DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Hollywood Boulevard
When H.J. Whitley laid out Hollywood in 1903, booze and theaters were prohibited. But Los Angeles, which annexed the development in 1910, had no such restrictions.
DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: Shady Rest Tourist Court
Years before the Interstates, New Orleans bound motorists traveled down US 11 from Birmingham, Chattanooga and points north and on the eastern edge of the city joined the traffic of US 90 westbound from Mobile and the Florida Panhandle.
DR. PATRICK’S POSTCARD ROADSIDE: National Park Gateway Towns
For every Yellowstone there is a West Yellowstone, a “Gateway Town” of tourist services and diversions that is the commercial opposite of the natural splendor preserved within the boundaries of an adjacent national park.