Dec 22 2011

Winter Holiday Scenes of the Long Island Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Race Courses


Enjoy these photos taken on December 24, 2009 of the Motor Parkway and the Vanderbilt Cup Race courses.



Happy holidays and a healthy and joyful 2012 !

 

The remarkable Darlene Love on David Letterman- December 24, 2011

 

Howard Kroplick

 

 

 

Lakeville Road, Lake Success- Site of a tire station during the 1905 Vanderbilt Cup Race

 

 

 

 

Long Island Motor Parkway right-of-way in Lake Success

 

 

 

 

The Old Courthouse Road Motor Parkway Bridge in Manhasset Hills

 

 

 

 

View from the Old Courthouse Road Bridge looking west on to the Motor Parkway right-of-way

 

 

 

 

The former office of the Motor Parkway's General Manager Alfred John Kienzle in Garden City

 

 

 

 

The Motor Parkway right-of-way in East Williston between the Oyster Bay LIRR tracks and Roslyn Road

 

 

 

 

Site of the grandstand and press box for the 1908-1910 Vanderbilt Cup Races in Levittown

 

 

 

 

Site of the 1908 ground-breaking ceremonies for the Motor Parkway with the eastern abutment of Jerusalem Road Bridge (Stewart Avenue) in Bethpage still in place.

 

 

 

 

Deadman's Curve in Bethpage.

 

Links to related posts on VanderbiltCupRaces.com and the Internet:

 

Index: Archives on VanderbiltCupRaces.com

Archives: Monthly Highlights (2008-2011)



Comments

Dec 24 2011 Walter McCarthy 7:48 AM

Great 2009 photos!  Regards,  Walter Mc

Dec 24 2011 Art 9:18 AM

Nice photos Howard.  Happy Holidays to all friends and family of the Motor Parkway Preservation Society.

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