Retro Sixth Boro 58
February 2013 saw Patrick Sky still working in the boro. The walkway still flanked the west side of the Bayonne Bridge, which allowed images like the ones that follow. Sun Right and Suez Canal Bridge were regulars. Since then the 1993 Sun Right has been scrapped. The 2002 Suez Canal Bridge continues to work under […]
Retro Sixth Boro 57
All these photos were taken in the second half of January 2013. This 1973 livestock carrier Falconia was in the Brooklyn Navy Yard getting some work done. I’d love to see a cargo layout for the vessel. Also, just back from the foremast, those are large bales of either hay or straw for the livestock. […]
Retro Sixth Boro 56
This monthly practice of looking back a decade gives me an opportunity to dust off a specific part of the archive in tugster tower. Besides sneezing sometimes because of the dust, I also feel amazed about the amount of change, small changes maybe but significant it seems. Evening Mist has become Everly Mist, and is […]
Retro Sixth Boro 55
As remnants of Hurricane Nicole pass through the sixth boro, we might have a look back to details of aftermath of Sandy exactly 10 years ago, like this undecked pier over on the NJ side of the Arthur Kill, across from Howland Hook. USCGC Spencer came up for the cleanup, as did then-USCGC Gallatin, now […]
Retro Sixth Boro 54
This month I’ve done one retro October 2012 post on the Chesapeake schooner race . . . and am doing this one at the end of the month rather than the beginning, for reasons that will soon be apparent. On the 31st a decade ago, I made my way down to Front Street Staten Island […]
Retro Sixth Boro 53
Alaska has the Iditarod, Quebec City has the ice canoe races, Honobia OK has the Bigfoot 5K and there’s still time to make plans to get there. And sometimes, the sixth boro (and lots of other waterway cities) has tugboat races. Enjoy this smattering of photos from Sept 2, 2012. As often is the case, […]
Retro Sixth Boro 52
Wow! August almost passed us by without my doing a glance back to a decade ago. McCrews is now in Philly I’m told. Reliance and Justine are still with McAllister. Lynx was sold foreign and experienced an incident while being delivered, although I’m not sure how that turned out. Barents and Yankee both were refurbished […]
Retro Sixth Boro 51
Happy independence day. While taking your coffee break, give this document signed by fallible but brave men 246 years ago a read…. I took these photos a decade ago on a memorable night in the sixth boro. Later I posted my first “illuminations” post, reprising language from one of the 56 signers of that document, […]
Retro Sixth Boro 59 B
Since I’m currently riding the long rails, including this one, I’ve queued up a few posts. More on the rails soon. But let’s go back a decade and a month in this case, and see some happenings in the sixth boro in 2013. Diane B was already around, and here she was taking advantage of […]
Retro Sixth Boro 59 A
Happy March . . . . Exactly a decade ago I made my second trip to Puerto Rico, and both times I spent some time on the island of Vieques. If you’ve never been to either PR or Vieques, you owe it to yourself to visit this corner of the US, so close to the […]
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