[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="600" caption="Photo: Postcard of the Butler Motor Hotel, 1960s; Photographed and published by W. Schermer, Montreal, Quebec."][/caption]   The following article by Spacing Ottawa contributor Mike Steinhauer is cross-posted from VanierNow.ca, a new blog about the one square-mile neighbourhood called Vanier. By the mid 1950s Canada boasted over 3000 motels. The family-run establishments, located on the outskirts of cities along the main entry points, offered free parking and homemade meals at an adjacent restaurant. Ottawa, being a tourist town, had its fair share with almost all located along the Prescott Highway, Montreal Road and the Pembroke Highway. Many of the city’s motels have disappeared but the ghost of Vanier’s Butler Motor Hotel, complete with a stylish 1960s façade, is still visible today.