Newer Pictures of Older Places... - Beyond Tiki

D DejaVoodoo Member Woodbridge, NJ Joined: Feb 07, 2008 Posts: 144	D DejaVoodoo Posted posted on Fri, Aug 8, 2008 3:12 PM OK, I think this was the topic created for pictures of signage of yore. I couldn't find the original post. At any rate, here's my contribution: The gym I go to is located on a busy commercial highway with big box retail stores galore, but directly adjacent to the gym's parking lot is The Colonial Motel. The structure itself is a little dilapidated but the motel features a long, low, bank of rooms with a central main office and then in back of the first row of rooms is a square parking lot with identical buildings to the first bank of rooms enclosing said parking lot. Confusing? Perhaps. I wish I could explain it better, but it's really not important - they're nothing spectacular save for the Howard Johnson's-esque teal and orange color scheme and the fact that the rooms are all ground level like ranch houses that nobody builds anymore because they take up too much land. Grrr! I'm not sure when this motel was constructed but it definitely reeks of late 1950s, early '60s architecture: from the stacked stone, to the color scheme, and the abundance of honest-to-goodness neon in the sign, this blast from the past, in the midst of modern retail storefronts galore, always makes me smile. I'm sure it won't be around much longer. Peace, Peter

OK, I think this was the topic created for pictures of signage of yore. I couldn't find the original post. At any rate, here's my contribution:

The gym I go to is located on a busy commercial highway with big box retail stores galore, but directly adjacent to the gym's parking lot is The Colonial Motel.

The structure itself is a little dilapidated but the motel features a long, low, bank of rooms with a central main office and then in back of the first row of rooms is a square parking lot with identical buildings to the first bank of rooms enclosing said parking lot. Confusing? Perhaps. I wish I could explain it better, but it's really not important - they're nothing spectacular save for the Howard Johnson's-esque teal and orange color scheme and the fact that the rooms are all ground level like ranch houses that nobody builds anymore because they take up too much land. Grrr!

I'm not sure when this motel was constructed but it definitely reeks of late 1950s, early '60s architecture: from the stacked stone, to the color scheme, and the abundance of honest-to-goodness neon in the sign, this blast from the past, in the midst of modern retail storefronts galore, always makes me smile.

I'm sure it won't be around much longer.
Peace,
Peter

Post #399961 by DejaVoodoo on Fri, Aug 8, 2008 3:12 PM