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Should I be nervous?
This gas station has been on the main drag just off the interstate for umpteen years. It recently closed and a semi-truck accidentally knocked down the awning (though I wouldn't mind if they just took that off). Today the heavy demolition equipment showed up, but no activity as of yet. I have day-dreamed of opening some sort of restaurant/bar here as it sits out in front of several motels (our original Holiday Inn was just behind it and Howard Johnson's was just to the right). That is the new Holiday Inn in the background.
What remains of the Howard Johnson (called HJ City -- it was a huge property) can be seen in the background here. It is now the Ramada Oasis.
You can see a bit of the station behind the Ho-Jo sign in this old postcard:
Here was the Holiday Inn:
On a side note. I live just north of here across I-44. Before they changed the highway interchange from a cloverleaf to a single ramp with signal lights up top (getting rid of the A and B designations of the exit number) I would tell people to take "Exit Bob H" (actually Exit 80-B to Highway H). The smaller "Exit Bob" sign would remind me where to turn. I had forgotten to take a photo of that before they changed it, but ran across this one while looking for old pics of the gas station.
Thanks for looking,
Bob H.
This gas station has been on the main drag just off the interstate for umpteen years. It recently closed and a semi-truck accidentally knocked down the awning (though I wouldn't mind if they just took that off). Today the heavy demolition equipment showed up, but no activity as of yet. I have day-dreamed of opening some sort of restaurant/bar here as it sits out in front of several motels (our original Holiday Inn was just behind it and Howard Johnson's was just to the right). That is the new Holiday Inn in the background.
What remains of the Howard Johnson (called HJ City -- it was a huge property) can be seen in the background here. It is now the Ramada Oasis.
You can see a bit of the station behind the Ho-Jo sign in this old postcard:
Here was the Holiday Inn:
On a side note. I live just north of here across I-44. Before they changed the highway interchange from a cloverleaf to a single ramp with signal lights up top (getting rid of the A and B designations of the exit number) I would tell people to take "Exit Bob H" (actually Exit 80-B to Highway H). The smaller "Exit Bob" sign would remind me where to turn. I had forgotten to take a photo of that before they changed it, but ran across this one while looking for old pics of the gas station.
Thanks for looking,
Bob H.