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Observations on the Hudson River as it passes through New York City. The section of the Hudson which passes through New York is historically known as the North River, called this by the Dutch to distinguish it from the Delaware River, which they knew as the South River. This stretch of the Hudson is still often referred to as the North River by local mariners today. All photos copyright Daniel Katzive unless otherwise attributed. For more frequent updates, please follow northriverblog on Facebook or Instagram.

Working the blue highway

Donjon Marine tug Brian Nicholas was standing by at the DSNY Pier 99 transfer station on Friday. Waste paper collected in Manhattan is brought by sanitation trucks to this pier. Paper is transferred to barges and towed to a recycling mill on the Staten Island shore of the Arthur Kill where it is repurposed into cardboard products. Paper is the one waste stream that is processed entirely within the Five Boroughs and moving the paper by barge keeps 100s of trucks a week off of our bridges and expressways.

Daniel Katzive

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