Tag: Fresh Meadows
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Mystery Foto 2015 #2 Solved: Cunningham Park, the Motor Parkway and Union Turnpike in 1938
This weekend's Mystery Foto was another spectacular aerial of the Motor Parkway from the New York City Parks Photo Archives.
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The Golf Courses Along the Long Island Motor Parkway
Golf writer Phil Carlucci for the website GolfonLongIsland has requested photos of the golf course that were adjacent to the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Mystery Foto #63 Solved: The Abandoned Motor Parkway and North Hempstead Turnpike in Fresh Meadows
Sam Berliner III, the convenor of the Long Island Motor Parkway Panel, forwarded this week's Mystery Foto of Fresh Meadows.
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Mystery Foto #17 Solved: A 1924 Aerial of the Future Western Terminus in Fresh Meadows
Frank Femenias submitted this 1924 aerial of Fresh Meadows where the Western Terminus will be located off Nassau Boulevard (Horace Harding Boulevard)
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The Amazing Fairchild Aerials of Long Island
Sherman Mills Fairchild (1896-1971) was an inventor, entreprenueur and a pioneer in aerial surveys and the aviation industry.
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The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #1 Nassau Boulevard Lodge In Fresh Meadows, Queens
This is the first of a new series documenting the toll collection structures of the Long Island Motor Parkway. Going west to east, the first planned toll lodge was the Nassau Boulevard Lodge at the Western Terminus located at Nassau Boulevard (later renamed Horace Harding Boulevard) in Fresh Meadows.
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Fresh Meadows Motor Parkway Blueprint: #1 The Western Terminus and North Hempstead Turnpike Bridge
A rare October 1924 blueprint survey of the Long Island Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadows, Queens has been discovered and will be presented in an exclusive series in VanderbiltCupRaces.com. First up, the Western Terminus and North Hempstead Turnpike Motor Parkway Bridge.
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CSI Report: Two Women and A Motor Parkway Sign
As a follow-up to last Wednesday's post concerning a 1931 Motor Parkway photo provided by Bill Schwartzberg, the CSI (Cup Scene Investigation) Team has been dispatched to analyze the submitted evidence.
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From the NYC Municipal Archives: Images from the Motor Parkway and the 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Last month the New York City Municipal Archives released a database of over 870,000 photos from their collection of 2.2 million images of New York throughout the 20th century. I found seven photos related to the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races.
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The Length of the Long Island Motor Parkway
Ann: "What was the length of the Motor Parkway from Queens to Ronkonkoma?"
The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…