Tag: Northern State Parkway
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Jan 17 2026
Kleiner’s Korner: Motor Parkway News of the Final Month of 1925
A last look at 1925 on The Motor Parkway.
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Mar 01 2024
Video of the Week: The Evolution of the Long Island Parkway System
Chris Barba posted this graphic video in 2021 showing how the Long Island parkway system evolved from 1927 to 2021. Sorry, the evolution of the Motor Parkway from 1908 to 1938 was not included.
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Aug 28 2023
Mystery Foto #34 Solved: The Robert Moses’ New Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge over Northern State Parkway
Al Velocci challenged you to identify this Motor Parkway Bridge.
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Dec 21 2022
Kleiner’s Korner: The Velocci Papers Part 2 - The 1929 Proposal to Retrofit the Motor Parkway
Part 2 of the Velocci Papers details the plan proposed by a group of Long Islanders to reuse the Motor Parkway instead of building the Northern State Parkway.
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Oct 29 2022
Update #3-Behind the Scenes: The Long Island Parkway planning map in David’s new play starring Ralph Fiennes as Robert Moses
Following an acclaimed run this spring at the Bridge Theatre in London, Straight Line Crazy, a new play by celebrated British playwright David Hare, will have its exclusive 9-week engagement in October 2022 at The Shed in Hudson Yards in Manhattan.
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Feb 01 2021
Mystery Foto #5 Solved: A 1950 aerial over the Northern State Parkway from the Cradle of Aviation Archives
The Cradle of Aviation challenged you to solve this final Mystery Foto of the month.
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Dec 22 2020
1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #2: Lake Success
From 1958 to 1967, an unidentified couple documented their tour of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the second of this series, these nine photos feature our favorite parkway in Lake Success.
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Jun 15 2020
Mystery Foto #24 Solved: A 1952 Aerial View of Lake Success
Did you identify this Fairchild Aerial Survey?
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Apr 02 2019
Sam and Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #1 The Start in Lake Success
Our favorite Motor Parkway father and son team Dave and Sammy Russo journeyed once again on their bikes last Saturday exploring our favorite parkway from Lake Success to Melville. In the first of our new series, Sammy and Dave begin their successful journey in Lake Success.
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Mar 04 2019
Update- Mystery Foto #9 Solved: The Northern State Parkway Gateway in 1933
New York State Parks, Bureau of Historic Sites, challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
