DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: The Plank Road
The Plank Road constructed across the Imperial Sand Dunes in 1915 was rebuilt by the California Highway Department a year later.
DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: The Molly Pitcher Hotel
The Molly Pitcher Hotel opened on South Hanover Street in downtown Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1919. It was built tight against the sidewalk and up against the adjacent buildings in the traditional way of the Pennsylvania Dutch towns.
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.