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| Photos March 2001: Kummerlowe Archive |
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classic design with clean lines, Bangor's Restaurant and Gate
Lodge presented themselves with gleaming Orange Roofs--boldly
announcing that the site was a Howard Johnson's. Like many complexes,
the Restaurant was Beaconized during the 1970s but the Gate Lodge
retained its Spire and Lamplighter Weathervane. Note that the
Restaurant's greenhouse extension was added in the 1980s or later,
and that the Howard Johnson Restaurant and Lounge signage dates
from after 1986. |
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| Photo March 24, 2001: Dan Donahue |
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| Photos 2002: Phil Edwards |
Incredibly
the restaurant's interior retained many of the elements that were
common to Howard Johnson's. However Bangor's later greenhouse
expansion considerably increased the area in front of the Dairy
Bar giving its patrons a greater feeling of space. Oddly the support
columns and the Dairy Bar itself were trimmed in a shade of "bordello-burgundy"
carpeting. Note the extensive use of circa 1990s FAI era posters
behind the dairy bar as well as the vintage 1970s stools and original
1966 striped terrazzo floor. |
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| Photo 2005: Patrick Lessard |
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| Photo ca. 2005: Brian Florence |
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