EXPLORING Old Hotel Before DEMOLITION (Scranton Red Carpet Inn) / Part 1
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- In this video we are going to Explore an Old Hotel before Demolition. The Scranton Red Carpet Inn has become an Eyesore and I was able to obtain permission to have this whole property to myself for a few hours. In this part 1 video we will cover the exterior of the property and head inside to the main building to see what is left. As you'll see, this place has seen better days and won't be missed as a hotel.
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If you enjoyed this video, make sure to watch part 2 where I share what is replacing this hotel.
►Early look at the hotel: accessnepa.com/photo-blog/a-look-back-holiday-inn-scranton
►Part 2: czcams.com/video/1Mvlbm2UVXU/video.html
For sure!!! Nice to hear that little girl giggle haha🤗! Thank you for the tour!
Looking forward to part two : }
What a shame the link isn’t available in my country, would love to see the early photos.
@@jackiemyall1953 try this link: accessnepa.com/photo-blog/a-look-back-holiday-inn-scranton
@@JPVideos81 tried the link access denied.
Great video as always. Eager for part 2! I hope you are feeling stronger everyday. Love to Jill, Lili and you.
Great explore. Can't wait for part 2.
In the early 80's, my father had a small engine and lawnmower repair business in Mt Cobb called Ray's Repair Service. He was a Briggs and Stratton dealer. Briggs would have a yearly seminar for area dealers showcasing new engines, parts and tools. I was 15 at the time and this was the first time he took me with him. We were in the ballroom on January 28, 1986, the day of the Shuttle Challenger disaster. About 2 in the afternoon, the seminar was over and we were heading home. I remember coming out of the elevator and walking towards the front desk and the woman working saying "The shuttle blew up, here watch this" so a bunch of us stood there watching a small black and white TV and watched the footage. We had no idea it happened until over 2 hours after the rest of the world.
That's a memory you'll never forget. Thanks for sharing.
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When maintained these vintage motels (definitely not a hotel) are pretty cool!! Lot’s of travel memories .... not to mention college day shenanigans!!! Lol
Motels you drive up to you room or the direct area the room is. Hotels you go in and get to your room. I had to look it up years ago lol. You are correct.
It's sad seeing a hotel being demolished but, if it's for safety reasons, I understand. I just wish it could have been turned into an apartment type building.
Check out part 2 to see what the plans are.
Thank you for doing what you do. Catching up on your videos now, your old abandoned videos are comfort videos for me. I obnoxiously talk about mundane info I’ve learned from your videos and I can’t get enough. I appreciate what you do so much, and it’s keeps me intrigued. Just signed up to your patreon. Keep on keepin on!! 😍
Thank you so much. I hope you also enjoy some of my other content as well (check playlists). And thank you for signing up 😊💙
Great video, JP. I love abandoned videos. This place looks a lot bigger inside than the outside. Can't wait for part 2!
Thanks Kat. I was suprised as well with how large it is.
i thought that place closed years ago. Had no idea how huge it was. Another great tour. Thanks!
It's surprisingly large
Awesome video Jay, love it when you go through these old hotels. Can't wait to see part 2.
Thanks!
Cool video! I remember seeing this hotel, whenever I went to Scranton. Never stayed in it though.
Looking forward to watching Part 2!
I had my wedding reception in their banquet facilities back in 1991. It was Best Western University Inn at that time, I believe. It was very nice. They had a consultant there that worked with us on setting up the event. The restaurant at that time was Numbers, and it was a pretty good dining experience in those days. I remember going there for dinners with friends into the early 2000s. It sure went downhill over the past couple of decades. Glad to see that something new is coming there, and I hope it all works out well for the city.
Thanks for watching and commenting
JP, really enjoyed your awesome abandoned hotel video! Can't wait for part 2!
Thanks!
@@JPVideos81 you're welcome!
There was another building across Franklin Avenue that was later sold and reopened as the Holiday Manor Nursing Home. It was across from the main parking lot of the Holiday Inn. Now used for monthly parking.
I remember that also. I serviced the fire alarm a few times there.
Great video JP! Sure hope ya'll are feeling better and ready for a Happy new year!
Thanks. Happy early new year to you.
I love that you are doing this for us. This was built well in the day. I keep imagining Christmas office parties etc going in there.
Great video. I hope you took the staff stairs down instead of the main stairs. With no railings it looked dangerous. Can't wait to see the second part.
Very awesome JP, really interesting explore! It seems sad to think that the hotel is going to be demolished. Scary with no railings on the steps, it was cool looking down the spiral though. Love that 70s room and it was neat to find that pink bunny too! Looking forward to Part 2 now! Thank you so much, great video!
Places like this are an eyesore, so it's good to hear that something useful will take its place. Part 2 will have more info.
