It is sad to see so many of the residences, motels and hotels in North WW and WW demolished and replaced with condos and townhouses. My husband and I talk about this often. It is changing the old Doo Wop feel of our area. While a lot of families, couples, friends, etc., can afford to buy or rent the condo and townhouses, also many cannot. We still need motels and hotels so all can continue to enjoy our resort and venues with respect for locals living here.TY again Joey for your videos and information. We really appreciate you and your hard work!❤
Sad. Still losing all that made wildwood unique 😢 Never stayed there but remember it well Remembering all the unique signs and colors and neon that I grew up with in the 70’s I miss that Thank you for recording this.
I just stayed there last summer. Heart breaking. We usually stayed at the panoramic until they sold to new people. We have been staying on that street for over 30 yrs😢.
I have decades worth of cherished memories at the Ivanhoe . It was my family’s annual spot from the early 1980s until not that many years ago . Although we still visit wildwood yearly my children’s wildwood memories won’t include the neon lit ambiance of the little beach town I grew up at . Still they’ll have their own Wildwood memories. Fare the well Ivanhoe
The Mid Century Cool vibe and culture of Wildwood is being replaced with generic boring buildings that have no unique characteristics. The clean horizontal lines of this architecture movement made Wildwood what it was. Driving into Wildwood seeing the motel architecture that is only seen in Wildwood and Miami. A significant allure to Wildwood was that it was firmly planted in mid century architecture and design. One felt a change in their state of mind, and since of adventure and calm, knowing that there was not many places in the world like Wildwood, no matter how many times and decades that families vacationed there. Passing by motels you could visually experience their rows of rooms with their colorful curtains, with full glazing and beach chairs and towels on the railings. Seeing people playing in the pools, or sunning on the decks with their palm tree's and tropical vegetation felt like an exotic vacation. That interaction in itself was part of the experience. Now well walk past lifeless buildings devoid of the unique sights and sounds that made a vacation in Wildwood special.
I have stayed there a couple (about 10) of times in the past 20 years. Ivanhoe was a nice place to stay, it was peaceful, people were not partying all night. I still don't know if I'll go back to Wildwood with all the Motels that are gone and the price it costs to stay there. As a Canadian, a trip to the Caribbean will cost me less money, I don't know, I just love to go to Wildwood every year.
Crusader in the crest. We have been staying there almost every year since 1994. Adventurer is ok too. I miss the lost Doo Wop motels. I love the Wildwoods.😊
i stayed at the vintage canadian motel in wildwood long ago it was said the name was to attract canadians because a lot of canadians come here on there 2 week national holiday break. brad might as well move out of wildwood
Glad I have memories from Wildwood from the 60's when I was young and the late 70's when I was a teen and used to spend two weeks every summer on Juniper ave. At least THOSE old houses are still there last time I checked. Sad to see Old Wildwood turn into New Improved Wildwood ( yeeeesch ) ! BUT, unfortunately, "thats progress", as they say !
@@johnclifton8074 My husband ( then boyfriend) spent time with his family on Juniper in the 70’s & then in 80’s on our own! It was the Rita May( not sure of spelling) ! Replaced with condos many years ago as was the old house/ hotel next to it going towards beach. Rest of old houses still there! We live on 19th now & yes in a condo 😂😂
@@Flyers04Wow ! Cool. I always stayed at HariMar apts. about two blocks from the boardwalk. The owners were Harry and Mary Pfinstag . Really nice people. I think one of the family members kept it going but not sure.
My family stayed at The Ivanhoe in 1989. It was our second year back at Wildwood after taking two summers off due to my little brother being born. I vividly remember the pool, the pink doors the slate wall by the office and wow this demo hits me hard.
