Valley stream / Bill Florio.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Florio, Bill, author.

Series:

Images of America.

Images of America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Historic buildings--New York (State)--Valley Stream--Pictorial works.

Historic buildings.

Valley Stream (N.Y.)--History--Pictorial works.

Valley Stream (N.Y.).

Valley Stream (N.Y.)--Social life and customs--Pictorial works.

Valley Stream (N.Y.)--Buildings, structures, etc--Pictorial works.

Valley Stream (N.Y.)--Biography--Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 pages).

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : Arcadia Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this photographic history of Valley Stream, author Bill Florio documents vividly the long and illustrious history of this Nassau County village. Located near the south shore of Long Island at the gateway to Nassau County, the village of Valley Stream has grown from a bucolic farming community in the 1840s to a dense suburban hub full of history and diversity. Consisting of communities named Foster's Meadow, Rum Junction, Skunk's Misery, and Hungry Harbor, the town saw nightlife and leisure blossom after Merrick Road was built and the South Side Railroad pulled in. The village incorporated in 1925, finding itself a center of industry as the location of the Ridgewood Reservoir's conduit pipe, Curtiss Field, Bulova Demco, and later, the birthplace of Snapple. Over the years, Valley Stream gained attention through many of its attractions, including the William R. Gibson Houses, Hoffman's, the Pavilion Royal, Green Acres Mall, the Rio Theatre, Valley Stream State Park, and Itgen's Ice Cream Parlour.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781439649749

143964974X