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 Brochure courtesy of Dan Donahue circa 1980s

Glens Falls, New York
56 Aviation Rd @ I-87

 

Just opened in the Spring of 1967, Glens Falls was sited immediately along the Northway--I-87. Traveling north or south it was easy to spot the gleaming Orange Roofs of the Restaurant and 121 guest room complex.
 
 
 
 

 The Motor Lodge featured an indoor all weather activity area that included the Gatsby swimming pool, jacuzzi, and poolside lounge. The lounge featured "razzle-dazzle '20s cocktails!"
 
 

 

 

 Photographs courtesy of Dan Donahue March, 2001
 

In addition to the Howard Johnson's Restaurant, the Motor Lodge also featured its own called the Blacksmith Shop Steakhouse. Its sign used a coach that looks like it may have come from a Red Coach Grill. By the time Dan and I arrived on the scene in 2001, the coach had been removed from the closed complex. 
 
 

 
 

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