Tag: Central Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge
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Nov 14 2018
Updated: Clinton Robertson Photo Album: Central Park Avenue/LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge in Bethpage
In the second of the new series of photos from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's recently discovered construction album, the construction of the largest Motor Parkway bridge located In Central Park (Bethpage) is featured.
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Oct 16 2018
Exclusive: Surveyor Clinton Robertson’s Long Island Motor Parkway Construction Photo Album
While working as a surveyor on the Long Island Motor Parkway in 1908 and 1909, Clinton A. Robertson (above) documented the Motor Parkway construction and his fellow workers with his trusty camera.
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Jun 18 2018
Updated: Mystery Postcard Foto #24 Solved: The Massapequa-Hicksville Road Bridge Under Construction
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged die-hard Motor Parkway fans to solve this difficult Mystery Postcard. Full disclosure: Both Al and I do not have a definitive answer.
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Apr 02 2018
Mystery Foto #13 Solved: A 1944 View of the Central Avenue/LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge in Bethpage
Bob Albertson challenged you to identify this Mystery Foto of a Motor Parkway bridge.
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Jun 29 2017
Mystery Foto #25 Solved: The Westbury Road Motor Parkway Bridge in East Meadow in 1908 Updated: 6/29
Frank Femenias challenged you to solve this Motor Parkway bridge Mystery Foto.
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Apr 25 2017
Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Hike” II: Central Avenue to Caroline Street-Updated 5/10/2017
In the second of this new series, Sammy and Dave documented their excellent Motor Parkway hike from Central Avenue to Caroline Street in Bethpage.
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Jan 13 2017
Driver of the Week: Charles Ewing Easter -Winner of the 1908 Jericho Sweepstakes
This week's driver of the week is Charles Ewing Easter who drove the #N3 Buick to victory in the 1908 Nassau Sweepstakes.
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Nov 28 2016
Mystery Foto #48 Solved: Building the Long Island Motor Parkway Through the Stymus Farm in Bethpage
This Mystery Foto is one of my favorite images of the construction of the Motor Parkway.
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Aug 06 2016
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The 100 Planned Bridges Over & Under the Long Island Motor Parkway
Brian McCarthy has forwarded this question: How many Motor Parkway bridges were planned but never built?
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Apr 16 2016
From the Garden City Archives: Building the Bridges of the Long Island Motor Parkway
The building of the Motor Parkway was well documented by photographers throughout the summer of 1908. The best compilation of these construction photos was found in a scrapbook Vanderbilt's Long Island Motor Parkway.
