Interesting places in Woodland Park, New Jersey:

Garrett Mountain Park		Hotel Holiday Inn Totowa Wayne
Passaic Valley High School, Little Falls, NJ		Passaic County Communications Radio Tower
Rifle Camp Park

the Woodland Park, New Jersey is part of Paterson, NJ , Wayne, NJ , Clifton, NJ , Totowa, NJ , Little Falls, NJ .

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Garret Mountain's View of Paterson, NJ
Made by ready aim click (On N Off)
This is an outstanding view of the city of Paterson where I grew up went to school and made many memories. The city is filled with history and great people. Below is a little history provided by Wikipedia, if you can take time to read because you will find out that this is truly a historical city. Paterson is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 149,222. Census population projections indicate a population of 146,545 as of 2007, making it New Jersey's third largest city. It is the county seat of Passaic County. Paterson is known as the Silk City for its dominant role in silk production during the later 19th century. Paterson was originally formed as a township from portions of Acquackanonk Township on April 11, 1831, while the area was still part of Essex County. Paterson became part of the newly-created Passaic County on February 7, 1837. Paterson was incorporated as a city on April 14, 1851, based on the results of a referendum held that day. The city was reincorporated on March 14, 1861. In 1791, Alexander Hamilton helped found the Society for the Establishment of Useful Manufactures (S.U.M.), which helped encourage the harnessing of energy from the Great Falls of the Passaic, to secure economic independence from British manufacturers. Paterson, which was founded by the society, became the cradle of the industrial revolution in America. Paterson was named for William Paterson, Governor of New Jersey, statesman, and signer of the Constitution. French architect, engineer, and city planner Pierre L'Enfant, who developed the plans for Washington, D.C., was the first superintendent for the S.U.M. project. He devised a plan, which would harness the power of the Great Falls through a channel in the rock and an aqueduct. However, the society's directors felt he was taking too long and was over budget. He was replaced by Peter Colt, who used a less-complicated reservoir system to get the water flowing to factories in 1794. Eventually, Colt's system developed some problems and a scheme resembling L'Enfant's original plan was used after 1846. L'Enfant, meanwhile, brought his city plans with him when he designed Washington, and that city's layout resembles the plan he wanted to develop for Paterson. The industries developed in Paterson were powered by the 77-foot high Great Falls, and a system of water raceways that harnessed the power of the falls. The city began growing around the falls and until 1914 the mills were powered by the waterfalls. The district originally included dozens of mill buildings and other manufacturing structures associated with the textile industry and later, the firearms, silk, and railroad locomotive manufacturing industries. In the latter half of the 1800s, silk production became the dominant industry and formed the basis of Paterson's most prosperous period, earning it the nickname Silk City. In 1835, Samuel Colt began producing firearms in Paterson, although within a few years he moved his business to Hartford, Connecticut. Later in the 19th century, Paterson was the site of early experiments with submarines by Irish-American inventor John Holland. Two of Holland's early models — one found at the bottom of the Passaic River — are on display in the Paterson Museum, housed in the former Rogers Locomotive and Machine Works near the Passaic Falls. The city was a mecca for immigrant laborers who worked in its factories as well. Paterson was also the site of historic labor unrest that focused on anti-child labor legislation, and the six-month long Paterson silk strike of 1913 that demanded the eight-hour day and better working conditions, but was defeated by the employers with workers forced to return under pre-strike conditions. Factory workers labored long hours for low wages under dangerous conditions, and lived in crowded tenement buildings around the mills. The factories then moved south where there were no labor unions, and later moved overseas. In 1932, Paterson opened Hinchliffe Stadium, a 9,500-seat stadium named in honor of John V. Hinchliffe, a former Paterson mayor. Hinchliffe originally served as the site for high school and semi-professional athletic events. From 1933–1937, 1939-1945, Hinchliffe was the home of the New York Black Yankees and in 1936 the home of the New York Cubans of the Negro National League. The historic ballpark was also a venue for many professional football games, track and field events, boxing matches and auto and motorcycle racing. The track was used for filming by Abbott and Costello. Hinchliffe is one of few Negro League stadiums left standing in the United States, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1963, Paterson Public Schools acquired the stadium and used it for public school events until 1997, but it is currently in a state of disrepair, while the schools have been taken over by the state SN. During World War II Paterson played an important part in the aircraft engine industry. By the end of WWII, however, there was a decline in urban areas and Paterson was no exception, and since the 1970s the city has suffered high unemployment rates. Once a premier shopping and leisure destination of northern New Jersey, competition from the malls in upscale neighboring towns like Wayne and Paramus have forced the big-chain stores out of Paterson’s downtown. The biggest industries are now small businesses because the factories have moved overseas. However, the city still, as always, attracts many immigrants. Many of these immigrants have revived the city's economy especially through small businesses. The downtown area was struck by massive fires several times, the most recent of which occurred in 1991. In this fire, a near full city block (bordered on the north and south by Main and Washington Street and on the east and west by Ellison Street and College Boulevard, a stretch of Van Houten Street that is dominated by Passaic County Community College) was engulfed in flames due to an electrical fire in the basement of a bar. The area was so badly damaged that most of the burned buildings were demolished, with an outdoor mall standing in their place. The most notable of the buildings to be destroyed was the Meyer Brothers department store, which was one of the few remaining department stores in the city. If you would like to read more visit this site: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paterson_NJ


