Daily Archives: May 6, 2020

DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Toffenetti’s

This 1940s postcard suggests Toffenetti’s 1,000-seat “Cathedral of All Restaurants” was synonymous with New York and New York with Toffenetti’s, which was largely true to Times Square visitors of the Postwar era.

DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Main Street

It was a challenge to affix Main Street signage to pre-Modern buildings because the architecture got in the way.

DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Cedar Hedges Cabins

Cedar Hedges Cabins outside Searsport, Maine, was one of many cabin courts operating along US 1 in the 1930s.