I first met Mayor McLevy when I was in the second grade at Bryant School. He was giving out pencils to every second grade student in the city paid for out of his own pocket. I spoke with him many times over the years, some of them sitting side by side with him and his wife on his favorite bench in Seaside Park.
The last scene is the "progress" of taking up the trolley tracks. This would prove to be a folly of our human history which was repeated in nearly every major city which now equally rues that day we did that dumb thing.
Have to say, I'm wondering if the dirt/gravel road surrounded by woods is either Fairchild Wheeler Golf Course on the west side of north Park Avenue or could it be what I knew as "90 Acres Park" (known now as "Veterans Memorial Park") located across from the golf course on the east side of Park Ave. Can anyone confirm? Your thoughts on wooded location?
Video min-8:47 PT Barnum Museum on lower left. Main street south towards raised train tracks in the distance, in between train tracks and PT Barnum that whole area would be torn down for I95 highway. I95 would be completed around 1957?
I can identify a couple locations such as Pleasure beach and North ave.,maybe a few locations downtown,I am going to try and match a few locations with the video time.If anyone else recognizes locations please try to do the same!
Wow!! Great history for the city they verbally destroy now and days.. Lol @ 9:39, that Gulf gas station to the left is now a tint and car stereo place and they put a 24 hour gas station right across the street. I can't believe that fountain on Park Ave and Fairfield ave is still there.
I first met Mayor McLevy when I was in the second grade at Bryant School. He was giving out pencils to every second grade student in the city paid for out of his own pocket. I spoke with him many times over the years, some of them sitting side by side with him and his wife on his favorite bench in Seaside Park.
Great video, is a shame how that city has changed.
LOOK AT ALL THE ELM TREES! My God!!!! Wonderful, beautiful!
The last scene is the "progress" of taking up the trolley tracks. This would prove to be a folly of our human history which was repeated in nearly every major city which now equally rues that day we did that dumb thing.
absolutely
You were such a great mayor. I hope you run again someday and get that felon out of office.
Have to say, I'm wondering if the dirt/gravel road surrounded by woods is either Fairchild Wheeler Golf Course on the west side of north Park Avenue or could it be what I knew as "90 Acres Park" (known now as "Veterans Memorial Park") located across from the golf course on the east side of Park Ave. Can anyone confirm? Your thoughts on wooded location?
Video min-8:47 PT Barnum Museum on lower left. Main street south towards raised train tracks in the distance, in between train tracks and PT Barnum that whole area would be torn down for I95 highway. I95 would be completed around 1957?
I can identify a couple locations such as Pleasure beach and North ave.,maybe a few locations downtown,I am going to try and match a few locations with the video time.If anyone else recognizes locations please try to do the same!
Wow!! Great history for the city they verbally destroy now and days.. Lol @ 9:39, that Gulf gas station to the left is now a tint and car stereo place and they put a 24 hour gas station right across the street. I can't believe that fountain on Park Ave and Fairfield ave is still there.
Is that Park Ave??
Llgg