Tag: Old Country Road Motor Parkway Bridge
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May 29 2019
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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May 27 2019
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.
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May 15 2019
Sam & Dave’s “Excellent 2019 Vanderbilt Day”- #7 Mineola & Carle Place
Our favorite Motor Parkway father and son team Dave and Sammy Russo journeyed once again on their bikes to explore our favorite parkway from Lake Success to Melville. In the seventh post of the series, Sammy and Dave explored the Mineola/Carle Place section of the Motor Parkway.
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Jan 16 2019
Updated: Then & Now: Mineola LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge
Frank Femenias observes that a 1909 photo on the Mineola LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge by surveyor Clinton Robertson was taken at the exact location of a 1983 photo by Ron Ridolph.
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Dec 01 2018
Surveyor Clinton Robertson Photo Album: The Old Country Road Motor Parkway Bridge
In the third of the series of photos from surveyor Clinton A. Robertson's recently discovered construction album, the Motor Parkway Bridge under Old Country Road in Mineola/Carle Place/Garden City is featured.
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Oct 16 2018
Exclusive: Surveyor Clinton Robertson’s Long Island Motor Parkway Construction Photo Album
While working as a surveyor on the Long Island Motor Parkway in 1908 and 1909, Clinton A. Robertson (above) documented the Motor Parkway construction and his fellow workers with his trusty camera.
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Jul 16 2018
Update #3: Mystery Foto #28 Solved: A 1931 Aerial of the Motor Parkway in Garden City and Mineola
Author Richard Panchyk challenged you to identify this spectacular Long Island aerial.
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May 07 2018
Mystery Foto#18 Solved:A 1951 View of the LIRR Motor Parkway Bridge from the New York State Archives
Frank Femenias challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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May 06 2017
The Concrete Fence-Posts of the Long Island Motor Parkway
My favorite co-author Al Velocci and I have recently been discussing the concrete posts of the Long Island Motor Parkway. Al has provided some facts and documentation on the Motor Parkway "concrete fence posts".
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Apr 18 2017
Mystery Foto #15 Solved: The Historic Hangar 16 at Curtiss Field (Circa 1931)
William C. Moyers, formerly of Garden City, challenged you with this weekend's Mystery Foto.
