Mid-Century Photo Friday: La Fon Motel, Manitou Springs, CO

October 8, 2024

Mary-Frances O'Dea

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Route 66 news – buy a historic landmark!

Lurking on my favorite Route 66 group, I’ve found some interesting and fun news! First, always wanting to encourage preservation, it appears the Historic Minnetonka Trading Post on Old Route 66 in Winslow Arizona, is up for sale again (this is the only picture I could find – is it correct? **Now that I look at the ad, I don’t think it is, if someone has a picture, can they send it to me?) –

Mamaroneck Motel, New York

One of our favorite parts of Mid-Century travel is finding those fabulous out of the way motels for an affordable price. One of our biggest challenges on our trip back east was finding something near New York City. We knew we wanted to stay close by – because we were spending the day in Manhattan. Just 21 miles north we found the Mamaroneck Motel. Although the website doesn’t do it justice, it’s a fabulous retro

Mid-Century Photo Friday: Arapahoe Acres

Took some cool pictures around Arapahoe Acres – love this house color! Post a link to your picture in the comments if you want to participate! Mid-Century fans would love to see your photos!

Mid-Century Photo Friday – Caption this

As a break from our interiors series, we’d ask you to “caption this” fun picture from Tack-O-Rama! Thanks again to Tack-O-Rama we have access to these fantastic images – so friends, “caption this”!