Long Island Motor Parkway
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Dec 08 2018
Updated: The 1940 Membership of the Long Island Aviation Club
In my effort to collect everything related to the Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Long Island Motor Parkway, years ago I purchased the 1940 membership book of the Aviation Club of Long Island (Long Island Aviation Club). It turns out to be an important research tool for Dr. Katherine Sharp Landdeck of the Texas Woman's University. (18 comments)
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Dec 07 2018
Video of the Week: The Long Island Motor Parkway- The World’s First Highway
This two-minute video posted by A Fork in a World of Soup Productions in 2012 provides a nice introduction to our favorite historic parkway. (1 comments)
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Dec 01 2018
Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album: The Old Country Road Motor Parkway Bridge
In the third of the series of photos from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's recently discovered construction album, the Motor Parkway Bridge under Old Country Road in Mineola/Carle Place/Garden City is featured. (9 comments)
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Nov 20 2018
Updated: Femenias Findings- Exploring the Rustic Bagatelle Section of the Long Island Motor Parkway
Frank Femenias and Brian McCarthy recently explored the "rustic" Bagatelle section of the Motor Parkway Wheatley Heights and Dix Hills (Half Hollow Hills) . This area is rarely visited due to heavy brush and an abundance of poison ivy. (18 comments)
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Nov 14 2018
Updated: Clinton Robertson Photo Album: Central Park Avenue/LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge in Bethpage
In the second of the new series of photos from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's recently discovered construction album, the construction of the largest Motor Parkway bridge located In Central Park (Bethpage) is featured. (10 comments)
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Nov 06 2018
Special East Meadow Mystery Foto from Richard Panchyk Revealed at the Preservation Society Meeting
Richard Panchyk, the keynote presenter at Wednesday's meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society, challenged you to identify another amazing Long Island aerial. Richard revealed the answers at last-night's wonderful meeting. (11 comments)
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Nov 06 2018
Wednesday Meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society on November 7, 2018
Please join us for another special evening providing an update on Motor Parkway projects and a return visit of author Richard Panchyk. Richard will be highlighting several of his new book Hidden History of Queens and his recent Mystery Foto aerials. (2 comments)
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Nov 05 2018
Mystery Foto #44 Solved: Glen Oaks Village Being Built Along the Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way in 1947
Steve Lucas challenged you again you to identify this aerial of a section of the Long Island right-of-way. (19 comments)
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Oct 23 2018
Clinton Robertson Photo Album: Westbury Avenue Motor Parkway/Trolley Bridge in Mineola/Carle Place
In the first of the new series of photos from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's recently discovered construction album, the unique Westbury Avenue Motor Parkway/Trolley Bridge on the border of Mineola and Carle Place is featured. (1 comments)
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Oct 22 2018
Mystery Foto #42 Solved: “Farmingdale State College” and the Long Island Motor Parkway in 1924
Richard Panchyk, the featured presenter at the November 7th meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society, challenged you to solve another amazing Mystery Foto aerial. (15 comments)
