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AZ Motel Main | Neon | Other | Route 66 | AZ Main
A great name for a city with loads of sun. Here's the Sun Land Motel of Tucson.
Featuring quite an interesting marquee, the Benson Motel in where else but Benson, AZ is still open for business along the main route through town. This is one of the first motels in the US, built in the 1920's. The sixteen rooms have carports right next to them and is still being used today.
Another of the Miracle Mile motels, the Amazon Motel still stands tall.
This sign directs tired travelers towards the Tombstone Motel. Check out the slogan, Rest In Peace, fitting for the town that is famous for the Gunfight at the OK Corral.
Catch a glimpse of the Monterey Motel in Tucson, with a desert theme befitting the area its located in.
Check out the marquee for the Cocanut Grove Motel, located in Phoenix. The name appears to be a play off of the Ambassador Hotel, though the spelling seems strange. This sign was recently removed and replaced by plastic. Here are a couple of photos of the Desert Inn Motel,
located on Van Buren Avenue in Phoenix. And a picture of this sad little rough
looking sign (Bottom right) that no longer has
any resemblance to a neon sign - it's located on the northeast corner
of the Inn between Grand Ave and the bigger The main entrance of this Inn is located at 10th Ave & Van Buren but this sign (top left) is located 1 block north at 10th Ave & Polk (northwest corner of the Inn's property - back entrance) this would be the entrance most likely spotted first by anyone coming in from California through Wickenburg to Phoenix by way of Grand Ave. Does anyone remember "ON TV"? Short lived but I think I remember
it as sort of a precursor to cableTV in the late 70's or early 80's. UPDATE 05/08 : Desert Inn marquee on 10th and Polk as of 04/08
Desert Inn postcard from 1951
(Far left and left) A couple of shots of the profile of the City Center Motel, including the large angular siding on the motel building.
City Center Motel
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sign - I can only guess that
the little sign was possibly put up first and the bigger sign came later
as the Inn's revenue grew but again that is just my guess, I have no evidence
to back it up.
It appears that the Desert Inn sign at 10th Ave and Polk has been mostly destroyed. Here's what the sign looks like now in a photo shot on April 30, 2008 from the same angle Elgin MacMillan took his photo.
