Tag: Jones Beach

Edward Lieberman’s Historic Tours

August 16, 2023
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Detail of a 1914 map showing a bridge across a harbor.
Detail of Bayville from the Belcher-Hyde 1914 Atlas of Nassau County. NYPL Digital Collections

Yes, Edward Lieberman is a former assistant district attorney in Nassau County and the former mayor of Seacliff but just as importantly, he is a long-time listener of the Long […]

Square Dancing and the Durlachers

April 6, 2022
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Black and white photo of a crowd dancing at the Jones Beach Bandshell some time in the 1960s.
Ed Durlacher calling a square dance at Jones Beach. Image courtesy of Glenn Durlacher.

Glenn Durlacher looks back over his family’s legacy of square dance calling on Long Island with deserved pride. His grandfather Ed pioneered square dancing in the New York City area […]