Vintage roadside

[Fading Fast]

Rob

Awesome truck as well.

 

[BobHufford]

The last local stretch of the original Route 66 here in town is in peril as the convenience store giant Kum & Go has purchased the property from the State.

https://www.news-leader.com/story/n...nal-stretches-springfield-missouri/782869002/

The section is between the trees and the (former) K-Mart parking lot.

I had posted my "dream" for this property in the neon thread awhile back.

....the land Lurvey's is on is getting developed for an industrial park, I plan to move the buildings to a nice lot on the corner of what was then Route 66 and Highway 65. The building exteriors will be restored and the interiors fitted with modular restaurant equipment and leased out to "food truck" type start-ups. I'll call it "Road Houses". The land around it will have restored / recreated neons from former motels and businesses that were in the neighborhood. This property is 2.89 acres and the outer road (between the lot and the K-Mart parking lot) is an original curve of Route 66. The lot is for sale for $1.2 million. So, yes, I need the lottery win

 

[dh66]

The last local stretch of the original Route 66 here in town is in peril as the convenience store giant Kum & Go has purchased the property from the State.

https://www.news-leader.com/story/n...nal-stretches-springfield-missouri/782869002/

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The section is between the trees and the (former) K-Mart parking lot.

I had posted my "dream" for this property in the neon thread awhile back.

....the land Lurvey's is on is getting developed for an industrial park, I plan to move the buildings to a nice lot on the corner of what was then Route 66 and Highway 65. The building exteriors will be restored and the interiors fitted with modular restaurant equipment and leased out to "food truck" type start-ups. I'll call it "Road Houses". The land around it will have restored / recreated neons from former motels and businesses that were in the neighborhood. This property is 2.89 acres and the outer road (between the lot and the K-Mart parking lot) is an original curve of Route 66. The lot is for sale for $1.2 million. So, yes, I need the lottery win

I hit the like button in hopes that something likeable comes of the situation.

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[3fingers]

The last local stretch of the original Route 66 here in town is in peril as the convenience store giant Kum & Go has purchased the property from the State.

Kum &Go needs to understand that they need to leave that piece of concrete alone. They will be a lot happier if they do because then they won't be sleeping with the fishes.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

With so much open and vacant space available on today's roadside landscape, it's a crying shame that they have to target a historical landmark. [emoji22]

Rob

 

[Ghostsoldier]

Rob

 

[Zombie_61]

With so much open and vacant space available on today's roadside landscape, it's a crying shame that they have to target a historical landmark. [emoji22]

Rob

If they're smart (not that I'm giving them credit for being so) they'll preserve that stretch of highway and use it to their advantage. "Conveniently located off of Route 66" or some such.

 

[Ghostsoldier]

The Big Hand.

Rob

 

[1mach1]

Not very vintage. Late 70s is when this place opened. Alexandria, VA

 

[BobHufford]

Not very vintage. Late 70s is when this place opened. Alexandria, VA

We have a similar one that I spent a lot of time in with my Mom.

 

[Frunobulax]

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articl...medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark


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[BobHufford]

Oh Atlanta...

 

[31 Model A]

At the Ariston Café, est 1929 on Route 66. Reading a 1937 Grit while waiting for it to open.

 

[Zombie_61]

Oh Atlanta...

I don't know what year, make, or model that car is in the foreground on the left, but I want one. Or that yellow cab in the background; I'd be happy either way.

 

[Frunobulax]

At the Ariston Café, est 1929 on Route 66. Reading a 1937 Grit while waiting for it to open.

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Extra points for Grit.


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[BobHufford]

I don't know what year, make, or model that car is in the foreground on the left, but I want one.

1935/36 Pontiac?

 

[Zombie_61]

1935/36 Pontiac?

Close enough! My wife might object if it comes with the lady in the jodhpurs though.

 

[Frunobulax]

Close enough! My wife might object if it comes with the lady in the jodhpurs though.

I doubt it. She's probably pretty old now.


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[BobHufford]

I doubt it. She's probably pretty old now.

Hahaha... I was thinking the same thing. In fact, I was starting to look for an image of an "old woman in jodhpurs" then realized that was probably not a string I should leave in the search history of my work computer.

 

[Zombie_61]

I doubt it. She's probably pretty old now.

Who, my wife? Naw, she's only...oh, wait, you probably meant...never mind.