The Fudgy Wudgy Man Retires! – Saying Goodbye! For the past 50 years Joseph Duncan, most known as Unk Dunk, (or Dunk for short) has been selling ice cream in North Wildwood between 17th and 20th street. He moved from Southwest Philadelphia to the Wildwoods after surviving with the United States Marine Corps. While looking …
Wildwood Construction Update – Sept 2022 Now that summer is unofficially done, it’s time to restart the Wildwood Construction update videos. These updates normally stop during there summertime since everyone is down here checking out the construction projects themselves. As we make our way out of the summer season and into the shoulder season, get …
Wildwood Featured on The Bachelorette Back in April, we broke the news that the ABC reality television show, The Bachelorette, would be stopping in Wildwood to film. This was something that we knew could be a possibility since one of the contestants on the show, Tyler Norris, was local to Wildwood. Norris went to Wildwood …
Exploring The Wildwood Dog Beach + Park Did you know that Wildwood has a dog beach and dog park? The other day we uploaded a video on Facebook about taking our dog to the beach. For some reason, that video blew up and people started sending us messages like crazy asking for more details about …
Wildwood Beach Day 2022 Due to many flight issues over the past few months, folks from around the country were unable to make it to the Wildwoods this summer. The WVA wanted to do something to give folks beach day, even if it’s from afar. We started filming days at the beach during the covid …
Iconic Wildwood Boardwalk Store to Close Much has changed on the Wildwood Boardwalk through-our the decades. Amusement parks grew, the waterline pushed back from under the boardwalk and businesses changed hands. For the past 70 years though one thing stayed the same, Eleanors Gifts. Located at 3316 Boardwalk (aka Wildwood Ave and the Wildwood Boardwalk), …
Stopping North Wildwood Beach Replenishments? Beach replenishments in North Wildwood have become just about a yearly thing now. In the hurricane season, which generally hits us from September through November, much of the sand placed in North Wildwood is eroded away. In the wintertime, we see our beaches take another big hit as winter storms …
North Wildwood Sunrise Via Drone We are continuing our drone week series with the sun but in the other direction. In this drone video, we head to the North Wildwood beach (22nd and the beach to be exact) to catch the rays of the sun. Earlier in the year, we did another sunrise video but …
Sunset On The Wildwood Boardwalk Via Drone 2022 This week is drone week at the Wildwood Video Archive. Throughout the week we are uploading different videos showcasing the Wildwoods from a bird’s point of view. We call our drone the Gull-drone (or if you have a better name let us know). For this video, we …
New Bar Coming to North Wildwood! For several months we have been giving you updates on the new projects taking place in the Wildwoods in our “Monthly Wildwoods Construction Updates.” One of those projects we wrote about was the North Wildwood Marina which applied back in April of 2021 to renovate and redevelop its entire …