As a history nerd and North Wildwood lover, this video was very well-made. I would've never known about any of this! Honestly there is some really fun history here. What I also find interesting is how, over near Diamond Beach in Wildwood Crest, there are still plots where the roads were never finished. Apple Maps shows housing plots and zone grids, and you can clearly see zoned grids that were planned to be finished, but never were...
Lived in N Wildwood year round in the 70's and 80's as a kid went to Margaret Mace. What a great time to be there. Just not the same today. Thanks for the info!
Love this❤ thank you Joey I'm planning on retiring there in 1 yr.I grew up there every Summer as a child🎉 Blessed for all you show us.Much appreciation Joey.
Joey, like the Dutch, they were planning to infill those areas and make new land for residential development. Great trivia, you'll be the hit of the party!🤪
I knew quite a bit of this since I did an environmental sociological history of the entire island in the mid-1980s for an undergraduate project. What I did not know was how extensive the planning for those back bat areas was. Thanks!
Fantastic video, as always. Any chance of doing a similar video on South Cape May video? You can still see the plats of the sunken properties on Zillow!
I’m so glad you made this video. Years ago while touring the Angelsea light house I saw a map on the wall showing streets named and numbered behind Delaware ave, in the grassy area there .i was told that the EPA acts in the 70,s stopped that building. This makes more sense! I went this past summer to show some others and we couldn’t find the map! Thanks!
Good video and research Joey! Love watching your videos. I spent the summers at King Nummy Campground with my family in the 1970's when it was owned by the Hands'. We always had nights on the Wildwood boardwalk back then. I Remember traveling from Indian Trail off of 47 over the rickety wood bridges into wildwood. Best summers of my life.
My family vacationed in Wildwood for years but I never knew they planed to fill in areas for development. As you noted now planers know the value of wetlands in helping control flooding. I do remember riding the train into Wildwood and riding over the wetlands till the train regained firm footing in the center of town coming over from Rio Grande where it diverted from the main line to cape May.
1:12 Very good presentation. People should visit the great museum in the center of Wildwood. The information about the Battle of Turtle Gut Bay during the Revolutionary War is especially interesting. That is down in the Crest where I stay. There’s a monument down at the end of Sunset Lake.
Awesome video Joey! ❤ I remember coming to Wildwood in the late 70s into the early 80s..coming into North Wildwood, grassy sound(The old Grassy Sound Drawbridge, always felt like it was ready to come tumbling down when you drove over it 😂) and seeing all those houses to the left or right into grassy sound and what not.. where you pretty much couldn’t even get to them anymore, they were falling apart, and I used to always imagine how they looked when they were brand new❤ Who lived there ect My brother and I,always talked about trying to find a way to go into one of those houses, 😳 but it did not look like a smart idea 😂 Will always love this town.. so many fond memories! Those Wildwood days ❤❤❤ I just found this channel, was hoping to find maybe a video on the greatest game that ever was played in Wildwood. and if you were coming to Wildwood back during the 70’s,(80s 90s.. best two decades for that game in my opinion) I know people would know what I’m talking about without even saying the name..Maybe a hint or 2…”4 red” “Coverall” “Party hour, where you could win a dinner for two at the blue Hawaii” “Hour long special” “Dime games” “Marty” Anybody know what the game is I’m talking about? Awesome fantastic memories.. me and my family would usually get there for the party hour(11pm) and most nights we close the place down, which on some nights it was as late as 230 am… on a packed weekend night.. close to 3 AM sometimes..Man that’s when Wildwood, back during the days when the piers would stay open till heck, 2 AM sometimes,usually only on the weekends(Weekdays still past 1am!) I guess those days are long gone…
There was 2 houses in my family on Hoffman's canal for 90 years. I have not been to Wildwood for about 15 years so it is difficult to place much of anything in this clip. My Wildwood is literally gone now. My Grandmoms house was torn down this year when it was sold outside the family 2 years ago.. A 3 story McMansion is being built there now. Thanks for posting though.
As a long time wildwood vacationer I never knew this information. I do have a question Joey, will you be doing a video on the potential development project behind Susquehanna ave in wildwood central?
