Vanderbilt Cup Races

Art, Well done.  Vanderbilt and the Motor Parkway did not did not join any group that opposed Moses efforts. The blank application forms of the N.C.C.C. are still in the Parkway archives at the Vanderbilt Museum. Moses only agreed to shift the Northern State Parkway r. o. w. south in the vicinity of Glen Cove Road after the N.C.C.C. gave Moses $125, 000.00 for “land purchases”

From Kleiner's Korner: The Velocci Papers Part 2 - The 1929 Proposal to Retrofit the Motor Parkway

From Greg O.;

Great Post Art!
Not only E.F. Hutton on the seasonal ticket holder list. Paul D Cravath was #164 using the Parkway to trave to his estate ‘Veraton’ in Lattingtown.

http://www.oldlongisland.com/search?q=Veraton

And W.R. Grace had #165 & 166 featured in Part 1

https://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/blog/article/do_not_post_greg_os_garage_the_1930_motor_parkway_plate_season_ticket_census

There’s 2 or 3 others I’m seeing as well. Not surprising the NCCC was made up of Parkway regulars.

From Kleiner's Korner: The Velocci Papers Part 2 - The 1929 Proposal to Retrofit the Motor Parkway

Tim, Most drivers are right handed ?

From A first look inside and under the 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III

Ford put the ignition switch on the left until 1964. I have not been able to find out why they moved it to the right…

From A first look inside and under the 1962 Holman Moody Challenger III

Cliff - tough work indeed, and amazing that you were part of the work crew that help take down the Motor Pkwy bridge over LIRR in Williston Park. The other bridge in Mineola that you refer to, was it located over Jericho Tpke carrying the LIRR? It would be interesting to know.

From Demolition of the Williston Park/East Williston LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge

Andy - your comment/question is 12 yrs old now. You may remembering a concrete overpass which spanned over Commack Rd from the former Edgewood Hospital to another Hospital ( Mason? ) on the west side of Commack Rd. More of a Pedestrian Bridge, don’t think it was wide enough for vehicles. I was curious about it, too. It was demolished when land clearing on the west side.

From Demolition of the Williston Park/East Williston LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge

Great that you found the site here, Cliff. You’ll always remember that part of your working career. Guess you remember Ron Ridolph filming the demolitions.

From Demolition of the Williston Park/East Williston LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge

I knew Bill and Christine Snyder well, great people and true car enthusiasts. Spent some time with them at a car event in Savanna, Georgia ,

From New York Daily News July 30, 2014: The thief, the enthusiast, and the one-of-a-kind “Shorty” Ford Mustang.

I was on the work crew that took down that overpass and the one in Mineola that summer.  Tough work.

From Demolition of the Williston Park/East Williston LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge

In the summer of 1984 I got a job working for a demolition company.  There were 8 of us in the crew that summer.  We dismantled the East Williston LIRR overpass as well as the overpass in Mineola.  Tough job.  The company was Big Apple demolition.

From 1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #5: East Williston, Mineola, Bethpage & Old Bethpage

I believe this is the Southern State parkway facing west. Corona Avenue exit/Bridge is in the foreground. Central Avenue would be next westbound exit.

From Mystery Friday Foto #51 Solved: Widening of the Southern State Parkway near the toll booths around 1954

Expansion of the Southern State Pkwy in Valley Stream, including construction of the 10 cent toll booths to help pay for the project. This 1954 photo is looking west. That’s the Fletcher Ave overpass at the bottom. The backstreet on the right is Greenway Blvd where disgruntled motorist would travel to avoid the toll. Same practice occurred on the south side. It’s reported that traffic at times would back up all the way to East Meadow! After a brief toll increase to 25 cents, frustrated Long Islanders revolted, resulting in the removal of the toll plaza sometime in the late ‘70’s

Ten years earlier, this was all farmland

From Mystery Friday Foto #51 Solved: Widening of the Southern State Parkway near the toll booths around 1954

Howard
  Well done as usual. Always finding out things that you wouldn’t have known about and very interesting articles with pictures with it. Thanks for sharing it. Take care.

From New York Daily News July 30, 2014: The thief, the enthusiast, and the one-of-a-kind “Shorty” Ford Mustang.

Looks like NYC skyline in the background… 3 smokestacks near Astoria.  If so, then possibly early days of the LIE construction.  Congestion with housing also suggests Queens, possibly at the turn heading east prior to Queens Blvd.  Problem with this guess is that clearance from that overpass is way too low for trucks (unless those seen in the photo were updated later on). One of the more interesting Mystery photos.

From Mystery Friday Foto #51 Solved: Widening of the Southern State Parkway near the toll booths around 1954

That looks like the western end of the Southern State Parkway with the photographer over Elmont / Valley Stream looking west toward Springfield Gardens. Under construction are the toll booths and the north extension of the Central Avenue bridge over the widened parkway. Since the tool booths opened in June of 1954, this photo probably dates from late 1953 or early 1954. Another road in the picture is Linden Blvd.

From Mystery Friday Foto #51 Solved: Widening of the Southern State Parkway near the toll booths around 1954

Southern State Pkwy looking east at Valley Stream.  Toll booths under construction about 1953.  Fletcher Ave in foreground.

From Mystery Friday Foto #51 Solved: Widening of the Southern State Parkway near the toll booths around 1954

A guess. Based upon what appear to be the Ravenswood smokestacks of the ConEd plant in LIC and the Elmhurst gas tanks (well before they were torn down), the view is looking northwest from the Southern State Parkway when the toll booths were being constructed as part of the financing of the 4th lane heading eastbound to Eagle Ave/Peninsula Blvd. Probably taken in the during the early/mid ‘50s.

From Mystery Friday Foto #51 Solved: Widening of the Southern State Parkway near the toll booths around 1954

Westbound Southern state Valley Stream, widening at old toll plaza. 1940s-1950.

From Mystery Friday Foto #51 Solved: Widening of the Southern State Parkway near the toll booths around 1954

It looks like the construction of the Southern State Parkway toll plaza in Valley Stream. The photographer is facing west with the new Fletcher Ave bridge in the foreground as the parkway is widened in this area. The “V” jog of Southern Drive and Greenway Bldv. along the north side confirms this. I recall that the toll was 10 cents in the beginning. Given the buildup in the area I would put the date as the mid fifties.

From Mystery Friday Foto #51 Solved: Widening of the Southern State Parkway near the toll booths around 1954

The photographer is over North valley Stream looking west at the widening of the Southern State Parkway. The north/south road at the bottom is Fletcher Ave. going over the Parkway. The dreaded toll plaza is under construction as well. The tollbooths opened on July 1, 1954. It’s likely that this picture was taken in 1953. The toll was 10 cents and increased to 25 cents in 1975. The toll booths were removed on July 1,1978.

From Mystery Friday Foto #51 Solved: Widening of the Southern State Parkway near the toll booths around 1954