Re: Adventure Car Hop

["Paul Hopfgarten" <Hopfgapr@sprynet.com>]

- -----Original Message-----
From: 'A. Joseph Ross' <lawyer@world.std.com>
To: Boston Radio List <boston-radio-interest@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>
Date: Sunday, May 03, 1998 12:19 AM
Subject: Adventure Car Hop


>Well, I went up Route 1 in Saugus and tried to check out the sites that
>were mentioned.  The Diplomat site certainly seems the most likely site,
>given the various forms of confirmation that people have gotten.  It's
>only a short distance up the road from the Computer City site (which was
>my actual destination), and I can see how the two can be easily confused.
>
>OTOH, Shel Swartz says that Arnie Ginsburg told him it was "the parking
>lot of the (Commodore?) hotel, in Saugus," being unable to read his notes.
>I asked if he could confirm that, and he said it was the "Colonial."
>
>Well, I didn't find any "Colonial" hotel on Route 1, though on the
>Southbound side, I saw a sign for a Colonial hotel off Route 1 on Route
>99.

In the 1950's and early 60's, Rte 99 WAS Rte 1 through
Saugus/Malden/Everett, and the Current Rte 1 was called Rte C-1. Hope this
doesn't further confuse people...

- -Paul Hopfgarten
Derry NH

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