Tag: Deadmans Curve, Bethpage
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Kleiner’s Kolumn: Investigating a Lost Road in Bethpage
As a follow-up to the amazing discussion of the Bethpage section of the Monday Parkway, Art Kleiner has researched relevant surveys, maps and aerials in my collection and discovered these gems.
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Update: Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #11 Bethpage #2
In the 11th post of the series, the father and son team of Sammy and Dave Russo explore the section of the Motor Parkway north of Deadman's Curve in Bethpage. Our favorite exploration team provide a video of road remnants that may be the Motor Parkway.
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Documenting the Location of the 1908 Ground-Breaking Ceremony for the Motor Parkway
Our wonderful mapper Frank Femenias questioned the location of the June 6, 1908 ground-breaking ceremony for the Motor Parkway in Central Park (Bethpage) in Mystery Foto #28.
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Updated: Mystery Foto #28 Solved: Bethpage’s Important Section of the Motor Parkway & Zorn’s
Brian McCarthy challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #10 Bethpage #1
In the tenth post of the series, the father and son team of Sammy and Dave Russo explored one of the favorite sections of the Motor Parkway around Deadman's Curve in Bethpage.
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Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album:The Motor Parkway Engineering Field Offices & a Worker Shanty
In the sixth of the photo series from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's recently discovered Motor Parkway construction album, the temporary engineering field offices and a worker shanty as seen in 1909 is featured.
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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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Mystery Foto #15 Solved: A 1908 Long Island Racing Scene at Bethpage’s Deadman’s Curve I
This weekend's Mystery Foto captured a memorable Long Island race at a memorable location.
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