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Tag: Sam Berliner Iii

Jan 16 2023
Mystery Friday Foto #2 Solved: A surviving section of the Motor Parkway off Willis Avenue in Williston Park

Richard Panchyk challenged you to identify this weekend's mystery photo.
Feb 06 2021
Sad News: The Passing of Sam Berliner III

It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing of Sam Berliner III- An original leading advocate for the Motor Parkway.
Sep 09 2020
In Search of Aline Rhonie’s Mural “The Pre-Lindbergh ERA of Flying on Long Island” First Installed in Roosevelt Field

Al Velocci, Sam Berliner III and Gary Hammond are having a wonderful discussion of a historic aviation mural. Of course, I was compelled to search for more information of this painting and its artist.
Aug 04 2020
Update: Greg O’s Discovery: Then & Now- The Hidden Section Of the Motor Parkway in Cunningham Park, Queens

Dee and Greg Oreiro last April decided to duplicate the 1970 Queens walking tour of J.J. Conroy. Fifty years after Conroy's tour, Dee and Greg rediscovered a hidden section of the Motor Parkway.
Jun 19 2020
Open Discussion: Powerhouse Road

As requested by Sam Berliner III and my favorite co-author Al Velocci, here is an open discussion on Powerhouse Road.
Nov 05 2019
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.
Jul 22 2017
New Photo Discovery: The Eastern Embankment of the Willis Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge

Bob Valentine, a long-time resident of Williston Park and a member of American Legion Post 144, has discovered two 1946 ground-breaking photos of the American Legion hall on Willis Avenue. The photos from the American Legion archives show the eastern embankment of the Willis Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge.
Jun 21 2016
Translation: December 1906 Les Sports Modernes: The Vanderbilt Cup in America

Professor Pau Medrano Bigas, Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Barcelona, has forwarded an article on the Vanderbilt Cup Race from a December 1906 French magazine Les Sportes Modernes. Sam Berliner III has provided its English translation.
May 28 2016
1942-1943 Topographical Maps of the Long Island Motor Parkway

Sam Berliner III has updated the Motor Parkway maps on his wonderful website. Here is a set of relevant 1942-1943 U.S. Army/U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Topographical Quadrant Maps.
May 18 2016
My Motor Parkway Story #3: Bob Valentine and the Williston Park Historic Marker

In the third of the My Motor Parkway Story series, Bob Valentine, assisted by his wife Ruth, provides the background behind the Motor Parkway historic marker located on Willis Avenue in Williston Park.