Here’s an Albuquerque Tribune story about the bulldozing of the Gaslite Motel on Route 66. I have to admit I’ve never heard of it, and it sounds like it’s not going to be missed (a Google search found two homicides there from 1997 to 1999 alone). It sounds like the plan is a good one, too.
Neighborhood leaders joined Mayor Martin Chavez in cheering the demise of the Gaslite Motel on 601 Central Ave. N.E.
“This was the worst property of all the motels on Route 66,