Abandoned Howard Johnson Hotel & Gas station
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
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Thank you for this video. this was a Howard Johnson with a Thomas motor inn. Around 1983, it closed. Then it reopened as a independently own motor inn. I don't remember the exact name of the inn. The restaurant was called Eat at joes. They both closed in the early 1990's. I Remember this Howard Johnson very well. When I was a child, My family often ate at the Howard Johnson's on Friday for the fish and clams. I also have found memories stopping to eat a bowl clam chowder on the way to shopping town mall in Dewitt and after an afternoon of shopping, making a return stop for ice cream! I have fond memories of this restaurant of and motor inn and was saddened to watch it become an eyesore. Thank you for recording this.
On a recent trip from Maryland to Florida, my brother and I stayed at a Howard Johnson motel in Florence, South Carolina that was at exit 164 just off of Route 95. While the outside looked like it was from the 1960's, the rooms inside looked brand new, with sort of an art deco theme. We have stayed at several other motels at this same exit over the years, and it was the nicest and cleanest one by far. The rate was good also at $63 plus tax using the AARP card. The only negative was that it is very close to train tracks, and we heard one train just after midnight.
I just read a newspaper article about Howard Johnson's- there are only two remaining- and one of them in Maine is closing soon. The only location left is in Lake George NY. Very sad- this is another piece of Americana that's going away. The restaurant was famous for Clam Chowder and Ice Cream.
Kris there's one in Anaheim ca the one in Clairemont is closed
I think we still have one here in Lubbock, Texas as well.
Fried clams and ice cream. FRIED CLAMS. (Clam chowder. Geez.)
@@doug9066 They do, but it's not the original one that they had years ago. It disappeared when they put the interstate through there. I stayed there one night when I was in the Air Force and was headed to Reese AFB (now closed). This was in 82-83. I left in 89 and I'm not sure if it was still there at the time.
The one in Lake George closed a few weeks ago. No more HoJos. So sad
That is a very well constructed pool to have survived that well. Howard Johnson's were an awesome travel lodge in its heyday. I remember the ice cream.....
Hojo used to help everywhere driving around the US in the 80's...
I can remeber HoJo's being along the PA turnpike when I was a kid growing up
@Dusk Raccoon and Best Westerns
Back in the early 1970's my dad began working for HoJo's. [[Howard Johnson's]]. I began going to work with him around age 8 as he was a single dad. I began working by age 9. Dishwasher, prep [[peeling potatoes and such]]. I worked with my dad at HoJo's till the mid 1980's when we shut down the last remaining Hojo's in Texas. I still have some of the plates with the Hojo Pie and icecream Man designs-those were from before my time, by my time they had gone to painted rings on the edges of the plates, then as the Father-to-dson to selling out to some British corporation then to someone else progressed and the place was failing they went to plain China. Anyway, wish I could see the place-lot of memories including something myself and some waitresses did in the walk-in refridgerater when I was a teen. ;)
Happy you guys got there and filmed both the Howard Johnson and the Gas station because they nocked both them down a couple months ago. As of now while I’m typing this, There building a Version store where the Gas Station was. Where the Howard Johnson was, the lot still sits vacant. From the rode I can see they never took down the light poles and the Howard Johnson sign border on the pole out front. From what I can see the pool fence is still there so I think the pool might still be there to. Great Video Guys!
I can almost guarantee with 100% certainty that the restaurant had at one point been a Howard Johnson restaurant. That's something which is now extinct.
The commercial kicks ass
Guys....its not only the structural aspect, its the mold spores that you need to worry about. your shirts over your nose and mouth don't do anything. you really need very specialized gas masks.
We have them, didnt put them on for this quick stop, we were only inside for a few minutes
+Ace's Adventures excellent. I'm very glad to hear that. I really admire you guys risking yourselves to bring us these videos. I actually tried to get into Grossingers in the Catskills, but just as I entered the grass someone approached me. amazing. no body goes near the place for years, but when I go? someone is right there. phuching unbelievable. lol
Thanks man i love exploring, more to come, going to be doing more than just malls, going to poconos, and centralia PA
+Ace's Adventures Awesome to both!! specially Centralia. I was always fascinated by that place. thanks for the quick response. im going to subscribe now. I don't want to miss anything...
+Ace's Adventures done, bro.
I remember staying in Ho Jo's as a kid when my family would go on vacations every summer.
