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The North Shore of Long Island is the area along the northern coast of New York's Long Island bordering Long Island Sound.Known for its extreme wealth and lavish estates, the North Shore exploded into affluence at the turn of the 20th century, earning it the nickname the Gold Coast. [1]
View of Long Island Sound from the park. Marshall Field III bought the property in 1921 and had an estate house built in 1925, one of the largest estates of the Gold Coast mansions. [8] Field named the property "Caumsett", after the Matinecock tribe's original name for the peninsula meaning "place by a sharp rock". [1] [9]
The following is a list of attractions on Long Island, New York State.The list includes museums, parks, and beaches as well as many other types of attractions. In this list, "Long Island" is defined as the geographical entity, and thus the list includes attractions in Kings County, New York, a.k.a. Brooklyn, as well as Queens County, New York, a.k.a. Queens, which are both parts of New York City.
As America emerged as an industrial power in the 19th century, New York City was its financial epicenter and the country's captains of industry looked to Long Island as their playground, and on it were built some of America's most lavish estates, or as they were likely known to their owners, their country homes.
The Gold Coast International Film Festival launched in 2011, on the north shore of North Hempstead, New York. [1] The festival, now held every November, completed its 7th year in 2017. The festival is produced by the Gold Coast Arts Center, a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) multi-arts center based in Great Neck, NY.
Gold Coast Mansions on the North Shore of Long Island were also the homes of the wealthy Vanderbilt family and late-19th-century financiers and industrialists, such as John Paul Getty, Charles Pratt and others.
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Greentree is a 400-acre (1.6 km 2) estate in Manhasset, on Long Island, New York. [1] The estate was constructed for businessman Payne Whitney in 1904 and was owned by members of the Whitney family for much of the 20th century. It is currently owned by the Greentree Foundation, a philanthropic nonprofit organization.