Vanderbilt Cup Races

Nov 13 2019
Garden City Archives: The “Snake Turn” of the 1908-1910 Courses of the Vanderbilt Cup Races

As a follow-up to Mystery Foto #45, my favorite co-author Al Velocci and I visited Garden City historian Bill Bellmer and reviewed the one-of-a kind 1908 Motor Parkway Construction Book. Below is documentation of the "Snake Turn" of the 1908-1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race courses. (2 comments)

Nov 12 2019
Kleiner’s Kolumn: Revisiting the Transformation of the Motor Parkway into Salisbury Park Drive

Several comments to last month's Mystery Foto #43 (identification of the Motor Parkway west of Newbridge Road in Levittown) pertained to Salisbury Park Drive. Additional documents provided by the Nassau County Department of Public Works (NCDPW) uncover improvements to the Motor Parkway in this location and its incorporation into the county highway system. (11 comments)

Nov 11 2019
Mystery Friday Foto #45 Still Open for Discussion: A Motor Parkway Bridge Built on a Curve

My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify this Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge that was built between 1908 to 1910. (37 comments)

Nov 09 2019
Hemmings Motor News: Show Coverage 2019 Hemmings Concours d’Elegance

Matthew Litwin reports on the 2019 Hemmings Concours d'Elegance in the December issue of Hemmings Motor News. The Best in Show winners were the 1948 Tucker 1044 and a 1928 Isotta Fraschini TIPO 8A SS. (2 comments)

Nov 08 2019
Mystery Saturday Auto #1: A Very Early Automobile

Alene Scoblete, archivist & local history librarian for the Rockville Centre Public Library needs your help to identify this vehicle. (8 comments)

Nov 06 2019
Kleiner’s Kolumn: Removal of the Roosevelt Field Motor Parkway Bridge

This installment of the series exploring the removal of Motor Parkway bridges documents plans from the Nassau County Department of Public Works pertaining to the Roosevelt Field Motor Parkway Bridge, connecting Stewart Avenue and Roosevelt Field. (9 comments)

Nov 05 2019
Sam Berliner III: A 1970 Walking Tour of the Motor Parkway in Queens

Sam Berliner III continues to restore his amazing Motor Parkway website. A highlight of his restored LIMP History Page is a set of Queens Motor Parkway photos taken by J.J. Conroy of Sea Cliff around1970. (12 comments)

Nov 04 2019
Mystery Foto #44 Solved: One-Acre Property Purchased by the Motor Parkway for a Borrow Pit

Art Kleiner challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Survey. (16 comments)

Nov 02 2019
Kleiner’s Kolumn:Update-Historical Markers for the Long Island Motor Parkway & Vanderbilt Cup Races

One way to keep the memories of the Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races alive is to memorialize their existence with historical markers throughout Long Island. (11 comments)

Oct 30 2019
Bringatrailor.com: Kobus Talks Torpedos with the Tuckers at Manhasset Concours

Photographer Kobus Reyneke has posted a Bringatrailer.com article on the 2019 Americana Manhasset Concours d'Elegance with a special focus on the Tucker'48 and photos of Chrysler's Chrysler. (1 comments)