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Atomic Age Architecture......It's Called Googie.

Googie architecture, that fanciful design from the 1950's is still here. Rusting and faded pieces of yesteryear, they stand as reminders of a bygone era when hope for the future was still strong with America's psyche.

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Hip and Vintage Motels and Trailers in the USA

Why is old-fashioned roadside architecture so appealing to us? I suspect it may have something to do with the color and vibrancy that these lodgings have - very different from the bland, boxy chain motel...

2 comments    travel retro motel
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LAX Theme Building

You recognize the structure at right as the iconic Theme Building of LAX--Los Angeles International Airport. But it looks different these days. Because of falling concrete, the space-age struts are being...

0 comments    travel los angeles theme
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Googie Restaurants: That 1950s Look

In the early 1950's, Douglas Haskell--a Yale professor of architecture--was being driven down Sunset Blvd. in Los Angeles. He passed an odd-looking coffee shop named the Googie, shouted to his driver, and...

3 comments    movies arts restaurant
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Visit San Luis Obispo County, CA

San Luis Obispo California is my favorite home away from home. For those that have never been, San Luis Obispo County is located halfway between Los Angeles CA and San Francisco CA on the scenic Central Coast....

9 comments    travel history california
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