.The rabbit was a nice surprise : } Always fun to find a toy .. Glad you were able to explore the place before it was demolished ....thanks for taking us along .Hope you are feeling better everyday......and only good things come in the new year.
Wasn't expecting to see a pink nightmare bunny lol
Awesome video JP, definitely a 70s light fixture. Look forward to seeing part 2👍👍👍👍👍
This just just crazy to see you where here my buddy's dad owns both national bakery and the national pastry, he bought some stuff from the basement me my buddy's dad came here after the auction to get the stuff it was a rainy day tho sadly but I could have come close to seeing jpvideos himself. Scranton Pa is my home town and it's just so cool to see a upcoming CZcamsr coming to my home town. Also did a really good job on getting everything in the video i know I'm late to comment this but I figured I'd leave this here keep the good work up jp
Very interesting explore! Looking forward to part 2.
thanks for sharing this jp hope you guys had a good christmas :D really interesting explore! It seems sad to think that the hotel is going to be demolished
Thanks Rob, same to you
Welcome back I love your video 👍
Great video. Glad its two parts, really gives us a thorough look at this place.💜
Thanks. Part 2 comes out tonight.
You guy's create such great 👍😊 videos 🙂! I love ❤️ seeing what's left behind in these places. It is sad however when these places are demolished. Just to think 🤔 of all the people that once stayed in the hotel.
Simply memerizing! Always enjoy these peeks into the past. Hard to believe this was a vibrant hotel back in the day! Thank you.
It indeed was, several decades ago 🙂
Awesome video. I stayed here a few years ago, the whole motel was run down and there was a stray cat in my room 🤣
That pool had to have been the coldest pool I've swam in. Thanks for uploading.
do you consider the cat a good thing or a bad thing?
We've had some doozies here in our town. One was Ramada inn that's gone best ends they pulled their name because the people that bought them rented into the ground now it's called best inns of America. I've seen a lot of changes in this little town in 45 years since I've been here.
Pattel here 2 😂
Glad your back we missed u
Great video! 👍
nice cant wait to see part 2 ❤❤ stay safe love ya
This was super interesting! I love it when you do abandoned places (this one ws not technically abandoned, but still...) I'd like to know what they're gonna develop there, can't wait for pt.2! we should have a little competition, see who guesses. I say a strip mall? or office spaces?
Thanks for checking it out. Part 2 will be out soon.
Very sad..but thanks for showing love watching buildings that go back
Thanks for the tour!
Nice video. It was definitely updated in the 80's or possibly later. I was expecting to see old 26 pair centrex phone cables, but I didn't.
nice exploration JP ... always love the adventures ...
very interesting video.... always kind of sad to see any place in such disrepair and of course too far gone to save. Thanks for the video, i will be looking for part 2
Those stoves were probably from the mid 70s to early 80s flat-top. The round areas are for pots and skillets only. The narrow ovens were for grilling steaks, etc.
Thanks for the info
@@JPVideos81 I used to be a fry cook at a Denny's restaurant in the late 70's. I used equipment very much like that.
That was a awesome place at one time. Thanks for sharing JP.
Have a great day 👋
Thanks, you too!
Cool they let you in to check it out !! Its in pretty bad shape .....I bet it was a nice place to stay at one time ....sad. Definitely a big place for sure . Great job with part 1!! Can't wait to see part 2 !! 👍👍
It was "the place" to stay up until the mid 80s. Then greed took over and the place was left in disrepair.
Thank you for sharing!
Good video! Can't wait for part 2.
Sorry it's been so long since I left a comment, been watching, just been hitting the like button, Happy Holidays
Really enjoyed this vid
In my entire life I've never seen or heard of any places not allowing food or drinks in the rooms, no wonder they had low ratings
Wow...
I went through the pictures of this place, and you may have stood exactly where Mohammed Ali stood in either the ballroom or conference rooms..
That's crazy..
And Hene Roddenberry was there as well..
Way cool history JP, way cool..
Peace from South Carolina my friend..
Thanks for the great explore JP!! Love that 70’s era swag lamp!! It’s a shame that a hotel/motel like that was left to deteriorate to the point of no return 😟 Hope your feeling better 👍🏻✌🏻💕
Thanks so much Cindy
Hard to believe this was functioning (although barely) just earlier this year. Ready for part two! Glad you used the creepy little girl in the intro, I’ve missed her!! 💖💙💖💙💖💙💖💙
She was itching to come back 🙂
Yay! Great to see your videos again! Hope you guys are doing well
Thanks. I'm getting better each day.
I bet when that was built in 1963, it was mind boggling to the public. It is absolutely huge. And the amenities were probably quite grand.
The story is rather sad how it went from something brand new and extremely popular to run down with a bad reputation.
