Tag: Melville
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Jan 29 2025
Kleiner’s Korner: December, 1924 - Crime Scene: The Motor Parkway
In this 100 year old look back to December, 1924 newspapers far and wide reported a crime spree occurring on our favorite roadway.
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Aug 02 2023
Kleiner’s Korner: (Very) Quiet Viewing Spots Along the Long Island Motor Parkway (Part 1)
In each of the counties in which the Motor Parkway passed nearby cemeteries existed or were planned to be built but weren't.
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May 10 2023
Kleiner’s Korner: A Return to the Long Island Motor Parkway (Part 2)
The next exploration in my return to Long Island is a much photographed section of the Motor Parkway in Suffolk County - off of Maxess Road in Melville.
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Dec 07 2022
Updated 12/7/2022: Then & Now: The Very Elusive Clody Farmway Bridge in the Melville Sand Pits
The sole remaining standing Motor Parkway bridge in Suffolk County is the elusive Clody Farmway Bridge in Melville.
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Apr 06 2021
1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #8: Melville and Half Hollows Hills
From 1958 to 1967, unidentified couple(s) documented tours of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the eight post of the series, these seven photos feature the parkway in Melville and Half Hollow Hills.
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Dec 01 2020
A New 1946 View of the Broad Hollow Motor Parkway/Trolley Bridge in Melville
A former Motor Parkway explorer Pat Masterson (now residing in Florida) has forward a new view of the bridge over Broad Hollow Road and Cross Island Trolley courtesy of the Dave Keller Archive.
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Sep 16 2020
A 1946 View of the Broad Hollow Motor Parkway/Trolley Bridge in Melville
My favorite co-author has provided this never before published photo of the Motor Parkway bridge over Broad Hollow Road and the Cross Island Trolley.
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Mar 23 2020
Mystery Foto #12 Solved: A View Along the 10-Mile Curve in Dix Hills & the “View” Postcard Series
To promote the restaurant/inn Petit Trianon and the Motor Parkway in 1912, Long Island Motor Parkway, Inc. hired a photographer to develop the "View Along the Long Island Motor Parkway" series. These postcards were sold at Petit Trianon. My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify this postcard.
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Mar 04 2020
Sammy & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #13 Melville
In the final of the 13 posts of the 2019 series and in preparation for Vanderbilt Day 2020, the father and son team of Sammy and Dave Russo explore the section of the Motor Parkway in Melville.
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Nov 02 2019
Kleiner’s Kolumn:Update-Historical Markers for the Long Island Motor Parkway & Vanderbilt Cup Races
One way to keep the memories of the Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races alive is to memorialize their existence with historical markers throughout Long Island.
