Motel Postcards from the Era of the Open Road "Nostalgia for old motels, like most forms of nostalgia, is selective and dishonest." So begins another snappy retro site from James Lileks. His collection of motel postcards from the '50s and '60s waxes nostalgic and pokes snarky holes in said nostalgia. These postcards take us back to a time before cellphones, when cars weighed 9 tons, and motel signs mixed fonts with abandon. But watch out -- if one of those huge neon signs falls, everyone in the pool will get electrocuted. Pity that the rooms of tomorrow are long gone. (in Design Arts)
