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| Postcard image courtesy Bill and Kitt Matthews |
This postcard view from the 1960s looks west from 33rd Street and the oceanfront toward the bay and mainland. The building in the foreground was the Stardust Motel, which anchored the northern end of “Motel Row.” The Harrison Group’s Hilton Hotel occupies that block today.
The smaller hotels in the middle of the picture were the White Sands (later renamed the Charm Motel and now a parking lot for the Hilton) and the Yankee Clipper, which later renamed the Ocean Voyager. The Yankee Clipper/Ocean Voyager contained the locals bar The Pirates Den and was demolished this month. La Quinta Inn is planned for that site.
The area west of Philadelphia Avenue shows the Arnold Palmer Driving Range, the Seafarer Motel and the Beachcomber Lounge. All of that including the vacant land along the bay is now the location of the popular Jolly Roger Amusement Park.
5 comments:
I remember those days well and the reasonable prices too!
Wish it never changed. It was a slice of heaven back then. Does anyone have a photo of the old "City Lunch?"
I agree 4:11. Wish we could turn back time.
99% percent of the new (since the boom) hotels and condos are so ugly and cheap looking. Big dryvit boxes....just horrible.
I'll never forget skateboarding in the empty Stardust Motel swimming pool. 12 feet deep with 4 ft of Vertical. They don't make pools like that anymore...
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