Palisades Park is a small town (with mostly Korean population) on Rt.46, in NJ, minutes from GWbridge. RT ______________ Roman M. Turovsky http://polyhymnion.org/swv
> From: "Jon Murphy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 02:24:17 -0500 > To: "guy_and_liz Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "lute list" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Vance Wood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Roman Turovsky" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: McFarlane Workshop in Durham NC > >> Better barbeque is at Palisades Park, NJ. One would have to move to Korea >> for one better. >> RT > > Not sure what you define as Palisades Park, It is both a place and an area. > Just north of the GW Bridge, under the Palisades, you'll see a bit of land > that sets level with the river. In the late thirties that was where we went, > by ferry, from Manhattan, for picnics. But at the same time there was an > amusement park called Palisades Park that had a roller coaster and Ferris > wheel that could be seen from the NY side (a bit south of the bridge). Those > were torn down long ago, and I think before the rides at Olympia Park in > Irvington - those two being the only amusement parks in NJ north of Asbury > Park, which died not long after. Any barbecue in the ghostly shadow of the > rides of Palisades Park would have to be imitative of the South West, no > matter the quality. We have "cook outs" here in the east, we don't roast > pigs on a spit. But then the language and vocabulary have been corrupted and > any grilling with sauce becomes a barbecue. > > We have discussed NY before, and I did ride the 3rd Ave. El. Visit the > Transit Museum (in Brooklyn?). You'll see the old cars with vestibules at > each end. I used to ride them, and like most I rode in the end vestibule in > summer to get the air. But I didn't know that they were engineered to > collapse (and the museum won't tell you that). The idea was the same as the > "collapsible" front end of an automobile, to cushion the shock to the rest > of the car and save lives. The engineers just forgot to think that a lot of > people would congregate there. > > And the carousel is still in Central Park, but is hard to find. I rode it > first in about 1937. Then walked miles with my daughter a few years back to > find it (she had ridden it in about 1972). > > Best, Jon > > To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
