Anatomy of Three Aerials from the Cradle of Aviation Archives
Here are three more amazing aerials from the Drennan Collection of the Cradle of Aviation.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
Roosevelt Field looking northwest (circa 1940)
The concrete posts of the Motor Parkway can be seen from the aerial.
A Motor Parkway bridge! Do you know which road it went over?
Stewart Avenue and Meadowbrook Parkway looking west (October 1956)
Mitchel Gardens
The new Roosevelt Raceway being built.
Roosevelt Raceway looking east (circa May 23, 1956)
The original site for the 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Races was using for harness racing.
The Motor Parkway right-of-way east of Merrick Avenue in East Meadow was still visible in 1953.
Comments
Westbury Ave Pkwy/Trolley Bridge. Yes, I’m being a show off below : )
Brian, Show off ? HaH ! I’ll show you show off…..first, It’s not a trolley bridge but a Parkway bridge. On Jan. 27, 1942 the Nassau County Board of Supervisors awarded a contract to the Hendrickson Brothers firm (of Valley Stream), to demolish the Parkway bridge over Westbury Ave. for $55,000. This after local residents complained saying was it dangerous traffic wise and the steel could be used for the war effort. The bridge had three spans, the one for the trolley was 19’ wide, the other two were 18’ and 24’ wide. Two questions, why the different widths for automobile traffic and, when were the trolley tracks taken up, it must have been very confusing for automobile traffic there after.