Tag: Queens
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Mystery Foto #46 Solved: A Spectacular 1940 Aerial of the Rocky Hill Lodge & the Gatekeeper’s House
Frank Femenias challenged you to solve this amazing Mystery Foto aerial that he discovered on the Internet.
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Three Friends Hanging Out at the Motor Parkway Entrance on Springfield Boulevard, Queens in 1931
Bill Schwartzberg has forwarded more original photos from an old family album. Three friends are having fun at the Rocky Hill Road entrance to the Motor Parkway (Springfield Avenue, Queens) on April 10, 1931.
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The Western Terminus Entrance to the Long Island Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadows, Queens, Circa 1935
This is the only known ground photo of the Western Terminus entrance to the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadows, Queens.
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Mystery Foto #12 Unsolved:Possible Options for this Long Island Motor Parkway Curve- Ca.1928 Update
Last weekend's Mystery Foto is still a mystery!
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Sam & Dave’s Excellent Lost Motor Parkway Adventure II: Wheeler Farmway Bridge in Queens
In the second post of the 2016 series, Sam & Dave explore the mysterious Wheeler Farmway Bridge #1 in Oakland Gardens, Queens.
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Sam & Dave’s Excellent “Lost” Motor Parkway Adventure I: Clearview Expressway-Queens
On Saturday, March 12, 2016, Dave and his 11-year old son Sammy embarked on another bike adventure exploring lost and forgotten sections of the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Raiders of Lost Underpass
Twenty-five members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society and Motor Parkway East met up for an unofficial exploration of the newly discovered Union Turnpike/Motor Parkway Pedestrian Underpass last Saturday.
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The Union Turnpike/Long Island Motor Parkway Pedestrian Underpass
My favorite co-author Al Velocci found a 1929 blueprint showing plans for a pedestrian underpass under the Motor Parkway and Union Turnpike. It turns out that I had two construction plans of the proposed underpass in my survey files.
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Update: Mystery Foto #44 Solved: The Hollis Court Boulevard Motor Parkway Bridge in 1940
Frank Femenias provided another Mystery Friday Foto of our favorite parkway.
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Mystery Foto #43 Solved: A 1939 View of the Motor Parkway Western Terminus in Fresh Meadows
This weekend's Mystery Foto documented an important section of the Motor Parkway.
Never figured out why a gatehouse was erected in this area.