They still have Howard Johnson’s, mostly in the south, they used to be really nice! My grandmother worked at one when she was with my grandfather in college back in the 60s down south
Ace- I will be completely honest... At first I though you were nothing but a Dan Bell rip off reminded me of McDowell's in Coming to America but I have come to appreciate and respect your work and am a fan- as someone else mentioned it is important that these places and malls are documented before they are gone so you are doing great work that will only become more significant as time passes. Thank you sir and I look forward to your future work.
Wow thanks so much, yeah ive been into dead malls for years, i am 33 and video taped my first abandoned building 6 years ago, dan just inspired me to really get into it!
2:28 That graffiti made me laugh out loud! Poor Harambe.
Holy shit Guru Larry, you're fucking EVERYWHERE! I've seen you comment on just about every video I've watched at this point.
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I suffer from severe procrastination :(
He didn't die for Hojo's though.
This place looks so hazey and creepy. Great job.
Why would such a wonderfull place be allowed to go into such a state of disrepair?
I stayed there a month ago.....the service is horseshit.
Must've been fun, this place has been abandoned for years!
Sewcrafty1013 he might have stayed at the last true HoJos left in Lake George NY. The new HoJos are owned another hotel franchise chain.
Ahhh, maybe so! I guess I didn't read it that way. ;-) Thanks!
The Lake George HoJo is the last HoJo *restaurant*. The motel chain was split off from the restaurants in the mid-1980s when the Mariott Corporation bought them from Howard Jr. and wanted to turn all the restaurants into Big Boys. The restaurant owners balked and formed their own association to continue with the HoJo name but over time they couldn't keep up the good fight and one by one they all disappeared in the mid-90s to early 2000s. Now Lake George (which was never part of a motel) is the only one left and its days may be numbered.
Sewcrafty1013 i thought he was joking as in service was shit because abandoned lol
Interesting video. Stayed in and ate at Howard Johnsons when I was growing up. Brings back memories. Thanks for uploading.
carrier circle inn is what it was before it closed in 02. lost the hojo name in 95
Ha..thank you! I was right...i thought that was the one pn carrier circle
My friends and I used to go there as teenagers. Kinda sad to see the place now. I never did learn to roller skate, but it was fun trying, and the music was great! There weren't many fun places like that for rural kids to go, probably still aren't.
HoJo was the best. Cool colors. Very 60s/70s
These would be much more interesting if you could throw in a little history. When was it built? What do you think killed it? Are Howard Johnsons still around? Thanks!
they said on the news that they're fighting to tear this place down. If the owner doesn't tear it down then the town of do it will have to tear it down themselves. It's a big losing battle locals want it torn down but the owner doesn't want it torn down I think doesn't want to pay to tear it down. they say it's an eyesore and they want to put something else in its place
Lucas Nencetti why wouldn't the owner want to fix it
technology productions 2018 A lot of these abandoned places are still standing because it costs too much to fix, but then it costs money to raze, too. And if you're not making money, then you struggle to invest in doing one or the other. So they just sit on the property, sometimes in hope that anyone who might be interested in buying the land would also want to put their own money into tearing it down.
Matthew Sanges then sell it to someone else who will
technology productions 2018 You didn't really read all of what I said, or perhaps you live in a fantasy land for capitalists. Just because a property is available, doesn't mean someone is going to want to buy it, ESPECIALLY if they need to invest a TON of money to tear down a building that's on that land before they can build and do what they want with it. There's usually other land that can be bought for cheaper than what it might take to fix this one.
I stayed in the hotel next door in around 2002, it was closed at that time as far as I can remember. It sat for YEARS. I also went in that gas station every once in a while. Memories! haha
Grew up a few miles from there. This was the Carrier Circle Inn, then the Howard Johnson Carrier Circle. The restaurant and hotel closed almost 20 years ago. Still a lot of hotels there, but by the time you read this that place will either be torn down or in the process of it. The gas station hasn't been closed as long, maybe 7 years. It used to get robbed a lot.
The Howard Johnson's Motor Lodges and Restaurants where of course famous for the orange roof. If you bought a closed Ho'Jo's it was in the contract you had to paint or change the roof color.
Great Video love old abandoned places like this.
There knocking it down right now as type
Dwight Hollis that sucks.
Here in Nanaimo BC There is a abandoned Howard Johnson Hotel
And I went in it... it was is Absolute gorgeous condition there were pictures old 90s TVs old Serta beds and found keys to the building 2.. GORGEOUS Old 1980s Fans also I saw a old safe & original carpets but also very very creepy long hallways... anyways if u travel to Nanaimo BC you will see a large white & Blue boarded up hotel
You had a big broken out window in the far side of the first orange roofed building. Why not think to peek inside that hole in the glass?
