BroadCauseway |
Brochure
circa 1980s: Larry Passaro |
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Brochure
circa 1980s: Dan Donahue |
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Miami-Broad
Causeway |
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12210 Biscayne Blvd (U.S. 1)
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Like
several other Florida Motor Lodges, Broad Causeway was purged
from the ranks in 1999. Opened in early 1971, the modern hotel-like
complex was built on a relatively small parcel of land offering
guests the choice of 96 rooms in its five stories. Featuring
a signature A-frame Gate Lodge, it is not clear without any
vintage views where the Restaurant had been sited.
During
2000 the property became a Holiday Inn, but by May of 2006
had been converted yet again and was called the Best Western
Windsor Inn. |
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Photo
February 2004: Kummerlowe Archive |
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Downtown |
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Miami-Downtown
Plaza |
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200 S E 2nd Ave |
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Perhaps
resembling the earlier built Lake Buena Vista Motor Lodge/hotel
complex, Downtown Plaza or Convention Center was a standardized
downtown high rise located in a prime spot that opened in
the fall of 1975.
The
14 floor 256 room facility was a completely modern high rise
hotel in the heart of downtown Miami's busy convention district. |
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David
King Gleason: Over Miami, page 7
© 1990 Louisiana State University Press |
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Brochure
June 1988: Dan Donahue |
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David
King Gleason: Over Miami, © 1990 LSU Press. page 7
(detail) |
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Giving
up the Howard Johnson name in 1993, the facility was first
converted into a Holiday Inn. However with its coveted location,
the site was extensively renovated in order to become a
decidedly upscale Courtyard by Marriott.
Note
in my poor looking-into-the-setting-sun through-the-windshield
don't-try-this-whilst-driving shot to the right, that not
only was the former HoJo's convenient for conventioneers,
but also sported an excellent curb appeal view for motorists
headed south through Miami on U. S Highway 1! The white
arrow in the shot above shows the direction of my travel
as I took the photo seen to the right. |
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Photo
February 2004: Kummerlowe Archive |
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Image
circa 2005: From hotel website |
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KeyBiscayne |
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USGS
satellite image: © Microsoft Corporation |
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Key
Biscayne, Florida
-- 798 Crandon Blvd |
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Hardly
a HoJo's -- the property at 798 Crandon adopted the Howard Johnson
name in 1980 and no doubt paid its franchise fees, but it would
have disappointed any guest who had expected a typical Motor Lodge.
Its listing in HJ directories always came with the "no restaurant
on premises" disclaimer! The non-standard location was eventually
converted into condominiums. |
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