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Showing posts with label Paterson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Paterson. Show all posts
Sunday, March 17, 2013

The Botto house: uniting the workers of Paterson

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It’s hard to imagine, but an unassuming century-old house in a cramped Haledon neighborhood was once the epicenter of a broad movement to im...
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Cut it out! The big scissors of Paterson

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Paterson is known as Silk City for good reason: at one point, two-thirds of the nation's silk output came from the city's 175 silk m...
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Friday, May 11, 2012

A cranky Patersonian changes the world of art

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New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art contains one of the world's finest and most diverse collections, thanks in large part to a cra...
Sunday, January 8, 2012

A Hidden Trifecta in Raritan

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Fresh from our greater white-fronted goose sighting, Ivan and I spotted a small truss bridge and historical marker on the side of the road. ...
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Friday, September 30, 2011

With this many spoons, there should be plenty of ice cream

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Did you know that Paterson is home to the world's largest collection of spoons? You read that right: the world's largest assembly ...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

The Civil War gets real this weekend in Passaic County

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Considering that no Civil War battle was fought in New Jersey, I've often found it difficult to relate to the conflict the way I do to t...
Friday, June 24, 2011

Fall for America's industrial history in Paterson

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Another ‘hidden in plain sight’ New Jersey notable is America’s first planned industrial community. Combine one of the state’s grittiest ci...
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Monday, February 21, 2011

Storming the mountain (Garret, that is)

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Danged if the weather didn't suddenly turn colder just as the weekend arrived.  That meant that this week's Sue/Ivan field trip was ...