Tag: Queens, Bridges, Farmway
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Kleiner’s Korner: A 1909 Motor Parkway Construction Update
Readers of The Brooklyn Daily Eagle received an update on the progress of constructing The Motor Parkway in August, 1909.
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Mystery Foto #38 Solved: A 1951 aerial of the Motor Parkway in Fresh Meadow, Queens
Frank Femenias challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Mystery Friday Foto #36: Solved; On the Long Island Motor Parkway looking West towards the Hollis Court Boulevard Motor Parkway Bridge at 209th Street.
Frank Femenias challenged you to identify this mystery Motor Parkway location
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The Femenias Report: Repaving of the Motor Parkway In Alley Pond and Cunningham Park
Reporter Frank Femenias has documented the status of the repaving of the Brooklyn-Queens Greenway section of the Motor Parkway.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Arthur R. Pardington’s Queensboro Bridge Celebration Match Race
As part of the Queensboro Bridge opening celebration, Arthur R. Pardington proposed racing what he believed to be the first automobile made in America, the "Skedaddle" against the steam propelled "Devil Car".
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Kleiner’s Korner: The Queensboro Bridge Connection to the Motor Parkway (Part 2)
Part 2 of this 2 part series will provide details of events planned by Arthur J. Pardington and Willie K's. Automobile Committee as part of the opening celebration of the Queensboro Bridge.
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Kleiner’s Korner: The Queensboro Bridge Connection to the Motor Parkway (Part 1)
The construction of the Queensboro Bridge (aka the Blackwell's Island Bridge, 59th Street Bridge and today named the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge)connecting Manhattan with Queens County offered numerous opportunities to expand NY's economy and provide additional leisure activities to millions of people.
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Greg O’s Garage: Robert Moses and the battle to acquire land for Cunningham Park
In 1940, Robert Moses wanted to expand Cunningham Park. A look at some Moses documents from the Kroplick collection.
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Phase III reconstruction has begun of the Motor Parkway in Queens from 199th Street to Springfield Boulevard
Lynn Henry of the Alley Pond Striders reports that construction of Phase II of "reconstruction" of the Motor Parkway on the Brooklyn-Queens Bike Path has begun.
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The Queens section of the 1904 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Chal Danish: "I am researching Vanderbilt Cup Race history and am seeking the course routes of all the races and especially where it traversed Queens. Exactly where in Queens did it go before returning to Nassau!"!!!
https://halfpuddinghalfsauce.blogspot.com/2012/07/south-gate-lodge-at-deepdale.html