Tag: Greg O's Discovery
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Feb 02 2022
Greg O’s Garage: Dean Alvord’s Florida mansion is for sale
Dean Alvord, master NY developer and neighborhood planner's Florida estate just went on the market.
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Jun 10 2021
Greg O’s Garage: The Vanderbilt Museum and mansion tour
Since being shutdown for over a year due to COVID, The Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium is back open, giving tours and scheduling great shows at the planetarium.
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May 11 2021
Greg O’s Garage: Removable rims and their impact on early motoring and racing
Please give a big welcome to VanderbiltCupRaces.com columnist Greg Oreiro. Greg O's Garage first post: Sometime in 1904/1905, the idea of having a pre-mounted tire and tube with air on a removable rim was beginning to take form. And unlike today, it was a big deal then.
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Mar 20 2021
Update: Greg O’s Discovery: The McCamish Family and Their Time in the Meadow Brook Lodge
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Mystery Foto regular Greg O. (Oreiro) discovered in April 2020 a new treasure trove of Long Island Motor Parkway photos from Bill Cruickshank, the grandson of toll collector Otto McCamish. Update March 20, 2021: Bill has forwarded two more lodge photos.
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Sep 21 2020
Mystery Friday Foto #38 Solved: A Fairchild Aerial of Willie K’s Private Eagle’s Nest Golf Course
The Helck Family Collection challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Aug 25 2020
Then & Now- The Western Terminus to the 73rd Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge
Dee and Greg Oreiro last April decided to duplicate the 1970 Queens walking tour of J.J. Conroy as posted on Sam Berliner's Motor Parkway site. Fifty years after Conroy's tour, Dee and Greg explored the the Western Terminus.
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Aug 04 2020
Update: Greg O’s Discovery: Then & Now- The Hidden Section Of the Motor Parkway in Cunningham Park, Queens
Dee and Greg Oreiro last April decided to duplicate the 1970 Queens walking tour of J.J. Conroy. Fifty years after Conroy's tour, Dee and Greg rediscovered a hidden section of the Motor Parkway.
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Apr 18 2020
Greg O’s Discovery #1: The McCamish Family Collection of Motor Parkway Photos: Meadow Brook Lodge
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Mystery Foto regular Greg O. (Oreiro) has discovered a new treasure trove of Long Island Motor Parkway photos from Bill Cruickshank, the grandson of toll collector Otto McCamish.
