Thanks for looking and commenting, Frank. New Jersey was the center of diner culture. Every town had at least one downtown, and there was one every few miles on most major highways. Some, like the Flemington Circle Diner, became tourist attractions, with people driving from New York to sample the legendary cheesecake.
Most are gone, and others (like Whitehouse and Branchburg) are abandoned. In the last decade or so, however, a number have be rehabilitated and a few new ones -- like Loukas' -- have been built new from scratch. Dan On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 7:00 AM, frank theriault <knarftheria...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Daniel J. Matyola <danmaty...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> Thanks, Frank. >> >> Yes, it was the missing letters that drew my attention to the current >> state of the diner. The feeling of sadness that generated in turn led >> me to notice the other run-down diner in the area (The Whitehouse >> Diner) and to decide that I should do a series of photos featuring >> these places and other active and abandoned diners in the area. If >> and when the economy recovers, these places may disappear, and be >> replaced by strip malls. > > The "American Diner" seems a vanishing breed; that you have so many > in your area seems amazing. Your project to capture them while > they're still available is a brilliant idea. > > cheers, > frank > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
