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Thank you all for voicing your comments during the public hearings comment to ensure the permanent Landmark Status.  Bravo

Andrew Ward, Mineola

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Nice work gentlemen! I missed the blog post on this so unfortunately I didn’t get the chance to send you an email of support Howard. I’m very happy that you prevailed and since you were probably very articulate in presenting the case the outcome was a good one.

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Thank you so much for these amazing, historical photos.  I truly enjoyed reading through them and sharing with my hometown, New Hyde Park.

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Great job guys,well done,putting the point across to them,why it should be a landmark.

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Congratulations Howard! A very well deserved award. I’m sure you did well at Amelia Island too and I fully expect that the Chrysler will do very well at the Greenwich Concours this year. I’m looking forward to seeing it there during the last weekend in May. The car is simply spectacular!

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Hi Howard:

  What a beautiful day and event for you and Roz!!!  Just SUPER !!!!!

            Cheers and Best !!!!  Ron Ridolph

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What else can be said but woooow,fabulous and congratulations. Probably be saying the same for the Florida show too. Good luck. Your a sure win at any show. Chryslers Chrysler is the best of the best and can go on and on about it. See you tonight . Hope it’s a good turn out. Looking forward to seeing you and a lot of other familiar people.

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Howard or Art…..I just found a website about “The Lannin Walk”. JJ Lannins hotel was somewhere in Garden City (not the building I originally thought it was, which is The Salisbury Country Club; as you corrected) . Even though he’s not part of this mystery photo, his lifestory is interesting. The 1927 map that Art posted shows “Lannin Realty Co.” all around this area of the solved mystery.

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Didn’t get many on this one. It wasn’t a very easy one. Well any how Happy St.Pats Day to all

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This one really had my brain all over the place. Howard or Art…..Why do I have a hard time seeing this aerial as Northeast? From what I’ve read, JJ Lannin did have a hotel in this area. Was it nearby the Meadowbrook Country Club? This aerial is much older than I guessed. The Central RR was in use. Very neat info about this monoplane.
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From Howard Kroplick

Brian, good catch! The view is looking south/east. I believe the clubhouse was built on the hotel’s property.

From Mystery Foto #11 Revealed & Updated: Barbot's Flying Flivver Over Merrick Avenue in 1923

Just re-read my answer, meant to say looking South East..

From Mystery Foto #11 Revealed & Updated: Barbot's Flying Flivver Over Merrick Avenue in 1923

Looking southeast across Merrick Avenue, East Meadow with the large building resembling the remodeled (1930s) Meadowbrook Golf clubhouse (a large dome was a latter feature behind this building).  The smaller building looks like the old Salisbury Plains rail station with the rail line running across Merrick Avenue into what is today’s Eisenhower Park.  The LIMP crossed Merrick Avenue just a little north (left) in the picture.

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Stumped, but possibly Herricks/Searingtown, at Searingtown Rd. South/Shelter Rock Rd. and Moore St. tree-lined Herricks High School at bottom left corner, facing SE. towards Roosevelt Field, plane is heading SW to align with runway. LIMP parkway bridge out of view, crossed over Old Searingtown Rd. 1940’s.

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Ditto SamIII!

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I’m throwing in the towel on this one after a few days!

The only thing I have on this one is the location is looking South West at the where the Central RailRoad and Merrick Ave intersect. I don’t have any info on the plane to answer the rest of the questions, but the building that appears to be under constuction near the intersection would be the clubhouse for the Meadowbrook Club. I’ll guess early/mid-1920’s since I can’t find an exact build date.

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Location….Overlooking Salisbury and Meadowbrook Golf Links in a southeast direction. Buildings and roads…. Lannin Hotel and Salisbury RR Station west of Merrick Ave, hotel south of the Central RR row; the station on the north side of the Central RR row. Within the Salisbury Golf links, pretty sure I can see a RR siding spuring on the northside of the Central RR row. I think there’s a culvert or underpass at this point. There’s a small building on the southside of this area, associated with the Salisbury links. Airplane/Pilot….It does’nt look likethe Spirit of St Louis. Other than that, I don’t know. Significance of plane….Don’t know. Year….Early 1940’s ?. Link with VCR and LIMP….Don’t know. I do know that the LIMP isn’t seen in this photo. And JJ Lannin was once owner of the Roosevelt Airfield. He set aside a room in his hotel nearby for Mr. Lindbergh, and walked Charles Lindbergh across the tarmac in his airfield to watch his historic takeoff on 5/20/1927. I know there’s a lot of gentlemen here who know the vintage planes like the back of their hand, I just don’t have the knowledge.

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The folks in the apartment complex to the north pressed really hard to have the bridge demolished ca. 1999; it took a lot of effort to prevent that!  I just realized that my LIMP Page 4 was never restored; it is now and has my 13 and 14 Oct 1999 photos of the bridge and surrounds.  Go to <http://sbiii.com/limpkwy4.html#oldcthrd>.  The thumbnails are poor for the nonce (I’ll get to them one of these days) but the linked images are sharp.  Sam, III

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LOVE those caricatures!  You have the Exha(u)st and Inlet side pix of the Darraq motor swapped.  Sam, III

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I sure will try to come to support the landmark of this historic site
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From Howard Kroplick

Ted, thanks. It is likely there will be some people opposing the landmarking.

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Enjoyed the photo history. Glad to see another landmark preserved.

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