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Topic:	Cape Canaveral-area hotels, motels of the 60s

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Your Reply: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	[QUOTE]Originally posted by YankeeClipper: [B]The fate of the Ramada Inn & Wolfie's Restaurant became clear when I chanced upon a November 2003 post on astronomyforum.net by Scott Grissom. When asked if the original Cocoa Beach Holiday Inn still existed, Scott wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE>[i]"Yes it's still all there. the original is only about 1/4 of the new complex. The suites near the ocean are new and what was the Ramada Inn (next door) is part of the Holiday Inn. It's not the same, but it's still there. The Cape Colony (the other side of A1A, which we owned) is there, too." [/i]</BLOCKQUOTE> Close analysis of period postcard photos of the [URL=http://www.anecdotes-spatiales.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Holiday-Inn-Cocoa-Beach-early-60sweb.jpg]Holiday Inn[/URL] and [URL=http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-COS4L7qRVeU/T7yUm6XwAMI/AAAAAAAAGcM/40x4dnsbQt4/s1600/ramada_inn_wolfies_restaurant_cocoa_beach_FL.jpg]Ramada Inn Wolfies[/URL] and [URL=http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4009/5075007384_45180964ff_z.jpg]Ramada Inn[/URL], combined with Google Maps Streetview and Bing Maps Birdseye views, show that the Ramada Inn & Wolfie's did become part of the Holiday Inn. Both the old Holiday Inn and the old Ramada Inn form the present day International Palms Resort. Google Maps Streetview clearly shows the large distinctive portico entrance of the old Ramada Inn, with its 2 rows of 4 columns, still exists now at the International Palms Resort. The original Ramada Inn building at 1100 North Atlantic Ave now has 1300 over the entrance, the same address as the old Holiday Inn and present International Palms Resort. Aerial analysis of the International Palms Resort using Bing Maps shows that the old Ramada Inn building has been retained, and based on differences in roof coloration you can see the old Holiday Inn buildings around the swimming pool which correlate with ground-level period photos. To summarize, as you enter the International Palms Resort from North Atlantic Ave (A1A), the old Holiday Inn is the building to the left of the big arch and the old Ramada Inn is the building to the right. [list][*]1960s: Ramada Inn & Wolfie's Restaurant 2012: International Palms Resort Place: 1300 North Atlantic Ave, Cocoa Beach Note: Ramada Inn was originally 1100 North Atlantic Ave[/list][/B][/QUOTE]
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