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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Mystery Foto #32 Solved: A 1950 Image of the Motor Parkway Looking West to the LILCO Gas Tank
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Aug 12
2017
When Walter T. Shirley Was Selling the “Former Vanderbilt Estate” in Ronkonkoma Updated
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Jul 31
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Mystery Foto #30 Solved: Motor Parkway Remnants Between Russell Road and Pell Terrace in Garden City
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Jul 28
2017
Malverne Treasure #2: A Proposed Footbridge and Subway in Albertson/Williston Park
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Jul 25
2017
Malverne Treasure #1: A Letter from William K. Vanderbilt, Jr.
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Jul 24
2017
Mystery Foto #29 Solved: An Amazing Aerial of the Open-Air Roosevelt Field Center Circa 1961
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Jul 22
2017
New Photo Discovery: The Eastern Embankment of the Willis Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge
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Jul 10
2017
Mystery Foto #27 Solved:Massapequa-Hicksville Road Bridge During the 1909 One-Gallon Efficiency Test
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Jun 29
2017
Mystery Foto #25 Solved: The Westbury Road Motor Parkway Bridge in East Meadow in 1908 Updated: 6/29
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Jun 27
2017
Renovations to the Wheatley Hills Golf Club Uncover the Motor Parkway in East Williston
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