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Abandoned | Clearwater Beach | Demolished | Florida | Hotels | Roadside
The Ritz Hotel – Clearwater Beach, FL
Back in the 1970’s my family would from time to time spend a week or so in Clearwater Beach, FL, and we would stay at the interstingly named Ritz Hotel. Usually a lodging establishment with the name of “The Ritz” would invoke images of a grand resort, but in this case it was more of…
Amusement Parks | Arcades | Daytona | Hotels | Roadside
Daytona Beach – just after Hurricane Matthew – October 13 2016
Daytona Beach just after Hurricane Matthew, October 13, 2016. This first group of pictures is on A1A and the Hilton Hotel. The hotel I was originally booked in for the night, The Plaza, didn’t are too well as you can see; in fact it looked a bit like The Tower of Terror in one picture. The…
Florida | Hotels | Restaurants | Roadside | Stores
Perry Hotels/Motels/Restaurants – Perry, FL
On one of my jaunts down US 27 to Central Florida I finally took time to stop and get a few snaps of the various hotels/motels/etc around Perry, FL, which at one point, before the interstates I’m sure, appears to have been a major stopping point for Yankees heading south, but today is just barely…
Abandoned | Demolished | Hotels | Tallahassee
The Collegiate Village Inn – Tallahassee, FL
Built in 1971, this was a 160 unit motel with what was billed as a large lobby area, restaurant and conference rooms. It was two stories with concrete block construction and a brick veneer. The property was 3.4 acres and zoned CP “Commercial” with 400 feet frontage and a full median cut. The 2007 property…
So Long Lafayette – April 2014
Lafayette Motel Tallahassee, FL April 22, 2014 This is another one from the old Blog Host that stayed in draft mode forever. It was uploaded on June 11, 2016 but the pictures are from 2014. The pictures were also taken on an older phone so the quality and size aren’t as good as we’re getting…
Abandoned | Hotels | Jacksonville | Restaurants | Roadside
Other Jacksonville places gone by
August 11, 2012