SPOTLIGHT ON LASKIN ROAD: ARTERY RAN THROUGH FARMLAND TO FUN.(VIRGINIA BEACH BEACON)

From: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) | Date: June 29, 2003 | Copyright information

It would be hard to imagine the Virginia Beach resort without Laskin Road, which is one and the same with 31st Street down at the Oceanfront and also merges with Virginia Beach Boulevard at London Bridge.

The road was built in 1926 by a group of real estate developers from New York that included Jacob Laskin and his sons, Louis and Elmer, and their partner, Louis Siegal. They were among several entrepreneurs who took advantage of the real estate boom in the new resort town.

At first, Laskin Road was a private road the Laskins built to provide access to a new development ...

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