Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society
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May 21 2013
Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society Meeting & Presentation “Deadman’s Curve”, Bethpage
The Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society met at 7:30 pm on Thursday, May 23, 2013 at the Bethpage Library. (8 comments)
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May 18 2013
In Search of the Grandstand, Press Box/Officials Stand and Pits in Levittown
From 1908 to 1910, the center of the auto racing world was a 200-yard strip of the Long Island Motor Parkway in the Hempstead Plains, now Levittown. (5 comments)
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Apr 20 2013
The Amazing North Hempstead Clean-Up Day of the Motor Parkway in East Williston
As part of the Town of North Hempstead Earth Day Celebration, over 40 people cleaned the historic Motor Parkway section in East Williston between Roslyn Road and the Oyster Bay LIRR tracks. (10 comments)
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Mar 04 2013
Mystery Photo #4 Solved: A 1928 Aerial of Old Bethpage and Melville Looking North
The fourth in our series of Friday mystery photos is a classic aerial of the Motor Parkway: Old Bethpage and Melville looking North. (6 comments)
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Feb 26 2013
“Champion of the Parkway” Presented at the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society Meeting
Prominent Queens historian Robert Miller will be presenting “The Long Island Motor Parkway: A Trip Back in Time” at the next meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society this Thursday. (7 comments)
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Jan 05 2013
Video: “Celebrating the Long Island Motor Parkway”
Karen Miller of PATV (Public Access Television) has created this 14-minute video celebrating the history and restoration efforts for the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Oct 24 2012
Special Presentation Tonight in Old Bethpage:“The history and preservation of the Garden City Lodge”
John Ellis Kordes, Village Historian for Garden City, will make a special presentation on "The history and preservation of the Garden City Lodge".
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Oct 03 2012
LevittownPatch/Newsday:Hempstead Town Board Denies Crocus Lane Development Plan on the Motor Parkway
Before a standing-room group of residents and several members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society, the Town Board of Hempstead unanimously denied a petition to rezone a Levittown property for two-story 46-unit condos on the site of the Vanderbilt Cup Races' grandstands and press box from 1908 to… (7 comments)
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Sep 22 2012
The Island Now Article: “From vintage racing to town historian”
Reporter Richard Tedesco interviewed me last week concerning my position as Town Historian for North Hempstead. This article will be appearing in upcoming issues of the Great Neck News, Williston Times and New Hyde Park Herald Courier and online at The Island Now. (6 comments)
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Jul 05 2012
Video “The Restoration of the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge”
Marc Hillman has provided this marvelous 12-minute video documenting the restoration of the Old Bethpage Motor Parkway Bridge located in the Old Bethpage Village Restoration. (5 comments)
Thanks a whole lot Howard. I’m going to get on it right now,it’s a good day to do it.