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  • Mystery Friday #35 Solved: The Maxwell-Briscoe 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Race Team Headquarters in Mineola
    Sep 04 2023

    Mystery Friday #35 Solved: The Maxwell-Briscoe 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Race Team Headquarters in Mineola

    Did you identify this race team headquarters? (11 comments)


  • Highlights From the 2nd Annual Southampton Fresh Air Home Concours d’Elegance
    Sep 02 2023

    Highlights From the 2nd Annual Southampton Fresh Air Home Concours d’Elegance

    The 2nd Annual Southampton Fresh Air Home Concours on Saturday, August 26th, 2023 was a great success! (5 comments)


  • UPDATE: The Former Southampton LI Automotive Museum Property
    Aug 30 2023

    UPDATE: The Former Southampton LI Automotive Museum Property

    The replacement building on Henry Austin Clark's former LI Automotive Museum property is complete (6 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #34 Solved: The Robert Moses’ New Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge over Northern State Parkway
    Aug 28 2023

    Mystery Foto #34 Solved: The Robert Moses’ New Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge over Northern State Parkway

    Al Velocci challenged you to identify this Motor Parkway Bridge. (16 comments)


  • PBS Motorweek Tucker 1044 Previews Part 1
    Aug 28 2023

    PBS Motorweek Tucker 1044 Previews Part 1

    PBS MotorWeek Channel 21 will be featuring a segment on the 1948 Tucker 1044 automobile at 5:30 am on Sunday,September 10 2023. (2 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: The Demise of the Motor Parkway Bridges in Levittown
    Aug 26 2023

    Kleiner’s Korner: The Demise of the Motor Parkway Bridges in Levittown

    In the late 1940s Nassau County determined several Motor Parkway bridges still in existence were unsafe and developed plans to eliminate them. Several bridges in Levittown were included in these plans. (8 comments)


  • Flashback; Cleaning the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Bridge in 2011
    Aug 22 2023

    Flashback; Cleaning the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Bridge in 2011

    Eleven years ago the Motor Parkway Old Bethpage Village Restoration Bridge was cleaned up (2 comments)


  • Mystery Friday Foto #33: Solved; The Northern State Parkway Under Construction in 1932
    Aug 21 2023

    Mystery Friday Foto #33: Solved; The Northern State Parkway Under Construction in 1932

    Al Velocci challenged you with this weekend's mystery aerial. (7 comments)


  • The InstaGRAM Report: Austin Clark Jr.‘s ‘Silent’ 1963 Long Island Automotive Museum Auction Part 1
    Aug 19 2023

    The InstaGRAM Report: Austin Clark Jr.‘s ‘Silent’ 1963 Long Island Automotive Museum Auction Part 1

    The 1963 Long Island Automotive Museum Auction Part 1 (9 comments)


  • Henry Austin Clark Jr.‘s 1911 Mercer Raceabout
    Aug 16 2023

    Henry Austin Clark Jr.‘s 1911 Mercer Raceabout

    Henry Austin Clark Jr's favorite car, the 1911 Mercer Raceabout (1 comments)




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Apr 11 2026 Thanks for sharing, Greg.  Interesting historical view of the living quarters of a Vanderbilt socialite.

Apr 07 2026 Art, Part of the acreage was used for a cemetery.

Apr 07 2026 Art, Point made. Many thanks for your reply.

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