Anyone wanna go....maybe we can hit the Modern Snackbar after?
Anyone wanna go....maybe we can hit the Modern Snackbar after?
LIMP is west of here and MSB is east. Thats alot of driving!Originally Posted by Nasus
"Well being as there's no other place around the place, I reckon this must be the place, I reckon."
The presentation is in Riverhead. (see below on Docs post)LIMP is west of here and MSB is east. Thats alot of driving!
YES, IT'S IN RIVERHEAD! A STONES THROW FROM WHERE PECONIC AVENUE MEETS ROUTE 25 (MAIN ST!).
"YOU CAN'T STAY YOUNG FOREVER, BUT YOU CAN BE IMMATURE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!!"
Ohhh, you mean the Vanderbuilt Cup presentation. OOps! :;D :P
"Well being as there's no other place around the place, I reckon this must be the place, I reckon."
PRESENTATION IS TODAY IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR!(4PM VAIL LEAVITT THEATER, PECONIC AVE & MAIN STR, RIVERHEAD)
"YOU CAN'T STAY YOUNG FOREVER, BUT YOU CAN BE IMMATURE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!!"
Damn! Forgot about this. Never make it in time.
THAT'S OKAY....I WAS GONNA GO AND I WAS JUST FINISHING UP A CEILING FAN INSTALL WHEN MY ALLERGIES INVADED MY HEAD FOR LIKE AN HOUR PRIOR AND I JUST BAILED OUT. DIDN'T WANT TO GO AN BE LOUSY.
"YOU CAN'T STAY YOUNG FOREVER, BUT YOU CAN BE IMMATURE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!!"
While the international automobile races William K. Vanderbilt II introduced on Long Island were popular, they were often the scenes of fatal accidents. In response, Vanderbilt and several friends financed the construction of a private road built specifically for cars, the Long Island Motor Parkway. Construction on the nation's first highway began in June 1908. By October 1908, it stretched nine miles, connecting Westbury with Bethpage. The first "highway" to rely on bridges and overpasses to avoid intersections, its initial toll of $2 was reduced by the 1920s to $1. By 1911, it extended more than 40 miles from Ronkonkoma to Queens. In 1938, Vanderbilt gave the road to the state as payment for back taxes. While much of the parkway no longer exists, portions of it have been incorporated into various local roadways, including a 13-mile stretch of County Road 67 between Dix Hills and Ronkonkoma that is still called Motor Parkway. Vanderbilt Cup spectators line the parkway in the 1909 photo below. — Cynthia Blair (From Newsday...It happened on Long Island)
HERE'S AN INTERESTING AERIAL SHOT I JUST RANDOMLY FOUND ON GOOGLE OF SOUTH/LOWER MELVILLE WHERE IT MEETS EAST FARMINGDALE. MUST BE FROM AROUND WWII - MID 40'S. FROM THE BOTTOM TO THE TOP IT'S SW TO NE. IN THE FOREGROUND IS THE (NOW) SUNY CAMPUS WHICH WAS THEN THE NY AGGIE SCHOOL. ALSO PRESENT IS THE SISTERS OF ST. ROSE SCHOOL (GONE) A NICE VIEW OF THE L.I.M.P. (MY REASON FOR POSTING THIS HERE). RIGHT UNDER THE "SISTERS OF ST. ROSE" TITLE IS A BARN THAT STOOD ABANDONED AND DILAPIDATED AS RECENTLY AS 2006 WHEN IT WAS TORN DOWN.
HIGH QUALITY MAKES ME USE A THUMBNAIL.....
CRAZY TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE 60+ YEARS AGO ALL FARMLAND PRETTY MUCH AND NO OFFICE BUILDINGS.
"YOU CAN'T STAY YOUNG FOREVER, BUT YOU CAN BE IMMATURE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE!!"
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