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June 2001: Bob Venditti |
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Durham,
North Carolina --
1800 Hillandale Rd |
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Opened
during 1966, the 80 guest room Durham property was built in the
Howard Johnson Company's classic latter 1960s design. Moreover the
Motor Lodge was carefully sited along I-85 with its signature Orange
Roofed A-frame Gate Lodge gleaming as a beacon to welcome guests.
The
complex's Restaurant was in the standardized A-frame layout derived
from the large-sized "Concept '65" prototypes. Motorists
north-bound on the Interstate easily saw it, for the HoJo's Restaurant
was perched prominently above the superhighway and higher than the
Motor Lodge.
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July 2003: Bob Venditti |
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Awaiting
demolition, Bob Venditti noted that there were "no 28 Flavors
here, or anything else for that matter."
Above:
Remarkably intact were the remains of the Dairy Bar, backdrop,
and pass through with its copper hood (Is that a frankfurter
advertisement hanging under the hood?). |
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2000s: Phil Edwards |
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July 2, 2007: Robby Delius |
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Above
& Below: Even as the Gate Lodge gleamed orange, its
days were numbered and by 2007 the Restaurant had been razed leaving
a bare pad and just a few traces of rubble. |
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Higher,
Above & Lower: I-85's widening and interchange realignment
became too close for comfort. The highway which had brought life
to the Howard Johnson's was transformed to suck all of its remaining
vitality away and encroached upon the site itself. |
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October 2007: Phil Edwards |
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