Long Island Motor Parkway
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Feb 06 2021
Sad News: The Passing of Sam Berliner III
It is with great sadness that I inform you of the passing of Sam Berliner III- An original leading advocate for the Motor Parkway. (25 comments)
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Feb 02 2021
1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #6: Petit Trianon in Lake Ronkonkoma
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 sixth of the series, these photos feature the post-fire Petit Trianon located at the Eastern Terminus in Lake Ronkonkoma from 1958-1960. (5 comments)
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Feb 01 2021
Mystery Foto #5 Solved: A 1950 aerial over the Northern State Parkway from the Cradle of Aviation Archives
The Cradle of Aviation challenged you to solve this final Mystery Foto of the month. (17 comments)
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Jan 25 2021
Mystery Foto #4 Solved: A 1940 aerial of the Bethpage, the Grumman Airport and the Motor Parkway
Art Kleiner challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto. (9 comments)
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Jan 05 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: A Newspaperman’s Memorable Adventure On and Above the Motor Parkway in the 1920s
Sometime around 1920, newspaperman Thornton Fisher of The New York Evening World spent an exhilarating day in the air and on the ground racing on the Motor Parkway. Here is his illustrated account which appeared in the Evening World on March 23, 1921. (6 comments)
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Dec 26 2020
1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #3: New Hyde Park & Searingtown
From 1958 to 1967, an unidentified couple documented their tour of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the third of this series, these five photos feature our favorite parkway in New Hyde Park & Searingtown. (6 comments)
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Dec 22 2020
1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #2: Lake Success
From 1958 to 1967, an unidentified couple documented their tour of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the second of this series, these nine photos feature our favorite parkway in Lake Success. (3 comments)
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Dec 21 2020
Mystery Foto #51 Solved: The Garden City Lodge on the move on March 11, 1989
Al Velocci challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (28 comments)
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Dec 19 2020
1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #1: Queens
From 1958 to 1967, an unidentified couple documented their tour of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the first of a new series, these ten photos feature our favorite parkway in Queens taken around 1958. (12 comments)
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Dec 14 2020
Mystery Foto #50 Solved: William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. on the Long Island Motor Parkway
Did you solve this weekend's historic Mystery Foto? (15 comments)
