Amenities include “bath and shower combination,” “direct dial phones,” “custom designed furnishings,” “ceramic tiled baths,” “meeting rooms,” and “shuffleboard.”
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Motel Postcards, Circa 1969 – 1980
Published February 16, 2016 '70s Decor/Design/Fashion , Hotels/Motels , Postcards 2 CommentsMotel Postcards, Circa 1972 – 1981
Published November 10, 2015 '70s Decor/Design/Fashion , Hotels/Motels , Postcards 3 Comments
The journey was once part of the vacation. Hell, the journey might have been the vacation.
There’s an arcade cabinet in the game room of the last postcard, but I can’t identify it. Paging Brad Conrad!
UPDATE (11/12/15) Tom at Garage Sale Finds nailed it. The game is Midway’s Stunt Pilot from 1971. The copyright date on the postcard is 1981, but clearly the photos are from the early ’70s.
Nakagin Capsule Hotel Room, Circa 1972
Published November 9, 2015 '70s Decor/Design/Fashion , Hotels/Motels 3 Comments
Also called the BC25 Capsule, Tokyo’s Nakagin Capsule Tower was designed by Kisho Kurokawa and completed in 1972. Although the tower is still letting rooms, it is reportedly endangered by developers who want to build over the architectural marvel, and many of the capsules look like the one below.
2 Warps to Neptune 