Index for the Long Island Motor Parkway
Below is an index to the Long Island Motor Parkway posts placed on VanderbiltCupRaces.com Updated 3/01/2010:
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?
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Then and Now
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
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Motor Parkway-Queens
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 Planned Fresh Meadows Motor Parkway Western Terminus in 1912
The Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Over Little Neck Parkway
The Proposed Motor Parkway Monorail
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
The Four-Lane Motor Parkway and a 1924 Aerial View of Queens
Hit One Over the Motor Parkway Bridge!
A Rare Photo of the North Hempstead Turnpike LIMP Bridge
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 Bridges of the Motor Parkway: The Wheeler Farmway Bridge in Queens
Current Views of the Motor Parkway in Queens County
_______________________________________________________Motor Parkway-Nassau County
A Nassau County Tour of the Long Island Motor Parkway
A Postcard from a Motor Parkway Worker
The Vanderbilt Cup Race Grandstand in Levittown
The Motor Parkway Bridges Over the Northern State Parkway
The Great Neck Lodge in Lake Success
A Postcard View from a Motor Parkway Bridge
Charles Lindbergh and the Motor Parkway in 1927
Keystone Bombers Over the Long Island Motor Parkway
The Motor Parkway Around Roosevelt Field
Historic Motor Parkway Sites in Bethpage
Entrance to the Meadow Brook Lodge from Merrick Avenue
The Motor Parkway Bridge Under Old Country Road, Mineola
The Bethpage Toll Lodge (1908-1960)
The Two Deadman’s Curves in Bethpage (Central Park)
The Parkway Behind the Stewart School in Garden City
The LIMP Bridge over Stewart Avenue in BethpageThe Mineola Lodge and the Long Island Motor Parkway
The LIMP Bridge over Willis Avenue
Views of the Motor Parkway in the Hempstead Plains
Historic Views of Roosevelt Field, the Motor Parkway and Lindbergh’s Takeoff
The Vanderbilt Cup Races, LIMP and LILCO
________________________________________________________Motor Parkway-Suffolk County
A Suffolk County Tour 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
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 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
__________________________________________________________Bridges
The Vanderbilt Cup Race Bridges
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 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
_____________________________________________________________Preservation
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)
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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”
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
_____________________________________________________________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
___________________________________________________________Websites and Links
Sam Berliner’s Long Island Motor Parkway Website
____________________________________________________________Book The Long Island Motor Parkway
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
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____________________________________________________________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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The 128-page book by Howard Kroplick, a researcher and lecturer on the races, contains rare images of the races from the archives of major museums, libraries and private collectors. The book Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island will be available from Arcadia Publishing in March 2008.
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