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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / 2023 – May Day Sunrise Surprise
« on: May 05, 2023, 11:37:30 AM »
After ALL that rain............

https://iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com/?p=18200





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Hackensack Discussion / Update: Construction at 95 Anderson St
« on: April 29, 2023, 11:29:59 AM »
This is a continuation of the photos shown in the link in the previous post that covered work at 95 Anderson - the "Rudy's Rentals" space mentioned in that link - up to March 8.

The below photos go from March 15 to April 20 and were mostly taken at the site, two were taken from a couple of blocks away at street level and the first one was taken from my kitchen - 3 blocks away and 7 floors up. The dates are below each picture.

Be sure to click everything to enlarge them.



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Hackensack Discussion / Re: My favorite paper is not having a good day
« on: April 26, 2023, 04:30:00 PM »
Boy, they are really messing up lately.

1. First, there was this notice on the front page of today's paper. It mentions deadline problems - time-related issues that did not prepare me for what was (or wasn't) inside.

2. The only time-related issue here is that it's time to find the colored inks. Black-and-white comics? C'mon! (BTW - they're fully-colored in the online edition.............is this another stunt to push people to digital-only?). I included the full-color front page of the main section in the photo to show that I didn't remove the comics' color.

3. I recycle my newspapers by collecting them in a paper bag and alternating where the fold of each paper is, so they don't pile up lopsided. That generally evens the pile vertically.............until you get to the "we-forgot-how-to-fold-a-paper-in-half" editions of the last 3 days.

What's next? White ink newsprint on white paper?


Click to enlarge.



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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / Hole in Anderson St
« on: April 25, 2023, 11:11:44 AM »
This happened a week ago (I'm running a bit behind lately).

1. Saw this.

2. Got this PANO shot of the scene by the former-Rudy's construction site. The first thing I flashed on was another Anderson St hole about 3 blocks east in 2009 when an ancient water main made of brick collapsed, as did the road. Could this (literally) be connected to that event?

I asked Mr Editor if he knew what this was about. He suggested that it may be utility service for the new project.

He was right. I was later told it was a sewer connection for the new building.

3. The hole was covered up the next day, so I figured it couldn't be a collapsed brick water main (that one took a couple of weeks to get fixed in 2009). However, the hole was reopened the day after that. NOW what?

4. I was told that a non-specific error had been made and was being corrected. I asked if I could take a quick closeup of the new hole. I got the OK and took this very-rushed PANO.

No more hole.............the street is whole.


Click to enlarge (especially the 3 PANOs).





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Hackensack Discussion / Re: My favorite paper is not having a good day
« on: April 16, 2023, 06:25:01 PM »
Today's paper appears to have been made in two different halves by two different companies in two different sizes.

The front sections are 11" x 22" and the back sections are 12" x 21".

The first two pictures show the measured widths. The third picture also deals with width as it shows what the folded paper looks like, with the back sections sticking out an extra inch on the left.

You'd think that they'd have uniformity figured out after almost 130 years.

Click to enlarge.



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Hackensack Discussion / The Teaneck Wildfire
« on: April 13, 2023, 04:00:01 PM »
The Daily Voice article:

https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/hackensack/police-fire/heroes-firefighters-keep-large-bergen-brush-blaze-from-reaching-homes/861249/


How it looked from my living room (the towers are in Fort Lee, the high-rises are in Cliffside Park and the bottom structure is the roof of 389 Main St - click to enlarge):




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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / The March 30, 2023 screening of the "Banded Together..." movie in Glen Rock
« on: April 07, 2023, 02:37:01 PM »


https://iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com/?p=18145





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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / Re: Upcoming documentary on some local people you know from TV (March 30, 7pm!)
« on: March 29, 2023, 11:01:01 AM »
Curious about this great movie? There's going to be a screening tomorrow night - Thursday, March 30, 2023 - at 7pm in the Glen Rock High School auditorium (where the original December 2, 2021 reunion concert took place). Tickets - which you can get here: https://tinyurl.com/BandedTix - are $10 (and going fast).

