Favorite Website: WikiMapia
WikiMapia is an online map and satellite imaging resource that combines Google Maps with a wiki system, allowing users to add information, in the form of a note, to any location on Earth. Here are some links to locations related to the Long Island Motor Parkway and Vanderbilt Cup Races
-Western Terminus of Long Island Motor Parkway, Fresh Meadows (1928-1938)
-73rd Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge, Fresh Madows
-Springfield Boulevard Motor Parkway Bridge
-Site of Rocky Hill Toll Lodge, Hollis Hills, Queens
-Deepdale Estate, Lake Success
-Old Courthouse Road Motor Parkway Bridge
-Motor Parkway Marker, Willis Avenue, Williston Park
-Site of Krug’s Korner Hotel, Mineola
-Site of Vanderbilt Cup Race Grandstand (1905)
-General Manager’s Office, Garden City
-Current Location of Garden City Lodge
-Site of Meadow Brook Lodge, Westbury
-Site of Vanderbilt Cup Race Grandstand, Westbury (1904 &1906)
-Hairpin Turn (1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race), Old Westbury
-Rosemary Hall, Old Westbury (Home of driver Foxhall Keene)
-Site of Locomobile Headquarters, Jericho
-Site of Vanderbilt Cup Race Grandstand, Levittown (1908-1910
-Site of Vanderbilt Cup Race Officials Stand/Press Box
-Site of Massapequa Toll Lodge
-Massapequa Turn (1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race)
-Site of Motor Parkway Ground-Breaking Ceremonies
-Remnants of Botto Farmway Motor Parkway Bridge, Bethpage
-Colyer Motor Parkway Bridge, Old Bethpage
-Site of Huntington Toll Lodge
-Idle Hour Estate, Oakdale (Willie K’s honeymoon location)
-Site of Petit Trianon Inn and Eastern Terminus, Lake Ronkonkoma
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
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