Category Archives: Ossining

In Case You’re Wondering if Your Train is Running Tomorrow

Posted on August 28, 2011 by TJ

Ossining Valhalla Glenwood Tuckahoe Scarborough And, finally, GCT. [station photos MTA, GCT photo John Greene]

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New Java Joints Coming to Westchester Stations

Posted on July 8, 2011 by TJ

Perhaps catalyzed by Hawthorne’s plans to open a coffee shop in its own train station building, Metro-North is seeking tenants for four stations: Tarrytown, Ossining, Peekskill and Port Chester. “Each building is unique, each is centrally located in densely inhabited … Continue reading →

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Westchester Town Name Game

Posted on January 25, 2011 by TJ

Westchester Magazine apparently recognized our dubious knack for coming up with fake names for things, and tapped us to brainstorm some new town names for various Westchester burgs that better suit the town’s character. Put another way, I was to … Continue reading →

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Hudson Line Stations Get Facelifts

Posted on February 22, 2010 by admin

Some $67 million worth of renovations are in the works at the Philipse Manor, Scarborough and Don Draper’s own Ossining station houses, reports the Journal News. The projects should be completed by Aug. 1. Among the improvements: digital message boards telling … Continue reading →

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A Final Peek at Olde Hawthorne

Posted on February 12, 2010 by admin

As we once again jump into the Way-Back Machine for this week’s theme, the book Mount Pleasant: The History of a New York Suburb and Its People, we see that the area is becoming more of a commuter town as the 1900s … Continue reading →

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Missing the ‘Mad Men’ Train

Posted on December 8, 2009 by TJ

Thanks to Netflix and the woeful state of primetime television, The Missus and I have been checking out the first season of Mad Men on DVD this week. Generally speaking, I’m a second season sort of guy. I need to … Continue reading →

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Don Draper as Dashing Dan

Posted on October 22, 2009 by TJ

Finally, a little commuter action for Ossining’s most famous commuter, Don Draper. Mind you, we’re a little late getting to watch Mad Men this week, the downside of 10 p.m. shows and having small children that wake up early. In … Continue reading →

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Let Trainjotting Save You a Google Search About ‘Mad Men’

Posted on August 17, 2009 by TJ

In case you were wondering, all signs indicate that Don Draper, when not occupying his Manhattan hotel doghouse or traipsing through coke communes in SoCal, lives in Ossining. He takes Metro-North each day (thought it may have been called ConnRail … Continue reading →

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A Catenary Wire For Your Head

Posted on October 14, 2008 by TJ

Photobasement.com has a post about the most innovative thing to come out of Vienna since Maria turned those ugly drapes into clothes for the von Trapp children. It’s the “Railroad Sleep Hanger,” and it’s a triangle-shaped device that hangs from … Continue reading →

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Best Damn Commuter Town Period: Pleasantville Lives Up to Name

Posted on June 30, 2008 by TJ

Pleasantville, that lively village located smack in the middle of Westchester County, hard by the Saw Mill and home of crossword puzzle master Will Shortz and book critic Janet Maslin, has claimed the first-ever Best Commuter Town in the Tri-State … Continue reading →

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