Birthplace of Route 66 - Springfield, Mo   by C.H. Skip Curtis

Photo Gallery

blat This 1953 view is looking west along St. Louis toward the Springfield Square, showing on the left the Greyhound Bus Depot, the St. Louis Street Coffee Shop and the Tinkle Bar, Martin Chrysler-Plymouth, now the Discovery Center, McKnolly Buick, and in the background, the Colonial Hotel across from the Woodruff Building, with the Moran Hotel in front. (400-500 block)