{"id":250,"date":"2008-11-25T01:00:30","date_gmt":"2008-11-25T06:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=250"},"modified":"2010-01-07T01:45:20","modified_gmt":"2010-01-07T06:45:20","slug":"the-cinderella-hojo-knox-abbot-drive-2000s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/columbiaclosings.com\/wordpress\/?p=250","title":{"rendered":"The Cinderella HoJo (Howard Johnson's), 500 Knox Abbot Drive: 2000s"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Well, it was bound to happen, but now they're knocking down the \"Cinderella\" Howard Johnson's<\/i> motel on Knox Abbot Drive. This place's claim to fame (aside from being Cayce's first \"national\" motel<\/a>) was the whimsical Cinderella-inspired pumpkin carriage that sat in front of the lobby. This was a Cayce landmark, and the site, I gather, of innumerable high school prom pictures. In fact, in the end, I believe more people cared about what was going to happen to the carriage than cared about the motel going under, per-se. In the end, the carriage was saved and moved to City Hall, leaving the spiral staircases (which you can see in a couple of these shots) as the only touches of whimsy left in the buildings.<\/p>\n

I'm titling this post with HoJo, since that's what everyone remembers, but in fact if I recall correctly, Howard Johnson pulled out years before the actual closure of the motel, leaving it as one of those anonymous low-budget national chains that exist only for reservations purposes.<\/p>\n

I don't go down Knox Abbot that often, so I missed the start of demolition, and it appears that they have already taken down the lobby\/office. I'm a bit concerned that the lot has been bought by CVS. To me that throws up a big question mark over the future of the CVS (the former Parkland Pharmacy) in Parkland Plaza -- The plaza really can't afford to lose that anchor...<\/p>\n

UPDATE 31 March 2009<\/b>: Added Yellow Pages ad from 1970 Southern Bell phonebook.<\/p>\n

UPDATE 24 June 2009<\/b>: The CVS built on the old HoJo site is now open:<\/p>\n

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UPDATE 7 Jan 2010<\/b>: Here is the Cinderella pumpkin carraige now at the Cayce City Hall complex:
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Also added full street address and full hotel name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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