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Travis, Staten Island: City Living with a small town feel

Follow Staten Island's Victory Boulevard all the way west and you'll come upon Travis, a small residential community whose history, friendliness and striking natural environment make it unlike anywhere else in the city.

Until 1930, the town was known as Linoleumville as it was home to the American Linoleum Company, the first factory of its kind in the nation and the first address to use electricity...

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