It took me 25 years of Stockade living to get to the roof of the Colonial Arms apartment building, at 9 North Church Street. Thanks to good neighbor and building superintendent Pete Pasternak, I finally got to enjoy the view earlier this week from the Stockade’s tallest (non-church) building, on a day with a gorgeous blue sky and lovely clouds, in tne company of two of my most charming and adventurous friends, Sylvie Briber and Susannah Hand.
Peter, Susannah & Sylvie looking east
The views were even more breathtaking than my camera could capture, but I still needed to share the results. The new perspective on some of my favorite photographic subjects was enlightening and enjoyable. I will surely get back up there quite a few times in the next quarter century, if the Colonial Arms management invites me back.
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– more than ever, I urge you to click on a photo to see a larger version .
There are twenty images in this Slideshow. You can also see them all separately in the Gallery below.
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. here’s a collage with some of my favorite shots; click on it for a much larger version.
This Gallery has each of the photos in the Slideshow above. Scroll over a picture for a description and click on it for a larger version:
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- Peter, Susannah & Sylvie looking east
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- looking south
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- Zion Lutheran Church, 153 Nott Terrace
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- 1st Presbyterian Church steeple
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- 1st Presbyterian Church steeple
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- all three Stockade church steeples seen from roof of Colonial Arms
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- First Reformed bell tower
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- finial over main entrance of 1st Reformed Church
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- 1st Reformed Church of Scotia
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- First United Methodist Church steeple and MVP headquarters
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- 10 N. Church St.
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- red bud tree alongside 10 N. Church St.
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- 11 N. Church St.
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- Nott Memorial, Union College
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- St. George’s steeple with weathercock
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- St. John the Evangelist Church, 616 Union St.
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- cupola of old YMCA, State St.
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- General Electric sign
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- view east from roof of Colonial Arms
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- view west
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Thanks again to Peter for hosting our picturesque rooftop visit.
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David’s header for the Friends of the Library web site is magnificent. Thank you.
Ellie Rowland
By: Ellie rowland on May 31, 2013
at 9:24 am
Many thanks, Ellie. I haven’t seen you in ages, and I hope you and Gene are doing well and enjoying your travels.
By: David Giacalone on May 31, 2013
at 9:39 am