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The Art Deco style, made popular in the 1920s and 1930s was probably the very first design style that made a much younger Mod Betty stop and say, whoa-hey! That stuff is cool! Since I was also an Art History major in college I can also spot the deco style a mile away, with its [...]
“Progress has its place, but these businesses have built their success on sustaining tradition” – YES indeedy! So says Amy Halloran in Albany NY’s Metroland, and sums up our feelings regarding progress and change in her You’re So Old School article better than we could this Sunday morn. I especially like this part (bolding all [...]
In no way were Retro Roadhusband and I ready for yet another meal on our trip home from Lake George, but when you see a cool vintage neon sign lighting up the gloomy rain filled skies, you must investigate. And that’s exactly how we ended up at Eng’s Restaurant in Kingston, NY. (I couldn’t help [...]
I knew the name Jumpin’ Jack’s Drive In sounded familiar as we stumbled upon it on our drive through Scotia, NY but little did I realize that it was because it’s a place that I’m “friends” with on Facebook! I try to support Retro Roadmap worthy businesses on the Retro Roadmap Facebook page of course. [...]
Hello Retro Roadmap readers! While I work my way through tons of photos and all sorts of wonderful vintage and retro places we’ve been over the past couple of weeks, I thought I’d share some random snapshots from the roadside, from our trip home from Lake George. Sara Glen Motel, Saratoga Springs, NY Landmark Motel, [...]
We were bummed to see the Prospect Mountain Diner in Lake George was shiny and new*, but that gave us a perfect excuse to go to Peter’s Diner in Glens Falls NY (around the corner from ABC Restaurant Equipment) before heading home from our fun Vintage Vacation. Though not a diner by architectural definition, it [...]
After all these years of saying I wanted to go to Lake George NY and partake in the vintage vacation wonderfulness, Retro Roadhusband and I spent a long weekend up there, just before Memorial Day Weekend. While some of the town has been modernized to keep with the times, there were still plenty of Retro [...]
Update 6/2011: I’ve been told via a comment on the photo below in Flickr that this business has closed. Bummer! Glad we were able to visit it when we did. During our all too short visit to the Lake George region we discovered LG’s neighbor Glens Falls NY. With a few microbrew pubs, antique stores [...]