{"id":23455,"date":"2025-06-27T00:01:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T04:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=23455"},"modified":"2025-06-28T00:29:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T04:29:10","slug":"2025-one-thing-l-e-a-d-s-to-another","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=23455","title":{"rendered":"2025 – One Thing L.E.A.D.s To Another"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As you may know, I take on various, self-imposed, neighborhood photo projects. Sometimes, they\u2019re directly<\/em> outside my living room window, which is pretty convenient.<\/span><\/p>\n

One such project is the other end of a demolition of a small bank and drive-thru last year that happened a block away from me. Currently on that space is the construction of a 6-story apartment building.<\/span><\/p>\n

So now I can be just as lazy as I was last year and cover most of the activity without leaving home, save for an occasional walk around the perimeter to photograph some things that aren\u2019t visible from my living room. This also lets me say a quiet \u201cyes\u201d when my cardiologist asks if I\u2019ve gotten in any good-for-the-heart walking.<\/span><\/p>\n

What I\u2019m starting off with here is a picture I took from home on June 4, 2025, which shows a portion of the construction site and a tall cement pumper (NOTE: THIS IS NOT<\/strong> A POST ABOUT CONSTRUCTION!). The photo also shows the trees east of me in full bloom, PLUS two small sections of flat (and distant) Foschini Park (separated by a tree) in Hackensack:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fairly boring.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Twelve days later (June 16), as I was following another construction crane from my living room, I noticed something very different in those small park sections that I had never seen before in my 37 years here and zoomed in:<\/span><\/p>\n

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What the heck is all that?<\/span><\/p>\n

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I did a \u201cFoschini Park\u201d search and found this on a Hackensack PD Facebook page:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I max-zoomed in on those two park sections on June 18:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The first one was kind of \u201ceh\u201d, but that massive guitar neck and headstock sure got my attention! (as did the five<\/em> tuning pegs).<\/span><\/p>\n

One thing (project)<\/span> leads to another…….<\/span>that’s also the name of a good song by the Fixx, who I photographed at the Meadowlands Arena in 1983, opening up for Supertramp (<\/span>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JHYIGy1dyd8&list=RDJHYIGy1dyd8&start_radio=1<\/a><\/span> if you wanna hear the song).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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The carnival was going to open that night (June 18), but I wanted to shoot what\u2019s there closeup in daylight, sans crowds, so I headed on over.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fencing was EVERYWHERE! I could not park close and did a LOT of walking to get to the actual site\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..but I could not enter the site because of lots more fencing\u2026\u2026and there was no one in authority to talk to to get in.<\/span><\/p>\n

FINALLY, a gentleman driving a L.E.A.D. pickup truck pulled in near me. I got his attention, explained who I was, why I was there and what I wanted to do (shoot the scene without crowds)\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.and he said, \u201cSure!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I followed him in and he turned me loose.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(NOTE: a LOT of these pictures are panoramic. Be sure to click on each one to see if it enlarges. Some may need a second click to fully-enlarge)<\/span><\/p>\n

The first thing I saw was a row of 6 modern, blue Port-O-Johns\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..or so I thought from a distance:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Oops! This is where you paid to get in. Some were for cash payments and some were for credit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s my initial, widest-I-could-get PANO:<\/span><\/p>\n

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BTW – the gentleman who let me in is shown walking toward a table of co-workers (I’m guessing).<\/span><\/p>\n

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Various and sundry rides and attractions………………<\/span><\/p>\n

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Get on the Sky Race and be the first to fly over to the turkey legs stand:<\/span><\/p>\n

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This site was not hurting for food and drink options:<\/span><\/p>\n

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As cute as the bumblebees were, I only saw one mother and child ride them when I came back on Saturday:<\/span><\/p>\n

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You\u2019ll see one young girl getting face-painted on Saturday at a different location:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Steering wheels in the back seat?<\/span><\/p>\n

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I think I see something familiar over on the right:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Yep – it\u2019s the Zipper, which I shot at the Holy Trinity Carnival last month (and for many years before that):<\/span><\/p>\n

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And here\u2019s its friendly neighbor, the Fun Slide – also seen at Holy Trinity:<\/span><\/p>\n

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And here are 3 rides\/attractions I know nothing about:<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is where that girl got face-painted three nights later:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I don\u2019t know what the \u201cCircus\u201d aspect was about:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Other angles:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The few games of chance I saw opened on Wednesday afternoon featured a lot of animalistic prizes:<\/span><\/p>\n

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This is one huge ride that I didn\u2019t get to see in use either day:<\/span><\/p>\n

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(almost looks like another \u201cFun Slide\u201d)<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Wednesday\/opening day (night) only – fireworks (as shot from my living room):<\/span><\/p>\n

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All the smoke from the finale heads south (taken right after the fireworks ended)<\/span><\/p>\n

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If you look closely, you can see the Empire State Building.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Here are the final 4 minutes of the fireworks, including the finale:<\/span><\/p>\n