After more than two years of inactivity, at least part of the project to restore the historic El Garces Hotel in Needles, Calif., finally will commence again, reported a recent story in the Needles Desert Star. The holdup in the project was getting a ruling on whether a joint development agreement to allow for a transfer of … Continue reading Part of El Garces project to move forward
Month: July 2012
Book review: “Road Trip USA” (sixth edition)
I'm pleased to report that the Route 66 section of the newly published sixth edition of Jamie Jensen's popular "Road Trip USA" (Avalon Travel, 1,002 pages, paperback) contained no errors that I could detect. That seems an unusual way to begin a book review. However, longtime readers of Route 66 News may remember my 2009 … Continue reading Book review: “Road Trip USA” (sixth edition)
Unique art project makes its way down Route 66
A Canadian artist and his assistant are towing a uniquely designed art project down Route 66 with a 1989 Volkswagen Westfalia. The artist stopped at the Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame & Museum on Thursday, reported the Pontiac Daily Leader. The sculpture made of a dozen angled mirrors, called Seed Engine. Artist Randall Anderson of Toronto … Continue reading Unique art project makes its way down Route 66
Was Depew the first Route 66 town to be bypassed?
The jury's still out on exact dates and other historical data. But a roadie has compiled compelling information that indicates Depew, Okla., was the first incorporated Route 66 town to be bypassed -- way back in 1928. When U.S. Highway 66 was certified in 1926, the road made a horseshoe-shaped loop through downtown Depew on … Continue reading Was Depew the first Route 66 town to be bypassed?