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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Aug 18
2013
Planning, July 2013 “A Roadway Evolves-The Long Island Motor Parkway”
The July 2013 issue of Planning featured an…
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Aug 13
2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #36:The Stewart Avenue Bridge in East Meadow Updated:2/18/16
The 36th bridge in the series documenting the 60…
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Aug 10
2013
Anatomy of a 1907 Motor Parkway Cartoon
By late 1907, the route of the Long Island Motor…
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Aug 07
2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #35: The “Meadowbrook” Bridge in East Meadow
The 35th bridge in the series documenting the 60…
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Jul 23
2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #34: The Merrick Avenue Bridge in Westbury/East Meadow
The 34th bridge in the series documenting the 60…
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Jul 22
2013
Mystery Foto #25 Solved: Salisbury Park Drive in East Meadow/Salisbury in the 1940s and Much More
My favorite co-author Al Velocci submitted this…
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Jul 17
2013
A New View of the Great Neck Lodge in Lakeville (Lake Success) Circa 1911
This is a high-resolution view of the Great Neck…
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Jul 16
2013
Mystery Foto #24 Solved: The Commack Spur of the Long Island Motor Parkway- Updated 1/30/16
Frank Feminas offered last week's Mystery Foto…
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Jul 01
2013
Mystery Foto #22 Solved: 1938 Aerial of East Williston, Mineola & Carle Place
Greg, one of our champion solvers, submitted last…
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Jun 18
2013
Even More Information on the Links Golf Club in Searingtown
As a follow-up to the June 3, 2013 Mystery Foto…
