Montrealers Love Wildwood
Our eternal friends to the north, the Quebecois, are jazzed about doo wop. And now they are trying to save their own kitsch in the city of Montreal, according to this Spacing Montreal article.
What’s even more notable is the positive things they have to say about the Wildwoods’ preservation efforts:
But there (are) good models of kitsch preservation, like Wildwood, New Jersey a beach town that has was a favourite vacation spot for Quebeckers in the 1960s. Blessed with a large collection of motels (including the Quebec Motel and the Montreal Inn) designed in a style known in the United States as “doo wop architecture,” preservation activists in Wildwood have taken to saving old signs, furniture, even toilets. New Jersey has given heritage designation to a number of motels, which has opened up federal preservation dollars. Wildwood business owners have even discovered that kitsch is good for business, as tourists return to Wildwood not only for the beach, but for its retro atmosphere.
It is encouraging to see a positive impression of the preservation effort.
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November 6th, 2007 at 5:40 pm