This aerial, looking due north, shows the corner of Route 66 (“D”) and Route 9 / Empire Street (“G”) in late 1960. The Route 66 “Beltline” is now Veterans Parkway. Also seen here are the Illinois Agricultural Association (IAA) headquarters (“A”), which would be dedicated on September 7, 1961; Pemberton’s Furniture (“B”); Circle Lanes bowling alley (“C”); Holiday Inn, which would open February 8, 1961 (“E”); and Martin Oil Co. (“F”).
