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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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Congrats Howard. Ain’t it the truth!
From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Voted Best Blog on the North Shore
Unpleasant letter to receive just before the holidays winter’s cold! To reduce costs they kept the outer toll collections in full operation at Rocky Hill and Huntington lodges, with only three more in Mineola, Garden City, and Bethpage. So any weekday from Dec 1935 - Apr 1938 one could travel from the Great Neck lodge to Meadow Brook lodge (8.50 miles), or to Massapequa lodge (13.75 miles) free of charge. I wonder how they resolved that issue. Perhaps Officer Zinze at Massapequa had additional tasks to perform.
From Update: Greg O’s Discovery: The McCamish Family and Their Time in the Meadow Brook Lodge
The full article in which this painting appeared has been added at the end of the post (note: Firefox may not display the pdf).
From Kleiner's Korner: A "True" 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race Illustration
Congratulations, Howard. Glad to be a part of the your award winning blog!
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Howard Kroplick
Your Kleiner Korners and contributions are much appreciated! Thanks!
From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Voted Best Blog on the North Shore
Hi Jim, Welcome! The parking lot is behind the Stewart Filed off Stewart Avenue. Go to the end of Raymond Court in Garden Cityand look for the bluestone parking lot.
From Update: A Proposal to the Village of Garden City To Restore the Motor Parkway Concrete Posts Near Their Parking Lot
Motor Parkway’s Little Neck Parkway Bridge (1912-1942) looking NNW in the afternoon.
The open field beyond the bridge on the left is today’s Green Meadows Farm, and beyond that in the heavy trees is today’s Queens County Farm Museum. This rail road type girder bridge replaced an original Motor Parkway concrete bridge, similar to the Winchester Blvd bridge here—> https://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/blog/article/wednesday_december_31_2008_the_bridges_over_winchester_boulevard.
I’ve yet to find photos of the original LIMP concrete bridge’s that spanned throughout Queens. Likely this mystery photo taken shortly before demolition in 1942.
From Mystery Foto #44B Solved: A 1942 Photo of the Little Neck Parkway Motor Parkway Bridge
Exact location of the parking lot in question? Also, I grew up in New Hyde Park and found this page through the NewHydeParkMuseum.com page. Really enjoying it all!
From Update: A Proposal to the Village of Garden City To Restore the Motor Parkway Concrete Posts Near Their Parking Lot
• Motor Parkway Bridge over Little Neck Road (Parkway). The photographer is looking North.
• This bridge and other bridges in Queens look different because when they were built the City of New York required the Motor Parkway to use railroad-type trestle construction over the Queens public roads.
• The photo was taken June 5, 1942 as part of a survey in preparation for the demolition of the bridge.
From Mystery Foto #44B Solved: A 1942 Photo of the Little Neck Parkway Motor Parkway Bridge
Found among files from the Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport are documents from Willie K. and A.J. Kienzle, General Mgr. of the Parkway relating to the various lodges. Here’s one announcing the closing of several lodges, including Meadow Brook effective Dec. 1, 1934. Letters were sent to lodge keepers, including Otto McCamish.
From Update: Greg O’s Discovery: The McCamish Family and Their Time in the Meadow Brook Lodge
Al, he ran in the same social circles as Willie K.. However, he appears only to have attended the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
From Harbor Hill- The Roslyn Country Home of a 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Spectator- Clarence Mackay
Howard, Best, most thorough and informative article I’ve ever seen on the Mackay estate and family. Was he involved with the Vanderbilt Cup Races in ant way?
From Harbor Hill- The Roslyn Country Home of a 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Spectator- Clarence Mackay
Nice work Greg! I recalled similar dirt tracks in a construction photo by Farmedge Rd near the Bloomingdale bridge. There was little to go on to solve the pic in the open plains.
From Kleiner's Korner: Recently Found Motor Parkway Construction Photos
Greg, great info, I was unaware. The path leading to the water tower still has a horse/pillar ornament mounted at its entrance, and the Dairy Man’s cottage sits at an amazing 3/4 miles away from the mansion!
From Harbor Hill- The Roslyn Country Home of a 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Spectator- Clarence Mackay
Frank- At least the Dairy man’s cottage, water tower, and front gate are still there.
https://www.roslynlandmarks.org/projects/mackay-estate-dairymans-cottage
From Harbor Hill- The Roslyn Country Home of a 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Spectator- Clarence Mackay
Looking back at the current view of the Roslyn site, Mackay mansion was four times larger than the biggest house in the area today! He was only 28 years of age when he built the house on the hill. Sadly, there is no evidence at all today of the former estate. It’s been completely wiped off the map. THANK YOU Howard for saving those Mackay horses!
From Harbor Hill- The Roslyn Country Home of a 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Spectator- Clarence Mackay
Greg - you nailed that one! Great work!
From Kleiner's Korner: Recently Found Motor Parkway Construction Photos
The 2nd Bain photo down could also be the same stretch of tracks next to the Newbridge Rd bridge as the January mystery photo. The South side poles match, but the building on the North side has been removed since the Bain photos appear to be previous to bridge construction and no longer needed by the time the mystery photo was taken. Also, the mystery photo is missing the poles on the North side of the tracks. Possibly also removed by the time of the January mystery photo.
From Kleiner's Korner: Recently Found Motor Parkway Construction Photos
Aside from the obvious tree line, the dirt pathways match between the mystery photo (top) and the Bain photo (below)
From Kleiner's Korner: Recently Found Motor Parkway Construction Photos
I have confirmed that the 3rd photo down is indeed taken from the location of the Newbridge Road bridge. Here is my proof:
Mystery photo #4, from Jan 27th 2020 is just about an identical view. The top photo is the entire mystery #4 photo. Zooming in on the trees to the left of that mystery photo reveals a tree line, (my 2nd photo) The 3rd photo is an enlarged and cropped version of the Bain photo. The tree line is an exact match.
From Kleiner's Korner: Recently Found Motor Parkway Construction Photos
now theres a code to get in and you are on camera . cant even take pictures under the (bridge) mmmm wonder if the members no or care about the history…At least my friend from Staten Island and i got in to the clubhouse ,talk about history !before they escorted us out
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