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  2. Seaside Park (Connecticut) - Wikipedia

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    Seaside Park, located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, is a 2.5-mile (4.0 km) long crescent-shaped park bordering Bridgeport Harbor, Long Island Sound, and Black Rock Harbor. The park lies within Bridgeport's South End neighborhood.

  3. Seaside Village Historic District - Wikipedia

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    The Director of USHC's town planning division was Frederick Law Olmsted Jr., whose father designed Central Park and Seaside Park. [6] Engraving of Seaside Village from 1919 U.S. Housing Report Vol 2. The USHC chose a number of locations in Bridgeport to build worker housing, but the largest lot was the one owned by The Crane Corporation.

  4. National Register of Historic Places listings in Bridgeport ...

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    Seaside Park. July 1, 1982 : Long Island Sound South End: 46: Seaside Village Historic District: Seaside Village Historic District ... Bridgeport, Connecticut ...

  5. Black Rock Harbor Light - Wikipedia

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    The lighthouse was given to the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1934 and became a part of Seaside Park. [3] In the following years, vandals "gutted the interior" of the lighthouse. [3] In 1977, the keeper's quarters building was destroyed in a fire. [9] The first restoration effort came in 1983 when the Friends of Seaside Park restored the ...

  6. Perry Memorial Arch - Wikipedia

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    Perry was also the president of Bridgeport city parks commission. He had left money for the construction of an archway to serve as an entrance to Seaside Park . [ 3 ] It was designed by Henry Bacon in 1916, [ 4 ] who was the lead architect of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. [ 5 ] The Park has been placed National Register of Historic ...

  7. Geography of Bridgeport, Connecticut - Wikipedia

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    Bridgeport Harbor is bordered by Long Island Sound and is formed by the estuary of the Pequonnock River and Yellow Mill and Johnson's Creeks, both tidal inlets. Between the estuary and Yellow Mill Pond is a peninsula, East Bridgeport, also known as the East Side, which was once the site of some of the largest manufacturing establishments in Connecticut, most of which no longer exist.

  8. Black Rock Harbor - Wikipedia

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    Black Rock Harbor is adjacent to the Black Rock neighborhood of Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States, on Long Island Sound. The Black Rock Harbor Light on Fayerweather Island [1] marks the entrance to the harbor on its east, while St. Mary's by the Sea forms its western beachhead. Seaside Park runs along the

  9. Fayerweather Island - Wikipedia

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    Fayerweather Island is a 7 + 1 ⁄ 2-acre land mass in Long Island Part of the city of Bridgeport, Connecticut, it is located south of the city's Seaside Park.The island contains a resurgent coastal forest composed primarily of white oak (Quercus alba) and Eastern red cedar (Juniperus virginiana) growth.