Tag: Lake Ronkonkoma
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Oct 09 2018
Updated: The 6th Annual “Motor Parkway Sunday Drive to Lake Ronkonkoma” A Big Success
Last Sunday's Motor Parkway Drive to commemorate the 110th Anniversary of the Long Island Motor Parkway was a great success.
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Oct 02 2018
Celebrate the 110th Anniversary of the Long Island Motor Parkway on Sunday, October 7, 2018
Celebrate the 110th Anniversary of the Long Island Motor Parkway at the 6th Annual Motor Parkway Drive to Lake Ronkonkoma on Sunday, October 7, 2018.
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Sep 24 2018
Mystery Foto #38 Solved: 1938 Aerial of Ronkonkoma and the Long Island Motor Parkway
Frank Femenias challenged you to identify this 1938 aerial courtesy of the University of Stony Brook.
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Sep 12 2018
Update #1: John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album: The Motor Parkway Near Ronkonkoma, Circa 1911
Frank Giebfried of the Bayport Heritage Association has forwarded another gem from the John E. Roosevelt Family Photo Album. The photo, documenting the "Motor Parkway near Ronkonkoma", was likely taken by Gladys Roosevelt, the daughter of John E. Roosevelt and the second cousin of President Teddy Roosevelt.
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Oct 26 2017
Hemmings: Ronkonkoma: the never-was speedway that could have brought Indianapolis-scale racing to LI
With the assistance of VanderbiltCupRaces.com, Daniel Strohl of Hemmings Daily has written an article on the planned Ronkonkoma Motor Speedway.
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Sep 28 2017
Sam & Dave’s Excellent “Lost” Motor Parkway Adventure V: Remnants of Petit Trianon
In the fifth post of the "Lost" series, Dave Russo and his 11-year old son Sammy explore possible remnants of the Petit Trianon Inn in Lake Ronkonkoma.
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Sep 12 2017
Great Turnout to the Presentation on Ronkonkoma and the Motor Parkway in Holbrook
It was a great turnout on Tuesday night at the Sachem Public Library with over 80 people attending a special presentation on the role of Lake Ronkonkoma and the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Aug 20 2017
VanderbiltCupRaces.com Exclusive: The Planned Hempstead Plains Motor Parkway Speedway
A recently discovered survey shows that in August 1909 a 5.5- mile Motor Parkway speedway loop was designed for the Hempstead Plains (now Levittown).
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Aug 12 2017
When Walter T. Shirley Was Selling the “Former Vanderbilt Estate” in Ronkonkoma Updated
While researching the Ronkonkoma section of the Motor Parkway for my September 12th presentation, I came across this 1943 real estate ad selling quarter acres from the "former Vanderbilt Estate". Here is the story behind Long Island Acres owned by Walter T. Shirley.
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May 26 2017
Was Theda Bara’s Film Debut Shot in Petit Trianon in Lake Ronkonkoma?
Silent film star and stage actress Theda Bara (1885-1955) made her film debut at the age of 29 in The Stain in 1914 as an extra. The film was shot in New Jersey and at Petit Trianon, located at the eastern terminus of the Motor Parkway in Lake Ronkonkoma.
