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LONG ISLAND NEW YORK
Over 100
miles tall, at times tantalizingly slim at just 12 miles across, home to some
of the best brains in the country, with hills and deep forests and the Ocean
always at her feet, Long Island is not just the largest in the US, but arguably
the Queen of them all. Home to more than 7.5 million people and vacation resort
to countless others every summer, Long
Island has it all. Some associate it with the best of suburban life, while
others know it for the distinguished firms that operate from here. People from
all over the world watch top international sports events hosted on the Island,
though conservationists would argue that the flight path to her bosom at least
as well as that to their own spouses and companions. The Rail Road that lives to serve her exclusively
has one of the best track records anywhere in the world, and the maze of
tunnels and toll ways to her presence are often backed up all the way with
ardent if tempestuous admirers. A primordial gift of nature, she never fails to
excel at any endeavor. Long Island wines have stormed every gourmet bastion, and even the most
faithful cannot resist the temptation of flirting with her engaging vino in
their unprotected mouths.
Praise of
Long Island's lithe dimensions and her incredibly
sensuous appeal should never be at the cost of belittling her vital matriarchal
aspect. The Island is a benevolent Madonna, providing
holistic instruction to children from when they are still too young for
kindergarten, to when Grade 12 prepares them for franchise as independent and
free adults. Older people, deprived during their youth and those who have the
fire to acquire new knowledge, can enjoy a lifetime of learning in Long Island's encouraging environment. Town
libraries form a vast network and share their material resources to put an
entire world of written resources at the free and easy disposal of the Island's researchers and readers. Each
library has a comprehensive website of its own and some operate mobile services
to take their facilities in to homes, especially of those with disabilities.
Sea and land life forms threatened with extinction elsewhere are nurtured with
love and care on Long
Island in an inspiring assembly of the most varied genetic inventory.
Artists and craftspeople of all genres are courted with liberal facilities and
enthusiastic audiences. Clouds of Arctic birds choose Long Island for a stop-over during spring and
autumn migration.
Grills
and steaks cheerfully compete for the public palate with chefs from Japan and the most audacious of fusion
cuisine. Girls play intra-mural soccer with as much aplomb as their male peers.
Jazz and Beethoven have equal followers. Historic buildings are maintained with
the same care with which plans are drafted for the future development of the
Counties and their constituent towns. The lady has come a long way as she arose
in the wake of the thaw of the last Ice Age. However she seems to have found
the elixir of eternal youth, beauty and grace as she plays bounteous hostess to
generation after generation of eclectic Americans.
Park Terrace.com, Long Island Phone: (718) 369-1700
E-Mail: info@ParkTerrace.com
