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Great Neck / Lake Success area. The top of the picture is east. Major roads: Lakeville Rd. (bisects the picture horizontally), Marcus Ave. (bisects the picture vertically), Northern State Pkwy. (left of Marcus Ave.) LIMP runs from lower right (SW) to the center, then curves to the left and heads north.
My reading eyes aren’t that good anymore but it looks like the Marcus Ave. LIMP bridge has been taken down but the NSP LIMP bridge is still there. Parkway isn’t widened yet. Late 1950s?
Most prominent building is 1111 Marcus Avenue on the upper right. It was the original HQ of the United Nations, and longtime home of Sperry. It is now occupied by Hain Celestial and Northwell Health, among other tenants.
From Mystery Foto #39 Solved: A successful 1951 Fairchild aerial over Lake Success
Thank you Brian and Frank. I wonder why it was called “North Hempstead Turnpike” when it was nowhere near Hempstead or the Town of North Hempstead.
From Mystery Foto #38 Solved: A 1951 aerial of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadow, Queens
Top is East. I see the Northern State Parkway. Vanderbilts Deepdale Estate. Vanderbilts guest house that eventually became the NY State Police barracks. I see the LIMP coming in from Queens in the lower right corner of the pix. I see a LIMP bridge west of Marcus Ave. I cannot tell if the LIMP over Marcus Ave is still there. I can see the LIMP bridge built by Robert Moses over the Northern Parkway. I can see the Great Neck Toll Lodge of the LIMP. The western side of the LIMP Bridge over Lakeville Rd still appears to be there, even if the bridge is clearly gone. I see part of the North Shore Towers golf course. I see the original UN Building.
From Mystery Foto #39 Solved: A successful 1951 Fairchild aerial over Lake Success
Another great Fairchild shot. Love the Fairchild’s aerials!
From Mystery Foto #39 Solved: A successful 1951 Fairchild aerial over Lake Success
Al Prete - A snapshot from the online Motor Parkway map. You are correct about N Hempstead Tpke being renamed as Booth Memorial Av. The tpke’s eastern terminus at Hollis Ct Blvd was removed to make way for housing in Fresh Meadows 1951, and later for the Clearview Expwy in 1963. The rest of the old tpke still remains as Booth Memorial Av
From Mystery Foto #38 Solved: A 1951 aerial of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadow, Queens
Al, found on an older map that NH Tpke stretched east to Hollis Court Blvd; which I think used to be Queens Rd.
From Mystery Foto #38 Solved: A 1951 aerial of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadow, Queens
What happened to the old North Hempstead Turnpike? Sources that I found say it was renamed to Booth Memorial Avenue, but Booth Memorial Avenue ends at the Horace Harding Expressway north service road. How far east did the old turnpike go?
From Mystery Foto #38 Solved: A 1951 aerial of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadow, Queens
Thanks, Mitch. I remember you followed the late Sam Berliners History websites ( he had quite a few interests ) There’s a Mystery Foto #2 - Jan 15 2018 - Fresh Meadows, that has excellent views of this area; around the same time period. Nice mix of the old & new then. Below is a screenshot looking Southeast.
From Mystery Foto #38 Solved: A 1951 aerial of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadow, Queens
Frank- You are correct! My mistake for just quickly snagging an improperly captioned Google photo. The tanks in the demo photo were on Maspeth Ave in Greenpoint and not the Elmhurst tanks. Good catch!
From Mystery Foto #38 Solved: A 1951 aerial of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadow, Queens
Very interesting story, hope all cars are owned and cared for somewhere.
From The InstaGRAM Report: Austin Clark Jr.'s 'Silent' 1963 Long Island Automotive Museum Auction Part 1
Oh wait! Greg, I don’t remember the Elmhurst tanks being checker-board on top.
From Mystery Foto #38 Solved: A 1951 aerial of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadow, Queens
Correction to my comment above. That is not “the LIMP from HHB to NHT”. That was Peck Avenue, built after that section of the LIMP was taken down. The LIIMP was a little to the east of that road, but basically ran parallel.
From Mystery Foto #38 Solved: A 1951 aerial of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadow, Queens
Sorry I missed this one! Brian McCarthy’s markup is very good, but that is not North Hempstead Turnpike. That’s the LIMP from HHB to NHT. The NHT angle was different…it went throught the Oak Grove, the woods to the upper right, just above the “N” in your label “North Hempstead Turnpike”. NHT was gone by this time. So the dotted line showing the path of the NHT was also not correct.
From Mystery Foto #38 Solved: A 1951 aerial of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadow, Queens
Oh-no, there goes the tanks!! Great pic Greg!
From Mystery Foto #38 Solved: A 1951 aerial of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadow, Queens
From Greg O.
Elmhurst gas tanks off in the distance
From Mystery Foto #38 Solved: A 1951 aerial of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadow, Queens
I marked up the birds eye view aerial below with road names etc. Photographer was facing Northwest in Queens NY, guessing 1950; no later than 1955. 2 landmarks for the LIMP? Parkway itself, bridge over 73rd Ave. From what I can tell. the N Hempstead Tpke bridge has been removed, but I noted on the map where it was located.
From Mystery Foto #38 Solved: A 1951 aerial of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadow, Queens
The photographer was over present day Cunningham Park and/or Clearview Expressway. Picture was taken before construction of the LIE so probably late 40’s early 50’s.The LIMP is crossing over 73rd Ave. running parallel to Francis Lewis Blvd.
From Mystery Foto #38 Solved: A 1951 aerial of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadow, Queens
Looking forward to this meeting. Should be interesting.
From Hold the Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023 7 pm- Special Presentation at the Fall Meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society
20 20 hindsight, the following Sunday would have been a huge dud, though there was no way to know that.
The rain leads to a question; how effective are the Tucker’s windshield wipers, and how well do the brakes work in the rain? I’d expect that with disc brakes, they’d have been far better than most drum brakes of the time.
From Tucker 1044 at the 50th Anniversary Jaguar Concours at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum
Fresh Meadows, Queens looking west
Late 1950s during LIE construction and after the tower/incinerator next to the tall buildings were built
Motor Parkway is in the trees running across the bottom of the photo
North Hempstead Bridge, 73rd Avenue Bridge
Francis Lewis Blvd., Horace Harding Blvd., Union Turnpike
From Mystery Foto #38 Solved: A 1951 aerial of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadow, Queens
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