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for larger version       Ads have a Patent Pending. Click Here for More Information Historical Views of the Rockaways
The only pre-requisite was that the street end and the walk be about the same height. So all would be on a level plane! As you can readily see, the beach at this street end slopes downward, and all the bungalows are on an even keel, if you will! The Arverne wooden walk (1901-1926) came west from Beach 59 Street to Beach 74 Street… and was straight when compared to the wavy beachfront it was built upon, and also level when compared to the height and slope of the sandy beach underneath! Storms did damage these beach constructions, but they were repaired at owner's expense. When the city built a new beachfront and boardwalk in the 1920s, buildings along the new promenade were limited, and when Moses was made Parks Commissioner in 1934 by Mayor LaGuardia, they disappeared one by one due to storm and fire in the east end and were not allowed to be rebuilt.
In the west end, Moses built his road from nowhere to nowhere, called Shorefront Parkway. Due to this road, all structures within 200 feet of the walk went down, destroying the seaside amusement area outside of Rockaways' Playland. Destruction is what Moses did for fun and laughs in his time! The Rockaways' boardwalk has been like hospital food for many years… bland!
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