And in case you haven't seen any of the demolition photos on Facebook, here are a few I took recently:
On another note, a reader left this comment on a recent post: "Remember the phone booth 2 feet from the side of the street on the end of the community store? Before cell phones, that and the phone booth across the street from the island inn were probably the busiest phones on Ocracoke in the summer. sometimes there were lines of visitors (mostly teenagers) waiting to use the coin operated phone. Philip, do you have any idea when those phones were finally taken out? Fun times back then - they stay with you forever."
During the demolition I noticed the Island Inn's coin-operated phone booth in the rubble. After reading the comment above I went over there and discovered someone had propped it up on the side of one of the outbuildings. Here are two photos:
And now, one more photo. This one was taken of the Island Inn in the early 1960s. Note the color. Then go back and look at the second photo from the top. If you enlarge the photo and look carefully on the bottom left of the building, right under the stairs, you will see a section of exposed wall that is the same color as in the 1960s photo.
If you have ever wondered how the street you live on or vacation on got its name, or are just curious about other street names, take a look at this month's Ocracoke Newsletter. We have compiled a list of every official street in Ocracoke village, along with one or more paragraphs explaining how they came to be named. You can read the Newsletter here.
I'm so glad that they're restoring it. It'll be great when everything is completed.
ReplyDeleteTHANKS!!! for the photos. I spent MANY hours sitting on the 2nd floor porch while staying there. Especially during thunderstorms, reading on the black rocking chairs while other visitors just quietly talked. Kids on the floor playing cards in the storm....I am surprised that I remember these things. You could actually see Silverlake and the green lights of the channel from room #13,second floor. My windows would be wide open and my head would be at the other end of the bed so I could look out the screen, smell the air, the birds in the cage below would softly chirp...talk about being able to sleep.This is what a vacation is al about...I think the rooms were $30.00 night.to be 19 again.....
ReplyDeleteWas a HAZMAT team needed? Was there lead paint, asbestos and lead pipes?? Just asking if not, was the lumber SALVAGED or re-purposed or tossed into the Landfill???? just asking about the BEST practices on an isolated island???
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