Long Island Motor Parkway
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Jan 01 2009
The Four-Lane Motor Parkway and an Aerial View of Queens in 1924
For the second VanderbiltCupRaces.com post of 2009, I have improved the format of my December 31st post and added a rare 1924 aerial view. The post includes amazing images from the Queens Borough President's Collection that shows two Long Island Motor Parkway bridges over Winchester Boulevard in Queens. Yes, in November 1932, there were two bridges at this location and the Motor Parkway looked like a four-lane parkway. Alas, it was just a temporary illusion. Here's the story (click on the… (6 comments)
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Dec 31 2008
The Two Bridges Over Winchester Boulevard in Queens
For the last VanderbiltCupRaces.com post of 2008, I have selected amazing images from the Queens Borough President's Collection that show two Long Island Motor Parkway bridges over Winchester Boulevard in Queens. Yes, in November 1932, there were two bridges at this location and the Motor Parkway looked like a four-lane parkway. Alas, it was just a temporary illusion. Here's the story: (0 comments)
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Dec 27 2008
The Complete 44-Mile LIMP Tour: Maps, Images and Videos
To assist those LIMP fans who wish to walk sections of the 44-mile Long Island Motor Parkway, I have highlighted the right-of-way using a 1940 map. In the final of the three-part series, click here for a PDF of the Suffolk County Map. (1 comments)
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Dec 26 2008
When Gasoline was 14 Cents a Gallon
Several people have requested an unedited version of the image posted this Wednesday of the corner of the Hillside Avenue and Springfield Boulevard on January 22, 1931. (2 comments)
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Dec 24 2008
The Treasure Hunt Continues
Okay, I admit it- I really enjoy the treasure hunt for new Vanderbilt Cup Race and Long Island Motor Parkway photos and memorabilia. As a result, I currently have a over 25,000 images and 150 collectibles collected over a five year period. (0 comments)
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Dec 23 2008
Hit One Over the Motor Parkway Bridge in Fresh Meadows!
Contributor Mitch Kaften has provided another view of the first Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge - located near the Western Terminus at Nassau Boulevard (now Horace Harding Expressway). (0 comments)
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Dec 19 2008
A Nassau County Tour of the Long Island Motor Parkway
Several people have requested maps of the path of the 44-mile Long Island Motor Parkway to explore for remnants of the America's first automobile road and its ever-present parkway concrete posts. To help these LIMP fans, I have put together routes in Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties using a 1940 map showing the Long Island Motor Parkway right-of-way. In the second of a three-part series, click here for a pdf of the Nassau County LIMP map. The Suffolk County map will follow in a few days. (2 comments)
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Dec 17 2008
A Queens Tour of the Long Island Motor Parkway
Many viewers have requested maps of the Long Island Motor Parkway so they can walk this historical road and find remnants of America's first parkway. I have put together routes in Queens, Nassau and Suffolk Counties using a 1940 map which still showed the Long Island Motor Parkway right-of-way. In the first of a three-part series, Click here for a pdf of the Queens LIMP map. Nassau County and Suffolk County maps will follow over the next week. (0 comments)
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Dec 15 2008
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: New Queens LIMP Signage
Along the right-of-way of the Long Island Motor Parkway, there are several historical plaques that commemorate the road. Unfortunately, many of the plagues provide misinformation and often mistakenly call the road the "Vanderbilt Motor Parkway". Wrong!!! For several months, historian Bob Miller has tried to correct and expand the Motor Parkway signs in Queens. Bob is pleased to announce the following news: (0 comments)
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Dec 15 2008
Video:“The Long Island Motor Parkway” with Robert Miller
In 2007, Queens historian Robert Miller with Fred Hadley put together this excellent 21-minute tour of the Long Island Motor Parkway from Lake Ronkonkoma to Queens. (1 comments)
