Tag: Old Country Road Motor Parkway Bridge
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Mystery Friday Foto #27 Solved: An amazing 1951 aerial over Roosevelt Field and Mitchel Field
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to solve this holiday Mystery Foto.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Construction Details of the Old Country Road Highway Bridge
From the Motor Parkway collection of maps and surveys come these 1908 construction plans of the Old Country Road highway bridge which is classified this way due to the parkway running under the bridge.
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Mystery Foto #2 Solved: A 1956 aerial of the new opened Roosevelt Field and almost completed Meadowbrook Parkway
The Cradle of Aviation Archives challenged to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #4: Garden City
From 1958 to 1967, unidentified couple(s) documented their tours of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the fourth of this series, these seven photos feature our favorite parkway in Garden City.
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Mystery Foto #51 Solved: The Garden City Lodge on the move on March 11, 1989
Al Velocci challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Kleiner’s Korner: The Motor Parkway Bridges & the Nassau County Board of Supervisors in 1907 & 1908
Long Island Motor Parkway General Manager Arthur Pardington petitioned the Nassau County Board of Supervisors in 1907 and 1908 to gain approval to construct bridges over and under public roads. Thanks to the records of the proceedings we can view the process undertaken.
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Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documentation of the Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges in Nassau County (#28-#42)
Part II of the Nassau County Motor Parkway bridges takes us from the Westbury Avenue Bridge to the Wantagh Avenue Bridge.
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Kleiner’s Kolumn:Update-Historical Markers for the Long Island Motor Parkway & Vanderbilt Cup Races
One way to keep the memories of the Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races alive is to memorialize their existence with historical markers throughout Long Island.
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Update: The Spring Meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society
Over 55 people attended Thursday's presentation on a rainy evening. Great discussions on the Motor Parkway and Garden City!
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Mystery Foto #21 Solved: A 1914 Map of the Garden City Section of the Long Island Motor Parkway
Bill Bellmer challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
Bob, the plates were purchased by members of the Wheatley Hills Golf Club and Links Golf Club. Both clubs had private…