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Category: Vanishing Ocean City

Vanishing Ocean City

Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – December 10, 2021

Dec 09,2021 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – December 10, 2021

The Breakers Hotel was built circa 1904 on the southwest corner of 3rd Street and the Boardwalk and at the time was one of the northernmost hotels in Ocean City.The Breakers, like most of the hotels of the era, operated on the American Plan (meals included with room) and did so up into the early 1950s…. Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – December 3, 2021

Dec 02,2021 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – December 3, 2021

Fager’s Island was the first bar and restaurant on the bayside in what was then the growing midtown area of Ocean City in 1975.John Fager changed the look of the typical local bar scene by adding large glass windows and a magnificent view of the Assawoman Bay at sunset. He combined good music and fine… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – November 26, 2021

Nov 25,2021 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – November 26, 2021

Ocean City has had its share of colorful characters over the years. The blind musicians Tex, with his 10-gallon hat, and Shorty, with his banjo and dog Mandy; “Pop” Wendling with over 200 Popeye tattoos and his novelty joke shop; and the late Boardwalk Elvis (who passed away this year) were just a few of… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – November 19, 2021

Nov 18,2021 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – November 19, 2021

Ocean City north of 15th Street was mostly undeveloped from there to the Delaware line in the late 1940s. There was, however, a small community known to locals as “Maryland Fenwick” in the area of today’s 141st Street (known at that time as Lea Avenue). There were approximately 50 cottages and a general store, which centered around… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – November 12, 2021

Nov 11,2021 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – November 12, 2021

The area north of 10th Street was developed in the late 1920s at a time when the city limits ended at 15th Street. This quickly became the home of some of Ocean City’s elite hotels known for outstanding hospitality and exceptional dining.The hotels pictured above are all gone now, victims of progress and an ever-increasing… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Man – November 5, 2021

Nov 05,2021 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Man – November 5, 2021

Ocean City in 1915 was a small village with about 600 residents. Most of the men worked as commercial fishermen or on the railroad while the women managed the hotels and boarding houses. The tourist season ran from mid-June to Labor Day and there was no off-season. The hotels closed after Labor Day and the… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – October 29, 2021

Oct 28,2021 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – October 29, 2021

By 1900 Ocean City had become home to a small but growing community. The population had risen to 365 year-round residents, partially due to its commercial fishing industry. Tourism had also grown and though the season was short – mid June to Labor Day – new properties stretched along the Boardwalk for nearly 12 blocks.The… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann

Oct 21,2021 by Bunk Mann

For nearly 40 years, Dale’s Esso Center was the first thing people saw when entering Ocean City.The gas station at the foot of the Route 50 Bridge was one of just a handful of local businesses to stay open year-round in the 1940s and 1950s.William Dale started the business in 1941 but it was taken… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – October 15, 2021

Oct 14,2021 by Bunk Mann
Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – October 15, 2021

Stone Free was located on Caroline Street behind the former Maryland Inn just off the Boardwalk. It was a popular shop that catered to the so-called “hippie” crowd of the early 1970s as well as younger teens fascinated with the psychedelic culture of that era.Remembered for the tunnel where dozens of black light posters were… Read more »

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Vanishing Ocean City With Bunk Mann – October 8, 2021

Oct 07,2021 by Bunk Mann

This week’s Vanishing Ocean City column is sponsored by Ørsted, the world leader in clean energy. Learn more at orsted.com/md-deOcean City looked much different in this aerial photo taken in 1946 between 14thand 15th streets.The large building in the center was the original Commander Hotel before its second wing was added and the vacant space to… Read more »

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