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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/

Florence’s Wine, Chowder and Glass Float Trail Takes Over Oregon Coast Town, Feb 13-15 https://www.diningandcooking.com/2499605/florences-wine-chowder-and-glass-float-trail-takes-over-oregon-coast-town-feb-13-15/ ##maps #b&b #beaches #Bed&Breakfast #getaway #Hotels #lodging #motels #Oregon #OregonCoast #OregonCoastNews #OregonCoastPictures #photos #Rentals #Restaurants #TravelPlanner #vacations #Wine

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…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2395427/oregon-wine-country-thanksgiving-offers-part-2-this-weekend-from-portland-yahmill-to-eugene/

Oregon Wine Country Thanksgiving Offers Part 2 This Weekend from Portland, Yahmill to Eugene https://www.diningandcooking.com/2395427/oregon-wine-country-thanksgiving-offers-part-2-this-weekend-from-portland-yahmill-to-eugene/ ##maps #b&b #beaches #Bed&Breakfast #getaway #Hotels #lodging #motels #Oregon #OregonCoast #OregonCoastNews #OregonCoastPictures #photos #Rentals #Restaurants #TravelPlanner #vacations #Wine

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

Site of Charlie’s Place in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Once a safe haven for Black patrons and performers—including Billie Holiday and Duke Ellington—during the Jim Crow era, portions of this nightclub and motel have been restored to welcome a new kind of visitor.#african-american #jazz #motels #communitycenter #museums #dancing #musichistory #music #performances #art #clubs #blackhistory #section-Atlas
Site of Charlie’s Place

Off-season #1960s #doowop #architecture in #WildwoodCrest New Jersey. #NJ #jerseyshore #wildwood #midcentury #motels #historicsites #palmtree #googie #neon

https://archive.org/details/paths-to-prison

Paths to Prison: On the Architectures of Carcerality by Isabelle Kirkham-Lewitt; Dylan Rodríguez; Adrienne Brown; James Graham; Brett Story; Jarrett M. Drake; Stephen Dillon; Sable Elyse Smith; Anne Spice; Wendy L. Wright; Mabel O. Wilson; Leslie Lodwick; Jasmine Syedullah

Topics
#architecture, #unitedstatesofamerika, #counterinsurgency, #prisons, #prisonindustrialcomplex, #incarceration, #massincarceration, #antiblackness, #genocide, #colonialism, #repression, #motels, #housing, #humangeography, #geography

#introduction 2.0
I'm on a dark mountain highway in #California. Before that, we were in #Wyoming, and #Montana. We've lived in #resort #skitowns and on #guestranches. Always #rural areas. I may have grown up in a #BayArea #city, but my mom was a #countrygirl and that is what stuck. I like to take pictures of #hotels and old #motels and share them here.
Pic: the Thunderbird Lodge in Laramie Wyoming