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Great news for those who like to shop at B&H, view the North River, enjoy that part of NYC, walk the High Line, eat at the Skylight Diner... Another section of the High Line has been finished. See the front page of today's NYT.

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In NYC we have an East River, a Hudson River, and a Harlem River but no North River.
 
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I've never heard of it myself (but then, I only get down the NYC once or twice a year and that's either to visit Photoplus or a show on Broadway). But according to that infallible source, Wikipedia:

> North River is an alternate name for the southernmost portion of the Hudson River in the vicinity of New York City and northeastern New Jersey

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It is the Hudson River that is visible from the High Line. There is no North River. Walking the High Line offers good photo ops. here are 3 of mine.





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Thanks.
 
Corkcampbell said:
Great news for those who like to shop at B&H, view the North River, enjoy that part of NYC, walk the High Line, eat at the Skylight Diner... Another section of the High Line has been finished. See the front page of today's NYT.
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Where did you hear North River? That's an old name for the Hudson River. The only people I can see using that term today are those referencing the past or pretentious writers at the New York Times.

I think the High Line is ugly. They should have torn it down and built a park properly in some reclaimed land.
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Bingo! Of course you're correct. Some us still call it the North River just out of habit. I'm surprised that some don't know that. After all, if you take a train from Penn (or is it "Pennsylvania," ha ha) Station to Jersey and points west, you are using the North River Tunnels. There are other landmarks nearby similarly named. Mariners and others use the term, as do many ordinary people, although probably not immigrants from upstate (where the "Hudson" goes from somewhere north of the city).

Always told my students that Wikipedia was unacceptable as a source, but this time what you quoted is correct.

Then again, we might have some readers who think you need to go to Orlando to visit Dumbo...

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No, learned it when I was young and heard it often. Actually surprised at the comments and certainly didn't want to stir anything up. My only intention was to point out the article about the High Line, one of my favorite places. I don't think it has anything to do with pretentiousness, just another name for the part of the river near town. As for the NY Times, I don't remember what they called the river in the article, or if they mentioned it at all.

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Corkcampbell said:
Bingo! Of course you're correct. Some us still call it the North River just out of habit.
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Who is "us?"
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I'm surprised that some don't know that. After all, if you take a train from Penn (or is it "Pennsylvania," ha ha) Station to Jersey and points west, you are using the North River Tunnels. There are other landmarks nearby similarly named.
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So? There are many landmarks named after old things.
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Mariners and others use the term, as do many ordinary people, although probably not immigrants from upstate (where the "Hudson" goes from somewhere north of the city).
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I"m a native New Yorker and "many ordinary people" do not use the term North River. It's an old term very uncommon amongst New Yorkers from NYC.
Corkcampbell said:
Always told my students that Wikipedia was unacceptable as a source, but this time what you quoted is correct.

Then again, we might have some readers who think you need to go to Orlando to visit Dumbo...

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"Knowledge is good." Emil Faber
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bford said:
Corkcampbell said:
Great news for those who like to shop at B&H, view the North River, enjoy that part of NYC, walk the High Line, eat at the Skylight Diner... Another section of the High Line has been finished. See the front page of today's NYT.
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Where did you hear North River? That's an old name for the Hudson River. The only people I can see using that term today are those referencing the past or pretentious writers at the New York Times.

I think the High Line is ugly. They should have torn it down and built a park properly in some reclaimed land.
bford said:
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Actually the North River only referred to a small section of the 300 mile long Hudson River. It is that portion of the Hudson where at midtown there is a slight bend in the river's path before it goes into the bay. North River was in common use until the early 1900s. I is still used to describe various feature like North River Tunnels (Hudson and Lincoln) and certain piers, etc. But for travelers and many living in and about NYC it is a not a known location.

I think the High Line is a fantastic repurposing of an abandoned railroad track avenue. If you take the time to look you, there are many interesting things shoot.
 
GEEEZ...to quote from a Bugs Bunny cartoon: "Stop it, can't cha?" Sorry about the name of the (whatever) river; perhaps I'm just older than most here. Who knows? The ironic thing is that when I wrote the post, I was actually unsure if I had the name of the diner correct. Apparently, I did, since I haven't been questioned about that...yet. It is correct, right? Anyone?

The focus should be on the High Line. I happen to be living in Seoul and, coincidentally, yesterday the city announced that it would construct a new park based on NYC's High Line, and also referenced the park in Paris that was part of the idea behind NY's park. A few hours after reading that, I saw the Times article, which is why I started the thread.

And, I'll make some other confessions. Sometimes I actually say Grand Central Station instead of Grand Central Terminal....oh...and there's that "Welfare" Island issue. On the other hand, I finally stopped saying "Idlewild Airport." See...I'm getting better...just takes a few decades...

