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Sep 18 2017
Mystery Foto #37 Solved: An Amazing Aerial of the Long Island Motor Parkway In Garden City

It was time for another amazing Mystery Foto.
Dec 11 2016
Sam & Dave’s Excellent “Lost” Motor Parkway Adventure III:General Manager’s Office

In the third post of the 2016 series, Sam & Dave explore the Long Island Motor Parkway General Manager's Office located in Garden City.
Aug 22 2016
Mystery Foto #34 Solved: Newly Opened Roosevelt Field Shopping Center on October 3, 1956

This weekend's Mystery Foto documented a familiar Long Island location.
Mar 01 2016
William A. Bellmer Article: “The Long Island Motor Parkway in Garden City”

For the January 2016 newsletter of the Garden City Eastern Property Owners Association, village historian William A. Bellmer wrote this article on the Motor Parkway.
Oct 15 2015
Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Adventure” VI: Garden City

On April 4, 2015, Dave Russo and his 10-year old son Sam experienced a one-day 38-mile bike tour on the Long Island Motor Parkway. In the sixth post of this series, Sammy and Dave explore the Long Island Motor Parkway in Garden City.
Aug 25 2014
Mystery Foto #82 Solved: Aerial View of Mitchel Field and Roosevelt Field on September 1, 1948

Frank Feminas challenged you to solve another Mystery Foto.
Jun 23 2014
Mystery Foto #73 Solved: A Spectacular 1933 Aerial of Hempstead and North Hempstead

Gary Hammond forwarded this amazing aerial for this weekend's Mystery Foto.
Jan 30 2014
Mystery Foto #53 Solved: Clinton Road, the Motor Parkway in Garden City and Curtiss Field Circa 1926

Milan G. Sharik, Jr. submitted this week's Mystery Foto...Another classic Long Island aerial.
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.
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.