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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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Recent Comments
From Gerry R:
Great edition. Aerial shots really interesting. Looks like a nice home. Also nice smiles and thumbs up shots.
From An Amazing Aerial of Deepdale Estate and the Marcus Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Lake Success
Harry, Roosevelt Field had two fields. The main field was Field 2. Field 1 was the secondary field and later became Roosevelt Raceway , the site of the 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Races. I have added tags below for these two races.
From "Roosevelt Field and Ye Motor Parkway" Executed by Artist Eric Sloane
Hi,
Beautiful art work by Erick Sloane! In the 1950’s I rode out from Bayside on my bicycle to buy lacquer for my model airplanes at Air Associates. Did Field 1 become Mitchel Field?
Harry
From "Roosevelt Field and Ye Motor Parkway" Executed by Artist Eric Sloane
Howard, thanks - nice pictures. Coincidentally, I just picked up a postcard dated 1912 titled “East Wing of W.K. Vanderbilts Residence , Lakeville, NY. I’ll send you a scan so we can compare.
From An Amazing Aerial of Deepdale Estate and the Marcus Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Lake Success
Magnificent!
From Video: Model A Fords on the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge
Wow.
From The Long Island Aviation County Club, the Motor Parkway and a Hangar
What a beautiful and idyllic stretch of land! Even if it was not a potential, historic sight, it should be left a open land.
From LevittownPatch: Historical Site May Halt Senior Housing Development
Looks real nice in the park/grass setting, I agree tho, fresh paint is needed.
From 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler Awarded People's Choice Award at 2012 Greenwich Concours d'Elegance
John, you are correct. However, there are no remnants of the Parkway remaining.
From An Amazing Aerial of Deepdale Estate and the Marcus Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Lake Success
A roadway that runs behind the synagogue, from the parking lot at its southern end to the driveway exit leading onto Lakeville Road, seems to follow the path of the LIMP.
From An Amazing Aerial of Deepdale Estate and the Marcus Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Lake Success
thank you for this wonderful picture
From "Roosevelt Field and Ye Motor Parkway" Executed by Artist Eric Sloane
Hi James:
Not really. This area was cleared for road and parking lot construction.
Howard
From An Amazing Aerial of Deepdale Estate and the Marcus Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Lake Success
Does anything at all of the original highway exist in that short stretch between the location of the Marcus Ave bridge and where it crosses Lakeville Road?
From An Amazing Aerial of Deepdale Estate and the Marcus Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Lake Success
Howard,
as a long time LIMP aficionado I am appalled. PLease keep us informed when the next date is.
From Developer Makes His Case for a Multiple-Family Housing Complex on the Historic Motor Parkway
Does the developer have a backyard to his property, his home, his place-of-residence? Is it of any historical value? If not, perhaps he could consider building the unit in that space. At some point in any of these discussions aimed at overloading the precious slivers of Long Island and wiping out our Island’s rich historical background the proposition of IN-YOUR-BACKYARD needs to become to rally cry.
Thank you Howard for all of your efforts in these ongoing scenarios.
From Developer Makes His Case for a Multiple-Family Housing Complex on the Historic Motor Parkway
Keep it as original as possible…and…drivable of course.
From 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler Awarded People's Choice Award at 2012 Greenwich Concours d'Elegance
Wow - What a great event!!!
From Black Beast Helps Open the Alco Heritage Museum
I also enjoyed the recent article in “Old Cars Weekly”.
I couldn’t decide if the car should be restored or kept original.
Now that I’ve seen several pictures, I think at the very least it should have a
paint job. My opinion.
From 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler Awarded People's Choice Award at 2012 Greenwich Concours d'Elegance
HOWARD, iT IS NICE THAT PEOPLE APPRECIATE SEEING IT AS IS. I FEEL A PEOPLES CHOICE AWARD IS BETTER THAN A JUDGED AWARD SCORED SOLELY ON POINTS.
GENE KENNEDY
From 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler Awarded People's Choice Award at 2012 Greenwich Concours d'Elegance
Ahh the Chrysler has been given CPR and it is rolling again. Just a little paint maybe a few throw pillows and you are ready to go!!! Great progress Howard just great.
From 1937 Chrysler's Chrysler Awarded People's Choice Award at 2012 Greenwich Concours d'Elegance
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