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On August 25, 1954: #MartyJourard, American keyboardist and vocalist ( #Motels - "Only the Lonely"), born in Atlanta, Georgia.
#HappyBirthday #72 🎉🎂🍾🥂🥳

Budget Lodge Motel sign, Route 1, Port of Palm Beach, Palm Beach, Florida. (1990) by John Margolies, from John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive.

Source: Library of Congress / Flickr: The Commons

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/cf5a823b-2317-4b93-977b-06c289850179

#america #lances #advertisements #horseback #americana #advertising #motels #knights #roads #art #publicdomain

Florence’s Wine, Chowder and Glass Float Trail Takes Over Oregon Coast Town, Feb 13-15

Published 02/04/26 at 6:55 p.m.By Oregon Coast Beach Connection S…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Wine ##maps #b&b #beaches #bed&breakfast #getaway #Hotels #lodging #motels #Oregon #OregonCoast #OregonCoastnews #Oregoncoastpictures #photos #Rentals #Restaurants #travelplanner #vacations
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2499605/florences-wine-chowder-and-glass-float-trail-takes-over-oregon-coast-town-feb-13-15/

Signs on stamps; what's not to like.

As part of the centenary celebrations for Route 66 the United States Postal Service is issuing this series of stamps that prominantly feature neon and motel signs.

I'd love to know if this is a first, or if signs on stamps have been done before?

https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2025/1029-usps-provides-sneak-peek-at-2026-stamps.htm

#Stamps #USPS #Signs #Route66 #Motels #FieldNotes #Philately

Log Cabin Motel Office, San Leandro, California. (1978) by John Margolies, from John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive.

Source: Library of Congress

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/86ce09a4-6be6-484d-8a2c-b3ab3dc9c064

#america #storefronts #advertisements #americana #advertising #windmills #motels #signage #architecture #roads #art #publicdomain

Wigwam Village #6, Route 66, Holbrook, Arizona. (1979) by John Margolies, from John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive.

Source: Library of Congress / Flickr: The Commons

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ae1dc55a-d88f-4cc8-89b3-6e4621c97ec4

#america #advertisements #americana #advertising #sky #motels #vehicles #signage #architecture #roads #art #publicdomain

Oregon Wine Country Thanksgiving Offers Part 2 This Weekend from Portland, Yahmill to Eugene

Published 11/23/25 at 6:55 a.m.By Oregon Coast Beac…
#dining #cooking #diet #food #Wine ##maps #b&b #beaches #bed&breakfast #getaway #Hotels #lodging #motels #Oregon #OregonCoast #OregonCoastnews #Oregoncoastpictures #photos #Rentals #Restaurants #travelplanner #vacations
https://www.diningandcooking.com/2395427/oregon-wine-country-thanksgiving-offers-part-2-this-weekend-from-portland-yahmill-to-eugene/

Lodging to Affordable Living 🏡: Motel Conversions in the Four Corners Region

The following working list identifies those motels and hotels that have been converted into dwellings for the unhoused, those with special needs, and/or to provide affordable housing options in cities across the Four Corners Region of the southwestern United States (the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah). These housing options may include, but not be limited to:

• Income-based housing;
• Section 8 housing;
• Housing for those with special needs
• Housing for needy seniors;
• Housing for young adults and/or women;
• Housing for those returning to society from recovery programs or incarceration;
• Inexpensive housing/studios for artists;
• Veterans housing; as well as
• Transitional/interim housing for unhoused individuals or families.

Motel conversions provide another tool for municipalities for combating homelessness, gentrification, and rising housing costs. It also helps revitalize and reinvigorate older highway commercial districts such as Historic U.S. 66 in New Mexico and Arizona or Old U.S. 40 in Colorado. In some cases, such a conversion from lodging to affordable living quarters may require amendments to local zoning codes to allow such housing options in commercial zoning districts.

Peace!

