DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Old Reading Beer
When the Old Reading Beer billboard went up over Penn Square overlooking Reading, Pennsylvania’s downtown retail district it was advertised as the largest animated sign in the state.
DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: The Tropics
The Big Band sound faded with the postwar rise of Rock and Roll, and with it, venues like The Tropics in the Chicagoan Hotel. By then Sam Bari and Red Duncan, Chicago’s “famous” and “nationally known” Blind Pianist, were history.
DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Magic Forest
The magic of Magic Forest was its willingness to mix roadside wonders from wherever.