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  • Mystery Foto #7 Solved:The Intersection of Old Country Road & Post Avenue in Westbury (1908 & 2020)
    Feb 17 2020

    Mystery Foto #7 Solved:The Intersection of Old Country Road & Post Avenue in Westbury (1908 & 2020)

    The Garden City Archives challenged you to identify this Mystery Foto of a section of the planned original section of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race course. (15 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Korner: The Long Island Motor Parkway in Advertising Part I
    Feb 15 2020

    Kleiner’s Korner: The Long Island Motor Parkway in Advertising Part I

    The growth of the Motor Parkway encouraged Long Island businesses to use it to generate business and to aid in providing directions to customers. (10 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documentation of the Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges in Nassau County (#28-#42)
    Feb 12 2020

    Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documentation of the Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges in Nassau County (#28-#42)

    Part II of the Nassau County Motor Parkway bridges takes us from the Westbury Avenue Bridge to the Wantagh Avenue Bridge. (11 comments)


  • Tucker 1044 Honored with Best in Class and Billy Gardell Trophies at Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance
    Feb 11 2020

    Tucker 1044 Honored with Best in Class and Billy Gardell Trophies at Boca Raton Concours d’Elegance

    Tucker 1044 kept it winning streak going last Sunday at the beautiful Boca Raton Concours d'Elegance. The judges awarded Tucker 1044 Best in Class (One-Offs and Limited Production Through 1975) and the Billy Gardell Celebrity Judge Award. (3 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #6 Solved: The Jericho Turn in Jericho on a Vanderbilt Cup Race Course
    Feb 10 2020

    Mystery Foto #6 Solved: The Jericho Turn in Jericho on a Vanderbilt Cup Race Course

    The Garden City Archives challenges you to identify another never-before-published Mystery Foto. (16 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documentation of the First 15 Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges in Nassau County
    Feb 08 2020

    Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documentation of the First 15 Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges in Nassau County

    The Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge series continues with the first 15 bridges in Nassau County (#s 13-27) going from west to east. (11 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Kolumn: The Carman Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge Removal
    Feb 05 2020

    Kleiner’s Kolumn: The Carman Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge Removal

    Next in the bridge removal series is the Carman Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in East Meadow, location of many Vanderbilt Cup Races. (5 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Kolumn: Part 2- Mapping the Motor Parkway, Mitchel Field & Mitchel Gardens
    Feb 04 2020

    Kleiner’s Kolumn: Part 2- Mapping the Motor Parkway, Mitchel Field & Mitchel Gardens

    This post continues with my examination of Mitchel Field documents provided by the Nassau County Dept. of Public Works and pertains to post-WWII development of the area. (16 comments)


  • Mystery Foto #5 Solved: The Motor Parkway West of Merrick Avenue Under Construction in 1908
    Feb 03 2020

    Mystery Foto #5 Solved: The Motor Parkway West of Merrick Avenue Under Construction in 1908

    The Garden City Archives challenged you to identify this weekend's Super Bowl Mystery Foto. (23 comments)


  • Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documentation of the 12 Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges in Queens
    Feb 01 2020

    Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documentation of the 12 Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges in Queens

    Previous posts have featured the many bridges constructed over and under The Long Island Motor Parkway, however none have included all the bridges in one place.This first post provides profiles of the 12 bridges built in Queens. (4 comments)




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Apr 15 2026 Thank you Ariejan! Better late than never! You’re information also aligns with Alice being a woman of means at that time and…

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