Tag: Al Velocci
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Nov 25 2019
Mystery Foto #47 Solved: A House Built on the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify the location of this section of the Motor Parkway which he photographed in 1995.
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Nov 13 2019
Garden City Archives: The “Snake Turn” of the 1908-1910 Courses of the Vanderbilt Cup Races
As a follow-up to Mystery Foto #45, my favorite co-author Al Velocci and I visited Garden City historian Bill Bellmer and reviewed the one-of-a kind 1908 Motor Parkway Construction Book. Below is documentation of the "Snake Turn" of the 1908-1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race courses.
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Oct 28 2019
Mystery Foto #43 Solved : A 1955 View of the Motor Parkway in Levittown Looking West
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to solve this previously unpublished 1955 photo of the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Jun 25 2019
Update #1: Village of Garden City Uncovers the Motor Parkway Near Raymond Court
Al Velocci reports that the Village of Garden City has begun work around the Long Island Motor Parkway right-of-way west of Raymond Court. They uncovered original concrete and the three-foot concrete extensions.
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Jan 12 2019
Then & Now: The First Long Island Offices of the Long Island Motor Parkway, Inc.
According to my favorite co-author Al Velocci, the first Long Island offices for the Motor Parkway was the Denton Building on the northwest corner of Old Country Road and Mineola Boulevard in Mineola.
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Jul 30 2018
Mystery Foto #30 Solved: The Lakeville Hotel on the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to solve this Vanderbilt Cup Race course Mystery Foto.
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Mar 17 2018
Update: VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Memories of Living in the Huntington Lodge in Melville
After 15 years of my searching for images of the Huntington Lodge, Maureen Standish has provided these photos from her family albums and wonderful stories of her Melville childhood.
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Aug 28 2017
Updated: Mystery Foto #34 Solved: A Historic Photo of a Road Sign in Front of Max Levi’s Hotel
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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May 02 2016
MysteryFoto #18 Solved: An Abandoned Hotel on Little Neck Parkway and Northern Boulevard in 1926
Al Velocci provided the most challenging Mystery Foto of 2016.
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Apr 28 2016
Presentation: The History of New York Registration, Licensing and License Plates
Another fun meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society was held on April 28, 2016. The meeting took take place at the auditorium at Bethpage Public Library. Over 60 Motor Parkway fans participated in the meeting.