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Albuquerque, New Mexico: Adobe Manor Motel to Adobe Manor (2023) = 16 units

Albuquerque, New Mexico: SureStay by Best Western (1999) to Los Altos Lofts (2024) = 90 units

Albuquerque, New Mexico: Luna Lodge (1949) to Luna Lodge Apartments (2013) = 14 units + 16 new units

Albuquerque, New Mexico: Sundowner Motel (1960) to Sundowner Apartments (2014) = 71 units

Colorado Springs, Colorado: 4U Court/Motel (1955) to The Studios (2024) = 12 units

Denver, Colorado: Quality Inn & Suites to Fusion Studios (2020) = 139 units

Denver Colorado: Best Western Hotel to New Directions = ?

Denver, Colorado: 7 Star Motel to Night Windows (2020) = 25 units

Denver, Colorado: Best Western to Stone Creek (2023) = 194 units

Denver, Colorado: DoubleTree Hotel to The Aspen (2023) = 289 units

Denver, Colorado: La Quinta Inn to Park Avenue Inn = 103 units

Denver, Colorado: Clarion Hotel (mid-late 1980s) to Renewal Village (2024) = 215 units

Denver, Colorado: Embassy Suites (1985) to Tamarac Family Shelter (2023) = 205 units

Durango, Colorado: Best Western to The Residences (2025) = 72 units + 48 new units

Flagstaff, Arizona: Crown Motel (1966)/Howard Johnson’s (1991) to The Crown (2022) = 58 units

Flagstaff, Arizona: Motel 6 (1962) to The Lantern (2025) = 103 units

Kingman, Arizona: Pony Soldier (1963)/Route 66 Motel to Joshua Tree Apartments (2025) = 20 units

Page, Arizona: Antelope Canyon Motel (1960s) to Pinyon Pointe Apartments (2024) = 20 units

Phoenix, Arizona: Days Inn (?) to 2900 E. Van Buren (2025) = 50 units

Phoenix, Arizona: Super 8 Motel (?) to not yet named (2026) = 126 units

Phoenix, Arizona: Phoenix Inn (1983) to The Haven (2025) = 130 units

Phoenix (Mesa): Arizona: Grand Hotel (1973) to Sunaire (2026) = 70 units

Phoenix (Mesa), Arizona: Windermere Motel (1950s) partially converted for the Off the Streets Program (2023) = 85 units, but will be moving to the Sunaire site.

Phoenix (Tempe), Arizona: Howard Johnsons (1970)/Motel 6 (1994) to not yet named (under development) = 60 units

Phoenix (Tempe), Arizona: Rodeway Inn to Sue’s Espacio = 40 units

Salt Lake City, Utah: Airport Inn (?) to The Point = 100 units

Salt Lake City, Utah: ? to The Point Fairpark = 94 units

Salt Lake City (Sandy), Utah: EconoLodge to Medically Vulnerable People (MVP) Shelter (2024) ~ 97 units

Salt Lake City (South Salt Lake), Utah: Motel 6 to FINCH – Families In Need Congregate Housing (2025) = 85 units

Santa Fe, New Mexico: Lamplighter Inn (1962) to Lamplighter Apartments (in progress) = 58 units

Santa Fe, New Mexico: Santa Fe Suites (1999) to Santa Fe Suites Apartments (2022) = 120 units

Santa Fe, New Mexico: Stage Coach Motor Inn (1940s) to Stage Coach Apartments (2013) = 66 units + 44 new units

Tucson, Arizona: Amazon Motel (1950s) to Amazon Flats (2025) = 30 units + 59 new units under development

Tucson, Arizona: De Anza Motel (1940) to Milagro on Oracle (2025) = 63 units

SOURCES:

