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Albany-Thruway,
New York
416 Southern Blvd |
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The highlight of anyone's
visit to Albany would have been the Lamplighter sign. Curiously
no early postcard views of the Motor lodge show the figural sign.
In fact it was atop a large trapezoid sign (see Syracuse-North),
and most likely predates the Albany-Thruway location. |
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Photograph courtesy
of Steven LJ Russo March 21, 2004 |
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Not long after my visit
to Albany, plans were revealed to make the Motor Lodge over as
a Best Western. One architectural rendering indicated that much
of the Lodge would be demolished and replaced with a high-rise.
However even as the Best Western sign was erected, it was covered
over and the Motor Lodge eventually slapped up Cendant's Ramada
name plate. |
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Photographs 2004
courtesy of Jack Thomas |
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