Long Island Motor Parkway
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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)
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Sep 27 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Speed Trials on the Long Island Motor Parkway
In addition to automobile racing and public use, other original purposes of the Long Island Motor Parkway included a location where manufacturer's could test their equipment and for enthusiasts to hold match races. (5 comments)
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Sep 13 2022
Phase III reconstruction has begun of the Motor Parkway in Queens from 199th Street to Springfield Boulevard
Lynn Henry of the Alley Pond Striders reports that construction of Phase II of "reconstruction" of the Motor Parkway on the Brooklyn-Queens Bike Path has begun. (3 comments)
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Aug 27 2022
Greg O’s Garage; The Country Estates of the Motor Parkway/Vanderbilt Cup Race Officials and Directors
A glimpse at some of the country estates and residences of the wealthy, well-known officials and directors of The Long Island Motor parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup races. (13 comments)
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Aug 09 2022
Flushing Post 12/22/2021:City Completes Revamp of Historic Stretch of Vanderbilt Motor Parkway in Alley Pond Park
I just found this 2021 article concerning the Motor Parkway section of the Brooklyn-Queens Bike Path. (0 comments)