Anyone remember the Surf and Sand on Surf at 12th Av Stayed their with my family in the mid 1950’s . The owner was Reno and Jean Regabuto . Reno built my Grandmother’s house at 410 e 13th Av . Spent my childhood summers from the mid 50’s to 1970 . I remember that the surf went under the Boardwalk at 16th Av at high tide . My Grandmother lived there until 1972 . My mom’s favorite restaurant was Zaberes on the Boardwalk and also Angeisea . Our family lived in Greenpoint Brooklyn. We would take the Pulic Service bus from Port Authority in Manhattan to Wildwood . The bus got off The Garden State Parkway at Ocean city and stop in all the towns going South. The bus driver would let us off on the corner of 12th and Atlantic and we walk to Grandmas house. Joey you do a great job. Thank you. Subscriber since 2018 ❤️👍
This is sad. This is the 2nd place my family and I have stayed at that no longer exists. Our first place was 1501 Oceanside. We stayed there until the owners had to sell and one unfortunately passed away that fall. Next we went to Ivanhoe. Getting to be a challenge to families to find places to stay that come in large groups and want to be only a short walk from the beach and boardwalk!
Thanks Joey! My family stayed there this past summer. Im love 21st St. Its my favorite place in Wildwood. We always stay at Horizon and we would always look out and see the Ivanhoe. Its sad.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I loved staying here. this is really breaking my heart. Brought my son here every year. taught him to swim in this pool. So many wonderful memories. I cant take this. you will not be able to afford staying a week with the high condo rates. Wildwood is lost.
Whenever I am down in Wildwood I visit the museum and look through the photo albums of all the hotels that have been torn down and it brings tears to my eyes .
Our family vacations were generally spent somewhere on the Jersey Shore from 1972 untill 2014, the last 18 years of that time in North Wildwood at the Ivanhoe. It's beyond me why they want to demolish all of these "old", but unique hotels - real pieces of Americana - just to create a few more lots, or put up more condos, which all look the same to me. They just seem kind of soulless to me, by comparison. And, there are many buildings around the country that are far older, so what's the point? Call me "sentimental", but this kind of breaks my heart. My mom and dad and I made a lot of memories staying at the Ivanhoe for a week every Summer for many years, and I guess no one can take your memories away, but it still saddens me. The hotel was kept up very nicely, and was still structurally sound, so it's just kind of puzzling why they suddenly decided to demolish it. Well, it was nice while it lasted. Thanks, Ivanhoe. Lots of us will miss you! 😢
Sadly. I heard it really is becoming harder and costly to operate beach town hotels/motels these days. Between the unpredictable weather, lack of interest and events to draw people into town, and the high costs of maintaining something only open maybe 4-6 months of the year. It just not profitable and easy anymore especially as more people only can afford 1-3 day trips these days and not the 1-2 weeks vacations people use to do.
yeah those 1-2 week graduating senior weeks used to be the thing when they would rent out the houses for summer like in jersey shore or foreign workers working there for the whole summer😢
stayed there a few times, always a nice room and pool area. I remember going there once and a bunch of young guys jumped in the pool from the second floor the owners threw them out right after that. Craziness!!!
We always say thank God for the Ivanhoe. We stayed there for the first year when everyone else was at the Thunderbird were we always stayed the year the Thunderbird was on fire. What a scary time for family that was
My family, after years in WWC, decided to rent condos in Beach Haven because it was a little closer to where we live. It was a lot more work to bring everything including towels and bedding down and frankly, BH shut down after 3rd week August because the college kids went back to school and the HS kids had sports. The point of a vacation is less not more work. We are back in WWC for some years and efficiencies are a perfect solution. Some of us do not want the property commitment of buying a condo either. I understand that NWW now sees itself as a second home place without any motels. I guess that is their decision, but be prepared for it to become much like LBI, Stone Harbor, and Avalon...unaffordable and not for those who can stay only a weekend or a few days.
The Wildwoods should have restricted the condo development. Too many condos pushing prices for lodging, food.. for all sky high. I come to visit the Wildwoods not Stone Harbor or Avalon.
Sadly, many cities and towns have dealt with the blow back of trying to restrict condo development when they end up with large sections of the town/city being vacant or not maintained because the property owners don't know what to do with the property. As long as the property owner has money to do it, they could literally just let a property sit and wait until someone gives in to let them do whatever they want.
The way things are going it will be cheaper to travel to universal studios than stay in wildwood. It seems that middle class families will have to look for another destination. Sad.
Wow, so sad. Hopefully someone got that vacancy sign haha. I also wonder what they did with all the old furniture? You’d hope some of it would be sold or something like that but who knows. Also, wondering did this place have an elevator?
