Long Island Motor Parkway
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Aug 19 2015
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #56: The Ruland Road Parkway Bridge in Melville
The 56th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Ruland Road Parkway Bridge in Melville. (1 comments)
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Aug 05 2015
More Photos of the Long Island Aviation Country Club by Alfred Eisenstaedt
As a follow-up to last weekend's Mystery Foto, here are additional photos of the Long Island Aviation Club and its members taken by the renown Life photographer Alfred Eisenstaedt. (1 comments)
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Aug 03 2015
Mystery Foto #31 Solved: Alfred Eisenstaedt’s Photos of the Long Isand Aviation Country Club in 1937
Last weekend's Mystery Foto featured an airfield which was located near the Long Island Motor Parkway. (16 comments)
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Jul 29 2015
Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Adventure” III: Searingtown
On April 4, 2015, Dave Russo and his 10-year old son Sam experienced a one-day 38-mile bike tour on the Long Island Motor Parkway. In the third post of this new series, Sammy and Dave continue to explore Searingtown from Shelter Rock Road to I.U. Willets Road. (6 comments)
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Jul 28 2015
Henry Austin Clark, Jr. and the Motor Parkway: “one for the road” (Circa 1985)
Through the 1980s, Henry Austin Clark, Jr. had a regular column Nuts and Bolts in Old Cars Weekly. Around 1985, he wrote this article "one for the road" on the Long Island Motor Parkway. (4 comments)
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Jul 21 2015
Fortune Magazine, June 1932: A Portfolio of Aerial Photographs by Captain Alfred G. Buckham
Earlier this month, Art Kleiner discovered this 1932 illustrated map of Long Island that featured the Long Island Motor Parkway. The map was published in the June 1932 issue of Fortune and served as the legend for these nine dramatic aerials taken by Captain Alfred G. Buckham. (3 comments)
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Jul 08 2015
Long Island Motor Parkway Illustrated Maps (1906-1933)
Art Kleiner discovered this 1932 illustrated map of the Motor Parkway in a portfolio of aerial photographs taken by Captain Alfred G. Buckham. (6 comments)
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Jul 06 2015
Mystery Foto #27 Solved:Model of the Proposed Golf Courses of Bethpage State Park Golf (Circa 1933)
Phil Carlucci, author of the new Arcadia book Long Island Golf, challenged you to solve this holiday weekend's Mystery Foto. (14 comments)
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Jun 12 2015
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A Long Island Motor Parkway Garage Discovered!
On May 27, 2015, I accompanied Arthur Mauriello, grandson of Thomas Zinzi and Josephine Zinzi, to the site of the Massapequa Lodge, formerly in Plainedge now located in Bethpage. Our adventure and Motor Parkway discoveries are documented in this post. (15 comments)
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Jun 10 2015
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Photos From the First Long Island Motor Parkway Officer
In the second in our series, Arthur Mauriello, grandson of Thomas Zinzi and Josephine Zinzi, has provided more photos from his family albums. (0 comments)
