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August, 2005: Courtesy of Jack Thomas |
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Amsterdam,
New York --
234
State Highway 30
@ NY Thruway
Exit 27 |
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2005: Courtesy of Brian Florence |
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| Photographs
August, 2005: Courtesy of Jack Thomas |
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June, 2005: Courtesy of Brian Florence |
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Along
with a few others built in the late 1970s, the Amsterdam Restaurant
was a Mansard stand-alone location. Opening in 1979, it was adjacent
to a "purpose-built" Tudor-esque Super 8 Motel. Since
the Howard Johnson Corporation had not captured the New York Thruway
service plazas, highly visible units like the Amsterdam Restaurant
served to lure motorists off of the limited access roadway (Brian's
photograph above was taken from the toll highway's shoulder, and
provides a motorist's perspective of the Restaurant).† |
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August, 2005: Courtesy of Jack Thomas |
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†After
Howard Johnson's was purchased by Imperial Group, it became a Burger
King franchisee and converted many of its service plaza locations
into BKs. Additionally, for a brief period of time in the early
1980s HJ operated a Burger King or two at service plazas along the
New York Thruway and may have offered limited snack bar type service
with a few traditional HoJo's food items in a cafateria setting. |
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