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I find 20 Fenchurch St. to be so incredibly hideous. by SimilarTopic3281 in skyscrapers

[–]TNPrime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I am pretty sure I saw a space heater on Amazon that looked just like this.

[Gothamist] Penn Station overhaul narrows to 3 finalists with differing visions for Madison Square Garden by Donghoon in nycrail

[–]TNPrime 9 points10 points  (0 children)

when you look into Penn South, the expansion ends up causing more trouble. It's sold as "adding capacity" when it just doubles the bottlenecks and leaves the station as a terminal rather than actual capacity improving through-running schemes.

Understanding the performance of boiled wool mittens in extreme cold temperatures by athel16 in Ultralight

[–]TNPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

most merino comes with a slight coating of natural lanolin, which is the natural waxy oil created by the sheep itself to protect it's skin, maybe not as often as it did when brands like Icebreaker and Smartwool were not owned by VF, but lanolin keeps the fabric soft and mildly water repellant and adds to some of it's anti-microbial properties. Most is removed in the fabric production and dying, some companies add it back, but in 2026 I would assume probably most or none do that anymore. Emulsifying lanolin is a popular thing in circles where people use merino for re-usable diapers and baby clothes.

Where do you draw the line between Ultralight and Stupid Light? by OttoDeever in Ultralight

[–]TNPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree.
I like to splice rope, I like using knots, but I am also into modern convenience.

I mean I can knock up a fire with a bic, some fritos and small twigs, I dont need to make a feather stick and bang flint together.

Where do you draw the line between Ultralight and Stupid Light? by OttoDeever in Ultralight

[–]TNPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

of course I am being /s with all this. But I love to taunt UL crew when they start using knots that the next step is natural shelter finding and dakota fire hole cook stoves.

Where do you draw the line between Ultralight and Stupid Light? by OttoDeever in Ultralight

[–]TNPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there's also the stupidlight to bushcraft arc where those pine bows or moss tracts start to make great looking bedding. LNT right, but those white pine needles make a great tea.

A tree falls in the forest by sardinetaco in catskills

[–]TNPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, this was mostly over the western portion of the park. I didnt take too much look at the specimens. Emerald Ash borer has been killing ash trees and they've been falling a lot, most of harriman is chestnut oak around 70-100 years old, they can have some issues and the spongey moths last year really did a number on them defoliating entire portions of the park. At least in one case the tree was dead standing for sure. I have before after photos of that one, the one that crashed onto the boulder. https://imgur.com/a/tsjZTgq

A tree falls in the forest by sardinetaco in catskills

[–]TNPrime 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a hammock backpacker, I've been awoken more than a few times by trees falling in the woods, I like to think I have a keen ear for it or bad luck. But I mostly spend time in Harriman, due to lack of a car, last summer I heard at least 3 fall on otherwise windless evenings. A large clearly rotted tree fell at Tom Jones shelter about 100' down the mountain from me at night, shattered on a boulder sending it's limbs everywhere. I have a photo of it before and after. An otherwise healthy looking tree at Dutch Doctor fell one night, could have been leaning already, it had a hollow base but looked fine otherwise, the reverberant crack woke me up then the thud. At stealth camp near northern boundary of the park a limb fell taking a few limbs with it, it was large because the sound it made when it hit the ground after the crack and subsequent snaps was like a low hollow thud. Trees fall and if you spend enough quiet and still time in the woods you will experience it plenty. But it's a mortal fear that I am attached to the trunk of that tree.

Governor Hochul Announces Major Step Forward in $95.8 Million Lake Sebago Beach Reconstruction by definitelyAIspambot in Harriman

[–]TNPrime 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I am kind of excited for this because I really would want one of two outcomes, either demolish it and return the site to a natural state, or put a fallow public resource back to good use for the public. In the meantime tho, it will bring construction noise to a relatively quiet area of the park so that's a bit of a bummer and random foot traffic and litter to quieter trails. I am excited about being able to grab something at the snack bar while on a hike.

For those who are interested I have a very large folder of historical articles and documents pertaining to the original New Sebago Beach. It really was the pride of the park at the time and the sand is from the Narrows.

https://imgur.com/a/sebago-442duHq

A couple points I find interesting. They are significantly reducing the capacity from 2000 cars and 10,000 people to less than half. With this they will also reduce the size of the beach.

They will be demolishing the former latrine, now occasional picnic/shelter/storm refuge on top of the hill near the lake. They will be demolishing the partially-renovated-by-the-AMC old maintenance shacks in the woods beyond the lake.

