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Oct 29 2019
Kleiner’s Kolumn: Removal of the Central Avenue/LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge
Art Kleiner has explored recently obtained surveys and maps from the Nassau County Department of Public Works to focus on the removal of the largest bridge built for the Motor Parkway. (10 comments)
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Oct 28 2019
Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to solve this previously unpublished 1955 photo of the Long Island Motor Parkway. (40 comments)
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Oct 26 2019
The Day We Met Carroll Shelby
With the upcoming opening of the film "Ford versus Ferrari", I recalled fondly the opportunity to meet Carroll Shelby 14 years ago in Lime Rock, Connecticut. It is a day Roz and I will never forget. (9 comments)
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Oct 23 2019
Big Crowd Enjoyed “A Trip Back in Time” in Bethpage
Over 80 people attended the joint meeting of Central Park Historical Society and the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society to hear "Memories of the Motor Parkway in Bethpage". A wonderful time was had by all! (4 comments)
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Oct 22 2019
How the Planned Route of the Long Island Motor Parkway Changed from the Initial 1906 Plan
The original 1906 plan for the Motor Parkway was "a straightaway road of 65 or more miles that will extend from Floral Park through the center of Long Island to Riverhead. However, without the right of condemnation, the right-of-way was determined by landowners willing to accommodate the parkway organizers. (1 comments)
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Oct 21 2019
Mystery Foto #42 Solved: The Team Reunion of Joe Tracy and Al Poole for the 1956 “Rerun”
The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Old 16 Mystery Foto. (11 comments)
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Oct 19 2019
Bethpage Newsgram & Mid-Island Times: Vanderbilt Cup Races through Bethpage
Margaret Norris has reported on this Wednesday night's special program at the Bethpage Public Library in the Bethpage Newsgram and Mid-Island Times. (2 comments)
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Oct 16 2019
Nassau County Department of Pubic Works Surveys and Maps: Closing the Motor Parkway
In a new Kleiner's Kolumn, Art Kleiner has obtained maps and surveys (1938-1968) from the Nassau County Department of Public Works detailing the plans for Motor Parkway after it closed in 1938. (9 comments)
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Oct 15 2019
Tucker 1044 and Chrysler’s Chrysler Highlights from the Americana Manhasset Concours d’Elegance
Tucker 1044 and Chrysler's Chrysler participated in last Sunday's wonderful Americana Manhasset Concours d'Elegance. Tucker 1044 was honored with the Trendsetter Award. (2 comments)
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Oct 14 2019
Mystery Foto #41 Solved: The East Norwich Turn of the Vanderbilt Race Courses As Seen in 1955
The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto. (9 comments)
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