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Tag: Hollis Hills

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  Aug 05 2014

  Hear the Black Beast Roar this Sunday at the Motor Parkway East Walk/Ride in Queens

  In support of the Motor Parkway East project to extend the Queens Greenway to Little Neck Parkway, the Alco Black Beast will participate in this Sunday's Motor Parkway East Walk/Ride.

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  Jan 17 2014

  NY1 Video: “Hollis Hills Resident Pushes for Greenway Extension”

  NY1 has posted a news story on Joby Jacobs who is trying to extend the Queens Greenway section of the Long Island Motor Parkway.

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  May 27 2013

  Mystery Foto #17 Solved: A 1924 Aerial of the Future Western Terminus in Fresh Meadows

  Frank Femenias submitted this 1924 aerial of Fresh Meadows where the Western Terminus will be located off Nassau Boulevard (Horace Harding Boulevard)

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  Nov 21 2012

  The Amazing Fairchild Aerials of Long Island

  Sherman Mills Fairchild (1896-1971) was an inventor, entreprenueur and a pioneer in aerial surveys and the aviation industry.

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  Aug 01 2011

  Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #3 The Hollis Court Boulevard Motor Parkway Bridge in Queens

  A total of 60 Motor Parkway bridges were built from 1908 to 1926 ...a pioneering concept to eliminate grade crossings for an automobile road. There are four types of Motor Parkway bridges; over crossroads (parkway bridges), under crossroads (highway bridges), over railroad tracks (railroad bridge) and, as part of right-of-way…

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  Sep 18 2010

  A Map of the Long Island Motor Parkway & Queens Historical Sites

  Steven W. comments: "Do you have a detailed road map of the full route of the Motor Parkway with surrounding residential streets? This would be highly appreciated, as I would love to see it and bike through the trails of the demolished part in Nassau County".

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  May 17 2010

  Aerials of the Motor Parkway in Hollis Hills, Queens

  Steve, this 1941 aerial shows the Motor Parkway in Hollis Hills looking east. The photo is courtesy of the Fairchild Collection at the Benjamin and Gladys Thomas Air Photo Archives located in the UCLA Department of Geography.

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  Oct 17 2009

  The Motor Parkway in Hollis Hills, Queens

  Art, one of the best preserved sections of the Motor Parkway is near your parent's home in Hollis Hills, Queens. When the parkway closed on April 17, 1938, Robert Moses created a bike path over the first two and half miles in Queens. The bike path is still…