Tag: Queens
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Nov 15 2016
Sam & Dave’s Excellent “Lost” Motor Parkway Adventure I: Clearview Expressway-Queens
On Saturday, March 12, 2016, Dave and his 11-year old son Sammy embarked on another bike adventure exploring lost and forgotten sections of the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Nov 08 2016
Raiders of Lost Underpass
Twenty-five members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society and Motor Parkway East met up for an unofficial exploration of the newly discovered Union Turnpike/Motor Parkway Pedestrian Underpass last Saturday.
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Nov 01 2016
The Union Turnpike/Long Island Motor Parkway Pedestrian Underpass
My favorite co-author Al Velocci found a 1929 blueprint showing plans for a pedestrian underpass under the Motor Parkway and Union Turnpike. It turns out that I had two construction plans of the proposed underpass in my survey files.
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Oct 31 2016
Update: Mystery Foto #44 Solved: The Hollis Court Boulevard Motor Parkway Bridge in 1940
Frank Femenias provided another Mystery Friday Foto of our favorite parkway.
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Oct 24 2016
Mystery Foto #43 Solved: A 1939 View of the Motor Parkway Western Terminus in Fresh Meadows
This weekend's Mystery Foto documented an important section of the Motor Parkway.
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Oct 18 2016
The Expansion of Union Turnpike and the Relocation of the Motor Parkway East of Winchester Boulevard
In 1928, New York State decided to widen Union Turnpike to make it a major east-west road in Queens. However, the planned expanded Union Turnpike just east of Winchester Boulevard was blocked by the Motor Parkway.
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May 14 2016
My Motor Parkway Series #2- David Lamm: Introduction and Chapter One
In the second of the "My Motor Parkway Story" series, David Lamm, assisted by his daughter Cassie Lamm, provides the introduction and chapter one of his "lifetime of exploration of his blacktop-paved love affair."
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Apr 04 2016
Mystery Foto #14 Solved: A Motor Parkway Sign at Queens Boulevard and Grand Avenue Circa 1928
Al Velocci challenged you this weekend to solve this Queens Mystery Foto.
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Mar 19 2016
District 23 to Vote on Resurfacing of the Motor Parkway Section of the Queens Greenway
Citizens who live in District 23 in Queens will soon have the opportunity to vote to allocate $500,000 to resurface the Motor Parkway section of the Queens Greenway.
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Jan 19 2016
Inside the Wheeler Farmway Bridge #1: 1990s, 2008 and 2016
Of the 60 Motor Parkway bridges documented on the website, one of the eight still standing bridges is unseen by 99.5% of the people who walk and ride on it- the Wheeler Farmway Bridge #1 in Queens. Three brave Motor Parkway buffs have ventured inside this virtually inaccessible bridge.
