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Shreveport,
Louisiana
5101 Monkhouse Drive |
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Only a couple of minutes
from the local airport, the Shreveport complex opened in 1966.
It was a Howard Johnson's for 22 years. Some time after 1988
it was converted into a Richmond Inn and Suites which is a Best
Western. |
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The Best Western continued
to use the Gate Lodge until 1999, but by my visit in 2000 it
had been demolished. The grassy lot above was the site of the
Restaurant. Scott Greer ate in the Restaurant after it had been
converted into A Waffle House, but said that they "left
very little HoJoness about the place. They covered the open ceiling,
and all of the walls." Mr. Greer also said that he believes
that possibly a fire was the restaurant's undoing. In about 1998
the original building was razed and a new Waffle House building
was erected at the edge of the Motor Lodge property. |
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