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I looked out my LR window this morning and saw two PSE&G repair trucks on Ward St by the E lot - nothing unusual there.

Two minutes later, I only saw one truck and it was turning around and backing up one-way Ward.............unusual.

Something must be going on on the other side of my building, so I walked across the roof, looked down, and saw this (first picture).

I cropped it to get a better look at what they were doing (second picture). It reminds me of work being done in bay of a space shuttle in orbit.

I cropped it again to get a look at what's in the buckets and side bags (third picture).

I took a grand total of two pictures. The first one just showed the guys in their buckets, but this one showed some interaction between them.

I wish I had taken more.

There were two police cars parked 100' or so behind them. Somebody nearby started shooting off what sounded like oversized bottle rockets. If the cops had looked up, all they would have seen was a lone figure standing on the roof - me.

I had what I needed, so I went in and got to croppin'.

All three images below are larger, so click on them for max effect.

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One has one sentence written on it. All in good to very good condition. 1. Hackensack High School 2. Hackensack Fire Department 3. Riverside Park, Hackensack 4. First Reformed church, Hackensack



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where was the destruction photo taken?

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

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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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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

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.

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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