Tag: Garden City
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Nov 22 2022
Greg O’s Garage: Newly Discovered 1919 Blueprints of Camp Mills in Garden City
Long Island contractor Roy Knoernschild has once again generously donated more survey maps. This time, Roy discovered a 1919 Completion Atlas of Camp Mills in Garden City. The Atlas was given today to Bill Bellmer, the village historian of Garden City, for the Garden City Archives.
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Apr 19 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Nassau County Surveys of Motor Parkway Property Transferred or Released (Garden City)
Several real estate transactions involving former Motor Parkway property in Garden City were made between Nassau County, the Town of Hempstead, homeowners and commercial developers. Here are documents provided by the Nassau County Dept. of Public Works and local newspapers with details.
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Feb 21 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #8 Solved: Weighing a race car prior to the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race in Garden City
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto?
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May 20 2021
Update: Restoration of a section of the Motor Parkway in Garden City
As a follow-up to last October's The Garden City News Report, I am pleased to announce that progress is being made to restore a section of the Motor Parkway near the new parking lot at Stewart Field.
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May 05 2021
Cradle of Aviation Archives: An amazing 1936 aerial of the Motor Parkway, Roosevelt Field and Roosevelt Raceway
Through the joint efforts of the Cradle of Aviation and VanderbiltCupRaces.com, treasures of Long Island history continue to be uncovered including this 1936 aerial.
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Apr 27 2021
Dave’s “Excellent Day on the Motor Parkway in Garden City”
This time without his exploring partner Sammy, Dave Russo "went over to GC last week to check the status of one of the great LIMP remnant locations." Here is what he found walking east from Clinton Road to Ring Road.
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Feb 17 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: The Removal of the Clinton Road Motor Parkway Bridge
Following numerous accidents near the Clinton Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Garden City, village officials and Nassau County in 1938 agreed to dismantle the bridge and its abutments.
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Dec 30 2020
1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #4: Garden City
From 1958 to 1967, unidentified couple(s) documented their tours of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the fourth of this series, these seven photos feature our favorite parkway in Garden City.
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Dec 21 2020
Mystery Foto #51 Solved: The Garden City Lodge on the move on March 11, 1989
Al Velocci challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Dec 10 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: How the Motor Parkway Aided the Red Cross in Garden City
Starting in 1941, the Red Cross Motor Corps utilized the Motor Parkway in Garden City to train and test volunteer members.
