Cadillac Ranch
USA /
Texas /
Bishop Hills /
Interstate 40 (I-40), 13651
World
/ USA
/ Texas
/ Bishop Hills
World / United States / Texas
interesting place, automobile museum, roadside attraction
13651 I-40 Frontage Road
Amarillo, TX 79124
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The Cadillac Ranch is a public art installation and sculpture in Amarillo, Texas, USA.
Created in 1974 by Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels -- part of the art group Ant Farm.
The Cadillac automobiles half-buried, were not all junk. At least some were perfectly running used cars.
They represented a number of evolutions of Cadillac from 1949 to 1963 (most notably the birth and death of tailfins).
The cars are half-buried nose-first in the ground, at an angle, their tails pointing in the sky.
Back in 1974, Cadillac was "the car". The car to hit the endless highway and freedom. With tailfins and whitewall tires and skirted rear wheels. Get a sweet girlfriend beside you, make a pile of money in the casinos of Las Vegas, with the dream of becoming a matinee idol. When gasoline was cheap and driving a gas-guzzler evoked no guilt.
www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2220
Amarillo, TX 79124
www.facebook.com/1974cadillacranch/
The Cadillac Ranch is a public art installation and sculpture in Amarillo, Texas, USA.
Created in 1974 by Chip Lord, Hudson Marquez and Doug Michels -- part of the art group Ant Farm.
The Cadillac automobiles half-buried, were not all junk. At least some were perfectly running used cars.
They represented a number of evolutions of Cadillac from 1949 to 1963 (most notably the birth and death of tailfins).
The cars are half-buried nose-first in the ground, at an angle, their tails pointing in the sky.
Back in 1974, Cadillac was "the car". The car to hit the endless highway and freedom. With tailfins and whitewall tires and skirted rear wheels. Get a sweet girlfriend beside you, make a pile of money in the casinos of Las Vegas, with the dream of becoming a matinee idol. When gasoline was cheap and driving a gas-guzzler evoked no guilt.
www.roadsideamerica.com/story/2220
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadillac_Ranch
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