The Plimhimmon was built in 1894 by Rosalie Tilghman Shreve and occupied half a block along the Boardwalk between N. 1st and 2nd streets. Famous for its excellent dining room, guests would spend hours in rocking chairs enjoying the ocean breeze along the hotel’s long shady front porch. In addition to strolls along the Boardwalk, a dance… Read more »
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Vanishing Ocean City
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – April 21, 2023
Ocean City changed from a seasonal to a year-round resort in the 1970’s. It was a decade of unprecedented growth with a new convention hall, a new bridge across the Assawoman Bay, high rise condominiums that reminded many of Miami Beach and the election of a legendary mayor.Convention Hall was dedicated on April 18, 1970… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – April 14, 2023
Many of the pictures that survive of early 20th century Ocean City were originally published as postcards. They were a popular way to keep in touch with the folks back home in the days before cell phones and texting made communication so easy.During World War II and into the early 1950s the comic postcard became… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – April 7, 2023
Easter was a big holiday for Ocean City in the late 1950s and throughout much of the 1960s. Easter parades were held on the Boardwalk near the old bandstand with prizes for the best dressed family, prettiest Easter bonnet and other categories.One of the highlights of the weekend was the “animal hunt” sponsored by the… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 31, 2023
The “Showell Block” was on the Boardwalk between Caroline Street and N. Division Street. Located just north of the original US Coast Guard Station, it was the site of Ocean City’s first swimming pool built in 1917 by John Dale Showell, Jr.The Showell Block was the home of the famous Showell’s Bath House where one… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 24, 2023
Granville D. Trimper was the grandson of Windsor Resorts/Trimper’s Rides founder Daniel B. Trimper. Long active in the family business, he was the public face of the famous amusement park for many years prior to his death in 2008. Granville is credited with bringing rides such as the Tidal Wave roller coaster and the Himalaya… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 17, 2023
Ocean City in 1946 was a much different town than the resort we know today. Both the city limits and the Boardwalk ended at 15th Street and fewer than 950 people lived there fulltime.There was no Inlet Parking Lot, no Convention Center and no rides on the Pier. The tourist season ran from Memorial Day… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 10, 2023
Prior to World War I, Ocean City looked much different than today’s popular resort.The beach was narrow with the Boardwalk raised several feet above the sand. There was no Inlet and the northern city limits ended at 15th Street; beyond the “Catholic Home” on 14th Street were only sand dunes. The town was bleak and… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 3, 2023
The Nor’easter of March 6 and 7, 1962 was the worst storm in Ocean City’s history. Raging through three high tide cycles it trapped many people in their homes and covered the town with flood waters as the ocean and the bay met along the barrier island.The Boardwalk was destroyed and many homes in the… Read more »
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – February 24, 2023
Ocean City’s original Pier building was completed in 1907 on the Boardwalk at Wicomico Street. In addition to shops and a dancing pavilion, it also featured a theatre and several refreshment stands. It also served as the entrance to the Ocean City Fishing Pier.The building was raised 10 feet above the beach and built on… Read more »