Long Island Motor Parkway
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Apr 06 2021
1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #8: Melville and Half Hollows Hills
From 1958 to 1967, unidentified couple(s) documented tours of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the eight post of the series, these seven photos feature the parkway in Melville and Half Hollow Hills. (4 comments)
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Apr 03 2021
Kleiner’s Korner - “Speeders, Wrecks and Cows!” or A Day in the Life of Motor Parkway Officers Zinzi and Ericson
Beginning in 1924 the Motor Parkway employed its own personnel to act as police officers. Shown here is a log of incidents compiled by Officers Thomas Zinzi and Eric Ericson over a three week period in the summer of 1924. (14 comments)
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Mar 24 2021
Dave Russo re-explores a Bethpage section of the Motor Parkway
Dave Russo went back to one of his favorite Motor Parkway sections in Bethpage. Dave Russo: I had a free minute last week, decided to investigate a particular spot I had in mind in Bethpage just south of where we all met up that one day, just north of Sportime, just west of Route 135. I attached a little map of exactly where I was. You can see it definitely appears to have lots of LIMP fragments. Enjoy, Howard Kroplick (3 comments)
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Mar 23 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: And Now For Something Completely Different: Part 3 (Motor Parkway 1931 - 1940)
In the third part of this series you'll read about a dubious use of the parkway, an accident near Roslyn, a supposed "hanging" and more! (6 comments)
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Mar 17 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: And now for something completely different: Part 2 (Motor Parkway 1911 - 1930)
The second installment of this series includes robberies on the Motor Parkway, fires started by Motor Parkway motorists, a proposed extension to Sag Harbor, a full day of pleasure on the Motor Parkway Parkway for $5 and more. (7 comments)
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Mar 16 2021
Newsday LI Life: High Society -Where the elite on Long Island learned to fly
In a Newsday LI Life cover article, Lawrence Striegel last Sunday reported on the history of the Long Island Aviation Club for the article, Striegel interviewed Josh Stoff, Richard Sloan and me. VanderbiltCupRaces.com and the Motor Parkway even got shout-outs! (4 comments)
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Mar 10 2021
Hot Post Alert & Update: Beneath the shadow of wings: Mitchel Field and the Motor Parkway (1924-1948)
Author/historian Paul R. Martin III is working on the first ever comprehensive history of Long Island's Mitchel Field "Beneath The Shadow of Wings". The aerials from Paul's website have resulted in 37 Comments and 42 East Meadow Facebook Comments and counting. (43 comments)
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Mar 08 2021
Mystery Foto #10 Solved: A 1953 East Williston aerial from the Cradle of Aviation Archives
The Cradle of Aviation challenges you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto. (11 comments)
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Mar 03 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: And Now For Something Completely Different: Part 1 (Motor Parkway 1906 - 1910)
While researching posts for vanderbiltcupraces.com I often come across material that while not directly related to the topic I'm investigating, still contains interesting information. (8 comments)
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Mar 01 2021
Mystery Foto #9 Solved: The Intersection of Old Northern Boulevard and Northern Boulevard (circa 1950-1956)
Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto? (15 comments)