Back from 94-2000 when I lived in Wilkes barre, I was a dj and concert promoter. If I’m not mistaken, this is the motel we put the Notorious Big, Craig Mack and mobb deep in, in April 1995 after the concert they did at the Scranton cultural center. So.. yes.. biggie smalls stayed at this hotel with his wife Faith Evans and his crew back in 95 when he first started out lol. We didn’t have much money so we couldn’t afford to put him at the Lackawanna station hotel 😂😂
That's great info. Thanks for sharing!
A good one JP. THANKS!!! 😃👍
Great job!
@JP VIDEOS you are 100% correct on motel vs hotel. Thank you
Love the roam about something I would enjoy doing X
I can't believe that nobody mentioned that if you look in the early look link, then present, you'll see that at some point they filled in half the pool! Used to be twice as large! JP I was waiting for you to mention it lol, great videos :)
I missed that, but thanks for pointing it out.
The scalloped drapes in the lobby are probably original fron the 60's
Good to see you again. Hope. You. Had. A. Merry Christmas and. Your. Family. Like. Video
Thanks Sally
I remember attending events at this place. My college awards banquet was even held here. When I was younger they even had a poolside happy hour which was always crowded. Lots of great memories from this place from When it was the Holiday Inn.
It was always run down and full of questionable people for as long as I can remember. Glad you have some good memories from it.
Hi JP! Thank you for taking us; sad to see that they were renting it out just a few months ago. Looks like it was a welfare motel/ hotel mainly and got a few guests that didn’t realize what kind of a place it was. It’s a shame when places are not kept up. Much appreciated; Looking forward to part 2. Happy new year and God bless you and your family in 2022! …..🌝
I definitely feel bad for whoever stayed there within the last 10yrs.
Hi Jay, I hope you are enjoying the holidays, this place would have been really nice back in the day, I can't believe Muhammad Ali was there before on of his fights which is very cool. I liked the design of the bar area downstairs, I bet it looked real nice with the accent lighting sparkling off the glasses.
The ballroom/conference area was absolutely huge and I loved the look of the chandelier's, they must have looked so pretty lit up.
Thanks for sharing, much love. xx 🎄❤
I was shocked to see that too about Ali. Pretty cool.
@@JPVideos81 Yup definitely, I'm looking forward to part 2 😉 x
At 15:50, I like the way you went right into the drone footage and back again.
Thanks! I always like to give different views & perspectives.
That was really cool it just goes to show you how the world is revolving,and some things aren't used as much anymore , unfortunately.
Thanks Jay,
Another one becomes dust
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Here in England we call it disabled and to here you guys say handicapped brings back memories when we used to say that. I am disabled I am a wheelchair user my husband pushes me poor sod ha ha. Anyway its so nice to see you again Jay I love your exploring and paranormal videos. Thank you for sharing footage of inside this place. Its always a shame to know that a hotel establishment is going to be knocked down but was already in disrepair. To take extra money for fridges is a little too steep to me. They didn't seem to want to pay for modernising inside those rooms etc. No wonder why they closed it down. Closed for ongoing renovations .. When you said ha that's funny I laughed too hee hee. Omg theres a toy its officially abandoned . Im glad I said to place that on your t shirts huni .. I do want one of those t shirts do you deliver to UK?
You can check the merchandise shop for shipping options.
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@@JPVideos81 thanks Jay its great to be back watching your channel Happy New Year to you and your family xx
I remember there was a building across Franklin Street, that had interior hallways. Later it became Holiday Manor nursing home.
Too bad that the building is being demolished and not refurbished for another purpose. So many motels become owned by people that don't maintain or keep them up and this happens, such a waste with the cost of building/ replacement of them.
Jay hope that you, Jill and Lili had a good Christmas. Don't rush yourself with recovery of Covid, it takes time and patience; it will happen but not at the pace you want. Thanks for another great explore 👊👍🖖
Part 2 will share the details of the plans after demolition. And you're 100% right. It's a slow process to recover and I'm taking it day by day and making progress.
Jay,
That restaurant sign tells it all.
Either the people who stayed there in the last days were low life or the owners had
a really bad attitude.
The reviews of the restaurant would indicate a declining, poorly managed business.
So now it will soon be demolished and who knows what the area will become.
Happy New Year:)
Rik
Merry Christmas ☃️🎄 and happy 😁 New Year 🥳❤️ hope to bring more, exciting videos for 22
Very nice before-and-after effect at 28:34. I was wondering where exactly the lobby/check-in area was. The entryway layout seems strange to me, having a wall right in your face after you go through the doors. Looking forward to Part 2!
I agree. It threw me off at first.
Waiting for part 2
Damn, bad condition now but was probably cool in the 60’s. I would’ve loved to have bought some of those circular metal air diffusers in the lobby ceilings…
1963 wow. Travel at its best. Big land hatch station wagons and sticking to the seats with siblings touching you lol
My hometown.
