Tag: Powell Avenue
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Jan 23 2024
Mystery Friday Foto #3; Solved; The Powell Ave. Bridge Under Construction
Did you identify the Powell Ave. bridge being built?
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May 30 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #22 Solved: The Powell Avenue Motor Parkway Bridge in Bethpage under construction circa July/August 1908
Garden City Archives challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Jan 25 2021
Mystery Foto #4 Solved: A 1940 aerial of the Bethpage, the Grumman Airport and the Motor Parkway
Art Kleiner challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Aug 13 2019
Update: Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #11 Bethpage #2
In the 11th post of the series, the father and son team of Sammy and Dave Russo explore the section of the Motor Parkway north of Deadman's Curve in Bethpage. Our favorite exploration team provide a video of road remnants that may be the Motor Parkway.
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Apr 25 2017
Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Hike” II: Central Avenue to Caroline Street-Updated 5/10/2017
In the second of this new series, Sammy and Dave documented their excellent Motor Parkway hike from Central Avenue to Caroline Street in Bethpage.
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Apr 16 2016
From the Garden City Archives: Building the Bridges of the Long Island Motor Parkway
The building of the Motor Parkway was well documented by photographers throughout the summer of 1908. The best compilation of these construction photos was found in a scrapbook Vanderbilt's Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Aug 04 2014
Mystery Foto #79 Solved: Bethpage State Parkway Under Construction In 1935
August has arrived, so it was time to focus on this week's Long Island aerial taken on August 11, 1935.
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Jun 03 2014
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #47: Powell Avenue Bridge in Central Park (Bethpage)
The 47th bridge in the series documenting the 65 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Powell Avenue Bridge in Central Park (now Bethpage). It was one of the original bridges built for the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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May 14 2014
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #46: Nibbe Farmway Bridge in Bethpage
The 46th bridge in the series documenting the 65 bridges built by the Long Island Motor Parkway is the Nibbe Farmway Bridge in Central Park (now Bethpage).
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Apr 09 2013
Mystery Foto #9 Possibly Solved: Powell Avenue Bridge and Nibbe Farmway Bridge in Bethpage?
After one week of comments, I believe Frank has solved the mystery. Most likely, the photographer was looking south on the Motor Parkway towards the Powell Avenue Bridge and Nibbe Farmway Bridge.
