Take A Walk Down Memory Mamaroneck Ave. On The 'Nostalgia Tour'

MAMARONECK, NY — The Mamaroneck Avenue downtown shopping district has a sometimes underappreciated ability to transport us back in time at any given moment.

A new virtual nostalgia tour from the Mamaroneck Historical Society will let us better understand what the avenue was like back in the day and how we got here from there.

The Mamaroneck Historical Society is taking a look back at the Village of Mamaroneck's downtown shopping district with current and vintage photographs in a new, free online project, called the "Mamaroneck Avenue Nostalgia Tour."

Prospective time travelers can find the tour here.

Highlights of the project include:

• Current and vintage photos of shops, restaurants and other businesses along Mamaroneck Avenue, from Boston Post Road to Halstead Avenue.
• A memory-stirring list of businesses in every storefront in selected years in the 2000s, 1990s, 1980s, 1970s, 1950s and back to 1913 and earlier.
• A roster of the longest-operating shops and other businesses present and past.
• The trends in the downtown mix, including the rise of restaurants that has made Mamaroneck Avenue a dining destination.
• A way, way back gallery of photos of The Square, Mamaroneck's commercial hub at Mamaroneck Avenue and Boston Post Road in the late 1880s and early 1900s.