The Long Island Motor Parkway
The first parkway built exclusively for the automobile and part of the courses for the 1908 to 1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races
Unlike the first roads built for commerce and horses, the Long Island Motor Parkway was conceived from a sporting contest; the colorful, exciting and often dangerous Vanderbilt Cup Races
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Feb 28
2015
Book “Ways of the World”: Long Island Motor Parkway Documented as the First Parkway in the World
In his book, Dr. Maxwell (M.G.) Lay , a…
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Feb 17
2015
For the First Time in 34 Years: Photos of the Clody Farmway Bridge in the Melville Sand Pits
The most elusive Motor Parkway remnant…
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Feb 09
2015
Mystery Foto #6 Solved:The Western Terminus of the Motor Parkway at Rocky Hill Road Circa 1917-1924
Bill Bellmer has forwarded this amazing…
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Jan 29
2015
Walt Gosden Article:“Going 114 MPH on the Motor Parkway in a Model S Mercedes in 1928”
Walt Gosden has written this article for…
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Jan 26
2015
Mystery Foto #4 Solved: Roadside Signs in Lake Ronkonkoma in October 1930 (Updated: 1/28/2015)
Gary Hammond forwarded this weekend's…
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Jan 24
2015
The Fresh Meadows Golf Driving Range near the Motor Parkway Western Terminus
After further examining our Mystery Foto…
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Jan 21
2015
Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series #53: Clody Farmway Bridge in Huntington (Melville Sand Pits)
The 53rd bridge in the series documenting…
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Jan 14
2015
Video: “The Ellison Avenue LIRR Bridge of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course”
The Velocity Channel's 2013 AmeriCARna…
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Jan 12
2015
Mystery Foto 2015 #2 Solved: Cunningham Park, the Motor Parkway and Union Turnpike in 1938
This weekend's Mystery Foto was another…
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Jan 10
2015
The Spectacular 1936 Long Island Motor Parkway Flyover
In June 1936, two airplanes from the…
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