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Closing Party for Wildwood NJ Diner Photo Exhibit – Tomorrow!

July 30, 2010 By 3 Comments

Hey Retro Roadmap fans – please come say hello tomorrow -  Saturday July 31 as I participate in an artist’s meet and greet / exhibition closing event at the Doo Wop Experience on Ocean Ave in Wildwood NJ. I’ll be on-hand from 4-6pm to discuss my photos, Retro Roadmap and of course vintage New Jersey [...]

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The Leavitt Theatre Ogunquit, ME – You’ll Love It!

July 29, 2010 By 4 Comments
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I’m posting about the Leavitt Theatre in Ogunquit ME out of chronological order, because it closes for the season soon after the summer is over and I want you all to have enough time to visit this swell seaside movie house! The Leavitt Theatre is in the town of Ogunquit Maine, which is an easy [...]

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What Vintage Boston Diner Is This? The Friends Of Eddie Coyle

July 28, 2010 By 7 Comments

I had always wanted to see the movie The Friends of Eddie Coyle again because I remember there being a scene filmed in a diner, but I wasn’t sure what diner it was? My geographic brain thought it might be the Apple Tree Diner because that was still in Dedham when many of the scenes [...]

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1970′s Boston Movie Fun – Name That Location! The Friends of Eddie Coyle

July 28, 2010 By 14 Comments

I remember seeing just a bit of the movie The Friends of Eddie Coyle when my dad was watching it once on TV and doing a complete double take when I saw that the scene was filmed in Dedham the town where both my mum and my dad grew up, and where “Grammie in Dedham” [...]

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Wildwood Diner Exhibit Meet and Greet This Saturday 7/31 – Come On Down!

July 26, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Hey Retro Roadmap fans – please come say hello to me this Saturday July 31 as I  participate in an artist’s meet and greet / exhibition closing event at the Doo Wop Experience on Ocean Ave in Wildwood NJ. I’ll be on-hand from 4-6pm to discuss my photos, Retro Roadmap and of course vintage New [...]

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Architectural Salvage and More Cool Old Stuff – Recycling The Past – Barnegat NJ

July 22, 2010 By 2 Comments

Since I’ve been talking about “cool old stuff” places – head down the road a few blocks from Unshredded Nostalgia to Recycling The Past if you need something old and cool that is bigger than a bread box. Here you will discover a cache of unique architectural salvage, vintage fixtures, tile, doors and more. This [...]

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Abandoned Vintage New Jersey Diners – A Cautionary Tale

July 22, 2010 By 4 Comments

Thanks to Diner Man Spencer Stewart and his blog Diner Hunter for sharing this great post from Kevin Patrick about the neglected / closed / abandoned vintage diners of New Jersey. Using the same Preservation New Jersey list of the top 10 endangered historic sites that I did as inspiration for my New Jersey diner [...]

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Diner Slideshow Thursday 7/29 – The Evolution of Diners from Diner Hotline

July 21, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Heads up roadside fans and diner lovers in the MA / RI + area  – diner scholar and all around swell guy Larry Cultrera of Diner Hotline is giving a not-to-miss slide presentation on the Evolution of Diners, Thursday 7/29 at the Ames Free Library in North Easton, MA. In this presentation Larry will show  [...]

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Unshredded Nostalgia Barnegat NJ -If You Like Old Cool Stuff This Place Is For You!

July 21, 2010 By 3 Comments

(10/8/10 – cool update! Click here to find out how to get 20% off your purchase at Unshredded Nostalgia, a thank you from RetroRoadmap.com ) My dear pal Aubs told I’d like this vintage store called Unshredded Nostalgia almost 3 years ago. O-M-G I can’t believe it took me this long to check out what [...]

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Glass Insulator House – A New Jersey Road Trip Find

July 20, 2010 By 2 Comments

To continue my rambling about the unexpected roadside treasures I discovered in New Jersey, I bring you this photo, of a house I found just around the corner from the At The Hop diner. As you can see it is very well insulated (wokka wokka wokka!) This snapshot taken from the side of  W Jimmie [...]

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