WAVZ 13: Welcome to the good old days in Jersey City. Rotting 19th century piers line the Hudson. The Twin Towers lurk in the fog across the Hudson. March 1975
WAVZ 13: My young son wearing his Good Shepherd shirt, a gaggle of colorful tulips and, oh yes, a 1968 Pontiac Firebird in the driveway. Pearl River, NY. June 1996.
WAVZ 13: Sis poses by my 1st car - a four year old pre-owned 1972 Ford Pinto. Yes, I finally had a car of my own! April 1976.
WAVZ 13: A nice example of a 1952 Cadillac Japanese tin toy and its original box. The car even comes with a wiper. (oh, boy!) Clinton, CT. March 2024
WAVZ 13: As some of you may know, I've been daily driving a black 1998 Honda Accord since it was new. After 26 years, it's finally time for a change! March 2024.
WAVZ 13: 300 years from now, nobody remembers what this circle used to represent. Historians suspect that it was once the site of some kind of worship.
WAVZ 13: During construction of the new World Trade Center, this was the entrance to the temporary PATH train station. New York. Aug. 2009.
WAVZ 13: A couple of years ago, I came across this rust bucket in a junkyard. The dashboard says its a Mercury, but I don't know what year its from. Do you?
WAVZ 13: Just another day looking south from the old Port Authority of New York building at 9th Avenue and West 15th Street. The brand new World Trade Center in the distance. March 1973.
WAVZ 13: A forlorn side street in Binghamton, New York. Once a manufacturing city, today it's seen better times. July 2012.
WAVZ 13: Places that Manhattan tourists DIDN'T visit. Standing in Long Island City, Queens, looking west to the Newtown Creek and some of the factories which lined its shores. One of the Greenpoint gas tanks at left. New York. 1934
WAVZ 13: The Lower Manhattan skyline, including the World Trade Center, as seen from across the East River through a maze of abandoned piers in Brooklyn. March 1975
WAVZ 13: An unusual shot from the 32nd floor of the World Trade Center's South Tower looking down on the Battery Park City landfill while it was still in progress. A hint of the Hudson River at the top left and the WTC North Tower at right. New York. March 1982
WAVZ 13: So let's say we have a time machine which allows us to view Battery Park City under construction, the very end of the abandoned West Side Highway, West Street and the World Trade Center on a misty, rainy day in March 1975. New York.
WAVZ 13: Places no more. My 7 year old son decided he wanted a green gumball. This was taken at the old Nanuet Mall, which was demolished 10 years. March 2005
WAVZ 13: My sister and I sit on one of the benches in Battery Park in Lower Manhattan. Ellis Island can be seen in the distance as well as New York Harbor. March 1973
WAVZ 13: A significantly younger me at the Black Tom area of Liberty State Park. This was the first area to be redeveloped from railroad ruins into a place where you could spend a day. The World Trade Center hovers in the distance. Jersey City. Aug 1980.
WAVZ 13: The Statue of Liberty surrounded by rusting cranes, a pile of discarded tires, abandoned cars and a deserted Central Railroad of NJ train yard tower. The view from the end of Warren Street. Jersey City. April 1976
WAVZ 13: To escape the heat and humidity of the summer here in New York, my wife and I flew up to Alaska for a well-deserved vacation. Both of us found the frozen landscapes to be absolutely gorgeous.
WAVZ 13: Just image taking your girlfriend on a ride of the daily excursion of the Chicago Drainage Canal. I'm sure she would have respected you forever for exposing her to this this new technology which reversed the direction of the Chicago River.
WAVZ 13: Looking down into the yellow lights in the Rector Street Subway station on a rainy Manhattan day gave me a pleasant sense of shelter from the rain. There's something cool about the well lit underground compared to the gray streets.
WAVZ 13: Sometimes you have to make do with what's available. This family enjoys a picnic and goes swimming in the Far Side of Lake Charles Louisiana. No worries at all about the proximity of the Olin chemical plant across the lake. July 1973.
WAVZ 13: When this neighborhood in Milford, CT was a beach resort in the early 20th century, the Sauter Hotel was once of the places where tourists used to stay. By 1958, it was up for sale and this is a real estate photo of the old hotel.
WAVZ 13: On one of my adventures around the Jersey City shoreline, I saw three fishermen at the end of the old Caven Point Pier. The Statue of Liberty stood tall and proud. The World Trade Center hovered over the scene. 1991
WAVZ 13: More summer memories from 50 years ago. You can see Rock Street and a yellow 1975 Pontiac parked there. The background shows many colorful cars parked in the Surf Club parking lot. I sure miss these days! Milford CT. Aug 1973.
WAVZ 13: Hard to believe that this was 51 years ago! My Mom on the right, my cousin in the center wearing a rubber cap and my uncle holding a very colorful swimming floatie. Milford, CT. Aug 1972
WAVZ 13: Back in 1914, when Ford Model Ts were driving around, this was how gasoline was cracked from crude oil. It was a smoky process which emitted lots of hydrocarbans, but "Smoke Meant Jobs" as the saying went.
WAVZ 13: Quite a pretty sunset while driving home from Connecticut to New York State over the old Tappan Zee Bridge. July 2010.
WAVZ 13: Coming home on the Staten Island Ferry, I noticed the sunset over the old Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal. In the golden waves was also a sailboat plying the sunset waters. It was simply beautiful! Jersey City. Sept 2005
WAVZ 13: The view of Long Island Sound's shoreline as it appears in 2023. At one time, there was a steep hill here called "Platts" hills, which was leveled in the 1990s to build new houses. Milford, CT.