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The sign is located at 99 E Adam St. (NW corner with Michigan Ave.), another s ign is on the south side of the street, halfway down the block. The image below shows the signs marking the eastern starting point of Route 66 in Chicago (there are two signs, marked with the red arrows), the Sears Building in the background. Info taken from www.theroute-66.com

The 1992 "Route 66 Law" or "U.S. Route 66 Designation Act" designated the existing portion of Route 66 in Illinois as a State historic highway. In consequence the former US 66 was marked with the typical brown signs across the state of Illinois, signs that include those at its Eastern Terminus, the road effectively got a new "start". Info taken from www theroute-66.com

Route 66 shield being removed, Jan 1977, Chicago. Source . Click image to enlarge The signs were all removed when U.S. 66 was decertified in Illinois in 1977 and the Eastern Terminus moved to Scotland MO  close to Joplin, where it remained until 1985 when the highway was completely delisted.The signs in Grant Park were taken down on January 17. 1977 and there is a great photograph of this event (see image). The image shows two workers removing the US 66 Shield and the "End of Route 66" sign on a chilly January day. In the background you can make out the Aon Center skyscraper (in those days it was the Standard Oil Building, completed in 1974). Info taken from www theroute-66.com

Route 66 was created in 1926 to link Chicago with Los Angeles, and unlike the Interstate highways whose exits are numbered from west to east or from south to north, U.S. Highways don't have a beginning or an end, or do they? Chicago is considered as Route 66's "Starting Point": From here people headed west to seek new lives, jobs or vacations. The destination lay in the west... Santa Monica was the The Western Terminus of Route 66  or "End of the Trail" for Route 66. So Chicago was where it began. The eastern terminus was moved from the Cicero-Chicago city limits to Grant Park in Chicago, in 1927, however, according to Russell A. Olsen in "The Complete Route 66 Lost & Found," the eastern terminus moved from Cicero into downtown Chicago in 1931. Route 66 started and ended at the same spot, on Jackson and Michigan Ave from 1927 or 31 until the mid 1950s. Then, Jackson became a one way street, heading (eastwards) and Adams St. carried the westbound traffic. Route 66 and U.S. Hwy 34 were both extended beyond Michigan Ave. to link with US 41 (which ran along Lake Shore Blvd.) the two highways followed Jackson Ave, a two way street east of Michigan Ave to meet U.S. 41 at the Outer Drive. The following photograph taken in Grant Park, on Jackson Blvd. looking east towards Lake Shore Blvd, from the 1950s is more than eloquent with its white sign with black letters: " END OF ROUTE 34-66 ." This is the view at that Same Spot nowadays . Articles From www.theroute-66.com

“A fire tore through a historic textile factory in North Lawndale on Friday night, raising concerns of preservationists about the site’s planned demolition. “The fire started in the Western Felt Works building at 4155 W. Ogden Ave., according to reports from the Chicago Fire Department, which was on scene around 10:30 p.m. to control the blaze. “The cause of the blaze also remained unknown, but it raised concerns among local preservationists amid the site’s ongoing demolition. “The Western Felt Works building, which was built in 1916, is one of three industrial buildings near Ogden and Keeler avenues on the Endangered Buildings List compiled by Preservation Chicago, an organization committed to protecting historic structures across the city. "The buildings are undergoing demolition as part of a warehouse redevelopment project involving the Western Felt Works building and the two neighboring Turner Manufacturing Co. buildings at 4147-4151 W. Ogden Ave. “IDI Logistics, which is leading the project, plans to build a 246,200-square-foot warehouse in the site’s place.

Western Felt Works  Address: 4115 W. Ogden   Year: 1916   Architect: R.C. Fletcher   Style: Prairie School Turner Manufacturing Company   Address: 4147-4151 W. Ogden; 2 309-2325 S. Keeler   Year: 1918 – 1921   Architect: Alfred S. Alschuler Style: Prairie School and Classical Revival The Ogden Keeler Industrial Buildings are a collection of three historic manufacturing structures situated along West Ogden and South Keeler Avenues on the border of the Little Village and Lawndale Community Areas. The group of buildings were the former headquarters of two lucrative Chicago companies, Western Felt Works and the Turner Manufacturing Company, both of which found great success providing goods to the nation throughout the twentieth century. The buildings have retained a significant level of architectural integrity since they were built in the 1910s and 1920s, displaying characteristics emblematic of Chicago industrial design from this era. Most notably, the Turner Manufacturing Company buildings were designed by acclaimed Chicago architect Alfred S. Alschuler. However, these three structures are today threatened with demolition. Current owners seek to create a blocks-long logistics warehouse that will permanently alter the streetwall of this portion of Ogden Avenue, part of the original famed Route 66. Preservation Chicago urges the landmarking of these buildings and their reuse or incorporation into the proposed development. Alschuler is one of Chicago’s most important architects. Born in Chicago and educated at the Armour Institute of Technology (today, the Illinois Institute of Technology), he was trained in the offices of Dankmar Adler before eventually opening his own practice in 1907. Although the architect became largely known for grand designs like the London Guarantee Building (1922) and KAM Isaiah Israel (1924), Alschuler made a name for himself with his earlier solo commissions which were largely commercial or industrial buildings. His work in this realm is of particular note as Alschuler is regarded as the first Chicago architect to employ reinforced concrete construction in his designs. These buildings’ external expressions often reflected the powerful concrete structure found within, best exemplified by his Florsheim Shoe Company Building (1926) at 3963 W. Belmont. Threat The Ogden Keeler Industrial Buildings, along with multiple other neighboring structures, are currently threatened with demolition as part of a substantial warehouse redevelopment project that would extend along Ogden Avenue from Keeler Avenue to Pulaski Road. The proposal, led by IDI Logistics, envisions a 246,200 square foot structure on a nearly 15-acre site that would necessitate the demolition of long-standing buildings that have housed dozens of small, local businesses for decades. Recent community engagement meetings led by IDI Logistics have indicated that reuse of these structures—or even preservation of the facades and other significant architectural elements—is not a consideration at this time. Furthermore, environmental concerns about the demolition of these buildings, along with the environmental impact of a logistics warehouse that will surely bring increased trucking to this corridor are all additional factors that must be carefully considered. West Ogden Avenue was part of the iconic Route 66 journey in and out of Chicago. One of the joys of this legendary roadway has always been the variety of sites and architecture that dot its landscape. From motels to diners, industry to nature, Route 66 has always been a celebration of America’s finest places. The Ogden Keeler Industrial Buildings and their innovative manufacturing histories are part of that legacy; losing them to a severe, windowless development would only serve to lessen the power of Route 66 and harm the surrounding Lawndale and Little Village communities.

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