Quotes about rockland (7 Quotes)


    It should be explored, ... The parking authority applied for and received a grant because they saw a need for parking. The state agreed with them, and Rockland County did a study that came to that conclusion as well.

    I still live in Rockland County, N.Y., so this is almost like being home for me, ... And how can you have a more beautiful backdrop than the Manhattan skyline It's perfect. I'm looking forward to it.

    Metro-North is interested in a regional solution to the traffic problem and moving people where they want to go. Many of the people in Orange and Rockland are interested in going to Manhattan, but there are trans-corridor options that are going to be studied. We are not predisposed to any option.

    These clipper ships of the early 1850's were built of wood in shipyards from Rockland in Maine to Baltimore. These architects, like poets who transmute nature's message into song, obeyed what wind and wave had taught them, to create the noblest of all sailing vessels, and the most beautiful creations of man in America. With no extraneous ornament except a figurehead, a bit of carving and a few lines of gold leaf, their one purpose of speed over the great ocean routes was achieved by perfect balance of spars and sails to the curving lines of the smooth black hull and this harmony of mass, form and color was practiced to the music of dancing waves and of brave winds whistling in the rigging. These were our Gothic cathedrals, our Parthenon but monuments carved from snow. For a few brief years they flashed their splendor around the world, then disappeared with the finality of the wild pigeon.



    I represent a district covering Rockland, Westchester and Bronx counties, all of which are part of the 9 million people that this water is so important for.

    This is the high point of my career, ... I've come to love North Rockland in my 11 years here. There will be some difficult challenges in front of us, but I am confident that the community and staff are prepared to meet them.



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