Most of the band - including Uncle Floyd Vivino - will be present. There will be an after-screening audience/band Q&A and perhaps a couple of other surprises.

I got a surprise this morning when I opened up my copy of The Record and found a GREAT - and very thorough - article by Jim Beckerman about this event.

I expected the article to maybe be on the front page of the entertainment section, but it actually made it to the front page (1A!) of the main section! You can read it here:

https://www.northjersey.com/story/entertainment/movies/2023/03/29/glen-rock-band-teacher-documentary-he-inspired-eight-pro-musicians/70045061007/

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Hackensack Discussion / Sunday morning girls football in March/April at the Middle School?
« on: March 20, 2023, 11:07:55 AM »
It's usually pretty quiet around here on Sunday mornings, but not yesterday. I heard men yelling and my ears pointed my eyes south toward the Middle School where I saw activity on the soccer pitch: kids running around and men throwing footballs.

Shoot first and ask questions later. The first 8 pictures are what I saw in the order I saw them. Then I asked Google the questions and the answers included something about the Bergen County Girls Flag Football League, its logo and the fact that games will be starting on Sunday, April 2.

If you're interested, go here: https://leagues.bluesombrero.com/bergencountygirlsff

Click to enlarge:



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Photography...........the way I see it (Moderated by BLeafe) / New career?
« on: March 14, 2023, 12:00:01 PM »
1. Anybody remember this shot from 11 years ago? It appeared here (second shot): http://www.hackensacknow.org/index.php/topic,2352

2. It's now the front cover of a book of poetry. Whodathunkit?

Unfortunately, the cover is WAY too dark (I brightened it up a bit here) and the bird must have eaten my photo credit. The author assures me that both problems will be corrected.

Click to enlarge.





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Hackensack Discussion / Very Tall New Electrical Poles on River St
« on: March 13, 2023, 03:45:01 PM »
1. On February 7, I happened to notice from my living room that some colorful orange work was being done on an electrical pole on River St.

2. Soon after, I saw a much taller pole that was at about a 45º angle being raised.

3. That was a pretty easy sequence to shoot.

4. Four days later, I'm on the Teaneck Greenway and notice the same pole, the picture window I shot it from and how really tall it is.

5. Exactly a month after that, the sun is shining on a bunch of new River St poles and their really-up-there wires.


Is this going to happen all over town? What's the main reason for such an increase in height?


Click to enlarge.





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Hackensack Discussion / 2023 – Rudy’s Rentals
« on: March 10, 2023, 11:52:27 AM »
You've seen some of these before...........

https://iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com/?p=18055




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Hackensack Discussion / This place'll be mobbed!
« on: March 04, 2023, 11:25:18 AM »
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Hackensack Discussion / What will replace Bruce The Bed King
« on: February 20, 2023, 11:17:57 AM »
From today's Record.............no surprise here.

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Hackensack Discussion / Teterboro Airport-bound jets over Hackensack Hospital 2-13-23
« on: February 17, 2023, 07:35:46 PM »
This is the story that's in the video's writeup.............and be sure to crank up the sound for full effect (and please hit the "Watch on YouTube" link so the view counts):


It was busy at the hospital, so I had to park on the roof of the parking garage.

There's a nice view up there, so after my appointment, I took a few photos..............and then I heard a plane. It was a private jet heading for Teterboro Airport, which is about 3 miles south of where I was standing.

Time for a quick switch to video.

There's been a big stink for years about the noise and pollution of many aircraft flying low - directly over the hospital (and many high-rise apartment buildings on the same street) - and new routes were proposed that were to take the planes over a nearby highway instead.

They might need to work on that a little harder. Here are 4 planes that flew directly overhead in a period of...............EIGHT MINUTES!

And be sure to follow the bouncing sun reflection ball.






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