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ABANDONED ROUTE 66 NEW MEXICO – LAND OF TRADING POSTS BOOK - $20 (Albuquerque)
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By Blue Miller, 2024, 96 pages, soft cover, 9x6.5”, used, excellent condition.
This is the best book I have seen on old 66 through New Mexico. It includes very good detail of the histories of abandoned buildings you will see along the post-1937 alignment, including previous/current owners, type/years of operation, and current status of the relics.
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Captures the haunting remnants of abandoned Route 66 New Mexico showcasing the crumbling buildings and fading attractions. There are ghosts on Route 66 in New Mexico. Every abandoned building is a nod to the past, an echo of the days when the Mother Road was a bustling highway filled with people heading to work or on vacation; it transported towards their dreams or away from their nightmares. In the Land of Enchantment there was every element of Route 66—the long empty road, the teeming city, the breathtaking vista, the tourist trap, the bright neon sign, the glimpse of another culture. Today, so many of those attractions which once lined the highway are gone, and those that remain are mere shadows of their former selves, the adobe crumbling and the viga beams broken. Abandoned Route 66 New Mexico records some of those iconic places before they are lost forever, and all that is left are ghosts on the wind.