[Leica] Nathan's PAD 18/5/2023: Hoboken

[Jayanand Govindaraj]

The sax player is my pick

Cheers
Jayanand

On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 4:28 PM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:

> During this week, besides the daily visits to Manhattan, I have also been
> exploring the town of Hoboken here in New Jersey. My son lives in the
> neighbouring town Weehawken, although here it is sometimes hard to tell
> where one town ends and the next one begins. The other day I walked the
> length of Hoboken’s main street, Washington St. It is about a mile long,
> starting at the city hall near the intersection with 1st St., and ending at
> 15th St. where there is an excellent liquor store called Cork & Wine. It is
> a nice walk through small-town America (incidentally, Hoboken’s main claim
> to fame is that the first officially recognised baseball game was played
> there in 1846).
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> This is Washington Street:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-BTwFMQV/A
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> City Hall:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-BzHSXm4/A
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> One of the reasons I did this walk is that all the utility boxes on
> Washington Street are beautifully painted, like this:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-q2hjg6X/A
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> And I ran into this busker, playing close to a John Lennon utility box:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-KhF7Gmz/A
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> And he sounded very good.
>
> There is a lot to like about Hoboken.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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