Phoenix Escorts: Log Cabin Motel: Another Quirky Phoenix Landmark Turned To Rubble
Posted by: phoenixhobbyist in Phoenix escortsEarlier this month, the Log Cabin Motel, located at 2515 East Van Buren Street, was torn to bits. Of the 200 or so lodging centers that used to reside along Phoenix’s most storied thoroughfare, the Log Cabin was arguably the street’s most iconic.
The quirky motel opened in 1939 as the Log Cabin Auto Court, and the redwood-hue-painted structures soon gained popularity as a fun place to stay for dog-tired motorists traveling along the old State Route 60.
Beginning in the 1950s, a working water wheel and a gift shop selling cactus candy made the joint a distinct Phoenix attraction, according to an editorial in the Fall 2006 edition of SCA Journal by former New Times contributor Douglas Towne.
However, just like many properties along crumbling Van Buren, which suffered from drug dealing and prostitution, the Log Cabin Motel soon fell into disrepair. (In 1995, ex-New Times staffer Peter Gilstrap spent a night at the Log Cabin … and barely lived to tell about it.)
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