Photo:Ramada Inn Tower during the “first look” at Walt Disney World. The Colony Plaza Hotel was originally built as a Ramada Inn in 1968. The hotel contained a a lounge, swimming pool, tennis courts, and meeting rooms. It was also the first hotel in Orange County to receive a license to serve liquor with meals [...]
Photo: A mock-up of what the hotel would look like after renovations First opening under the name, Riu Orlando Hotel in 1988, they claimed to have been a 3-star hotel with the luxuries of a 4-star luxury resort. Over the years though, the building required remodeling as guests complained of mold in the showers, outdated [...]
Note: I’m aware the photos are a bit messed up in here and will be fixing it as soon as I find some time. Thank you. Photo: A postcard depicting how the motel looked decades ago. Since the 1940s, U.S. Highway 301 has been used by many as a way to travel between Sarasota and [...]
Photo(Nomeus, 2011 – Flurbex.com): The hotel’s pooldeck was it’s finest features, surrounded by thick walls and palm trees. At the corner of Main and State Streets in Jacksonville sits the Park View Inn, previously one of the city’s premier lodging destinations is now undergoing demolition after years of neglect and contamination. Originally the “Heart of [...]
Photo(Bullet, 2011): The historic hotel has been boarded up ever since vagrants were found living inside after it’s closing. The Dania Beach Hotel was built in 1925, during the Florida land boom, and was designed by renowned architect Francis Abreu. He is best known for his architectural style of using barrel tile roofs, twisted columns, [...]