http://www.njpalisades.org/album3.htm
Great stuff.
Before the GWB, before Henry Hudson Dr ...
Fri, 11/10/2006 - 8:09pm
Sat, 11/11/2006 - 2:53am
#1
"Great link, Evan. Love the ""Hitler Face""."
"""Cranky skeptics ascribe them to a human faculty for delusion called ""pareidolia,"" a perception of pattern and meaning from natural randomness. At the same time, scientists believe humans are hardwired to recognize facial patterns, our hunkered fore-apes' need to quickly identify foe, friend or mate. We'll perceive a familiar face in an unfamiliar place, before seeing, say, a locomotive or a cotton gin."" -- Shrine of the Miracle Tortilla
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/NMLAKtortilla.html
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Sat, 11/11/2006 - 9:32pm
#2
Thank you Evan for this fascinating link.
Sun, 11/12/2006 - 6:05am
#3
River Road certainly looked very different before vegetation.
I wonder what The Indian Head looked like (newspaper clipping image #54.)
That large stone rustic structure at the Alpine boat basin was a bathing house (photo #10.)
This photo gallery is certainly worth reviewing.
Thanks,
Hank
Sun, 11/12/2006 - 7:21am
#4
Thanks, Evan!
Shot #70 of the what is now the park headquarters (aka the Ranger Station bathroom/water stop) in full view is a beaut. They sure don't build houses like they use to as evident by what exists shortly after leaving the park afterwards in Alpine.
Sun, 11/12/2006 - 10:47am
#5
They don't make robber barons like they used to.
Sun, 11/12/2006 - 1:34pm
#6
not quite
"The building I mentioned was last privately owned by a stock broker, Herbert Oltman. Some of the other Palisades estates were owned by doctors and the editor of the New York Herald, among others. Thanks to grants provided by robber barons families like the Harrimans and Rockefellers, the park commission had enough money in their arsenal to purchase these estates, then knock them down for a publicly used park.
A lack of wealth or space certainly does not account for not making them like they used to. The surrounding area is comparatively wealthier now, than then. The park office is modest in comparison by today's standards.
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Sun, 11/12/2006 - 3:57pm
#7
I had thought that the park office was owned by one of the Rockefeller's, perhaps it was only donated by them. I do know that the ruins of John Ringlings house is one of the foundations that remain in the park. Its a very interesting area to hike through. I have often wondered what the remnats are below the picnic area in Englewood, as well as the old family cemetary just north of it.
Mon, 11/13/2006 - 6:47am
#8
hiking in Palisades Park
I agree with you fully. It is a very interesting area to hike through. I've only started to explore such recently. There's allot of hidden gems in the park that are not visible while passing through by bike.
