Tag: Stewart School
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Mystery Foto #42 Solved: A 1929 Curtiss B-2 Condor Bomber Flyover Over Roosevelt Field, Merrick Avenue and the Motor Parkway
Garden City Village Historian Bill Bellmer challenged you to identify this weekend's amazing Mystery Foto.
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Mystery Foto #8 Solved: A 1951 Aerial View of Mitchel Field & the Motor Parkway & 2017 Circus Trains
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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The Salvation Army Hotel Being Moved Down Clinton Road in Garden City in 1928
Garden City Village Historian Bill Bellmer has forwarded this 1928 aerial showing the same area as last Friday's Mystery Foto from the viewpoint looking north.
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Mystery Foto #32 Solved: A 1950 Image of the Motor Parkway Looking West to the LILCO Gas Tank
Art Kleiner, Paula S. and her son Jeff challenged you again to identify this 1950 image of our favorite parkway.
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Stewart School Blog “The Long Island Motor Parkway: Garden City’s Hidden History ”
Last week teachers Mr. Schultz and Mrs. Tesoriero took their 4th grade Stewart School class on a walking trip to explore the remnants of the Motor Parkway in Garden City. The trip was documented in this
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Garden City News “Stewart School Quest Students Capture Archive Award”
Congratulations to the Quest students of the Stewart School of Garden City. The Garden City News reports the students have been awarded Certificates of Merit for their research film on the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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Garden City News “Quest Students are History Detectives”
As previously posted, I have been assisting 13 fourth and fifth graders of the Stewart School in their research of the Long Island Motor Parkway. On April 27th, the students and I explored the archives of William K. Vanderbilt Jr. at the Suffolk County Vanderbilt Museum in Centerport.
The…
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More Cool Feedback from the Stewart School in Garden City
Last Tuesday, I had a wonderful meeting with students of the Stewart School in Garden City who are researching the Long Island Motor Parkway. As shown in this 1960 aerial looking east, the Motor Parkway was directly north of the school and was parallel to Stewart Avenue. Among the…
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The Parkway Behind the Stewart School in Garden City
I am very excited to be visiting the Stewart School in Garden City this Tuesday. I will be consulting with a group of dedicated 4th and 5th graders who are researching the Long Island Motor Parkway.
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