Tag: Central Park
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Mystery Friday Foto #3; Solved; The Powell Ave. Bridge Under Construction
Did you identify the Powell Ave. bridge being built?
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Mystery Foto #12 Solved: A View Along the 10-Mile Curve in Dix Hills & the “View” Postcard Series
To promote the restaurant/inn Petit Trianon and the Motor Parkway in 1912, Long Island Motor Parkway, Inc. hired a photographer to develop the "View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway" series. These postcards were sold at Petit Trianon. My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify this postcard.
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Kleiner’s Korner: The Longest Motor Parkway Bridge Was Built with an Eye to the Future
Long-time Motor Parkway contributor Al Velocci posted a comment last week concerning the length of the Central Avenue/LIRR bridge in Bethpage. Based on research provided by Al, the answer on why this bridge became the longest Motor Parkway Bridge is below.
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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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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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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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Archives: Long Island Motor Parkway- Bethpage (Central Park)
Index to posts related to the Long Island Motor Parkway in Bethpage (Central Park) (Updated: October 31, 2011):
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A Central Park/Bethpage Postcard from a Motor Parkway Worker
The initial building of the Long Island Motor Parkway was conducted by over 600 workers who spent weeks and months away from their families to complete the work. One of the workers, T. Griffin, sent this postcard to his sister C.A. Griffin of 262 Bridge Street in Northampton, Massachusetts:
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