Over ten years in the making, "Wildwood's Neon Nights and Motel Memories" is an homage to the vintage neon and mid-century architecture of a classic seaside resort. A one-of-a-kind place, once filled with Jetson-esque motels, elaborate lighting schemes and signs more distinctive than those of the Las Vegas strip.
Indulge your senses in this richly photographed and sentimentally written account of what summer vacation meant to all of us.
A book as much about neon signage, as the motels the alluring megawatts drew in, this trip down “memory lane” promises to take you back to your youth, if only for 220 color photos worth of it. The story behind Wildwood’s roller coaster of kitsch, class and memories is told by Melinda Williams, also formerly of The Inquirer. Learn how the pioneers of the sign industry, building trade and advertising world share how they created their niche in Wildwood and helped to buoy it to international prominence in the tourism, architecture and roadside Americana realms.
Come with photographer Robert Williams and writer Melinda Williams on a tour that promises to fill your eyes with wonder, your heart with merriment and your soul with the memories of what life was like when you "went down the shore" to a place like Wildwood, New Jersey!
To read more about the book and Wildwood, visit the author's website at www.wildwoodsneonnights.com
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