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Index: Long Island Motor Parkway

posted on Tuesday, October 20 2009 by Howard Kroplick

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Below is an index to the Long Island Motor Parkway posts placed on VanderbiltCupRaces.com Updated 7/05/2010:



Motor Parkway-General

The Pioneering Road Features of the Long Island Motor Parkway

Speakers at the 1908 Motor Parkway Ground-Breaking

The Ground-Breaking Ceremony for the Long Island Motor Parkway- June 6, 1908

Article “Car Island: The Intersection of Automobile and Long Island History”


Motor Parkway Today

Today: Motor Parkway and Vanderbilt Cup Race Course Scenes

Opportunity to Provide Input on the Motor Parkway Trailway

The Long Island Motor Parkway Trailway Update

Original Survey Maps of the Long Island Motor Parkway Discovered!

Garden City News “Quest Students are History Detectives”

Aerial View of the LIMP: Follow the yellow-lined path

The Stimulus Bill and the Motor Parkway

A Nassau County Tour of the Long Island Motor Parkway

A Queens Tour of the Long Island Motor Parkway

Newsday Publishes Special Pullout on the Long Island Motor Parkway: October 20, 2008

New York Times Article “First Auto Parkway: From Road to Ruin”, October 12,2008

New York Times slide show "From Road to Ruin"

Queens Chronicle reports “Land Grab” along the Long Island Motor Parkway

City to warn Oakland Gardens homes that encroach on Long Island Motor Parkway

The Lost Bridge of the Motor Parkway: The Wheeler Farmway Bridge in Queens

Views of the Motor Parkway in the Hempstead Plains

Current Views of the Motor Parkway in Queens County

How much of the Long Island Motor Parkway still exists?


Motor Parkway: Then and Now

Then and Now: Potential Nassau Historical Markers on the Motor Parkway Trail

Then and Now: The Long Island Aviation Country Club on the Motor Parkway

Then and Now: The Motor Parkway Office/General Manager’s Home in Garden City

Then and Now: The Great Neck Lodge in Lake Success

The Motor Parkway Around Roosevelt Field


Motor Parkway-Queens

General

A Queens Tour of the Long Island Motor Parkway

Video “The Queens Motor Parkway Bike Path”

The New NYC Parks & Recreation Motor Parkway Historical Marker in Queens

The Proposed Motor Parkway Monorail

Queens Chronicle reports “Land Grab” along the Long Island Motor Parkway

City to warn Oakland Gardens homes that encroach on Long Island Motor Parkway

Current Views of the Motor Parkway in Queens County

New Motor Parkway Signage

The Four-Lane Motor Parkway and a 1924 Aerial View of Queens

The Treasure Hunt Continues

The Lost Bridges of the Motor Parkway: The Wheeler Farmway Bridge in Queens


Fresh Meadows

The Long Island Motor Parkway Survey Index: Fresh Meadows- The Western Terminus

The Planned Fresh Meadows Motor Parkway Western Terminus in 1912

In search of the Nassau Boulevard Toll Booth

The opening of the Motor Parkway Bilke Path

A Fresh Meadows view of the western LIMP terminus

Hit One Over the Motor Parkway Bridge!

A Rare Photo of the North Hempstead Turnpike LIMP Bridge


Hollis Hills

The Motor Parkway in Hollis Hills, Queens

Aerials of the Motor Parkway in Hollis Hills, Queens


Little Neck

The Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Over Little Neck Parkway


Motor Parkway-Nassau County

General

A Nassau County Tour of the Long Island Motor Parkway

A Postcard from a Motor Parkway Worker

The Vanderbilt Cup Races, LIMP and LILCO

Amazing Photos from the Archives of the Nassau County Division of Museum Services


Lake Success

The Motor Parkway Bridges Over the Northern State Parkway

The Great Neck Lodge in Lake Success

The Northern State Motor Parkway Bridge in Lake Success


Williston Park

The LIMP Bridge over Willis Avenue


East Williston

The Bridge over Roslyn Road


Mineola

The Motor Parkway Bridge Under Old Country Road, Mineola

The Mineola Lodge and the Long Island Motor Parkway


Garden City

Charles Lindbergh and the Motor Parkway in 1927

Keystone Bombers Over the Long Island Motor Parkway

The Motor Parkway Around Roosevelt Field

The Parkway Behind the Stewart School in Garden City

Historic Views of Roosevelt Field, the Motor Parkway and Lindbergh’s Takeoff

The Motor Parkway Weathervane

Rare 1930s Photos of Two Motor Parkway Bridge Accidents

Stewart School Blog “The Long Island Motor Parkway: Garden City’s Hidden History ”

The Day the Garden City Lodge Moved- March 19, 1989


Westbury and East Meadow

Entrance to the Meadow Brook Lodge from Merrick Avenue


Levittown

The Vanderbilt Cup Race Grandstand in Levittown

Views of the Motor Parkway in the Hempstead Plains

Then and Now: The Long Island Aviation Country Club on the Motor Parkway


Bethpage

A Postcard View from a Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge

Historic Motor Parkway Sites in Bethpage

The Motor Parkway House

The Bethpage Toll Lodge (1908-1960)

