Tag: Kleiner's Kolumn
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Mar 10 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: Mechanician Al Poole - Letters from Home
Included in the Peter Helck Family Collection is correspondence between Al Poole (chauffeur, mechanician and driver) and his father and brother between the years 1902 and 1906.
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Mar 03 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: The Longest Motor Parkway Bridge Was Built with an Eye to the Future
Long-time Motor Parkway contributor Al Velocci posted a comment last week concerning the length of the Central Avenue/LIRR bridge in Bethpage. Based on research provided by Al, the answer on why this bridge became the longest Motor Parkway Bridge is below.
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Feb 29 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: The Long Island Motor Parkway and Levittown
Long before there was a Levittown, the Motor Parkway ran straight through this part of the Hempstead Plains. However, unlike many other parts of the roadway after its close, this section remained almost untouched by developers.
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Feb 25 2020
Kleiner’s Kolumn:Documentation of the Eight Motor Parkway Bridges in Suffolk County (#53 to #60)
Finishing up the Motor Parkway Bridge Series here are the eight bridges in Suffolk County beginning with the Clody Farmway bridge (#53) and ending with the Deer Park Avenue Bridge (#60).
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Feb 19 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: Documentation of the Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges in Nassau County (#43-#52)
The final part of the Nassau County Motor Parkway Bridge series is presented here from the Massapequa-Hicksville Motor Parkway Bridge (#43) to the The Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge (#52).
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Feb 15 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: The Long Island Motor Parkway in Advertising Part I
The growth of the Motor Parkway encouraged Long Island businesses to use it to generate business and to aid in providing directions to customers.
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Feb 12 2020
Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documentation of the Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges in Nassau County (#28-#42)
Part II of the Nassau County Motor Parkway bridges takes us from the Westbury Avenue Bridge to the Wantagh Avenue Bridge.
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Feb 08 2020
Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documentation of the First 15 Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges in Nassau County
The Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge series continues with the first 15 bridges in Nassau County (#s 13-27) going from west to east.
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Feb 05 2020
Kleiner’s Kolumn: The Carman Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge Removal
Next in the bridge removal series is the Carman Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in East Meadow, location of many Vanderbilt Cup Races.
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Feb 04 2020
Kleiner’s Kolumn: Part 2- Mapping the Motor Parkway, Mitchel Field & Mitchel Gardens
This post continues with my examination of Mitchel Field documents provided by the Nassau County Dept. of Public Works and pertains to post-WWII development of the area.
