DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: The Westporter
The Westporter was a sprawling, U-shaped motel complex built in the 1950s on the burgeoning Boston Post Road commercial strip between Norwalk and Westport, Connecticut.
DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Mayme Smith’s Motel and Service Station
Route 36 was the not-40 way across the Midwest in the pre-Interstate past, a less-traveled shortcut that went for miles and miles with nary a curve through not-much.
DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Golden Star Diner
The mobile, prefabricated restaurant known as the diner originating in the mill towns of New England in the 1870s, but shifted to New Jersey in the early 20th century where manufacturers like O’Mahony, Fodero, Kullman, Paramount, Paterson Vehicle, Mountain View, and Swingle scattered diners to the roadside.