Sad indeed. It breaks my heart. We still have quite a few classic diners in New Jersey that continue in operation and seem to be thriving, This is one of my favorites, virtually unchanged over the past 85 years:
https://dan-matyola.squarespace.com/lbdinerdan/summit-diner Yes, I am aware of the Genouese book, and cite it as THE authority on the subject. Dan Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 1:59 PM, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: > A sad scene Dan. Jersey diners are a great heritage for New Jersey and its > sad to see their numbers lessen. We have a few here in Michigan but you > don't see many diners like them around the country & believe me I've looked > for them on my trips. > > A great book on Jersey diners is 'Jersey Diners' by Peter Genouese in case > you're not aware. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel J. Matyola" > <danmaty...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: PESO: Investment Opportunity > > > >> Thanks, Igor. >> >> This image is greatly troubling to me. As you may know, I am a fan of >> classic Jersey diners. >> >> This building was the Whitehouse Diner, quite a popular establishment >> in its day. Legend has it that, decades ago, the owner had an >> argument with a patron, lost his temper, grabbed a cleaver and chased >> everyone out of what had been a packed diner. He locked it up, and >> never returned, and it has been in a state of decay ever since. >> >> Its condition has gotten a lot worse over the severe weather of this >> past winter, This is my original blog post about this structure: >> >> http://djmatyola.com/lbdinerdan/the-abandoned-whitehouse-diner >> >> A few years back, the sign was in good enough shape that I used it as >> the symbol for my dine blog: >> >> http://djmatyola.com/lbdinerdan/exploring-diners >> >> Thanks for looking and commenting, Igor. >> >> Dan Matyola >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Igor Roshchin <s...@komkon.org> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Dan, >>> >>> Even before following the link, I guessed it was a "fixer-upper", >>> and thought that with this "lyrical" title you should be working as a >>> real-estate agent. >>> >>> :-) >>> >>> Igor >>> >>> >>> >>> Mon Jun 2 00:37:25 EDT 2014 >>> Daniel J. Matyola wrote: >>> >>>> http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=17779557 >>>> Comments are invited. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. > > > > -- > 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.
