Tag: Searingtown
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Jul 13 2016
The 1938 U.S. Department of Agriculture Aerial Suvey of Nassau County #1: Searingtown to Garden City
On August 3, 1938, the United States Department of Agriculture conducted an aerial survey of Nassau County. These enlargeable aerials (NC_8_3_38 series) have been posted on the Stony Brook University Digital Research Collections.
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May 31 2016
My Motor Parkway Story #4: Bob Andreocci and “Stand By Me” on the Parkway
In the fourth of the My Motor Parkway Story series, Bob Andreocci contributes "some memories of the Motor Parkway, which has been a thread through his life."
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Jul 29 2015
Sam & Dave’s “Excellent Motor Parkway Adventure” III: Searingtown
On April 4, 2015, Dave Russo and his 10-year old son Sam experienced a one-day 38-mile bike tour on the Long Island Motor Parkway. In the third post of this new series, Sammy and Dave continue to explore Searingtown from Shelter Rock Road to I.U. Willets Road.
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Jan 07 2014
Vanderbilia Postcard Series #3. The Brooklyn Eagle Mineola Fair Post Cards of the 1906 Course
The third in the VanderbiltCupRaces.com postcard series was produced by the Brooklyn Eagle as souvenirs for the 1906 Mineola Fair. The postcards featured photos of the course for the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Race.
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Jun 18 2013
Even More Information on the Links Golf Club in Searingtown
As a follow-up to the June 3, 2013 Mystery Foto post on the Links Golf Club, more information has surfaced on this club that bordered on the Long Island Motor Parkway in Searingtown.
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Jun 03 2013
Mystery Foto #18 Solved: The Links Golf Club’s Private Entrance to the Long Island Motor Parkway
Queens historian and "Champion of the Motor Parkway" Robert Miller has provided this rare image of an entrance to the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Sep 04 2012
Then & Now in North Hempstead: The Historic Long Island Motor Parkway
In celebration of the first road built exclusively for the automobile, my favorite co-author Al Velocci and I will present tonight a then and now review of the North Hempstead section of the historic Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Jul 30 2012
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#20 Old Searingtown Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Searingtown
One of the important pioneering features of the Long Island Motor Parkway was the first construction of bridges associated with an automobile road to eliminate grade crossings. A total of at least 65 bridges were built for the Motor Parkway from 1908 to 1926 over crossroads (designated a parkway bridge), under crossroads (designated a highway bridge), and, as part of right-of-way agreements, to connect farmlands (designated a farmway bridge).
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Jul 09 2012
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#19 I.U. Willets Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Searingtown
Going west to east, the 19th bridge of the Long Island Motor Parkway bridge series was built to allow access to I.U. Willets Road in Searingtown.
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Jan 25 2012
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series:#16 New Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Searingtown
Leaving Lake Success and skipping Robert Moses' eastern Motor Parkway bridge over Northern State Parkway, the next target for our series is the Hyde Park Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Searingtown. The road was later renamed New Hyde Park Road.
