Word: motel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Like soft-shell crabs when the cara pace comes off, Americans feel naked and vulnerable outside their cars, and much Yankee ingenuity has been expended to make this unnecessary. First came the carhop, with a four-course meal at the rolling down of a window, and the motel, followed by the drive-in movie and the curbside teller's cage. Last month Macy's announced plans for a department store flanked by a spiral ramp to enable customers to park within a few yards of the counter they want to visit (TIME, April 10). And last week...
...Australians have gone the U.S.'s automotive culture one better with the Motel-Hotel Shandon in Adelaide. The building overlooks a drive-in movie, features picture windows and bedside loudspeakers for sybarites who would rather catch their double bills from a bed than a back seat...
...college vanguard begins when he gets up at about noon, grabs a quick breakfast, and runs for a good spot on the beach. After soaking up an afternoon of sun, he goes to the public dance (early in his stay) or a wild party in someone's motel room (once he has been there for several days). The usual evening includes as much dancing and drinking as humanly possible, and at about 4 a.m. everyone goes to sleep so that he'll wake up in time to spend the next day doing exactly the same thing...
Negotiations are not yet complete, but the motor hotel may offer itself to the public as a "Howard Johnson's Motel...
According to Messer, William B. Tabler '36 of New York City will design the motel. Tabler specializes in tall hotels, and has designed several Hilton Hotels scattered around the country...