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Historical Images: Sheppard's Garage at 641 Asbury Ave.

A weekly feature includes photographs from the Ocean City Historical Museum collection and from the modern era.

This week's "Then and Now" features the building that is located at 641 Asbury Avenue. The building was built in 1929 and is shown in the first image circa 1935 when it was home to Sheppard's Garage. Note the old clock-face gas pumps on the curb for pull-up service. Today, the former garage is home to Ocean City Storage and We R Wireless. To see more historical photos of Ocean City, visit the Ocean City Historical Museum in the Community Center at 1735 Simpson Ave.

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Historical Images: St. Peter's United Methodist Church

Our weekly feature includes photographs from the Ocean City Historical Museum collection and from the modern era.

This week's "Then and Now" features St. Peter's United Methodist Church, located on the northeast corner of Eighth Street and Central Avenue. St. Peter's was established in October 1880 and was named the St. Peter’s Methodist Episcopal Church of Ocean City. Later the name was changed to the First Methodist Episcopal Church and at its 100th Anniversary in 1980, renamed St. Peter’s United Methodist Church of Ocean City.  In the first image, the congregation's original house of worship, built in 1890, is shown circa 1900. The second image shows the current church under construction during the cornerstone laying ceremony in 1908. The dedication services were held on July 4, 1909. The third image shows St Peter's as it appears today after 103 …

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Historical Images: Eighth and Atlantic 90 Years Ago

Our weekly feature includes photographs from the Ocean City Historical Museum collection and from the modern era.

This week's "Then and Now" features the historic building located on the northeast corner of Eighth Street and Atlantic Avenue. The first image show the building shortly after is was completed in 1920, and it is labeled the Kuehn Building. The second image shows the building as it appears today. It is home to Ocean City Barber Shop, Ollie's Sugar Shack, as well as residential units on the second and third floors. To see more historical photos of Ocean City, visit the Ocean City Historical Museum in the Community Center at 1735 Simpson Ave.

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Historical Images: The 900 Block of Asbury Avenue

A weekly feature includes photographs from the Ocean City Historical Museum collection and from the modern era.

This week's "Then and Now" features a block that has been an integral part of the downtown since the early days of Ocean City: the 900 Block of Asbury Avenue. The first image shows the ocean side of the block under construction in 1923. Note the individual shops with apartments above. The sign in the picture says: "H.C. Pontiere–Builder of Substantial Homes Phone 688 Office—946 Asbury." Humbert C. Pontiere was a builder and developer for many years in Ocean City. In the second image, you will notice many of the individual shops have been combined for more space. Most of the block remains intact today. To see more historical photos of Ocean City, visit the Ocean City Historical Museum in the Community Center at 1735 Simpson Ave.

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Jack Bumpus

6:01 pm on Saturday, September 1, 2012

Great pics!   more ›

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Historical Images: Beach Road and East Atlantic Blvd.

A weekly feature includes photographs from the Ocean City Historical Museum collection and from the modern era.

This week's "Then and Now" features the intersecton of Beach Road and East Atlantic Boulevard in the Garden's neighborhood of Ocean City. The first image was taken following the hurricane in September 1944 from a lookout tower that was on the beach. Note the sand in the streets from the dunes that were destroyed.  The second picture shows the home as it still appears after Hurricane Irene struck. The home sold last year for more than $4 million. To see more historical photos of Ocean City, visit the Ocean City Historical Museum in the Community Center at 1735 Simpson Ave.

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Historical Images: The Century-Old Parkside Overlooks Tabernacle Grounds

A weekly feature includes photographs from the Ocean City Historical Museum collection and from the modern era.

This week's "Then and Now" features the Parkside, located at 501 Fifth St. This former rooming house overlooks the Tabernacle grounds on the corner of Fifth Street and Central Avenue. It was built circa 1900 and operated as a rooming house and bed-and-breakfast prior to being sold in 2005 for $1.2 million. It has been completely renovated and converted to three residential condominium units. To see more historical photos of Ocean City, visit the Ocean City Historical Museum in the Community Center at 1735 Simpson Ave.

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Historical Images: Boardwalk at Ninth Street

A new weekly feature includes photographs from the Ocean City Historical Museum collection and from the modern era.

This week's "Then and Now" features a few famous Ocean City landmarks: the Boardwalk, Music Pier and Shriver's.  The first image is a view looking north from Ninth Street and the Boardwalk in the summer of 1928. It was the first summer for the newly rebuilt Boardwalk. The original Boardwalk was located about 1000 feet back from where it stands today and was destroyed in a fire in October 1927. Looking down the Boardwalk, there is a sign for the Strand movie theater that was showing Four Walls starring John Gilbert. The Music Pier was under construction, billed as the Concert Hall and Civic Building beyond the ocean-side pavilions. In the second image 83 years later, the view from Ninth Street and the Boardwalk hasn't changed all that much…

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Historical Images: Yacht Club Rebuilt After Hurricane

A weekly feature includes photographs from the Ocean City Historical Museum collection and from the modern era.

This week's "Then an Now" features the Ocean City Yacht Club. The club was officially incorporated in 1901 and originally was located at Sixth Street and Bay Avenue. The building featured in the first picture was the original clubhouse constructed at Bay Road and Battersea Road. According to the club's website, the cornerstone for the "Grand Dame Club House" was laid on June 13, 1912. It was severely damaged in a hurricane that struck Ocean City in September 1944. As a result of the lack of material and manpower during World War II, the building was not rebuilt until 1947. The current clubhouse was a basic cinder-block building with a flat roof when it was originally constructed in 1947. It underwent a major renovation and addition in the …

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Fred Miller

9:52 am on Saturday, June 11, 2011

Thanks Michael McMahon for making Ocean City's history very interesting!   more ›

First Tropical Storm of the Year Heading Up Atlantic

Tropical Storm Alberto will move out to sea after passing near Cape Hatteras.

Alberto ain't much to look at, and he's the first one at the party. The earliest named tropical storm since Ana formed on April 20, 2003, was named on Saturday afternoon. With maximum sustained winds of 40 knots (46 mph), Tropical Storm Alberto was spinning off the coast of Georgia in Sunday evening. The storm's projected track has it passing near Cape Hatteras by Tuesday afternoon before moving rapidly out to sea, according to the National Hurricane Center. Though hurricane season officially runs from June 1 through Nov. 30, tropical systems can form outside that window of time, according to Accuweather meteorologist Justin Roberti. There are no coastal watches or warnings in effect as conditions are not favorable for the storm to …

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Richard Jacoby

9:49 am on Monday, May 21, 2012

Boo   more ›

‘Super’ Super Moon to Make an Appearance Saturday

Full moon will be closest to Earth in nearly 20 years.

Grab your telescopes and cameras and look to the heavens Saturday night. That’s when we’re in for another “Super Moon.” Astronomers are saying that this Super Moon will be even more super than usual. “The last full moon so big and close to Earth occurred in March of 1993,” Geoff Chester of the U.S. Naval Observatory in Washington D.C. told USA Today. This Super Moon (a phrase coined by astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979) will appear especially large because the moment of perigee—when the moon is closest to the Earth in its monthly rotation—will coincide with the appearance of a perfectly full moon, Smithsonian points out. During last year’s Super Moon on March 19, 2011, for comparison, the perigee and full moon were 50 minutes apart. On …

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