Do you love Googie?

[tina tron]

Have you ever heard of Googie? It's my favorite cultural phenomenon. Googie is roadside architecture from the 1950s-1960s. Influenced by the space age and the atomic age, but it also encompasses "phoney colonee" - tacky rip off of colonial architecture and Tiki such as tiki bars, tiki knick-knacks etc. Jetsons = googie the bowling alley in "The Big Lebowski" = googie. Boomerangs, atom clusters, star bursts, neon, all googie. I can't get enough.

[annabanana]

1. lived it

good for a giggle & a snort

don't miss it much

On edit: who calls it googie?

[Hell Hath No Fury]

5. Architects -

that's the type of designs official name.

[jakeXT]

2. I had a look at the home of the future, and maybe 4 or 5 things that have come true

Robotic Maid to Cook and Clean "by magic"
3-D Color TV Wall Panel
Slide-Back Roof
Personal Helicopter Roof Landing Pad
Moving Stairway
Glass Walls
Dust-free Floors
Microwave Stove with Menu Selector
Ultrasonic Laundry
Electrical Heat Unit
Phono-vision Receiver (TV Phone)
Electronic House-control Panel

http://www.spaceagecity.com/googie/tempgallery/yourfuture.htm

[GReedDiamond]

3. Yes, actually, I do love googie architecture...

In the early 90s, we used to go to a bowling alley just like the one in The Big Lebowski, in the San Gabriel Valley off the 210 freeway, before it was torn down to make way for a SavOn store which wasn't really needed. I wonder if, in fact, it was the same bowling alley as in the film?

We also used to go to a Tiki style bowling alley in Covina CA that is shown below and in "The Book of Tiki" by Sven A. Kirsten, aka Sven Tiki.

[Hell Hath No Fury]

4. My favorite type of architecture and signage!

My whole house would be googie if I had a choice. I once heard it described as "optimistic" -- I agree with that -- how can you not be in a good mood surrounded by googie??