Another in the continuing series of cool old diners that have been tragically remodeled over the years. The signpost of the “Gulf” sign is still identifiable to the right of the current structure. The unusual slope of the current structure correspond to the teardrop shape of the Plane Diner. I highly doubt anything at all recognizable is left other than some bones of the original, which would reside at the right three windows of the current picture.

Photo by Michael G. Stewart- back when getting an aerial photo meant hanging out the door of a Robinson R22 helicopter with a medium format Pentax.
The diner is located at 6300 Baltimore National Pike Baltimore, MD 21228, but has been significantly remodeled since the time this picture was taken.

The Open Door Diner, an early homebuilt in Presque Isle, Maine, as it appeared in the late 1930s, and as the building looks now.

The interior of Norm’s Diner, Groton CT, has been entirely gutted. It is set to reopen February 1st, so I guess we’ll all wait and see what happens once it starts being put back together.

More info, prior to the gut job.

The mothership has landed. Certainly one of the more interesting renovations out there.
Interior View

Property records have this Brooklyn former diner listed as having been built in 1930. I’m working to track down an original name.

The East Bay Diner, a 1955 Kullman located a 1291 East Bay Ave, Hunts Point, NYC, burned in 2009. Sometime between then and 2011, this happened. The foundation and kitchen annex are clearly recognizable. I don’t know if the burnt out shell was built out into this tasteless box or if it was simply built on the old foundation.

Here’s a new find:
’20s Barrel Roof. With decay, the barrel is now visible- looks like there was a small addition to the right at one point, now removed, though that may have been purely facade work.

Queens, NY. Looks like it may be a ’30s diner which recieved a ’50s facelift, then met with the NYC treatment. Queens.

Someone must have thought a topheavy stucco box would look better than the slender transitional spaceage/environmental facade this diner came with. Oddly, it appears the windows were canted in, following a late ’80s post-modern diner trend.
Originally Bob’s Diner- in operation since 1945.