In the future, if NJ Transit ever decides to extend the rail line from Bay Head all the way down to Cape May, I bet there will be a lot of development in these now empty areas in N. Wildwood. You can see a lot of condo development going on in North Jersey nowadays along the rail line, from Matawan all the way down to Asbury Park and beyond.
same thing in cape may my father took us kids to an entire layed out area on an extra low tide to a place his father had been scamed into buying in mid 1920s
@@WildwoodVideoArchive childhood memory but believe it was somewhere in lewis ferry area .....there also use to be an optics grinding factory that closed down at end off ww2 we picked up tons of partly finished lenses that had just been abandoned .....my father was a capemay native (live in octigon house) and he knew tons of local history .......
Love seeing these videos on a snowy Saturday. Can't wait for summer and those wild , wil, Wildwood days!
I wish it was snowing down here. All we have is rain :-(
As a long time resident of north wildwood, I really like these videos!
As a history nerd and North Wildwood lover, this video was very well-made. I would've never known about any of this! Honestly there is some really fun history here.
What I also find interesting is how, over near Diamond Beach in Wildwood Crest, there are still plots where the roads were never finished. Apple Maps shows housing plots and zone grids, and you can clearly see zoned grids that were planned to be finished, but never were...
Lived in N Wildwood year round in the 70's and 80's as a kid went to Margaret Mace. What a great time to be there. Just not the same today. Thanks for the info!
Love this❤ thank you Joey I'm planning on retiring there in 1 yr.I grew up there every Summer as a child🎉 Blessed for all you show us.Much appreciation Joey.
I'm glad you enjoyed it!!! Happy almost retirement
Thank you for the update.
Joey, like the Dutch, they were planning to infill those areas and make new land for residential development. Great trivia, you'll be the hit of the party!🤪
haha :-) I'm glad you liked it!! So much awesome history down here
I knew quite a bit of this since I did an environmental sociological history of the entire island in the mid-1980s for an undergraduate project. What I did not know was how extensive the planning for those back bat areas was. Thanks!
Fantastic video, as always. Any chance of doing a similar video on South Cape May video? You can still see the plats of the sunken properties on Zillow!
I’m so glad you made this video. Years ago while touring the Angelsea light house I saw a map on the wall showing streets named and numbered behind Delaware ave, in the grassy area there .i was told that the EPA acts in the 70,s stopped that building. This makes more sense! I went this past summer to show some others and we couldn’t find the map! Thanks!
Good video and research Joey! Love watching your videos. I spent the summers at King Nummy Campground with my family in the 1970's when it was owned by the Hands'. We always had nights on the Wildwood boardwalk back then. I Remember traveling from Indian Trail off of 47 over the rickety wood bridges into wildwood. Best summers of my life.
My family vacationed in Wildwood for years but I never knew they planed to fill in areas for development. As you noted now planers know the value of wetlands in helping control flooding. I do remember riding the train into Wildwood and riding over the wetlands till the train regained firm footing in the center of town coming over from Rio Grande where it diverted from the main line to cape May.
Wow I never knew that, crazy to think about since I had family who owned houses in west wildwood for years
Thanks Joey. Learned something new today. Great work. ❤ your videos. Pamela 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🙏🙏🙏🙏
You are so welcome. Happy you enjoyed it!
Such beautiful footage
All new info to me, Joey! Thanks for all the research that went into this.
Very cool! I never knew this part of wildwood history!
Brand new to me, thank you Joey for the information ❤
THe dock at the park on Delaware we use to love to walk out on. It’s shame can’t anymore
1:12 Very good presentation. People should visit the great museum in the center of Wildwood. The information about the Battle of Turtle Gut Bay during the Revolutionary War is especially interesting. That is down in the Crest where I stay. There’s a monument down at the end of Sunset Lake.
we have a video on this channel about the Battle of Turtle Gut Bay
Never heard this before information before. Thanks for doing this video. 5:53
So beautiful. My someday home. Thanks you.
Me too!!! Can't wait!!!
wait that’s my boat driving in the water 8:13. and that’s literally my boat parking at the dock on the left 8:19
Hey Joey,
Great job as usual!
