Here is my neighborhood

[otherone]

Colonial Terraces is a neighborhood in the City of Newburgh that was built in 1917 to house workers of the Newburgh ship yards during Word War I. It was constructed during the winter from October to April at the height of the Spanish Flu epidemic. If you check the local newspapers of the time, you will notice the long lists of flu related deaths. Still, they managed to build Colonial Terraces in a 6 month time frame!

This area is different from the rest of the City in the fact that this area was created to be residential and separate from commercial parts of the City. This was something that was done to imitate the Garden Movement that was happening in England. As one resident described Colonial Terraces, “it’s got a small town vibe going. We have a nickname as the “Garden Spot” of Newburgh. There are a lot of owners who do have nice gardens and we have some green spaces in the neighborhood.”

Let me see if I can find some pictures of the hood..

found one!
heres another


Would you mind posting a pic of your neighborhood?

[NightWatcher]

1. if you look really close you can see my blue truck in the yard

[otherone]

2. is that a F150?

http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/t3jp2g/jimmy-carter-pt--2

[NightWatcher]

3. good eye

[A HERETIC I AM]

4. I've got a question for you.... (edited)

Have you observed that the houses at the end of blocks, or at more desirable locations within that neighborhood are larger and more grand?

I lived in Dearborn, MI, the town that Henry Ford built, so to speak, and it is clear in certain older residential sections that houses at the end of the block are bigger, as if they were built for managers, as opposed to line workers.

Do you see that sort of thing there?

Found it.


Looks lovely.

[otherone]

5. Yes. You can see it in the property values..

Some of the units are rental apartments in my neighborhood.
Most are two bedroom townhouses.
Some are three bedroom townhouses with garages and gardens.
The larger units are on the corner lots.

The streets in my neighborhood are named for the company higher ups..

[A HERETIC I AM]

6. So where were the shipyards?

Straight down South St.?

Where the marinas are now?

[otherone]

7. The shipyards were down South Streets and Third Streets.. They went down to the Hudson River

looked like this



now its all



and

[A HERETIC I AM]

9. Ah yes...

Well, it's lovely, either way.

My backyard;


About 6 weeks ago. It has greened up considerably in the last few weeks.

[otherone]

10. live the life

looks awesome ..

[A HERETIC I AM]

12. I just need a watercraft of some sort!

Have my eyes on one of these;



It is rare that the waterway behind my house is too rough for such a craft.

[otherone]

8. thanks for that link

[A HERETIC I AM]

11. No prob.

For some strange reason, I find amusement in locating places on satellite shots using obscure or incomplete references.

[KamaAina]

13. I can only think of one thing in my neighborhood that anyone would bother to photograph

[A HERETIC I AM]

14. That's 3 things.

[KamaAina]

15. No, it's 3 pictures of one thing

the San Jose City College campus (a two-year community college).

[rug]

16. Here's where I live, Milford, Pennsylvania.

That's the entire town, 1,004 people.

[otherone]

19. awesome little place

is it right over the border, by Port Jervis?

[rug]

22. it is. You cross the Delaware from Port into Matamoras and it's 7 miles down the road.

[femmocrat]

18. It looks a lot like this:

[otherone]

33. love it!

:kick:

[trof]

20. NY?

[otherone]

23. Yup

The historic Hudson Valley, NY.

[OriginalGeek]

21. I love old neighborhoods

when they contain homes made of red brick or white siding. My neighborhood is at least 60 years old (originally built for officers at the nearby Navy Annex) but is almost exclusively ugly-ass cinderblock and stucco. God I am sick to death of stucco.

I like that my house is solid as hell but damn it's small and ugly.

[otherone]

25. The old areas of town have such charm

:kick:

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

24. Everett, WA

From the 6th floor of the County Admin building.

[otherone]

34. thanks for posting that pic..

peace and low stress

[bixente]

26. Suburb south-east of Melbourne, Australia

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[otherone]

39. so many trees!

thanks for posting these great pics!

[blogslut]

27. Can't

My neighborhood is boring and new-ish and that's too much personal info for a public message board.

However, without revealing too many details about blogslut jr's new home, I'm delighted that it's located in the oldest neighborhood in town and was created by a lady who literally saved the city from financial crisis by lending our local banks money!

[elleng]

28. Here's mine:

[grasswire]

29. your river is much choppier than mine, elleng

Looks like there was some boat traffic?

[elleng]

30. There occasionally are sailboats and little fishing rigs, grasswire,

and the 'chop' comes with the weather. Right now its rather placid.

[handmade34]

31. my home is sort of in this photo

but I don't get home much these days



right now I'm here... York, PA




and in 2 weeks I will be living here... Norfolk, VA



and then...

[grasswire]

32. my driveway in spring

[Art_from_Ark]

36. That is so cool!

Is that a lake or a river in the background?

[grasswire]

37. a river

I am truly, truly blessed to find a little tiny apartment in a big beautiful house. One of the best bits of luck. Of course if the river floods......

[Art_from_Ark]

38. It looks like a picture puzzle

I would love to be living in that kind of environment, all else being equal

[DFW]

35. This is across from my back yard (it is NOT my back yard)

Well this is what happens when you live in a town that's 800 years old:

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