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| Brochure circa
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Louisville,
Kentucky
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Louisville's
Eastern Parkway Restaurant was the first Howard Johnson's in the
Commonwealth. Opened in 1952, it was owned by Albert Entwistle Sr.
who was a founder of the Louisville
& Jefferson County Convention & Visitors Bureau .
The Entwistle family grew their HoJo's holdings into a mini-empire
of Orange Roofs to include Motor Lodges and Restaurants in both
Louisville and Lexington.
Following
Eastern Parkway's Howard Johnson's days, its space became a Blue
Boar Cafeteria. The store-front location retained its Orange Roof
tiles and lasted as a Blue Boar until 1999. The iconic cafeteria
chain itself lasted 72 years with its final Kentucky outlet having
been closed in the summer of 2003. Subsequently the former HoJo's
was divided into Heitzman's Bakery and Liquor World.
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| 1987 AAA Tourbook
page A37 |
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| Photographs
2003: Phil Edwards |
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Above
& Below: The circa 1960s Howard Johnson's trapezoid
street sign was recycled to advertise the Blue Boar Cafeteria. |
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| Photographs
2003: Heath Gross |
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| Photographs
2003: Phil Edwards |
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| Photograph
October 23, 2009: W. Marsh (from flickr) |
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The
small strip mall known as Dahlem Center where the first Blue Grass
State's Howard Johnson's had been located was largely demolished
and rebuilt at the end of the aughts. Its primary tenant, a Walgreens,
came to enjoy a new building upon the foundation of the former
HoJo's.
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Higher:
Dahlem Center prior to its rebuilding.
Below:
With the former Howard Johnson's demolished Walgreens came to
rest in it former prime corner. |
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