Vanderbilt Cup Races

Tag: Alley Pond

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  May 17 2012

  From the NYC Municipal Archives: Images from the Motor Parkway and the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race

  Last month the New York City Municipal Archives released a database of over 870,000 photos from their collection of 2.2 million images of New York throughout the 20th century. I found seven photos related to the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races.

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  Sep 08 2011

  Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #7 Wheeler Farmway Bridge #2 (Alley Pond)  in Queens

  When the 48 miles of the Motor Parkway were completed in 1926, a total of 65 bridges were built by William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his associates over and under the parkway. Most of the bridges were used to avoid intersections of major roads. However, many of the bridges were…





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