Atlanta Cabana Motel
Atlanta Cabana Motel | |
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Teamsters Union | |
Technical details | |
Floor count | 5 |
Design and construction | |
Developer | Jay Sarno |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | ca. 200 |
The Atlanta Cabana Motel was a 200-room
It was one of many flashy hotels developed by casino mogul
Design
The King's Inn restaurant operated at the motor hotel.
Civil Rights Era
In 1962 while visiting Atlanta to give a concert for 5000 people at the city auditorium,
Later years
In 1971 actress Doris Day, part owner of the motor hotel, accused her two business partners, Stanley Mallin and Jay Sarno, of mismanagements. She accused them of paying themselves at least more than $240,000 than they were entitled to between 1961 and 1969. Day claimed she received only $11,783 during the same period for her 13.7% interest, while company records showed payments to Day totaling $21,268.[8]
In 1982 the hotel was a Howard Johnson.[9] In 1986 the hotel was named the Cabaña.[10]
Over the decades the Cabana deteriorated, finally becoming a Quality Inn. A plan by Stang & Newdow[11] around the turn of the 21st century to renovate the Cabana into a boutique hotel was unsuccessful. The Cabana was razed to make way for the Spire.[4]
See also
References
- ^ New York Times, September 7, 1958
- ^ Atlanta History, Volume 44
- ^ "The Players: The Men Who Made Las Vegas", Jack Sheehan, p. 93
- ^ a b "Architectural obituary" of the Atlanta Cabana Motel on Creative Loafing, Jon Buono, April 7, 2002
- ^ St. Joseph Gazette - Jun 8, 1962
- ^ Meriden Record - Jun 7, 1962, p.11
- ^ "White Flight: Atlanta And The Making Of Modern Conservatism", Kevin Michael Kruse, p.209
- ^ "People in the News: Doris Day sues", Palm Beach Post, June 6, 1971, p. 4
- ^ Isabelle Gournay, AIA Guide to the Architecture of Atlanta, p.106
- ^ Advertisement in Black Enterprise for the Cabaña Hotel
- ^ Archinect
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