Description: Rockaway Beach, New York, Images of America, Paperback Chronicling the story of New York's beloved Rockaway Beach community and the efforts to recapture the magical success from an earlier era.The American frontier did not just consist of a prairie--it also included marshes and windswept sand dunes. When the earliest settlers arrived at Rockaway Beach on steamships in the mid-1800s, it was a narrow strip of land packed with ponds and covered with dunes. Within 30 years, the community had grown into a wildly popular resort served by a thriving rail line. Amusement parks, hotels, taverns, and dance halls abounded, as did bungalow courts and open-air tent colonies. In the 1960s, the area was disrupted by urban development efforts and transportation infrastructure had declined.Today, Rockaway Beach is being rediscovered by a new generation of visitors and entrepreneurs as longtime residents work simultaneously to reinvigorate it.
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Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9780738591483
Book Title: Rockaway Beach
Item Length: 9.2in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6.5in
Author: Not Available
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Subjects & Themes / Regional (See Also Travel / Pictorials), United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, De, Md, NJ, NY, Pa), Pictorials (See Also Photography / Subjects & Themes / Regional), United States / General
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2012
Genre: Photography, Travel, History
Item Weight: 0.7 Oz
Number of Pages: 128 Pages
