{"id":628,"date":"2019-01-25T21:57:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-25T21:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/site\/?page_id=628"},"modified":"2019-04-01T17:59:45","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T17:59:45","slug":"knox-motel","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.swankpad.org\/site\/knoxville-then-and-now\/knox-motel\/","title":{"rendered":"Knox Motel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Knoxville, Tennessee – Then and Now <\/h2>\n\n\n\n


Knox Motel – 7 miles north on Highway 25W <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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\n\nOne of two great signs! Notice on the left you can just see another building. It turns out to be the Clark Motel.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here it is today. The signs are both gone. It is still renting rooms though.
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\n\nYou can see the tree tops behind the motel and know it’s early Spring. Gray skies. No one is going in that pool!\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Notice the “TV” tower back there…
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Is this it on the Clark next door?
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\n\nLooks like more gals by the pool. Someone had some daughters, or good friends, or…\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here you see the little building where the sign was and the left of the courtyard.
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\n\nThis was where the old building and sign was I guess.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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More of the Clark next door. Notice the neon arrow on the side that used to “point” by crunching and growing. The last time I was there at night (maybe 1990) the neon on the TV was still barely working. I wonder if it is today. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Well, here it is in a later card with the TV tower and no awning.
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Here is a later one with the awning and the tower. Those trees got a lot bigger!
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And two earlier cards with no tower. I vote that it was from the Knox Motel.
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The motel.
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An old sign next door.
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