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I had passed this building thousands of times without noticing it, since it is just a minute away from my house. One day, I realized that it was a great example of mid-century modern architecture!
Back of postcard reads:
MOTEL LAKELAND
1224 E. Memorial Blvd., Lakeland, Florida
Lakeland's Newest Motel - Air Conditioned - Electric Heat - TV - Phones - Swimming Pool - Each Room With Private Patio - Truly a Luxury Motel
According to online property records, the motel was built in 1960. It is still there... although the sign is sadly, long gone. It's now the Economy inn.
Postcard is postmarked 1964
Back of postcard reads:
Jerry's Pancake Parade, a restaurant of unusual architectural design, situated in the San Leandro foothills at 604 MacArthur Blvd., San Leandro, California, featuring a select menu of carefully prepared foods colorfully served. Open 7:00 am to Midnight.
Call LO 2-3000 for reservations.
I used to go to this theater fairly frequently. Only in the last few years have I realized how googie the sign is.
In every way a pristine monument to 1959 Italian-American dining, Joe's of Westlake in Daly City, Calif. still attracts loyal crowds of locals. Both the architecture and decor are fantastically well preserved, and I'll gladly vouch for the chicken parmesan.
From the SF Weekly, May 15, 2002:
Best of San Francisco 2002
Best Retro Dining Without Irony
Joe's of Westlake
There are plenty of things about this place to love -- from the fish tanks to the leatherette -- but what truly warms our hearts is that Joe's is the real deal, serving diners since 1959. And in a city of retro posers, being the real deal is enough to earn our undying respect and regular business. Many of the waiters and patrons have been coming in the door for decades (virtually every West Side politician in San Francisco has frequented the place, along with the late Church of Satan founder Anton LaVey and enough retired cops to fill, well, the bar). For anyone old enough to remember The Brady Bunch in prime time, Joe's is a flashback to every Mother's Day/birthday/anniversary dinner out with the folks. The menu, like the décor, is classic: steak, veal, chicken, and pasta. It's reliably good, without anything too fancy -- most entrees are under $15. We suggest a Thursday or Friday night for the optimum experience. You'll have to wait, which is fine, because the piano bar is not to be missed. It's hard to find a more genuine cocktail lounge -- complete with little tables and swivel chairs -- even in the city that loves retro.
Los Angeles Airport (LAX) newly built Googie style restaurant. Taken around Christmas time circa 1963.
Great sign at a shabby strip mall on Route 31, Aurora, Illinois.
UPDATE: I read in the Tribune that this sign was actually landmarked by the City of Aurora. Kudos to them!
Frank 'n Hank cocktail lounge at Western near Wilshire, Los Angeles
518 South Western Avenue Los Angeles, CA
The passenger terminal for Santa Maria Public Airport (SMX) in Santa Maria, CA. To encourage the public to fly from here they offer the incentive of free parking.
KCMODERN friend, Scott Butterfield did some serious scan work of 'The House that HOME Built' brochure to let us share it with our readers. The promotional brochure was designed and printed by NBC for participating builders to use in their marketing of the 'HTHB.' Kansas City Modern Builder, Don Drummond gave the brochure to Scott's parents in 1955, when they were thinking about having Don build them a house. Don Drummond signed the back cover for Scott at a soiree during the Drummond Weekend in 2006.
Also note the math notation on the last image from 1955 to Scott's parents, "1680 square feet x $15 per square foot = $25,200." That is not a bad price for a Jones and Emmons designed home that was also built by Joseph Eichler. That would be $200,000 to $275,00o in today's dollars depending on what conversion you use. I would hate to have to try to build it today for $275k!
Enjoy 'The House that HOME Built' in all its Mid-Century Modern goodness!
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Mona's motel is located right down the road from Gabe's Gas & Grease. Despite the fashionable colors, Mona was worried that her motel looked too bland to be noticed from the road, and had a rather striking roof made for the lobby area. To top it off she ordered an outrageous sign and placed it on the roof. As the parking lot is full of cars, we might conclude that her strategy has been a success.
Wider shot of Premier sign. I thought that I had shots of the building itself, but sadly not. However there are shots of it and the interior at my friend Victor Staph's synthetrix.com:
KCMODERN friend, Scott Butterfield did some serious scan work of 'The House that HOME Built' brochure to let us share it with our readers. The promotional brochure was designed and printed by NBC for participating builders to use in their marketing of the 'HTHB.' Kansas City Modern Builder, Don Drummond gave the brochure to Scott's parents in 1955, when they were thinking about having Don build them a house. Don Drummond signed the back cover for Scott at a soiree during the Drummond Weekend in 2006.
