Long Island Motor Parkway
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Dec 23 2014
Mystery Foto #99: The Wright Flying Field in Mineola Circa 1916/1917
Allan Routt of Fairborn, Ohio forwarded this never-before-published photo of a Long Island Motor Parkway sign as this weekend's Mystery Foto. (11 comments)
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Dec 16 2014
Rare View of the Bethpage Lodge and Its Lodgekeepers
Gary Hammond has forwarded this photo of the Bethpage Lodge. (4 comments)
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Dec 13 2014
Robert Moses’ 1931 Planning Map for Long Island Parks and Parkways
From 1927 through 1933, Robert Moses, chairman of the Long Island State Park Commission, was actively promoting the need for improved parkways to connect New York City to Long Island state parks. This 36" x 28" planning map was prepared for a 1931 presentation to the Queensboro Chamber of Commerce. (7 comments)
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Dec 08 2014
Mystery Foto #97 Solved: Rare Wooden Long Island Motor Parkway Sign (1933-1938)
This weekend's Mystery Foto was a rare wooden parkway sign from the archives of the Society for the Preservation of Long Island Antiquities (SPLIA). (14 comments)
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Dec 03 2014
The 1929 Long Island Motor Parkway Brochure and Map
After the Motor Parkway was extended to Nassau Boulevard in 1928, the Long Island Motor Parkway, Inc. published this brochure and map promoting the "45 miles of fine, fast, private right of way". (8 comments)
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Dec 02 2014
A 1923 Property Map of Nassau County Highlighting the Motor Parkway
This unique 1923 map featured the property owners of Nassau County. (9 comments)
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Nov 18 2014
Mystery Foto #94 Solved: The Stymus Farmway Underpass of the Motor Parkway’s Longest Bridge
Al Velocci and Hector Gavilla challenged you to solve these mysteries associated with the Central Avenue/Long Island Railroad Bridge in Central Park (Bethpage). (20 comments)
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Nov 12 2014
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #51: The Claremont Avenue Bridge in Old Bethpage
The 51st bridge in the series documenting the 65 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Claremont Avenue Bridge in Old Bethpage. (2 comments)
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Nov 08 2014
LIHerald.com: Preserving history with a bike path
David Weingard of the East Meadow Herald reported last week on the $1.8 million grant to complete the Salisbury Park Drive segment of the Motor Parkway Trail. (5 comments)
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Nov 05 2014
Newsday: “Vanderbilt LI Motor Parkway trail gets $1.8M in federal funds”
Newsday has published an article by Joan Gralla on the $1.8 million additional funding for the Motor Parkway Trail. (1 comments)