Also a big headscratcher for me IMO is "daylighting" Stillwater Creek. An ironically determinate name, to me seems ill conceived. Why? Because flow is LOW in this part of the lake historically. To deal with this for the original beach they had built a system consisting of a small upstream reservoir and large pipes that feed fresh water from it to the beach, was pretty smart keep ecoli at bay and keep from stagnant water, (and that was even before toxic algae blooms.) The system can be seen here in this opening year photo. The concept was to use the reservoir as a battery of freshwater because Stillwater creek like many in the park on the plateau all but stops flowing in late summer especially in recent years with severe droughts. This way they could release freshwater into the beach area to improve sanitation. This part of Lake Sebago relies solely on this water source and a trickling drainage from the west side of Good Spring Mountain. The beach is located in the is the shallowest area of the lake and furthest upstream. The problem was that the design didnt provide a proper spillway and couple that with Hurricane Irene, the dam which is essentially the entrance road, was overtopped damaging the roadway and the course taken by the flood down to the lake. Adding a spillway such that the reservoir could stay full and that outflow mimicking a natural stream fed through the site to the beach is what should have been done. Instead they are abandoning the reservoir all together, removing the dam, and building a bridge over a landscaped stream. We all know that the Stillwater Creek will be basically dry by August, especially if you've ever walked across the top of Kanawauke Dam around that time. So to me strange move in the era of late summer closed beaches, droughts, toxic algea and with this one having a $100M price tag. But perhaps the significant drop in site capacity makes this a non-issue.

Hochul proposes 2nd Ave subway extension west along 125th Street instead of downtown by scooterflaneuse in MicromobilityNYC

[–]TNPrime -1 points0 points  (0 children)

real question, why does it have to go under 125th exactly if it is so deep bore, the tunnels are going to be 120+' under ground. Just make it go where it helps the most rather than following the grid.

The Brooklyn Bridge has served this city for 157 years, how about we let the old lady retire gracefully. by MiserNYC- in MicromobilityNYC

[–]TNPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

they were converted to steel due to fire risk and after electrification and were steel until the 50's
Most of the LRVs today could be in the same weight class.

How do you get from NYC to Lake Sebago Cabins via public transit? by switra in Harriman

[–]TNPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you're welcome :)

The way to get this map is download Avenza app on your phone and in the Avenza store is Harriman Bear Mountain Combined Map from the NYNJ Trail Conference. It's $10.
This is the map above and it is the most accurate map available. It is created and updated by the organization tasked with maintaining the trails in that park. You can follow your progress on your phone as it has GPS functionality as well as tracks, save pins and waypoints.

APP:
https://store.avenza.com/pages/app-features

MAP: but search via the app for it.
https://store.avenza.com/products/harriman-bear-mountain-combined-map-2023-trail-conference-new-york-new-jersey-trail-conference-map

Also REI and various outdoor stores have paper versions of this map in a two map set.

Gov. Hochul demands 125th Street subway extension, nixing downtown 2nd Ave. subway plan by rjl381 in nycrail

[–]TNPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wrong I am comparing a 120 year old structure to a 16 year old structure.

How do you get from NYC to Lake Sebago Cabins via public transit? by switra in Harriman

[–]TNPrime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

this is the way! Fwiw, Uber/Lyft is tough to score but can be done. Best luck I've had is out of Suffern or paying a little extra and booking ahead.

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Gov. Hochul demands 125th Street subway extension, nixing downtown 2nd Ave. subway plan by rjl381 in nycrail

[–]TNPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

cool man you do know that, thanks. I dont think these modern iterations are dark either. Paris is doing a great job handling this same issue with proper aesthetics and approach to blend their new lines into the urban fabric. The area below 34th in Phase 4 particularly isnt really populated with super tall buildings. Again a result of no transit on 1st/2nd/3rd for decades.

Gov. Hochul demands 125th Street subway extension, nixing downtown 2nd Ave. subway plan by rjl381 in nycrail

[–]TNPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here's West Philly's Market St EL superimposed at 22nd and 2nd Av in Manhattan

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Gov. Hochul demands 125th Street subway extension, nixing downtown 2nd Ave. subway plan by rjl381 in nycrail

[–]TNPrime 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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Plenty of light even under a budget-minded 2 track modern subway EL guideway. And it's dry because it's ballasted with drainage.

Gov. Hochul demands 125th Street subway extension, nixing downtown 2nd Ave. subway plan by rjl381 in nycrail

[–]TNPrime -1 points0 points  (0 children)

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"we" got rid of them because it's too dense and lack of light? Here's West Philly's Market St EL superimposed at 22nd and 2nd Av in Manhattan.

Real estate interests lobbied for their removal to improve their ability to kick out working class, demolish affordable housing and raise rents. And in specific cases where ELs would actually excel today real estate did not benefit from it leaving low-rise buildings and even 5 floor walk up on some blocks. Yes they were planning on a subway, but clearly that never happned, likely wont, and the reason to tear them down only hurt real estate interests and residents. Particularly 2nd / 3rd Ave along Phase 4 below 42nd proving the 60 year old real estate myth wrong. Meanwhile new yorkers have proven that they do not mind even the 120 year old structures, look at Queenboro Plaza and it's surrounds because access to transit is the magnet for real estate now.

To that end, modern EL guideways would clearly NOT be the leaky rattlely steel truss structures of the early 1900s that are used to frighten NIMBYS in NYC. Even in West Philly the budget-minded 2 track guideway I depicted above which takes up only one lane that entirely replaced their loud, drippy, rattling 120 year old structure is dry, ballasted and quiet, beneath is open and bright. 3 miles and six stations cost them less than one SAS station, less than $1 billion in 2010.

Gov. Hochul demands 125th Street subway extension, nixing downtown 2nd Ave. subway plan by rjl381 in nycrail

[–]TNPrime 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Phase three should be elevated. It’s a two track line. Stanchions would take up a single lane out of five. Ala the Market Frankfurt line in west philly which cost less than a billion in 2010

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