Long Island Motor Parkway
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Oct 23 2017
Mystery Foto: #42 Solved: A 1926 Aerial of the Motor Parkway & A Guide to Finding 1926/1950 Aerials
This weekend's Mystery Foto was inspired by Brian McCarthy's discovery of 1926 and 1950 aerials found at the MyNassauProperty.com website. (18 comments)
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Oct 16 2017
Mystery Foto #41 Solved: An Aerial of Glen Oaks and Lake Success Taken in 1929
This weekend's Mystery Foto was associated with the William K. Vanderbilt Jr., the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races. (23 comments)
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Oct 12 2017
Three Friends Hanging Out at the Motor Parkway Entrance on Springfield Boulevard, Queens in 1931
Bill Schwartzberg has forwarded more original photos from an old family album. Three friends are having fun at the Rocky Hill Road entrance to the Motor Parkway (Springfield Avenue, Queens) on April 10, 1931. (4 comments)
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Oct 03 2017
The Day Vanderbilt and Moses Announced the Long Island Motor Parkway Was Closing
Although the Long Island Motor Parkway officially closed in 1938, the fate of our favorite road was announced on June 17, 1937 following a Babylon meeting of representatives from New York City Park Department, NY State Department of Public Works, Nassau and Suffolk Counties and Robert Moses. (10 comments)
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Sep 18 2017
Mystery Foto #37 Solved: An Amazing Aerial of the Long Island Motor Parkway In Garden City
It was time for another amazing Mystery Foto. (16 comments)
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Sep 12 2017
Great Turnout to the Presentation on Ronkonkoma and the Motor Parkway in Holbrook
It was a great turnout on Tuesday night at the Sachem Public Library with over 80 people attending a special presentation on the role of Lake Ronkonkoma and the Long Island Motor Parkway. (9 comments)
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Sep 11 2017
Mystery Foto #36 Solved: On the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way in East Meadow
Frank Femenias challenged you again to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto of a former section of the Motor Parkway. (15 comments)
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Sep 04 2017
Updated: Mystery Foto #35 Solved: A 1950 Aerial of the Motor Parkway in Old Bethpage & Melville
This weekend's Mystery Foto confirmed that this two-mile section of the Motor Parkway was very much intact in 1950. (12 comments)
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Aug 30 2017
Motor Parkway and Vanderbilt Cup Races Featured in New Book on Plainview-Old Bethpage
A chapter of the new Arcadia book "Plainview-Old Bethpage" by Thomas Carr features our favorite parkway and road races. Below are 12 photos and their accompanying captions. (4 comments)
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Aug 21 2017
Mystery Foto #33 Solved: The World’s Largest Map of Long Island Located at Mepham High School
Last weekend's Mystery Foto was one of my all-time favorites- an 16-foot x 80-foot 1937 map. (19 comments)
