Tag: Merrick Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge
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May 23 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #21 Solved: The Fairchild FC-2 NC6370 flying over the Motor Parkway in East Meadow courtesy of the Fairchild Airplane Manufacturing Corporation (circa 1928-1932)
Greg O. challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Apr 04 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #14 Solved: A view of a Merrick Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge from the Vanderbilt Museum Archives
Greg O. challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Feb 16 2022
1938 Aerials of Roosevelt Raceway from the Cradle of Aviation
The Cradle of Aviation has provided these six 1938 aerials of Roosevelt Raceway, the site for the 1936 and 1937 Vanderbilt Cup Races.
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Jan 31 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #5 Solved: A 1930’s view of the Motor Parkway area around Merrick Avenue in Westbury and East Meadow
Greg O. challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto?
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Oct 19 2020
Mystery Foto #42 Solved: A 1929 Curtiss B-2 Condor Bomber Flyover Over Roosevelt Field, Merrick Avenue and the Motor Parkway
Garden City Village Historian Bill Bellmer challenged you to identify this weekend's amazing Mystery Foto.
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Jul 20 2020
Mystery Foto #29 Solved: A 1966 Aerial of “Salisbury Park” in East Meadow and the Motor Parkway ROW
Author Richard Panchyck challenged you once again to solve a Mystery Foto.
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Jul 06 2020
Update Mystery Foto #27 Solved: Lindbergh Taking Off from Roosevelt Field on May 20, 1927
Did you solve this holiday weekend's Mystery Foto?
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Jun 05 2020
British Movietone News: The 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race
This 1:45 minute film of the 1936 Vanderbilt Cup Race by British Movietone News was posted on YouTube in 2016. The film includes an aerial view of the Merrick Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge.
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Apr 14 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: The Motor Parkway Bridges & the Nassau County Board of Supervisors in 1907 & 1908
Long Island Motor Parkway General Manager Arthur Pardington petitioned the Nassau County Board of Supervisors in 1907 and 1908 to gain approval to construct bridges over and under public roads. Thanks to the records of the proceedings we can view the process undertaken.
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Apr 13 2020
Mystery Foto #15 Solved: An Aerial of Roosevelt Raceway and Westbury Circa 1937-1939
Preservation Long Island challenged you to identify this aerial from their archives.
