"THE MOST ASTOUNDING REAL
ESTATE OFFERING THAT
HAS EVER BEEN MADE SINCE THE INDIANS SOLD
THE ISLE OF MANHATTAN FOR THE SUM OF $24"
That's what it said in this teaser
ad that appeared in the Brooklyn Citizen
newspaper on Sunday May 16th,
1926
And the following Sunday
May 23, 1926
Two Full Pages Gave The Details
(click ad to enlarge)
You can click on it and read all the
fine print. Lots of interesting stuff in there. 50 years later
they would be saying "Wheres Da Harbor?" Well The Harbor
that they created out of a lake and the bay was none other than
"The Lagoon"
The photo on the left may be the start
of it. On the right is the fork of Mastic & Mastic Beach Roads
most likely looking north.
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