The Day Vanderbilt and Moses Announced the Long Island Motor Parkway Was Closing
Although the Long Island Motor Parkway officially closed in 1938, the fate of our favorite road was announced on June 17, 1937 following a Babylon meeting of representatives from New York City Park Department, NY State Department of Public Works, Nassau and Suffolk Counties and Robert Moses, president of the Long Island State Park Commission.
Below are how the major newspapers reported the meeting.
Enjoy,
Howard Kroplick
Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 17, 1937
New York Times Editorial, June 18, 1937
Suffolk County News June 18, 1937
Brooklyn Daily Eagle June 23, 1937
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Very relevant information. Thank you
Enjoyed reading this….Thanks for finding it and sharing it….
Very nice coverage of the L.I. Motor Parkway!
I find it interesting that the original transfer plans seemed to be that the Motor Parkway would be refurbished as local roads and kept largely intact. What would be even more interesting is learning how that only happened in Suffolk, and the Queens bike path segment, but finding out how Nassau simply abandoned so much of the route and how that came about.
Great idea to put
all of these clippings together, for fascinating reading. Thanx!
Very educational, informative articles.
Nooooo! Say it ain’t so. Well, at least some sections and bridges survived. Was the Interboro Pkwy photo taken from above on Union Tpke facing NE, just before entering the trench? This might make a good mystery
I read of this in a 1939 World’s Fair report—to use the Parkway one way west to get people to the Fair and then one way east to take them home at night. It’s a shame Moses had to kill it.
Check out the video that Robert Miller and I made on the Willy K Speedway:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OUslI0U188E
Fred & Robert, I enjoyed that journey back in time very much…..Thanks !!