The Tulsa World reported a few days ago that the Tulsa Development Authority paid $800,000 for the venerable Route 66 business, the Metro Diner. It was one part of the University of Tulsa's efforts to buy up property along 11th Street, aka Route 66, to make way for a new entrance to the university. However, … Continue reading Anxious times for the Metro Diner
Day: July 12, 2006
Southwest Museum is closed … now what?
Scott Piotrowski reports that the Southwest Museum of the American Indian, the oldest museum in Los Angeles, has closed and its future is uncertain. There will be a "funeral service" for the museum at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Gold Line Southwest Museum rail station, along with a candlelight vigil that evening at Sycamore Grove … Continue reading Southwest Museum is closed … now what?
Triangle Motel Web site is up
Alan McNeil, the man who seeks to restore the long-closed Triangle Motel at 7954 Amarillo Blvd., aka Route 66, in Amarillo, Texas, recently put up his Web site about his renovation efforts for the 1940s motel. You can find the site here. I held some initial skepticism about McNeil's ability or will to restore it. … Continue reading Triangle Motel Web site is up
Dining & driving on Route 66 in the Midwest
Chicago Sun-Times writer Dave Hoekstra, a longtime supporter of Route 66, tells about some of the Mother Road's favorite dining haunts from Chicago to St. Louis. Hoekstra focuses first on Scotty's Route 66 Restaurant and Bar in Hamel, Ill. But he also gives detailed shout-outs to Lou Mitchell's in Chicago, Dell Rhea's Chicken Basket in … Continue reading Dining & driving on Route 66 in the Midwest
Tulsa’s retro guide to cool
Urban Tulsa, which is that city's alternative weekly, points out some of the best ways to keep cool in Oklahoma's notorious summer heat with a 1950s and '60s flair. Many of these escapes are on old Route 66. For movie-watching, there is the circa 1951 Admiral Twin Drive-In and the restored, circa 1928 Circle Cinema. … Continue reading Tulsa’s retro guide to cool