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Jan 31 2013
VanderbiltCupRaces.com: Highlights & Blog Archives for January 2013- A New Monthly Viewership Record
VanderbiltCupRaces..com celebrated the completion of its fourth year with a record monthly viewership of 9,082 in January 2013. (0 comments)
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Jan 30 2013
Video: “Chasing a 1908 Simplex Speedcar”
One of my favorite cars on Long Island was the 1908 Simplex Speedcar restored and owned by Walter McCarthy. Several owners and restorations later, the car was sold last summer and was documented on Wayne Carini's "Chasing Classic Cars" on the Velocity channel. (2 comments)
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Jan 29 2013
Then & Now: New Hyde Park Turn
One of the six exciting turns in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race was the intersection of Lakeville Road and Jericho Turnpike. (3 comments)
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Jan 28 2013
The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #8 Mineola Lodge
Going west to east, the seventh Motor Parkway toll collection structure was the Mineola Lodge located off Jericho Turnpike in Mineola. (2 comments)
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Jan 26 2013
Racing Up Manhasset Hill During the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
One of the most exciting locations to watch the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race was Manhasset Hill (Spinney Hill) located now at the intersection of Northern Boulevard and East Shore Road/Community Drive (3 comments)
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Jan 24 2013
The Closing of the Motor Parkway and the Current Utilization of the Right-Of-Way
Over the course of the thirty year history from 1908 to 1938, the Motor Parkway became a conduit for the development of Long Island and heralded the transformation of the Island from a rural area to a suburb. (4 comments)
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Jan 23 2013
Upcoming Exhibit: “Car Culture: Art and the Automobile” 4/27/13- 8/11/13, Huntington, NY
Beginning this Spring, the Heckscher Museum of Art will present an exhibit "Car Culture: Art and the Automobile". (2 comments)
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Jan 22 2013
The Bethpage Lodge (1910-1960s): A Classic Repost from 2009
The Bethpage Toll Lodge at Round Swamp Road was one of the three original Long Island Motor Parkway lodges designed by prominent architect John Russell Pope. The above image shows the lodge and the Motor Parkway Bridge over Round Swamp Round around 1910.
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Jan 21 2013
Trucking Down to the Vanderbilt Cup Races
The vast majority of spectators to the Vanderbilt Cup Races of Long Island from 1904 to 1910 came from New York City. They utilized every mode of transportation available including; trains, automobiles, horses, trolleys and trucks which were the precursors to buses. (5 comments)
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Jan 19 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #29 Mineola LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge
The 29th bridge in the series documenting the 65 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Long Island Railroad Bridge in Mineola. (7 comments)
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The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…