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Glen Cove is a small Long Island, north shore city. Glen Cove was settled in the 1660’s when Joseph Warwick of Rhode Island purchased up to 2,000 acres of land from the local Indian tribe. The developing village was first named Musketa Cove. As Musketa Cove developed it opened up to its water front, maritime industries flourished. A saw mill and gristmill were built and shipping lumber from the interior of the island to Manhattan provided the community and its waterfront a cash cow. Proprietors and their families built homes throughout the area. New Englanders fleeing from the King Philips War began to settle in Musketa Cove. The community grew gradually during the first half of the 18th century. It was divided between patriotic colonists and colonists loyal to the British Crown during the American Revolution. Clay mining was booming during the early years of the 19th century, shipped off the waterfront and marketed in Manhattan. A steamboat service to shuttle people to and from Manhattan and Musketa Cove was established by the towns people and Cornelius Vanderbilt, a tycoon of industry, though many from New York City were reluctant to visit the area. Most were unable to distinguish the native name Musketa with mosquitoes and so a name change was called for in 1834. The suggestion, Glen Coe (a city in Scotland) was misheard as Glen Cove, which the residents agreed on in the end. Glen Cove boomed after this and turned into a resort community. Dozens of hotels were built up near the steamboat landing as were Oyster bars, Saloons and boarding houses all built for New York’s wealthy classes who came to summer in the area throughout the 19th century. By the 20th century an influx of wealthy industrialists, bankers and businessmen came to Glen Cove. They built up lavish estates along the waterfronts creating what would become the beginning of Long Island’s “Gold Coast” which begins in Glen Cove and sprawls deep, all the way into far off Suffolk County. Starch manufacturing businesses were established in the small budding city and hundreds upon hundreds of laborers began to settle in the homes being built up near the factories. The community grew significantly during the first half of the 20th century and became the ideal commuter suburb of New York City during white flight. Today the area is racially and economically diverse with a thriving business district, very much so changed since its days as a resort village for the wealthy of New York.
































Sea Cliff is a tiny, picturesque hamlet along the north shore of Long Island. Throughout the 17th and 18th century when other areas of Long Island were being settled by Dutch and British colonists, Sea Cliff remained undeveloped but in close proximity to Glen Cove. In the late 19th century a Methodist organization purchased land in the area and it served as a religious retreat for residents of New York City, Brooklyn and people in the thriving villages of Queens. Revival meetings, popular at the time were held at a tabernacle but while interest in revivalism faded, Sea Cliff transformed into a popular summer destination for residents of New York City. It soon became a major East Coast resort community and people swelled the area in the summer coming by steamboat or train. Many began to settle in Sea Cliff year round, escaping the cramped island of Manhattan and built large Victorian homes which characterize the community today. As the automobile grew more popular other areas further from Sea Cliff and often from New York all together attracted vacationers who would have normally made their way to Sea Cliff. The community remained despite the dwindling of its resort image and continued to grow slowly. Sea Cliff today is not all too different than Sea Cliff in the early 20th century a notion one would perceive visually alone. The area could hardly be considered diverse as it is home to a large white population, over 94% if I am not mistaken and largely upper middle class.