North Wind Motel

The North Wind Motel is one of the older Motels in this most northern section of our island. It is a classic Mid Century low-rise Motel. Its structure housing its units is L-shaped. It originally had approximately 33 units. With the room layouts noted on the Motel's official site, I get the impression some units are now combined to provide larger accommodations.

(The North Wind's listing from the 1991 Greater Wildwoods Hotel Motel Visitors Guide, photos by Aladdin Color):


The North Wind is located on the Southeast corner of 4th and Ocean Avenues, and is about a block or so from the beach/ocean, with JFK Blvd. to cross. It is a 3 floor masonry structure painted white, with a bit of darker brick trim between the units, floor to ceiling glass, and wooden louvered outer doors, also in white. Individual, white lights for each unit are at about 3/4 height. Amazingly, it has what appears to be its original, aluminum railings along the balconies, the sundeck, and some of the pool area. Great to see... Units stretch across its 2nd & 3rd floors. The ground floor is home to the lobby/office with an blue canopied entrance, and more units. Level two has a sundeck that breaks from the L-shape, and on the Northwestern portion of the property. Some parking spaces are located partially under the deck. The irregular-shaped pool area appears to be recently redone, but based on the original design. A relatively newer, backlit roadside sign, is on the property's Northwestern corner. Its vacancy indicator is in neon. Wildwood Palms dot the pool area and sundeck.

(The 1975 GWHM Accommodations Directory listing for the North Wind. Scan courtesy of Claudia Metcalfe - http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m193/claudiam1962/Wildwood%20Directory/Motels%20M-N-O/NorthWind.jpg)::


The North Wind has an overall has a neat, clean look. A re-creation of either of the original neons, whether the rooftop or the amazing roadside sign, would be a great addition however.


To see past discussion on the North Wind, and if you wish to contribute further to it, please visit the thread linked below from the Doo Wop Preservation League's Message Board:

http://www.doowopusa.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1265172557