• https://www.hcn.org/articles/in-albuquerque-developers-are-turning-old-motels-into-affordable-housing/
• http://www.google.com
• gemini.google.ai
• https://www.kob.com/news/top-news/city-now-renting-all-apartments-in-first-motel-conversion-project/
• https://citydesk.org/2024/02/14/city-owned-los-altos-lofts-marks-a-housing-first/
• https://www.kunm.org/local-news/2022-12-12/abq-proposes-turning-more-old-hotels-into-affordable-housing
• https://savingplaces.org/stories/a-motel-gets-a-noble-second-life-on-route-66
• https://www.taxcreditcoalition.org/gallery/luna-lodge/
• https://s3santafe.org/lamplighter/
• https://www.integrateddesignarch.com/stage-couch-apartments
• https://archives.huduser.gov/portal/periodicals/em/fall-23/highlight3-sidebar1.html
• https://glendalecherrycreek.com/2024/07/apartment-hotel-conversions-give-new-life-to-citys-old-buildings/
• https://denver.citycast.fm/explainers/denver-colfax-adaptive-reuse-motels
• https://www.hoteldive.com/news/denver-hotel-conversion-affordable-housing/653896/
• https://www.coloradocoalition.org/property/fusion-studios
• https://www.denvergov.org/content/denvergov/en/housing-information/news/2020/FusionStudios.html
• https://www.coloradocoalition.org/property/parkaveinn
• https://www.coloradocoalition.org/property/renewalvillage
• https://denvergov.org/Government/Agencies-Departments-Offices/Agencies-Departments-Offices-Directory/Mayors-Office/Programs-and-Initiatives/Homelessness-Initiative/All-In-Mile-High-Communities/The-Tamarac
• https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Housing-and-Community-Development/HCD-News/City-of-Tucson-Celebrates-Transformation-of-Amazon-Motel
• https://www.kvoa.com/news/local/affordable-housing-in-tucson-motel-transforms-for-community/article_6938c598-911e-4b3c-8445-5b0bdab4e8e2.html
• https://constructionreporter.com/tucsons-purchase-of-60-year-old-motel-is-latest-effort-to-combat-homelessness/
• https://www.kold.com/2023/08/24/groundbreaking-ceremony-no-tel-motel-be-transformed-into-affordable-housing/
• https://www.tucsonaz.gov/Departments/Housing-and-Community-Development/HCD-News/Leasing-Opportunity-at-Milagro-on-Oracle
• https://www.planetizen.com/news/2024/09/131915-colorado-springs-motel-converted-supportive-housing
• https://www.springsrescuemission.org/articles/4u-motel
• https://www.roadarch.com/signs/co2.html
• https://www.durangoco.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=4248#:~:text=Residences%20at%20Durango%20is%20the,purchase%20the%20Best%20Western%20property.
• https://www.fox10phoenix.com/news/a-flagstaff-motel-will-soon-become-housing-for-the-homeless
• https://www.abc15.com/news/region-northern-az/flagstaff/flagstaff-hotel-to-be-turned-into-emergency-housing#:~:text=Flagstaff%20Shelter%20Services%20purchased%20the%20Howard%20Johnson,just%20over%20$6%20million%20earlier%20this%20month.
• https://flagshelter.org/crown-lantern/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9zMaOVSPTw
• https://housingforhopeaz.org/pinyon-pointe-apartments
• https://housingforhopeaz.org/joshua-tree-apartments
• https://www.a-1rents.com/copy-of-joshua-tree-studios
• http://route66times.com/l/az/kingman-pony-soldier-motel.htm
• https://www.ksl.com/article/51300246/south-salt-lake-welcomes-first-of-its-kind-homeless-shelter-for-families
• https://buildingsaltlake.com/another-airport-motel-is-converting-to-housing-for-elderly-homeless-the-zoning-change-it-seeks-might-open-up-airport-adjacent-residential-development/
• https://pointbyswitchpoint.org/airport-slc-location/
• https://www.ksl.com/article/50646460/deeply-affordable-housing-for-seniors-and-veterans-experiencing-homelessness-unveiled
• https://www.sltrib.com/news/2022/09/10/we-now-know-what-utahs-55m/
• https://www.yourvalley.net/phoenix-independent/stories/super-8-motel-to-be-made-into-housing-for-phoenix-seniors-exiting-homelessness,576539
• https://ktar.com/arizona-news/former-hotel-in-phoenix-to-house-offer-services-for-homeless-veterans/4765165/
• https://newgenadv.com/2021/09/newgens-latest-closing-will-assist-the-city-of-tempe-in-expanding-housing-options-for-those-in-need/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuBEabwb4OI
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jba2N48Jep0
• https://www.abc4.com/news/wasatch-front/a-proud-moment-new-facility-for-medically-vulnerable-homeless-officially-opens-doors/
• https://ktar.com/arizona-news/the-haven-senior-housing/5648068/
• https://www.mesaaz.gov/Resident-Resources/Housing/Human-Services/Off-the-Streets
• https://www.tempe.gov/government/community-health-and-human-services/housing-services/ending-homelessness/housing-and-shelter
• https://www.azhousinginc.org/2900-e-van-buren.html

