Wantagh in 1961
I was born in the 60's, even if just barely! I was too little to really understand what my hometown was like back then, but a fellow Wantagh-ite sent me this link with pictures showing how it used to be.
These pictures are from Wantagh, NY in 1961. This was way before my time… but most of this was probably still around when I was born in ‘69.
I remember this Carvel… but I’m amazed to see the new construction to the North… that was all built up by my earliest memories.
Ah, the Cherrywood Shooping Center. My friends and I went here all through high school. We usually ate at the Cherrywood Pizzeria, but I don’t think it was in business back then.
I have no idea what the fuck this is. Ray’s site says it was a flower farm. It draws a blank for me.
I have no idea where the hell this is. Ray says it was the A&P shopping center,– wherever that is. I should ask my father, or my brothers, or my friends Steve and Rob. They would probably know.
It’s much bigger now.
Ah, I remember seeing many movies here. Movies suct as E.T., Conan the Destroyer, and many others. I looked up Mr. Sardonicus and, yep, it was released in 1961.
Images seem to be copyright (c) 2005 bvy Ray Young. Thanks Ray!
Comments
McMurphy shopping center is, I believe, in town where Prince Umberto's is now (in fact, Umberto's would be the center store in the picture). You would be on Park Ave. looking north with the car repair place behind you and Wantagh Ave. on your right. That big house behind the strip with all the trees is the one they leveled with the widow's watch to put in all the apartments.
Posted by: Rob Becker | September 29, 2006 4:55 PM
Thanks for the pictures. I think the A&P shopping center is the shopping center that is on the corner of Wantagh Ave. and Park Ave. (over by the library and the post office).
Posted by: Brian Cronin | October 2, 2006 5:54 PM