Moderator: If you happen to read this, please replace "North" with "Hudson" in the thread title.

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"Knowledge is good." Emil Faber
 
Thanks. I haven't lived in NY for awhile, although I spend about three weeks or a month there each year. You are correct about the stretch of river; I just understood it to be the part of the river between the city and New Jersey, and that the "Hudson" began with the forests, ha ha. Probably picked it up from grandparents or whoever; never been called on it until now. Family has been there (and in Boston in the 1770s for obvious reasons) since 1706, so the name use probably comes from back then. And yes, I do remember seeing things that said North River this or North River that. Maybe they're mostly gone now.
 
Richard Weisgrau said:
bford said:
Corkcampbell said:
Great news for those who like to shop at B&H, view the North River, enjoy that part of NYC, walk the High Line, eat at the Skylight Diner... Another section of the High Line has been finished. See the front page of today's NYT.
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Where did you hear North River? That's an old name for the Hudson River. The only people I can see using that term today are those referencing the past or pretentious writers at the New York Times.

I think the High Line is ugly. They should have torn it down and built a park properly in some reclaimed land.
Richard Weisgrau said:
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"Knowledge is good." Emil Faber
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Actually the North River only referred to a small section of the 300 mile long Hudson River. It is that portion of the Hudson where at midtown there is a slight bend in the river's path before it goes into the bay. North River was in common use until the early 1900s. I is still used to describe various feature like North River Tunnels (Hudson and Lincoln) and certain piers, etc. But for travelers and many living in and about NYC it is a not a known location.
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I know the history of it; I'm a native New Yorker from NYC. In accordance with what I said, many things in NYC, and of course anywhere else, have things and places that refer to the past.
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I think the High Line is a fantastic repurposing of an abandoned railroad track avenue. If you take the time to look you, there are many interesting things shoot.
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I'm all for parks but it's an eyesore when viewed as a whole. It should have been demolished and the metal recycled and a proper park built at ground level.
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Corkcampbell said:
GEEEZ...to quote from a Bugs Bunny cartoon: "Stop it, can't cha?" Sorry about the name of the (whatever) river; perhaps I'm just older than most here. Who knows? The ironic thing is that when I wrote the post, I was actually unsure if I had the name of the diner correct. Apparently, I did, since I haven't been questioned about that...yet. It is correct, right? Anyone?
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You were just being corrected about the river. I think part of it is that you have a lot of tourists that visit NYC and they often spread misinformation about the city. The foreign ones are the worst.
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The focus should be on the High Line. I happen to be living in Seoul and, coincidentally, yesterday the city announced that it would construct a new park based on NYC's High Line, and also referenced the park in Paris that was part of the idea behind NY's park. A few hours after reading that, I saw the Times article, which is why I started the thread.

And, I'll make some other confessions. Sometimes I actually say Grand Central Station instead of Grand Central Terminal....oh...and there's that "Welfare" Island issue. On the other hand, I finally stopped saying "Idlewild Airport." See...I'm getting better...just takes a few decades...

Moderator: If you happen to read this, please replace "North" with "Hudson" in the thread title.

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"Knowledge is good." Emil Faber
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I wasn't wrong about the river name; it's just that it is apparently out of date and I never noticed. Nothing to do with tourists and foreigners.

Have to agree with you about your photo...not its best side, heh heh. Or, maybe it doesn't have a "best side," but I just enjoy sitting in one spot and watching the people. Most of the times I've been there, it was after some purchase at B&H that I wanted to test while in the neighborhood in case it was defective. The first shots of my GH3, my DP2M, and a few lenses got their first use there. And, I've always been lucky in that I've had good weather, even in winter.

So, I like the place, although I wish it had better views of the Nor...er...Hud...er...that river!

Thanks for your thoughts.

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"Knowledge is good." Emil Faber
 
Nice! I go to NYC from time to time and I really like the High Line. I can't see it as anything other than well designed and a really nice spot to see some of the city's most amazing architecture. Since it travels over so many things, it wound't have really worked to tear it down and make a park on ground level... no room on the ground! In light of that, it seems like a pretty silly thing to bring up! Even if there was space on ground level for such a thing a park only as wide as this space wouldn't really work... For that sort of thing there's Central Park, Inwood Park and probably some others. Even though the High Line has some of the features of what we'd consider a park, like landscaping and places to sit and contemplate, I think that it's better to thing of it as more of a "walkway" and less of a "park." It gives one a views of the city that wouldn't be possible otherwise and that's the real beauty of it. If you're looking at it as a park and something that should be spacious in very direction and have really big old trees you're looking at it from the wrong sort of perspective...
 
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