Alpine, in Dates.

A borough in ten dates

Alpine, in Dates follows a Bergen County borough on the Palisades: a Hudson River landing, a stone house by the shore and a Revolutionary War crossing, the campaign that saved the cliffs, incorporation as a borough, a monument, a bridge, an inventor’s radio tower, a parkway and a golf club. Each date below gives the line as it is spoken in the film, followed by a short note drawn from the sources listed at the end of this page.

One of the film’s on-screen dates, 1685, follows the Borough of Alpine’s own history page; the note for that chapter says what the other records show.

The scenes are an AI historical dramatization: generated imagery that suggests each period, not archival photographs or footage. The narrator’s voice is AI-generated. The dates, names and notes below come from the published records listed under Sources.

The ten dates

0:00 · Opening card. Alpine, in Dates · Bergen County · On the Palisades · Borough since 1903. “A river landing beneath the cliffs that grew into a borough among the trees.” The card carries the label AI historical dramatization.

1. 0:06 · On screen: 1685

   A River Beginning

   “Beneath the Palisades, farmers shipped their harvest from a dock to New York.”

   Closter Landing, today’s Alpine Landing, was a busy boat and ferry landing in the eighteenth century, and farm produce went from these landings to New York by sailboat. The year 1685 comes from the Borough of Alpine’s history page; no independent record of it was found. (County of Bergen; Northern Valley Press; Borough of Alpine)

2. 0:12 · c. 1750 / 1776

   House & Revolution

   “Along that shore, a stone house rose. Nearby, British troops later climbed the cliffs.”

   The stone south half of the Blackledge-Kearney House at Alpine Landing dates to before 1802, according to the park commission. The film’s c. 1750 is the survey estimate in the house’s National Register nomination, which notes that deed records reach back only to about 1800; the borough’s history page gives 1761. On November 20, 1776, British troops landed about a mile and a half downriver, at what is now Huyler’s Landing, and climbed the Palisades. (National Register nomination; Palisades Interstate Park Commission)

3. 0:19 · 1900

   Preserving the Palisades

   “When quarries threatened the Palisades, women campaigned for protection, helping establish an interstate park.”

   After a campaign by the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs against quarrying on the cliffs, New Jersey and New York created the Palisades Interstate Park Commission in 1900. (National Historic Landmark nomination; Hudson River Maritime Museum; Palisades Interstate Park Commission)

4. 0:26 · 1903

   Alpine Becomes a Borough

   “Within this changing landscape, Alpine became a borough, its identity taking shape.”

   Alpine was formed by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on April 8, 1903, from portions of Harrington Township. (Bergen County Clerk)

5. 0:33 · 1929

   Women’s Federation Monument

   “A stone monument would honor the women whose determination helped preserve these cliffs.”

   The Women’s Federation Monument, a stone watchtower on the cliffs at Alpine, was dedicated on April 30, 1929, honoring the New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs’ role in saving the Palisades. (Palisades Interstate Park Commission; New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs)

6. 0:38 · 1931

   George Washington Bridge

   “Then the George Washington Bridge brought Manhattan closer, opening a new chapter.”

   The bridge between Fort Lee and Manhattan was dedicated on October 24, 1931, and opened to the public the next day. (Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; HISTORY.com)

7. 0:43 · 1938

   Armstrong’s FM Experiments

   “Above the trees, Edwin Armstrong explored FM radio, helping change how America listened.”

   In 1938 Edwin Howard Armstrong, the inventor of FM radio, built his own transmitting station and tower in the woods of Alpine; his station, W2XMN, made its first public broadcast on July 18, 1939. (Palisades Interstate Park Commission; Scott Fybush; Wikipedia, W2XMN)

8. 0:50 · 1958

   Parkway Completed

   “The parkway strengthened those connections, carrying travelers through the forest.”

   The Palisades Interstate Parkway, built from 1947, opened along its full length on August 28, 1958; its New Jersey section, from the George Washington Bridge to the state line, was finished by 1957. (National Historic Landmark nomination; Wikipedia, citing The New York Times)

9. 0:55 · 1966

   Montammy Golf Club

   “Montammy’s fairways followed, bringing golf to the rolling hills.”

   Montammy Golf Club, a members’ club, was founded in 1966; its course, completed that year, was designed by Frank Duane. (Montammy Golf Club; New Jersey State Golf Association)

10. 1:00 · Today

    Alpine, New Jersey

    “Today, homes nestle among those trees, continuing Alpine’s story of enterprise, invention, and preservation.”

    Alpine sits at the top of the Palisades, above parkland along the Hudson, where a boat basin and the Kearney House, now a museum, stand by the river; the park commission’s New Jersey offices are also in Alpine. (National Historic Landmark nomination; Palisades Interstate Park Commission)

1:09 · Closing card. B&Co. Realty · Curating Your Beautiful Life. · beyderco.com · 201-380-2010 · Beyder and Company Realty LLC, Licensed Real Estate Broker · Equal Housing Opportunity.

Sources

• Bergen County Clerk, Historic Documents: Alpine
• Borough of Alpine, Our History (the source of the film’s 1685)
• County of Bergen, Revolutionary War sites in Bergen County
• Northern Valley Press, Take a Hike: Explore Closter Landing Feb. 1 (January 27, 2020)
• National Park Service, National Register nomination: “Upper Closter” or Alpine Historic District
• National Park Service, National Register nomination: Blackledge-Kearney House
• Palisades Interstate Park Commission, Kearney House
• Palisades Interstate Park Commission, NJ Section, On His Lordship’s Mysterious Ascent
• National Park Service, National Historic Landmark nomination: Palisades Interstate Park
• Hudson River Maritime Museum, Women in the Forest: Tree Ladies and the Creation of the Palisades Interstate Park
• Palisades Interstate Park Commission, NJ Section, A Stop Along the Long Path
• New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs, The Watchtower
• New Jersey Women’s History, Honorary Watchtower
• Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, The Making of the “George” Washington Bridge (2015)
• HISTORY.com, George Washington Bridge is dedicated
• Palisades Interstate Park Commission, NJ Section, Major Armstrong’s Tower
• Scott Fybush, Tower Site of the Week: The Birthplace of FM, Alpine, N.J. (2005)
• Wikipedia, W2XMN
• Wikipedia, Palisades Interstate Parkway
• Montammy Golf Club, About Us
• New Jersey State Golf Association, Greyserman To Defend NJSGA Amateur Championship At Montammy G.C. (June 2, 2016)

Sources read October 18, 2026. The film’s scenes are dramatized; the dates and notes on this page follow the records above. This page describes local history, not a current property offering. Corrections are welcome through B&Co. Realty.

About this film

Alpine, in Dates was made by B&Co. Realty in October 2026. Its dates were checked against the sources above on October 18, 2026. That check moved the second chapter’s on-screen date to c. 1750 before the film was published, and the notes record where the first on-screen date, 1685, rests only on the borough’s history page. The scenes were generated with AI image and video tools; they are illustrations of each period, not likenesses of real people or exact records of particular buildings, and where a scene and a record differ, the record is the authority. Some details are not period-accurate; the 1938 tower, for example, carries present-day antenna dishes. Narration: an AI-generated voice. Music: Apple Loops, Apple’s royalty-free loop library. The closing card is the B&Co. Realty brand card.

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