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Author : Richard Panchyk
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634991285
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (912 download)
Download or read book Abandoned Long Island written by Richard Panchyk and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series statement from publisher's website.
Author : John Leita
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1614239347
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (142 download)
Download or read book Long Island Oddities written by John Leita and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2013-05-14 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John and Laura Leita delve in to the oddities that make Long Island unique and it may be more odd than you thought possible! Long Island's history is well known, but often overlooked are the island's unique and bizarre stories and treasures--the most interesting locations and darkest legends. From hidden haunts and legends like the Indian Princess of Lake Ronkonkoma to well-known events like the Amityville Horror House murders, this collection chronicles the tales of restless spirits, unrequited loves and otherworldly visits that riddle the island. There is much to be seen along the roadside, too, including the beloved Big Duck, the Riverhead Indian and even the grave site of Nixon's dog, Checkers. Through history, pictures and the personal experiences of a ten-year endeavor, authors John and Laura Leita brings to life Long Island's abandoned structures, including psychiatric hospitals and other ruins waiting to be rediscovered. Join the Leitas as they go in search of the delightfully quirky side of Long Island.
Author : Scott Lefebvre
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780764328145
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (281 download)
Download or read book Spooky Creepy Long Island written by Scott Lefebvre and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2007-11 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a tour of the myths, legends, and ghost stories of spirited Long Island, including the infamous Amityville where murder and mayhem shocked a small town; abandoned and haunted lunatic asylums, the historically chilling witchcraft trials, creepy lighthouses, and the many "Mary" hauntings. Shudder as you read over 35 haunting tales of Long Island's supernatural history.
Author : Will Ellis
Publisher : Schiffer Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780764347610
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (476 download)
Download or read book Abandoned NYC written by Will Ellis and published by Schiffer Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Manhattan and Brooklyn's trendiest neighbourhoods to the far-flung edges of the outer boroughs, Ellis captures the lost and lonely corners of New York. Step inside the New York you never knew, with 200 eerie images of urban decay
Author : Preston B Nichols
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781937859251
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (592 download)
Download or read book The Montauk Project - Experiments in Time written by Preston B Nichols and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Richard Panchyk
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439658986
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Hidden History of Long Island written by Richard Panchyk and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-04 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: True stories, fun facts, and photos that reveal the little-known secrets of New York’s Long Island. Long Island’s history is filled with fascinating firsts, magnificent mansions, and colorful characters. From Glenn Curtiss, the first pilot to fly a plane on the island, to Earle Ovington, who carried the country’s first airmail, the area has been known as the cradle of aviation. Millionaire William K. Vanderbilt’s Long Island Motor Parkway, remnants of which still remain, was the nation's first highway. The desolate ruins of an exiled Albanian king’s estate lie in the midst of the woods of the Muttontown Preserve. Captain William Kidd, pirate chaser turned pirate, is rumored to have buried treasure on the island. With these stories and more, Richard Panchyk reveals the rapidly vanishing traces of Long Island’s intriguing history. “Amazing and unknown historical gems.”—Queens Gazette
Author : Richard Panchyk
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9781467155205
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (552 download)
Download or read book Lost Long Island written by Richard Panchyk and published by History Press. This book was released on 2024-01-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From sprawling potato farms and incredibly lavish estates, to whaling ships and early race cars, Long Island has an incredibly rich history often lost through the generations. In the world of racing, Long Island was once the horse racing capital of the state and hosted the nation's first professional auto races. Though farming still thrives in Suffolk County, there are only a few working farms left in Nassau County, where hundreds of farms dotted the landscape generations ago. Cold Spring Harbor, Greenport, Sag Harbor and Southampton were centers of the whaling industry in America and maintain a whaling heritage today. Author Richard Panchyk reveals fascinating narratives of Long Island's lost history.
Author : Marisa L. Berman
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1625849818
Total Pages : 144 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (258 download)
Download or read book Historic Amusement Parks of Long Island written by Marisa L. Berman and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-29 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Long Island became a suburban paradise after World War II, ambitious entrepreneurs created dozens of amusement parks to help families unwind. The Nunley family built a park in Baldwin in 1939, and it was so successful that they opened Nunley's Happyland in Bethpage just a few years later. Westbury's Spaceland fascinated youngsters with dreams of becoming astronauts, and Frontier City in Amityville was heaven on earth to fans of the Wild West. Today, historic parks like Deno's Wonder Wheel Park in Coney Island and Adventureland in Farmingdale still delight children and remind parents of happy memories of their own. Local author Marisa Berman explores the decades of fun and laughter from Long Island's historic amusement parks.
Author : Richard Panchyk
Publisher : America Through Time
ISBN 13 : 9781634992541
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (925 download)
Download or read book Abandoned Long Island written by Richard Panchyk and published by America Through Time. This book was released on 2020-09-28 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Series statement from publisher's website.
Author : Phil Carlucci
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439651663
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Long Island Golf written by Phil Carlucci and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-01 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the European sport of golf found its way to Long Island and took root in the Hamptons at Shinnecock Hills in 1891, its journey across the Atlantic served as the opening drive of a recreational era that now spans three centuries. Home to more than 130 golf courses, the area boasts prestigious American clubs overlooking picturesque Atlantic bays and inlets, along with public layouts climbing and descending the region's sloping terrain. Long Island is home to the most popular municipal golf facility in the country, the centerpiece of which is Bethpage Black, "the People's Country Club." Celebrated architects like A.W. Tillinghast, Devereux Emmet, Seth Raynor, and C.B. Macdonald built many of Long Island's famous courses, which have challenged the brightest of golf's stars. International tournaments and star-studded exhibitions have all been decided on Long Island turf, helping it grow into one of the world's most prominent golf settings.