On the accountant's books it became functionally obsolete. One can only flip a property so many times, then it runs its tax depreciation course and when its final residual value is only the land, then it is time to go. That's business.
Wildwood is like the Ouroboros, aka, the snake that tried to eat itself and died. You can't have a tourist town with no tourism and only residents. This has happened in the past, most recently, Gillian's Wonderland OCNJ. The Boardwalk isn't a self sustaining entity, and how many year round residents go on the Boardwalk and spend the same money as someone on vacation? I have a friend who bought a condo, and I asked her how often her family and her go to on the Boards, and she says, "We haven't been on the Boards since three months after I bought my condo, we just go on the beach." Listen, I hope the tourist attractions in Wildwood don't suffer, but how can they not when the accommodations just aren't there. Side note, I don't blame the town, I blame the sellers of the properties and greed. A friend tried to buy a hotel in Wildwood and they tried to negotiate the price with the seller for renovations and they wouldn't budge (the negotiation was they were allowed to be the only offer).
Joey come to crescent Court on 26th Street is across the street for the bird of paradise you can't miss it it's an old building my girlfriend owns this building at Crestwood courts play Carson Street from santucci
I get that NWW wants to be quiet, have only homes or small condos, and it has a parking problem. So why does it promote the Irish Weekend in September and have a lot of bars?
I can't stand to see this happening. All of the places I enjoyed as a child are being removed, replaced, or otherwise changed and not for the better. I need to find a different place to enjoy my remaining years on this earth. The boardwalk is no longer family friendly, with all of the head shops and people smoking weed all over. My mom and dad are rolling over in their grave right now. 😢
Its like Wildwood really dosent want middle class average families to have anywhere to stay for a reasonable cost.......we will just find another beach town to stay and spend our money in. The place is just not the same to me anymore with all the bars and condos getting slapped up.
loosing the vintage doowop hotels takes away the fake tropical miami beachey palmtree vibes the island used to give. seems like the destruction began after the jersey shote tv show era ended
@ yup, the son was a piece of shit, but the reality is look at OC, and every other Island, people and families that have owned these are older,, nobody in the family wants to do this.. cash out and retire. The boardwalk is next,
Another place changing or demolished. I've only been coming to Wildwood several times a year for 3 years and I love it. It's that special excited feeling when driving over the bridge on Route 147 looking to my right and seeing Wildwood in the distance, the ferris wheel, even the turtle crossing signs on 147. Little things that show me my happy place is there waiting for me. But wow, I'm surprised how many places got sold, torn down, or turned into condotels since I've been coming. And many rental costs of the new places out of reach for many of the working folks.
It is sad to see so many of the residences, motels and hotels in North WW and WW demolished and replaced with condos and townhouses. My husband and I talk about this often. It is changing the old Doo Wop feel of our area. While a lot of families, couples, friends, etc., can afford to buy or rent the condo and townhouses, also many cannot. We still need motels and hotels so all can continue to enjoy our resort and venues with respect for locals living here.TY again Joey for your videos and information. We really appreciate you and your hard work!❤
I agree with you guys &they're changing trying make wildwood into another avalon and make it so us working class can't afford to stay
Sad. Still losing all that made wildwood unique 😢
Never stayed there but remember it well
Remembering all the unique signs and colors and neon that I grew up with in the 70’s I miss that
Thank you for recording this.
I just stayed there last summer. Heart breaking. We usually stayed at the panoramic until they sold to new people. We have been staying on that street for over 30 yrs😢.
I have decades worth of cherished memories at the Ivanhoe . It was my family’s annual spot from the early 1980s until not that many years ago . Although we still visit wildwood yearly my children’s wildwood memories won’t include the neon lit ambiance of the little beach town I grew up at . Still they’ll have their own Wildwood memories. Fare the well Ivanhoe
The Mid Century Cool vibe and culture of Wildwood is being replaced with generic boring buildings that have no unique characteristics. The clean horizontal lines of this architecture movement made Wildwood what it was. Driving into Wildwood seeing the motel architecture that is only seen in Wildwood and Miami. A significant allure to Wildwood was that it was firmly planted in mid century architecture and design. One felt a change in their state of mind, and since of adventure and calm, knowing that there was not many places in the world like Wildwood, no matter how many times and decades that families vacationed there. Passing by motels you could visually experience their rows of rooms with their colorful curtains, with full glazing and beach chairs and towels on the railings. Seeing people playing in the pools, or sunning on the decks with their palm tree's and tropical vegetation felt like an exotic vacation. That interaction in itself was part of the experience. Now well walk past lifeless buildings devoid of the unique sights and sounds that made a vacation in Wildwood special.
