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Tallahassee-East,
Florida --
1350 W. Tennessee St (U.S. 90) |
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Convenient
to Florida State University,
the compact 50 room Tallahassee-East Motor Lodge was opened in the
spring of 1965 on a small parcel of land located behind a circa
1953 Restaurant. |
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Ultra-Modernity
Outfitted in typical high modern HoJo's style, the Motor
Lodge retained its famous name until late 1987.
Note
the cupola topped A-frame inspired canopy marking the in-the-building
lobby. |
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Photographs
September 2, 2002 |
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After
its twenty plus years as a Howard Johnson's, the Motor Lodge first
converted into an Econo Lodge. Later after modifications and a
coat of stucco, the site became a Days Inn. However not quite
enough stucco had been applied to satisfy the minions of Cendant,
and for a time the property operated as the Capital Inn with its
Days Inn sunburst covered. |
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Photograph
courtesy of Phil Edwards |
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Photographs
March 12, 2006 |
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The
Hideous unWonders of Stucco
Shazam -- A fresh covering o' stucco and added false frontage,
the former Howard Johnson's was allowed to regain the Days
Inn name.
The
much altered Restaurant had apparently once operated as a Denny's
(based on the shape of its past sign seen higher on this page),
but had become a Qdoba
Mexican Grill by the middle 2000s. |
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