Tag: Kleiner's Kolumn
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Jul 17 2021
Greg O’s Garage: Wrecks of The Long Island Motor Parkway including a racer practicing for the 1925 Indy 500
There is much reported and documented about the race cars that crashed throughout the Cup races and trials, but much less is known about the hundreds of public accidents along the parkway.
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Jul 14 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: Petting Parties on the Motor Parkway
The popularity of the Motor Parkway as a location for "petting parties" led to multiple burglaries and attacks on young adults. Citizens and government officials looked to the managers of the Motor Parkway to provide security most often to no avail.
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Jul 10 2021
Update: Highlights from the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society meeting at Waterfront at Roslyn
Over 40 members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society met today at the Black Beast Garage at Waterfront at Roslyn.
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Jun 30 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: The Dangerous Intersection of Wheeler Road and the Motor Parkway
Following numerous accidents, the Town of Islip requested the Motor Parkway to be a good corporate citizen and correct a dangerous situation where the Parkway crossed Wheeler Road. Read Willie K's. and Arthur Pardington's response. As we know, a bridge was never built.
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Jun 22 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Illustrations
As he had done in 1906, Robert Edgren again portrayed the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race through his illustrations in the "New York Evening World". As sports editor, he was able to convey his view of the race (many times not very positive) through pictures and his own words.
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Jun 16 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: “Big George” Robertson and “Fireball” Glenn Ethridge tell their story of winning the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
At a 1951 dinner in Philadelphia given by "Antique Automobile", Robertson and Ethridge delivered their account of winning the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race in "Old 16" 34 years earlier. With flair and adventure, the attendees got a true flavor of riding along with these racing icons.
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Jun 12 2021
Kleiners Korner: The 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race “Dip of Death”
One of the most dangerous parts of the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race was the "Dip of Death", located near Spinney Hill in Manhasset. Robert Edgren illustrated these dangers in the Oct. 6, 1906 edition of The NY Evening World.
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Jun 01 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: A U.S. Army Signal Corps (Mineola) Scrapbook
The U.S. Army Signal Corps established a base in Mineola in 1916. First Lt. P.R. Stockton (1880-1962) was stationed there as a member of the First Aero Squad and recorded his time in photographs in a scrapbook he compiled throughout his military service. The scrapbook is in the archives of the National Air and Space Museum and available on the website of the Smithsonian Institute.
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May 27 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: And now for something completely different #4- Willie K.
The next segment of this series provides items about Willie K. that give a glimpse into his day-to-day life. This is certainly a very brief review of Willie's activities and does not portend to be an exhaustive look into his life.
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May 15 2021
Kleiner’s Korner: William Geiger’s Motor Parkway Property in Wyandanch
William Geiger owned much of the property near the Motor Parkway in Wyandanch in Suffolk County however, two of the projects relating to the Parkway never materialized, a farmway bridge and a golf course.
