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    HOBOKEN, 2014

    by Kevin Walsh July 3, 2015
    by Kevin Walsh July 3, 2015 2 comments

    In the summer of 2014 I took multiple walks up and down the streets of Hoboken, NJ, hoping to do an epic series of posts capturing its small-town minutiae. I…

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  • One ShotsOut of TownSigns

    HOBOKEN STREET SIGN

    by Kevin Walsh April 21, 2014
    by Kevin Walsh April 21, 2014 1 comment

    The Hudson Observer hasn’t been published since 1951 (when it merged with the Jersey Observer). The Hudson Observer Building is still at 111 Newark Street (at Bloomfield); Observer Highway, formerly Ferry Street, hasn’t gotten…

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  • Out of TownSigns

    HOBOKEN STREET SIGNS

    by Kevin Walsh January 17, 2013
    by Kevin Walsh January 17, 2013 5 comments

    One thing I’ve noticed while walking around Bayonne, Hoboken and Jersey City (I haven’t attempted Newark, Union City, Weehawken etc. yet) is that while you do see modern green and…

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  • One ShotsOut of Town

    WILLOW TERRACE, Hoboken

    by Kevin Walsh January 17, 2013
    by Kevin Walsh January 17, 2013 3 comments

    Willow Terrace, between Clinton Street, Willow Avenue and 6th and 7th Streets, looks much as it did in 1880 when it was constructed by the Stevens family (of Stevens Institute…

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  • Street Lamps

    MERCURY FALLING: 1960s luminaires disappearing, in NYC at least

    by Kevin Walsh February 4, 2006
    by Kevin Walsh February 4, 2006 0 comment

    In 1963, the life of a 6-year-old lamppost enthusiast changed irrevocably: the cast iron Type 24M “Corvington” poles that had dominated the streets of Bay Ridge disappeared seemingly overnight, with mostly…

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  • Out of TownStreet Scenes

    MEETING ACROSS THE RIVER: HOBOKEN, NJ

    by Kevin Walsh September 20, 2003
    by Kevin Walsh September 20, 2003 8 comments

    Your webmaster knows full well he will be ridiculed, pilloried and threatened with everything from lawsuits to bodily harm for including Hoboken on a Forgotten NY site. New Jersey, the Sixth…

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