Tag: Idle Hour
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Aug 29 2026
Kleiner’s Korner: May 1926 Motor Parkway News
This month's news centered around the Vanderbilt's Idle Hour estate, the Motor Parkway being incorporated into a larger network of LI roads and items including an accident, a fire and a lawsuit brought by the owner of a gas station on the Motor Parkway.
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Nov 11 2025
Mystery Foto #55 Likely Solved: A William K. Vanderbilt, Sr. “No Trespassing” Sign located on his Oakdale “Private Park” Property
This weekend's Friday Foto did not have a definitive answer. What were your best guesses?
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Oct 17 2023
Hold the Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023 7 pm- Special Presentation at the Fall Meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society
Join author Paul Mateyunas to discuss the Gilded Age and the estates and country homes of Long Island.
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Feb 18 2023
Greg O’s Garage; W.K. Vanderbilt Sr’s Idle Hour Estate and Outbuildings
Most of William K. Vanderbilt's Idle Hour estate is still intact around the Idle Hour neighborhood in Oakdale
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Feb 14 2023
Greg O’s Garage; A Flying ‘Feild’ at William K. Vanderbilt Sr’s Idle Hour
Old plans recently uncovered for a flying 'feild' on William K. Vanderbilt's Idle Hour
