By Peter Glaser: Adventures in an automobile are a lot of fun: drive-in restaurants and theaters, streets of neon, and drive-through trees come to mind. And then there are magnetic or gravity hills—natural ‘road’ wonders—the most famous of which is in Moncton, New Brunswick (the geographic center of the Maritime Provinces).
By Frank Brusca: The SCA vintage image database has just grown by 1,000 images with the addition of the Peter Richards Roadside Collection. Collected over a lifetime, the Richards Collection complements the Jim Seelen Motel Images Collection. Feel free to dig in. But beware, you might just get lost in nostalgia trip.
By Douglas Towne: Casa Grande’s downtown park is a gas — neon gas, specifically. Its elements flicker to life at dusk, creating a buzz that lasts until 11 p.m. Whether an evocative name like Hotel Sacaton or a more pedestrian moniker like Goddard Shoes, the neon signs glow in the Arizona darkness as if drawn with a magical luminous pen.