Long Island Motor Parkway
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Apr 17 2024
Kleiner’s Korner: 100 Years Ago on the Motor Parkway Part 2 (April - May, 1924) and a RIP
Here's the second part of my series examining news and events related to the Motor Parkway 100 years ago. (4 comments)
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Apr 16 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #15 Solved; Fred Rieder at the Jericho Turnpike Highway Bridge in 1954/1955
Did you identify the Jericho Turnpike Motor Parkway bridge? (29 comments)
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Mar 06 2024
Kleiner’s Korner: 100 Years Ago on The Motor Parkway Part 1- January-March 1924
What really was happening on our favorite roadway 100 years ago? Read on . . . (1 comments)
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Feb 25 2024
Damianos Realty Group pays tribute to the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races
Over the last three years, this distinctive Hauppauge building at 150 Motor Parkway has undergone major capital improvements including a tribute to the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Long Island Motor Parkway. (4 comments)
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Feb 21 2024
Kleiner’s Korner: A 1909 Motor Parkway Construction Update
Readers of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle received an update on the progress of constructing The Motor Parkway in August, 1909. (2 comments)
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Jan 20 2024
Kleiner’s Korner: Another Murder on the Motor Parkway!
As a follow-up to a recent Greg O. post, here's another murder mystery on the Motor Parkway that appears to remain unsolved. (7 comments)
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Jan 10 2024
Kleiner’s Korner: The Great Automobile Parkway (aka The Motor Parkway)
Similar as to how the Motor Parkway was used in Al Velocci's 1908 Ronkonkoma map (featured here last week) the Parkway was used a year earlier in advertisements promoting the development of Wyandanch and Deer Park. (1 comments)
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Jan 06 2024
A 1908 Aeromap of Lake Ronkonkoma, the Motor Parkway Inn and an Automobile Parkway under construction
At the October 2023 meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society, Al Velocci presented a 1908 "aeromap" of Lake Ronkonkoma. Here are up-close scans of Al's unique map. (3 comments)
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Jan 03 2024
Kleiner’s Korner: The Motor Parkway’s Contribution to Military War Games
The Long Island Motor Parkway, being the main thoroughfare on LI in the early 20th century, was used by military planners in several training exercises leading up to and during times of conflict. (5 comments)
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Dec 27 2023
Murder on the Motor Parkway!
On August 5, 1933, a body was found near the western terminus of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadows. (7 comments)
