Tag: Garden City
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May 02 2026
Update: Then (2017 and 2020) & Now (2026): A sad return to the Long Island Motor Parkway in Garden City
In 2017, eight members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society documented the Garden City section of the road from Raymond Court to Clinton Road. Here is a Then (2017 & 2020 ) & Now comparison with photos taken on May 1, 2026. today.
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Sep 20 2025
An Al Velocci Special: The Garden City Headquarters of the Long Island Motor Parkway
Motor Parkway guru and master historian Al Velocci recounts the history of the Motor Parkway headquarters.
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Jun 25 2025
A Tour of Long Island Motor Parkway Sites
Earlier in the month, Long Island transplants Richard Salamon and Frank Teracino took a tour of Long Island Motor Parkway sites of their former home of Long Island.
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Jun 23 2025
Corrected Mystery Foto #35 Solved: 1912 Blueprints for Motor Parkway’s General Manager’s Office in Garden City
Did you identify these Mystery blueprints? Two new hints provided.
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May 10 2025
From the Marty Himes Collection: Two Very Early Long Island Pocket Maps (1892 and 1917)
Forwarded from the Himes family are a pair of very early tourist maps of Long Island.
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Aug 20 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #33 Solved; Clarence Chamberlin’s Plane on Stewart Avenue
Did you identify Clarence Chamberlin's Plane on Stewart Avenue?
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Aug 14 2024
In the Garden City News: GC Board approves $114K Toll House renovation project
In a follow-up to the July 17, 2024 post, Garden City has awarded a contract to renovate the Garden City Toll Lodge
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Jul 17 2024
In the Garden City News: Village Takes Bids for Toll Lodge Work
The Garden City News reports on the village accepting bids for the restoration of the Garden City Motor Parkway Toll Lodge
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Feb 21 2024
Kleiner’s Korner: A 1909 Motor Parkway Construction Update
Readers of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle received an update on the progress of constructing The Motor Parkway in August, 1909.
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Jan 04 2023
A 1924 aerial of the Garden City Hotel
Justin Kelly of the Garden City Golf Club has forwarded this 1924 aerial of the Garden City Hotel.
