This Day in History: 1953-07-14
Mynard Greene, the developer of the proposed Route 17 shopping center on Franklin Turnpike, requested permission from the Borough Council to begin construction within ten days. The first to be built will be the Howard Johnson Restaurant on the circle itself. Unfortunately, he explained, he could not begin construction of the rest of the center because he had not yet completed leases for the major tenants. Whatever happened, however, the last thing to be built would be the drive-in theater. Although permission had been given to begin construction of the restaurant the year before, the Council re-passed the permit. (Bristow)