tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post6251868209311085432..comments2024-01-08T19:55:32.324-05:00Comments on Forgotten Bookmarks: Take Me To The BridgeMichael Popekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06083697912791290450noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-249460409142241532013-08-28T14:11:50.569-04:002013-08-28T14:11:50.569-04:00Oh, what a dummy. Paying no attention at all to th...Oh, what a dummy. Paying no attention at all to the name of your blog(!!!), I thought you meant the picture was published in the book.<br /><br />Another Bronx Banterer pointed out that if it were the Mid-Hudson, the Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge would be visible in the background, so that confirms the GW identification.Critohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116736412277252856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-64558302568263328642013-08-28T14:07:53.302-04:002013-08-28T14:07:53.302-04:00Crito, in my experience the date of the book doesn...Crito, in my experience the date of the book doesn't matter at all. The may have bought the book in a secondhand shop ten years after it was published - I once found a Bernie Williams card in an old Dickens book from the 1800sMichael Popekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06083697912791290450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-29513598410550035722013-08-28T13:46:55.314-04:002013-08-28T13:46:55.314-04:00I got absorbed in this mystery puzzle too (via Ale...I got absorbed in this mystery puzzle too (via Alex Belth's reblog at <a href="http://www.bronxbanterblog.com/2013/08/28/new-york-minute-546/" rel="nofollow">Bronx Banter</a>.)<br /><br />The problem with the GW theory is that the book was published in 1925, and the George Washington Bridge didn't even break ground until 1927!<br /><br />Could the book publication date be wrong? There was definitely a Hudson River Night Line running from the upper west side of Manhattan, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Cruises-Searchlight-Peoples-Citizens-Tourism/dp/B00B2C8M82" rel="nofollow">says here.</a>Critohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16116736412277252856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-47421752623401217192013-08-27T11:08:57.570-04:002013-08-27T11:08:57.570-04:00Yes, judging by this picture with the white struct...Yes, judging by this picture with the white structure behind the tower holding the cables, and the fact that the tower is on land, I would say it is The GW bridge.<br /><br />http://www.portauthorityarchive.com/shop/bridges-tunnels/george-washington-bridge-under-construction-aerial-printLionesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07262629852050747834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-81780659286320018922013-08-27T11:00:09.023-04:002013-08-27T11:00:09.023-04:00The Mid-Hudson seems to have it's towers out i...The Mid-Hudson seems to have it's towers out in the water and this one doesn't. See http://www.nysba.ny.gov/Index%20Page/MHBPhotoArchive.html<br />In particular, 11 rows down, 2nd from right.Lionesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07262629852050747834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8163423095612471504.post-79158255908461630182013-08-27T10:49:54.987-04:002013-08-27T10:49:54.987-04:00I'm not great with stuff like this, but I just...I'm not great with stuff like this, but I just stared at many Google images of both bridges. I'm going to say it's the GW due to the landscape on the left bank. I wasn't getting too many similar angled pictures, but it looks closer to the way the land is shaped on what I'm taking to be the Jersey side of the GW.<br /><br />I tried looking up the Hudson River Night Line because I saw it on that sign, but wasn't getting much help. I thought maybe if I could find something good on that, they'd tell me if they had stops at one or both bridges, or something like that.<br /><br />Hope I'm right :)Robert Zimmermannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04963505962471384077noreply@blogger.com