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Looking north in East Meadow over Hempstead Turnpike. The building complex was Meadowbrook HOspital which is now Nassau University Medical Center. The golf course was Salisbury Golf Course, now part of Eisenhower Park. East Meadow High School was built below the golf course. Major roads are Hempstead Turnpike across the bottom, LIMP across the top, Carman Avenue vertical on the left. LIMP structures include Carman Avenue bridge, upper left. The date must be some time between 1935 when Meadowbrook Hospital was built and the late 1940s when additional buildings were added to the hospital complex.

-What is the location and orientation of the photographer?
Over East Meadow looking North

-What is the complex of buildings in the aerial? What is in the location now?
Meadowbrook Hospital, now Nassau University Medical Center

-What is the golf course shown here? What is it known as today?
Eisenhower Blue Course

-What was built on the farmland below the golf course?
East Meadow High School

-Identify the major roads.
Hempstead Turnpike across the bottom. Carman Avenue on the left. Old Westbury Rd.

-Identify the Motor Parkway and its structure(s).
The Westbury Road (Old Westbury Road) Bridge can be seen in the top right corner of the aerial.

-What is the approximate date? Provide a rationale.
Hospital built in 1935 but not yet expanded in the 40’s and 50’s, lack of many homes built in the 1940’s,  I’ll guess this is sometime in the late 1930’s.

East Meadow, looking North
Meadowbrook Hospital, now NUMC
Salisbury Links, now Eisenhower Golf Gourse
East Meadow High School
Motor Parkway is at the top of the picture running left to right.
Westbury Road (Old Salisbury Road) Bridge, Carmen Avenue Bridge
Hempstead Turnpike, Carmen Avenue, Salisbury Park Drive, LIMP
Late 1930s (1939?) - hospital was built in 1935, no housing developments, Salisbury Links still there

The photographer was flying almost directly over my house (which would not be built until 1952) in East Meadow facing north/north-east.  The building complex is the old Meadowbrook Hospital which today is the site of Nassau University Medical Center.  The golf course was formerly known as Salisbury but is now Eisenhower Park.  East Meadow High School, my and Howard’s alma mater, was built on the farmland below the golf course.  The major roads are the Motor Parkway which runs horizontally across the top, Hempstead Turnpike is the horizontal road near the bottom, and Carman Avenue runs up between those two roads from lower left to the top center of the picture.  The Carman Avenue bridge over the Motor Parkway can be seen.  Meadowbrook Hospital was built in 1935 and a 1952 photo of the hospital shows many additional buildings so the photo date must be between those two years.  The high school was built in 1953.  From the sparseness of buildings in the photo I’m going to guess it was taken not too long after the hospital was built.

Correction, Howard.  Photo direction is north/north-west.

Looks like Meadowbrook Hospital looking north in 1935 with the Salisbury Links on the left (current Eisenhower Park) and the Carman Avenue bridge top left over the LIMP.

East Meadow looking north from Hempstead Tpk at NUMC Hospital’s original bldgs behind todays big tower. The golf course was the Salisbury Links (now Eisenhower Park). The Farmland below the golf course is the future site of the East meadow High School west of Carman Avenue and East of Carman Ave would be the Nassau Country Jail. Major roads east west are Hempstead Tpk at the bottom, Carman Avenue north and south middle of picture and the Central Ave RR train above in the picture east and west. Motor Parkway bridge is in top right of picture going over Westbury Avenue. Where Salisbury Park Drive would be today. The hospital was built 1935 and the housing boom began 1947 so i would date the picture around 1946 since many buildings on the campus are established yet no homes and few stores built up around it.

East Meadow looking N. Meadowbrook Hospital, now Nassau County Medical Center, Salisbury Golf, now Eisenhower Golf, East Meadow High School, Hemp Tpke, Carman Av, Central RR, (Salisbury Park Dr, Motor Pkwy top right corner), Westbury Ave parkway bridge still standing, photo date before 1950’s when the bridge was removed. Hoping to see Richard tonight.

*Location/Orientation:  Birds Eye View of East Meadow, NY facing north.

*Building Complex, Then & Now:  Meadowbrook Hospital then, Nassau County University Medical Center now.

*Golf Course, Then & Now:  Salisbury Links then, Eisenhower Park now.

*Presently S/O the Golf Course:  East Meadow High School.

*ID Major Rds:  Westbury Rd, LIMP ( Westbury Rd Pkwy Bridge ), Central RR ROW, Carman Ave, Hempstead Tpke.

*ID LIMP/Structure:  LIMP is at upper right corner bridging over Westbury Rd. Then continues west under Carman Ave Hwy Bridge ( not in view ).

*Year:  Westbury Rd Pkwy Bridge was still intact 1955. So I’ll say early 1950"s.

Location -  East Meadow, photo facing to the north
            Meadowbrook Hospital, opened 1935
            LIMP Westbury Rd bridge and ROW
Complex - Meadowbrook Hospital, now -  NUMC county hospital
            county buildings, morgue NC jail etc.
Golf Courses - Salisbury, Now - Eisenhower Park Blue and White Courses
Built below golf course - East Meadow High School
Major Roads - Hempstead Turnpike, Carmen Ave, Westbury Rd
                LIRR Central RR/Branch
LIMP Structure - Westbury Rd bridge and ROW - remnants
Date of photo - Meadowbrook Hospital opened in 1935.  In 1950 photo
                from NC Land view map shows complex much more developed
                  1937- 1942

Another flat forehead “Well, duh!” moment.  Gettin’ old - everything looked familiar but nothing clicked.  Thanks muchly, Richard; keep ‘em comin’ please!  Sam, III