Long Island Motor Parkway
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Apr 07 2015
Mystery Friday Foto #14 Solved:Clarence D. Chamberlin Taking Off from Stewart Avenue in 1928
Bill Bellmer really challenged you with this Mystery Foto from the Garden City Archives. (12 comments)
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Mar 26 2015
Join the “Sunday Drive ” from Queens to Lake Ronkonkoma on the Motor Parkway on April 26, 2015
The Lake Ronkonkoma Heritage Association has announced the 5th Annual Motor Parkway "Sunday Drive" from Cunningham Park in Queens to Lake Ronkonkoma on Sunday, April 26, 2015. (1 comments)
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Mar 20 2015
Newsday Article and Video: “Rebuilding a Bridge”
Scott Eidler reported in Friday's Newsday of efforts of the Town of North Hempstead to landmark the Old Courthouse Motor Parkway Bridge in Manhasset Hills (6 comments)
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Mar 18 2015
Historic Landmarks Preservation Commission Recommends Landmarking of a Motor Parkway Bridge
I am pleased to report that the Historic Landmarks Preservation Commission of the Town of North Hempstead voted unamiously 5-0 on Wednesday night to recommend to the Town Board that they consider designating the Old Courthouse Road Motor Parkway Bridge as a Town of North Hempstead landmark. The application was supported by 15 town residents and members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society through in-person presentations and emails. (14 comments)
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Mar 09 2015
Mystery Foto #10 Solved: Mural of the British Dirigible R34 Landing in Roosevelt Field in 1919
This brand new Mystery Foto documented a historic event in transportation that occurred on Long Island. (14 comments)
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Mar 05 2015
Mystery Foto 2013#5 Redux:Creedmore Hospital and Commonwealth Boulevard Motor Parkway Bridge in 1941
I do like my Fairchild aerials! This previous Mystery Foto was solved in 2013 as Creedmore Hospital and Commonwealth Boulevard Motor Parkway Bridge in 1941 (3 comments)
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Mar 04 2015
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series#54:Broad Hollow Rd. Motor Parkway/Trolley Bridge in Melville
The 54th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Broad Hollow Road (Route 110)/Huntington Railroad Trolley Bridge in Melville. (1 comments)
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Feb 28 2015
Book “Ways of the World”: Long Island Motor Parkway Documented as the First Parkway in the World
In his book, Dr. Maxwell (M.G.) Lay , a leading civil engineer, wrote the book "Ways of the World: A History of the World's Roads and the Vehicles That Used Them". Dr. Lay documented that the Long Island Motor Parkway was "historically" the first parkway built in the world. (3 comments)
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Feb 17 2015
For the First Time in 34 Years: Photos of the Clody Farmway Bridge in the Melville Sand Pits
The most elusive Motor Parkway remnant has been the Clody Farmway Bridge located in the Melville Sand Pits...until today. (2 comments)
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Feb 09 2015
Mystery Foto #6 Solved:The Western Terminus of the Motor Parkway at Rocky Hill Road Circa 1917-1924
Bill Bellmer has forwarded this amazing Mystery Foto from the collection of historian Vince Seyfried. (14 comments)
