Tag: Kleiner's Kolumn
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Mar 18 2023
Kleiner’s Korner: The Queensboro Bridge Connection to the Motor Parkway (Part 2)
Part 2 of this 2 part series will provide details of events planned by Arthur J. Pardington and Willie K's. Automobile Committee as part of the opening celebration of the Queensboro Bridge.
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Mar 07 2023
Kleiner’s Korner: The Queensboro Bridge Connection to the Motor Parkway (Part 1)
The construction of the Queensboro Bridge (aka the Blackwell's Island Bridge, 59th Street Bridge and today named the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge)connecting Manhattan with Queens County offered numerous opportunities to expand NY's economy and provide additional leisure activities to millions of people.
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Feb 15 2023
Kleiner’s Korner: A Light-Hearted View of the Automobile
Throughout the years the automobile has played an important role in the development of the modern world. But on a lighter side . . .
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Feb 01 2023
Kleiner’s Korner: Where In The World Is . . .
Beginning in July, 1906 "Automobile" magazine ran a series on prominent people in the automobile industry, starting with this group photo. Can you find any?
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Jan 24 2023
Kleiner’s Korner: Willie K’s Cars and Related Items of Interest
Items of interest about Willie K. and some of his cars as reported by newspapers in the early 1900s.
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Jan 03 2023
Kleiner’s Korner: “Automobile” Magazine’s 1907 Motor Parkway News
As the Motor Parkway was coming to fruition, "Automobile" Magazine updated its readership with news of its progress.
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Dec 21 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: The Velocci Papers Part 2 - The 1929 Proposal to Retrofit the Motor Parkway
Part 2 of the Velocci Papers details the plan proposed by a group of Long Islanders to reuse the Motor Parkway instead of building the Northern State Parkway.
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Dec 03 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: The Velocci Papers Part 1 - The Motor Parkway “National Advertising Mart”
Thanks to Al Velocci various documents pertaining to the Motor Parkway have become public. I term these the "Velocci Papers" with the first installment named "The National Advertising Mart".
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Nov 26 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: The 1st Automobile on the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course
Which car had the honor of being the first on the 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Race course?
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Nov 09 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: Road Signs Erected for the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races
Finding one's way in the early days of automobiling was not as easy as plugging an address into a navigation system or even looking at a map. To aid the traveler on Long Island, "Automobile Topics" magazine in October 1905 erected numerous road signs.
