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The North Shore of Long Island is the area along the northern coast of New York's Long Island bordering Long Island Sound. Known for its extreme wealth and lavish estates, the North Shore exploded into affluence at the turn of the 20th century, earning it the nickname the Gold Coast . [ 1 ]
Greentree is a 400-acre (1.6 km 2) estate in Manhasset, on Long Island, New York. [1] The estate was constructed for businessman Payne Whitney in 1904 and was owned by members of the Whitney family for much of the 20th century. It is currently owned by the Greentree Foundation, a philanthropic nonprofit organization.
The result of over 60 photoshoots, six jars of peanut butter, and hundreds of hours of editing is now a coffee table book, Pitbulls and Peanut Butter, showcasing over 60 derpy and adorable land ...
Brandenburger Gold Coast and Prussian Gold Coast (Germans, 1682–1721) British Gold Coast ( English , 1821–1957) Ghana is the legal name for the region loosely referred to as the Gold Coast comprising the following four separate parts, which immediately before independence had distinct constitutional positions: [ 2 ]
Pit bull is an umbrella term for several types of dog believed to have descended from bull and terriers.In the United States, the term is usually considered to include the American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, American Bully, Staffordshire Bull Terrier, and sometimes the American Bulldog, along with any crossbred dog that shares certain physical characteristics with these ...
As America emerged as an industrial power in the 19th century, New York City was its financial epicenter and the country's captains of industry looked to Long Island as their playground, and on it were built some of America's most lavish estates, or as they were likely known to their owners, their country homes.
A 75-pound rescue pit bull named Pancho loves being called a “good boy" — and more than lives up to the name. Pancho reached heroic status in June when he fought an armed intruder who broke ...
English: Map of the British Gold Coast colony highlighted, in British West Africa. Map of British possessions in colonial Africa in 1913 (pink). Note : The limits of the areas of control may not be perfectly accurate due to the imprecision of the reference maps.