Long Island Motor Parkway
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Jan 11 2014
Video of the Week: The Long Island Motor Parkway, Queens, NYC (November 20, 2010)
On November 20, 2010, Emilio Guerra documented this beautiful section of the Motor Parkway making up the Queens Greenway from Kissena Corridor East Park to Alley Pond Park. (0 comments)
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Jan 03 2014
Video: My Grandfather Sold Motorcars (1920s)
Robert Martens has posted this YouTube video of photos from his grandparents Gustave & Margaret Martens of College Point's scrapbook featuring the family's Durant. Robert's grandfather sold Durant cars and took trips on the Motor Parkway. (0 comments)
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Dec 26 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series#42:Wantagh Avenue Bridge in Hempstead Plains Updated:6/20/16
The 42nd bridge in the series documenting the 60 Long Island Motor Parkway bridges is the "parkway" bridge over Wantagh Avenue in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown). (3 comments)
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Dec 23 2013
Mystery Foto #47 Solved: Aerial of 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race at Roosevelt Raceway
After last week's difficult Mystery Foto, here was an easy one. (3 comments)
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Dec 11 2013
The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #11 Massapequa Lodge in Plainedge
Going west to east, the tenth Motor Parkway toll collection structure was the Massapequa Lodge in Plainedge. (1 comments)
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Dec 07 2013
Vanderbilia Postcard Series #1: The Locomobile Postcards of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Ron M. Jr: "I love the site. Thank you for your hard work on it. I am a Long Island postcard collector and am wondering if you have a complete 'checklist' of the Long Island Vanderbilt Cup postcards that were produced. I have a few and am interested in learning more about the cards. Any help would be appreciated." (7 comments)
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Dec 05 2013
Chaos at the Finish of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
The primary goal of the newly built Long Island Motor Parkway for the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race was to keep crowds under control and off the course. Unfortunately, chaos once again prevailed at the end of a Vanderbilt Cup Race. (1 comments)
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Nov 23 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #40: Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in the Hempstead Plains
The 40th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown). (3 comments)
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Nov 19 2013
Garden City Patch “Renewed Interest in the Vanderbilt Parkway”
Garden City Patch has posted this article on efforts to preserve a section of the Motor Parkway in Garden City. (1 comments)
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Nov 18 2013
Mystery Foto #42 Solved: Glen Oaks, Queens in September 1947
Steve Lucas submitted this week's Mystery Friday Foto. (5 comments)
