Long Island Motor Parkway
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Nov 20 2019
1927 Map Showing the Long Island Motor Parkway and Proposed Highways & Parkways East of Queens
In August 1927, New York Governor Alfred E. Smith requested that his Cabinet's Committee on Public Improvements develop a map of the proposed highways and parkways in Nassau County and Western Suffolk County. The map also featured the Long Island Motor Parkway. (3 comments)
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Nov 19 2019
Kleiner’s Korner: Removal of the (Old) Westbury Road Motor Parkway Bridge in East Meadow
This next installment of my Motor Parkway bridge removal series takes us to the Westbury Road Bridge in East Meadow. (6 comments)
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Nov 18 2019
Mystery Foto #46 Solved:A View of the Motor Parkway looking West from the Officials’ Stand/Press Box
Did you identify another section of the Motor Parkway that was used for the Vanderbilt Cup Races? (12 comments)
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Nov 11 2019
Mystery Friday Foto #45 Still Open for Discussion: A Motor Parkway Bridge Built on a Curve
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify this Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge that was built between 1908 to 1910. (37 comments)
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Nov 06 2019
Kleiner’s Kolumn: Removal of the Roosevelt Field Motor Parkway Bridge
This installment of the series exploring the removal of Motor Parkway bridges documents plans from the Nassau County Department of Public Works pertaining to the Roosevelt Field Motor Parkway Bridge, connecting Stewart Avenue and Roosevelt Field. (9 comments)
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Nov 05 2019
Sam Berliner III: A 1970 Walking Tour of the Motor Parkway in Queens
Sam Berliner III continues to restore his amazing Motor Parkway website. A highlight of his restored LIMP History Page is a set of Queens Motor Parkway photos taken by J.J. Conroy of Sea Cliff around1970. (12 comments)
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Nov 04 2019
Mystery Foto #44 Solved: One-Acre Property Purchased by the Motor Parkway for a Borrow Pit
Art Kleiner challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Survey. (16 comments)
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Nov 02 2019
Kleiner’s Kolumn:Update-Historical Markers for the Long Island Motor Parkway & Vanderbilt Cup Races
One way to keep the memories of the Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races alive is to memorialize their existence with historical markers throughout Long Island. (11 comments)
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Oct 29 2019
Kleiner’s Kolumn: Removal of the Central Avenue/LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge
Art Kleiner has explored recently obtained surveys and maps from the Nassau County Department of Public Works to focus on the removal of the largest bridge built for the Motor Parkway. (10 comments)
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Oct 28 2019
Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to solve this previously unpublished 1955 photo of the Long Island Motor Parkway. (40 comments)
