tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post570998811566318625..comments2024-03-28T06:21:34.602-06:00Comments on twin city sidewalks: Other City Sidewalks: Babylon NYBill Lindekehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11373780012930618768noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-39797663241622146162013-01-29T23:32:24.109-06:002013-01-29T23:32:24.109-06:00That view at the harbor is definitely breath-takin...That view at the harbor is definitely breath-taking that it has helped calm my nerves. I hope that you could post a bigger picture of this as I think that this could be a great wallpaper as well!Sergehttp://www.hertzcarsales.com/stores/rosevillenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-36696641060248636202012-08-30T20:07:49.270-06:002012-08-30T20:07:49.270-06:00Oh my god, there's a great deal of helpful inf...Oh my god, there's a great deal of helpful information here!Danielahttp://interactiondesign.sva.edu/member/444601/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-90036896953800477402011-02-15T13:36:06.946-06:002011-02-15T13:36:06.946-06:00I've been there, specially in Long Island, mos...I've been there, specially in Long Island, most of the people always enjoy the Village of Babylon located within the town, The region was one of the best in 1986 and you must add something about it. 23jj the main point is the biblical trepidation, because the town has a total infrastructure.Viagra Onlinehttp://www.iservepharmacy.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-88883069321199593052009-12-07T15:29:17.062-06:002009-12-07T15:29:17.062-06:00"The Village" we called it.I spent all o..."The Village" we called it.I spent all of my summers there as a kid.We had a bungelow at 13 East Court down Fire Island Ave.Smittys Fishing Station was at the head of our canal and I* worked there cleaning 40 wooden skiffs every weekend.I loved all the kinds of boats and the cranky outboard motors of those days. I remember Austins "snuff box", so orange and fast.Raynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-9360701470205870682008-04-10T08:15:00.000-06:002008-04-10T08:15:00.000-06:00Obviously you limited your walk to the southeast p...Obviously you limited your walk to the southeast portion of the Village. IF you had taken the time to walk the shorter distance west, you would have discovered Argyle Park. This park has a playground,lake,boat slips, gazebo,running/walking trail, and plenty of benches to read your book.<BR/><BR/>Heading NORTH you would have found the Park Avenue tennis courts, handball wall, playground, and footbridge to Southards Pond.This park is one of the most pristine sites with horse,bike,and running trails, as well as a fresh water fishing spot. There are also plenty of Rental Apts on Park Avenue which are a stone's throw away from the Downtown Village and the LIRR. While this may not be Minnesota, we have a ton of recreation here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-13099453754913943362007-11-30T14:56:00.000-06:002007-11-30T14:56:00.000-06:00Wow, you really don't seem to get Babylon Village,...Wow, you really don't seem to get Babylon Village, do you. I live in town and love it. I moved from Brooklyn after too many years of cramped spaces. To me, the Village has "just enough" of everything for me to offer a very balanced experience between small town and more urban offerings. I think that to measure it in terms of how urban it is misses the point completely about why people live there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17629790.post-6934962927811440262007-08-24T17:24:00.000-06:002007-08-24T17:24:00.000-06:00I was pretty startled/amused/bemused to come acros...I was pretty startled/amused/bemused to come across this critique of Babylon. My parents had a store on Deer Park Avenue during the 50s and 60s, and they had a house in the Village after I finished high school (in NYC), so I knew the place pretty well (though I haven't been back for 30 years).<BR/><BR/>I don't think it makes sense to examine its "urban" characteristics, because it's not really an urban place. It's a fishing port, a former resort (you used to be able to catch a ferry to Fire Island or Oak Beach) and a commuter suburb. As a suburb, its core developed before Moses built his parkways and expressways, so it's fairly compact, unlike postwar sprawlburbs.<BR/><BR/>I don't think its useful to look at Babylon through the lens of Moses' biography. It's true that he lived there for a long time; he moved there because it was a convenient commute on the LIRR (as you may know, he never learned to drive). But he didn't participate in the Village's life, and he wasn't particularly popular, and the publisher of the <I>Babylon Leader</I>, the local newspaper was one of his fiercest critics.<BR/><BR/>In the end, his influence is probably more visible in the former potato fields that suburbanized after the war, than in the village that had its character formed before he got there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com