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=== Development and early years (1920s) === [[File:G.M. Campbell, residence in Munsey Park, Long Island. LOC gsc.5a04317.jpg|thumb|A home in Munsey Park in 1939.]]Munsey Park was first developed in the 1920s, on North Shore land previously owned by wealthy publisher [[Frank Munsey|Frank Andrew Munsey]] (1854β1925), as a [[commuter town]] and "model, restricted community", taking advantage of the [[Long Island Rail Road]]'s [[Manhasset (LIRR station)|Manhasset station]], located immediately to the west of the development. The land on which the planned community now stands on was [[Will and testament|bequeathed]] by Munsey to [[The Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in 1925.<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=About the Village |url=http://www.munseypark.org/about-the-village |access-date=June 14, 2021 |website=Munsey Park }}</ref><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Village History |url=http://www.munseypark.org/village-history |access-date=June 14, 2021 |website=Munsey Park }}</ref><ref name=":54">{{Cite book |last=Mackay |first=Robert B. |title=Gardens of Eden: Long Island's Early Twentieth-Century Planned Communities |publisher=[[W. W. Norton & Company]] |year=2015 |isbn=978-0393733211}}</ref><ref name=":81">{{Cite book |last=Winsche |first=Richard |title=The History of Nassau County Community Place-Names |date=October 1, 1999 |publisher=Empire State Books |isbn=978-1557871541 |location=[[Interlaken, New York]] |pages=}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Murray |first=Anthony |date=May 6, 2019 |title=Striking Gold: A look at the expansive history of Munsey Park |url=https://manhassetpress.com/striking-gold-a-look-at-the-expansive-history-of-munsey-park/ |access-date=August 22, 2021 |website=Manhasset Press }}</ref> The Metropolitan Museum of Art sold the portion of the estate south of [[New York State Route 25A|Northern Boulevard (NY 25A)]]; that area would eventually become part of [[Strathmore, New York|Strathmore]]. Meanwhile, the Metropolitan Museum of Art retained ownership of the portion of Munsey's estate north of Northern Boulevard, and, with help from the Hassett Realty Company, developed the planned community on the land under the leadership of museum president [[Robert W. DeForest]].<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":54" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Welcome to 20/20 Perfect Vision Land Records I2|url=https://i2f.uslandrecords.com/NY/Nassau/(X(1)S(a1hnzvrwbksodnlje0d54l3t))/D/Default.aspx?AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1|access-date=August 10, 2020|website=i2f.uslandrecords.com}}</ref> It was developed featuring Colonial-style houses and streets named for American artists.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /><ref name=":54" /><ref>{{Cite news|last=Cooper|first=Lee E.|date=August 29, 1937|title=Streets Named for American Artists In Growing Munsey Park District; New Section Opened on Former Muansey Estate Given to Metropolitan Museum of Art--Hewlett Harbor Builders Plan Homes on Part of Former Auerbach Estate 350 Dwellings Completed Hewlett Harbor Changing|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1937/08/29/archives/streets-named-for-american-artists-in-growing-munsey-park-district.html|access-date=June 15, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Much of the original landscaping in the planned community was designed by the [[Olmsted Brothers]].<ref>{{Citation|last=Olmsted Archives, Frederick Law Olmsted NHS, NPS|title=photo album 07434-01-ph001|date=September 3, 2014|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/olmsted_archives/15130488922/|access-date=August 22, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6rk1AAAAIAAJ&q=Manhasset|title=Drugs, Law Enforcement, and Foreign Policy: The Cartel, Haiti, and Central America |date=1927 |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics, and International Communications|pages=366β367}}</ref> In 1928, Munsey Park's first model home opened.<ref name=":7" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://libmma.org/digital_files/archives/J_Kenneth_Loughry_records_b18157348.pdf |title=Finding aid for the J. Kenneth Loughry Records, 1929, 1943-1971 (bulk 1945-1969) in The Metropolitan Museum of Art Archives}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Rather|first=John|date=August 1, 1999|title=If You're Thinking of Living In /Munsey Park, N.Y.; High Standards, Eye to Tradition|newspaper=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/01/realestate/if-you-re-thinking-of-living-in-munsey-park-ny-high-standards-eye-to-tradition.html|access-date=August 22, 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Like many of the other earliest homes to be constructed in the planned community, it was built in Section "A" β located at the western end of the development; Section "A" was the first section of Munsey Park to be constructed.<ref name=":7" /> The name of the community was originally to be Munsey Meadows β but this name was changed to Munsey Park; it is named in honor of Frank Munsey.<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":54" /><ref name=":81" /><ref name=":0" />
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