Old Route 66 in Arizona:

Winslow




La Posada Hotel

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La Posada is another Harvey House that has been restored, and is now open as a hotel. This is the original "front" of the building -- the side facing the railroad.


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Patio.


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One of the meticulously furnished areas in the interior.


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A New Year's Party in Purgatory for Suicides, a painting by Tina Mion. Front row, left to right: Sylvia Plath, Ernest Hemingway, Liberace, Anne Sexton, Arshile Gorky, Tina Mion (not all the people are strictly suicides, or even dead).



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A tiny vintage diner, now closed, opposite La Posada.

To see more photos of Valentine Diners, take a side trip to my Valentine Diners page.



Standin' on the Corner Park

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The park commemorates the lyrics of the song "Take It Easy," written by Jackson Browne and recorded by the Eagles.


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Trompe L'Oeil mural, including a girl in a flat-bed Ford.



1st Street Pathway

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Arizona Peter Toth Monument -- 40-foot-tall Indian head carving!


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Burma-Shave-style signs.


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Last visited: July 2008.

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Revised: January 29, 2010
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