These are taken from the Route 66 News blog, your place if you want to know any and all things about our favorite road. I just pick the stories I am most interested in and write about them. For more information and the other things I didn't write about, go to the site.
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JANUARY 7
David Clark, the foremost authority on Route 66 in Chicago died January 4. He was known as the Windy City Road Warrior.
He led tours and wrote several books on his area of expertise: "Exploring Route 66 in Chicago" and "Route 66 in Chicago."
I was lucky enough to get to see his presentations on the road in Chicago on several occasions and took a tour with him once. He was a very, very fast walked, but, man did he know his stuff.
I'll never forget the spot on the Chicago River where 66 crossed it and the train tracks were when he said these three things made Chicago the city is is today through the transportation.
And, if there was anything about Chicago architecture, I mean, ANYTHING, he knew that as well.
He'll Ne Missed. --RoadDog
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