More than a decade ago, German tourist Martin Schall was near the end of Route 66 road trip. He took a wrong turn and ended up in downtown Los Angeles. He became awed by the city's skyscrapers and architecture, and started shooting pictures. He's returned to L.A. nine times to document that city's rich architecture, … Continue reading Documenting L.A.’s architecture
Category: Photographs
Riding the route
There are plenty of photo montages of Route 66 trips on YouTube. But this cross-country motorcycle trek by is good because of the photography by Phil Rubin and the inclusion of Chuck Berry's "Route 66" and Brad Paisley's "Behind the Clouds."
Multimedia Route 66
Here's an impressive Route 66 project that was posted a few days ago using the new My Maps feature from Google Maps. Jay Crim and Shekar Davarya drove Route 66 in 2002 with multimedia equipment. On video, they interviewed Mother Road personalities such as Michael Wallis, David Knudson, Ken Turmel, Bob Waldmire, Jerry McClanahan, Angel … Continue reading Multimedia Route 66
The ugly truth
The Lope traveled to the Panhandle of Texas and shot this and several other photos of the "Rattlesnakes -- Exit Now" sign that was blown down by severe storms a few weeks ago. I saw a similar photo in the recently mailed Texas Old Route 66 Association's newsletter, so I mostly knew what the damage … Continue reading The ugly truth
Photographer’s exhibit in Kingman
Michael Campanelli's well-traveled collection of more than 150 photographs from Route 66 has made its way to the Mother Road city of Kingman, Ariz., according to the Kingman Daily Miner. The exhibit will be at the Mohave Museum of History and Arts through June 10.
Cyber-driving
This Associated Press article touts a bunch of Web sites for people who want to take a virtual road trip down Route 66 and other historic highways if they can't do the real thing. Many of these sites have already been linked here, but a few interesting finds turned up: StateEnds.com has a group of … Continue reading Cyber-driving
Canyon views
This is basically a slide show with classical music in the background (it sounds familiar, but I can't place the composer). But the images aren't ordinary. Oh my. This is why many people love the Southwest. The YouTube poster described this clip as such: From Nevada Red Rock Canyon to Zion, Bryce, North Rim, Glen, … Continue reading Canyon views
Sunset at John’s Modern Cabins
Redforkhippie has composed a thoughtful photo essay about the deteriorating ruins of John's Modern Cabins along old Route 66 west of Rolla, Mo.
Route 66 on ice
The Lope took a bunch of striking photographs after the terrible ice storm that struck the Route 66 town of Joplin, Mo., and other cities in eastern Oklahoma and southwest Missouri. He calls the post "Beautiful Disaster," which seems appropriate. The photo shown here is one that Ace shot, and even better ones are at … Continue reading Route 66 on ice
The Lope makes a move
One of our favorite Internet road-trip sites, The Lope, has to a new URL that uses a Blogspot template but no longer is publishing to Blogspot. The Lope writes: I did place posts at the old blogspot URL to redirect people to the individual new URLs, so any URLs you posted for the specific posts … Continue reading The Lope makes a move