The Rickshaw Inn was a 180 room hotel with a gold-plated roof, which was situated on Route 70 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, opposite Garden State Park and next door to the Latin Casino.
The celebrities & orchestra players performing at "The Latin" often drank in the lobby bar long past the official 2:00AM "last call" mandated by the NJ ABC; but this was winked at by local officials.
Frank Adamucci, a co-owner of the Rickshaw with Domenick Vitese, was shot to death in the lobby of the hotel by a gunman during a botched robbery in 1965.
In the 1980s the Rickshaw was stripped of its Asian-styled decor and golden roof, renovated to externally resemble the new Garden State Park grandstand and renamed the Garden Park Hotel. The Garden Park was not financially successful and was eventually closed over code violations. A plan to convert it into a senior citizens' residence failed, and in 2002 it was demolished. A Mercedes-Benz dealership moved to the site in 2006.
From their photo postcard (1975):
This hotel was a central part of the history of Garden State Park, the Latin Casino, and Golden Triangle, New Jersey.
