Editing Googie architecture (section)

==Districts==
[[File:Caribbean Motel NJ.JPG|thumb|right|The Caribbean Motel in [[Wildwood, New Jersey]]'s  [[Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District]]]]
Classic locations for Googie style buildings are [[Miami Beach, Florida]], where secondary commercial structures were adapted from the resort style of [[Morris Lapidus]] and other [[hotel]] designers; the first phase of [[Las Vegas|Las Vegas, Nevada]]; and their birthplace of [[Southern California]].

===Wildwood, New Jersey===
{{main|Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District}}
The beachfront resort town of [[Wildwood, New Jersey]], features an array of motel designs, colorfully described by such sub-styles as Vroom, Pu-Pu Platter, Phony Colonee and more.<ref name="Washington Post">{{cite news |title=The '50s and '60s Thrive In Retro Doo-Wop Motels |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/06/22/AR2007062200682.html |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=June 24, 2007 |access-date=December 10, 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://wildwooddoowop.com/about/ |title=WildwoodDooWop.com |publisher=WildwoodDooWop.com |access-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130609172456/http://wildwooddoowop.com/about/ |archive-date=June 9, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The district is known collectively as the Wildwoods Shore Resort Historic District by the State of New Jersey.<ref name=league>{{cite web |url=http://www.doowopusa.org/district/index.html |title=Doo Wop Preservation League Web site |publisher=Doowopusa.org |access-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-date=February 2, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090202082715/http://doowopusa.org/district/index.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The term "doo-wop" was used by New Jersey's [[Mid-Atlantic Center for the Arts]] during the early 1990s to describe the unique, space-age architectural style. Many of Wildwood's Doo-Wop motels were built by Lou Morey, who specialized in such designs.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.doowopstuff.com/history.html |title=History Section |publisher=Doowopstuff.com |date=October 29, 2007 |access-date=June 25, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901132028/http://www.doowopstuff.com/history.html |archive-date=September 1, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref> His Ebb Tide Motel, built during 1957 and demolished during 2003, is credited as the first Doo-Wop motel in Wildwood Crest.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cresthistory.org/doowop.php |title=Wildwood Crest Historical Society Web site |access-date=December 11, 2008 |archive-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809120212/https://cresthistory.org/doowop.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>