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Sep 29 2011
New York Daily News Article: Documenting the Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges
Today's Queens edition of the New York Daily News includes an article on Long Island Motor Parkway bridges. Al Velocci, Lynn Henry, Gaitri Ken, and I were interviewed: (1 comments)
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Sep 28 2011
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #9 The Creedmoor Bridge in Queens Updated: 10/22/16
When the 48 miles of the Motor Parkway were completed in 1926, a total of 60 bridges were built by William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his associates over and under the parkway. Going west to east, the ninth bridge from the Western Terminus at Nassau Boulevard (Horace Harding Boulevard) was a highway bridge connecting the properties belonging to the State Hospital at Creedmoor: (4 comments)
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Sep 27 2011
Highlights from the 2011 Cradle of Aviation Classic Car Show
Over 90 classic and vintage cars participated in the Cradle of Aviation Museum Car Show hosted by the Long Island Sound Region of the Classic Car Club of America. Highlights below: (1 comments)
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Sep 26 2011
Film “Back Street” (1941) and the Vanderbilt Cup Race
No greater evidence of the success and fame of the Vanderbilt Cup Races emerged than when popular culture embraced it. In 1906, the races inspired a Broadway musical the "Vanderbilt Cup". Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand starred in a Mack Sennett film "Mabel at the Wheel" with the actual 1914 Vanderbilt Cup Race in the background. And yesterday, as noted by viewers Al Velocci and Joseph DeBono, the Turner Classic Movie network aired a 1941 movie "Back Street" starring Charles Boyer, Margaret… (0 comments)
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Sep 24 2011
Walter McCarthy Collection: A Tribute to Henry Austin Clark, Jr.
Walter McCarthy has provided more photos of his friend Henry Austin Clark, Jr., founder of the Long Island Automotive Museum, author and a Long Island automobile collector icon. Here are some new images and several of my favorites previously posted on VanderbiltCupRaces.com: (4 comments)
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Sep 23 2011
Long Island Automotive Event Update: Events, Updates & Recent Comments-Saturday, September 24, 2011
Latest Long Island automotive events, updates and recent comments on VanderbiltCupRaces.com: (0 comments)
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Sep 22 2011
Then & Now: The Long Island Motor Parkway in East Williston
A section of the Long Island Motor Parkway was built in East Williston between the Oyster Bay Branch of the Long Island Railroad and Roslyn Road. Since no houses have ever been built in this area, the parkway here has been preserved for over 100 years..often hidden by Mother Nature. The "Then & Now" images are amazing: (3 comments)
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Sep 22 2011
“Clean Up the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Bridge” Day to be Held on Saturday, October 15, 2011
As reported on VanderbiltCupRaces.com, the Old Bethpage Village Restoration Motor Parkway Bridge was subjected last year to dumping of debris and an attack by graffiti vandals. Here's an opportunity to help clean up the bridge and its surrounding area: (1 comments)
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Sep 20 2011
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #8 Alley Road Bridge (Winchester Boulevard) in Queens
When the 48 miles of the Motor Parkway were completed in 1926, a total of 65 bridges were built by William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his associates over and under the parkway. Twelve of the bridges were built in Queens. Going west to east, the eighth bridge carried the Motor Parkway over Alley Road , now Winchester Boulevard. As seen in aerials and ground photos , it is one of the best documented bridges: (14 comments)
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Sep 19 2011
Highlights From the Bellmore Family Street Festival and the Great Neck Plaza AutoFest
The Black Beast team had a wonderful time this weekend at a Long Island tradition; September street festivals. Highlights from Bellmore and Great Neck Plaza. (0 comments)
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