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Comment on Route 66 Book and Articles win Communications Awards by RoadDog

RoadDog — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:09:04 +0000

I just knew it, I just knew it. Good writing gets good awards. Congratulations.

Comment on Route 66 Magazine Spring 2008 by RoadDog

RoadDog — Wed, 21 May 2008 13:07:13 +0000

We were able to be there at the dedicationof that statue. Quite impressive.

Comment on Route 66 Book and Articles win Communications Awards by DennyG

DennyG — Wed, 21 May 2008 02:10:00 +0000

Congrats! And good luck in the NFPW judging.

Comment on Frank Sheets Inducted into Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame by RoadDog

RoadDog — Tue, 06 May 2008 14:02:22 +0000

Definitely a person who needs to be in the Hall of Fame. Thanks for making the effort.

See you tonight at Fremont Library in Mundelein. I have a copy of your book to be signed.

Comment on Upcoming Events by www.windycityroadwarrior.com/blog » Blog Archive » Upcoming Events

www.windycityroadwarrior.com/blog » Blog Archive » Upcoming Events — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 18:12:50 +0000

[...] As of today, I have two presentations in April and five in May. Most libraries ask that people wishing to attend events register in advance by phone or on their websites. All the necessary contact information is just a single mouse click away, by clicking on the link on the upper right, or by clicking here! [...]

Comment on Nicolson Pavement by RoadDog

RoadDog — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:24:39 +0000

Last night, Geoffrey talked about the wooden block streets on his latest effort, “Hidden Chicago.” I’d never heard of wooden blocks before.

Comment on Route 66 comes to Park Ridge, IL Library by www.windycityroadwarrior.com/blog » Blog Archive » Hello–We’re still here

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 11:13:20 +0000

[...] As stated in a previous post, I gave a presentation on Historic Route 66 at the Park Ridge, Illinois Library on February 26, 2008. There was a snowstorm the previous day, and the night of the 26th was extremely cold, but nonetheless an overflow crowd showed up to see the presentation. It’s great to see so many folks with an interest in 66–so much so that they brave nasty weather in order to take a virtual tour on the Mother Road. My thanks again to the staff at the Park Ridge Library for hosting the event and helping to make the evening a success. [...]

Comment on Evolution of Route 66 in Springfield, IL by David Clark

David Clark — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 03:02:47 +0000

Peter:

I agree that the date ranges are an issue, but I want to one more time hammer down the point that in the case of Springfield, IL, the signs pointing you around the north and west sides of the Fair Grounds are JUST PLAIN WRONG, because these streets were NEVER 66. They were NOT 66 from “1926-1930,” and they were NOT even IL 4 until 1932! This is, again, JUST PLAIN WRONG.

Now, I understand that in some places, to deal with changes of two-way streets to one-way, or to deal with streets no longer driveable, the modern Historic routing may have to go on non-66 alignments to give tourists a throughway of travel. For instance, you can no longer go south on 6th Street in downtown Springfield, so an alternate must be used. But this is NOT an issue with this “1926-1930″ alignment–it is JUST PLAIN WRONG.

Comment on Evolution of Route 66 in Springfield, IL by Peter Stork

Peter Stork — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 02:10:06 +0000

I think the biggest issue with the IDOT Route 66 signage dates is that the state is always very generic. If you look statewide, exact dates are rarely ever used; if a bypass replaced a two-lane in 1946, the state will use a 1926-40 for the two-lane and a 1940-77 for the bypass. South of Springfield the only splits used are 1926-30, 1930-40, and 1940-77. I agree that this is a sad mislabeling of the alignments (does it really take a lot to correct one digit?) but I don’t see them changing it anytime soon.

That all said, awesome post to have the primary documents laid out to show the sometimes confusing layout of Spr’s US 66 history. I’d like to see someone try to do that with Saint Louis and not have their head explode.

Comment on Nicolson Pavement by DennyG

DennyG — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:22:32 +0000

I had never heard of Nicolson Pavement so that was what caught my eye but the MOA book collection looks to be a great resource. Thanks for mentioning both.