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The Oceanview Motel in Wildwood Crest, which was built in 1964, is the largest motel ever built in The Wildwoods. In 2009, the owners had plans to demolish the motel to make way for condominia, but it was rejected by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The Oceanview was originally named the Admiral East Motel, when the ...
Wildwood Crest is a borough in Cape May County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.The borough, and all of Cape May County, is part of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, and is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area. [18]
A number of postwar motels in New Jersey, including a cluster in The Wildwoods, have been recognized as high-style Moderne architecture, and some or all of these have been termed Doo-Wop and/or Googie in style. A number of these were studied in a National Register of Historic Places 2001 architectural survey. [23]
New Jersey counties (clickable map) This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in New Jersey. There are more than 1,700 listed sites in New Jersey. Of these, 58 are further designated as National Historic Landmarks. All 21 counties in New Jersey have listings on the National Register.
The Caribbean Motel is a historic motel located in Wildwood Crest, New Jersey. [3] It is located in the Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District.The motel was built in 1957 in the Doo-Wop style by Lou Morey, whose family built many of the Wildwoods' original Doo Wop motels, for original owners Dominic and Julie Rossi. [4]
The Chateau Bleu Motel is located at 911 Surf Avenue in the city of North Wildwood in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States.The historic motel is in an area known as, and designated by the state of New Jersey as, the Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District.
Wildwood is a city in Cape May County in the U.S. state of New Jersey.The city, and all of Cape May County, is part of the Ocean City metropolitan statistical area, and is part of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Camden, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area, also known as the Delaware Valley or Philadelphia metropolitan area. [19]
The term "doo-wop" was used by New Jersey's Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts during the early 1990s to describe the unique, space-age architectural style. Many of Wildwood's Doo-Wop motels were built by Lou Morey, who specialized in such designs. [33] His Ebb Tide Motel, built during 1957 and demolished during 2003, is credited as the first Doo ...