Tag: Al Velocci
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Rare View of the Bethpage Lodge and Its Lodgekeepers
Gary Hammond has forwarded this photo of the Bethpage Lodge.
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Was the “Bagatelle” Mansion in Half Hollow Hills Built by a Vanderbilt?
Leroy Douglas: "I wish you would show photos of the Vanderbilt estate in Wheatley Heights, now known as Madonna Heights School for Girls."
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Mystery Foto #67 Solved: The First East-West Transatlantic Flyers Arrive in NYC in a 1928 Chrysler
My favorite co-author Al Velocci forwarded this week's Mystery Foto from the Peter Kanze collection.
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Mystery Foto #57 Solved: Sam Berliner III and Al Velocci in Battle Row in Old Bethpage
In 2006, Al Velocci, Sam Berliner III, Pat Masterson and I would explore unusual sections of the Long Island Motor Parkway including this week's Mystery Foto location.
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Highlights:Presentation “Then & Now in the Willistons: The Motor Parkway & the Vanderbilt Cup Races”
In celebration of the first road built exclusively for automobiles, Howard Kroplick and Al Velocci presented a then and now review of the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races with a special focus on East Williston and Williston Park.
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Then & Now: The Bethpage Bikeway Section of the Motor Parkway in Old Bethpage
The New York State Department of Transportation (NYSDOT) has completed their extension of the 1/2 mile section of the Bethpage Bikeway in Bethpage State Park.
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The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #8 Mineola Lodge
Going west to east, the seventh Motor Parkway toll collection structure was the Mineola Lodge located off Jericho Turnpike in Mineola.
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Article “The Long Island Motor Parkway” By Howard Kroplick & Al Velocci
This is a brief history of the Motor Parkway adapted from book "The Long Island Motor Parkway" by Howard Kroplick and Al Velocci:
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The Vanderbilt Cup Races, LIMP and LILCO
Al Velocci and I enjoyed meeting 50 members of the National Grid Retiree Club and presenting “The Vanderbilt Cup Races, the Motor Parkway and LILCO”. Here are several photos and slides from today's presentation:
Deep and rich automotive details here. This whole series could easily be a part of the increasingly popular luxury auto…