Long Island Motor Parkway
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Mar 07 2023
Kleiner’s Korner: The Queensboro Bridge Connection to the Motor Parkway (Part 1)
The construction of the Queensboro Bridge (aka the Blackwell's Island Bridge, 59th Street Bridge and today named the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge)connecting Manhattan with Queens County offered numerous opportunities to expand NY's economy and provide additional leisure activities to millions of people. (13 comments)
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Jan 31 2023
Greg O’s Garage; ‘The Long Island Motor Parkway Watchman’s Cabin’ Blueprints
A blueprint has been found for the 'Watchman's Cabin'. (9 comments)
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Jan 21 2023
Greg O’s Garage: Newly discovered Motor Parkway remnants in Wheatley Heights
Newly uncovered Motor Parkway remnants were discovered near Bagatelle Road in Wheatley Heights. (15 comments)
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Jan 16 2023
Mystery Friday Foto #2 Solved: A surviving section of the Motor Parkway off Willis Avenue in Williston Park
Richard Panchyk challenged you to identify this weekend's mystery photo. (15 comments)
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Jan 03 2023
Kleiner’s Korner: “Automobile” Magazine’s 1907 Motor Parkway News
As the Motor Parkway was coming to fruition, "Automobile" Magazine updated its readership with news of its progress. (2 comments)
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Dec 21 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: The Velocci Papers Part 2 - The 1929 Proposal to Retrofit the Motor Parkway
Part 2 of the Velocci Papers details the plan proposed by a group of Long Islanders to reuse the Motor Parkway instead of building the Northern State Parkway. (6 comments)
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Dec 07 2022
Updated 12/7/2022: Then & Now: The Very Elusive Clody Farmway Bridge in the Melville Sand Pits
The sole remaining standing Motor Parkway bridge in Suffolk County is the elusive Clody Farmway Bridge in Melville. (25 comments)
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Dec 03 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: The Velocci Papers Part 1 - The Motor Parkway “National Advertising Mart”
Thanks to Al Velocci various documents pertaining to the Motor Parkway have become public. I term these the "Velocci Papers" with the first installment named "The National Advertising Mart". (4 comments)
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Nov 29 2022
Database of the 97 known Long Island Motor Parkway License Plates- Updated: 3/15/2024
Among the most sought-after pieces of Vanderbilia are the porcelain Motor Parkway license plates. From 1912 to 1937, an estimated 7,400 Long Island Motor Parkway license plates were manufactured including 6,700 regular plates and 700 golf club plates. (4 comments)
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Oct 03 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #40 Solved: A 1941 aerial over Hollis Hills, Queens
Did you identify this weekend's Mystery aerial? (9 comments)
