Tag: Robert Moses
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Updated: Mystery Foto #14 Solved: The Northern State Parkway Under Construction in 1932
Kleiner's Korner (Art Kleiner) challenged you to solve this Mystery Foto aerial.
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Robert Moses’ 1931 Planning Map for Long Island Parks and Parkways
From 1927 through 1933, Robert Moses, chairman of the Long Island State Park Commission, was actively promoting the need for improved parkways to connect New York City to Long Island state parks. This 36" x 28" planning map was prepared for a 1931 presentation to the Queensboro Chamber of Commerce.
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Mystery Foto #65 Solved:The “Robert Moses” Eastern Motor Parkway Bridge Over Northern State Parkway
Frank Femenias challenged you to identify this Mystery Foto bridge.
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Newsday 1954 Article: “Motor Parkway ‘Ghosts’ Haunt Northern State”
Art Kleiner has forwarded a 1954 Newsday article on the two Motor Parkway bridges built in Lake Success by Robert Moses with the construction of the Northern State Parkway in 1931. The Motor Parkway bridge parallel to Lakeville Road is documented below.
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Newsday Article: “Moses exhibit shows builder’s ups, downs’
Newsday reporter Bill Bleyer reports on a new exhibit on Robert Moses that has opened at the Planting Fields Arboterum State Historic Park in Oyster Bay. The exhibit includes historical documents from my collection concerning Robert Moses and the Long Island Motor Parkway:
Deep and rich automotive details here. This whole series could easily be a part of the increasingly popular luxury auto…