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More 1960's-era, "Googie" architecture, waiting to be repurposed. Hopefully, anyway.
Fort Myers, Florida.
Monday, December 24, 2012.
Christmas Eve Day.
Pann's Restaurant & Coffee Shop, located at 6710 Tijera Boulevard in Westchester, was opened in 1958 by George and Rena Panagopulos. Designed by Eldon Davis and Helen Liu Fong of Armét & Davis, the iconic building is one LA's best preserved examples of midcentury Googie architecture, featuring iconic neon signage, an angular roofline, and terrazzo floors, and neon signage. Pann’s, still family-owned (currently run by Jim Poulos), became a neighborhood institution and a touchstone for travelers thanks to its location near LAX. The menu features diner staples with Southern influences — most famously fried chicken, waffles, burgers, and hearty breakfasts. Its pop-culture status was cemented in films like Next, Bewitched and XXX: State of the Union (but contrary to popular belief, not Pulp Fiction).
I'm beginning to appreciate googie architecture more. Here's a nice example. Note, The Library Bar & Grill is next door (seen in previous photo). If you don't know what googie is, you'll have to google googie!
The same sign at night: www.flickr.com/photos/ferret111/3654907542/
Biff Burger was once a chain of hamburger restaurants located all throughout the South and East Coast. Unfortunately, the only real Biff Burger left is in St. Petersburg.
The building is taken care of, but dated on the inside, in a good way. They have 7Up on tap and Ozzie and Harriet on the wall.
Just try to find a parking space here on Friday and Saturday nights.
49th Street North north of 38th Avenue North, St. Petersburg.
Back of postcard reads:
TROPICANA MOTEL
ACROSS THE STREET FROM DISNEYLAND
Opposite The Heliport
Sleep here - walk to Disneyland
1540 S. Harbor Blvd. - Phone KEystone 5-1211
ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA
Few Minutes Drive to: Knott's Berry Farm, Marineland, Newport Harbor, West Coast Beaches, Hollywood. Stay here - see them all.
DELUXE ROOMS - HEATED POOLS - FREE 21" TV
Note: this postcard was postmarked 1963
This Bob's Big Boy restaurant, in the Media District of Burbank, California, was built in 1949, and is the oldest remaining Bob's in America.
It's a prime example of Googie architecture, setting the tone that many restaurants in the 1950's would follow.
Those clouds are courtesy of the incoming storm front that has bathed Southern California this week.
4211 W. Riverside Dr., Burbank CA.
San Jose's Century 21 Theatre opened in 1964, the mothership in a series of Vincent Raney-designed dome theaters that would grace the Bay Area roadside in the 1960s. The Century 21 differs from its sister dome theaters in that it was constructed almost entirely of concrete and it has a larger lobby. One of the few remaining dome theaters in the Bay Area that has not been "halved."
Located at 3161 Olsen Drive in San Jose, CA
Designed by noted modernist architect Cesar Pelli, the 1996 Celebration Town Cinema was immediately labeled by architectural pundits as an example of the Googie style of architecture. It is in fact a post-modern interpretation of the Art Moderne style of the 1930's-1950's.
Its two thin, round spires rising above the twin, rounded marquees that flank the theatre's entrance are a landmark in this planned community built by the Walt Disney Company as an adjunct to Disney World in Orlando, Florida.
Unfortunately the theater closed shortly after Thanksgiving in 2010 and now sits empty.
Any of y'all seen the movie "Rubber"?
The only real 'atomic', 'googie', 'mid-century modern', etc. thing about this (other than that it is, in fact, made of real atoms) is that hole with the pole going through it. That description makes me wince a bit, but I don't know what else to say. I'd better not end up with creepy hits, like my photo of Cynthia's Motel in Madera. I should probably take that damned thing down, come to think of it.
