Long Island Motor Parkway
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Jan 13 2020
Mystery Foto #2 Solved: The New Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge Abutment
My favorite co-author Al Velocci needed your assistance identifying this currently unknown Motor Parkway bridge abutment. It came from the same folder that held a 1956 view of Levittown (Mystery Foto #43). (26 comments)
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Jan 01 2020
The Top Thirty 2019 Posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com
In celebration of the New Year and VanderbiltCupRaces.com and being honored by the Society of Automotive Historians, here is a list of my top 30 posts of 2019. (0 comments)
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Dec 27 2019
The Garden City News: Village lease to add parking at Stewart athletic fields
Cyril Smith has forwarded this week's article on the Village of Garden City's plans for the Motor Parkway section west of Raymond Court. (1 comments)
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Dec 25 2019
Kleiner’s Kolumn: Update on the Nassau County Motor Parkway Trail at Eisenhower Park
Update: Work has recently started on the next phase of The Motor Parkway Trail along Old Country Road and Salisbury Park Drive in Westbury. (14 comments)
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Dec 18 2019
Kleiner’s Kolumn: Part I-Mapping the Motor Parkway, Mitchel Field & Mitchel Gardens
Recently received documents from the Nassau County Dept. of Public Works (NCDPW) highlight the Motor Parkway and Mitchel Field in Garden City. (12 comments)
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Dec 14 2019
Kleiner’s Kolumn: The Long Island Motor Parkway in Maps (Part III)
Part III of the map series provides a further look at the Motor Parkway as depicted on various types of maps. (14 comments)
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Dec 05 2019
Kleiner’s Kolumn: The Long Island Motor Parkway in Maps (Part II)
Part II of my map series displays maps that were used for what I call specific purposes and generally not for touring. (19 comments)
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Dec 03 2019
Helck Family Collection: Long Island Motor Parkway Inc. $1,000 Four Per Cent Gold Bond
In 1906 William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his business associates raised $2 million ($57 million today) in stock to build the Motor Parkway. Eventually, more than $6 million ($171 million today) was raised including $1 million in 4% interest gold bonds. (2 comments)
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Nov 26 2019
Kleiner’s Kolumn: The Long Island Motor Parkway in Maps (Part I)
As a follow up to the November 20, 2019 post showing the Motor Parkway on a 1927 map, here a number of other maps I've collected and/or saved from various newspapers including the The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Brooklyn Life and The New York Times. (17 comments)
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Nov 25 2019
Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify the location of this section of the Motor Parkway which he photographed in 1995. (15 comments)
