Author: aileen jacobson

Aileen Jacobson writes about the arts for the New York Times and other publications. A former arts and media writer for Newsday, she is also the author of two books.

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Of Mice and Ticks
Medical breakthroughs made here benefit people worldwide
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Long Island’s High Flying History
Acres of flat open land and the proximity to the wealth and educated workforce of New York City made Long Island an ideal place for the aviation industry to ...
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Chinese Americans on Long Island
From restaurateurs and war brides to scholars and moguls
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Getting On Track
How Mile-a-Minute Murphy, Hal B. Fullerton, Theodore Roosevelt and the LIRR helped Long Island grow
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Spies Like Us
It’s a little known, but much valued fact that a Long Island spy ring helped win the Revolutionary War
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Building on the past
From colonial times to the modernist boom, Long Island has been an incubator for trendsetting architecture
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Local Libraries
Shelves for books, gathering places for people
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On Guard
From catching bootleggers on the South Shore to saving an Oscar-winner on the Gold Coast, the Coast Guard watches our waters
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Lessons from the Holocaust
Memories, memorials and advice for the future
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You Spin Me ‘Round
From necessity to modern curiosity, the story of our windmills
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Waiting for Daylight
Exploring Long Island’s role in the underground railroad
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Shoppers’ Delight
Long Island’s luxury retail centers continue to evolve