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| Postcard ca.
1960s: Kummerlowe Archive |
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| Hartford,
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7 Weston Street |
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Hartford's
Motor Lodge and Restaurant complex was the Constitution State's
6th. When it opened in 1963, it followed in Darien's
lead to be a fully modern and standardized facility. Built
along the North Meadows Expressway or I-91 on the north side
of Hartford's downtown, the 80 guest room Lodge and Restaurant
was visible from either direction on the highway.
Having
relinquished the Howard Johnson's brand in about 1990, the
Lodge lingered on briefly without its famous name. Meanwhile
the Restaurant under the careful stewardship of long-time
licensee Donald Christie (see Waterbury
and Mystic)
continued as a Howard Johnson's well into the middle 1990s.
Cashing in after 1995, the entire site was razed and replaced
with auto dealerships. Reportedly Mr. Christie moved Hartford's
backbar mirror to Mystic
(now demolished too). |
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| MSN
satellite view ca. 1990s |
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| Lobby
card ca. 1980s: Dan Donahue |
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| Photo
May 2007: Phil Edwards |
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