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Entries for September 2009




The Skyway Series 5: Support

September 15, 2009 11:55 AM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

The Pulaski Skyway's immense bulk rests on concrete towers that are surprisingly slim...

 
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The Skyway Series 4: Reflections

September 14, 2009 01:38 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

Where 18-wheel cowboys corral their 10-wheel mounts...

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Tags: Jersey City | Pulaski Skyway | photography | trucks



The Skyway Series 3: Close-Up

September 11, 2009 01:07 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

Anyone remember Mister Magoo (whose voice was Jim Backus)? Or am I dating myself? The latter, I know. Anyway, this one's for him...

 
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Tags: Jersey City | Pulaski Skyway | photography



The Skyway Series 2: A River Runs Under It

September 10, 2009 12:32 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

Just a few hundred yards from the Lincoln Park Driving Range in Jersey City, Duncan Avenue dead ends at the Hackensack River, just above where it and the Passaic River empty into Newark Bay. It's quite a sight...

 
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Tags: Jersey City | Pulaski Skyway | photography | Hackensack River



The Skyway Series: Drivers

September 09, 2009 01:15 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

I recently met fellow photographer (though he's a pro) and golfer (though he's a low-handicapper) Chris Lane at what may be the funkiest driving range I've ever hit balls at--On Route 440 in Jersey City, with a backdrop no other driving range can claim--the Pulaski Skyway...

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Tags: photography | Jersey City | golf driving ranges | Lane, Christopher | Lincoln Park Driving Range | golf | Pulaski Skyway | Golf



Fixer Upper

September 08, 2009 10:16 AM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

You'll find them in every neighborhood. This one, otherwise nondescript, had an attractive, vaguely macabre, little decorative window over the porch...

 
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Big Doings

September 04, 2009 02:45 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

So I was walking down Brackett Street in Portland, Maine, last week, when I stopped to photograph an interesting sandwich of houses...

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Tags: photography