August 28, 2026
My Column: State Line Hawk Watch
A view of State Line Lookout and the Hudson River beyond in Alpine. By Jim WrightSpecial to The Record |…
Stiles and Lillian Thomas allowed me to scan a few photos of the Celery Farm Natural Area taken on Sept. 29, 1988. They show the land cleared for the houses on Meadow Lane.
I am tempted to say how incredible it was that the town allowed these homes to be built, but I would be hypocritical — my house is not much farther away, but built 25 years earlier.
Link the post on the 1955 aerials is here.
Two more pix follow.