Another one bites the dust
Sad to see the oldies but goodies go. Many happy memories were made there I’m sure. Thanks for the final tour!
Very sad. I stayed there as a child with my family many times, and brought my wife to stay there just a few years ago. Ivanhoe is a Wildwood icon.
I hope they keep that sign, it's worth saving at least
That’s so true
So sad to see this. I grew up going to North Wildwood. Worked at the Flame Inn for a couple summers. (That’s gone now). So many great memories. 😢
Applied for maintenance job there years ago thought it was a nice place sad to see it go
I have stayed there a couple (about 10) of times in the past 20 years. Ivanhoe was a nice place to stay, it was peaceful, people were not partying all night. I still don't know if I'll go back to Wildwood with all the Motels that are gone and the price it costs to stay there. As a Canadian, a trip to the Caribbean will cost me less money, I don't know, I just love to go to Wildwood every year.
Crusader in the crest. We have been staying there almost every year since 1994.
Adventurer is ok too.
I miss the lost Doo Wop motels.
I love the Wildwoods.😊
Come down to the Crest. Bristol Plaza, Shalimar, Olympic...
i stayed at the vintage canadian motel in wildwood long ago it was said the name was to attract canadians because a lot of canadians come here on there 2 week national holiday break. brad might as well move out of wildwood
You can destroy a building but you can never destroy memories
Sorry to see it go.😢
So sad our family spent several summers there in the 70s & 80s
So sad to see these motels go
Thank you for giving us videos before history of the hotel is taken down.
Just stayed there this past summer. It will be missed
Glad I have memories from Wildwood from the 60's when I was young and the late 70's when I was a teen and used to spend two weeks every summer on Juniper ave.
At least THOSE old houses are still there last time I checked.
Sad to see Old Wildwood turn into New Improved Wildwood ( yeeeesch ) !
BUT, unfortunately, "thats progress", as they say !
@@johnclifton8074 My husband ( then boyfriend) spent time with his family on Juniper in the 70’s & then in 80’s on our own! It was the Rita May( not sure of spelling) ! Replaced with condos many years ago as was the old house/ hotel next to it going towards beach. Rest of old houses still there! We live on 19th now & yes in a condo 😂😂
@@Flyers04Wow ! Cool.
I always stayed at HariMar apts. about two blocks from the boardwalk.
The owners were Harry and Mary Pfinstag . Really nice people. I think one of the family members kept it going but not sure.
My family stayed at The Ivanhoe in 1989. It was our second year back at Wildwood after taking two summers off due to my little brother being born. I vividly remember the pool, the pink doors the slate wall by the office and wow this demo hits me hard.
Anyone remember the Surf and Sand on Surf at 12th Av Stayed their with my family in the mid 1950’s . The owner was Reno and Jean Regabuto . Reno built my Grandmother’s house at 410 e 13th Av . Spent my childhood summers from the mid 50’s to 1970 . I remember that the surf went under the Boardwalk at 16th Av at high tide . My Grandmother lived there until 1972 . My mom’s favorite restaurant was Zaberes on the Boardwalk and also Angeisea . Our family lived in Greenpoint Brooklyn. We would take the Pulic Service bus from Port Authority in Manhattan to Wildwood . The bus got off The Garden State Parkway at Ocean city and stop in all the towns going South. The bus driver would let us off on the corner of 12th and Atlantic and we walk to Grandmas house. Joey you do a great job. Thank you. Subscriber since 2018 ❤️👍
This is sad. This is the 2nd place my family and I have stayed at that no longer exists. Our first place was 1501 Oceanside. We stayed there until the owners had to sell and one unfortunately passed away that fall. Next we went to Ivanhoe. Getting to be a challenge to families to find places to stay that come in large groups and want to be only a short walk from the beach and boardwalk!