There was a Howard Johnson on Gulf Boulevard on Treasure Island in Florida we ate there all the time heard it was demolished a few years back what a shame.
For the record that thing they typed into that said “Veeder Root” is a tank level monitor for underground storage tanks. I worked in a gas station for quite a while
Great video
Oh man, I remember those orange roofed A-frame style HoJo restaurants from the 60's when I was a small kid. Every Wednesday (I think) was all-you-can-eat fried clam day. Those were the days.
This place has been gone for decades. Our Howard Johnson building is still there, but it's been a cheap motel for years. Still has the colored roof!
well they finally tore this place down I don't remember what they're going to make out of it but I think they're going to make another modern-day Hotel out of it. That's right they actually tore this place down and it no longer exists and I still for so many years in the Syracuse area.
Last time I stayed at a HoJo it looked much like this but the pool had more green water in it then this one here.
man, I miss Ho-Jo's!. :-(
🌟😲 *SERIOUSLY* ... *how did you not know the name* ??? *HOWARD JOHNSON*
*the BIG RED ROOF DEAD GIVEAWAY*🙄 ... Stay Safe 😷 & 💗 Much Love ~😈🔺🦋
With all of that snow they needed a new owner immediately upon closing
Would have made good senior housing conversion.
hey man great videos!! keep it up, i was wondering how the hek you are finding these commericals/asset footage? your videos have great complimentary content
Thank you very much, scouring the web for them lol
Backing.in the 1960s HJ ruled the NJ TURNPIKE.....what happened?
@Richard Conte thank you for the update. So many memories of trips,weddings and family get togethers
Why did Howard Johnson close ? From John in North Carolina.
I like the Howard Johnson hotel and my room was a great experience for me
I heard the rates are good but the cable sucks!
0:27 -- For a touch of most modern and futuristic, have a phone number with "2000"
You should explore the Wyre Forest Glades Leisure Centre in Kidderminster, England, United Kingdom. I Macey also explored it too.
Great Video👍🏻
Where about in the Syracuse area is this?
Diostillrocks, it was at carrier circle right. Near the factory.
Why does the Howard Johnson motel manager take 50 minutes every time I make a new reservation? 🤔
love the videos
Thanks so much
looks nice a nice hotel
creepy!!! what a cool find!
have you ever taken souvenirs from any of these places?
Very rarely, don't like doing that
+Ace's Adventures lol I'd be creeped out there's a ghost or something attached to it, pick up a stick bring it home and crazy things start haunting the house lol
+Ace's Adventures thats the only reason I asked, wanted to know if you did, did your house become haunted lol im a nut
For more on the story: www.highwayhost.org/NewYork/Syracuse/CarrierCircle/carriercircle1.html (history of the property), and www.syracuse.com/business-news/index.ssf/2016/07/another_delay_in_tearing_down_dewitt_howard_johnsons_whats_behind_it.html (Tearing down the property is still postponed due to lack of developer funds)
Ive been looking for a abandon video for Howard Johnson. Ive always wanted to see the inside. The crappy pics on google don't represent what it would actually be..
Since you said you occasionally did other Abandoned places, why don you do one on United States Ocean Liner
Syracuse..where i was born and raised
what are you talking about that place looks sooooo safe.... i would go in the second floor rooms
You know how long it's been closed?
Looks like they didn't make Paces to cover Hotel's. There went their investments dottie dottie dottie I knew of Howard passing away, wonder if it was a different Howard?
Stayed in them allot unfortunately the guy who bought it was arrested for something ugh
How sad, beaten by competition.
I followed you on Twitter just now.
Does Howard Johnson still exist?
Also you should come up to glens falls Ny, the aviation mall is dying but they are trying so hard to make it look like its not, the foodcourt entrance has a big long row of glass that used to be a mcdonalds but was abandoned, tj maxx abandoned their front, the food court is down to two food places and a tiny arcade....its a nice place to check out
+Harry Sheldon (BronyGamer95) thank you i will check it out
there are very few hojos left a lot were sold to best western
+Melissa Ugly thank you
Harry Sheldon you're welcome
looks like a Howard Johnson to me lol
you should cone to Ravena there is another one..
Skate that pool bra!!
You should just get it back to the point where your going on the next time and get it to get your going
Stayed there in its last days as a HoJo, though clean, it was a building that was begging to be put out of it's misery. In its years as the Carrier circle in it was better known for being held up on a daily basis, and rental per hour.
So sad...
Need to wear masks.
Almost like a plague had descended on the place................
Coach roach Motel the light on for you.
1970's...
Too sad....