Vanderbilt Cup Races

Taking a wild guess here, but what is now the Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium? It was owned by Vanderbilt and was known as the Eagle’s Nest, and now it functions as a museum for the public.

From Mystery Friday Foto #33 Solved: Louis C. Tiffany's Laurelton Hall Estate in Laurel Hollow

Thanks for the encomia, Frank.  Perpendicular holes for twist wire?  Not likely.  Perp. holes held bolts that secured horizontal planks (guard rails).  Start with <http://sbiii.com/limposts.html> and <http://sbiii.com/limpkwy6.html#qnsvgnts> (attached).  There are pix of these with planks somewhere on my site but I can’t find where.  Lots more posts on <http://sbiii.com/limpkwy3.html>, as well.  Sam, III

From Update: Then (2017 and 2020) & Now (2026): A sad return to the Long Island Motor Parkway in Garden City

Great pics Sam, thanks for the link! Your contributions over the years exposing the hidden and iconic Motor Parkway has always been great and informative. What happened to the upright posts in the 1999 photo over the years? Trees falling and/or deviant attitudes. My best guess is the latter. Guessing for concrete post holes perpendicular to the roadway was intended for increased spiral wire rigidity through a particular section on the Motor Parkway, maybe the GC entrance/exit ramp area)? This is all during early crude road safety in 1909. What are your thoughts

From Update: Then (2017 and 2020) & Now (2026): A sad return to the Long Island Motor Parkway in Garden City

It’s ‘Laurelton Hall’ of Louis Comfort Tiffany that was sadly destroyed by horrific fire in the mid 1960’s. Certainly Willie K and Louis lived famously at the same time and in the same locale on the waters of Li’s North Shore (Laurelton Hall in Oyster Bay/Laurel Hollow). All that remains of the Vast estate is the water tower and some of the more distant stable buildings (individual residences, now) in the area. This place could have been the East’s version of Hearst’s San Simeon!

From Mystery Friday Foto #33 Solved: Louis C. Tiffany's Laurelton Hall Estate in Laurel Hollow

The picture is the estate called Laurelton Hall” and was built for Louis C. Tiffany Estate in Laurel Hollow, New York. The original 65-room mansion, and 600 acre estate was completed in 1905. Designed by Louis C. Tiffany himself. The estate burned in 1957 and some parts were saved. The majority of windows and other surviving architectural pieces were salvaged by Hugh McKean and Jeannette Genius McKean of the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art and shipped to Winter Park, Florida, after the fire. A major retrospective of Laurelton Hall opened at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art in November, 2006. Additionally, Louis Comfort Tiffany created the Vanderbilt Cup Trophy!

From Mystery Friday Foto #33 Solved: Louis C. Tiffany's Laurelton Hall Estate in Laurel Hollow

Oh, c’mon!  Louis Comfort Tiffany’s Laurelton Hall out the end of Laurel Hollow Road in Laurel Hollow.  Burned down in 1958.  Salvaged portions at the Morse Museum in Winter Park FL, and at the MMA.  Some of the glass covered bridge (orig. attached) supposedly remains at Ridge Road.  Tiffany & Co. made the V. Cup.  Sam, III

From Mystery Friday Foto #33 Solved: Louis C. Tiffany's Laurelton Hall Estate in Laurel Hollow

I have seen and heard the Napier-Railton in person at the Brooklands race track in Weybridge, Surrey, England. It is a car that you “experience” from the sight, and sound it makes. The Brooklands Society has an annual reunion and for many years a number of drivers and mechanics who worked and used the race track ( 1939 and earlier) would attend. Brooklands was a banked track ! as early as the teens and twenties.

