Tag: Garden City
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Apr 19 2017
Exploring the “Mayan Ruins” Bridge in Garden City- Updated: 4/23/2017
With the permission of a surrounding neighbor, members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society took an up-close look last Saturday of the "Mayan Ruins" Motor Parkway Bridge in Garden City.
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Apr 15 2017
Newsday LI Life Cover Article: “Treasure box’ sheds light on history of Motor Parkway
Reporter John Hanc has written a special cover article for this Sunday's LI Life section of Newsday.
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Jan 04 2017
Sam & Dave’s Excellent Lost Motor Parkway Adventure III: The “Mayan Ruins” in Garden City
In the third post of the Russo's second series, Sam & Dave explore the amazing "Mayan Ruins" Motor Parkway Bridge in Garden City.
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Dec 27 2016
Helck Family Collection: “The Most Thrilling Race I Have Ever Seen” by Barrett H. Clark, Jr.
In the November 1947 issue of Speed Age influential editor and literary manager Barrett H. Clark, Jr. described "the most thrilling race I have ever seen." Surprisingly, the race was last race of the 1946 VMCCA Jubilee Anniversary held at the Mineola Fair Grounds in Garden City.
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Dec 26 2016
Mystery Foto #52 Solved: Old 16 at the 1946 VMCCA Jubilee Anniversary at the Mineola Fair Grounds
The Heck Family Collection provided one more challenge in the final Mystery Foto of the year.
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Dec 11 2016
Sam & Dave’s Excellent “Lost” Motor Parkway Adventure III:General Manager’s Office
In the third post of the 2016 series, Sam & Dave explore the Long Island Motor Parkway General Manager's Office located in Garden City.
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Oct 12 2016
An Accident on the Motor Parkway in Garden City on July 8, 1931- Updated: 10/17/16
This is a never-before-published photo of an accident which occurred on the Long Island Motor Parkway in Garden City on July, 8, 1931.
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Sep 10 2016
Femenias’ Findings: Anatomy of an Amazing 1938 Aerial (Garden City to East Meadow)
My favorite Nassau County aerial from the U.S. Department of Agriculture 1938 series highlighted the area from Garden City to East Meadow.
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Aug 22 2016
Mystery Foto #34 Solved: Newly Opened Roosevelt Field Shopping Center on October 3, 1956
This weekend's Mystery Foto documented a familiar Long Island location.
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Jul 16 2016
The 1938 U.S. Department of Agriculture Aerial Suvey of Nassau County #2: Garden City to East Meadow
On August 3, 1938, the United States Department of Agriculture conducted an aerial survey of Nassau County. These enlargeable aerials (NC_8_3_38 series) have been posted on the Stony Brook University Digital Research Collections. Unfortunately, these aerials are not sorted, indexed by location and are combined with other aerials in the Stony Brook Collection. VanderbiltCupRaces.com has located the relevant aerials and will post them in a new series. Second in the series is the Long Island Motor…
