Tag: Robert Moses
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Feb 15 2025
Kleiner’s Korner: January & February 1925 Activities Relating to the Motor Parkway
100 Years Ago on our Favorite Roadway.
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Dec 26 2022
Mystery Friday Foto #52 Solved: The 1939 Planned Brooklyn-Battery Bridge
Did you identify this unique Mystery Foto?
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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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Oct 22 2022
Greg O’s Garage: Robert Moses and the battle to acquire land for Cunningham Park
In 1940, Robert Moses wanted to expand Cunningham Park. A look at some Moses documents from the Kroplick collection.
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Jun 16 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: The 1938 Regional Plan Association Update
As a follow-up to its 1929 plan detailed in an earlier post, the NY/NJ/CT Regional Plan Association (RPA) provided a status update in 1938 aptly named "From Plan to Reality". The update highlighted actions taken and recommendations still to be acted upon. The Motor Parkway was once again included in the update.
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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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Mar 24 2020
Kleiner’s Korner: The Motor Parkway in the 1929 Graphic Regional Plan of NY and its Environs
Various uses of the The Long Island Motor Parkway were included in the 1929 NY/NJ/CT Regional Planning Committee's 400+ page report which recommended plans to spur development and limit congestion throughout the region through 1965.
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Nov 05 2019
Sam Berliner III: A 1970 Walking Tour of the Motor Parkway in Queens
Sam Berliner III continues to restore his amazing Motor Parkway website. A highlight of his restored LIMP History Page is a set of Queens Motor Parkway photos taken by J.J. Conroy of Sea Cliff around1970.
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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.
