1959 Cadillac on Route 66 | O'HARE OASIS - Schiller Park, IL - August 29, 1993 - Tri-State Tollway @CadillaconRoute | Uploaded 6 years ago | Updated May 08 2024
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August 29, 1993
After eight days of traveling on Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac, my buddy, Eric Wittman and I had reached the terminus of the Route in Chicago. We took a side trip and continued east to Detroit to visit the ' Motown Museum'. After 302 miles into our return trip back westward, while on the Tr-State Tollway in Illinois, we stopped at the O'HARE OASIS TRAVEL PLAZA to stretch our feet and get a bite to eat. Construction of the building that spans across the highway originally began in 1958.
Upon completion, Fred Harvey ran a restauraant and gift shop there until the early 1970s' Howard Johnson's took over operation until 1984 when Burger King, Taco Bell and Mrs. Fields Cookies were the new occupants. The structure would be demolished and rebuilt ten years after our visit.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, california
January 2018
For a wealth of information regarding the beginings of the Illinois Tollway, a fellow by the name of Ron Bean has created a website where he has lovingly compiled photographs and documented its history. The photos seen in this video of the demolition and reconstruction of the oasis were graciously shared by Mr. Bean from his website.
You can visit by clicking this link: http://www.panix.com/~rbean/oasis/index.html
NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT INTENDED
August 29, 1993
After eight days of traveling on Route 66 from California in my 1959 Cadillac, my buddy, Eric Wittman and I had reached the terminus of the Route in Chicago. We took a side trip and continued east to Detroit to visit the ' Motown Museum'. After 302 miles into our return trip back westward, while on the Tr-State Tollway in Illinois, we stopped at the O'HARE OASIS TRAVEL PLAZA to stretch our feet and get a bite to eat. Construction of the building that spans across the highway originally began in 1958.
Upon completion, Fred Harvey ran a restauraant and gift shop there until the early 1970s' Howard Johnson's took over operation until 1984 when Burger King, Taco Bell and Mrs. Fields Cookies were the new occupants. The structure would be demolished and rebuilt ten years after our visit.
Anthony Reichardt
Santa Ana, california
January 2018
For a wealth of information regarding the beginings of the Illinois Tollway, a fellow by the name of Ron Bean has created a website where he has lovingly compiled photographs and documented its history. The photos seen in this video of the demolition and reconstruction of the oasis were graciously shared by Mr. Bean from his website.
You can visit by clicking this link: http://www.panix.com/~rbean/oasis/index.html
