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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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Wow, they are really neat, glad they have been found and will be saved and displayed.
From Tucker’s Promotional Desk Set Origin Discovered!
Below is a overlay of a 1873 and a current map, courtesy of The David Rumsey Collection. Shows a proposed Granger Ave between Rocky Hill and Queens Rds. Granger Ave never came to be. Even though the Central RR was long abandoned, the LIMP still built the bridge so as not to sever the RR ROW.
From Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#4 The Bridge over the Queens Central Rail Road Right-of-Way
‘Detour around protesting landowners’ I wonder when the term ‘objector’s bend’ came to be in use.
From Favorite Website: The David Rumsey Collection of Long Island Maps
Update: The 1968 date of the film and its Manhattan location.
From Film of the Week: Henry Austin Clark, Jr Being Interviewed on Automotive Technology in 1968
Looking Northward at the LIMP section between Clinton just off on the left edge, and Raymond Ct at the right edge. Long Island’s newest parking lot is sadly now towards the right.
Garden City Lodge and LIMP managers office/HQ on the left. Look at all those posts!
Clinton bridge is down and construction well-underway on the Roosevelt Field Mall, the year is 1956.
From Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Motor Parkway Behind Stewart Field in Garden City
Hi Howard,
Wonderful find! It was great for me to finally see and hear the great and late Mr. Clark, Jr. Hope that somewhere out there is more film footage with audio of Mr. Clark.
Thank you.
Francis G. Clax
MotometerCentral™
http://www.motometercentral.com
From Film of the Week: Henry Austin Clark, Jr Being Interviewed on Automotive Technology in 1968
Brian, Show off ? HaH ! I’ll show you show off…..first, It’s not a trolley bridge but a Parkway bridge. On Jan. 27, 1942 the Nassau County Board of Supervisors awarded a contract to the Hendrickson Brothers firm (of Valley Stream), to demolish the Parkway bridge over Westbury Ave. for $55,000. This after local residents complained saying was it dangerous traffic wise and the steel could be used for the war effort. The bridge had three spans, the one for the trolley was 19’ wide, the other two were 18’ and 24’ wide. Two questions, why the different widths for automobile traffic and, when were the trolley tracks taken up, it must have been very confusing for automobile traffic there after.
From Anatomy of Three Aerials from the Cradle of Aviation Archives
I like the end of the story, the “smart new ‘48’s”. Quite collectible today.
From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Photos of Old 16 at the 1948 Antique Auto Show from the Helck Family Collection
Westbury Ave Pkwy/Trolley Bridge. Yes, I’m being a show off below : )
From Anatomy of Three Aerials from the Cradle of Aviation Archives
A pleasure to read through this, Art.
From Kleiner's Korner: The Overlapping Histories of Long Island Aviation and the Motor Parkway
A map showing the Motor Parkway that would eventually show “landing places for aeroplanes” prepared under supervision of Lawrence B. Sperry”. From “Aerial Age Weekly” of Jan. 1, 1917.
From Kleiner's Korner: The Overlapping Histories of Long Island Aviation and the Motor Parkway
Addendum: Most north-south expressways on Long Island/Queens are mostly straight, and where police heavily enforce speed activity
From Mystery Foto #46 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Meadowbrook Parkway and Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall Under Construction
The curvy Meadow Brook State Parkway (under construction) reminds me of the old Long Island Motor Parkway in general, also with its difficulties of purchasing lands for a straighter roadway. Stepping back a bit, it seems only the Long Island Expressway, I-495, (constructed 1939-1972) was able to accomplish the straightest roadway to date on Long Island, particularly in suburban Suffolk County.
From Mystery Foto #46 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Meadowbrook Parkway and Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall Under Construction
I was unable to respond in time but I must agree with Brian; that southerly view was a bit off-putting at first. Amazing how aerially south-to-north we get, and yet most maps have north at the top. ??? Sam, III
From Mystery Foto #46 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Meadowbrook Parkway and Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall Under Construction
When you zoom in to the added aerials from the COA, it’s like you were there.My copied images below don’t do them justice.
From Mystery Foto #46 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Meadowbrook Parkway and Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall Under Construction
Steve Lucas has correctly identified Korvettes in the Mystery Foto. Check out the “Korvettes has more of what you are looking for” television ad.
From Mystery Foto #46 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Meadowbrook Parkway and Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall Under Construction
The store on the southwest corner of Westbury Avenue and Glen Cove Road was definitely E. J. Korvette’s and not S. Klein’s. It opened in late 1954 and was the first of the stand alone designs built exclusively for Korvette’s on Long Island. Part of the confusion may be the “K” in both names and in later years several Korvette’s did take over former Klein’s locations. I spent hundreds of hours there in the 1950’s and 1960’s hanging out in their fabulous record, toy, and sporting goods departments. Attached photo is looking east toward Glen Cove Road.
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Howard Kroplick:
Steve, you are 100% correct. I spent time in that store, too!
From Mystery Foto #46 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Meadowbrook Parkway and Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall Under Construction
Such clear and crisp aerials from the COA.
From Mystery Foto #46 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Meadowbrook Parkway and Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall Under Construction
Max Schnettler:
Mystery photo looks like your looking south from the junction of Northern Parkway and Meadowbrook Parkway
From Mystery Foto #46 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Meadowbrook Parkway and Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall Under Construction
Mystery 46
From Mystery Foto #46 Solved: A 1956 Aerial of the Meadowbrook Parkway and Roosevelt Field Shopping Mall Under Construction
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