Thanks Joey! My family stayed there this past summer. Im love 21st St. Its my favorite place in Wildwood. We always stay at Horizon and we would always look out and see the Ivanhoe. Its sad.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I loved staying here. this is really breaking my heart. Brought my son here every year. taught him to swim in this pool. So many wonderful memories. I cant take this. you will not be able to afford staying a week with the high condo rates. Wildwood is lost.
Whenever I am down in Wildwood I visit the museum and look through the photo albums of all the hotels that have been torn down and it brings tears to my eyes .
I knew that area well. When I was a kid back in the mid 60's we stayed at 421 20th street every year.
Our family vacations were generally spent somewhere on the Jersey Shore from 1972 untill 2014, the last 18 years of that time in North Wildwood at the Ivanhoe. It's beyond me why they want to demolish all of these "old", but unique hotels - real pieces of Americana - just to create a few more lots, or put up more condos, which all look the same to me. They just seem kind of soulless to me, by comparison. And, there are many buildings around the country that are far older, so what's the point? Call me "sentimental", but this kind of breaks my heart. My mom and dad and I made a lot of memories staying at the Ivanhoe for a week every Summer for many years, and I guess no one can take your memories away, but it still saddens me. The hotel was kept up very nicely, and was still structurally sound, so it's just kind of puzzling why they suddenly decided to demolish it. Well, it was nice while it lasted. Thanks, Ivanhoe. Lots of us will miss you! 😢
Older owners, kids want the cash and do not want to work a proven business.
Sadly. I heard it really is becoming harder and costly to operate beach town hotels/motels these days. Between the unpredictable weather, lack of interest and events to draw people into town, and the high costs of maintaining something only open maybe 4-6 months of the year. It just not profitable and easy anymore especially as more people only can afford 1-3 day trips these days and not the 1-2 weeks vacations people use to do.
yeah those 1-2 week graduating senior weeks used to be the thing when they would rent out the houses for summer like in jersey shore or foreign workers working there for the whole summer😢
stayed there a few times, always a nice room and pool area. I remember going there once and a bunch of young guys jumped in the pool from the second floor the owners threw them out right after that. Craziness!!!
We stayed there a few times. Close to the beach. Stayed at a few motels on 21 street that are now condos.😢
Just happy into houses not condos❤❤
We always say thank God for the Ivanhoe. We stayed there for the first year when everyone else was at the Thunderbird were we always stayed the year the Thunderbird was on fire. What a scary time for family that was
Stayed there almost every summer during my childhood. Crap. I can remember where each of the rooms we stayed in.
Very sad
We used to do printing work for the Ivanhoe Motel back in the late 70's.
My family, after years in WWC, decided to rent condos in Beach Haven because it was a little closer to where we live. It was a lot more work to bring everything including towels and bedding down and frankly, BH shut down after 3rd week August because the college kids went back to school and the HS kids had sports. The point of a vacation is less not more work. We are back in WWC for some years and efficiencies are a perfect solution. Some of us do not want the property commitment of buying a condo either. I understand that NWW now sees itself as a second home place without any motels. I guess that is their decision, but be prepared for it to become much like LBI, Stone Harbor, and Avalon...unaffordable and not for those who can stay only a weekend or a few days.
New moto: Turning Wildwood into Stone Harbor since 2010
Stone Harbor, Avalon, LBI--all basically unaffordable for middle class people and older (and quieter) people.
The Wildwoods should have restricted the condo development.
Too many condos pushing prices for lodging, food.. for all sky high. I come to visit the Wildwoods not Stone Harbor or Avalon.
Sadly, many cities and towns have dealt with the blow back of trying to restrict condo development when they end up with large sections of the town/city being vacant or not maintained because the property owners don't know what to do with the property. As long as the property owner has money to do it, they could literally just let a property sit and wait until someone gives in to let them do whatever they want.
Thanks for taking the time to do this. It's important to have documentation. Are there any images of the "art" that was removed from the pool area?
The way things are going it will be cheaper to travel to universal studios than stay in wildwood. It seems that middle class families will have to look for another destination. Sad.
