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Category: Vanishing Ocean City

Vanishing Ocean City

Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann –April 16, 2021

Apr 15,2021 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann –April 16, 2021

The first multi-alarm fire since Hooper’s Crab House burned down in 2002 occurred when the Dough Roller on South Division Street and the Boardwalk caught fire 13 years ago last month on March 30, 2008.There was fear of losing an entire block of the southern part of the Boardwalk, but a quick response by the… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann –April 9, 2021

Apr 08,2021 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann –April 9, 2021

Thelma Conner (1913-1999) has been called “a visionary entrepreneur who was ahead of her time.” The successful hotel owner was the first woman ever elected to the Ocean City Council, serving from 1976 to 1984. She helped form the Ocean City Museum Society and was instrumental in moving the old Coast Guard building to the… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 26, 2021

Mar 26,2021 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 26, 2021

The Wheels of Yesterday Museum was located on Route 50 about a half west of town in the old Villani Furniture building. Opened in 1996 to house Granville Trimper’s collection of antique and classic cars, it was a popular tourist attraction in West Ocean City. At its peak 45 vehicles were on display.Items in the… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 19, 2021

Mar 18,2021 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 19, 2021

St. Paul’s by-the-Sea Episcopal Church has occupied the northeast corner of 3rd Street and Baltimore Avenue for well over a century. The first service in the historic building was held on June 7, 1901.The earliest Episcopal service in Ocean City was held in the former Congress Hall Hotel in the summer of 1878 and a… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 12, 2021

Mar 11,2021 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 12, 2021

One of the biggest events of the season in the 1980s and 1990s was Oceana Magazine’s “Waiter and Waitress Cup.” Held in the convention center’s parking lot, it featured intense competition between employees of local restaurants and bars who raced through an obstacle course while balancing a bottle and glass on a cocktail tray.The prize… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 5, 2021

Mar 04,2021 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – March 5, 2021

In the 1950s, a new town known as Ocean Beach was being promoted on the northern end of Assateague Island about five miles south of Ocean City.The development faced several problems, however, including access — there was no bridge to Assateague in those days and the small ferry could only carry three cars. Another problem… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – February 26, 2021

Feb 25,2021 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – February 26, 2021

Ocean City was once a highly segregated town with unwritten “Jim Crow” laws in effect into the late 1960s. Blacks (known as Negroes or colored in that era) were not welcome as guests in the white-only hotels and restaurants or on the beach or Boardwalk.A unique event developed in the years prior to WWI known… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – February 19, 2021

Feb 18,2021 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – February 19, 2021

The Carousel opened in July 1962 after the original ribbon cutting had been delayed several months due to damage from the famous March Storm of 1962.At the time of its construction, it was far north of the existing city limits and stood virtually alone with only sand dunes and a few small cottages nearby. The… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – February 12, 2021

Feb 11,2021 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – February 12, 2021

The Sandpiper was one of the most popular restaurants in town from the 1950s through the 1970s. Located on 33rd Street and Coastal Highway in a building with a big white chicken on the roof, it featured seafood and some of the best fried chicken ever served in Ocean City.Robe and Mary Belle Holland opened… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – February 5, 2021

Feb 04,2021 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – February 5, 2021

Johnny Unitas (1933-2002) was one of the legendary figures in Maryland sports history. A veteran of 18 seasons in the National Football League with all but one with the Baltimore Colts, No. 19 was elected to the Pro Football of Fame in 1979. Unitas was the first quarterback to pass for over 40,000 yards in… Read more »

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    Ocean City Council Votes To Build New Midtown Fire Station On 66th Street; Existing 74th Street Property Would Be Sold Under Plan

    Ocean City Council Votes To Build New Midtown Fire Station On 66th Street; Existing 74th Street Property Would Be Sold Under Plan

    OCEAN CITY — Responding to a “911 call” of sorts from the Ocean City Fire Department, resort officials Thursday voted to replace the dilapidated Station 3 firehouse at 74th Street with a new state-of-the-art firehouse in front of the Public Safety Building at 66th Street.The midtown Station 3 firehouse at 74th Street was first built… Read more »

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