civilized ku # 264-67 ~ my Friday night room
Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 12:32PM 
Dear Meadows Motel & Cottages ~ Adirondacks / Inlet, NY • click to embiggenDependent upon one's personal likes / dislikes, one of the preeminate charms / banes of Adirondack tourism is the "classic" late 50s / early 60s-era mom&pop-run roadside motel. They are, quite literally, everywhere.
Some, like Dear Meadows, are meticulously maintained - clean, comfortable, and with a modicum of modern amenities like cable tv and in-room coffee makers. Although, like the Dear Meadow sign indicates, "Phone" means that there is a phone somewhere on the premise but it won't be in your room. However, on the plus side, one phone is much better than no phone because, more often than not, like in Inlet there will also be no cell service either.
The reason for the plethora of 50s/60s-era motels in the Adirondacks is due mainly to the 50s/60s-era advent of the interstate highway system after which tourism in the Adirondacks went into a serious 3 decades-long decline. People in the region were going on vacation much farther afield and, quite obviously, taking their tourism dollars with them. Consequently, very little "upgrading" of accommodation facilities took place. In fact, many traditional and glorious Adirondack lodges / inns went the way of the burn-it-down-for-firefighter-practice due to financial insolvency.
Reader Comments (1)
50/60's motels in the Adirondak region would make an interesting larger project. Underway?