Gensinger Volkswagen, Clifton, NJ
Made by smaginnis11565
This is a picture of a Volkswagen car dealership. But not any ol' Volkswagen car dealership. This is Gensinger Volkswagen, in Clifton, New Jersey - the oldest VW dealership in the United States! Hey, it's an historic landmark! :-D Gensinger Volkswagen is a familiar sight to me at the point where U.S. Route 46 intersects with New Jersey State Route 3 near Valley Road (the street you see here), but I didn't know that it was the very first VW dealership to be started up here - in 1950, to be exact, five years before Volkswagen of America was even incorporated. I learned about its history from Bug, Phil Patton's excellent history on the Volkswagen Beetle and its relevance to the VW brand. I'll let Patton describe the Gensinger showroom: Its high-pitched roof [is] punctuated by twin chimneylike structures topped by blue VW lollipop signs that appear to be floating like perfectly round blue puffs of smoke. And here's his description of the inside: Competing on the high walls inside were mounted swordfish, dolphins, marlins, and sharks, and great heraldic seals, apparently German in origin, bearing griffins, bears, lions, and wolves. Two huge blue VW logos loomed beneath the sound-absorbent panels on the ceiling. Whether the Beetle was modern or not, its house was. Yeah, it still pretty much looks like that in there today. :-D Plus, they have vintage Beetles (not for sale) on display in the showroom. A Greek Orthodox church sits behind the dealership, suggesting some rather interesting symbolic inferences. I mean, Gensinger is almost like a temple for religiously loyal VW fans.


Gangly Gaggle, P5280125
Made by Anita363
These were so cute I couldn't resist, although Canada Geese are a bit of a plague here. There are services that will come by with a border collie & chase them away from your property a few times a week. They never used to be resident, just migrated thru. But now we have nonmigratory populations. Legend has it that they derive from domesticated birds (probably selected for those that had lost their migratory instinct, allowing the owners to keep them around!) that were used as living decoys by market gunners in the 1st half of the 20th century. When that practice was outlawed, the birds were released. But regardless of their origin, manmade habitat changes have made our environment much more Canada-goose-friendly, & much less friendly to the birds that used to live here. Geese graze on lawns. As we've converted forests & wetlands to lawns, geese are in, & ducks & warblers are out.


Serenity Hike
Made by ready aim click (On N Off)
I enjoy being alone sometimes, I also enjoyed hiking in the backwoods of Garret Mountain on a beautiful Saturday afternoon. I walked along some of the trails that are found in the forest area of the park, spotting chipmunks, birds and some deer. I really enjoy the peacefulness of the forest, its a great place to escape, a wonderful place to think clearly. It's amazing that a place like this still exists in the midst of the concrete jungle of Paterson. The city of Paterson sits in a valley below Garret Mountain, so it takes a few minutes to get there by car, bicycle and even foot. There is deer that live here above the city and a few times I have witnessed them walking in my nieghborhood or on a highway entrance in the middle of the night! Its almost unimaginable that a deer can actually be seen walking down a city street of Paterson.


Green Eyes
Made by Anita363
Eastern Carpenter Bee. The large eyes and pale face indicate a male. Goldenrod is a late-summer and fall native wildflower that is hardy and gives showy masses of flowers. (It is unfairly blamed for allergies caused by ragweed, which blooms at the same time but is much less conspicuous. Allergies are usually caused by the massive amounts of airborne pollen produced by wind-pollinated plants, which almost never have large or brightly colored flowers because they don't have any need to attract insects.) Insects of all kinds love the goldenrod flowers. There are dozens of species; this one, Rough-stemmed Goldenrod, is supposedly common, but much less abundant around here than Early Goldenrod and Late Goldenrod.


The All-New 2012 Volkswagen Passat
Made by smaginnis11565
This is the first of the all-new Passat, built in that nice old German town of Chattanooga, Tennessee, that I've seen outside an auto show. Though parked in the Gensinger lot, it's already street legal, as the license plate shows. This car is designed to appeal to American tastes. That's the bad news. The good news is, road testers who have driven it still find that it rides like a Volkswagen should and its interior is a cut above the volume Jetta. That said, it's bigger, roomier, and more Accordesque than previous Passats, Quantums, or Dashers. Look, if outselling the Accord and Camry with this model means that VW can keep the all-European Golf as a loss leader in America, that's all right by me.


