The Starlite Motel in Mesa, Ariz. Video by Ash Ponders for The New York Times The motel might seem like an ageless fixture of the American landscape, but in fact, this roadside mainstay didn’t exist before Dec. 12, 1925. That’s when Arthur and Alfred Heineman, two brothers with a successful Southern California architecture practice, opened… Continue reading The History of the Motel: 100 Years of Neon and Kitsch
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At The Race of Gentlemen, Motorcycles and Hot Rods Take Over New Jersey Beach
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