tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post2730750367389157281..comments2024-03-28T13:28:12.539-04:00Comments on Brady's Bunch of Lorain County Nostalgia: That 1953 Lorain VideoDan Bradyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-49233287621595170072013-07-23T18:09:43.570-04:002013-07-23T18:09:43.570-04:00Dan: I grew up there. Let me know if I can help fi...Dan: I grew up there. Let me know if I can help fill in some gaps, also.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01871657093433239316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-24419963964715677632013-04-24T14:30:59.494-04:002013-04-24T14:30:59.494-04:00Hi Brian,
I really appreciate the information abo...Hi Brian,<br /><br />I really appreciate the information about the motel, as I've been working on a multi-part follow-up to the original post about it. I've also been over there a few times to get some "now" photos, and I found a few old articles in the C-T as well.<br /><br />If you have time to email me directly, I have a few questions that you might be able to help me with!<br /><br />Thanks, again!Dan Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-54861089256638021892013-04-21T19:47:21.730-04:002013-04-21T19:47:21.730-04:00My step-father's father was the guy behind the...My step-father's father was the guy behind the Holiday Inn. His name was Frank Koniewskowsky,which he shortened to "Konik" when he emigrated from Poland in the early part of the 20th century. He lived on the west side of Cleveland, where he owned a block of buildings. An entrepreneur, Frank bought the property at Liberty Avenue/Lake Road in the early 1950's,because he knew that it was smack-dab on the route to the vacation destinations to the west: Cedar Point, Port Clinton, Kelly's Island, Put-in-Bay, etc. This was before the Interstate freeway would bypass the area. Frank installed his sons Richard (my step-father) and Robert as owner/operators of the motel and adjacent restaurant. He named it after the epic Bing Crosby/Danny Kaye movie, and subsequently became entangled with the other Holiday Inn. He settled with the corporate boys & changed the name to simply "Holiday" and left the Inn part out. The restaurant was the Holiday Steak House, which my step-father operated until late 1974. Bob Konik turned the motel into apartments, which he rented out until his death in the early '90s.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17211291407062439922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-5734242085319834252013-04-05T15:02:03.756-04:002013-04-05T15:02:03.756-04:00I just saw this video....sure and it makes your he... I just saw this video....sure and it makes your heart ache....how'd we let all this slide?-Alan D Hopewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588625423455924651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-63524361678343821992013-04-02T16:20:12.364-04:002013-04-02T16:20:12.364-04:00Thanks for the verification, Drew! I used the old ...Thanks for the verification, Drew! I used the old LSE schedule you sent me a few years ago to figure out where Stop 120 is.<br /><br />I'm going to see at the library if the Holiday Inn Motel actually had an address instead of just the Stop 120 designation.Dan Bradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02118939034032765664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-74906119245338011592013-04-02T15:57:22.065-04:002013-04-02T15:57:22.065-04:00Somehow, I've managed to miss this....when I&#... Somehow, I've managed to miss this....when I'm next at the Hillsboro Library, I'm gonna have to look this up.-Alan D Hopewellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588625423455924651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8321103554333725644.post-74732733932890677402013-04-02T15:12:24.792-04:002013-04-02T15:12:24.792-04:00I can't say if that is definitely the same pla...I can't say if that is definitely the same place shown in the film, but it is exactly where stop 120 on the Lake Shore Electric/Lake Shore bus line was.Drew Penfieldhttp://www.lakeshorerailmaps.comnoreply@blogger.com