Bibliograph

Doo wop motels, architectural treasures of the Wildwoods, Kirk Hastings

Type

Label

Doo wop motels, architectural treasures of the Wildwoods, Kirk Hastings

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Doo wop motels

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Kirk Hastings

Sub title

architectural treasures of the Wildwoods

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

Classification