Tag: Deer Park Lodge
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Jun 02 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: Part V - Motor Parkway Maps and More
One thing about being at home is the time it affords to conduct on-line research into our favorite topic. Here are more examples of maps showing the Motor Parkway taken from touring guides and other publications.
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Jan 20 2016
Anatomy of a 1910 Survey: Proposed Location of the Deer Park Lodge
My favorite co-author Al Velocci was fascinated by last week's post on the Deer Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge and especially the 1910 March survey.
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Jan 13 2016
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #60: Deer Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge (Dix Hills)
The 60th and final bridge documented in the Long Island Motor Parkway bridge series is the "parkway bridge" over Deer Park Road (now Deer Park Avenue) in Commack.
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May 25 2015
Mystery Foto #21 Solved: The Motor Parkway at Deer Park Avenue, Dix Hills in 1928
Yikes, was it Friday already? Time for another Mystery Friday Foto!
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Aug 23 2012
CSI Report: Anatomy of a Rare Motor Parkway Dix Hills Photo
This photo is a rare, previously unpublished, undated image of the Motor Parkway in Suffolk County. The CSI (Cup Scene Investigation) team has documented this photo with an estimated 95% certainty and issued this report.
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Dec 17 2009
The Mystery of the “Deer Park Lodge”
As seen here, most maps issued by the PR department of the Motor Parkway indicated the route and the location of the toll lodges including the Deer Park Lodge. However, as documented by Al Velocci's excellent book "The Toll Lodges of the Long Island Motor Parkway, and Their Gatekeepers' Lives" and my 10/10/08 toll lodge post, the Deer Park Lodge never existed. Here is further proof.