Also note the math notation on the last image from 1955 to Scott's parents, "1680 square feet x $15 per square foot = $25,200." That is not a bad price for a Jones and Emmons designed home that was also built by Joseph Eichler. That would be $200,000 to $275,00o in today's dollars depending on what conversion you use. I would hate to have to try to build it today for $275k!
Enjoy 'The House that HOME Built' in all its Mid-Century Modern goodness!
To learn more about 'The House that HOME Built' and its relationship to Eichler Homes go to:
kcmodern.blogspot.com/search/label/HTHB
Visit KCMODERN at:
and
The "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign stands with a Harley-Davidson sign across the strip. Located on the median of the Las Vegas Strip just south of Russell Road, this historic sign famously reads, "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas, Nevada" on the front and "Drive Carefully" and "Come Back Soon" on the back. The sign was designed in 1959 by Betty Willis and constructed by the Western Neon Company. It's an example of Googie style architecture and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 2009.
Googie Sign
Melody Cleaners has been here for more than 40 years. I don't know exactly when they opened.
After I got back home I found out there is a Melody Cleaners--Yuma, Arizona waymark (WM4NFW) on the Waymarking.com website.
Melody Cleaners
877 S Orange Avenue
Yuma, Arizona 85364-3821
(928) 783-4471
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KCMODERN friend, Scott Butterfield did some serious scan work of 'The House that HOME Built' brochure to let us share it with our readers. The promotional brochure was designed and printed by NBC for participating builders to use in their marketing of the 'HTHB.' Kansas City Modern Builder, Don Drummond gave the brochure to Scott's parents in 1955, when they were thinking about having Don build them a house. Don Drummond signed the back cover for Scott at a soiree during the Drummond Weekend in 2006.
Also note the math notation on the last image from 1955 to Scott's parents, "1680 square feet x $15 per square foot = $25,200." That is not a bad price for a Jones and Emmons designed home that was also built by Joseph Eichler. That would be $200,000 to $275,00o in today's dollars depending on what conversion you use. I would hate to have to try to build it today for $275k!
Enjoy 'The House that HOME Built' in all its Mid-Century Modern goodness!
To learn more about 'The House that HOME Built' and its relationship to Eichler Homes go to:
kcmodern.blogspot.com/search/label/HTHB
Visit KCMODERN at:
and
Taken at the Anaheim Historical Society's Annual Dinner, 6-13-2008, at the Linbrook Bowl in Anaheim, California. Linbrook Bowl opened in 1958 and is still a family owned-and-operated business. It is also one of the last good examples of Googie architure and mid-Century roadside signage in Anaheim.
"Better fill up, only gas for a hundred miles in either direction..."
Petr-O-Rama is a rusty, grungy and junk-filled retro 60s-esque gas station somewhere deep on Route 66. Some of my favorite details include a vintage Coca-Cola vending machine, art deco radio and gas pump. I built the car (based on the 1960 Chevy Impala) to help further the dingy vibe... it is supposed to be broken down, hence its lack of tires and dark rusty brown color.
It was a fairly quick build I finished a while ago... I just didn't have time to photograph it! Despite my lack of posting, I have been busy as a beaver building big things, so stay tuned for those.
Poor Jacks. Definitely had seen better days. This little chain still operates in Northern Alabama, but out of "modern" buildings. This one curiously reminds me of a church, tho...
Spotted during a walking tour of LAX on my way to Australia
Theme Building
The Theme Building is a landmark structure at Los Angeles International Airport within the Westchester neighborhood of the City of Los Angeles. It opened in 1961, and is an example of the Mid-Century modern influenced design school known as "Googie" or "Populuxe."
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theme_Building
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Popped the colors here. I spied this one about a month ago, and found myself in the neighborhood again - so I went and got it.
Damn it's closed!
Miracle Mile was filmed here (along with countless other films).
Designed by famed L.A. architects Armét & Davis, it first opened in 1955 as Romeo's Times Square. By 1957 it had become Ram's and by 1966 Johnie's. Johnie's closed in 2000.
Today Johnie's is one of the last remaining googie coffee shops in Los Angeles.