Tag: history
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Dredge baby, dredge
In perhaps another sign that summer is drawing to a close and the heavy August flow of cruise ships into New York is set to abate, the dredgers were back at work at Pier 88 Thursday. A smaller cruise ship did arrive Thursday morning, however. With Pier 88 out of action, the Seven Seas Navigator…
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Brooklyn Break
A day away from the North River and visiting Brooklyn provided a bit of a different perspective on activity in New York Harbor. While parks and recreation have also come to dominate much of the Brooklyn waterfront, there are still pockets of commercial and industrial activity, much more so than we see along the Hudson…
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Back to the 1960s — fireboat special
UPDATE 2: This post has been updated with better resolution photos made from the original negatives, and with some additional photos included. UPDATE 1: This post has been updated to reflect correct date of the older photos is 1965 rather than 1964 as originally posted. A rainy Monday is a good excuse for a trip…
North River Notes 