So what will happen when all we have left are condos?
Exactly. And even the motels that are left are through the roof.
Wow, so sad. Hopefully someone got that vacancy sign haha. I also wonder what they did with all the old furniture? You’d hope some of it would be sold or something like that but who knows.
Also, wondering did this place have an elevator?
id hope they would have donated or sold cheaply some of the antique stuff
Seems every year wildwoods looses a doowoop motel! Sooo sad! Eventually none will remain
On the accountant's books it became functionally obsolete. One can only flip a property so many times, then it runs its tax depreciation course and when its final residual value is only the land, then it is time to go. That's business.
Removing copper wire and pipes first.
Wildwood is like the Ouroboros, aka, the snake that tried to eat itself and died. You can't have a tourist town with no tourism and only residents. This has happened in the past, most recently, Gillian's Wonderland OCNJ. The Boardwalk isn't a self sustaining entity, and how many year round residents go on the Boardwalk and spend the same money as someone on vacation? I have a friend who bought a condo, and I asked her how often her family and her go to on the Boards, and she says, "We haven't been on the Boards since three months after I bought my condo, we just go on the beach." Listen, I hope the tourist attractions in Wildwood don't suffer, but how can they not when the accommodations just aren't there. Side note, I don't blame the town, I blame the sellers of the properties and greed. A friend tried to buy a hotel in Wildwood and they tried to negotiate the price with the seller for renovations and they wouldn't budge (the negotiation was they were allowed to be the only offer).
Great more condos. :-(
I guess you didn't watch the video lol
@WildwoodVideoArchive oh I did. It will be condos. It's Wildwood.
Do you have any updates on the Ocean Holiday?
Joey come to crescent Court on 26th Street is across the street for the bird of paradise you can't miss it it's an old building my girlfriend owns this building at Crestwood courts play Carson Street from santucci
I get that NWW wants to be quiet, have only homes or small condos, and it has a parking problem. So why does it promote the Irish Weekend in September and have a lot of bars?
Another one gone that sucks why don't they turn it into something like hotel Cabana old school look but updated that is what Wildwood needs
Sad ; (
I can't stand to see this happening. All of the places I enjoyed as a child are being removed, replaced, or otherwise changed and not for the better. I need to find a different place to enjoy my remaining years on this earth. The boardwalk is no longer family friendly, with all of the head shops and people smoking weed all over. My mom and dad are rolling over in their grave right now. 😢
Its like Wildwood really dosent want middle class average families to have anywhere to stay for a reasonable cost.......we will just find another beach town to stay and spend our money in.
The place is just not the same to me anymore with all the bars and condos getting slapped up.
wildwood was never for the poor. it was for middle and upper class now its only upper class locals no more tourists
WATCH THE TRAM CAR PLEASE
They reached out to you from Chicago Long arm they have Oh you mean they contacted you I see
Was not built in 69. More like 63/64
loosing the vintage doowop hotels takes away the fake tropical miami beachey palmtree vibes the island used to give. seems like the destruction began after the jersey shote tv show era ended
Sad to see it go, but cashing out. You can’t blame a family for cashing out after the son has been convicted of sex with young boys in Europe
Really?
That is so sad.
@ yup, the son was a piece of shit, but the reality is look at OC, and every other Island, people and families that have owned these are older,, nobody in the family wants to do this.. cash out and retire. The boardwalk is next,
@@mauida7746
Sad, the kids do not want to work hard for a decent income. Just show me the cash as inheritance...
@@mauida7746
Are there any articles about what happened?
@ yes many, check the Philly news
Another place changing or demolished. I've only been coming to Wildwood several times a year for 3 years and I love it. It's that special excited feeling when driving over the bridge on Route 147 looking to my right and seeing Wildwood in the distance, the ferris wheel, even the turtle crossing signs on 147. Little things that show me my happy place is there waiting for me. But wow, I'm surprised how many places got sold, torn down, or turned into condotels since I've been coming. And many rental costs of the new places out of reach for many of the working folks.
yeah that doowop feeling you get when you are near the basketball courts and wildwood beach balls is gone. just like ocean city it peaked by 2015