Virginia Beach Boardwalk History

[@VaBeachBeach2971]

I love my hometown. I was born in Virginia Beach General hospital in 1983. Lived here all my life. My mom was born here too.

[@73beetle19]

We use to stay at Cherry Cottages in the 1960.

[@MK-hz2bn]

I grew up there in the 70’s and 80’s. Awesome place to live.

[@spraymansterms4347]

Born and raised in VB 1980-2003. What fun to see some of the mom & pops I used to work at-- the Royal Clipper and the Golden Sands (gone). It's a sad day when the little hotels give way. What a great video!

[@RealBradMiller]

Reminds me of the time we went on the Christmas light tour where you put the cassette in your car and drove along the boardwalk. My favorite was the Giant Octopus. That was 23 years ago...

[@charlesfcopeland9756]

My mother spent a "girls getaway" at the Princess Anne in the 40s. She has those forgotten memories of VA BCH. I moved to the area in the early 80s and have my own personal forgotten memories. 🙃

[@njaneardude]

Keep these videos coming!

[@charlesfcopeland9756]

Sorry, she corrected me, it was the Cavalier Hotel.

[@southernman5839]

I love the Mom and Pop motels.

[@dvferyance]

The Belvedere was torn down just last year one of the last remaining old motels left on the strip.

[@darlalove]

The military has and still does keep this place as great as it is.

[@johnchristopher20]

In the 1930s my mother and her family drove to VB for a camping vacation; arrive in the middle of the night and pitched their tent. The next morning they discovered they were on the lawn of the Mayor. His wife brought them out coffee and biscuits. I started coming in 1979. My wife and I came in the 1990s. We and our daughter in the 2000s. Just there in August. 😊

[@teresaschneider6726]

What happened to the railroads

[@MK-hz2bn]

Get a mic for better sound

[@florenciax13]

I just live thri

[@irenarabinovitch5768]

Hi

[@JhonnyBoi]

Nice video but it completely skips over the fact how Virginia Beach was a “Whites Only” city for most of its existence. The desegregation also fueled the economic increase in the 70s and 80s.

[@darlalove]

Keep lying to yourself.

[@JhonnyBoi]

@@darlalove salty?

[@KoolSpool]

It’s about the boardwalk, not the city.

[@JhonnyBoi]

@@KoolSpool yeah, the Boardwalk and oceanfront specifically was whites only back then.

[@njaneardude]

Should he have mentioned it? I guess in terms of historical accuracy, yes. Can't deny VB oceanfront was segregated back then. I think I read somewhere that a portion of the north end was a beach for African Americans.