"Our Town" - The Rockaways

1967: best summer of my life, hanging out on Beach 35th Street with a boy named Barry. I think of him to this day.

I lived in Arverne Rockaways, 342 Beach 56st. St. from 1951 to 1957 with my parents and 2 sisters, in the NYCHA projects. Kind of depressing life in winter, but summers were great, my mother taking us to the beach, only a half mile down the street. And my folks taking us to Rockaways Playland top, we liked that place a lot, great rides and arcades. When we moved to New Jersey, we still went back there till it closed. The Rockaways will always be a great place, hopefully some of the neighborhoods will improve, a better quality of life for the people there.

Love this clip. I close my eyes and I feel like I'm back in that era . Great memories.

Thank you! This was definitely a labor of love. Grew up on 136th street, third house from the beach.

Beautiful Marty. Nice memories of the good ole days 🙂 And great song by James Taylor.

You just got me with Our Town! Thanks, Marty for taking the time to do this. I lived at Rockaway Point and never met you, but I knew these places.

Such great memories brought back, Thank you 

This is awesome, coming from someone who use to work in redeveloping the Rockaways

So sad that our town is now their hood.

Wow,thanks I just seen my husband as a little boy on the parade in far rockaway..thanks for share.

What a lovely tribute to a place I will always deem magical. If you don't look too closely, the next-to-last photo could almost be of Sal Mineo and Norma Jeane, but the final shot of the seagull shows s/he's weary of that attribution. Moreso, it's a perfect closing, the bird's heavy lids falling upon a bygone era. Thank you.

Dang..... things really have changed here so much

I rode that rollercoaster at Playland with a friend 102 times in a row!

Thank you. That was marvelously done.

It's wonderful, Marty. Thank you for the acknowledgement.

nothing stays the same...

Great footage. Perfect choice of song.

Such great memories. Such a great video

The snowy image at 1:07 made me cry.

I use to visit my Aunt Katie in the 50s i had the best time!!