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New For Wildwood 2017

New For Wildwood 2017 In the past few weeks there have been so many announcements on what is new in the Wildwoods. We decided to put all the announcements and rumors into one simple article! If you know of any more please go ahead and comment below!   Amusements The Great Nor’Easter has gotten a …

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2017 Wildwood Opening Days

2017 Wildwood Opening Days With the warm temperatures we just had this past weekend it feels like spring is slowing coming. We are finally starting to get some schedules from your favorite places being posted. As soon as we find out new dates for other places we will be sure to post them online for …

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Where Cape May Got It’s Name

Where Cape May Got It’s Name Are you anything like us and wondered where Cape May got it’s name? It’s the kind of question that had me digging deep into the history books to find. Just think about this, Manhattan was first mapped in 1609 by Henry Hudson. He set up the lower region of …

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Another Wildwood Neon Sign Sent To The Dumpster

Another Wildwood Neon Sign Sent To The Dumpster That’s right folks! Sadly yet another Wildwood Neon Sign has made its way into a dumpster. It makes me sad to see such a thing happen. Here at the Wildwood Video Archive we strive to save Wildwood history. Let me fill you in! On January 23rd we …

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Launching of A Concrete Ship

Everyone has heard of the The SS Atlantus, Cape May’s Concrete Ship, check out how the concrete ship was launched into action.  The SS Atlantus, was launched on December 5th 1918, and was the second (2nd) concrete ship constructed in the World War I Emergency Fleet. All in all there were only twelve (12) concrete ships …

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The Travel Channel Visited Daytona Inn

The Travel Channel Visited Daytona Inn We just found out something really cool and had to share it with you all! This past year The Travel Channel stopped by wildwood for a filming of their reality television show, “Hotel Impossible.” If you missed the airing of the show, do not worry as we have it …

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Wildwood Church – Demolition

Wildwood Church – Demolition On January 1st we brought you the news that theFirst United Methodist Church located at6700 Atlantic Ave in Wildwood Crestwas beingdemolished. (Incase you missed the article Click Here to read it) We decided to revisit the site a little time back to film you a video of the progress.   Here …

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Concrete Ship’s Sister Ship Falls Apart

Concrete Ship’s Sister Ship Falls Apart Here’s something you may have not known, the Concrete Ship’s Sister Ship. The concrete ship in Cape May, SS Atlantus, wasn’t the only ship built out of concrete in World War I. President Woodrow Wilson ordered X amount of these Emergency Fleet ships to be built for the War. …

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New For Wildwood – Byrne Plaza!

New For Wildwood – Byrne Plaza Now that we are in 2017 we are starting to let you know some of the new things coming to Wildwood. This past weekend while in Wildwood we got the tip that there is a giant project taking place on Pacific Ave in Wildwood. Now we can finally fill …

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