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          Orlando-West, 
              Florida -- 2014 West 
              Colonial Dr. (SR 50) 
              AKA Midtown  | 
         
        
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          Lasting 
              a little more that a quarter of a century, Orlando-West was opened 
              in the summer of 1967 and had lost its Howard Johnson name by 1994.  | 
         
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            | Lobby Card circa 1990s: 
              Courtesy of Dan Donahue | 
           
         
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                  | Photographs 
                    April 2, 2003 | 
                 
               
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                From 
                    the outside, the Gate Lodge had been significanlty disguised, 
                    but its interior was remarkably intact!  | 
               
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