GESO: Roadside Jersey
The recent discussions about unique roadside structures brought to mind
some highway features near me.My favorite is a classic Jersey diner that
closed decades ago and is slowly falling apart. I decided to run out and
take an image of it, and discovered that it was in the process of
demolition.
I found one of my older images of that diner, and decided to drive the
highway between it and my home to record what else is out there, before
everything unique disappears.
The highway in question is US 22. It replaced an older route called the
Easton Turnpike, and in turn has been superseded by I-78, which parallels
it to the North. It connects the Newark/New York City area with Easton,
PA, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. US 22 passes about 2 miles north of our
home, and is completely suburban and developed to the East of here, but
still a bit rural and partly undeveloped to the West. The western stretch
still contains several unusual older structures, and I have tried to
document some of those that line the Eastbound lanes between here and the
Whitehouse area, a few miles to the West.
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Comments, criticisms and suggestions are invited and appreciated.
Dan Matyola
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Very nice colour palette across all those photos.
That is indeed a nice structure, and a shame to lose it.
I like the motel cabin too - I stayed in something like that, only much shabbier, somewhere in Ethiopia and it seemed like a very practical, functional design.
I note the bait shop has something outside to attract customers. Philosophically speaking I suppose that is meta-bait. If the owners decided to put up some motel cabins they could call it Baits Motel.
On 8 Apr 2021, at 05:54, Daniel J. Matyola danmatyola@gmail.com wrote:
The recent discussions about unique roadside structures brought to mind
some highway features near me.My favorite is a classic Jersey diner that
closed decades ago and is slowly falling apart. I decided to run out and
take an image of it, and discovered that it was in the process of
demolition.
I found one of my older images of that diner, and decided to drive the
highway between it and my home to record what else is out there, before
everything unique disappears.
The highway in question is US 22. It replaced an older route called the
Easton Turnpike, and in turn has been superseded by I-78, which parallels
it to the North. It connects the Newark/New York City area with Easton,
PA, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. US 22 passes about 2 miles north of our
home, and is completely suburban and developed to the East of here, but
still a bit rural and partly undeveloped to the West. The western stretch
still contains several unusual older structures, and I have tried to
document some of those that line the Eastbound lanes between here and the
Whitehouse area, a few miles to the West.
http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/7/roadside
K-5 IIs, smc DA 18-135 mm F 3.5-5.6 Zoom [IF] ED AL DC WR
Comments, criticisms and suggestions are invited and appreciated.
Dan Matyola
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Nice set. Love rural Jersey. Someday it will all be gone.
Paul
On Apr 8, 2021, at 12:54 AM, Daniel J. Matyola danmatyola@gmail.com wrote:
The recent discussions about unique roadside structures brought to mind
some highway features near me.My favorite is a classic Jersey diner that
closed decades ago and is slowly falling apart. I decided to run out and
take an image of it, and discovered that it was in the process of
demolition.
I found one of my older images of that diner, and decided to drive the
highway between it and my home to record what else is out there, before
everything unique disappears.
The highway in question is US 22. It replaced an older route called the
Easton Turnpike, and in turn has been superseded by I-78, which parallels
it to the North. It connects the Newark/New York City area with Easton,
PA, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. US 22 passes about 2 miles north of our
home, and is completely suburban and developed to the East of here, but
still a bit rural and partly undeveloped to the West. The western stretch
still contains several unusual older structures, and I have tried to
document some of those that line the Eastbound lanes between here and the
Whitehouse area, a few miles to the West.
http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/7/roadside
K-5 IIs, smc DA 18-135 mm F 3.5-5.6 Zoom [IF] ED AL DC WR
Comments, criticisms and suggestions are invited and appreciated.
Dan Matyola
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Glad you did, Dan.. familiar stuff to me - over the years had driven the
22/78 route many times..by auto and on a grayhound bus over I-78.
Like the diner photo particularly.. but I'm confused about when you
took that one..
because it looked familiar in that condition and not quite to the
demolition stage yet.
That motel cabin looks in remarkably good condition.. wish I could still
travel.
ann
On 4/8/2021 12:54 AM, Daniel J. Matyola wrote:
The recent discussions about unique roadside structures brought to mind
some highway features near me.My favorite is a classic Jersey diner that
closed decades ago and is slowly falling apart. I decided to run out and
take an image of it, and discovered that it was in the process of
demolition.
I found one of my older images of that diner, and decided to drive the
highway between it and my home to record what else is out there, before
everything unique disappears.
The highway in question is US 22. It replaced an older route called the
Easton Turnpike, and in turn has been superseded by I-78, which parallels
it to the North. It connects the Newark/New York City area with Easton,
PA, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. US 22 passes about 2 miles north of our
home, and is completely suburban and developed to the East of here, but
still a bit rural and partly undeveloped to the West. The western stretch
still contains several unusual older structures, and I have tried to
document some of those that line the Eastbound lanes between here and the
Whitehouse area, a few miles to the West.
http://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/danmatyolas-pesos/2021/4/7/roadside
K-5 IIs, smc DA 18-135 mm F 3.5-5.6 Zoom [IF] ED AL DC WR
Comments, criticisms and suggestions are invited and appreciated.
Dan Matyola
https://tinyurl.com/DJM-Pentax-Gallery
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