Tag: Estates
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Hold the Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023 7 pm- Special Presentation at the Fall Meeting of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society
Join author Paul Mateyunas to discuss the Gilded Age and the estates and country homes of Long Island.
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Greg O’s Garage; W.K. Vanderbilt Sr’s Idle Hour Estate and Outbuildings
Most of William K. Vanderbilt's Idle Hour estate is still intact around the Idle Hour neighborhood in Oakdale
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Greg O’s Garage; A Flying ‘Feild’ at William K. Vanderbilt Sr’s Idle Hour
Old plans recently uncovered for a flying 'feild' on William K. Vanderbilt's Idle Hour
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Greg O’s Garage: Clarence Mackay’s Harbor Hill estate in Roslyn (now East Hills)
Clarence Mackay's Harbor Hill was one of the country's greatest estates ever constructed. We'll look at the estate's outbuildings and locations owned by this successful businessman and a director of the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Greg O’s Garage; The Country Estates of the Motor Parkway/Vanderbilt Cup Race Officials and Directors
A glimpse at some of the country estates and residences of the wealthy, well-known officials and directors of The Long Island Motor parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup races.
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Earth Day Weekend was celebrated with the clean-up of the Mackay Estate Gate Lodge
In celebration of 2022 Earth Day Weekend, a group of members of the Roslyn Landmark Society, Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society and residents of East Hills and Roslyn cleaned up debris and planted pansies around the Mackay Estate Gate Lodge in East Hills.
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Mystery Foto #34 Solved: Willie K in his 1900 Daimler White Ghost at the Brookholt Estate in East Meadow
Did you identify this weekend's Mystery Foto?
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Kleiner’s Korner: Fred Wagner Hosting a 1915 Party
Beginning in 1911, Vanderbilt Cup Race starter, Fred Wagner, hosted an annual party on his Smithtown farm for those associated with the automobile industry. In 1915 over 100 invitations were given out. Food, sports and fun were the name of the game. All documents except as noted courtesy of The…
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The Residence of the Starter of Five Vanderbilt Cup Races -Fred Wagner- Rediscovered in Smithtown
Fred J. (Wag) Wagner was the premier race starter in the early 1900s including: all the Long Island Vanderbilt Cup Races with the exception of the 1904 race. Researcher Corey Victoria Geske has recently revealed that a beautiful Smithtown residence built in 1913 was the residence of Fred and Nancy…
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Highlights from Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society Meeting: The Grand Vanderbilt Estates
Over 65 members of the Long Island Motor Parkway Preservation Society had a wonderful evening last Thursday discussing Motor Parkway projects and listening to author and historian Paul Mateyunas' presentation The Grand Estates of the Gold Coast.
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