Postcard circa 1970s: Dan Donahue
 
Albuquerque-Midtown, NM -- 900 Medical Arts N E (Lomas Blvd @ I-25)
 

Exceptionally modern, the five-story Midtown property was set to open in the fall of 1969 and retained its Howard Johnson status until the end of 1988.

Subsequently the Motor Lodge became unbranded as the Plaza Inn.

Below & Lower: Following its days as a Howard Johnson's, the site's classic A-frame Gate Lodge underwent a metamorphosis. Having lost its signature Orange Roof the Gate Lodge was greatly enlarged and utterly changed, and the guest building oddly received a different facade on each side.
 
Photograph November 2006:Phil Edwards
 
 
Photographs 2004: Phil Edwards
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Above, Below & Lower: Both of the original Howard Johnson's circa 1960s-style trapezoid highway signs were retained and recycled.
 
Photos 11-2006: Phil Edwards
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photograph 2004: Phil Edwards
 
 
Photographs November 2006: Phil Edwards
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photographs 2004: Phil Edwards
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Midtown's Howard Johnson's Restaurant was the somewhat uncommon "western-style" modified A-frame with its tower cupola situated at the roof's apex juncture. The Restaurant likely lost its HoJo's name in 1986 and was converted into a JB's Big Boy.

JB's gave up its status as a Big Boy franchisee in 1988 following Marriott's divesture of the brand. JB's fortunes faltered even as the Midtown unit carried on until the latter 2000s. The former Restaurant lost its JB's brand and was converted into the short lived Canary Cafe which had closed by 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Photograph November 2006: Phil Edwards
 
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