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stingx
March 10th, 2015, 06:02 PM
Another place from my youth all but a memory. Great place for food/dancing/drinks on the Hudson River. Took many dates here. The place was still running until 2007. Here's what it looks like now...

http://stubble.org/digicam/DSCF3059.jpg

ALL ABOARD!!!

tjcurtin1
March 10th, 2015, 06:43 PM
THAT was still running in 2007!!! Did you mean 1907??!!

stingx
March 11th, 2015, 05:28 AM
LOL! The ferry was neglected but two storms really did her in - Irene and, especially, Sandy.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binghamton_%28ferryboat%29

Tig
March 11th, 2015, 06:14 AM
LOL! The ferry was neglected but two storms really did her in - Irene and, especially, Sandy.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binghamton_%28ferryboat%29

I was about to ask if Sandy did this.

Cool photo, though. I bet a sepia tone version would look cool.

stingx
March 11th, 2015, 08:10 AM
The ferry remained docked since the late 60s / early 70s but was meticulously maintained and used as a restaurant afloat on the Hudson. It had an awesome dance floor and bar and was a cool place to hangout and bring dates or meet chicks. I was last there sometime in the late 90s and they had just done additional refurbishing and the place looked better than ever. Seems it all went downhill after the owner was murdered...

stingx
March 11th, 2015, 08:12 AM
I was about to ask if Sandy did this.

Cool photo, though. I bet a sepia tone version would look cool.

Thanks, Tig. I did process this in black and white but not sepia...

http://stubble.org/digicam/DSCF3060.jpg

ZMAN
March 15th, 2015, 08:06 AM
I guess they won't clean that up until it starts to break up and become a shipping hazard!

stingx
March 23rd, 2015, 10:40 AM
I guess they won't clean that up until it starts to break up and become a shipping hazard!

It's been locked in litigation for a few years. It was supposed to have been cleaned up a long time ago and replaced with a new floating restaurant.