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Tag: Vanderbilt Farmway Bridge

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  Oct 02 2023

  Mystery Foto #39 Solved: A successful 1951 Fairchild aerial over Lake Success

  Did you identify this Fairchild mystery aerial?

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  Apr 01 2020

  Interactive 1924 Aerial Survey of New York City and the Motor Parkway in Queens & Lake Success

  David Stephan has forwarded links to interactive high-resolution aerials of the July 1924 Fairchild Survey of New York City. The aerials were conducted for the City of New York Board of Estimate and Apportionment and are available on the New York Public Library website. Here are scans of the 1924…

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  Feb 01 2020

  Kleiner’s Kolumn: Documentation of the 12 Long Island Motor Parkway Bridges in Queens

  Previous posts have featured the many bridges constructed over and under The Long Island Motor Parkway, however none have included all the bridges in one place.This first post provides profiles of the 12 bridges built in Queens.

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  Oct 16 2017

  Mystery Foto #41 Solved: An Aerial of Glen Oaks and Lake Success Taken in 1929

  This weekend's Mystery Foto was associated with the William K. Vanderbilt Jr., the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Races.

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  Mar 20 2017

  Mystery Foto #11 Solved: Hundreds of Automobiles Seen in This 1952 Lake Success Aerial

  This weekend's Mystery Foto was another amazing aerial from Fairchild Aerial Surveys.

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  Dec 01 2011

  Long Island Motor Parkway Bridge Series: #12 The Vanderbilt Farmway Bridge in Queens

  When the 48 miles of the Motor Parkway were completed in 1926, a total of 65 bridges were built by William K. Vanderbilt Jr. and his associates over and under the parkway. Going west to east, the last of the 12 Queens bridges was the Motor Parkway farmway bridge connecting…