Coin-Ops | Daytona

Cigarette Machine – Ocean Deck – Daytona Beach

Byretroscrod November 2, 2017

Phone Booth – Central Park – NYC – June 26 2015

Byplacesgoneby June 26, 2015

A couple from the back-log, this could also be posted in PlacesGoneBy[e]’s sister blog A Scrod In New York, but its more fitting here I think. This phone booth was just off the terrace over Wollman Rink in Central Park (which doubles as a carnival in the summer). I went back by there in 2017…

Amusement Parks | Arcades | Daytona

Daytona Boardwalk

Byplacesgoneby May 30, 2016

May 28, 2016 Daytona Beach Boardwalk A late Memorial Day weekend Saturday at the Daytona Beach Boardwalk, or what’s left of it. I remember coming here as a kid many times,

Abandoned | Coin-Ops | Tallahassee

A quiçkie while I wait….Old Chevron Station in Tallahassee – Corner of Ocala and Pensacola

Byplacesgoneby October 26, 2013

While I was waiting at the meeting point for this week’s tailgate (NC State at FSU) I wandered.over to the case station/convenience store on the corner, which apparently is now closed and based on other areas of Tally probably slated to be torn down and replaced with something even more obnoxious. Since the building appears…

Coin-Ops | Restaurants | Tallahassee

Gum/candy Machines – Zaxbys N Tallahassee – September 29, 2017

Byretroscrod September 29, 2017

Ah, the old wall of candy and gum machines! There was a bank of these inside the Roses store in DeLand (it wasn’t a “discount” outfit then, it was still middle-of-the-road, I’m sure it was…) when I was a kid that I would covet over for hours (OK, I’m sure my dad only let me linger…