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Doo Wop Motels

Doo Wop Motels

Architectural Treasures of the Wildwoods

by Kirk Hastings
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/03/2007

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The three New Jersey beach resorts known collectively as The Wildwoods have recently been the subject of widespread notice for their unique concentration of mid-century commercial architecture. Known in The Wildwoods as Doo Wop, the style is mostly represented in the resorts' surviving motels, built between 1955 and 1970, and comes in a variety of forms: Modern, with jet-age glass walls; Vroom , with thrusting pointed features; and Polynesian Pop, with thatched roofs and tiki torches. This fun, colorful book recounts the stories of the motels, describes their special features--from glorious neon signs to ubiquitous plastic palm trees--and covers the recent Neo-Doo Wop buildings that have risen in the wake of Doo Wop preservation.
ISBN:
9780811733892
9780811733892
Category:
Service industries
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-03-2007
Language:
English
Publisher:
Stackpole Books
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
228.6x180.34x12.7mm
Weight:
0.02kg

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