Tag: Queens
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Nov 18 2013
Mystery Foto #42 Solved: Glen Oaks, Queens in September 1947
Steve Lucas submitted this week's Mystery Friday Foto.
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Apr 28 2013
Mystery Foto #13 Solved: The Birthplace of Gridlock- Springfield Boulevard and the Motor Parkway
The challenging Mystery Foto of the Long Island Motor Parkway submitted by Frank Femenias has been solved.
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Apr 27 2013
Motor Parkway Trails #1: Brooklyn-Queens Greenway
Inspired by my presentation "Exploring, Biking and Hiking Along the Historic Motor Parkway" at the Adirondack Mountain Club in Dix Hills earlier this month, a new series is being introduced on VanderbiltCupRaces.com documenting the favorite Motor Parkway Trails.
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Mar 12 2013
Mystery Foto #5 Solved: Creedmore Hospital and Commonwealth Boulevard Motor Parkway Bridge in 1941
This aerial was taken in October 1941, over 3 years after the Motor Parkway was closed. Can you identify the location and Motor Parkway landmarks?
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Jan 09 2013
Resource Guide to the Motor Parkway in Queens
To assist in the development of Wayne Consolla's new online map of the Long Island Motor Parkway, a resource guide of VanderbiltCupRaces.com posts related to the Queens section has been developed.
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Nov 22 2012
Roadswerenotbuiltforcars.com: “World’s first automobile road is now ...a bike path”
A website dedicated to cycling has posted an article on the Long Island Motor Parkway and its conversion to a bike path in Queens.
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Nov 21 2012
The Amazing Fairchild Aerials of Long Island
Sherman Mills Fairchild (1896-1971) was an inventor, entreprenueur and a pioneer in aerial surveys and the aviation industry.
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Nov 08 2012
Video “The Black Beast Takes a “Sunday Drive” on the Queens “Motor Parkway” Greenway
With the cooperation of the New York City Parks Department, vintage cars including the Alco Black Beast took a "Sunday Drive" on the Queens "Motor Parkway" Greenway. The event occurred on October 28, 2012, one day prior to the arrival of Superstorm Sandy.
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Oct 16 2012
The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structure #2 Hillside Ave Lodge & #3 Rocky Hill Rd Lodge in Queens
Going west to east, the second and third Motor Parkway toll collection structures were the Hillside Avenue Lodge (1921-1928) the Rocky Hill Road Lodge (1928- 1938) located 600-feet east of present-day Springfield Boulevard in Queens.
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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.
