Tag: Newsday, Alco
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Feb 25 2024
Damianos Realty Group pays tribute to the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races
Over the last three years, this distinctive Hauppauge building at 150 Motor Parkway has undergone major capital improvements including a tribute to the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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May 09 2023
Update: Sad News: Steve Linden, collectible car expert, Classic Car Doctor columnist, dies at 65
The collectible car community has lost a good friend.
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Jan 11 2023
LongIsland.com: Crazy Facts About the Long Island Expressway
LongIsland.com has posted an article on crazy facts about the Long Island Expressway. I bet you didn't know the official three names for the LIE.
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Aug 03 2021
Newsday’s Big Apple Almanac: Willie K’s Speedway
In the 1990s a regular feature of the Sunday Newsday were the color illustrations of New York history by artist Patrick M. Reynolds. The September 3rd and 10th, 1990 issues featured these cartoons of the Motor Parkway and the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Oct 18 2020
Newsday: Soaring Success In 1939, Port Washington’s Place in Aviation History Took Off
John Hanc reports on Jennifer Robinson's grandfather's Port Washington photo collection in today's seven-page Newsday LIlife cover story.
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Oct 10 2020
Automobile Quarterly: The Mighty Alco- A History by Beverly Rae Kimes
The definitive article on Alcos was written by Beverley Rae Kimes in the 1973 Volume Number 2 issue of Automobile Quarterly.
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Apr 17 2020
Update on Gofundme campaign: Anthony J. Causi, beloved photographer,dies of COVID-19 at 48
It was with great sorrow today that I read sports photographer Anthony Causi died Sunday from COVID-19 at the age of 48.
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Jul 20 2019
Newsday, November 15, 1951: Motor Parkway Pioneered U.S. Auto Travel
Thirteen years after the Motor Parkway closed, Helen Dudar wrote this article on our favorite parkway for the November 15, 1951 issue of Newsday.
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Jul 05 2018
Newsday: Long Island historians come together to preserve region’s history
Nice photo of the Alco Black Beast published by Newsday from last Saturday's Long Island Historian Summit.
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Dec 08 2017
Newsday In The Garage: The 1963 Mustang III Concept Show Car
David Fluhrer profiled the Mustang III in today's Newsday In The Garage column.
Rollin’s granddaughter Betty King had this medal. She said she gave it to the National Inventors Hall of Fame Museum…