Main Street looks very similar to how it looked when I was a kid in the 70's. There are quite a few modern boutiques now, which were non-existent back then when it was much more blue-collar and modest. The movie theater had 79 cent seats, lol. The multi story brick buildings on the north side of the street at the bottom of the hill where the delicatessen is had a "5 and Dime" two-story department store with creaky wooden floors upstairs. Heartichokes was an actual blacksmith's shop where my parents bought a real hand-made wrought iron floor lamp. I remember watching the blacksmith at work in the back on public display. I remember carrying the flag in a parade on Main Street with my cub scout troop that had meetings in Norwood Elementary's cafeteria!
@farbav
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Chris!
@JaneMorace
6 ай бұрын
What a treat to find this in my text. You did a great job showing the unique Village of Northport. I was so lucky to have grown up on Ashroken beach. My grandfather built the first house on Duck Island.and now, even though I live in California, I remember that area as one of the most beautiful on earth.Wish you could do the same for more areas on the shores of Long Island. Thanks for the trip, Jane
@farbav
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching Jane!
@johnj.flanagan-songsoffaith
3 жыл бұрын
Grew up in Northport, on Scudder Avenue, and went to St Philip Neri school and church as a kid. We rented a house on Scudder Avenue from 1950-58, before my family moved further east. Loved Northport. What can you say? A great little town, and it was like a Norman Rockwell painting. I am 76. Everywhere I have been in life has never changed my mind about Northport being the best place to grow up, to dream, to walk on Main Street. Sitting on a bench in the waterfront park, smelling the salty air, watching the gulls overhead. Oh memories.....Thanks so much for sharing this delightful video. God bless,
@farbav
3 жыл бұрын
Hi John! Thank you for watching!
@robtheold617
3 жыл бұрын
When people out here on the West Coast ask me about my hometown back East, I always add "it was a great place to grown up". Beaches, panoramic views across Long Island Sound, clamming, fishing, ice scatting, sledding, Memorial Day Parades, and very lazy Summers. My Great Grandpa and ma left Ireland before the Potato Famine and ended up the Foreman of Beacon Hill Farm out on Eaton's Neck. My Grandpa and his sibling use to deliver the produce to the LLRR station for transport into NYC. When I graduated from St. Philip's Grammar School, I begged my Mom to send me to Public School, one of the best things that ever happened to me. I think of Northport frequently and still have close friend living there. If you live in Northport, I hope you realize how good you have it. Maybe I'll get back to it as a resident as my years add up.
@farbav
3 жыл бұрын
Hi Rob, What wonderful memories! 💕 Thank you for sharing - and Thank you for watching!
@The-ii5mj
3 жыл бұрын
@Rob the Old I also lived in E Northport. Loved it there‼️ My Mom is a Yankee but my Dad was a Texan lol. Trust me, it was a culture shock when we moved here in 4th grade. I remember going to Pulaski School, learning to swim @crab Meadow, riding our 🚲 to the library, Friendlys & block partys ❣️ No one did that in TX, NVR understood why. Hope everyone faired well & r ok during the storm🙏💕✌️
@Bachconcertos
Жыл бұрын
I wish I had grown up like that. Do u think it is still the same?
@Obrien975
4 жыл бұрын
This video brought back so many great memories of my childhood and teen years. I'm 57 and living in Florida since 1996. Thank you for this awesome video.
@farbav
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching O'Brien!
@billy1673
6 ай бұрын
I grew up on the island and Northport Village was always my favorite place to be. I moved away 25 years ago, but I try to get up there at least once a year to visit family and friends. This video is making me homesick!
@farbav
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching Billy!!
@johnnaloia1975
2 жыл бұрын
Feeling nostalgic for the home town
@farbav
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Johnn!
@jamesallengraziano6563
4 жыл бұрын
This is quenching my thirst for window shopping downtown and walks by the dock. Thanks for sharing!
@farbav
4 жыл бұрын
Hi James. Soon... Thanks for watching! Stay safe!
@1canyonguy
3 жыл бұрын
Wow Yuppieville now
@itzryan_1
3 жыл бұрын
I live near this
@farbav
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Rblx!
@mikeabruzzi3048
2 жыл бұрын
Hi Mary McCue
@farbav
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching Malek!
@boating_on_a_budget6026
4 жыл бұрын
So strange seeing people walk around with no masks... super sad
@johnj.flanagan-songsoffaith
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Beth, how about a Christmas video exploring Northport or other quaint Long Island villages, that is, if they still decorate anymore? Where I live upstate, the local town main area has ABSOLUTELY NO Christmas spirit. The local shopping center is so caught up in woke culture that nobody decorated. No wreathes, no Nativity scenes, no hanging garland, nothing nothing nothing. In Europe, especially in Germany, Italy, etc, the little towns and villages have wonderful traditions around this time of year. Many places in America now treat the season as just another day, nothing special. In some ways, being a pluralistic society means being superficial and sterile, not the America I knew growing up, even in the fifties.
@farbav
2 жыл бұрын
Hi John, thanks for watching and taking the time to comment. I'm not driving right now. At the start of the pandemic last year, some bozo plowed into our stopped (at a red light) car. We got sent off to the hospital and the car was totalled. Haven't been able to get a new one yet... Long story short: I would have loved to take a drive out to see some of the LI towns. I'm in Queens & it seems like most places are decorated. The main strips of each neighborhood and the stores also. I thought I've seen more decorations than in years past - especially on homes. I'm sorry you haven't had the same experience. During these past two rough years, I've decorated more than I have in the past, just to bring some extra joy and sparkle. ⭐⭐ My neighbors have too! Your note about the nativity scenes reminded me that I haven't been into St Patrick's Cathedral yet this season. I stopped in today. I wish you and yours all the best this holiday season. Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and thank you for watching!
@chriskelvin248
Жыл бұрын
Northport's Christmas parade has live Santa's reindeer my wife tells me.
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