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Googie architecture: A May 18 Travel section article on Googie architecture listed the wrong address, telephone number and hours for the Starbucks at the former site of Ships Culver City.
“A beige blob”: Historic preservationists say new paint damaged Weller’s Dry Cleaning, an icon of Googie architecture in Silver Spring on its way to being protected.
That cowboy hat is an example of the architectural style known as Googie (pronounced ghoo-ghee, with two hard G’s), which was popular from the 1940s to the 1970s.
Googie architecture is a midcentury design style characterized by dramatic rooflines, pops of color, large glass windows and flashy signs. Anna Kodé, a reporter covering design and culture for ...
Mel’s Drive-in Restaurant in Santa Monica features retro futuristic architecture known as Googie. From inside the diner, which started as Penguin Coffee Shop in the 1950s, KCRW talks with Michael ...
The term Googie architecture — pronounced GOO-gee with hard G’s — is probably foreign to you, but you are almost certainly familiar with buildings that exemplify the style. This distinctive ...
Googie Architecture, Explained: A Guide to L.A.’s Unique and Quirky ’60s-Era Vision of the Future The style was heavily influenced by Southern California’s car-centric culture and its ...
A woman walks outside Googies Coffee Shop and Schwab’s Pharmacy in Los Angeles. Googie architecture touched down in Los Angeles in 1949 thanks to John Lautner’s futuristic design of the long ...
Mel’s Drive-in Restaurant in Santa Monica features retro futuristic architecture known as Googie. From inside the diner, which started as Penguin Coffee Shop in the 1950s, KCRW talks with Michael ...
A rare “Googie” house has landed on the real estate market in Paradise Valley, Arizona for $2.395 million. The home was built by George Hall Gutted home being sold as is in AZ for millions ...
Googie Modern: Architectural Drawings of Armet Davis Newlove | By Michael Murphy, with text by Alan Hess | Angel City Press | $50. Cruise down the Strip, and you can’t miss them. Jitterbug ...