Ring-necked Pair
Made by Dah Professor
Ring-necked Duck Pair- The Passaic River, Wayne, New Jersey I found this small flock of Ring-necks in the Passaic on a riverside drive where there were trees and bushes between the river and the road. My plan was to lay in wait in a spot where there was room to shoot between some branches, and capture them as they worked their way up the river. They knew I was there, but the trees between us seemed to give them the comfort zone they needed to continue with their feeding. I wished I had more light, but then again if there was better light maybe they wouldn't have stayed around, since shy birds seldom allow you to have the advantage of the light at your back. :{(


Blue Volkswagen R32
Made by smaginnis11565
You want ne plus ultra? It doesn't get much more ne plus ultra than this. This is a 2008 R32, the high-performance, low-volume version of Volkswagen's humble Golf/Rabbit line. Powered by a 3.2-liter V6, this limited variation of the mark 5 Golf/Rabbit boasted a six-speed semi-automatic transmission and a 0-60 time of six seconds. This is not your Auntie Ellie's '82 Rabbit, dude. This was a used R32 on the lot at Gensinger Volkswagen in Clifton, New Jersey, the oldest VW dealer in America. Why would someone sell such a rare car? Two words: wedding bells. :-D (I don't really know what the previous owner sold it.)


Day 57: Work and Play
Made by shutterbugMike
57/365 July 30, 2008 Replaced the dead iPod with an iPod Touch, and I love it already! I know there are signs pointing to Apple updating the iPod line as soon as September, but I made out like a bandit with this refurbished 16GB one from the Apple store, and I don't need or want the rumored GPS and crapastic camera-phone additions. I won't be envious unless Steve Jobs walks out on stage with a 9-inch TabletTouch ;) – but that wouldn't fit in my pocket anyway.


20[d] 4/365
Made by john faherty photography
My D entry for today. Want to give some thanks to my trusty 20d, which over the last few years has not only sparked my interest in photography, but has also inspired me to want to become a better photographer. At the time, she was pretty cutting edge, but time is growing distant and my thoughts now turn towards upgrading. I think that she would like an older, bigger brother like the 7d, 5d classic or 5dmkII. My trusty D, today's iPhone 365 entry.


Taking a break (10071)
Made by diddlbiker
Another (the same?) dragonfly, sitting on the edge of a water lily leaf to rest. Nikon D200 + 70-300VR To be honest, this is more to test Flickr's automatic geotag processing than anything else (something which is by default off, which is why I had to manually set my previously tagged images. Not a bad thing, by the way, to make geotagging an opt-in feature - I'm not complaining about that)


The Keep
Made by maven17
Shot @ Garrett Mountain in Paterson, NJ. At the top of the Mt. is a really cool old stone building, somewhat like an old castle. It's all barred up and full of graffiti now, but still a cool place to take pictures. Love the color range and shadows that came out in processing this one. Little bit of motion blur the leaves because it was pretty windy, but still a nice image I think.


Day 78: "Arrrgh!"
Made by shutterbugMike
78/365 August 20, 2008 Yeah, that's about how I feel this week at work. For those curious, that's a Imported-From-Japan Revoltech action figure of the Type J-9 Griffon from Patlabor that sits on my desk at work (and it's in major need of dusting, I know).


Buttercup (09772)
Made by diddlbiker
Learning rapidly why an inverted 50mm lens is a bad macro lens. The focus, it does nothing! The only way you can focus the image is by moving the camera back and forth. Without a focussing rail that's virtually impossible and handholding isn't really an option either. Out of twenty shots this was the only one that wasn't a complete failure (only partial) :(


Snowy Sunset
Made by mik_leach
Garrett Mountain Reservation. With all of the snow we have had this year, I wanted a snow scene for a 'Welcome Slide' for our Powerpoint at church. But I didn't have a chance to take any this winter, so I dug this up from last year. This image is available for use in Christian Church Worship Ministries, all other uses are prohibited without permission.


Lesser Tower
Made by BigPoppaPete
This is my first somewhat successful foray into the world of HDR. 3 bracketed images, two stops apart. The trees were shaking in the wind a bit too much, but I think the overall effect is still better than a single exposure. For anyone interested, this is the smaller building connected to Lambert's Tower, in Garret Mountain Reserve.


Snowy Sunset 2
Made by mik_leach
With all of the snow we have had this year, I wanted a snow scene for a 'Welcome Slide' for our Powerpoint at church. But I didn't have a chance to take any this winter, so I dug this up from last year. This image is available for use in Christian Church Worship Ministries, all other uses are prohibited without permission.


Eastern Tiger Swallowtail
Made by Anita363
View large . Butterfly came out great. Background, on the other hand, leaves something to be desired. This is probably a candidate for a cutout and background blur at some point, but right now I'm just trying to get through the backlog -- I'm taking pictures a lot faster than I'm getting them processed & posted.


Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Made by tsmzth
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK Pheucticus ludovicianus Garret Mountain (West Paterson borough) These grosbeaks were very frisky - so much so that after about four of them finished chasing each other wildly around the park this one was so completely oblivious it decided to perch right next to me.


Day 20: "Oh, hi!"
Made by shutterbugMike
20/365 June 23, 2008 I pulled into the parking lot at work this morning to find that I had interrupted someone's breakfast. The deer gave me a do you mind? look so I finished playing nature papparazi with my little point & shoot and went inside. Easiest (and earliest, in the day) 365 shot to date ;)