A Final Few Scoops of PistachioAn interesting piece about the closing of the Times Square HoJo's.
"For nearly a half-century, this Howard Johnson's has been an orange-and-blue stitch in the crazed Times Square quilt, dispensing clam strips and milkshakes to the wide-eyed masses.... Human nature almost demands that you weep for Howard Johnson's, as it prepares to take its place beside other sentimental Times Square discards: the Horn & Hardart Automat, Hubert's Museum, on and on. But if you were honest, you would admit to liking the thought of Howard Johnson's more than the reality of it. "BINGO!