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GOOGIE ARCHITECTURE
Astro Motel
CaPitol Records
ChemosPhere
Cinerama Dome
Civic Lanes BowlinG
Driftwood DairY
HollYdaY Bowl
Panorama Bank
PreGnant OYster
Theme BuildinG
TramwaY Gas Station
Union 76
CAFE + RESTAURANT
AlGemac's
Ben Frank's
Bob's BiG BoY
ChiP's
Conrad's
DennY's
Frank's
GoodY's
HarveY's Broiler
Johnie's
Kite Coffee ShoP
Mc Donald's
Mel's Drive-In
Norm's HuntinGton Park
Norm's InGlewood
Norm's West HollYwood
Pann's Restaurant
Parasol
Rod's Grill
Ron Dee
Sheri's Restaurant
Stardust Cafe
Wich Stand
PROGRAMMATIC ARCHITECTURE
Bach-Auricon
Bel Air Camera
Bellflower BaGels
BMW
Brown DerbY
CarneY's ExPress
Clifton's Brookdale Cafeteria
Coffee Pot
CooPer's Donuts
Dale's Donuts
FrY's Electronics
Kindles's Donuts
Little Pedro's Cantina
North Woods Inn
RandYs Donuts
Tail o' the PuP
Tamale
Thai Town ExPress
The Darkroom
Van De KamP's Windmill
White LoG
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The origin of the name Googie goes back to 1949, when architect John Lautner designed a coffee shop by the name of Googie's on the intersection of Sunset Boulevard + Crescent Heights Blvd in Los Angeles.
The elements of Googie are up-swept roofs, large concrete domes, exposed steel beams and starburst, amoebae or boomerang shapes.
This futuristic architecture was associated with the Southern Californian car culture, the space age and the optimistic views of the post-war generation.
Googie went out of fashion in the mid-Sixties.
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