Long Island Motor Parkway
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Jun 04 2013
The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #10 Meadow Brook Lodge in Westbury
Going west to east, the ninth Motor Parkway toll collection structure was the Meadow Brook Lodge located west of Merrick Avenue in Westbury. (1 comments)
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Jun 03 2013
Mystery Foto #18 Solved: The Links Golf Club’s Private Entrance to the Long Island Motor Parkway
Queens historian and "Champion of the Motor Parkway" Robert Miller has provided this rare image of an entrance to the Long Island Motor Parkway. (26 comments)
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May 28 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #33: The “Roosevelt Field” Motor Parkway Bridge in Westbury
The 33rd bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the highway bridge that eventually connected Stewart Avenue to Roosevelt Field. (11 comments)
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May 27 2013
Mystery Foto #17 Solved: A 1924 Aerial of the Future Western Terminus in Fresh Meadows
Frank Femenias submitted this 1924 aerial of Fresh Meadows where the Western Terminus will be located off Nassau Boulevard (Horace Harding Boulevard) (10 comments)
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May 18 2013
In Search of the Grandstand, Press Box/Officials Stand and Pits in Levittown
From 1908 to 1910, the center of the auto racing world was a 200-yard strip of the Long Island Motor Parkway in the Hempstead Plains, now Levittown. (8 comments)
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May 13 2013
Mystery Foto #15 Solved: William K. Vanderbilt Jr. on the 1906 American Elimination Trial Course
The Mystery Friday Foto has been solved: It was Willie K driving his 1903 Mercedes at Krug's Corner in Mineola during the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race. (9 comments)
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May 07 2013
Mystery Foto #14 Solved: East Meadow/Westbury: Location for Six Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses
This 1949 aerial is looking north towards East Meadow (my childhood hometown) and Westbury. (6 comments)
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May 04 2013
School Project: The Black Beast and the Long Island Motor Parkway in Lake Success
Last month, I was contacted by four Great Neck South Middle School students requesting a film interview on the Long Island Motor Parkway. (7 comments)
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Apr 30 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #32: Clinton Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Garden City
The 32nd bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the two pillar Clinton Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Garden City. (2 comments)
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Apr 28 2013
Mystery Foto #13 Solved: The Birthplace of Gridlock- Springfield Boulevard and the Motor Parkway
The challenging Mystery Foto of the Long Island Motor Parkway submitted by Frank Femenias has been solved. (6 comments)
Really think the couple up on Jericho Tpke are the same couple that officially toured the LIMP 1958 - 1967. Could also…