Tag: Rocky Hill Lodge
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The 1930’s decline of the Motor Parkway
The early 1930's were the beginning of the end for the Motor Parkway.
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Mystery Friday Foto #40 Solved: A 1941 aerial over Hollis Hills, Queens
Did you identify this weekend's Mystery aerial?
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Walking the “reconstructed” Motor Parkway from Springfield Boulevard to Winchester Boulevard in Queens
It was a beautiful day to take a walk on one of my favorite sections of the Motor Parkway. Here are views of the "reconstructed" road and four of the new historic markers.
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1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #1: Queens
From 1958 to 1967, an unidentified couple documented their tour of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the first of a new series, these ten photos feature our favorite parkway in Queens taken around 1958.
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Mystery Foto #43 Solved: A 1996 of the Entrance and Exit Ramps to Springfield Boulevard at the Rocky Hill Lodge Site
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to solve this Mystery Motor Parkway Foto.
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Sam Berliner III: A 1970 Walking Tour of the Motor Parkway in Queens
Sam Berliner III continues to restore his amazing Motor Parkway website. A highlight of his restored LIMP History Page is a set of Queens Motor Parkway photos taken by J.J. Conroy of Sea Cliff around1970.
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Malverne Treasure #5: Survey of “Toll Box” and Entrance/Exit Lanes at Rocky Hill Road (April 1914)
Over 200 Long Island Motor Parkway surveys, maps, blueprints, documents and drawings discovered by Roy Knoernschild in a Malverne basement in February 2017 are being categorized, repaired and scanned. This April 1914 Motor Parkway survey documented the then Western Terminus at Rocky Hill Road, Queens (Springfield Boulevard).
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Updated: My Favorite Queens Motor Parkway Images for the New York City Parks Department
New York City Parks Department is hoping to develop new historic markers along the Brooklyn-Queens Greenway and has asked for my assistance. Here are a some of my favorite Queens Motor Parkway images.
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Mystery Foto #52 Solved: A Plan for the Adelphi Academy Bordering on the Motor Parkway
Art Kleiner provided a very tough challenge for the final Mystery Foto of 2017.
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Malverne Treasure #3: Plan Showing the Entrances to the Motor Parkway at Rocky Hill Road
Over 200 Long Island Motor Parkway surveys, maps, blueprints, documents and drawings discovered by Roy Knoernschild in a Malverne basement in February 2017 are being categorized, repaired and scanned. This 1924 Motor Parkway survey documented the Rocky Hill Road Bridge, the two entrances and the Rocky Hill Lodge.
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