Businessmen from India have a terrible record when it comes to maintaining motels they purchase. Most end up being used by prostitutes or drug addicts. Sorry, it's simply a fact.
I was thinking the same thing myself ,as soon as I see who owned it ,I worked for one in Delaware ,they will not put money into anything ,but yet r millionaires,it's true
Years ago I stayed at a hotel, think it was a Holiday Inn, that had the same sign by their breakfast area. I wanted to take some cereal and milk and a couple of donuts up to the room for myself, my ex and 2 boys who were really little then to tide us over until we could go for a real breakfast. I asked the clerk about it and she said I could do that. The reason they had that sign was to stop people from taking like a half a box of breakfast bars or a whole box of donuts. They even had people come in off the street and "steal" stuff. I asked if that stopped it. She laughed and said it cut it down a lot but didn't stop it totally. Looking forward to part 2.
Makes sense
Looks like one of the outdated rent by the week motels that people lived in. Being a Holiday Inn, I bet it was snazzy when it first opened.
JP you should take a black light with you the next time you explore a hotel it would be interesting for sure
That's a good idea
Wow! What a shame that it was not took care of properly. My mom cleaned hotels and motels for 24 yrs. From the time I was 2wks old until I was 6, I was at moms job with her everyday. The hotel owner set a crib up in the office so mom could come and tend to me whenever she wanted. I remember sitting in a little kids rocker and watching black n white TV with Faye and Harry the owners.. They would give me a cold bottle of Coke with peanuts...😁When I was old enough to walk I would go with mom and help all I could.. I knew how to make a bed with hospital corners when I was 3 😊. She would open the doors on the checkouts and I would strip the beds and throw all the covers over the rails as well as all the garbage. Momma would go by with her cart pick it all up and take everything to laundry. There was an old man who lived at the end of the hotel in like an efficiency apartment in the winter. He would come down from New York to sunny Florida to stay warm. He had the coolest organ ever!!!! The thing had three tiers. He taught me how to play it. 🙂 He wasn't kin to me but I would call him grandpa...lol. By the way, a hotel is 2 story and a motel is 1 story. Enjoyed the video. Upcoming basement looks creepy...😱
Wow, that's some vivid memories. But pretty interesting to hear them. Thanks for sharing.
@@JPVideos81 Heck I can remember my second birthday...lol. I get it from my mom. She was born in 1927 and she could remember back to the age of three. Lol
Michael Scott must have managed this place too!...lol
Good to see you back
Hope your taking it easy and not pushing to fast to get back on.
Going to be interesting to see how they bring it down. Too bad it's not in better shape.
KC is redoing an abandoned building to house the homeless.
Thanks Edith. I'm slowly getting better.
Too bad not renovated for homeless
Also, the ovens with the hand wheels are typically vegetable steamers.
It used to be a Best Western I think, many decades ago. It was a hole even back then in the 80s-90s. Oh yes, I see all that is covered on the linked history page above. I forgot that it was also the University Inn for a while also.
I'm a sucker for old wallpaper...that tree pattern...😍😍...I'd pay $ for that.
😁
Just skip to 19:30 and the urbex starts
😶
I love looking at old buildings.
I love architecture and history of the buildings but the real reason is I always see things that make me want to take wax rubbings for texture in my abstract art.
35:03 Christmas decoration!!
so sad the building being torn down :..(instead of being fix up
Cute bunny
Would this be anywhere near the Dunder Mifflin offices? LOL
Right down the street 😁
That place has always seemed run down to me, even before it closed!
I think the late 80s, early 90s was the last time it was in decent condition.
I wonder if they would let you film the green building in Olyphant...
There is a partial Howard Johnson sign at 38:14. They must have had the motel at some time in the past.
Yes, you'll see more signage in part 2
I really miss your Christmas videos
Hopefully next Christmas season works out better.
At 5:07, you mentioned google map images(in the 80's). I have been looking for those years on a map with no success. Google Earth starts at 1992 and Penn Pilot stops at 1970. How do you find the images from the 80's?
I have google earth pro and can go back to 1985, but images don't always load. I also use this: www.historicaerials.com/
I can't find it now to mark it, but did I see an abandoned Christmas decoration (candy cane) at the top of the stairs somewhere?
In theory kitchen equipment like that would have alot of regular maintenance & thus last longer
It’s sad that it has to come down but something modern will take it’s plae. What are they to build there JP? Anyway, you can only renovate a toilet before you just have to flush it.
More details in part 2
That’s a shame. What’s being built in its place?
Part 2 will have the info on what the plans are.
Bangkok in Philippines and such like that five or 600 years old OK yeah and that’s an old hotel please give me a break.
38:25 Appears to possibly been a Howard Johnson Inn at one time.
You'll see more evidence of that in part 2