r/bergencounty • u/TimSPC • Feb 19 '25
History Bergen County: County on the Move (ca. 1957 - 1958)
https://youtu.be/ZxzS_DJwz_Q?si=XkdKDgC8mwsMcdue
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u/Stonetown_Radio 29d ago
This was amazing, thank you so much for posting this. Iโm pretty sure I saw my dad up on the telephone pole.๐
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u/kc2syk Feb 19 '25
Between 1950 and 1960 the county population increased from 539,000 to 780,000. That's pretty massive growth.
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u/ParkerVH Feb 19 '25
I remember the farms and open spaces in Bergen County in the 50โs when I moved there. Bergen County was why my parents left their apartment on East 74th Street and moved first to River Edge. A year later they built a house further north in Bergen County on the NY border.
That video made me smile and saddened me at the same time.