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  • Kleiner’s Korner: Taking “The Vanderbilt Cup” Musical on the Road
    Nov 04 2020

    Kleiner’s Korner: Taking “The Vanderbilt Cup” Musical on the Road

    Besides Elsie Janis starring in "The Vanderbilt Cup" on Broadway, the musical comedy was performed throughout the United States with the automobile race scene and drivers often promoted as the main attractions. (0 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #44B Solved: A 1942 Photo of the Little Neck Parkway Motor Parkway Bridge
    Nov 02 2020

    Mystery Foto #44B Solved: A 1942 Photo of the Little Neck Parkway Motor Parkway Bridge

    Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Friday Foto? (19 comments)


  • VanderbiltCupRaces.com Voted Best Blog on the North Shore
    Oct 30 2020

    VanderbiltCupRaces.com Voted Best Blog on the North Shore

    Blank Slate Media, the publisher of Great Neck News, Manhasset Times, NHP Herald Courier, Port Washington Times, Roslyn Times and Williston Times and its website The Island Now, has announced that VanderbiltCupRaces.com was voted by its readers as the 2020 Best Blog on the North Shore. (9 comments)


  • Harbor Hill- The Roslyn Country Home of a 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Spectator- Clarence Mackay
    Oct 28 2020

    Harbor Hill- The Roslyn Country Home of a 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Spectator- Clarence Mackay

    As a friend of William k. Vanderbilt, Jr. and a member of high society, Clarence Mackay had a premium seat to watch the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race. With the assistance of master mapper Frank Femenias, the Roslyn (now East Hills) location of Mackay's long demolished Harbor Hill estate is explored below. (14 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: Recently Found Motor Parkway Construction Photos
    Oct 27 2020

    Kleiner’s Korner: Recently Found Motor Parkway Construction Photos

    These recently found photos were taken during the 1908 construction of the Motor Parkway and were taken by George Grantham Bain, who by 1905 had amassed one million photographs. (17 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #43 Solved: A 1996 of the Entrance and Exit Ramps to Springfield Boulevard at the Rocky Hill Lodge Site
    Oct 26 2020

    Mystery Foto #43 Solved: A 1996 of the Entrance and Exit Ramps to Springfield Boulevard at the Rocky Hill Lodge Site

    My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to solve this Mystery Motor Parkway Foto. (16 comments)


  • The Classic Car Magazine: The Wallis Bird Estate Classics
    Oct 24 2020

    The Classic Car Magazine: The Wallis Bird Estate Classics

    The Fall 2020 issue of The Classic Car magazine featured nine classic cars from the Wallis Bird Estate in an article by Chris Summers. All nine classics were sold at the 1962 "Car Auction of the Century" at the Farnesworth  Garage in Locust Valley. (23 comments)


  • Your Opportunity to Win An Exclusive Tour of My Automobile Collection
    Oct 23 2020

    Your Opportunity to Win An Exclusive Tour of My Automobile Collection

    In support of The Ward Melville Heritage Organization, I am offering the a tour of my automobile collection at the "New Beginning's Auction". The virtual auction runs from October 19, 2020 to November 16, 2020: (0 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: Two Cars that Didn’t Make it to the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
    Oct 21 2020

    Kleiner’s Korner: Two Cars that Didn’t Make it to the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

    Automobile makers saw the Vanderbilt Cup Races as an opportunity to promote their cars to an enthusiastic and growing audience. However, while having good intentions, this didn't necessarily translate into reality. (4 comments)


  • The Motor Parkway Billboard on Horace Harding Boulevard in 1934
    Oct 20 2020

    The Motor Parkway Billboard on Horace Harding Boulevard in 1934

    Following up on the great detective work from David Stephan, Al Velocci and Art Kleiner, the Motor Parkway billboard on the north side of Horace Harding Boulevard as seen in 1934 is presented here. (2 comments)




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May 04 2026 Thanks Art, for that Newsday article by Bill Bleyer in 2005, that long ago, WOW! You moved to NC 5 years ago, you’re a…

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The six Vanderbilt Cup Races held on Long Island from 1904 to 1910 were the greatest sporting events of their day, and the first international automobile road races held in the United States. The races had a far-reaching impact on the development of American automobiles and parkways. This site provides comprehensive information on the races, the Long Island Motor Parkway and current Long Island automotive events, car shows and news.

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