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Photographic Nostalgia Dolores is one of the few remaining Route 66 vintage restaurants in in West Los Angeles. Coincidentally, a number of the WARC members often meet at Dolores for meal prior to the monthly club meeting held nearby at the Red Cross Facility in Westwood.


The classic art deco Georgian Hotel was built in 1933. It's located on Ocean Blvd just across the street at the end of Route 66.


Santa Monica's landmark pier, the last of the great pleasure piers is situated at the western-most end of Route 66. Games, rides, an historic carousel, shops, cafes and restaurants are plentiful in this unique setting with panoramic views of the ocean and the Santa Monica Mountains. The famed Santa Monica Pier brings the city the joy and nostalgia of its halcyon days at the turn of the century. Reminiscent of a time when ornate, domed-topped buildings with fluttering flags lined the boardwalk, the pier's historic carousel, arcades, cafes, restaurants and shops are a never-ending source of entertainment.


A brass plaque marks the official end of Route 66, the "Main Street of America," also remembered as the "Will Rogers Highway," one of many names the old road earned in its half-century of existence. The monument observes that Route 66 had also been called the Will Rogers highway in honor of the famed humorist and noted citizen of the world, who first left his home in Claremore, Oklahoma via Route 66. Rogers lived out his last years on a comfortable ranch (now the Will Rogers State Park) only a few miles to the north of the monument site.

Route 66 On the Air! 12-20 September 2009 Westside Amateur Radio Club of Los Angeles

Route 66 On the Air!
12-20 September 2009
Westside Amateur Radio Club
of Los Angeles