21 PM »
Quote
How did you...get a picture like that...938 miles from Hackensack N.J. to Cape Canaveral Fla...

Don't forget the curvature of the Earth!

The image is more interesting without the story, but since you asked, you can get the answer on my site in the third from last picture in the Hackensack listing.


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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / Re: Photography...........the way I see it
« on: May 20, 2011, 01:12:10 AM »
Mechanical, wet, wet, old, and reversed.

The last one was from a series of ONE picture I took from my car yesterday while waiting for the light to turn green at Main and Anderson. For the hell of it, I reversed the colors to see what it looked like and liked it much better.


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Hackensack Discussion / Busy/noisy morning on Union St
« on: May 19, 2011, 06:06:11 PM »
It started with a jackhammer (1) and ended with a wood chipper (2). In between, dirt was dug (3), dumped (4), and double-paved (5), leaving more scars for cars to traverse (6) on what is now just an ugly, ugly intersection with Passaic St.

Today's asphalt, however, had a new flavor - shredded cellulose - as a neighbor had a tree removed (7-9) in the same camera frame as the road work.

Even the road guys stopped to watch (10)..............or were they smiling for the camera?


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Online Auctions/Local Images (Moderated by BLeafe) / Hilbers Dairy, Hackensack Heights 1/2 pint milk bottle
« on: May 19, 2011, 12:25:44 AM »
http://cgi.ebay.com/HACKENSACK-HEIGHTS-NJ-1-2pt-Milk-S-P-HILBERS-DAIRY-/290566329815?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item43a71a55d7

Description:

Half Pint, in a slug plate: "HACKENSACK HEIGHTS / HILBERS / DAIRY" (N.J.) A damaged bottle here. A couple of chips (one is very small) on the inner part of the lip....the larger one is not too deep and it stops at the cap seat, and the bruise on the opposite side can be seen in a couple of photos. A little # 4 is on the front edge and "A.B.G. 2" embossed on the reverse side edge. Good strong embossing in the slug plate. Dug in a privy and cleaned up. Showing wear, but no other damage or cracks. An applied top bottle with base unembossed on this earlier milk bottle. Cap is from Stony Ford Farms, Stony Ford, NY. in Orange County.



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Hackensack Discussion / Re: That space-shuttle-from-a-plane viral photo
« on: May 18, 2011, 10:14:27 PM »
NOTICE:

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Hackensack Discussion / That space-shuttle-from-a-plane viral photo
« on: May 18, 2011, 02:00:08 PM »
I was hoping for a couple of days of fame before the world ends this Saturday............oh well.

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Hackensack Discussion / Re: Court St Bridge work on schedule
« on: May 17, 2011, 12:41:02 AM »
From The Record, Monday, May 16:


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Hackensack Discussion / Re: Court St Bridge work on schedule
« on: May 16, 2011, 08:42:18 PM »
A current post about George Stimmel prompted a search on this site for Stimmel images.

After going here - http://www.hackensacknow.org/index.php/topic,1028 - I came across the below image about which the Editor said, "My guess is that it is the Court Street Bridge under construction."

Whether it is or isn't, it kinda reminds me of a Court St Bridge shot I took last week (second image).


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Hackensack History / Re: George Stimmel Art Found In Trash
« on: May 16, 2011, 08:21:07 PM »
Hello, Patricia.

I'm no Stimmel expert, but the first thing I noticed was the signature, "George Stimmel". If you search "stimmel' on this site, you'll find a couple of discussions - usually relating to local scenes of his.

With one exception, the signatures were all "G. Stimmel", followed by a two-digit year. The exception was one that said, "Geo. Stimmel", but none of them said "George Stimmel".

I looked in Google Images and found a variety of signatures, including a couple of "George Stimmel"s - a sig that seems to only appear on landscape/scenery watercolors like yours. I have no idea where your scene is located.

You can do online searches for galleries that sell his work - maybe they can help you.

I sold a Stimmel on eBay and got around $150. I've seen the same image get zero bids when priced under $100...........and that's for a highly-recognizable local scene.

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Hackensack Discussion / Re: Last night's photos: Local fireworks and NYC lights
« on: May 15, 2011, 07:15:18 PM »
Quote from: BLeafe on May 15, 2011, 04:15:29 PM
It turns out that they were 3-4 miles away in Moonachie at the celebration for the 100th anniversary of the Moonachie Fire Department.

Uh...........thanks!  ;)


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