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              circa 1960s: Tim & Tom Bernert | 
           
         
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          Charlotte-Central, 
              North Carolina 
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              2400 Wilkinson 
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          Originally 
              scheduled to open in the fall of 1963 it was still "under construction" 
              in 1964. The complex replaced an earlier stand-alone circa 1951 
              Restaurant that had been built across the street at 2401 
              Wilkinson Boulevard adjacent to the Catalina Motor Lodge. That 
              original location was likely torn down soon after the new Restaurant 
              and Motor Lodge were open. 
            Charlotte-Central 
              ceased operating as a Howard Johnson's in 1989. The 114 unit Motor 
              Lodge included two 3-story guest wings. One of the buildings incorporated 
              covered parking on the ground level with guest rooms on the top 
              two floors.  
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                    circa 1970s: Dan Donahue | 
                 
               
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            | Photographs 
              August 10, 2002: Kummerlowe | 
           
         
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              October 2002: Phil Edwards | 
           
         
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              cApril 2003: Phil Edwards | 
           
         
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              circa 2003: Bob Venditti | 
           
         
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              June 2003: Phil Edwards | 
           
         
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              November 2006: Phil Edwards | 
           
         
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