From Hotcars.com: These Cars All Have Aircraft Engines

Re the Napier-Railton, Stan Mott, the famed auto cartoonist (and creator of the Cyclops), captured it perfectly:  <http://sbiii.com/cyclops/stmott-2.html> and <http://sbiii.com/smottpix/s1ngle17.jpg> (attached - please observe copyright notice on my site).  Sam, III

From Hotcars.com: These Cars All Have Aircraft Engines

“Then and Now” - “then” - in case anyone missed it (and gives a hoot), per the 29 Jul post on this subject, “My Raymond Court pix (from 16 Feb 1999) - - - at <http://sbiii.com/limpkwy2.html#today> - - - “.  Sam, III

From Update: Then (2017 and 2020) & Now (2026): A sad return to the Long Island Motor Parkway in Garden City

Great pics on the Motor Parkway! A rare opportunity to have walked the cleared parkway that day. Remembered the spectacular elevated view of the manager’s house while descending from the Clinton Rd bridge. 
Curious of Raymond Ct’s fate and its 18 homes. Will the narrow 25 ft roadway be used as access to both ball field parking and proposed townhouses to the east?

From Update: Then (2017 and 2020) & Now (2026): A sad return to the Long Island Motor Parkway in Garden City

Yes Art, you are correct. We went over there after looking at the Mayan Ruins.

From Update: Then (2017 and 2020) & Now (2026): A sad return to the Long Island Motor Parkway in Garden City

Yes - had a good time that day.  I might be mistaken but was that the day we explored the Mayan Ruins first?  I do remember one of those places giving me a case of poison ivy!  But worth it, I think.

From Update: Then (2017 and 2020) & Now (2026): A sad return to the Long Island Motor Parkway in Garden City

As kids, we used to ride our bikes down the western Clinton Road embankment unless it was covered in snow…Then we sledded down the eastern embankment (watching for traffic of course)...Some were known to have ‘launched’ snowballs from both sides…

From Update: Then (2017 and 2020) & Now (2026): A sad return to the Long Island Motor Parkway in Garden City

Louis Comfort Tiffany estates in Laurel Hollow? The tower near the water. The connection with owner’s family with the Vanderbilt Cup Races, unknown to me?

From Mystery Friday Foto #33 Solved: Louis C. Tiffany's Laurelton Hall Estate in Laurel Hollow

Laurel Hollow, Laurelton Hall, Louis C. Tiffany.  Estate had at one time 1,500 acres. 
Tiffany created the Vanderbilt Cup Race trophy.
The minaret (actually the smokestack for the estate’s power plant) still remains today.
First photo from Feb., 2018, second Aug. 15, 2020 (with Tiffany’s water sports equipment) and article from Newsday, March 7, 1958. 

From Mystery Friday Foto #33 Solved: Louis C. Tiffany's Laurelton Hall Estate in Laurel Hollow

I had plan to visit this site but its pretty much off limit to all for now? Nice photo of the parkway boys, got to know Art, Al, and Steve, met Frank at the Rt.135 Bethpage exploration meet, now I know who’s the rest. IF AND WHEN THERE’S A MOTOR PARKWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY MEET AT THE BETHPAGE LIBRARY, SOME DAY?? A HELLO!

From Update: Then (2017 and 2020) & Now (2026): A sad return to the Long Island Motor Parkway in Garden City

Willie Vanderbilt, The Commodore’s estate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanderbilt_Museum

From Mystery Friday Foto #33 Solved: Louis C. Tiffany's Laurelton Hall Estate in Laurel Hollow

I believe Greg is correct. We had a pretty clear path to the Clinton Road embankment that day. It’s always amazing to see how quickly the vegetation takes over again. We had a great time exploring the area. Sadly history sometimes loses to current community decisions. Hopefully we can revisit the area when this project is completed to see what remnants remain.

From Update: Then (2017 and 2020) & Now (2026): A sad return to the Long Island Motor Parkway in Garden City

If I recall correctly, LIPA had just come through clearing trees and brush a few days prior to our walk through the area so it was fairly clear.

From Update: Then (2017 and 2020) & Now (2026): A sad return to the Long Island Motor Parkway in Garden City

Going by our smiles, Al may have been speaking of the link between LIMP treasures and the former outhouse.

From Update: Then (2017 and 2020) & Now (2026): A sad return to the Long Island Motor Parkway in Garden City