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  1. Apr 6, 2024 · In the 1970s, Long Island’s cultural landscape was as dynamic as its ongoing suburban development. From the booming discotheques to the bustling school corridors, you could feel the vitality of the era. Disco and Music Evolution. Disco fever took Long Island by storm in the 1970s.

  2. Aug 26, 2016 · Street Wars: Permeable pavement looks like and feels like a regular street. But beneath the surface, six layers are working to keep rainwater from overwhelming New York City neighborhoods .

  3. The earlier part of the decade was an era of optimism: the age of Camelot, the Beatles, and rock and roll. Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon recognized the region’s up-and-coming status, making presidential campaign stops at the Long Island Arena (in Commack) in 1960.

  4. Nov 6, 2020 · Have a Story to Share? Crazy Facts About Long Island From the 1970s. Arts & Culture. By Lon Cohen Published: November 06 2020. We dug into our archives to find some of these zany facts from...

  5. The maps show population characteristics by Census tract across Long Island in 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000 and 20101. By comparing the decades, we get a closer look at how we arrived at Long Island’s current population distribution by age, race, education, income, poverty and housing type.

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  6. Former potato fields became overnight suburban communities and industrial parks. Mirroring the growth and the shiny newness of it all, the early-to-mid 1960s was an era of optimism on Long Island: the age of Camelot, the Beatles, and rock and roll.

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  8. Jul 27, 2021 · A look back at the Island in the 1970s. Credit: Newsday/David L. Pokress. President Gerald Ford speaks in front of a crowd of 16,000 people at the Nassau Coliseum on October 31, 1976, during a...

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