Vanderbilt Cup Races

Tag: Hillside Avenue Lodge

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  Apr 01 2020

  Interactive 1924 Aerial Survey of New York City and the Motor Parkway in Queens & Lake Success

  David Stephan has forwarded links to interactive high-resolution aerials of the July 1924 Fairchild Survey of New York City. The aerials were conducted for the City of New York Board of Estimate and Apportionment and are available on the New York Public Library website. Here are scans of the 1924…

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  Apr 02 2016

  The 1913 Metropolitan Automobile Guide and the Long Island Motor Parkway

  The lovely Roz found this 1913 publication "The Metropolitan Automobile Guide" at the Long Island Antiquarian Book & Paper Fair in Brookville on Saturday. It provides several insights on the Long Island Motor Parkway.

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  Oct 16 2012

  The Motor Parkway Toll Collection Structure #2 Hillside Ave Lodge & #3 Rocky Hill Rd Lodge in Queens

  Going west to east, the second and third Motor Parkway toll collection structures were the Hillside Avenue Lodge (1921-1928) the Rocky Hill Road Lodge (1928- 1938) located 600-feet east of present-day Springfield Boulevard in Queens.

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  Oct 08 2008

  The 20 Toll Collection Structures of the Long Island Motor Parkway-Updated 3/17/2018

  One of the myths of the Long Island Motor Parkway’s history was that there were 12 lodges designed by prominent architect John Russell Pope and built to collect tolls and provide housing for the toll-takers and their families. The answer to the question of the number of toll lodges on…