
The Long Island Motor Parkway
The first parkway built exclusively for the automobile and part of the courses for the 1908 to 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races
Unlike the first roads built for commerce and horses, the Long Island Motor Parkway was conceived from a sporting contest; the colorful, exciting and often dangerous Vanderbilt Cup Races
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Nov 04 2019
Mystery Foto #44 Solved: One-Acre Property Purchased by the Motor Parkway for a Borrow Pit
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Oct 29 2019
Kleiner’s Kolumn: Removal of the Central Avenue/LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge
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Oct 28 2019
Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1956 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West
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Oct 23 2019
Big Crowd Enjoyed “A Trip Back in Time” in Bethpage
Over 80 people attended the joint meeting of
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Oct 22 2019
How the Planned Route of the Long Island Motor Parkway Changed from the Initial 1906 Plan
The original 1906 plan for the Motor Parkway was
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Oct 19 2019
Bethpage Newsgram & Mid-Island Times: Vanderbilt Cup Races through Bethpage
Margaret Norris has reported on this Wednesday
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Oct 16 2019
Nassau County Department of Pubic Works Surveys and Maps: Closing the Motor Parkway
In a new Kleiner's Kolumn, Art Kleiner has
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Oct 08 2019
Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documenting the Ezekiel Smith Farmway Bridge in Melville Over Time
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Oct 07 2019
Mystery Foto #40 Solved: Pintail Elementary School in Levittown Built on the Motor Parkway
Columnist Art Kleiner challenged you to identify
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Oct 02 2019
Update: Pilgrim State Hospital Complex and the Motor Parkway in 1938
Responding to a comment from a former Brentwood