Some of my favorite pictures of 2025 – Black and White

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Light patterns on a Metro North Train. February 18.

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Statues in the UN Compound. New York City. March 12.

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All that remains of Rockwood Hall. Sleepy Hollow, NY. July 6.

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My neighbors wooden building. Briarcliff Manor, NY. February 23.

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Bar in New York City. February 18.

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River Road, Briarcliff Manor, NY. July 7.

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Macro Shot, Briarcliff Manor, NY. September 1.

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Runners at Rockwood Hall. Sleepy Hollow, NY. July 6.

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Moonshot. Briarcliff Manor, NY. March 9.

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Birds over Ossining station. Ossining, NY. February 24.

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Under the Tappan Zee Bridge. Tarrytown, NY. February 18.

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Dock on the East River. New York City. August 11.

Scarborough Presbyterian Church Briarcliff Manor Rectory

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Christmas is coming!

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The Scarborough Presbyterian Church in Briarcliff Manor, NY, has a rich history that dates back to its dedication in 1895. The church was originally built as a small church in 1892 and later expanded to become the Scarborough Presbyterian Church. The cornerstone was laid in 1893, and the church was dedicated in the memory of Elliott Fitch Shepard, who died before the completion of the new building. The church has been a significant part of the community, serving as a place of worship and education. The church’s rectory, built in 1931, was a memorial to the first two rectors, Creighton and Meade, and is a testament to the church’s long-standing presence in the area

Taken with a Sony A7IV and Minolta 45mm f2

First Snow of the Season

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December 14th saw our first accumulating snow of the season, about five inches. The first few pictures were taken at my house early in the morning when it was still snowing, the rest later in the day. It was rather cold and I had to force myself to go out. Also walking in the snow wasn’t easy. But it was worth it.

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Taken with a Sony A7IV and Tamron 28-300mm f/4-7.1 Di III VC VXD lens.

A Walk Around the Mount Carmel District, Poughkeepsie – On the River

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After I’d finished my meal, I still had some time before my train would arrive. I also realized that I hadn’t been down to the River. Since Mahoney’s (and the Train Station) was only a short walk to the river, off I went.

The first picture above provides another view of the Walkway over the Hudson. The other two provide similar (but not identical views of the Mid-Hudson Bridge.

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The Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge is a toll suspension bridge which carries US 44 and NY 55 across the Hudson River between Poughkeepsie and Highland in the state of New York.

Proposals for the Mid-Hudson span were made by state legislature in 1923. Although the Bear Mountain Bridge in Orange County, New York and the Holland Tunnel in Manhattan were under construction, there were then no fixed highway crossings south of Albany. Then-Governor of New York Alfred E. Smith signed the bill in June 1923. Construction would be undertaken by the New York State Department of Public Works (now the New York State Department of Transportation).

Construction began in 1925. Caissons weighing 66,000 tons were sunk into the riverbed; dirt was removed by crews working in a pressurized environment. The 315-foot-tall (96 m) Gothic steel towers were constructed in April 1929. Three years after opening, ownership was transferred to the New York State Bridge Authority in 1933, shortly after the Authority was created.

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Then-Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor attended the opening ceremony on August 25, 1930.

The toll plaza was originally located on the eastern side of the bridge, but was moved to the western side in Ulster County when a new highway approach was opened on December 20, 1967.[2][3] Originally, tolls were collected in both directions. In August 1970, the toll was abolished for westbound drivers, and at the same time, eastbound drivers saw their tolls doubled. The tolls of eleven other New York–New Jersey and Hudson River crossings along a 130-mile (210 km) stretch, from the Outerbridge Crossing in the south to the Rip Van Winkle Bridge in the north, were also changed to eastbound-only at that time.

The Mid-Hudson Bridge was designated as a New York State Historic Civil Engineering Landmark by the American Society of Civil Engineers in 1983.[3][5] The bridge was renamed the “Franklin Delano Roosevelt Mid-Hudson Bridge” in 1994.” Adapted from Wikipedia. The Full Article contains much more information and can be found here

Taken with a Sony A7CII and Sony FE 28-70 f3.5-5.6 OSS