Millions ate their Thanksgiving turkey at a Hojo’s during the 2oth century. This sign meant something to someone once upon a time in America…

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Published by Matt Weber

Photographing NYC for 25 years, six of them while driving a New York City taxi. Trying very hard to capture the city as life unfolds, meaning I never stage any of my photos! Also I am a close confidant of the immortal Dave Beckerman, (quintessential NYC photographer) and owner of the first photography blog in the known universe.

3 thoughts on “Howard Johnson’s NYC 1985”

  1. We have a massive, old but closed Hojo hotel here in Hamilton. Several years ago, some local architects started an ambitious project to renovate it but soon ran out of money. People still hope for a future reburbishing.

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  3. To bill this as a pic from 1985 is wrong wrong. I think you will find that even though Ho-Jo had their location on 46th & Broadway with a corner sign similar to this one…it was not in neon at that time.

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