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| Photo November
1977: Bob Venditti |
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| Miami-Airport,
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1980 LeJeune Rd |
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An
airport location, but in Motor Lodge configuration, Miami-Airport
opened in 1966 convenient to the main highway entrance to
Miami
International Airport. Nestled in an area that offered
several lodging options for travelers, the Howard Johnson's
only featured 64 guest rooms.
The
Motor Lodge operated as a Howard Johnson's for almost thirty
years. In the middle 1990s it lost the HJ designation and
became the unbranded Paramount Motel. Subsequently its Restaurant
was converted into some sort of car rental facility. |
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| Photos
August 2002: Bob Venditti |
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By
Bob's brief 2002 stop at Miami-Airport, the countdown to final
demolition had already begun. A 2004 satellite view (not shown)
indicated that the area along LeJuene Road where the Howard Johnson's
and several other lodging facilities had been sited had become
just so much scarred earth.
Above:
Note the unusual guest building elevation. Faced with a pebble
treatment which was perhaps a version of HoJo's once ubiquitous
"Arizona Cactus Stone," the side of the guest building
perpendicular to the Gate Lodge and Restaurant faced LeJeune.
Perhaps sited on a slight slope it may have the illusion of a
story-and-a-half, rather than its full two story profile. |
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