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Hackensack Discussion / The Sears building will be preserved (pretty much)
« Last post by BLeafe on January 26, 2023, 10:05:00 AM »
There's a story in today's Record (the link is "subscribers only") that basically says this: the main 3-story building and iconic tower will be preserved and a 258-unit apartment building will be "constructed around it" (I'm not sure how that works).

There will also be almost 18,000 square feet of retail space along Main St and Anderson St, two interior courtyards and a pool.

Can't wait to see what this will look like.


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Hackensack Discussion / Re: FYI
« Last post by itsamike on January 25, 2023, 11:26:58 PM »
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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / "Dropping like flies"
« Last post by BLeafe on January 25, 2023, 01:48:15 PM »
That's a phrase I'm reading a lot lately from boomer posts about their musicians - many of whom I used to photograph and have posted images of on this site.

We lost two more last week - drummer Neil Peart of Rush and David Crosby of CSN (and sometimes Y):

1. Here's Neil at Radio City in 1983.

2. And here's David (right) with Graham Nash during a Crosby, Stills and Nash performance at Madison Square Garden on Halloween 1986 at the Crackdown benefit ("Crackdown on Crack"). Other performers included the Allman Brothers, Santana, Run-DMC, Mick Taylor, Felix Cavaliere and Tito Puente(!).

3. If you're interested, this is what the benefit was about.

4. You'll notice that Graham Nash is wearing a Crackdown artist's pass. Here's mine.

Click to enlarge.





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Bob, thanks for the time and effort putting this together, and sharing. I have been gone from Hackensack for 35 years. A lot of changes since then.
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Online Auctions/Local Images (Moderated by BLeafe) / Re: Hackensack made the list!
« Last post by BLeafe on January 18, 2023, 10:40:01 AM »
So I bought the shirt because I liked the deep colors (first pic).

When I got it, the colors were kind of subdued (second pic).

They had sent me an email asking me if I was happy with everything.

"Well, since you asked............." and I told them that I was disappointed.

But they were very nice about it and asked me to send a picture of the shirt I received. I did. They saw it, apologized, and made a decent offer.

"We can't change the color saturation, but pick out any other shirt you want. You don't have to return the one you have. Keep it and get another free."

If you click on the link in the previous post and enter "hackensack" into the search box, it'll show you 2 pages of Hackensack t-shirts. Given my career, I chose the third pic. It arrived and everything's fine.

Maybe you'll find something interesting there (and NO, I don't get a commission.............unfortunately).

Click to enlarge.




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Hackensack Discussion / Re: 50 years ago today
« Last post by BLeafe on January 15, 2023, 09:34:05 AM »
According to today's Record (below - click to enlarge), the 50th anniversary officially was January 13.

"permanent memorial", huh? We'll see...........


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R.I.P., Jeff Beck.

Besides being an absolute guitar wizard, he was a joy to photograph in performance.

These are two of my favorite shots of him. I took the GUITAR cover shot in 1980 at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic and the magazine came out in February, 1984. But my favorite shot of him (right) was taken at Bergen Community College in Paramus in 1976, where I was a faculty member at the time and had strongly advised the director of Student Activities - who was offered a choice of music acts by a booking agent ("Is this Beck guy any good?") - to book him.............QUICKLY!

While performing, he seemed to be posing for me like a bathing beauty. You don't get many moments in life like that (and so close to home).

He will REALLY be missed.

(Click to enlarge)



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