Vanderbilt Cup Races

Nov 04 2008
Tuesday, November 4, 2008: Election Day is Here!

Today is Election Day. Vote and make history!! Featured Upcoming Event -Presentation "America's First Automobile Parkway" at the Suffolk County Historical Society: Saturday, November 8, 2008 (0 comments)

Nov 01 2008
City Takes Action To Protect LIMP Greenway

On October 14, 2008, Fox 5-TV of New York continued their investigation of Queens home owners infringing of the Long Island Motor Parkway greenway in Oakland Gardens. (0 comments)

Oct 31 2008
Large Crowd Attends Book-Signing for “The Long Island Motor Parkway”

Last night almost 100 people attended the book-signing and presentation of "The Long Island Motor Parkway" by Al Velocci and Howard Kroplick at the Book Revue in Huntington. The special presentation featured an interactive discussion of 20 images from the book and unique memorabilia including the plaque awarded to driver George Robertson for winning the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race. Publicist Julianne Wernersbach commented it was one of the largest turnouts for local authors in the bookstore's… (0 comments)

Oct 27 2008
Howard K. Talks!

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 for North Hempstead Television. (0 comments)

Oct 25 2008
Willie K. Talks!

It is a cold, misty Saturday morning here on Long Island. Very similar to the weather conditions on a Saturday morning 100 years ago on October 24, 1908 when George Robertson became the American driver to win the Vanderbilt Cup Race in an American car. As a salute to William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., referee for the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, here is a link to highlights of a film "Over the Seven Seas" featuring Willie K. and his wife on a 1931 journey around the world in the Alva, his beautiful… (0 comments)

Oct 23 2008
Highlights of the Vanderbilt Cup Race Centennial Celebrations

Over the last two weeks, there have been several wonderful centennial celebrations for the historic Long Island Motor Parkway and the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race. Here are highlights: (0 comments)

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 (2 comments)

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. (2 comments)

Oct 20 2008
“Over the Seven Seas”: A Film Starring William K. Vanderbilt II

William K. Vanderbilt II (Jr.), his wife Rosamund, his friends Mr. and Mrs. Earle Smith and crew set on a world cruise in 1931 aboard his beautiful 265-foot yacht Alva. They departed Long Island and traveled through the Panama Canal to the Galapagos Islands, the Society Islands, Samoa, Australia, Java, Bora Bora, Bali, Singapore, Ceylon, Arabia, through the Suez Canal to Cairo, Athens and Monte Carlo and westward across the Atlantic to America. (3 comments)

Oct 17 2008
Busy Weekend for 2008 Centennial Celebrations

A wonderful weekend to celebrate the centennial of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race and the Long Island Motor Parkway at the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn, Harbor. Ongoing Events The exhibit "Treasures of the Vanderbilt Cup Races" opened today for the weekend at the Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor. The exhibit includes several Peter Helck paintings, the Tiffany bronze plaque given to George Robertson for winning the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race, a 1905 poster, the sculpted head of… (0 comments)