Tag: Levittown
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Jul 26 2014
Treasures Uncovered as Construction Begins at Levittown’s Historic Grandstand Location
In a special Kleiner's Korner report, Levittown resident and Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society member Art Kleiner documents that construction has begun unveiling new Motor Parkway artifacts.
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May 19 2014
Mystery Foto #68 Solved: A Motor Parkway Culvert in the Hempstead Plains (Levittown)
Ernie Murphy forwarded this Mystery Friday Foto of a Motor Parkway structure in the heart of Levittown. The photo is courtesy of Tim Lavey.
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Feb 05 2014
Herb Lytle Winning the 1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes
AJ Lytle has requested images of his great great grandfather Herb Lytle, who participated in more races associated with the Vanderbilt Cup Races (6) than any other driver.
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Jan 22 2014
Mystery Foto #52 Solved: The Wantagh Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge
For the one-year anniversary of Mystery Foto Friday, the 52nd in the series was a unique previously published photo of the Motor Parkway.
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Jan 20 2014
Mystery Foto #51 Solved: A Section of the Clubhouse of the Aviation Country Club of Long Island
This week's Mystery Foto was another real challenge and probably the most unusual of the 51 Fotos that have been posted over the last year.
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Dec 26 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series#42:Wantagh Avenue Bridge in Hempstead Plains Updated:6/20/16
The 42nd bridge in the series documenting the 60 Long Island Motor Parkway bridges is the "parkway" bridge over Wantagh Avenue in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown).
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Nov 30 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #41: The Bloomingdale Road Bridge in Hempstead Plains
The 41st bridge in the series documenting the 60 Long Island Motor Parkway bridges is the highway bridge built for the extension of Bloomingdale Road in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown).
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Nov 23 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #40: Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in the Hempstead Plains
The 40th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Jerusalem Avenue Bridge in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown).
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Oct 30 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #39: Newbridge Road Bridge in Hempstead Plains
The 39th bridge in the series documenting the 60 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Newbridge Road Bridge in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown).
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Oct 23 2013
Happy 105th Anniversary- The 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race
In celebration of the 105th anniversary of the Fourth Vanderbilt Cup Race held on October 24, 1908, here are several of my favorite race images photographed near the grandstand and press box/officials' stand in the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown).