Nope, we didn't know that...
Keep up the awesome Wildwood journalism!
Awesome video Joey! ❤ I remember coming to Wildwood in the late 70s into the early 80s..coming into North Wildwood, grassy sound(The old Grassy Sound Drawbridge, always felt like it was ready to come tumbling down when you drove over it 😂) and seeing all those houses to the left or right into grassy sound and what not.. where you pretty much couldn’t even get to them anymore, they were falling apart, and I used to always imagine how they looked when they were brand new❤ Who lived there ect My brother and I,always talked about trying to find a way to go into one of those houses, 😳 but it did not look like a smart idea 😂 Will always love this town.. so many fond memories! Those Wildwood days ❤❤❤
I just found this channel, was hoping to find maybe a video on the greatest game that ever was played in Wildwood. and if you were coming to Wildwood back during the 70’s,(80s 90s.. best two decades for that game in my opinion) I know people would know what I’m talking about without even saying the name..Maybe a hint or 2…”4 red” “Coverall” “Party hour, where you could win a dinner for two at the blue Hawaii” “Hour long special” “Dime games” “Marty” Anybody know what the game is I’m talking about? Awesome fantastic memories.. me and my family would usually get there for the party hour(11pm) and most nights we close the place down, which on some nights it was as late as 230 am… on a packed weekend night.. close to 3 AM sometimes..Man that’s when Wildwood, back during the days when the piers would stay open till heck, 2 AM sometimes,usually only on the weekends(Weekdays still past 1am!) I guess those days are long gone…
There was 2 houses in my family on Hoffman's canal for 90 years. I have not been to Wildwood for about 15 years so it is difficult to place much of anything in this clip. My Wildwood is literally gone now. My Grandmoms house was torn down this year when it was sold outside the family 2 years ago.. A 3 story McMansion is being built there now. Thanks for posting though.
Absolutely loved this! Love and naturally, miss my hometown ❤️
Never knew about this. Those old movies were awesome!
learn something new everyday, thanks Joey!
You bet! Every day you have to learn something new
thanks Joey this was new to me.
All new info to me. Thanks for the education.
I never knew there had been any plans to build in the bay area. Thanks for this story.
Good job Joe!
I never knew, how interesting.
Wait, there used to be a train line going down to Wildwoods?...!
What happened to it????
When we were kids back in the '50's we waterskied through those little creeks in the back bay a (great, fond memory).
Interesting past
so much unknown in the Wildwoods!
Very well done concerning the Lost Streets video. Very insightful and you thoroughly did your research. Do I hear Emmy? Thanks Joey
haha you never know!! Thank you Tim!
As a long time wildwood vacationer I never knew this information. I do have a question Joey, will you be doing a video on the potential development project behind Susquehanna ave in wildwood central?
In the future, if NJ Transit ever decides to extend the rail line from Bay Head all the way down to Cape May, I bet there will be a lot of development in these now empty areas in N. Wildwood. You can see a lot of condo development going on in North Jersey nowadays along the rail line, from Matawan all the way down to Asbury Park and beyond.
Glad it never happened… preserved land for habitats
Northwest Wildwood, maybe.
Great use of older footage.
same thing in cape may my father took us kids to an entire layed out area on an extra low tide to a place his father had been scamed into buying in mid 1920s
that is so interesting. Do you happen to know where in Cape May?
@@WildwoodVideoArchive childhood memory but believe it was somewhere in lewis ferry area .....there also use to be an optics grinding factory that closed down at end off ww2 we picked up tons of partly finished lenses that had just been abandoned .....my father was a capemay native (live in octigon house) and he knew tons of local history .......
Thank god it didn't happen!!!Wetlands are crucial for wildlife and protection for homes.
I was on 16th St. The bay changed too much yearly.
My wife and I where at Hersey Park and we thought we saw you was it you ? In December
hey! No I wasn't in Hersey Park :-( I was sick for most of December haha
What is happening with Windward Motel
Nothing yet
Wildwood needs to move the boardwalk a half mile closer to the shoreline.
Not in today’s climate. It’s in the perfect location.