Retro Roadmap - Your Source for the Vintage, Retro and Cool Old Places worth visiting!
Your source for the Vintage, Retro and Cool Old Places worth visiting!
As the guide from the Dorothy Parker Walking Tour that I went on recently so aptly put it, “In New York, Real Estate is Everything”. Since the money that can be made from a location, location, location can be astounding, this reality of realty makes it difficult to find places that still exist from the [...]
World War II Weekend- Reading PA June 5-7, 2009 If the 1940′s are your thing or you just want to learn more about what went on during the war filled years, get yourself to the Mid Atlantic Air Museum (at the Reading PA Airport) for their 19th annual World War II Weekend. From their website [...]
Our first on the scene reporter Till Eulenspiegel checks in from beautiful Glen Burnie Maryland with this report: “Ann’s Dari-Creme has been there since 1951. I didn’t start going there until the 90′s, but as I understand it, it is pretty much the same today as it was then. In the 80′s, they built a [...]
I’ve driven past this place a bazillion times since my sister and her husband moved to Stoughton MA and finally the stars aligned where the light was right, I had my camera and the ability to stop the car. The store was not open this early Sunday morning, but obviously beer has become the commodity [...]
The jewel in the crown of the downtown revitalization efforts of Phoenixville PA, the Colonial Theatre is truly a gem. Built in 1903 it has been a movie theater, a live theater and now shows a combination of independent films, classic movies and childrens programs, live music and more. Probably one of the most notable [...]
A retroroadtrip fan would be hard pressed to drive by the wonderful pink neon signage and vintage 50′s architecture of the Concord Pike/Rt 202 location of the Charcoal Pit without wanting to swing on in and check it out. Your appreciation of the finer signs in life will quickly be rewarded with a tasty treat! [...]
Within steps from the sand “The Treat” is a great stop for 2 treats in one, tasty breakfast and old fashioned ice cream! Tucked away in a big old fashioned beach house that used to be the a hotel at the beginning of the last century, I was surprised to learn that it’s current incarnation [...]
Since 1927 Dolle’s has anchored the corner of the boardwalk and Rehoboth Avenue, a can’t miss sight with their the landmark orange sign. Underneath that sign they make from scratch delicious fudge, using real butter and cream, salt water taffy, and caramel corn cooking it in big copper pots. The original store blew down in [...]
Many of us have a romantic notion of Old New York City and a perfect place to catch a glimpse of that glorious past is to spend some time exploring Grand Central Terminal (or Grand Central Station as I can’t help but call it.) Located at the intersection of 42nd Street and Park Avenue, the [...]
Good news for vintage amusement park and carousel lovers! The Paragon Carousel at Nantasket Beach, Hull MA has won, by popular vote, a $100,000 grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The carousel (Philadelphia Toboggan Company #85 for those keeping score) was originally part of Paragon Park Amusement Park that made Hull a recreation [...]