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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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It was great seeing you at different car events! Enjoy Florida!
From John Cuocco Heads to Florida After 19 Years of Great Work
Good luck to you John!
From John Cuocco Heads to Florida After 19 Years of Great Work
Dick Stokes:
Good luck at your new endeavors, really enjoyed the time at Amelia.
From John Cuocco Heads to Florida After 19 Years of Great Work
John good luck in Florida it was nice talking to you all these years
From John Cuocco Heads to Florida After 19 Years of Great Work
I recognize the location. I was just working there this week. Today, the road is known as Old Northern Blvd. At the time it was just Northern Blvd., in Roslyn.
The photographer is in the middle of the street, facing East. The Clock Tower is behind the photographer. The building that is the Tea House, is actually the original Grist Mill and the water from Hempstead Harbor flowing through the mill and underneath the road.
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Howard Kroplick
Phil, it was a pleasure meting you in person last Wednesday on Old Northern Boulevard!
From Mystery Foto #17 Solved: Old Northern Boulevard, Roslyn in the Early 1960s
Jerry and Rita Trapani:
Bouna Fortuna
From John Cuocco Heads to Florida After 19 Years of Great Work
Eddie Muro:
Enjoy your next phase John.
From John Cuocco Heads to Florida After 19 Years of Great Work
Ellen Vigneaux:
Great team
From John Cuocco Heads to Florida After 19 Years of Great Work
Rob Ida:
Congrats and good luck John Cuocco. It was a pleasure to work with you buddy.
From John Cuocco Heads to Florida After 19 Years of Great Work
Look at the pics from two years ago. I don’t know what they are doing here, but it seems inevitable that this stretch of LIMP is on it’s last leg.
From Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #4 Albertson
Old Northern Blvd in Roslyn facing East. It’s technically known as the historic building district.
The Tea House is the old Grist Mill.
From Mystery Foto #17 Solved: Old Northern Boulevard, Roslyn in the Early 1960s
later in the 70’s one of those buildings on the left was US Blues
From Mystery Foto #17 Solved: Old Northern Boulevard, Roslyn in the Early 1960s
Roslyn Village looking east north east, Anchorage Bar & Grill, US Post Office in the distance
From Mystery Foto #17 Solved: Old Northern Boulevard, Roslyn in the Early 1960s
Walker & Gillette c. 1924.
Built for Harry Payne Whitney and wife Gertrude after they gave ‘The Manse’ to son Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney.
From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Profile: Harry Payne Whitney
Great post. The horse / polo history of LI is not understood. So many of these Gold Coast tycoons were into horses in some form or another. Not many people know the oldest club in the US is located in Old Westbury right off of—get ready for it—- Whitney Lane. It’s also known as Hitchcock field, which was another huge polo family, and also Old Westbury residents whose property after hundreds of years is now being decimated to become a graveyard for the Catholic church. So Wonderful. The Hitchcock stables (2 pictures attached) still stand, but not for long. It wasn’t quite as huge as the Whitney stable, which is just tremendous and beautifully preserved although nobody knows it was a stable.
Pic of the Whitney water tower / guard tower is attached. Amazing that this is still standing. The club currently uses this to park the golf carts and all of the other levels are simply storage. I’ve been up there 😊
It’s said that one of the Vanderbilt children committed suicide by jumping off of this tower.
From VanderbiltCupRaces.com Profile: Harry Payne Whitney
Do you know where I can purchase a a high resolution print/photo of the attached William Luttgen 1906 Vanderbilt Cup photo? This is a great photo.
- Peter
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Howard Kroplick
I will send you my best resolution that I have of this image. In exchange, please take out a $25 membership in the Roslyn Landmark Society. Enjoy,
Howard
https://www.roslynlandmarks.org/ecommerce/membership.html
From Mechanician Joe Marx in the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race
The rear property of the brick house looks to be elevated, then sloping down to the flat LIMP ROW on the past images, too. The additional dirt mound where Sam is had to come from somewhere. Maybe the house foundation is being expanded? Probably just spread the dirt down towards the LIMP.
From Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #4 Albertson
Great walk down memory lane. Walking home from Herricks Junior High (remember when), my friends and I “hung out” at the 3 foot eastern wall that stood over old Searingtown Rd on our way home. What the hell did we know about this historic road back in ‘61!!! Bob Andreocci
From Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #3 Searingtown
Frank Femenias and Al Velocci have confirmed that Aerial B is the Mott section of Garden City under construction.
From Update: Mystery Foto #16 Solved: A 1936 Braman-Johnson Survey Flyover Over the Hempstead Plains
Howard, B photo, that section of Garden City looking south with Washington Ave. on the right and Clinton R. on the left. with Osborne Rd. across the top and Wetherill Rd up the middle. That curved section at bottom right is part of the racetrack of the Agricultural Society at the Mineola Fair. The Motor Parkway is just out of sight on the left side center below the fifth crossroad, Kenwood Rd.
From Update: Mystery Foto #16 Solved: A 1936 Braman-Johnson Survey Flyover Over the Hempstead Plains
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