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The US Route 66-Sixth Street Historic District is a historic district in Amarillo, Texas. [2] The district is centered around the main section of the historic Route 66 in the San Jacinto Heights district of the city, which includes the Amarillo Natatorium. [3] The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on August 23, 1994 ...
The finale is presented by Amarillo National Bank and runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 15 in Amarillo's Route 66 Historic District, featuring its eclectic mix of shops, restaurants, and bars.
Michael Cuviello, Amarillo Globe-News. June 17, 2024 at 4:24 PM. The Texas Route 66 Festival capped off 10 days of activities and events on Saturday with a day of pageantry, shopping, live music ...
The landmarks on U.S. Route 66 include roadside attractions, notable establishments, and buildings of historical significance along U.S. Route 66 (US 66, Route 66).. The increase of tourist traffic to California in the 1950s prompted the creation of motels and roadside attractions [1] as an attempt of businesses along the route to get the attention of motorists passing by. [2]
Cadillac Ranch is a public art installation and sculpture in Amarillo, Texas, US. It was created in 1974 by Chip Lord , Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels , who were a part of the art group Ant Farm .
A Route 66 museum is a museum devoted primarily to the history of U.S. Route 66, a U.S. Highway which served the states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Missouri, and Illinois, in the United States from 1926 until it was bypassed by the Interstate highway system and ultimately decommissioned in June 1985.
Various US 66 markers posted outside the Midpoint Café. The café, built in 1928 [4] and expanded in 1947, [5] operated 24 hours a day during Route 66's heyday [6] and is the oldest continuously operating Route 66 café between Amarillo, Texas and Tucumcari, New Mexico.
There are many Route 66 sites remaining in New Mexico's largest and fastest-growing city. On the corner of 4th Street and Central Avenue, two alignments of the original road from 1926 and 1937 ...