The Two Deadman’s Curves in Bethpage (Central Park)

The LIMP Bridge over Stewart Avenue in Bethpage

Rare 1930s Photos of Two Motor Parkway Bridge Accidents


Motor Parkway-Suffolk County

A Suffolk County Map of the Motor Parkway

1951 Aerial View of LIMP Right-Of-Way and Edith P’s Home in Melville

The LIMP Bridge over Broad Hollow Road in Melville

Long Island Motor Parkway Mystery Photo

A Motor Parkway Sign in Suffolk County

Then and Now: Petit Trianon

The Motor Parkway’s Petit Trianon at Lake Ronkonkoma


Toll Lodges

The 20 Toll Collection Structures of the Motor Parkway

16 Photos of Motor Parkway Lodges, Gates, Kiosks and Entrances/Exits

The Mystery of the “Deer Park Lodge”

The Great Neck Lodge in Lake Success

Entrance to the Meadow Brook Lodge from Merrick Avenue

In search of the Nassau Boulevard Toll Booth

The Toll Kiosks of the Motor Parkway

The Ronkonkoma Lodge in 1930

The Bethpage Toll Lodge (1908-1960)

The Prototype for the LIMP Toll Lodges?

The Mineola Lodge and the Long Island Motor Parkway

The Motor Parkway Tollgate Inns That Were Never Built

From the Pardington Papers: Original Parkway Names and Toll Gate Locations

The Day the Garden City Lodge Moved- March 19, 1989


Bridges

The Vanderbilt Cup Race Bridges

Rare 1930s Photos of Two Motor Parkway Bridge Accidents

The Motor Parkway Bridges Over the Northern State Parkway

The Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Over Little Neck Parkway

A Postcard View from a Motor Parkway Bridge

The LIMP Bridge over Broad Hollow Road in Melville

The Elusive Bridges of the Motor Parkway

The Bridge over Roslyn Road

The Motor Parkway Bridge Under Old Country Road, Mineola

The Four-Lane Motor Parkway and a 1924 Aerial View of Queens

Hit One Over the Motor Parkway Bridge!

The LIMP Bridge over Stewart Avenue in Bethpage

The LIMP Bridge over Willis Avenue

The Lost Bridge of the Motor Parkway: The Wheeler Farmway Bridge in Queens

The Northern State Motor Parkway Bridge in Lake Success


Preservation & History

Then and Now: Potential Nassau Historical Markers on the Motor Parkway Trail

Motor Parkway Trailway Update

Long Island Business News Article “Hope for the Vanderbilt”

The Long Island Motor Parkway Trailway Update

Motor Parkway Makes News (NY Times 4/04/2008)

From the Pardington Papers: Original Parkway Names and Toll Gate Locations


Articles

Article “The License Plates of the Vanderbilt Long Island Motor Parkway”

NY Times “How the Indianapolis Brickyard Fell Into Place”

Newsday Publishes Special Pullout on the Long Island Motor Parkway: October 20, 2008

New York Times Article “First Auto Parkway: From Road to Ruin”, October 12,2008

Long Island Motor Parkway Featured in August Model A News


Films and Videos

Video “The Queens Motor Parkway Bike Path”

A.R. Pardington on film

The First "E-Z" Passes- The Plates of the Motor Parkway

Howard Kroplick Interview "The Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Long Island Motor Parkway"

The Long Island Motor Parkway:100 Years Later

The Long Island Motor Parkway with Robert Miller

2008 Suffolk County Celebration of the Long Island Motor Parkway

New York Times slide show "From Road to Ruin"


Events and Celebrations

2008 Suffolk County Celebration of the Long Island Motor Parkway

Motor Parkway License Plates

Matching a Motor Parkway License Plate to Its Original Owner

Article “The License Plates of the Vanderbilt Long Island Motor Parkway”

Film- The First “E-Z” Passes- The Porcelain Plates of the Motor Parkway

The first “E-Z” pass-Another Motor Parkway pioneering innovation

The Long Island Motor Parkway Porcelain Plates

The First "E-Z" Passes- The Plates of the Motor Parkway

Original Artwork “E-Z-Pass #1”

Favorite Website: Porcelainplates.net-Motor Parkway License Plates


Websites and Links

Sam Berliner’s Long Island Motor Parkway Website


Book The Long Island Motor Parkway

“The Long Island Motor Parkway” & “Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island” Sell Out

Radio Interview with Howard Kroplick on “The Long Island Motor Parkway”

Large Crowd Attends Book-Signing

Arcadia Publishing Issues a Press Release on “The Long Island Motor Parkway”

Arcadia Publishing Announces a New Long Island Motor Parkway Book

New Book from Howard Kroplick and Al Velocci


Vanderbilt Cup Races

Vanderbilt Cup Races



Long Island Motor Parkway Panel

Join the Long Island Motor Parkway Panel



Favorite Websites

Links to Favorite Websites on the Vanderbilt Cup Races and Motor Parkway


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