Doo-wop motel
The typical motels from the 1950s and early 1960s in the Wildwoods in the US state of New Jersey are called doo-wop motels . The term was coined by the Mid-Atlantic Center For The Arts in the early 1990s and refers to the doo-wop style of music that was very popular at the time the motels in question were built.
Curved, asymmetrical shapes (rounded triangles or trapezoids , boomerang shapes), pastel colors and bright neon lettering are among the main features of the Doo-Wop motels. Architecturally, it is a matter of simple concrete buildings, which have been given the appearance of exoticism and exclusivity with the help of decorative elements. Typical names of such motels are Satellite Motel , Caribbean Motel or Bel Air Motel .
These motels are clustered in North Wildwood, Wildwood and Wildwood Crest, three neighboring towns on the New Jersey coast. As "Wildwoods" they became the epitome of a vacation spot for the American workforce after World War II.
Today around 50 of these motels are still in their original state. After many of the buildings were demolished in the 1990s, the National Trust for Historic Preservation added the Doo-Wop motels in the Wildwoods to the list of the country's most endangered historic sites in 2006.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from September 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Dominik Fehrmann: The Rescue of the Plastic Palm )
