The historic Cucamonga Service Station in Rancho Cucamonga, California, likely will reopen as an automotive memorabilia museum in July, reported The Press Enterprise. Volunteers of the Route 66 Inland Empire California Association have worked many months to restore the century-old station on Route 66, including unveiling a new paint job and Richfield gas sign in … Continue reading Cucamonga Service Station may reopen by July
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New paint job, sign unveiled for Cucamonga Service Station
The appearance of the once-long-neglected Cucamonga Service Station in Rancho Cucamonga, California, has changed dramatically in recent weeks, including a bright yellow repainting and a replica of the Richfield gasoline sign that once stood atop the building that was unveiled Wednesday. Volunteers of the Route 66 Inland Empire California Association have been working diligently for … Continue reading New paint job, sign unveiled for Cucamonga Service Station
Webb City residents donate money to preserve gas station
Last fall, we reported Webb City, Missouri, was applying for a grant to preserve a 1920s gas station that's just a block off Route 66 in downtown. The city was going to have to come up with its share of the cash. This week, the Joplin Globe reported that residents contributed all of the money … Continue reading Webb City residents donate money to preserve gas station
POPS opening a location in north Oklahoma City
POPS, which quickly became a Route 66 landmark after its opening in Arcadia, Oklahoma, in 2007, will open another restaurant in the north Oklahoma City suburb of Nichols Hills, reported the Edmond Sun newspaper. The new POPS will be in Nichols Hills Plaza on Avondale Drive near Western Avenue and Northwest 63rd Street. It would … Continue reading POPS opening a location in north Oklahoma City
Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue includes a Route 66 section
Sports Illustrated's much-ballyhooed swimsuit edition this year includes a section that was shot on Route 66. That was confirmed by taking a gander at the magazine's cover that was revealed this week: If you can't see it, here's the relevant excerpt: The Route 66 section claims to cover seven of the Mother Road's eight states … Continue reading Sports Illustrated’s swimsuit issue includes a Route 66 section
Restoration planned for Tulsa’s Blue Dome
The owners of the Blue Dome gas station in downtown Tulsa want to restore it to its original look and open it as a special-events center, according to KOKI-TV in Tulsa. Chris and JoAnn Armstrong bought for former gas station about 18 months ago. Built in 1912 as a Gulf station (with an apartment in … Continue reading Restoration planned for Tulsa’s Blue Dome
Owner of Gay Parita Sinclair station dies
Gary Turner, the beloved owner of the Gay Parita Sinclair gas station on old Route 66 west of Halltown, Missouri, died Thursday night. Turner's daughter, Barb Barnes, confirmed his passing Friday morning. Turner had battled health problems in the last few years, including a stroke in 2012 and a lengthy stay in the hospital this … Continue reading Owner of Gay Parita Sinclair station dies
Widow of Bill Shea dies
Helen Shea, the widow of Shea's Route 66 Museum owner Bill Shea Sr., died Monday at a hospice in Springfield, Illinois, according to an obituary from Butler Funeral Homes. She was 96. A Springfield native, she worked at Sangamo Electric and helped run Shea's gas-station museum in Springfield. Bill Shea converted a Marathon station on Route 66 into a museum … Continue reading Widow of Bill Shea dies
One Whiting Bros. sign relighted
The good news last week was that one of the refurbished neon signs at still-operating Whiting Bros. station in Moriarty, New Mexico, was relighted to much fanfare. The bad news was, because of technical problems, the second sign didn't relight. Here's a video from the Mountain View Telegraph newspaper of the relighting. If the embedding … Continue reading One Whiting Bros. sign relighted
Fashion amid the ruins
Photographer Joanna Delys and a crew of assistants did a photo shoot of Route 66 clothing (a European fashion line, I believe) with French model Gaëlle Fromaigeat at the ruins of a gas station. https://youtu.be/-nHeOoYhPAg I think this is along Route 66 at a long-abandoned station in Lela, Texas. Anyone else more sure where it … Continue reading Fashion amid the ruins