Long Island Motor Parkway
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May 10 2012
A Pioneering Woman Race Driver on the Long Island Motor Parkway: Joan Newton Cuneo
One of the great achievements of a pioneering woman race driver was setting a world speed record on the Motor Parkway in 1911. (8 comments)
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May 04 2012
LevittownPatch: Historical Site May Halt Senior Housing Development
The LevittownPatch reported on the potential housing development on the location of the grandstand and press box for the 1908 to 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races on the Long Island Motor Parkway. (9 comments)
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Apr 28 2012
The Hempstead Plains Motor Parkway Bridge Near Bloomingdale Road
Tim Ivers: "Howard, the 1932 Hagstrom Map shows an overpass over the LIMP (Bloomingdale Road extension) which connected with Hempstead Tpke. The overpass is about halfway between Jerusalem Avenue on the west and Wantagh Rd (Ave.) on the east. Are there any known photos of this overpass, or other information?" (1 comments)
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Apr 26 2012
The Long Island Aviation County Club, the Motor Parkway and a Hangar
One of the first private country club airfields in the United States was built on 200 acres abutting the north side of the Long Island Motor Parkway in the Hempstead Plains. (3 comments)
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Apr 25 2012
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: New Evidence of the Melville Sand Pits Motor Parkway Bridge
More evidence has surfaced that the last intact Motor Parkway in Suffolk County is still standing in the Melville Sandpits near Route 110. (3 comments)
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Apr 23 2012
Highlights from the First 2012 “Clean Up Day” of the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge
Twenty members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society had a blast last Saturday cleaning up the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge. (1 comments)
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Apr 19 2012
Amazing Aerial Views of the Hempstead Plains/Levittown (1924 to 2012)
The heart of the Long Island Motor Parkway and courses for the 1908, 1909 and 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races went right through the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown). These aerials show how this area dramatically changed from 1924 to today. (2 comments)
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Apr 18 2012
First 2012 “Clean Up the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge” Day To Be Held on Saturday
Come join the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society for a "Clean Up the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge" Day on Saturday, April 21st. (2 comments)
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Apr 14 2012
Newsday: “Motor Parkway:The road to yesterday”
Report John Hanc has documented the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society's visit to the Dix Hills section of the Motor Parkway: (3 comments)
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Apr 02 2012
Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society Visits a Hidden Parkway Section in Dix Hills
Last Sunday, Carmine and Arlene graciously invited the Long Island Motor Preservation Society to view their 275-foot section of the Motor Parkway in their Dix Hills backyard. Here are highlights, including a video by John McAuliffe. (7 comments)
