Tag: Manhasset Hills
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Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Adventure”II: Lake Success & Manhasset Hills
On April 4, 2015, Dave Russo and his 10-year old son Sam experienced a one-day 38-mile bike tour on the Long Island Motor Parkway. In the second post of this new series, Sammy and Dave explore Lake Success and Manhasset Hills as part of their "Excellent Motor Parkway Adventure."
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Newsday Article and Video: “Rebuilding a Bridge”
Scott Eidler reported in Friday's Newsday of efforts of the Town of North Hempstead to landmark the Old Courthouse Motor Parkway Bridge in Manhasset Hills
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Historic Landmarks Preservation Commission Recommends Landmarking of a Motor Parkway Bridge
I am pleased to report that the Historic Landmarks Preservation Commission of the Town of North Hempstead voted unamiously 5-0 on Wednesday night to recommend to the Town Board that they consider designating the Old Courthouse Road Motor Parkway Bridge as a Town of North Hempstead landmark. The application was…
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Then & Now in North Hempstead: The Historic Long Island Motor Parkway
In celebration of the first road built exclusively for the automobile, my favorite co-author Al Velocci and I will present tonight a then and now review of the North Hempstead section of the historic Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#18 Shelter Rock Road Bridge in Manhasset Hills
Continuing the Long Island Motor Parkway bridge series, the 18th bridge to be featured is the Shelter Rock Road Parkway Bridge in Manhasset Hills.
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Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#17 Old Courthouse Road Bridge- Manhasset Hills/North Hills
With one-quarter of the Long Island Motor Parkway bridges documented on VanderbiltCupRaces.com, the next bridge to be examined is the Old Courthouse Road Highway Bridge bordering on Manhasset Hills and North Hills.
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Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#16 New Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Searingtown
Leaving Lake Success and skipping Robert Moses' eastern Motor Parkway bridge over Northern State Parkway, the next target for our series is the Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Searingtown. The road was later renamed New Hyde Park Road.
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A “New” Motor Parkway Map & Nassau County Historical Sites
Steven W. comments: "Do you have a road map of the full route of the Motor Parkway with surrounding residential streets? This would be highly appreciated, as I would love to see it and bike through the trails of the demolished part in Nassau County".
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Then & Now: Potential Nassau Historical Markers on the Motor Parkway Trail
Nassau County is currently developing a master plan for a continuous multi-use Motor Parkway Trail. Part of the plan calls for the placement of markers "at the location of historical remnants and will serve as a way to educate the public on the history of the corridor as…
Great story. Thank you.
BTW between Austi Clark and the Brumos Collection the T35 Bugatti lived in Vermont in the…