Tag: Sam & Dave's 2019 Vanderbilt Day
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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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Sammy & Dave’s “Excellent 2020 Vanderbilt Day”: Scouting the South Side of Westbury Avenue in Mineola/Carle Place
Not surprisingly, the planned 2020 adventures of Sammy and Dave Russo, our favorite Motor Parkway son and father exploring team, have been suspended. However, Dave Russo was able to scout out this Motor Parkway location for future exploration...hopefully this year.
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Sammy & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #13 Melville
In the final of the 13 posts of the 2019 series and in preparation for Vanderbilt Day 2020, the father and son team of Sammy and Dave Russo explore the section of the Motor Parkway in Melville.
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Mystery Foto #2 Solved: The New Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge Abutment
My favorite co-author Al Velocci needed your assistance identifying this currently unknown Motor Parkway bridge abutment. It came from the same folder that held a 1956 view of Levittown (Mystery Foto #43).
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Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documenting the Motor Parkway in Relation to the Seaford-Oyster Bay Expressway
Columnist Art Kleiner has researched the Motor Parkway in Bethpage with FOIL request to the New York State Department of Transportation. These results will be highlighted at a special meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society and the Central Park Historical Society on Wednesday, October 23, 2019.
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Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #12 Bethpage #3
In the 12th post of the series, the father and son team of Sammy and Dave Russo explore the section of the Motor Parkway in Bethpage State Park and the Old Bethpage Village Restoration.
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Field Trip to Explore the Bethpage Section of the Motor Parkway This Saturday Morning
Inspired by Sammy & Dave Russo's exploration of the Bethpage section of our favorite historic parkway, the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society has joined forces with the Central Park Historical Society to organize a field trip at 10:00 am this Saturday.
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Update: Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #11 Bethpage #2
In the 11th post of the series, the father and son team of Sammy and Dave Russo explore the section of the Motor Parkway north of Deadman's Curve in Bethpage. Our favorite exploration team provide a video of road remnants that may be the Motor Parkway.
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Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #10 Bethpage #1
In the tenth post of the series, the father and son team of Sammy and Dave Russo explored one of the favorite sections of the Motor Parkway around Deadman's Curve in Bethpage.
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Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #9 East Meadow and Levittown
In the ninth post of the series, the father and son team of Sammy and Dave Russo explored the Motor Parkway section of my childhood hometowns East Meadow and Levittown.
The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…