Quote Originally Posted by EastsideAl View Post
That building does definitely appear to have been a Howard Johnson's. I looks like an older one, like the one that used to be on Mack near Vernier. I'm pretty sure this was built on James Couzens Hwy., before the Lodge was cut through. From the streetview it now appears to be a medical clinic, with a sign that shows 2 pediatricians and a ob-gyn who are DMC-affiliated on one side, and a family planning clinic on the other.

What's really interesting is the other, smaller, building on the property, which also appears to be HoJo related. It even has a little HoJo style cupola on the top. I wonder what it was used for?
If I had to guess, I'd say a service station.