Tag: Garden City
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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.
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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.
