Editing Wildwood, New Jersey (section)

===Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District===
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[[File:Caribbean Motel NJ.JPG|thumb|The [[Caribbean Motel]] at 5600 Ocean Avenue]]
Wildwood is home to over 200 motels, built during the [[Googie architecture|Doo-Wop]] era of the 1950s and 1960s,<ref name="Washington Post">Staff. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/22/AR2007062200682.html "The '50s and '60s Thrive In Retro Doo-Wop Motels"], ''[[The Washington Post]]'', June 24, 2007. Accessed June 27, 2017.</ref> in an area recognized by the state of New Jersey, known as the ''Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District.''<ref name="league">{{Cite web |url=http://www.doowopusa.org/district/index.html |title=Doo Wop Preservation League Web site |access-date=December 10, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202082715/http://doowopusa.org/district/index.html |archive-date=February 2, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The term "doo-wop" was coined by [[Cape May, New Jersey|Cape May]]'s Mid-Atlantic Center For The Arts in the early 1990s to describe the unique, space-age architectural style, which is also referred to as the [[Googie architecture|Googie]] or [[populuxe]] style.<ref name="Crest History Society">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cresthistory.org/doowop.php |title=Wildwood Crest Historical Society Web site |access-date=December 11, 2008 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809120212/https://cresthistory.org/doowop.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The motels are unique in appearance, with [[Las Vegas Valley|Vegas]]-like neon signs and [[fantastic architecture]].<ref>Fancher, Emily. [http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/cns/2002-06-10/34.asp "Doo Wop" architecture lures tourists back to seaside town] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070702021214/http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/studentwork/cns/2002-06-10/34.asp |date=July 2, 2007 }}, Columbia News Service, June 10, 2002. Accessed June 17, 2007. "Just about everything in Wildwood, N.J. has been touched by 'Doo Wop'. The term describes the distinctively kitschy flair of the town's 200 motels, which were built in the 1950s and '60s. Reflecting the popular cultural themes of the era, the motels have Hawaiian and Polynesian designs, Space Age accents or rock 'n' roll details."</ref> New construction in the area has seen the demolition of several motels to make room for larger condominiums. The Wildwood Doo Wop Preservation League has taken action to help save and restore these historic buildings. The [[Caribbean Motel]] in Wildwood Crest, and the [[Chateau Bleu Motel]] in North Wildwood are both listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]].<ref>[https://www.nj.gov/dep/hpo/1identify/nrsr_lists/Cape%20May.pdf New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Cape May], [[New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection]] Historic Preservation Office, updated September 18, 2019. Accessed October 28, 2019.</ref>

A 1950s Doo Wop museum includes property from demolished motels such as neon signs and furniture.<ref>Nitkin, Karen. [https://www.baltimoresun.com/2011/05/12/wild-at-heart-in-the-wildwoods/ "Wild at heart in The Wildwoods: Music lovers and thrill seekers will feel right at home in The Wildwoods of New Jersey"], ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]'', May 12, 2011. Accessed September 4, 2011. "Visit the Doo-Wop Experience Museum Opened in 2007, the museum has a bandshell for outdoor concerts and houses a collection of doo-wop era signs and memorabilia. There's no admission fee."</ref> Neo-Doo Wop buildings in the area feature a neon lit [[Wawa (company)|Wawa]] and a 1950s styled [[Acme Markets|Acme Supermarket]].<ref>Gilfillian, Trudi. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/doo-wop-comes-back-to-the-wildwoods/article_586cd20b-00ee-59e3-a408-790bd5e3a799.html " Doo-wop comes back to the Wildwoods; Annual celebration of the decade begins today"], ''[[The Press of Atlantic City]]'', October 17, 2013. Accessed February 25, 2014. "Businesses like Wawa and Acme have built stores locally using the doo-wop style, but she pointed to the hundreds of condominiums built in the 2000s that have little to do with the island's history."</ref>