Jim Zisfein's beautiful photo on the Hudson River Greenway. See his whole gallery at: http://jzisfein.tripod.com/hrg/index2.html

A beautiful Sunday after a long,long Winter. The boardwalk is two and one half miles long, and, as the lettering states...

Facing West into the afternoon sun at the western end of the Long Beach, NY boardwalk with the Atlantic Ocean to the left over the dunes.

30+ years old and perfect for boardwalk cruising. Sunday, March 22, 2003, Long Beach Boardwalk, Long Island, NY.

Blowing off the dust of the Winter of 2002-3

This is part of the temporary detour on The Hudson River Greenway

Lighthouse in Manhattan. on the Hudson River, beneath the main span of the George Washington Bridge

#1) the original "Old Put" railroad trestle on the southside of Route 6, just east of Lake Gleneida and Route 52 in the Hamlet of Carmel, NY

#2)The right of way where the northside trestle used to be before the property on this side of Route 6 was sold to a private person, who demolished the trestle on his side and sold the entire, twenty foot high track bed, as top soil. This missing track bed necessitates the building of a long ramp back down to grade or, a series of short, steep switchbacks to get up to the level of the bridge.

#3) The last of the earth left on site from the old trackbed berm.

#4) "Guideposts" ( http://www.guideposts.org/) driveway. If one proceedes to the right (West) then, to the next big intersection at Lake Gleneida, turns left (South) on Route 6 then, looking left, in about two blocks, for a stand-alone Chinese restaurant, one will see, behind their parking lot, a corniche bicycle path ten feet above the roadway. This bicycle roadway ends, abruptly, right there.

Line up the bike trail along the south wall of the Chinese restaurant and you will find the now-invisible place where the "Old Put" railroad tunnel that passes under Seminary Road is buried. The word is, that it was filled, not demolished, and it should be intact.

The problem is, that Putnam County, in its wisdom, allowed the building of an eldercare facility right where the old tunnel would emerge. Now they can't use the whole of the tunnel, which might have been relatively inexpensive to excavate, but instead, will have to part off, halfway through, leave the old right of way, and cross onto the Guideposts' private property. This circumstance will increase the budget exponentially, if Guideposts will allow it to happen at all. The process will take at minimum, three years. Look for a semi-permanent by-pass-onto-the-street here real soon. Paving of the balance of this stretch of the Trail is scheduled to begin this summer.

Putnam Railtrail from space, demonstrating the problems with carrying The Trail over Route 6. It appears that any sort of permanent solution is going to have to involve some sort of easement over The Guidepost's property.The original plan and budget for this bridge and tunnel is "out the window" on this one. Planning, solution, approval, budget, bidding and construction will take more than two years.

Cyclists relax on the balustrad in front of the beautifully restored Audubon House as M.V.Independence makes way through "The Lullwater" in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, carrying her passengers on a tour of the waters & shorelines of Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York.
5 Boro Bicycle Club's "Brooklyn-Queens Mosaic Ride" to Prospect Park on Sunday, April 13, 2003.

This magnificent conifer stands upon the shore of The Lullwater in Brooklyn's Prospect Park, just North of the Audubon House. Cyclists, seated on the bench at the lower right, revel in their participation in this idyllic Spring setting after having pedaled in from Sixtieth Street and First Avenue in Manhattan as part of the 5 Boro Bike Club's "Brooklyn-Queens Mosaic Ride"