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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 ]
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.
Glen Cove is a city in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, New York, United States.The city's population was 28,365 at the time of the 2020 census. Of Nassau County's five municipalities, Glen Cove is one of two that are cities, rather than towns – the other being Long Beach.
The rolling hills of the North Shore of Long Island were laid down as terminal moraines by the receding glaciers of the last ice age roughly 10,000 years ago. The Algonquian tribe that settled the area, spanning from Flushing to Setauket, called the area "hilly ground" or Matinecock and as a result the Algonquian Indians who settled there became known as the Matinecock Indians.
The mansion of the Harold Pratt estate, Welwyn, at Glen Cove, Long Island, New York State, US. Currently, the mansion houses the Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County. Welwyn Preserve County Park is a 204-acre (0.83 km 2) public nature reserve in Glen Cove, on the North Shore of Long Island in the U.S. state of New York.
The neighborhood where the North Shore Towers were built was a rural, unnamed section of Flushing, part of a 20,000-acre (8,100 ha) land grant to Massachusetts settlers. . In 1923, the Glen Oaks Golf Club was built, created on 167 acres (68 ha) purchased from William K. Vanderbilt II's country esta
Glen Head is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, on the North Shore of Long Island, in New York, United States. It is considered part of the greater Glen Cove area, which is anchored by the City of Glen Cove. The population was 4,837 at the 2020 census.
Glen Cove Avenue (CR C91) in Glen Head, as seen in 2021. Glen Cove Avenue is a major, 3.45-mile (5.55 km) road connecting Roslyn Harbor and Glen Cove in Nassau County, on Long Island, New York, in the United States. The road, for its entire length is designated as unsigned County Route C91.