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| Brochure
& Postcard circa 1970s |
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Above:
The Empire Room ... Conventions, Banquets, Meetings, and
Wedding Receptions.
Right:
The Rum Keg Lounge ... an intimate setting for cocktails.
Below:
The Rum Keg Lounge transformed into the Rum Keg -- burn, baby
burn Inferno -- a grooving, groovy 1970s
kinda place! |
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Although Howard
Johnson's advertising usually promoted family patronage (see
left), one postcard of the East location (above) depicts a
series of some groovin swingers at poolside and in the Rum
Keg!
While its advertising
emphasized the Motor Lodge's outdoor recreational amenities,
many of the postcard views allowed potential patrons to see
that the Lodge was conveniently located along I-10. |
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| Photographs
December 2003: Courtesy of Phil Edwards |
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| Photographs
June 20, 1999 |
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By
the end of the 20th century, much of Orleans Parish had begun
to exhibit the symptoms of a place in decline. A change in demographics
brought about by a series of events led to the loss of many
businesses and affluent citizens, and the eastern section of
New Orleans was especially affected. As the tax base shrunk,
infrastructure deteriorated, and criminal activity increased
resulting in declining investment rates by the business sector.
Thus the New Orleans-East HoJo's lost its way and crumbled in
plain view of motorists travelling on Interstate 10.
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