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Brochure
circa 1960: Kummerlowe |
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From
the onset of the Interstate highway system in 1956, and well into
the early 1980s, there were sections of incomplete highway where
motorists were complelled to exit onto older at-grade roadways.
And in the earlier stages, as shown in the brochure above, there
were far more incomplete sections than complete!
In
the 1970s, travelling by car across the Southeast United States
where there were only partially completed Interstates, motorists
and truckers alike had to get on and off the sections as they
found them. For me, as a motorist, the last portion of incomplete
Interstate that I recall was in South Carolina in the 1980s through
Spartanburg. Alas I took the old road and was unfortunately detained
by their police force because of my interest in the former Spartanburg
HoJo's!
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Postcard
circa 1960s: Kummerlowe |
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Photograph
March 30, 2003: Kummerlowe |
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Photographs
2002: Phil Edwards |
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Photograph
March 30, 2003; Kummerlowe |
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Photograph
2002: Phil Edwards |
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Photograph
April 30, 2005: Kummerlowe |
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Photograph
March 30, 2003: Kummerlowe |
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By
the early 2000s, the Restaurant's interior was becoming exterior.
Even though it was in great disarray and in an advanced state
of deterioration, many fixtures and even its furnishings remained
largely in place. Back in the kitchen, stainless steel cabinets looked
almost ready for use, and chairs and tables as well as cases
of restaurant china were neatly stacked in what might have been
the Lamplighter Room.
Morevoer
I discovered a cache of weathered 1996 Howard Johnson Motor
Lodge directories in the main dining room which shall reamin
a mystery since the property ceased being a Howard Johnson's
in 1984!
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Photographs
April 30, 2005: Kummerlowe |
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Photographs
March 30, 2003; Kummerlowe |
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Since
the Restaurant faced I-75, its less than appealing back-side was
presented to guests arriving from U.S. 41 and the Motor Lodge. Thus
a decorative concrete-block screen wall was employed to conceal
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Photographs
2002: Phil Edwards |
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