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I first met James and Karla Murray in 2011, when, in the pages of amNewYork, I profiled a new edition of their now iconic book, “Store Front: The…
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Just a few hours of driving through the Garden State turns up these sites -- follow along with me!
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Patron Premium: Three days in the Keystone State, with vintage wonders aplenty
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Plus, I'm taking a road trip; memories of Lucy the Elephant; farewell to a Hollywood icon; another beloved elephant is in the pink again; and even more…
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On “Mad Men,” this is August 1966 in Plattsburgh, N.Y. … … but in real life, it’s Baldwin Park, Calif., a city in Los Angeles County! (Image via the…
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This is the final edition of our six-part look at the largely defunct chain of Howard Johnson’s restaurants. Once numbering in the thousands, only three…
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More than a few real “Mad Men” no doubt had drinks under this Times Square HoJo’s Cocktails sign. Now it’s in the kitchen at Retrologist headquarters…
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The loss of the Times Square Howard Johnson’s remains a sore spot. I never quite got over it. It had stood sentinel at the corner of Broadway and West…
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It was an American rite of passage to celebrate a birthday at Howard Johnson’s, and happily in Lake Placid, it still is! Welcome to Day 2 of Howard…
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Don Draper in the amazingly re-created Plattsburgh, NY Howard Johnson’s … … and the real deal, a surviving Howard Johnson’s, in upstate Lake George, NY…
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