Tag: Garden City
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Feb 23 2013
The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #9 Garden City Lodge
Going west to east, the eighth Motor Parkway toll collection structure was the Garden City Lodge located off Clinton Road in Garden City.
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Feb 18 2013
Mystery Friday Photo #2 Solved: Clinton Road, Curtiss Field and the Curtiss Engineering Corporation
Last Friday's mystery photo has been solved. The aerial is looking north towards Curtiss Engineering Corporation and Curtiss Field in Garden City and East Garden City in 1927.
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Feb 09 2013
Updated: Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #30: Old Country Road Motor Parkway Bridge
The 30th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Old Country Motor Parkway Bridge on the Carle Place/Mineola border connecting to Garden City. This was classified by the Motor Parkway as a "highway" bridge since it went under Old Country Road.
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Oct 25 2012
Special Presentation Tonight in Old Bethpage:“The history and preservation of the Garden City Lodge”
John Ellis Kordes, Village Historian for Garden City, will make a special presentation on "The history and preservation of the Garden City Lodge".
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Sep 27 2012
John Russell Pope’s Last Motor Parkway Commission in Garden City
William K. Vanderbilt Jr's favorite architect for the Motor Parkway was John Russell Pope, who designed the first six toll lodges and the Petit Trianon Inn. Pope's last Motor Parkway commission was to design a Garden City office building in 1912 to be built adjacent to the Garden City Lodge.
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Dec 22 2011
Winter Holiday Scenes of the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses
Enjoy these photos taken on December 24, 2009 of the Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Race courses.
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Nov 19 2011
The 50th Anniversary of the First Vanderbilt Cup Race on October 9, 1954
The Vanderbilt Cup Races have been celebrated by vintage car clubs and historical organizations for over 75 years. The grandest and most memorable celebration was held on Long Island on October 9, 1954, marking the 50th anniversary of the first Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Jul 12 2011
Garden City Life: “Village Drives Effort to Preserve Long Island Motor Parkway”
This article by Melissa Argueta appeared in the July 1, 2011 issue of Garden City Life. Photo Credit: The Long Island Motor Parkway as seen in 1908 from the Carman Avenue Bridge in East Meadow. Photo courtesy of Garden City Archives. Photo from the Howard Kroplick Collection.
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Jun 25 2011
Village of Garden City to Study Preservation of a Section of the Long Island Motor Parkway
Thanks to the efforts of Garden City resident and Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society member Cyril Smith, the Village of Garden City has taken action to study the preservation of a section of the Motor Parkway near Clinton Road. Reports from Garden City Life and Garden City Patch:
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Apr 12 2011
The Garages of the Vanderbilt Cup Races
Shannon McDonald (Author of the book The Parking Garage: Design and Evolution of a Modern Urban Form): "Were there any garages associated with the Vanderbilt Cup Races?"