Cambrian Bowl, located at 14900 Camden Ave. in San Jose, is one of the last two mid-century bowling establishments in San Jose (folks, there used to be TEN). Cambrian Bowl opened in 1958 and while the shopping center it sits in is characterized by a traditional ranch-style architecture, Cambrian Bowl is marked by two very blue Googie BOWL signs.
Debra Jane had this on her stream a few months ago. I had never seen it, but then I'm hardly ever on that part of Bragg Boulevard. I have feelers out trying to determine which chain this was for.
Closing soon, the Goody's coffee shop is leaving San Gabriel for El Monte by the end of the month. The fate of its landmark pylon sign is still up in the air.
865 East Las Tunas Drive
San Gabriel, CA 91775
Park Avenue is a great retro restaurant that resides in a 1950's googie style building that used to be the Park Pantry Coffee Shop way back in the day.............. keeping with the googie theme the restaurant was re-done and opened back up in 2005 ............. If your looking for a steak house with that late fifties early sixties look and feel this is your spot to go to in Stanton CA.
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.
The Carousel of Progress debuted at Disneyland in 1967, as part of Disneyland's new Tomorrowland. It was an attraction that originally appeared at the New York World's Fair 1964-1965. The attraction remained at Disneyland from 1967 to 1973, then it was packed up and moved to Disney World where its sponsor, General Electric, felt it could attract a new audience.
This is the Naugahyde Co. swatch sheet for their vinyl pattern named "Contemporary". Customers were offered a choice of 16 colors (bottom 4 are metallics). THE iconic 1950s vinyl upholstery once found in restaurants and bars all over America. It was constructed twice as thick as any other nauga product due to the embossed pattern rolled into the material . It wore like iron and I was still seeing this around L.A. in the 1980's in its original applications.
Sheet dims.: 8 1/2" x 11".
This Pattern Is Available On My Zazzle Products !
Here's some Zazzle products I've created using this pattern i.e. coasters (sets), ceramic tiles, pillows, towels, placemats, hand-held electronics skins / cases, etc.: www.zazzle.com/googieheaven/products?ps=75&qs=contemp...
By request from Roadsidepictures, who wanted to see the interior of the 1960's-vintage Safeway located at 3350 Mission Street near 30th, in San Francisco.
Auto World Auto Sales
2240 Northgate Blvd
Sacramento, California
One of several former locations of an Orbit gas station, now a used car dealer specializing in financing people with bad credit or no credit.
The amazingly googie sign for Andy's Drive In, which has been around since 1951 or '52, depending on who you ask. Wish I would have had time to go back and see how it looked at night.
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This is a Fine Art photo of the 'Rio Siesta Motel' neon sign in Clinton Oklahoma along the old historic Route 66. The sign is very much faded, in fact, it is exhausted, but it still stands in front of the motel establishment. From what could be construed through many google searches, the Rio Siesta Motel is still operating. Attached to bottom of the neon sign is this verbiage "American Owned, Clean Rooms, Weekly Rates, Adult Video Movies." Nothing more could be determined, except that if that great old neon sign is in that bad of shape, heaven only knows what the rooms look like. Enough said.
Back of postcard reads:
PALM SPRINGS "In The Heart of Town"
DUNES HOTEL
390 South Indian Avenue
Palm Springs, California 92262 Ph. (714) 324-1172
108 Rooms-Suites, Ex. Large Beds, Pvt. Patios, Rm. Phones, Free T.V., Olympic Size Pool, Therapeutic Pool, Carports, Saunas, Free Airport & Bus Limousine Service, Wind Free Area, Restaurant, Cocktail Lounge, Spacious Sun Deck, Game Room, Nearby Golf Courses, Daily Maid Service, Allergy Free Rooms, Elevators.
ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED
The neon Subway sign at 310 E Rio Grande Ave, Wildwood New Jersey. A fine example (and still in existence) of Populuxe / Googie / Doo Wop architecture.
Subway Management ask that you please View On Black. thanks!