Tag: General Manager's Office
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Cradle of Aviation Archives: An amazing 1936 aerial of the Motor Parkway, Roosevelt Field and Roosevelt Raceway
Through the joint efforts of the Cradle of Aviation and VanderbiltCupRaces.com, treasures of Long Island history continue to be uncovered including this 1936 aerial.
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Dave’s “Excellent Day on the Motor Parkway in Garden City”
This time without his exploring partner Sammy, Dave Russo "went over to GC last week to check the status of one of the great LIMP remnant locations." Here is what he found walking east from Clinton Road to Ring Road.
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1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #4: Garden City
From 1958 to 1967, unidentified couple(s) documented their tours of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the fourth of this series, these seven photos feature our favorite parkway in Garden City.
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Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Motor Parkway Behind Stewart Field in Garden City
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto from the Cradle of Aviation Archives?
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Update: The Spring Meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society
Over 55 people attended Thursday's presentation on a rainy evening. Great discussions on the Motor Parkway and Garden City!
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Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #8 Garden City
In the eighth post of the series, the father and son team of Sammy and Dave Russo explored the Garden City section of the Motor Parkway.
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Then & Now: The First Long Island Offices of the Long Island Motor Parkway, Inc.
According to my favorite co-author Al Velocci, the first Long Island offices for the Motor Parkway was the Denton Building on the northwest corner of Old Country Road and Mineola Boulevard in Mineola.
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The Salvation Army Hotel Being Moved Down Clinton Road in Garden City in 1928
Garden City Village Historian Bill Bellmer has forwarded this 1928 aerial showing the same area as last Friday's Mystery Foto from the viewpoint looking north.
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Mystery Foto #32 Solved: Curtiss Engineering Corporation Garden City Complex Circa 1925
Author Richard Panchyk challenged you once again with another classic aerial.
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Mystery Foto #19 Solved: The Motor Parkway East of Clinton Road, Garden City in the 1950s
Brian McCarthy challenged you to solve another Motor Parkway Mystery Foto.
Thanks to Howard Kroplick and http://www.vanderbiltcup races.com for Keeping American Automotive Racing History & my…