Roadside Online: Diners, Drive-ins, the American roadside

Diner moves in DC

Published on Wednesday, 02 May 2012 12:09

Written by Randy Garbin

Sometimes things do happen faster than you expect in the nation’s capital. The Washington Post reported that the Capital City Diner, closed since Dececember and sold on an Ebay auction for more than $40,000, got trucked to another part of town this week. Ominously, the new owners, a South Carolina development company, has no plans for the diner just yet, but hope to incorporate it into the new Union Market project.

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Bel Aire is no more

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Published on Wednesday, 14 March 2012 14:50

Written by Randy Garbin

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In tribute to the now late-great Bel Aire Diner in Peabody, Massachusetts, here’s a vintage postcard image of it taken soon after the Kallas family first installed it in 1954. Recent images taken just before it closed show that it held up extremely well and had changed very little.

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Jeffrey Neumann “disappears” into America

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Published on Sunday, 20 November 2011 12:56

Written by Randy Garbin

Neumann Fine Art to Present “Road Trip, a journey into disappearing America” on Dec. 3^rd.

neumann Artist Jeffrey L. Neumann will be presenting a special gallery talk and exhibition focusing on the rapidly disappearing commercial landscape of 20^th Century America on Saturday December 3, 2011 at Neumann Fine Art 65 Coldwater Street, Hillsdale, NY. Neumann’s 30 minute interactive presentation, which tells the story behind his art, will begin at 3:00 sharp. Seating is limited. The gallery and studio will be open from 2:00 – 7:00 for this one-day-only event.

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Raven Cliff Falls, Caesar’s Head SC

Written by Tom Hoffman

This is Raven Cliff Falls in northwestern South Carolina. It requires a bit of effort to reach. Go north from Greenville on winding, twisting U.S. Rou…

Written on 14 May 2012
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Matt’s Folly now Eden’s Folly

Written by P. Lane Speaker

Here again is confirmation that the so-called diner preservation community’s experts are only amusing themselves and wasting their valuable time wit…

Written on 05 May 2012
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Moving Landmarks?

Written by Al Sollinger

Ordinarily when someone thinks of a “landmark” it doesn’t bring to mind something that moves from place to place. A landmark is often thought of as b…

Written on 02 May 2012
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King Tut Drive-In, US Highway 19, Beckley WV

Written by Tom Hoffman

This isn’t something you would see bypassing Beckley on the West Virginia Turnpike. I came upon it while following the signs for US Route 19. I’d just…

Written on 30 April 2012
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Getting Our Money’s Worth Out of City Hall?

Written by Al Sollinger

In 1889 workers completed the Benton County Courthouse in Corvallis, Oregon. Located at 120 NW Fourth Street the structure was designed by a Portland …

Written on 17 April 2012
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