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  Jan 11 2020

  Kleiner’s Kolumn: Suffolk County Acquisition of the Long Island Motor Parkway

  In 1938, The Long Island Motor Parkway, Inc. deeded the roadway to Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties to use as they each saw fit. Recently obtained documents from the Suffolk County Dept. of Public Works (SCDPW) detail the agreement between William K.Vanderbilt, Jr. as President of the Corporation and the…

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  Oct 09 2018

  Updated: The 6th Annual “Motor Parkway Sunday Drive to Lake Ronkonkoma”  A Big Success

  Last Sunday's Motor Parkway Drive to commemorate the 110th Anniversary of the Long Island Motor Parkway was a great success.

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  Oct 02 2018

  Celebrate the 110th Anniversary of the Long Island Motor Parkway on Sunday, October 7, 2018

  Celebrate the 110th Anniversary of the Long Island Motor Parkway at the 6th Annual Motor Parkway Drive to Lake Ronkonkoma on Sunday, October 7, 2018.

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  Sep 24 2018

  Mystery Foto #38 Solved: 1938 Aerial of Ronkonkoma and the Long Island Motor Parkway

  Frank Femenias challenged you to identify this 1938 aerial courtesy of the University of Stony Brook.

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  Sep 12 2018

  Update #1: John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album: The Motor Parkway Near Ronkonkoma, Circa 1911

  Frank Giebfried of the Bayport Heritage Association has forwarded another gem from the John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album. The photo, documenting the "Motor Parkway near Ronkonkoma", was likely taken by Gladys Roosevelt, the daughter of John E. Roosevelt and the second cousin of President Teddy Roosevelt.

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  Oct 26 2017

  Hemmings: Ronkonkoma: the never-was speedway that could have brought Indianapolis-scale racing to LI

  With the assistance of VanderbiltCupRaces.com, Daniel Strohl of Hemmings Daily has written an article on the planned Ronkonkoma Motor Speedway.

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  Sep 28 2017

  Sam & Dave’s Excellent “Lost” Motor Parkway Adventure VI: Remnants of Petit Trianon

  In the fifth post of the "Lost" series, Dave Russo and his 11-year old son Sammy explore possible remnants of the Petit Trianon Inn in Lake Ronkonkoma.

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  Sep 12 2017

  Great Turnout to the Presentation on Ronkonkoma and the Motor Parkway in Holbrook

  It was a great turnout on Tuesday night at the Sachem Public Library with over 80 people attending a special presentation on the role of Lake Ronkonkoma and the Long Island Motor Parkway.

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  Aug 20 2017

  VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Planned Hempstead Plains Motor Parkway Speedway

  A recently discovered survey shows that in August 1909 a 5.5- mile Motor Parkway speedway loop was designed for the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown).

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  Aug 12 2017

  When Walter T. Shirley Was Selling the “Former Vanderbilt Estate” in Ronkonkoma Updated

  While researching the Ronkonkoma section of the Motor Parkway for my September 12th presentation, I came across this 1943 real estate ad selling quarter acres from the "former Vanderbilt Estate". Here is the story behind Long Island Acres owned by Walter T. Shirley.





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