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This is the 498th Doo Wop City post. We’re only 10 posts away from the Doo Wop City 500th Post Spectacular! Be sure not to miss it! There were more cars representing the period between the Age of Gentlemen and the Doo Wop era than we could manage to fit into a single post. Here, we showcase more cars too recent to compete in 1969’s The Race of Gentlemen event. In part 1, we saw cars on exhibit.…

In the spirit of Wildwood’s 1920s’ renowned event, The Race of Gentlemen, Doo Wop City the tradition continues today, well into the 1960s. Every October, gents from across the Eastern Seaboard descend upon Wildwood like a flock of seagulls on a bucket of boardwalk French fries. Here they honor the beach races of yesteryear. It’s hard to imagine that the twenties are four decades in the past, but…

Doo Wop City owes its look to the Morey family more than anyone else. Earlier this week, Wildwood lost one of its architectural visionaries, Jack Morey. While members of the Morey family, particularly Will and Lou Morey, are known for bringing the Doo Wop aesthetic to Wildwood, Jack began in the 1990s bringing the island’s Doo Wop look into The World of Tomorrow. Firstly and most unforgettably,…

Boardwalk Bungalow in Doo Wop City is beautiful and elegant.

Boardwalk Bungalow is a late Doo-Wop era building, featuring beautiful examples of modernist architecture. At first glance, one can already see the office facade’s asymmetrical stone work, the protruding second floor, and monolithic dividers between rooms. These photos were taken on February 18th, 1967. (…Or, was that 2023?) The concrete dividers with built-in lighting make pleasing geometric…

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