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Bel Air Motel

5510 Ocean Avenue
Wildwood Crest, NJ 08260

(800) 528-7991 / (609) 729-4034

The "L" is a typical shape for a Doo Wop motel, but this one is more like a "7". The L-shaped pool is located inside the 7. The prow roof is expressed on the Ocean Avenue facade.

Historic Register: Located in the Doo Wop Historic District.

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- Updated: (May. 26, 2008) By: Al Alven

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Bristol Plaza Motel

6407 Ocean Ave.
Wildwood Crest, NJ 08260

(609) 729-1234

The blank wall at the east end is clad in a lava rock veneer.

Historic Register: Located in the Doo Wop Historic District.

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- Updated: (May. 6, 2007) By: Al Alven

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Caribbean Breeze Motel

501 Surf Ave.
North Wildwood, NJ 08260

The Caribbean Breeze was formerly known as the Surf Rider Motel.

Historic Register: Motels of the Wildwoods MPDF S.R. 1/16/2004

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- Updated: (Jun. 2, 2008) By: Al Alven

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Caribbean Motel

5600 Ocean Avenue
Wildwood Crest, NJ 08260

(609) 522-8292

Heralded today as the Wildwoods' quintessential "Doo Wop" icon, the Caribbean was designed and built by the legendary Lou Morey in 1958.

Historic Register: From the Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District Report: Built in 1958, the Caribbean is a flat-roofed, two-story, J-shaped motel with no visible means of support for the continuous balconies. The south wing contains 10 bays facing north. The east bay contains one bay with the office on the first floor and a game room on the second floor. The glass walls of the game room angle in to the center and out to the roofline. The roofline of the game room extends north as a wood lattice over the sundeck underneath. The second floor of the east wing is wider than the first, creating a carport supported by slender poles on the first floor. An unsupported, curved concrete ramp connects the first floor to the sundeck on the second. The west wing contains four bays on each floor, facing east. The U-shaped pool is located in the center of the "J" and is protected from the street by low shrubbery and parking. The motel is clad in light yellow stucco with the edges of the balconies slanted in and out, with staggered lights on each side. A neon sign mounted to the roof of the east wing, facing north, provides signage for the motel.

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- Updated: (May. 19, 2008) By: Al Alven

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