Long Island Motor Parkway
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Jan 02 2019
Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album:The Motor Parkway Engineering Field Offices & a Worker Shanty
In the sixth of the photo series from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's recently discovered Motor Parkway construction album, the temporary engineering field offices and a worker shanty as seen in 1909 is featured. (2 comments)
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Jan 01 2019
Long Island Motor Parkway Photos From the NYC Municipal Archives
As a follow-up to last weekend's Mystery Foto, below are additional Motor Parkway photos from the New York City Municipal Archives. (8 comments)
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Dec 31 2018
Mystery Foto #52 Solved: The Creedmoor Motor Parkway Bridge in 1928
Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society member Syd Lefkoe challenges you to solve the final Mystery Foto of 2018. (14 comments)
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Dec 27 2018
From A Grandfather’s Photo Album: The Durant Special on the Motor Parkway in 1923
Robert Martens posted this YoTube video in 2011 made up of photos from his grandfather's 1923 album. It features four photos of Gustave Martens' Durant Special as his family traveled on the Long Island Motor Parkway. (4 comments)
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Dec 21 2018
Update #2: In Search of the Mystery Camp Mills “New York” Road
Lee Chambers, who grew up in Mitchel Field, has been determined to document a mysterious Camp Mills road that ran east to west and disappeared when Mitchel Field was reconfigured in 1927 to 1932. Bill Bellmer's recent aerials and documents have help Lee solve the mystery. (18 comments)
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Dec 18 2018
Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album: The Construction Equipment of the Long Island Motor Parkway
In the fifth of the photo series from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's recently discovered construction album, the equipment used to build the Motor Parkway is featured. (7 comments)
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Dec 15 2018
Updated: My Favorite Queens Motor Parkway Images for the New York City Parks Department
New York City Parks Department is hoping to develop new historic markers along the Brooklyn-Queens Greenway and has asked for my assistance. Here are a some of my favorite Queens Motor Parkway images. (6 comments)
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Dec 12 2018
Updated: Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album: A Motor Parkway Survey Team in Lake Success in 1909
In the fourth of the photo series from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's recently discovered construction album, Clinton's Motor Parkway survey team in Lake Success (Lakeville) is featured. (15 comments)
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Dec 11 2018
The Salvation Army Hotel Being Moved Down Clinton Road in Garden City in 1928
Garden City Village Historian Bill Bellmer has forwarded this 1928 aerial showing the same area as last Friday's Mystery Foto from the viewpoint looking north. (6 comments)
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Dec 10 2018
Mystery Foto #49 Solved:Hazelhurst Field, Garden City Lodge,Curtiss Engineering & Camp Mills in 1918
Author Richard Panchyk challenged you again to identify another amazing previously unpublished Mystery Foto. (26 comments)
