Long Branch’s historic Coca-Cola sign, kept secret for a century, gets new, permanent home
The circa-1907 Coca-Cola advertisement discovered in 2023 during the demolition of an old building in Long Branch has found a permanent home in the newly renovated Long Branch Senior Center. Provided By The City Of Long Branch
From the Asbury Park Press: LONG BRANCH, NJ – The early 1900s Coca-Cola advertisement that was found during the demolition of the old SICA building on Third Avenue has been given a permanent home: the newly remolded senior center cafeteria wall.
“You have to see it in person, especially the salvaged Coca-Cola sign and grand lobby entrance with a floor-to-ceiling library,” said Michal DiMiceli, community outreach manager, about the old ad and completed senior center with the wave-like architecture.
Kartwheel Studio “honours and revamps” mid-century Texas beach motel
A new swimming pool area includes a moveable fence and original wave-like rooflines with rainbow-painted soffits. Photo by Johanna Andruchovici
From Dezeen: Austin-based design agency Kartwheel Studio has renovated a structure to preserve the mid-century modern atmosphere of the 1960s seaside motor lodge in Galveston, Texas.
Originally constructed as the Treasure Isle Motel by Kotin & Beerman Architects in 1963, the low-slung, two-storey building reopened in November 2023 as Hotel Lucine.
Kartwheel Studio and the owners worked to revitalise the 28,500-square foot (2,645-square metre) U-shaped building – the oldest remaining mid-century beachfront motel on the town’s famous seawall – to maintain “as much of the original architecture as possible” while recentering guests’ focus on the interior courtyard.
70-year-old Olympia Diner in Newington listed for sale
The Olympia Diner at 3413 Berlin Turnpike in Newington. Costar
From the Hartford Business Journal: An iconic diner in Newington that has been featured in movies and has hosted everyone from politicians to truck drivers over seven decades is for sale.
The Olympia Diner at 3413 Berlin Turnpike is available for sale or long-term ground lease, according to a real estate listing.
For now, the diner remains open. The family that owns the diner declined to comment.
The Olympia Diner sits on a 1-acre property along a busy section of the Berlin Turnpike, near the corner of Pane Road. The location could be ideal for a drive-thru restaurant, as it has double curb cuts, or an auto repair shop, according to the listing.
Jackson’s Historic Mayflower Cafe Begins a New Chapter with Chef Hunter Evans
Outside Mayflower Cafe, which first opened in 1935 in Jackson, Mississippi. Photo courtesy of Mayflower Cafe
From Garden & Gun: Chef Hunter Evans has long ruminated on branching out beyond Elvie’s, his all-day café in Jackson, Mississippi, to become a multi-eatery restaurateur in the mode of his former mentors, John Currence in Oxford and Danny Meyer in New York City. Of course, such a move requires assuming extra layers of non-kitchen duties. In the case of Mayflower Cafe, the iconic, eighty-nine-year-old seafood house that Evans will reopen by the end of August, it meant that before he could tackle the menu, he had to tackle the restrooms.
A Pure Oil Station Is Now North Carolina’s Best New Place To Find A Duck Confit Grilled Cheese
The Pure And Proper
From Only In Your State: It’s a special event when you run into an all-day eatery with excellent food in North Carolina — especially in the heart of Black Mountain. This restaurant opened in December of 2022 offering some delightful cuisine. But the most interesting feature of the historic building turned restaurant in North Carolina is that it once was a Pure Oil Station. While those memories are gone, the community spirit in this saved building is intact. Read on about The Pure & Proper.
A Pure Oil Station that opened in the 1940s was the beginning of a bond with the Black Mountain community.
The historic Evangeline Maid Bread sign has been restored
The recently repainted Evangeline Maid rotating sign is pictured Friday, August 2, 2024, at the intersection of West Simcoe and South Bienville Streets in Lafayette, La. STAFF PHOTO BY LESLIE WESTBROOK
From The Acadiana Advocate: The iconic Evangeline Maid bread commercial sign, near West Cameron and St. Bienville streets has gotten a new paint job, making the sign even more impressionable to spectators.
Being a part of life in Acadiana for more than 100 years, Evangeline Maid and its iconic sign has deep Acadiana roots. Evangeline Maid Bread was founded by the Huval family in Youngsville, LA, back in 1919.
In 1926 they relocated to Lafayette, and the The Evangeline Maid trademark was created in 1937 with Huval’s daughter, Mary Helen, serving as the logo’s inspiration.
The bakery’s iconic revolving Evangeline Maid sign, a landmark that still spins outside of the bakery, was unveiled in 1960.
Rochester’s Ear of Corn water tower on path to become historic landmark
Rochester’s Ear of Corn water tower was built in 1931. (Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune/Star Tribune)
From the Star Tribune: ROCHESTER, MN — Corn is about to become historic as local officials propose recognizing the city’s longstanding landmark water tower with a special designation.
Rochester’s historic preservation commission on Tuesday cleared the way for the city to designate the Ear of Corn water tower as a historic structure. The commission recommendation was unanimous, though the Rochester City Council will get the final say.
The tower has been a memorable marker in south Rochester. It had a resurgence in popularity last year after a novelty remix of a child’s interview about his love for corn went viral.