Long Island Motor Parkway
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May 05 2011
Update #3: Damage to the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge
As reported over the last five months on VanderbiltCupRaces.com, the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge was subjected last year to dumping of debris and an attack by graffiti vandals. I am pleased to report that some progress is being made in the clean-up of the area surrounding the… (2 comments)
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May 04 2011
Art Kleiner’s Exploration #2: The Motor Parkway East of Bagatelle Road in Dix Hills
One of the current bravest explorers of the Long Island Motor Parkway is Art Kleiner. There is not a forest, thorn patch or hill that will stop Art from finding remnants of the Motor Parkway. Here are his recent findings from trips near Bagatelle Road in the area known as… (0 comments)
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Apr 27 2011
Then & Now: Central Park (Bethpage)
It was a great turnout last night at the Bethpage Public Library. A total of 73 people attended the presentation "The Motor Parkway, Vanderbilt Cup Races and Central Park" hosted by the library and the Central Park Historical Association. Here are five "Then & Now" images from the presentation.
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Apr 26 2011
Help Solve the Motor Parkway Mysteries of Central Park
The Central Park Historical Society and the Bethpage Public Library will be co-sponsoring a presentation The Long Island Motor Parkway, the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race and Central Park" tonight beginning at 7:30 PM.
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Apr 21 2011
Art Kleiner’s Exploration #1: The Motor Parkway near Colonial Springs Road in Wheatley Heights
Art Kleiner, a member of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society, is one of the best chroniclers of our favorite historic road. In November 2010, Art explored and found remnants of the Motor Parkway near Colonial Springs Road in Wheatley Heights. Here is a summary of his findings posted… (2 comments)
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Apr 18 2011
Then & Now: The “Meadowbrook” Motor Parkway Bridge in East Meadow
One of the first bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway was captured in a 1939 aerial view in last Sunday's post. Here's a Then & Now of the curved "Meadowbrook Bridge" in East Meadow built for the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race:
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Apr 14 2011
Update #2: Damage to the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge
As reported over the last four months on VanderbiltCupRaces.com, the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge had been subjected to dumping of debris and an attack by graffiti vandals last year. Here's the latest update on the cleanup and restoration of one of only two existing Motor Parkway bridges… (5 comments)
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Apr 11 2011
Insight Into Long Island Motor Parkway License Plates
Noel Gish (President, Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum Board of Trustees): "Regarding the ALPCA meeting: How many Long Island Motor Parkway license plates were issued to the public? Does anyone have a “guesstimate” of the total? Who has the license plate number 1? Does it exist in a collection somewhere ?… (2 comments)
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Apr 07 2011
Central Park Historical Society Press Release: April Presentation on the Long Island Motor Parkway
The Central Park Historical Society has issued a press release concerning its program at the Bethpage Public Library on April 27, 2011 beginning at 7:30 pm:
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Apr 05 2011
The Story of the “Four” Brentwood Toll Lodges (1911-1934)
A few days ago, a wise gentleman asked me how come the last "Brentwood" Lodge was not located in Brentwood and why was it was described last week as the "last" one? Excellent questions that were answered by my favorite co-author Al Velocci's in his solo book 'The Toll… (3 comments)
Really think the couple up on Jericho Tpke are the same couple that officially toured the LIMP 1958 - 1967. Could also…