Anyone in NY?

Just wondering how many of you are in NY. Whereabout? City? Upstate?

I am about 70 miles north of the city in the beautiful Hudson Valley!!!

[ragrsrocalot]

Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. I lived there for 32 years. We moved out east to Long Island 8 years ago.

[skcin]

Buffalo, born & raised.

[HejiraNYC]

Live: Manhattan
Play: Long Island
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[TrueFaith77]

Live: Bedstuy Brooklyn
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[paleshadow]

Originally Posted by joe

Just wondering how many of you are in NY. Whereabout? City? Upstate?

I am about 70 miles north of the city in the beautiful Hudson Valley!!!

Hey Joe. Where in the Hudson Valley? I'm in Poughkeepsie.

[Amlyn]

I live in NJ but just on the other side of the Hudson River about 2 miles south of the GW Bridge. Not exactly NY, I know.

Originally Posted by paleshadow

Hey Joe. Where in the Hudson Valley? I'm in Poughkeepsie.

A wonderful, small, apple-orchard laden town by the name of Marlboro. Howdy neighbor!

Have you done the walkway bridge yet? I was there opening day. Glad I'm not the only Ledgie here in the HV!

[paleshadow]

Originally Posted by joe

A wonderful, small, apple-orchard laden town by the name of Marlboro. Howdy neighbor!

Have you done the walkway bridge yet? I was there opening day. Glad I'm not the only Ledgie here in the HV!

Wow, that's close! Right now I'm actually living in Fishkill/Beacon because there was a fire in my co-op last year. Will be moving back at the end of the month. Didn't get a chance to do the walkway bridge yet. I see people walking on it now, but I'll wait till it's warm out! How was it?

[bucklind17]

I live in Queens, work in midtown Manhattan and went to college in Poughkeepsie!

[petep9000]

Born on Long Island and spent my first 34 years there, moved to Hell's Kitchen for 2 years, moved to Brooklyn for 2 years, now reside (and work) on the UES (upper east side).

Originally Posted by paleshadow

Wow, that's close! Right now I'm actually living in Fishkill/Beacon because there was a fire in my co-op last year. Will be moving back at the end of the month. Didn't get a chance to do the walkway bridge yet. I see people walking on it now, but I'll wait till it's warm out! How was it?

Oh no. Hope you didn't lose any stuff. Beacon has really become a nice little town lately. I remember when it was in pretty rough shape years ago.

Anyway, was only on the walkway bridge once. It was definately very cool and worth checking out.

I used to live in Brentwood (LI) back in '79-81. Pretty sure that's a not-so-good area these days.

I remember the old Edgewood Hospital located in nearby Deer Park. I think it was originally an offshoot of Pilgrim State way back when. Anyway, the building was vacant and stood in the middle of a huge field. Gave me the heebie jeebies just lookin at it way in the distance from whatever highway in Commack or Deer Park. And, then there was Pilgrim State. There were rumours back then that they used to let some of the patients walk around. We, as tweens, thought we saw some walking down our street and used to tease each other and run and hide if we saw them coming. It was actually pretty fun!

Here's a pic of that old Edgewood Hospital if any of you are old enough to remember. It was levelled in 1989.

[1sttimelongtime]

I live in lower Westchester County, just north of Manhattan.

[LukeA]

Originally Posted by joe

I used to live in Brentwood (LI) back in '79-81. Pretty sure that's a not-so-good area these days.

I remember the old Edgewood Hospital located in nearby Deer Park. I think it was originally an offshoot of Pilgrim State way back when. Anyway, the building was vacant and stood in the middle of a huge field. Gave me the heebie jeebies just lookin at it way in the distance from whatever highway in Commack or Deer Park. And, then there was Pilgrim State. There were rumours back then that they used to let some of the patients walk around. We, as tweens, thought we saw some walking down our street and used to tease each other and run and hide if we saw them coming. It was actually pretty fun!

Here's a pic of that old Edgewood Hospital if any of you are old enough to remember. It was levelled in 1989.

Thank you for reminding me about Edgewood. I grew up not too far away (in Holbrook), and I clearly remember seeing this building on multiple occasions. In retrospect, it was probably the precursor that led to my fascination of urban ruins (especially those large and/or ornate). I'm thankful that I got to see Coney Island & Asbury Park, NJ around the same time (mid-late '80's) before they started to turn.