{"id":2730,"date":"2011-05-26T06:21:08","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T11:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=2730"},"modified":"2012-01-01T11:01:48","modified_gmt":"2012-01-01T16:01:48","slug":"the-murphy-house-westville-new-jersey-circa-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2011\/05\/26\/the-murphy-house-westville-new-jersey-circa-1982\/","title":{"rendered":"The Murphy House – Westville, New Jersey Circa 1982"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here’s another image from my stash of art school negatives, but this time we skip across the Delaware River to the town of Westville, New Jersey. This is a shot of a greasy spoon called the Murphy House. It was closed and looking for a buyer at the time which it never did find. Eventually it was demolished which is a shame. It looks like a set from an old movie. Maybe Janet Leigh stopped there on the way to the Bates Motel.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s another image from my stash of art school negatives, but this time we skip across the Delaware River to the town of Westville, New Jersey. This is a shot of a greasy spoon called the Murphy House. 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