Tag: Lake Success
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On the Vanderbilt Cup Race Course: The Lake Success Hotel and Cottage
Another hotel on the 1905 and 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race courses was the Lake Success Hotel and Cottage.
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Then & Now: Maple Cottage- The Locomobile Headquarters for the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races
Racing teams for the Vanderbilt Cup Races typically had local headquarters to store and work on their racers and also provide lodging. In 1905 and 1906, the Locomobile team from nearby Bridgeport, Connecticut set up their headquarters at Maple Cottage, a farmhouse and inn located in Lakeville (now Lake Success).
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The Lakeville Hotel In Lake Success
On the courses for both the 1905 and 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races, the Lakeville Hotel was a great place to catch the action.
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Then & Now: William K. Vanderbilt Jr’s Deepdale Gate Lodge in Lake Success
In 1906, William K. Vanderbilt Jr. commissioned architect John Russell Pope to design a gate lodge for his Deepdale Estate located in Lake Success, New York. Fortunately, the gate lodge is still standing and provides the opportunity for this "Then & Now".
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An Amazing Aerial of Deepdale Estate and the Marcus Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Lake Success
This 1927 aerial shows a spectacular view of the Deepdale Mansion, former Lake Success home of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., and the Marcus Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge.
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Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#15 The Smith Farmway Bridge in Lake Success(Update: 4/1/20)
Going west to east, the third Nassau County bridge built by the Long Island Motor Parkway was a farmway bridge connecting the Richard W. Smith property in Lakeville later renamed Lake Success.
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Winter Holiday Scenes of the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses
Enjoy these photos taken on December 24, 2009 of the Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Race courses.
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Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #14 Lakeville Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Lake Success
Going west to east , the second Nassau County bridge built by the Long Island Motor Parkway (the Robert Moses Motor Parkway bridges are being excluded for now) was the elusive bridge over Lakeville Road in Lake Success.
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Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #13 Marcus Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Lake Success
With the documentation of the 12 Motor Parkway Bridges in Queens completed (18% of the total 65 bridges built), it is time to cross the border into Nassau County. First up is the Marcus Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge located in Lake Success.
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Newsday Article: “Moses exhibit shows builder’s ups, downs’
Newsday reporter Bill Bleyer reports on a new exhibit on Robert Moses that has opened at the Planting Fields Arboterum State Historic Park in Oyster Bay. The exhibit includes historical documents from my collection concerning Robert Moses and the Long Island Motor Parkway:
All of this, including comments edges toward a wonderful magazine feature and perhaps even an eventual book!
As for my…