For those of us who no longer live nearby and were wondering how much our little town on Long Island, Oceanside, New York, has changed in the 40+ years since we were graduated from OHS (and how much of it's still the same), I prepared the following photographic tour.  Most of these photos were taken on October 28, and some on November 28, 2001, but a few were taken earlier, for example, during our 40-year reunion weekend in July 2000. 

Since most of the photos below were taken, the Great Lincoln Shopping Center has been renovated, decorative lampposts have been installed along part of Long Beach Road, and several other beautification projects have been undertaken in our little town, the most dramatic of which, of course, is the 25-foot Liberty Lighthouse constructed on the town triangle in 2006. 
    

   
Click here to view the display in the Community National Bank on the site of Chwatzky's Department Store facing the triangle that has been credited since it was erected in December 2007 to our class association.

So take this little trip, with me and your other classmates, to our home town.   
(This is a "slide" presentation.  Wait for the images to load and cycle slowly.  Best seen in "Full Screen" view.)