Long Island Motor Parkway
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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)
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Feb 27 2021
Film of the Week: A Tour of Historic Lake Ronkonkoma
Lee Chambers has forwarded this 14-minute YouTube created in 2018 by the Town of Smithtown as part of their "Historic Smithtown" series. (5 comments)
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Feb 19 2021
Video of the Week: Long Island’s Hidden History: The Long Island Motor Parkway
As part of his Long Island Hidden History YouTube series, Christian Barba last month posted a 14-minute episode focusing on our favorite parkway. (4 comments)
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Feb 17 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: The Removal of the Clinton Road Motor Parkway Bridge
Following numerous accidents near the Clinton Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Garden City, village officials and Nassau County in 1938 agreed to dismantle the bridge and its abutments. (4 comments)
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Feb 15 2021
Mystery Foto #7 Solved: A 1932 View of Willie’s K’s Eagle Nest and Northport Harbor
Greg O. challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto. (10 comments)
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Feb 10 2021
1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #7: Bethpage Lodge
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 seventh of the series, these three photos feature the Bethpage lodge taken around 1960. (1 comments)
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Feb 09 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: The Land of the Motor Parkway Mineola Lodge (Kiosk)
The Motor Parkway and the Mineola Lodge, originally a ticket kiosk between 1910 and 1921, were on land originally owned by the Walkers-Peters and Luhrs families. Surveys here are from 1907 and are from the Motor Parkway Maps and Surveys collection and indicate the area purchased by the Motor Parkway. (12 comments)
