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Cambridge,
Massachusetts --
540 memorial Drive |
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The
earliest directory address for the Cambridge location on Memorial
Drive lists it at 529 Memorial, and a matchbook shows it to
look perhaps somewhat like the Andover Howard Johnson's
A
later postcard shows the Restaurant after its Howard Johnson's
days as the Yankee Clipper with an address of 540 Memorial.
Moreover it shows the location with a more exaggerated giant
"entry-cupola" than is depicted in the earlier matchbook
drawing.
During
the 1970s a nearby hotel at 700 Memorial Drive was converted
into the Cambridge
Motor Lodge/Restaurant/Red Coach Grill. |
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Note
the "Join us at Johnson's" on the matchbook above. Prior
to World War II, Howard Johnson's Restaurants and Stands were
often referred to and advertised as "Johnson's." |
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Architectural
Record: February, 1942; page 66 |
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In
the early part of WWII, HoJo's and other roadside establishments
remained open and competitive. However War rationing quickly brought
an end to American domestic mobility. Shown above, the Cambridge
Howard Johnson's had just received a remodeling. Under the direction
of architect Joseph Morgan, the location had received a new exterior
of Masonite weather resistant fiberboard. |
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Postcard
circa 1970s: Courtesy of Dan Donahue |
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Photographs
2002: Courtesy of Kevin Carroll |
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Cambridge,
Massachusetts
-- 555 Concord Avenue |
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This
Cambridge area Howard Johnson's Restaurant on Concord Avenue dated
from the 1940s and was eventually converted into a Ground Round.
Its original interior HoJo's layout was completely altered when
it was converted to the GR concept. Only its exterior and especially
the central roof line reveals the building's true heritage. |
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Photograph
2002: Courtesy of Larry Nelson |
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Howard
Johnson's Scoop: September 1949; pages 1 & 4 |
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Cambridge,
Massachusetts -- Harvard
Square |
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Opened
in August of 1948 by Karl Adams of Weston, Mass., Harvard Square
at the corner of Boylston and Brattle Streets was an intown "store-front"
location. Mr. Adams was a graduate of the nearby Harvard Business
School and in 1949 opened another Howard Johnson's Restaurant in
Portland
Maine.
Likely
the only head of state to have worked in a Howard Johnson's, French
President Jacques Chirac worked at Harvard Square as a fountain
boy during the summer of 1953 while he attend classes at Harvard's
Business School. Howard Johnson's had been the McDonald's of its
day proving employment to students and others needing both short
and long term jobs in the food service industry.
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