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  • The Last Race: Film documents the beauty & intensity of racing at the last track on Long Island
    Nov 16 2018

    The Last Race: Film documents the beauty & intensity of racing at the last track on Long Island

    Michael's Dweck's award-winning film on the Riverhead Raceway is available on demand today. (9 comments)


  • Updated: Clinton Robertson Photo Album: Central Park Avenue/LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge in Bethpage
    Nov 14 2018

    Updated: Clinton Robertson Photo Album: Central Park Avenue/LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge in Bethpage

    In the second of the new series of photos from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's recently discovered construction album, the construction of the largest Motor Parkway bridge located In Central Park (Bethpage) is featured. (10 comments)


  • Plates Magazine: Long Island Motor Parkway Plates
    Nov 13 2018

    Plates Magazine: Long Island Motor Parkway Plates

    Collector Gus Oliver profiled the license plates of the Long Island Motor Parkway in the October issue of PLATES Magazine, the official publication of the Automobile License Plate Collector Association (ALPCA). (1 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #45 Solved: Jeff Bridges and Members of the Tucker Automobile Club in 1987
    Nov 12 2018

    Mystery Foto #45 Solved: Jeff Bridges and Members of the Tucker Automobile Club in 1987

    Gene Kennedy challenged you to identify this special Tucker gathering. (10 comments)


  • Limited Edition: “The Restoration of Tucker 1044” Hardbound Coffee Table Book
    Nov 10 2018

    Limited Edition: “The Restoration of Tucker 1044” Hardbound Coffee Table Book

    Mike and Sean Tucker are making available a limited supply of the 40-page Tucker 1044 restoration book. (2 comments)


  • Two Car Shows on Sunday and Tucker 1044 Videos (Updated 11/09/18)
    Nov 09 2018

    Two Car Shows on Sunday and Tucker 1044 Videos (Updated 11/09/18)

    Upcoming November automotive events. (0 comments)


  • Special East Meadow  Mystery Foto from Richard Panchyk Revealed at the Preservation Society Meeting
    Nov 06 2018

    Special East Meadow Mystery Foto from Richard Panchyk Revealed at the Preservation Society Meeting

    Richard Panchyk, the keynote presenter at Wednesday's meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society, challenged you to identify another amazing Long Island aerial. Richard revealed the answers at last-night's wonderful meeting. (11 comments)


  • Wednesday Meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society on November 7, 2018
    Nov 06 2018

    Wednesday Meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society on November 7, 2018

    Please join us for another special evening providing an update on Motor Parkway projects and a return visit of author Richard Panchyk. Richard will be highlighting several of his new book Hidden History of Queens and his recent Mystery Foto aerials. (2 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #44 Solved: Glen Oaks Village Being Built Along the Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way in 1947
    Nov 05 2018

    Mystery Foto #44 Solved: Glen Oaks Village Being Built Along the Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way in 1947

    Steve Lucas challenged you again you to identify this aerial of a section of the Long Island right-of-way. (19 comments)


  • Herb Lytle’s Great-Great-Grandson Takes a Ride in the Alco Black Beast
    Nov 03 2018

    Herb Lytle’s Great-Great-Grandson Takes a Ride in the Alco Black Beast

    Last Sunday, Scott Lytle, the great-great-grandson of Vanderbilt Cup Racer Herb Lytle, and his lovely wife Marie visited me in Roslyn and took rides in the Alco Black Beast. (14 comments)




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