| Brochures circa 1970s: Courtesy of Dan Donahue |
Louisville-Downtown,
Kentucky -- 100
E. Jefferson St AKA In-Town |
One of only a few built to feature a drive under canopy A-frame Gate Lodge, the 105 unit "high-rise" Louisville-Downtown location opened in 1967. Downtown's in-the-building Restaurant was reminiscent of other similarly designed locations like Indianapolis-Downtown and perhaps to some degree Charlottesville. Even as the Motor Lodge did not offer balconies, its rooms were traditionally laid out and outfitted with the most modern and standard Howard Johnson's guest amenities. Moreover the property boasted that every guest room had "colored TV!" |
| Screen captures from Stripes © 1981 Columbia Pictures |
Fleeting
Fame ... Mark Ihrie and others have pointed out
that the Louisville-Downtown HoJo's made a brief appearance in
the 1981 movie Stripes! At the beginning of the movie Bill
Murray's character is driving a cab, and just for a few fleeting
moments the camera is aimed at his fare, and in the background
is this circa 1967 Howard Johnson's. |
| Postcard circa 1969 |
| Photographs January, 2003: Courtesy of Heath Gross |