Author : Steven C. Drielak
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1439670331
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book Long Island's Vanished Heiress written by Steven C. Drielak and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2020-08-03 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A new look at the 1937 abduction of a wealthy wife and mother, based on previously classified FBI documents—includes photos. When she was kidnapped from Long Meadow Farm in Stony Brook, New York, in 1937, Alice McDonell Parsons was the heir to a vast fortune among Long Island’s wealthy elite. The crime shocked the nation and was front-page news for several months. J. Edgar Hoover personally assigned his best FBI agents to the case, and within a short time, Parsons’s husband and their live-in housekeeper, Anna Kupryanova, had become prime suspects. Botched ransom attempts, clashes between authorities, and romantic intrigue kept the investigation mired in drama. The crime remained unsolved. Now, in this book, former Suffolk County detective Steven C. Drielak reveals previously classified FBI documents—and pieces together the mystery of the Alice Parsons kidnapping.
Author : Stacy Mandel Kaplan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781772761696
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (616 download)
Download or read book Hey Long Island... Do U Remember? written by Stacy Mandel Kaplan and published by . This book was released on 2022-04-30 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hey Long Island . . . Do U Remember? began in 2008 when two lifelong friends from Oceanside, New York started a Facebook group to share pictures and history of Long Island's iconic places, themes and landmarks. Hey Long Island . . . Do U Remember? is now one of the largest New York history groups on Facebook with more than 142,000 members sharing pictures and information about Long Island's colourful past. Hey Long Island . . . Do U Remember? offers us a window into the past, showing life as it was then, and stirring in us the emotions of wonder and curiosity about those who have gone before us and the lives they lived. With more than 130 photographs, many of them seen here for the first time, Hey Long Island... Do U Remember? offers a stunning portrait of this one-of-a-kind place.
Author : Robert B. King
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780682491549
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (915 download)
Download or read book Ferguson's Castle written by Robert B. King and published by . This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matthew Christopher
Publisher : Jonglez Photo Books
ISBN 13 : 9782361950941
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (59 download)
Download or read book Abandoned America written by Matthew Christopher and published by Jonglez Photo Books. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally intended as an examination of the rise and fall of the state hospital system, Matthew Christopher's Abandoned America rapidly grew to encompass derelict factories and industrial sites, schools, churches, power plants, hospitals, prisons, military installations, hotels, resorts, homes, and more.
Author : Richard Panchyk
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781634991667
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (916 download)
Download or read book Abandoned Queens written by Richard Panchyk and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are many places in New York City's borough of Queens where traces of the past linger, haunting reminders of the way things used to be, sometimes hidden and sometimes in plain sight. This book is a visual journey through a variety of fascinating abandoned places in Queens, including the chilling Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, the meandering remains of the country's first modern highway, and a defunct airport reclaimed by wilderness. Because Queens is so densely populated, these abandoned places usually coexist adjacent to living, thriving locations, making for an often eerie and beautiful juxtaposition of old and new, used and unused. From an eerie old railroad line in Forest Hills to a destroyed neighborhood in the Rockaways, the poignant images in this book are filled with context and history.
Author : Howard Kroplick
Publisher : Arcadia Publishing
ISBN 13 : 143963629X
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (396 download)
Download or read book The Long Island Motor Parkway written by Howard Kroplick and published by Arcadia Publishing. This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Long Island Motor Parkway was constructed at a pivotal time in American history, and it often considered a precursor to the modern highway system. A forerunner of the modern highway system, the Long Island Motor Parkway was constructed during the advent of the automobile and at a pivotal time in American history. Following a spectator death during the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race, the concept for a privately owned speedway on Long Island was developed by William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his business associates. It would be the first highway built exclusively for the automobile. Vanderbilt's dream was to build a safe, smooth, police-free road without speed limits where he could conduct his beloved automobile races without spectators running onto the course. Features such as the use of reinforced concrete, bridges to eliminate grade crossings, banked curves, guardrails, and landscaping were all pioneered for the parkway. Reflecting its poor profitability and the availability of free state-built public parkways, the historic 48-mile Long Island Motor Parkway closed on Easter Sunday, April 17, 1938.
Author : Mac Griswold
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1466837012
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (668 download)
Download or read book The Manor: Three Centuries at a Slave Plantation on Long Island written by Mac Griswold and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mac Griswold's The Manor is the biography of a uniquely American place that has endured through wars great and small, through fortunes won and lost, through histories bright and sinister—and of the family that has lived there since its founding as a Colonial New England slave plantation three and a half centuries ago. In 1984, the landscape historian Mac Griswold was rowing along a Long Island creek when she came upon a stately yellow house and a garden guarded by looming boxwoods. She instantly knew that boxwoods that large—twelve feet tall, fifteen feet wide—had to be hundreds of years old. So, as it happened, was the house: Sylvester Manor had been held in the same family for eleven generations. Formerly encompassing all of Shelter Island, New York, a pearl of 8,000 acres caught between the North and South Forks of Long Island, the manor had dwindled to 243 acres. Still, its hidden vault proved to be full of revelations and treasures, including the 1666 charter for the land, and correspondence from Thomas Jefferson. Most notable was the short and steep flight of steps the family had called the "slave staircase," which would provide clues to the extensive but little-known story of Northern slavery. Alongside a team of archaeologists, Griswold began a dig that would uncover a landscape bursting with stories. Based on years of archival and field research, as well as voyages to Africa, the West Indies, and Europe, The Manor is at once an investigation into forgotten lives and a sweeping drama that captures our history in all its richness and suffering. It is a monumental achievement.
