2022 – Teaneck Memorial Day Street Festival

 

………………………………………………(ignore April 30, 2017 publish date – this was published on June 8, 2022)

 

Just noticed from the banner’s date that this is left over from last year – I took this on Monday, May 30, 2022.

 

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As some of you may recall from the previous post (https://iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com/?p=16421), I had been on a bus earlier that day that got detoured around Cedar Lane. From a block away on Beverly Rd, I took this PANO shot as we crossed Garrison Ave:

I had never see bounce houses on Garrison Ave before, so I went back on a very hot afternoon to see what was going on.

It was the Teaneck Memorial Day Street Festival from Elm Ave (by J&J Drugs) to American Legion Drive (by whatever’s on that street these days…………..oh yeah – Stop&Shop).

 

Starting at Cedar & Elm:

 

Having crushed the DPW truck, I proceeded eastward. I decided to take mostly panoramic pictures rather than shooting every single booth:

 

 

An Elm to Garrison PANO shot:

 

A better Elm to Garrison shot with the Teaneck Theater in the middle (and NO – I’m not calling it “Teaneck Cinemas”):

 

The booth with the blue-and-white covering was the only booth I visited. It had ALL kinds of cellphone cases, but didn’t have what I was looking for. I think the guy on the first bicycle was looking for a booth that could sell him a new front wheel and tire:

His friend may need a new back wheel/tire. And they both appear to need lots of food (check out those legs). But not to worry………..their (and their bikes’) problems are the result of me panning left-to-right while they’re moving right to left. It’s the same compressed effect that you get when you pan L-R with R-L-moving vehicles: squashed.

Wanna look skinny in pictures? Gimme a yell……….

 

These are two shots I didn’t need to PANO. Interesting-looking outfit………….

 

I finally reach Garrison Ave. to take sort of a reverse pic from shot #2 (above) that I took from the bus:

 

And here are the bounce houses:

 

Standing at Garrison and Cedar, I’m facing Bischoff’s – where I once worked a million years ago – and a motorcycle cop with another weird front wheel. You think that’s strange? According to his bike, he’s a poceman instead of a policeman. He didn’t look like he was in the mood to hear me point that out:

 

Across Cedar – on the corner of Chestnut (and next to Rocklin’s) – was a setup for musical entertainment. Due to the beating-down-sun, only the chairs in the shade were occupied:

 

This is almost an end-to-end shot:

 

Because of the heat, this truck probably had more customers than any other booth:

 

The eastern end at American Legion Drive:

 

Now, the walk back to my car, which was parked about one block beyond the horizon:

 

Leftover shot

After seeing this sign and photographing it, I started looking around for a dunk tank and a wet clown – nada:

 

It turns out that this was for a multiple water pistol carnival game that was something like this (I didn’t shoot it………….the photo OR the water pistol):

 

Although it looked like the festival was sparsely-attended, I recall seeing an online photo from the previous year that looked much more populated.

Gotta be the heat.

 

And so ends my one day out in stifling hot weather this year………….I hope.

 

 

One Comment

  1. John J Mulligan June 9, 2022

    Aloha cousin,
    Thanks for the travel log. Photos bring a lot back for me. My perspective on Cedar Lane is pretty much “Hy and Harry’s centric. They were right across from Rocklin’s on the north side of the street and were probably one of the longest running stores on Cedar Lane, truly an iconic place. Not sure if it is still there but that was my first “real” job. I worked there from 1966 to 1972. Ungodly hours from 5am to about 10am and then 7pm to about 11pm Saturdays and 5am to about 10am on Sundays. My life revolved around the Sunday papers with the early editions of the Daily News and NY Times out on Saturday night. Business included hand packed Breyers ice cream, real soda fountain including legit egg creams and extensive cigarettes and cigars as well as greeting cards. The real deal NJ soda fountain and paper store. Saturdays were spent at Arcola Swim Club after we got out Saturday mornings until due back on Saturday night and some weekends back there again on Sundays after punching out.
    Those were the days, just like these are the good old days too.

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