Long Island Motor Parkway
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Sep 30 2013
Mystery Foto #35 Solved:Williston Park/East Williston/Albertson Section of the Motor Parkway in 1938
Master Mystery Foto detective Greg Oreiro has submitted this Mystery Foto aerial of a section of the Long Island Motor Parkway. (8 comments)
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Sep 23 2013
Mystery Foto #34 Solved: The Sayville Automobile Club in Front of the Kensington Hotel in Sayville
Kathy Curran, Executive Director of the Suffolk County Historical Society, submitted this previously unpublished photo of a car club dated June 20, 1911. (8 comments)
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Sep 21 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #37: Carman Avenue Highway Bridge in East Meadow
The 37th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Carman Avenue Bridge in my childhood hometown East Meadow. It is classified as a highway bridge since Carman Avenue was over the Motor Parkway. (3 comments)
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Sep 14 2013
Then & Now: The Motor Parkway Railroad Station on the “Hempstead Extension (Spur)” Part I
Dick Makse has forwarded this photo of a Long Island Railroad cash fare receipt dated from 1915 to 1916. (5 comments)
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Sep 10 2013
Mystery Foto #32 Solved: Carman Avenue Bridge in East Meadow During the Opening of the Motor Parkway
This week's Mystery Foto is one of my favorite images of racing on the Long Island Motor Parkway. (11 comments)
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Aug 19 2013
Mystery Foto #29 Solved: The Long Island Aviation Country Club in Hicksville (Later Levittown)
Master detective Greg Oreiro has submitted this week's Mystery Foto. (5 comments)
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Aug 18 2013
Planning, July 2013 “A Roadway Evolves-The Long Island Motor Parkway”
The July 2013 issue of Planning featured an article by landscape architect Chris Tramutola on the Long Island Motor Parkway and the plans for the Motor Parkway Trail. (2 comments)
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Aug 13 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #36:The Stewart Avenue Bridge in East Meadow Updated:2/18/16
The 36th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Stewart Avenue Bridge in East Meadow. (9 comments)
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Aug 10 2013
Anatomy of a 1907 Motor Parkway Cartoon
By late 1907, the route of the Long Island Motor Parkway became public. In September 1907, the trade magazine Automobile Topics published this cartoon addressing; "How the Motor Parkway Became Kinky." (2 comments)
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Aug 07 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #35: The “Meadowbrook” Bridge in East Meadow
The 35th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the "Meadowbrook" parkway bridge over Newbridge Avenue (Bellmore Road) in East Meadow. (1 comments)
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