Tag: Historical Markers
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The Mystery of the North Hills Country Club “Vanderbilt Pkwy” Road Sign
Yes, another unsolved Motor Parkway mystery has surfaced! This road marker can be found near the 13th green of the North Hills Country Club in North Hills, located north of the service road of the Long Island Expressway.
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Kleiner’s Kolumn:Update-Historical Markers for the Long Island Motor Parkway & Vanderbilt Cup Races
One way to keep the memories of the Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races alive is to memorialize their existence with historical markers throughout Long Island.
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Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #9 East Meadow and Levittown
In the ninth post of the series, the father and son team of Sammy and Dave Russo explored the Motor Parkway section of my childhood hometowns East Meadow and Levittown.
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Historical Marker to Be Installed at the Merrick Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge Site in East Meadow
As part of the pilot program for the Motor Parkway Trail, Nassau County Department of Public Works is planning to install a historical marker on the site of the Merrick Avenue Motor Parkway bridge in East Meadow.
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Mystery Foto #4 Solved: Looking North on Merrick Avenue and Stewart Avenue in 1944
Bill Bellmer, village historian of Garden City, challenged you to solve this weekend's wonderful carless Mystery Foto.
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Updated: The 6th Annual “Motor Parkway Sunday Drive to Lake Ronkonkoma” A Big Success
Last Sunday's Motor Parkway Drive to commemorate the 110th Anniversary of the Long Island Motor Parkway was a great success.
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A New Motor Parkway Historic Marker Installed at the Wheatley Hills Golf Club in East Williston
In celebration of the Motor Parkway, the Wheatley Hills Golf Club has installed a new historic marker near its fourth tee.
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The Second 2016 Kleiner Tour of the Long Island Motor Parkway
On November 27, 2016, Art Kleiner, of Kleiner's Korner fame, led his second tour of the Motor Parkway with his friends. This time the tour focused on western Nassau County and eastern Suffolk County. A great time was had by all!
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Vanderbilt Cup Race Historical Marker Installed on Jericho Turnpike In Westbury
On September 17, 2016, the Village of Westbury honored the Vanderbilt Cup Races with the installation of a historic marker near the site of the grandstands for the 1904 and 1906 races.
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Westbury Times: Grandstand Site Raced Into History
The location of the grandstand area for the 1904 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races was recently designated by the Village of Westbury as one of six historic landmark sites. Reporter Leigh Anderson takes a "closer look" in this week's issue of Westbury Times.
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