Vanderbilt Cup Races

I believe this is the twin turbo Tucker replica that Rob Ida was creating. Keep the dream alive!  I hope this becomes a reality for others to appreciate.

From Update: Mystery Saturday Auto #3 Solved: Tucker 1034 in the News

What a cutie, OMG!, but I’m going to wildly guess this mystery as George Robertson’s daughter, sitting in the driver’s seat of Old 16, after he won the first VCR race by the US, at the “winner’s circle,” if there was any. I didn’t research the steering wheel and its levers - it would’ve spoiled the experience. I hope I’m right. ADORABLE indeed! Happy Holidays to all!

From Mystery Foto #48 Solved: Marion Spooner Photographed at the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race

Chestnut St. pops up again! I was testing the waters if anything new appears in the long search for Lee’s childhood street name. New York St. remains the top contender. Thank you much Art, and Bill Bellmer too for your assistance!!

http://www.vanderbiltcupraces.com/index.php/blog/article/in_search_of_the_mystery_camp_mills_new_york_road

From Kleiner's Kolumn: The Long Island Motor Parkway in Maps (Part I)

Another great picture during construction of the bridge.

From Kleiner's Kolumn: Removal of the Central Avenue/LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge

Brian, I believe the yellow boxes are golf courses but will confirm when I get a chance to pull the map out. 

Frank/ Lee - does this help?

From Kleiner's Kolumn: The Long Island Motor Parkway in Maps (Part I)

Joseph O - Thanks for your info. 8’ drop of the water table, that’s significant. With that, all those various ponds that I notice on the older aerials either dried up or filled in over time. Searingtown Rd looks to have been constructed over the one side of the swamp. Dried up enough and built up like you said. Makes sense with the library, too. Which looks to be smack on the LIMP. Just a year behind you, Joe. I grew up in Brentwood, that’s where my memories are : ~ )

From Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way

1950 map

From Kleiner's Kolumn: The Long Island Motor Parkway in Maps (Part I)

Art, any chance to get the circled street names of the 1950 map below, particularly the one with the pointed arrow? This could be the street name that Lee Chambers of Garden City was searching for while living his childhood at Mitchel Field. Any help identifying the street name(s) in this area would be appreciated.

From Kleiner's Kolumn: The Long Island Motor Parkway in Maps (Part I)

Nice catch on the 1911 Hempstead Spur Brian! I overlooked it. On that map the parkway terminated at Lakeville Road.

From Kleiner's Kolumn: The Long Island Motor Parkway in Maps (Part I)

Neat maps Art!

The 1911 maps display the Trolley Lines that the parkway bridged over - Willis Ave, Future Westbury Ave, and Broad Hollow Rd. Think the Hempstead Spur that was planned ( south to Hempstead Tpke, Garden City ) is shown, I don’t think it became a reality.

On the 1935 maps, I think the ‘Yellow Squares w/Numbers’ are highlighting Golf Courses.

The Beau Sejour map shows the parkway terminated near Lake Success, so maybe dated 1910+

From Kleiner's Kolumn: The Long Island Motor Parkway in Maps (Part I)

Great map collection Art! Regarding the undated maps, I believe the top map is 1926 or after - showing the western terminus at Nassau Blvd. The middle is 1911 or after - showing the Motor Parkway traveling west of Lakeville Rd. The bottom is also 1911 or after - showing the western terminus at Rocky Hill Rd. This collection of maps must’ve taken some time to acquire. Thanks for sharing these

From Kleiner's Kolumn: The Long Island Motor Parkway in Maps (Part I)

In response to Brian McCarthy, the swamp area led north of Herrick’s Pond.  And stayed east of Old Searingtown Rd.  The LIMP right of way was it’s northern limit.  From what I have been told, the water table dropped about 8 feet when Nassau County built it’s sewer system.  This was done about 1960, when many roads in the area, including Searingtown Road, Shelter Rock Rd and Willis Avenue were widened.  Plus the land was built up to build the new Searingtown Road.  It dried up enough to build the library in about 1965.  And the adjacent Williston Park homes on Foch Blvd were also able to be built.  Before this time the area was not able to be developed. 

The property with the mystery photo had a beautiful small pond.  It was full of frogs.  A magical find for a nine year old in the summer of 1975.  As a kid, I was trying to figure out why someone built sidewalks in the woods.

From Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way

Philip B. Barbaccia
In the late sixties use to sneek in and then drink cheap beers all afternoon and night - every once in awhile got a tip that would fund us for a week—

Donn Esmonde
Had lots of great times there. Won some, lost some. Herve and Carmine were often my best friends! ☺️

David Pordy
Donn Esmonde LucieNne Fontaine, George sholty and Del insko.

Steven Herbstman
We used to call him on the rail Insko for his ability to hug the inside.

Bill Reid
Used to sit in the tower dorms at Hofstra and watch the lights go up and down with each race. I think there were 9 each night, after 7 ,free park and you could walk right in ,in time for last 2

Jeffrey Rosen
No better race caller than Jack Lee!! (Fred Capposella a close second) https://youtu.be/hFUF749Is1g

1985 US Pacing Championship Roosevelt Raceway harness racing

Lorraine Cammarata
Used to work there.

Francine Silva
I had no idea that was gone. I left LI in 1976

Rich Meyerson
Loved that place

Barbara Cohn McCarthy
My dad and husband worked there.

From Memories of Roosevelt Raceway (1936-1988)

Guessing late ‘40s to early ‘50s

From Mystery Auto #2: 1941 Chevy Special Deluxe Coupe Parked In Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House

That house is on Green Dr at the bottom of Sugar Maple Dr. Near the Searingtown Rd bridge.
Know the area very well as I grew up on Sugar Maple Dr.  Covered up now by new houses.

From Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way

1941 Chevrolet Special Deluxe

From Mystery Auto #2: 1941 Chevy Special Deluxe Coupe Parked In Front of the Roslyn Mill Tea House

I was having problems with my computer before.  I am not sure if my previous post was received. I believe it was sent before I was completed. If it was not received -

LIMP Searingtown - Green Drive Searingtown/Albertson boarder( Roslyn postal
                      address).  Thanks

From Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way

Those 1909 photos make you feel like your right there!

From Mystery Friday Foto #45 Still Open for Discussion: A Motor Parkway Bridge Built on a Curve

Photos of previous comments

From Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way

Street and Village - Greene Drive, Searingtown (Searingtown/ Albertson boarder)
                    The homes on Green Drive were built in 1963.  The home on
                    right in the 1st of the additional photos (Piper Drive) was
                    also built in 1963.  The rear of the properties on Piper Drive
                    is the boarder between Searingtown and Albertson.
Old Homestead Rd -  In 1997 new homes were built on the wooded property and
                    the remains of the LIMP as seen in the 1995 mystery photos.
                    Old Homestead Rd was created when these homes were built.
                    The path of the old LIMP went thru were the homes on the east
                    side of Old Homestead Drive now sit. 
Photos - #1 Old Homestead Drive and Old Searingtown Rd looking north along
          LIMP
          #2 looking north along old path of LIMP and homes on the east side
          of Old Homestead Drive
          #3 home on Green Drive looking south along path the old LIMP
           

From Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way