Archive for June, 2016|Monthly archive page
TBT: Then You Didn’t See Them and Now You Do
I loved having the road (almost) to myself early one morning last July while en route to a fundraiser swim in Clarkstown. Below is how it looked nearly two weeks ago. What you can’t see is the annoying stop-and-go westbound traffic.
Talk of the bridge is everywhere. Tuesday I went to the eye doctor, and while I was waiting for my pupils to dilate I overheard a woman to my left speaking. My eyes were closed to block out the overhead light so she had no idea I was listening.
“I can’t see how things will be better after it’s built,” she said. “It took me an hour to get to (name’s) house the other day,” the person next to her answered. “I might wind up taking the Bear Mountain Bridge and then catching the highway. It might be easier.”
One of the two people was called into the doctor’s office. Wonder how the rest of their conversation went.
I’d like to know what you think.
Copyright © Janie Rosman and Kaleidoscope Eyes 2016
Blue Steel Girders Visible on Westchester Side
The Westchester approach span piers being connected by blue steel girders above the Westchester trestle’s westernmost part. The blue girders placed since this picture (April) are visible to motorists driving by. Below, crews work on the main span crossbeam. Photos courtesy of New York State Thruway Authority.
If you’ve been reading the weekly announcements, then you know crews began building the new maintenance facility began in early May. Amazing the state is building a second Tappan Zee Bridge when early ideas for a crossing and proposed locations caused strife after the turn of the century for several decades.
More in a later blog post. I’d like to know what you think.
Copyright © Janie Rosman and Kaleidoscope Eyes 2016
Peregrine Falcon in Flight and a Friend’s Story
When I last checked the falcon cam there was a newly hatched bird that became known as Irvwing. The nest that sits cozily on the bridge will be moved to the new bridge once it’s completed — after one of the community meetings two weeks ago a member of the project team pointed out its location — and the resident falcons will have a new home in the same place.
Is this like moving to the house next door?

Five months after crews start building their new home/ EarthCam® construction camera
While I’ve never seen a Peregrine falcon up close or flying in the sky or resting on a wire one of my friends has . . . and he wrote about the experience of seeing her and included pictures. Pretty cool!
I’d like to know what you think.
Copyright © Janie Rosman and Kaleidoscope Eyes 2016
New Bridge, New Path Design, a New Beginning
“You can’t go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand new ending.” — author James R. Sherman, Ph. D.
What an exciting time for South Nyack! After more than 60 years the village is looking forward to new possibilities as the bridge project makes — and changes — history.
Last year the state agreed to relocate the Rockland terminus (landing point) away from residential village streets to Thruway property near Exit 10 with adjacent parking.
Last week Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced that the village’s preferred option for the path’s landing, “Alternative F” at $16 million, was chosen after a thorough review of its impacts and benefits to the local communities.
Watch for an update in the July 2016 issue of Rivertown Magazine.
I’d like to know what you think.
Copyright © Janie Rosman and Kaleidoscope Eyes 2016