Pizza Marketing Quarterly reports that a third location of Barney's Beanery will open Memorial Day weekend at 99 E. Colorado Blvd. in the Old Town section of Pasadena, Calif. The newest Barney's Beanery is a near replica of the original West Hollywood Beanery's rowdy atmosphere – complete with road signs, hanging movie and music mementos, … Continue reading New Barney’s Beanery site opens this weekend
Category: History
Chicago-area Route 66 book coming out
Dave Clark, aka The Windy City Warrior, announced yesterday he would launch his book, "Exploring Route 66 in Chicagoland: Journeys Through History on the Mother Road in Cook County, Illinois," at 2 p.m. Sunday at the Joliet Area History Museum. The launch would be part of Clark's slide presentation of historic sites along Route 66. … Continue reading Chicago-area Route 66 book coming out
Preservationists excavate old pedestrian tunnel
Illinois Route 66 preservationist extraordinaire John Weiss and his crew on Saturday dug out part of a pedestrian tunnel that once was used to walk under Route 66 in Odell, Ill., according to a report by the Bloomington Pantagraph. About 30 volunteers from the association and town members helped to dig up the first four … Continue reading Preservationists excavate old pedestrian tunnel
New Route 66 book coming out in June
Russell Olsen announced yesterday that the second volume of his "Route 66 Lost & Found" will be out June 1. In case you're unfamiliar with it, Olsen collects vintage photographs of businesses and landmarks along Route 66 and juxtaposes them with modern-day photographs from the same angle. It's an interesting and often sobering look at … Continue reading New Route 66 book coming out in June
Well said
The Joplin Globe has a good editorial about Route 66. Go read it.
Building on Route 66 considered for National Register
The Kansas City InfoZine reports that the Missouri Advisory Council on Historic Preservation on Friday is considering 23 nominations for the National Register of Historic Places. Here's one on the Mother Road: The Henry Schneider Building was an early and long-lived commercial garage on U.S. Route 66 in Springfield, Greene County. The one-story, three-unit brick … Continue reading Building on Route 66 considered for National Register
Sleeping with the stars (sort of)
Buck Wolf of ABC News has a list of places where you can sleep where movie and music stars once laid their heads. Two are on Route 66. One is at the Oatman Hotel in Oatman, Ariz., where Carole Lombard and Clark Gable honeymooned in 1939. It's Room 15, and it can be yours for … Continue reading Sleeping with the stars (sort of)
Catching the ol’ No. 844
Route 66 roadie Brian Kreimendahl went to catch the Union Pacific Railroad's historic No. 844 steam engine as it powered its way into the Route 66 towns of Tucumcari and Santa Rosa, N.M., last week as part of its South Express History Tour. Brian has a lot of nice photos on his site here, including … Continue reading Catching the ol’ No. 844
A bittersweet anniversary
KSDK-TV in St. Louis points out this excellent but (for me) bittersweet Web site by the Missouri Department of Transportation on the 50th anniversary of the interstate highway system. The site contains a lot of interesting history and photos (including ones displayed here). But it's bittersweet to read because the interstates nearly sounded the … Continue reading A bittersweet anniversary
New murals being painted in Barstow
The San Bernardino County Sun has a story about a volunteer group called Main Street Murals and its efforts along the main drag of Barstow, Calif. Already, colorful murals in the area of Main Street depict the image of William Barstow Strong, for whom the city is named; the historic Harvey House depot, built in … Continue reading New murals being painted in Barstow