Tag: Nassau Boulevard
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Feb 15 2025
Kleiner’s Korner: January & February 1925 Activities Relating to the Motor Parkway
100 Years Ago on our Favorite Roadway.
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Oct 01 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #39 Solved: The Western Terminus in Fresh Meadows (1929)
Motor Parkway sleuth Brian McCarthy challenged you to identify this very rare and incredible 1929 Motor Parkway photo of the Fresh Meadows terminus.
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Sep 17 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #37 Solved: Play Ball! At Alley Pond Park!
Did you identify the ball fields in Alley Pond Park?
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Sep 25 2023
Mystery Foto #38 Solved: A 1951 aerial of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadow, Queens
Frank Femenias challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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May 05 2018
The Western Terminus of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadows Circa 1938
My favorite co-author Al Velocci has recently discovered a 60" x 28" aerial of Fresh Meadows and Cunningham Park circa 1938. The aerial provides new insight into the Western Terminus of the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Apr 04 2016
Mystery Foto #14 Solved: A Motor Parkway Sign at Queens Boulevard and Grand Avenue Circa 1928
Al Velocci challenged you this weekend to solve this Queens Mystery Foto.
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May 27 2013
Mystery Foto #17 Solved: A 1924 Aerial of the Future Western Terminus in Fresh Meadows
Frank Femenias submitted this 1924 aerial of Fresh Meadows where the Western Terminus will be located off Nassau Boulevard (Horace Harding Boulevard)
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Sep 19 2012
The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structures: #1 Nassau Boulevard Lodge In Fresh Meadows, Queens
This is the first of a new series documenting the toll collection structures of the Long Island Motor Parkway. Going west to east, the first planned toll lodge was the Nassau Boulevard Lodge at the Western Terminus located at Nassau Boulevard (later renamed Horace Harding Boulevard) in Fresh Meadows.
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Feb 10 2009
In Search of the Nassau Boulevard Toll Booth: Part III
Sunday's post In Search of the Fresh Meadows Toll Booth: Part I documented that the Motor Parkway designated two new "toll lodges" in Queens when the Nassau Boulevard entrance was opened on July 1, 1928. The existence of the Rocky Hill Road Toll Booth was confirmed in both aerial photos and a dramatic ground-level photo. Tuesday's post In Search of the Fresh Meadows Toll Booth: Part II began the search for its sister toll booth at Nassau Boulevard. Tonight, more amazing images appear for the…
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Feb 08 2009
In Search of the Nassau Boulevard Toll Booth: Part I
As described in the book The Long Island Motor Parkway, the Motor Parkway was extended three miles in the late 1920s from Rocky Hill Road (Springfield Boulevard) to Nassau Boulevard (later renamed Horace Harding Boulevard). The above image of a rare 1928 Motor Parkway brochure (courtesy of Robert Harrington) promoted the new entrance at Fresh Meadows. Note the illustration of the toll booth crossing the entire road.
