Tag: Motor Parkway Inns
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Kleiner’s Korner: The Long Island Motor Parkway in Advertising Part I
The growth of the Motor Parkway encouraged Long Island businesses to use it to generate business and to aid in providing directions to customers.
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Then & Now: William K. Vanderbilt Jr’s Deepdale Gate Lodge in Lake Success
In 1906, William K. Vanderbilt Jr. commissioned architect John Russell Pope to design a gate lodge for his Deepdale Estate located in Lake Success, New York. Fortunately, the gate lodge is still standing and provides the opportunity for this "Then & Now".
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The Motor Parkway Tollgate Inns That Were Never Built
In October 1906, William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his associates announced "the first automobile speedway ever constructed in this or any other country".
Thanks to Howard Kroplick and http://www.vanderbiltcup races.com for Keeping American Automotive Racing History & my…