tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20621615.post986701354463789804..comments2024-03-27T05:52:02.306-04:00Comments on JB's Warehouse & Curio Emporium: scenes from a shuttered 401 service centreJamiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14965176322903182363noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20621615.post-68438697132926683682016-07-21T22:29:05.546-04:002016-07-21T22:29:05.546-04:00The one time I was down this road 401 westbound. I...The one time I was down this road 401 westbound. I remember seeing a building that had a tall sloped roof with black/brown shingles. It was either a McDonalds or some kind of restaurant. It resembled the old 400 King City service centre - except that it wasn't orange. It was an old design and had block letters on the roof. I have not been able to figure out where that was. I'm pretty sure it was on the eastbound side of the road though.<br /><br />This was in summer of 2003 and the place was somewhere between Cambridge and Chatham-Kent.<br /><br />I suspect it's long gone now, but it's strange that I can't find head nor hair to show of its existence. None of the service centres that were refurbished at any of the major locations seemed to have this elusive structure on them previously.<br /><br />I would almost think I imagined it, but I definitely know I didn't.<br /><br />A very nice article too. I love the quaint designs with the spaceships, log cabins and wacky stuff along the 401 and 400. I regret to say I didn't appreciate them when I was younger and that they are now passed into history.<br /><br />We here in Durham Region had the last surviving 1867 log cabin. It was abandoned for almost 25 years and unfortunately development, vandals, and the ravages of time finally caught up to it and it was demolished sometime between July 2013 and August 2014. It can be seen on Ontario Abandoned Places as "401 truck stop".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com