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AlGemac's Coffee ShoP
Astro Motel
CaPitol Records
ChemosPhere
Cinerama Dome
Civic Lanes BowlinG
Conrad's
DennY's Restaurant
HarveY's Broiler
Mc Donald's
Mel's Drive-In
Norm's HuntinGton Park
Norm's West HollYwood
Pann's Restaurant
Pannorama Bank
Romeo's Times SQuare
Ron Dee
Sheri's Restaurant
Stardust Cafe
Theme BuildinG
TramwaY Gas Station
Union 76 Gas Station
ValleY BeveraGe
Wich Stand
Programmatic + Novelty
Bach-Auricon
Brown DerbY
North Woods Inn
FrY's Electronics
The Darkroom
Bel Air Camera
RandYs Donuts
Tail o' the PuP
White LoG
BMW
Building History
The origin of the name Googie
goes back to '49, when architect
John Lautner designed a coffee
shop by the name of Googie's
on the corner of Sunset Blvd and
Crescent Heights in Los Angeles.
The elements of Googie are up-
swept roofs, large concrete domes,
exposed steel beams, starburst,
amoebae and boomerang shapes.
This futuristic architecture was
associated with the southern
californian car culture, the space
age and the optimistic view of the
post-war generation.
Googie went out of fashion in the
mid-Sixties.
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