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Oct 04 2012
Queens Greenway Clean-Way Day To Be Held on Saturday, October 20, 2012
The Father John J. Murray Knights of Columbus Council at American Martyrs Church and the NYC Partnership for Parks have announced another "Queens Greenway Clean-way Day" on the former Long Island Motor Parkway for Saturday, October 20, 2012. (0 comments)
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Oct 03 2012
LevittownPatch/Newsday:Hempstead Town Board Denies Crocus Lane Development Plan on the Motor Parkway
Before a standing-room group of residents and several members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society, the Town Board of Hempstead unanimously denied a petition to rezone a Levittown property for two-story 46-unit condos on the site of the Vanderbilt Cup Races' grandstands and press box from 1908 to… (7 comments)
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Oct 02 2012
Town of Hempstead Holding Hearing on Historic Motor Parkway Property on Wednesday
The Board of Appeals for the Town of Hempstead will be holding a public hearing on Wednesday concerning a petition from Crocus Lane Estates and Josato to rezone Levittown property on the former location of the Long Island Motor Parkway and Vanderbilt Cup Race grandstand and press box. (1 comments)
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Oct 01 2012
Newsday 1954 Article: “Motor Parkway ‘Ghosts’ Haunt Northern State”
Art Kleiner has forwarded a 1954 Newsday article on the two Motor Parkway bridges built in Lake Success by Robert Moses with the construction of the Northern State Parkway in 1931. The Motor Parkway bridge parallel to Lakeville Road is documented below. (4 comments)
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Sep 28 2012
Newsday: “Classic car coup: Rare autos on parade and on display in the park”
Newsday reported on the 3rd Annual Nassau County Cruise To The Show Parade, Car Show, & Music Fest to be held on Sunday. The Alco Black Beast will have the honor of being one of the cars leading the parade down Hempstead Turnpike beginning at Bethpage at 9:00 am.. (4 comments)
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Sep 27 2012
John Russell Pope’s Last Motor Parkway Commission in Garden City
William K. Vanderbilt Jr's favorite architect for the Motor Parkway was John Russell Pope, who designed the first six toll lodges and the Petit Trianon Inn. Pope's last Motor Parkway commission was to design a Garden City office building in 1912 to be built adjacent to the Garden City Lodge. (0 comments)
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Sep 25 2012
Video “Alco Black Beast Cruise from Roslyn to Tappen Beach in Glenwood Landing”
This 8-minute video documents the fire truck escort to the car show from the Waterfront at Roslyn to Tappen Beach in Glenwood Landing. (1 comments)
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Sep 24 2012
Levittown Tribune 1/16/2004: “The Motor Parkway and Questionable Real Estate Deals”
In the January 16, 2004 issue of he Levittown Tribune, Paul Manton provided this history of the property at the location of the grandstands and officials' box/press box for the 1908 to 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races. (1 comments)
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Sep 22 2012
The Island Now Article: “From vintage racing to town historian”
Reporter Richard Tedesco interviewed me last week concerning my position as Town Historian for North Hempstead. This article will be appearing in upcoming issues of the Great Neck News, Williston Times and New Hyde Park Herald Courier and online at The Island Now. (6 comments)
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Sep 20 2012
The Alco Black Beast and the White Speedster Featured in History Channel’s “Men Who Built America”
The History Channel has issued a trailer and press release on its new eight-hour mini-series "Men Who Built America" which begins on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 9:00 pm. (3 comments)
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The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…