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Vintage roadside

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^Agreed^ Fantastic photos, SurfGent! You have an artist's eye.

Bob.....that place looks AWESOME!!! I'd road trip to stay somewhere like that.

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scottyrocks

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Not technically on the side of the road, this could be my favorite building of all time:

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Falling Water, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and completed in 1939. Bear Run, PA.
 

BlueTrain

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Are there still any drive-in restaurants with curb service anymore? I don't know if there were very that many and I doubt there were any before WWII. But there was only one in my hometown, technically outside the city limits, I think, but I think it counts. It's no longer in business, I'm afraid. There have been drive-ins that had neither curb service nor inside seating, which includes a lot of Dairy Queens, I think, but I don't know of any around here where I live now. Don't know of any with curb service either, which is not to say there aren't any. I don't get around as much as I used to.
 

BlueTrain

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And speaking of, it looks like the All-American had neither either but at least you could go inside to order.

Where I went to college, there was a Dairy Queen on the main street (High Street) in town. It was only open in the summertime and I guess most of the patrons were locals, especially teenagers. High Street was one was and the thing to do, it seemed like, was to drive down High Street in front of the D.Q, turn go up the next street and make another pass down High Street, repeating as often as necessary. I don't know what they did when they got tired of doing that.
 

BlueTrain

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I see that both schools have fences around them. The high school I attended did not have a fence but I was surprised to see one around it when I was last in town two years ago, although it is now the middle school.
 

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