Tag: Thomas Zinzi
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Jul 17 2021
Greg O’s Garage: Wrecks of The Long Island Motor Parkway including a racer practicing for the 1925 Indy 500
There is much reported and documented about the race cars that crashed throughout the Cup races and trials, but much less is known about the hundreds of public accidents along the parkway.
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Jul 05 2021
Mystery Foto #27 Solved: Tommy Zinzi policing the Motor Parkway in front of the Meadow Brook Lodge
Greg O. challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Apr 03 2021
Kleiner’s Korner - “Speeders, Wrecks and Cows!” or A Day in the Life of Motor Parkway Officers Zinzi and Ericson
Beginning in 1924 the Motor Parkway employed its own personnel to act as police officers. Shown here is a log of incidents compiled by Officers Thomas Zinzi and Eric Ericson over a three week period in the summer of 1924.
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Sep 08 2018
Update #1: Time to Wail: The Western Wall of the Mayan Ruins is Gone
Over the last year, several people have sadly reported the legal destruction of the western wall of the "Mayan Ruins" in Garden City as a result of the building of two new homes in this Garden City area.
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Apr 19 2017
Exploring the “Mayan Ruins” Bridge in Garden City- Updated: 4/23/2017
With the permission of a surrounding neighbor, members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society took an up-close look last Saturday of the "Mayan Ruins" Motor Parkway Bridge in Garden City.
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Jan 04 2017
Sam & Dave’s Excellent Lost Motor Parkway Adventure III: The “Mayan Ruins” in Garden City
In the third post of the Russo's second series, Sam & Dave explore the amazing "Mayan Ruins" Motor Parkway Bridge in Garden City.
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Sep 13 2016
From a Lodgekeeper’s Family Album: A View of the Massapequa Lodge
Arthur Mauriello, grandson of lodgekeepers Thomas and Josephine Zinzi, has forwarded two photos of the Massapequa Lodge from one of his family albums.
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Jun 12 2015
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: A Long Island Motor Parkway Garage Discovered!
On May 27, 2015, I accompanied Arthur Mauriello, grandson of Thomas Zinzi and Josephine Zinzi, to the site of the Massapequa Lodge, formerly in Plainedge now located in Bethpage. Our adventure and Motor Parkway discoveries are documented in this post.
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Jun 10 2015
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: Photos From the First Long Island Motor Parkway Officer
In the second in our series, Arthur Mauriello, grandson of Thomas Zinzi and Josephine Zinzi, has provided more photos from his family albums.
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May 27 2015
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive:Thomas J. Zinzi- The First Long Island Motor Parkway Police Officer
Sixteen years after it opened, the Long Island Motor Parkway, Inc. determined that motorcycle patrols were needed to improve the safety of the road. The first Motor Parkway police officer hired in 1924 was Thomas Zinzi, previously assistant Parkway repair foreman and the husband of Josephine Zinzi, the Massapequa Lodge gatekeeper.
