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Monday, September 13th, 2010
We’re in glorious Santa Fe right now, leaving for Taos in the morning. Many fascinating characters have materialized along the road, a few no longer of this world. One of special note is Mary Jane Colter, architect. The southwest’s Julie Morgan. Mary Jane designed all of the restaurants for the magnificent hotels along the Santa Fe line–later Route 66 as well. These hotels, run by Fred Harvey, became particularly notorious through the Harvey Girls (remember the film with Judy Garland?) In Winslow, we stayed at La Posada, the only hotel designed entirely by Mary Jane. Today we had lunch at the La Fonda Hotel here in Santa Fe, another fine blend of pueblo and Spanish architecture.
Ah, research is so demanding! Linda
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