Tag: Half Hollows Hills
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Apr 05 2025
Kleiner’s Korner: 100 Years Ago on the Motor Parkway (March, April 1925)
A quiet time on the Motor Parkway in March of 1925 (at least on what was reported in the news), but things came alive in April!
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Mar 06 2024
Kleiner’s Korner: 100 Years Ago on The Motor Parkway Part 1- January-March 1924
What really was happening on our favorite roadway 100 years ago? Read on . . .
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Apr 06 2021
1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #8: Melville and Half Hollows Hills
From 1958 to 1967, unidentified couple(s) documented tours of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the eight post of the series, these seven photos feature the parkway in Melville and Half Hollow Hills.
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May 01 2018
Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Hike” IX:To the Finish Line at Half Hollows Hills
In the ninth and final post of the "Excellent Motor Parkway Hike" series, Dave Russo and his then 11-year old son Sammy explored the Motor Parkway east of Bagatelle Road in Half Hollow Hills.
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Apr 18 2018
Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Hike” VIII: Wheatley Heights & Dix Hills (Half Hollows Hills)
In the eighth post of the "Excellent Motor Parkway Hike" series, Dave Russo and his then 11-year old son Sammy explored the Motor Parkway around the location of Conklin Road (Wheatley Heights) and Bagatelle Road (Dix Hills/Half Hollow Hills).
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May 27 2014
Was the “Bagatelle” Mansion in Half Hollow Hills Built by a Vanderbilt?
Leroy Douglas: "I wish you would show photos of the Vanderbilt estate in Wheatley Heights, now known as Madonna Heights School for Girls."
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Jan 18 2012
Art Kleiner’s Exploration #4: The Motor Parkway in the Five Towns College Area in Dix Hills
Last month, Art Kleiner and two members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society went on another exploration for the ruins and remnants of our favorite historic road. This is Art's report as documented on Art's Long Island Motor Parkway Site .