#affordableHousing #cities #conversions #gentrification #geography #highwayDistricts #history #homelessness #hotels #housing #landUse #lodging #motels #planning #studios #travel

#Albuquerque’s #Route66 #Motels Are Turning Into #AffordableHousing

Amid the ongoing #housingcrisis, once-#dilapidated #buildings are finding new life as #homes for #immigrants and other #workingclass #NewMexicans.

https://reasonstobecheerful.world/albuquerque-motels-affordable-housing/

Historic El Rancho Hotel in Gallup, New Mexico

John Wayne, Ronald Reagan, and other Hollywood actors have resided in this picturesque Route 66 hotel.#route66 #oldwest #nostalgia #motels #hotels #section-Atlas
Historic El Rancho Hotel

Dinah the Pink Dinosaur in Vernal, Utah

Built for a motel, this cartoon dino is now a symbol of the area's paleontological heritage.#roadsideattractions #motels #fossils #dinosaurs #section-Atlas
Dinah the Pink Dinosaur

Never seen a floating sign on a postcard like this.

#Postcards #Signs #Motels
https://flic.kr/p/2qM5uFR

The One Thing You Should Never Use in a #Hotel Room

https://dailypassport.com/one-thing-never-use-hotel-room-coffee-maker/
#traveling #travel #hotels #motels

I didn't see the ocean for the first time until I was a teenager, and I thought Atlantic City's "Shore Point Inn" the most exciting motel in the world. 1960s. #atlanticocean #atlantic #ocean #atlanticcity #1960s #motel #motels #vacation #tallcedarsconvention #tallcedars

I'm a big fan of #SchittsCreek, so #Motels don't scare me, especially when they are retro restored as nicely as the #SapphireMotel in #Bozeman #Montana. We loved our stay here earlier this week. Close to everything, rotary dial phone and AC in every well appointed room. Sleep just steps from your car!

#retroMotels #travel

Their best cut, imo … #Motels #MusicWomenWednesday https://youtu.be/KRV2rddxmj8?si=ezqePIQ4mX0qFm4a

1994: End of the line for the Sunspot Motel, Pacific Coast Highway, on the border of Santa Monica and Pacific Palisades. A victim of a hillside collapse, the motel was at one time the fabulous Carl’s Sea Air Motor Apartments.
https://martinturnbull.com/2020/09/24/carls-sea-air-lodge-motor-apartments-pacific-coast-highway-north-of-santa-monica-california-circa-early-1950s-2/

#losangeles #Motels #photography #BlackAndWhite

The City Center Motel, Long Beach, 1991, with a delicious font from about…1962? #losangeles #motels #fonts #font #photography #BlackAndWhite

10 Dark #Secrets of #Hotels and #Motels

https://listverse.com/2023/10/29/10-dark-secrets-of-hotels-and-motels/

The Starlite Motel, Alameda Blvd., Burbank, 1987, just down the steeet from NBC. #losangeles #Motels #BlackAndWhite