Wildwood motels through the years: The rise and fall of Doo Wop
NJ 101.5, December 26, 2021
Any hope to truly preserve the classic Doo Wop feel of the Wildwoods, which is much of what first attracted entertainers and working families to the island decades ago, is likely long gone, preservation experts fear.
As recently as the beginning of this century, getting the Wildwoods’ massive collection of 1950s and 1960s motels listed on the New Jersey and national registers of historic places “seemed to be in the bag.”
But that effort quickly dissipated, and today, there’s no promise for the creation of a historic district as one way to maintain what was once a collection of more than 300 mid-century motels along a six-mile stretch in Cape May County, according to Stephanie Hoagland.
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