{"id":19345,"date":"2017-04-30T21:41:59","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T01:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=19345"},"modified":"2023-09-27T00:06:58","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T04:06:58","slug":"2023-photowalk-346-9-22-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=19345","title":{"rendered":"2023 – Photowalk #346 – 9-22-23"},"content":{"rendered":"

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You\u2019ll see this pic again later, but I posted it here to get your attention before I start rambling for a while.<\/span><\/p>\n

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No – I haven\u2019t done 346 photowalks. That\u2019s just a random number I pull out of my\u2026\u2026..uh, hat<\/em> whenever I want to say \u201ca lot\u201d in numerical fashion. And I need something to do while I\u2019m out there walking to keep things interesting, so I return to certain places to document progression\/changes at those locations.<\/span><\/p>\n

This not only lets me continue historical documentation, but also keeps me busy for the next couple of days with photo editing and posting on my blog and the site I moderate for the Hackensack city historian.<\/span><\/p>\n

Plus, a certain doctor of cardiology keeps telling me to walk more often and I do<\/em> try to comply for at least 3 seasons of the year (but never in hot and humid summer).<\/span><\/p>\n

Since we just finished another H&H season with limited, boring (I need visuals!) indoor (but A\/C\u2019d) Nordic Track, it\u2019s time to get outside again.<\/span><\/p>\n

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After a short, warmup neighborhood walk on 9\/19, it was time for a much longer one on a beautiful (and cooler) 9\/22. Don\u2019t tell anyone, but because my starting point was on the other side of town, I DROVE<\/em> there\u2026\u2026\u2026.but I did<\/em> take a picture on the way there while stopped at a light (as if that absolves me for driving to go walk somewhere).<\/span><\/p>\n

You know that MBSC construction project that I\u2019m always shooting from home, 4 blocks away? The traffic light I was stopped at was on that block, so here\u2019s the picture I took:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Bergen County Courthouse Area<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

And here is a panoramic shot of that courthouse (click to enlarge ALL panoramic images):<\/span><\/p>\n

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By the way…………some PANOs will take a second click and expand further. Place your cursor on the image. If it becomes a + sign, click a second time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is a PANO of the entire Justice Center:<\/span><\/p>\n

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A PANO of the Church On The Green, right across the street:<\/span><\/p>\n

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To the left of that church is a monument to General Enoch Poor, one of George Washington\u2019s trusted generals. To the immediate left of the church (and behind the large tree) is the church\u2019s cemetery. General Poor was buried there after his funeral service at the church (which Washington attended):<\/span><\/p>\n

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To the immediate left of General Poor is The Green – a small, one-block rectangular park-like area that served as a strategic point during the American Revolution. During Washington\u2019s Retreat across New Jersey (before he came back to win the war), his men camped out on The Green (while George stayed across the street at The Mansion House\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026rank has its privileges).<\/span><\/p>\n

Also on The Green is the Hackensack War Memorial, which was erected in 1924 by the people of Hackensack in memory of its soldiers and sailors who fought in the wars of the United States of America:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Did you notice the editorial comment signage in the bottom left of the last two pix? It\u2019s actually a Hawaiian coffee shop that I first posted about exactly one year ago.<\/span><\/p>\n

A month later, it was announced that it would open in \u201cearly 2023\u201d. I hadn\u2019t visited the place in the year since that announcement, so I decided to get a look at its interior. Since it was closed, I shot this through the front door:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hmmm\u2026\u2026\u2026..not much progress. I guess their opening date was a \u201cBad Ass-umption\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

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But there was some good news\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026I think. Across the street, I saw Aaron Rodgers stumbling along just 2 days after his disastrous, season-ending Achilles tendon surgery in California:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I guess he was wearing his old team\u2019s jersey so no one would recognize the NY Jets\u2019 new QB.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Main St Area<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

A block north of The Green, I took a couple of shots of the 76 Main project, where a 2015 fire had destroyed a residential building that had a restaurant on the first floor (see http:\/\/www.hackensacknow.org\/index.php\/topic,3121<\/a><\/span> for more info about that).<\/span><\/p>\n

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It took a long time to get this replacement project going, but here\u2019s where it\u2019s at now (#2 and 3 are PANOs):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a closeup PANO of the first floor work:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I noticed something unusual in the first pic:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Why would you be directed to Bridge St if you\u2019re not allowed to turn in that direction\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026especially since Bridge St is one way in the opposite direction?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Down By The River<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Grab your headphones (seriously)! If you don\u2019t know this song, you\u2019re gonna thank me! I haven\u2019t heard it in years and I just thanked myself!<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KflCXmEX6BY<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Man, that dual guitar work is magnificent!<\/span><\/p>\n

Feel better? Good!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Back to business!<\/span><\/p>\n

The Hackensack River is 2-3 blocks east down Bridge St. On the way there, I passed the back of the Church on the Green\u2019s cemetery and found they buried an old tree trunk there (PANO – click!):<\/span><\/p>\n

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Seriously, that must have been a magnificent-looking tree at one time.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Lotta new stuff going up down here, as you can see in this PANO that looks across River St:<\/span><\/p>\n

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After crossing, I start to work my way around the River St\/Bridge St periphery, starting with dead signs, followed by 5 PANOs:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Some glass in the midst of tons of concrete and metal:<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is the full version of this post\u2019s opening shot. Fore and aft: amongst all the construction and its components, colorful foliage is fore and a completed residential project with a distinctive roof sculpture is distantly aft (the 210 Main St former bank building):<\/span><\/p>\n

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So I get to the end of the Bridge St fence periphery and look what I see:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Moving a few feet closer to the Court St Bridge, I come across this amazing vision:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Who wouldn\u2019t like to live at the river\u2019s edge and have a genuine WWII submarine in their front yard – especially after it\u2019s been spruced up a bit with some paint? It doesn\u2019t have to leave or be dismantled. And what a unique scene this would make!<\/span><\/p>\n

I think the USS Ling problem may have just been solved! (Party poopers can post otherwise if they like).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Someone\u2019s already discovered the view and moved in (seen here in his bathroom):<\/span><\/p>\n

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And I discovered a Spotted Lanternfly climbing to the top floor of the Bridge St fence for a better view:<\/span><\/p>\n

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From the Court St Bridge, I could see a River Street Residences Tour-By-Air<\/em> plane that had just taken off from nearby Teterboro Airport:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Could this school bus that\u2019s crossing the river on the next bridge to the north – the Midtown Bridge – be bringing even more<\/em> visitors to the site?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Not wanting to be disappointed if it didn\u2019t, I decided it was time to go. I took one final PANO of the entire scene (Bridge St fence, River St Residences, the USS Ling, the Hackensack River, the Court St Bridge), waved goodbye to the imaginary bridge tender at his palatial estate (a small PANO) and booked:<\/span><\/p>\n

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A nice little productive walk\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.<\/span><\/p>\n

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………………………………………………(ignore April 30, 2017 publish date – this was published on September 27, 2023)   You\u2019ll see this pic again later, but I posted it here to get your attention before I start rambling for a while.   No – I haven\u2019t done 346 photowalks. That\u2019s just a random number I pull out of my\u2026\u2026..uh, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19345"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19398,"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19345\/revisions\/19398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}