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Moon Winx shut down
Posted on 3/15/23 at 5:59 pm
Posted on 3/15/23 at 5:59 pm
Dark times are upon us. What’s next - Ole English Inn?
City Closes Historic Moon Winx Lodge For Code Violations
City officials confirmed the closure by the health department on Wednesday due to multiple code violations
City Closes Historic Moon Winx Lodge For Code Violations
City officials confirmed the closure by the health department on Wednesday due to multiple code violations
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Posted on 3/15/23 at 6:05 pm to Alabama_Fan
Man. I spent many a night at the ole Moon Winx.
Not really.
Not really.
Posted on 3/15/23 at 6:13 pm to Alabama_Fan
Imagine living there.
Posted on 3/15/23 at 6:28 pm to Alabama_Fan
Man, I jerked it in room 8A like 10 times before. I can't believe this.
Posted on 3/15/23 at 6:31 pm to Alabama_Fan
Posted on 3/15/23 at 6:36 pm to Alabama_Fan
Actually stayed there a night while a student. Landlord put me up there when the heater went out one winter. It wasn’t too bad then, but that was 1988.
Posted on 3/15/23 at 6:38 pm to East Coast Band
i hope someone buys the sign and keeps it up somewhere
Posted on 3/15/23 at 7:45 pm to Alabama_Fan
At least the sign still works. Or it did last time I drove by
Posted on 3/15/23 at 9:14 pm to UltimaParadox
One time my friends were driving behind me and they didn’t know I saw them behind me. We were going down University East at about 10 PM so as a joke I hit a quick turn into the Moon Winx and got a call about 30 seconds later with everyone yelling at me about what I was doing there. I told them I was meeting an older lady-friend and hung up Obviously I called back and revealed the joke a couple minutes later
Obviously I called back and revealed the joke a couple minutes later Posted on 3/15/23 at 9:24 pm to _Hurricane_
Such a shame they are closing, they had one of the best hourly rates in town.
Posted on 3/20/23 at 1:05 pm to Legba007
Someone bought the sign years ago.
Posted on 3/24/23 at 11:17 am to Alabama_Fan
I read somewhere that Bear use to have his players stay there the night before a game that was played in Tuscaloosa.
I guess at some point, it must have been a decent motel.
I guess at some point, it must have been a decent motel.
Posted on 3/24/23 at 1:33 pm to BamaMamaof2
I too have rented a room there in 1967.
Good times were had by all.
Good times were had by all.
Posted on 3/30/23 at 12:57 pm to Herman Frisco
Where will the Moon Winx go? Iconic sign removed after lodge closed down
One less beacon marks the Alberta sky, as workers removed the iconic Moon Winx sign Monday, a grinning neon crescent that shone from the sweeping curve rising to the 3410 University Blvd. E. motel for more than 60 years.
It glowed on and off, at least, as constant need for upkeep lead once-owner Jay Patel to seek buyers at least as far back as 2016. Kip Tyner, the Tuscaloosa City Council president and Alberta councilman, posted Monday evening that the landmark sign, emblematic of 1950s and '60s Tuscaloosa when Alberta was an upscale shopping and entertainment a go-to destination, is "gone."
As yet there's no word where the sign may show, but Tyner did note it probably wouldn't be seen in Tuscaloosa. Other media outlets reporting that the Moon Winx sign would pop up in Birmingham are inaccurate, he said.
One less beacon marks the Alberta sky, as workers removed the iconic Moon Winx sign Monday, a grinning neon crescent that shone from the sweeping curve rising to the 3410 University Blvd. E. motel for more than 60 years.
It glowed on and off, at least, as constant need for upkeep lead once-owner Jay Patel to seek buyers at least as far back as 2016. Kip Tyner, the Tuscaloosa City Council president and Alberta councilman, posted Monday evening that the landmark sign, emblematic of 1950s and '60s Tuscaloosa when Alberta was an upscale shopping and entertainment a go-to destination, is "gone."
As yet there's no word where the sign may show, but Tyner did note it probably wouldn't be seen in Tuscaloosa. Other media outlets reporting that the Moon Winx sign would pop up in Birmingham are inaccurate, he said.
Posted on 4/1/23 at 1:46 pm to Alabama_Fan
I'm from out of town and needed a place to stay before the 2013 LSU game. Found the Moon Winx. I walked to BDS and back from the motel. It was pretty gross then and there was definitely more than 6 people living there!
Posted on 4/1/23 at 9:52 pm to Alabama_Fan
Didn't they have hourly rates? 
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