Route 66 motels an endangered species...

[VivianRegan]

Not to mention US 60, 70, 80, 89, blah, blah, blah... (in AZ, anyway)

With Phoenix no longer maintaining "one hour" permits for motels, our gems are under threat. Prostitution was keeping these joints alive. Huh!

The 66 AP article: Route 66 motels an endangered species

The Log Cabin Motel on Van Buren is for sale by owner... that'll mean something to all you Phoenicians!

 

[Daisy Buchanan]

So funny, I'm glad I sorted through the threads of the past week. I had a feeling someone would put up this link. Anyway, thanks
It's a decent article, and it's nice to see such a small article get yahoo home page coverage.
It is an interesting article to read

 

[RedHotRidinHood]

Oh....wow. The Log Cabin, huh? I always thought those little cabins were so cute! Times like this I wish I were rich...I'd restore as many old hotels as possible!
thanks for sharing, Viv.

 

[Dinerman]

I think there was an article on the log cabin motel in the last issue of the SCA (society for comercial archaeology) journal. Never been there myself.

 

[Pink Dahlia]

Oh....wow. The Log Cabin, huh? I always thought those little cabins were so cute! Times like this I wish I were rich...I'd restore as many old hotels as possible!
thanks for sharing, Viv.

In that case I wish you were rich too.

 

[dhermann1]

Yes, those old places have lot of charm, but if you were jusy looking for a place to stay while traveling from here to there, you wouldn't want to stay in one of them. I've stayed in places like that, as far back as the '50's. They had a lot more personality, for sure. They had grass and trees, and nature, but some didn't have private baths or anything you would recognize as heat. And some of them had night clerks who looked a lot like Anthony Perkins!
lol
What's sad is the demise of the old US Routes. The interstates are convenient, and bypass the centers of towns. In the old days of 2 lane highways, you were doing well on a cross country trip to average 37 miles per hour, including all stops. Nowadays on the interstate it's more like 50 mph.
So there's your trade off. Plan your route on an old US Route, see the USA in your Chevrolet. The trip itself will be your destination. But it will take lot longer.

 

[cookie]

Motel Notell

Did any of the motels have a shower you could use to clean yourself?lol

 

[dhermann1]

Well, I remember staying at "Friendly Farmer Cottages" in Waterford NY, in 1963, during a college hunting trip through New York State. It was a sweet little place, right on the Hudson River, above Albany. My brother went down and cought a fish in the river. They had an old well that dated to the Revolution. But the bathroom was in a separate building 100 feet away! My brother woke up inthe middle of the night, startled, and cried out "What is this place?!" A little spooky. But very charming.

 

[Dinerman]

I've stayed in 2 or the 3 surviving Wigwam motels, the one in AZ and the one in KY. I highly recommend them if you're ever in the area.

 

[Absinthe_1900]

The third one is in Wharton Tx, just outside of Houston.

http://www.teepeemotel.bravehost.com/index.html

 

[Dinerman]

Wow- I haven't seen those before. Thanks for posting that, those look really cool. Road Trip!

Those seem to be different than the wigwams, but of the same general concept.
The third in the former wigwam chain is out in California.

 

[Dinerman]

see the difference in shape?

TX

KY

CA

http://www.wigwamvillage.com/
http://www.galerie-kokopelli.com/wigwam/
http://www.wigwammotel.com/

 

[Absinthe_1900]

I'll have to drive by and see how the restoration looks up close, it's been quite a while since I've driven out that way.

 

[Dinerman]

Thanks, I'd love t see pictures.