Tag: Lake Success
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Kleiner’s Korner: Another Murder on the Motor Parkway!
As a follow-up to a recent Greg O. post, here's another murder mystery on the Motor Parkway that appears to remain unsolved.
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Mystery Foto #39 Solved: A successful 1951 Fairchild aerial over Lake Success
Did you identify this Fairchild mystery aerial?
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Mystery Friday Foto # 9 Solved: The #2 De Dietrich driven by Arthur Duray in the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race
Did you identify this Mystery Foto?
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Greg O’s Garage: New Discovery- The actual 1906 location of the Spinney Hill grandstands
In debate for many years, the actual location of the Spinney Hill grandstands at the 1906 Vanderbilt Cup Races has largely been unconfirmed.
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Mystery Friday Foto #17 Solved: The Motor Parkway under construction north of Marcus Avenue in Lake Success (Circa 1911)
The Vanderbilt Museum Archives challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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Mystery Foto #41 Solved: Vanderbilt Cup Race driver Joe Tracy with reporter Ada Patterson
Did you solve this weekend's Mystery Foto?
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Mystery Foto #38 Solved: Working on a 1906 Locomobile in Lake Success
Greg O. challenged you to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto.
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The fate of Willie K’s Deepdale mansion in Lake Success
Janet: "On another thread, I took a ride up Lake Road in Great Neck last week an saw that the WK Vanderbilt home had been torn down with a new house on the site. Was there mention of this that I missed?"
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1958-1967 tours of the Long Island Motor Parkway #2: Lake Success
From 1958 to 1967, an unidentified couple documented their tour of the Motor Parkway with over 70 photos taken from the Western Terminus in Queens to the Eastern Terminus (Lake Ronkonkoma). In the second of this series, these nine photos feature our favorite parkway in Lake Success.
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Kleiner’s Korner: Part 3 - Motorcycle Races on the Motor Parkway
In addition to the Vanderbilt Cup Races, the Motor Parkway was used as a race venue by local motorcycling enthusiasts. Various clubs found the roadway to be an excellent choice as its length and not having grade crossings made it a suitable route. Documentation is from various issues of "Bicycle…
Thanks to Howard Kroplick and http://www.vanderbiltcup races.com for Keeping American Automotive Racing History & my…