The Route 66
Pathway Project
The Route 66 Pathways Project is a first of its kind, public, interactive multimedia map of Route 66.
It commemorates the Route 66 Centennial by illustrating the exceptional diversity of experience and history found along the Mother Road. The project includes three elements:
The Route 66
Pathway Project
The Route 66 Pathways Project is a first of its kind, public, interactive multimedia map of Route 66.
It commemorates the Route 66 Centennial by illustrating the exceptional diversity of experience and history found along the Mother Road. The project includes three elements:
- A 500 ft long Emakimono, [i.e. Japanese handscroll] print of the entire road and its tributaries
- A curated online resource for local communities
- A ‘heads-up’ application in augmented reality for travelers along the route
The Route 66 Pathway Project illustrates a great American Pathway—Route 66—in anticipation of its 100-year anniversary. In the spirit of Medieval religious pilgrimage art, Song Dynasty hand scrolls, Utagawa Hiroshige’s 100 views of Edo, Giovanni Piranesi’s Vedute, or Guy Debord’s Naked City, the Pathway Project selectively documents, illustrates, and re-imagines the architecture, landscape, and hardscape along this important route.
Designed to present Route 66 in ways never done before, the Route 66 Pathways Project was eveloped at Claremont Graduate University’s Center for Humanities in Practice (CHIP) in Claremont, California. It is a partnership between the Center's director, Dr. Joshua Goode, and architect John Bohn, Director of the Pathways Project
