Long Island Motor Parkway
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Oct 20 2008
Newsday Publishes Special Pullout on the Long Island Motor Parkway: October 20, 2008
Newsday featured a special four-page pullout "Road to History: Long Island Motor Parkway, 100 Years Later" in its Sunday, October 20, 2008 issue. A teaser photo appeared on the front-cover
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Oct 20 2008
Howard Kroplick Interview: The Vanderbilt Cup Races and the Long Island Motor Parkway
Howard Kroplick was interviewed in August 2008 by North Hempstead Town Clerk Leslie Gross on the Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island and the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Oct 11 2008
New York Times Article “First Auto Parkway: From Road to Ruin”, October 12, 2008
The Automobiles section of the New York Times ran an excellent front-page article on the Long Island Motor Parkway on Sunday, October 12, 2008.
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Oct 08 2008
The 20 Toll Collection Structures of the Long Island Motor Parkway-Updated 3/17/2018
One of the myths of the Long Island Motor Parkway’s history was that there were 12 lodges designed by prominent architect John Russell Pope and built to collect tolls and provide housing for the toll-takers and their families. The answer to the question of the number of toll lodges on… (3 comments)
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Sep 20 2008
Long Island Motor Parkway Suffolk County Mystery Photo
Can anyone identify the location of this 1914 photo showing a car near the Long Island Motor Parkway?
The car is adjacent to a sign that apparently reads " To Parkway Inn, Lake Ronkonkoma via the Motor Parkway". A smaller sign on the post indicates the direction to a… (8 comments)
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Sep 18 2008
Long Island Motor Parkway Featured in August Model A News
An article by Bruce Adams on the Long Island Motor Parkway was recently printed in the magazine MODEL A NEWS. Images in the article were from the collections of Bruce Adams, the Garden City Archives, the Garden City Chamber of Commerce and the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum. (0 comments)
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Sep 05 2008
New Exhibit on the Long Island Motor Parkway and Vanderbilt Cup Races at Roosevelt Field Mall
In celebration of the centennial anniversary of the Long Island Motor Parkway and the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, a new exhibit is on display at the Roosevelt Field Mall from Friday, September 5th to Sunday, September 14th.The exhibit is located in the J.C. Penny Court in front of Bloomingdales… (2 comments)
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Aug 29 2008
Motoring with Bob Barauskas: August 2008 Issue of Blue Smoke Newsletter
MOTORING WITH BOB BARAUSKAS
Blue Smoke Newsletter
August 2008
A reprint of an article by Bob Barauskas (past president of the Peconic Bay Region of A.A.C.A.) in the August 2008 issue of the "Blue Smoke" newsletter. (0 comments) -
Aug 17 2008
Queens Chronicle reports “Land Grab” along the Long Island Motor Parkway
The Queens Chronicle reports reports that New York City will be taking action against residents who infringe on the right-of-way of the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Jul 28 2008
Arcadia Publishing Announces a New Long Island Motor Parkway Book
A new book on the Long Island Motor Parkway will be published by Arcadia Publishing and will be available on September 1, 2008. The over 200 rare images in this book, many published for the first time, have been selected from the archives of major museums, libraries, and private… (0 comments)
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