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Category: Vanishing Ocean City

Vanishing Ocean City

Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – October 30, 2020

Oct 29,2020 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – October 30, 2020

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 »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – October 23, 2020

Oct 22,2020 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – October 23, 2020

The Monticello Hotel was located on the southeast corner of 3rd Street and Baltimore Avenue. It drew much of its clientele from visitors arriving by bus at the Trailways Station a block away.The Dinner Bell Restaurant occupied the ground floor of the four-story frame building and was one of Ocean City’s most popular restaurants in the… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – October 16, 2020

Oct 15,2020 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – October 16, 2020

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 »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – October 9, 2020

Oct 08,2020 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – October 9, 2020

Jack’s Taxi service was located on the northwest corner of Worcester Street in the old section of downtown. It was one of just a handful of businesses owned by an African-American in the heavily segregated Ocean City of the post-World War II era.John W. “Jack” Smack (1903-1973) kept his taxis clean and in tip-top condition…. Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – October 2, 2020

Oct 01,2020 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – October 2, 2020

In June 1990, Ocean City attempted to build the “world’s largest sandcastle” with hopes that it would make the Guinness Book of Records.Built on the beach at North Division Street, it was over 40 feet tall and was visible from the Route 50 Bridge. A light show was featured at night. The big castle attracted… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – September 25, 2020

Sep 24,2020 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – September 25, 2020

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… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – September 18, 2020

Sep 17,2020 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – September 18, 2020

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 was also the entrance to the Ocean City Fishing Pier.The building was raised 10 feet above the beach and built on wooden… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – September 11, 2020

Sep 10,2020 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – September 11, 2020

Eunice Q. Sorin (1924-2011) was a fun loving free spirit whose generosity and zest for life will long be remembered in Ocean City.A resident of Berlin and an award-winning hair stylist, Eunice and her husband, Herman Sorin, built the Nassau Motel on 61st Street (now the site of the Meridian Condominium) in 1966. The Nassau was… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – September 4, 2020

Sep 03,2020 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – September 4, 2020

The original Atlantic Hotel in Ocean City was built in 1874 and 1875 and burned to the ground in December 1925.This was Ocean City’s first hotel and many consider its grand opening on July 4, 1875 as the founding date of Ocean City.Rebuilt in 1926 in a different style, the Atlantic Hotel still rents rooms… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – August 28, 2020

Aug 27,2020 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – August 28, 2020

Ocean City’s first hotels were located in what today is the area from S. Division Street to 3rd Street. The original Atlantic (1875), Seaside (1877), Congress Hall (1878) and the Plimhimmon (1895) were famous in their time but all are gone now, lost to fires over the years.Lumber for the old hotels was milled in… Read more »

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    Seal Pup Completes Rehabilitation

    Seal Pup Completes Rehabilitation

    ASSATEAGUE — A grey seal pup rescued from the beach in neighboring Delaware in February was released back into the wild from the beach at Assateague on Wednesday.On Feb. 12, a grey seal pup now known affectionately was Eloise, in keeping with the National Aquarium’s theme this year of naming rescued marine mammals after famous… Read more »

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    OCEAN CITY — Ocean City is moving closer to finding its new Director of Tourism and Business Development, a quarterback of sorts to direct the town’s sales and marketing strategy.In January, the Mayor and Council signed off on a major overhaul of Ocean City economic development and sales teams and directed City Manager Doug Miller… Read more »

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    OCEAN CITY – Local parents are working together to ensure their kids have a special senior year in spite of the pandemic.While schools are limited in what they can do for seniors within current guidelines, Stephen Decatur High School parents are doing what they can to come up with activities to celebrate students’ final year… Read more »

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