Bronx River Parkway at Crestwood Lake, New York, 1936
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Scenic, park-like roadways for carriages, horses, and bicycles led to experiments with urban "parkways" for automobiles. Dedicated in 1925, downstate New York's Bronx River Parkway evolved to combine artistic bridges and plantings with innovations such as a median strip separating northbound and southbound lanes. The winding 15-mile road became a model for future scenic highways.
Scenic, park-like roadways for carriages, horses, and bicycles led to experiments with urban "parkways" for automobiles. Dedicated in 1925, downstate New York's Bronx River Parkway evolved to combine artistic bridges and plantings with innovations such as a median strip separating northbound and southbound lanes. The winding 15-mile road became a model for future scenic highways.
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
06 May 1936
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
64.167.1859.42
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Ford Motor Company.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Typed on back of image: Bronx River Parkway at Crestwood Lake
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