Miami Area Howard Johnson's Motor lodge and Restaurant: Kendall
Photos November 1994: BobVenditti
 
 
Miami-South, Florida
AKA Kendall
-- 10201 S Dixie Hwy
 

Built in the Howard Johnson Company's fully realized modern design, the site was opened in the summer of 1962.

Covering its bases, the Kendall Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Restaurant complex was sited on U. S. 1 near its intersection with the Palmetto Expressway on the south side of Miami, and was Miami's second Howard Johnson's complex.

The Kendall Restaurant was converted into a Denny's after the 1985 dissolution of the Howard Johnson Company, but the 50 room Motor Lodge retained its HJ name and terrific A-frame Gate Lodge until the location's closure and subsequent demolition in about 1999.

 
 
Postcard circa 1960s: Kummerlowe Archive
 
 
Satellite image ca. 1990s: TerraServer
 
 
Photos November 1994: BobVenditti
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photo 2007: Bob Venditti
 
 
Photo 1998: Bob Venditti
 
 

 
 
Photos July 7, 2007: Joe Fay
 
The Restaurant continued operating as a Denny's for a period of time following the Motor Lodge's demolition, but then it too was levelled to make way for medical offices.
 
 
 
Photos 2007: Bob Venditti
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
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