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Going Nuclear

Renee Massaro wrote 2 weeks ago: Author: Frank Novak, Owner I recently met LA artist Aaron Seville who makes these wonderful atomic s … more →

Tags: Designers, Design, Art, Sculpture, Mid-Century Modern, aaron seville, alexander calder, George Nelson Ball Clock, modern sculpture

Weekend Edition: Saving our Mid-Century Heritage3 comments

Don wrote 4 months ago: When I started this blog, one of the subjects I said I would be blogging on would be different aspec … more →

Tags: Architecture, Los Angeles, San Diego, Southern California, Jack-in-the-Box, Ship's Coffee Shop, Mid-century, Commercial Buildings

To Do: Southern California Eats

Miles Clements wrote 4 months ago: Classic roadside restaurants are memorialized in a new photo book by John Eng and Adriene Biondo. Fi … more →

Tags: General, adriene biondo, Books, John Eng, southern california eats, To Do

mattontherun wrote 6 months ago: Ok, still super tired so just a short update with a few photos. Not done much since earlier except l … more →

Tags: Alaska, hitch hiking

Total Eye Candy1 comment

Kristina wrote 8 months ago: Every time I drive past the Sigel’s sign, I feel like it’s a small window into the past, … more →

Tags: Art, Graphic Design, Inwood Road, Inwood Theatre, Lemmon Avenue, neon lights, Photography, Sigel's, The Observer

Retro-Futurism

lanceunemode wrote 8 months ago: Once upon a time, I lived in Las Vegas. During my brief stint in Sin City,  I came to the conclusion … more →

Tags: vintage, Foraging Flickr, Architecture, kistch, Las Vegas

Abandoned Pizza World- Kenilworth, PA1 comment

dinerman wrote 11 months ago: Abandoned “modern” place in PA edit: The owner of the Rosedale Diner opened Pizza World … more →

Tags: Diners/ restaurants, Abandoned, roadside attraction, Diners / roadside related, Diner, Roadside, Architecture, 1950s, Abandoned Luncheonette

On the Road, Part 3: Monument Valley

stickslip wrote 11 months ago: Source: Google Maps Route 66 Historic Route 66, which stretched from Chicago to Los Angeles, has mos … more →

Tags: Travelogue, Southwest, New Mexico, Route 66, arizona, shiprock, Titanic, minas tirith, Four Corners

Googie Fort Collins2 comments

catfc wrote 1 year ago: Fort Collins is kind of uncool.  I don’t mean like bitter, mean, no fun uncool. I mean like we … more →

Tags: vintage commercial, Vernacular Buildings, Fort Collins, Architecture

DELUXE DINER - Arlington, Virginia

dinerman wrote 1 year ago: Here’s a diner, a newer on site construction, with a great modern style. It’s nice and f … more →

Tags: Diners/ restaurants, roadside attraction, Diners / roadside related, Diner, Roadside, washington dc, Washington, Virginia, va

2009.09.09/30 ATOMpUnk contest/expo/festival: Join! Win L$ 10000 !!!

live.nu wrote 1 year ago: Exhibition and contest of 2D & 3D  ‘ATOMPUNK’ art at the GOGBOT 2009 Festival! Atomp … more →

Tags: Art, virtual worlds, atompunk, Gogbot, gogbot2009, Avatar, SL, Second-Life, Virtual

I'm Feeling All Nostalgic

Dana wrote 1 year ago: I came across a cool site this morning after reading an article in the L.A. Times. It’s a site … more →

Tags: Life, Architecture

Ollie's Trolley1 comment

dinerman wrote 1 year ago: I ate lunch here today. First things first- look back at the previous post. Do you notice any simila … more →

Tags: Diners/ restaurants, roadside attraction, Diners / roadside related, Diner, Roadside, lunch counter, washington dc, Waffle Shop, ollie's trolley

Ballard's Denny's

Arne wrote 1 year ago: A second look at the torn-down Denny’s, with one of its red seats visible in the foreground. … more →

Tags: Ballard development, Ballard Denny's

Torn-down Denny's

Arne wrote 1 year ago: What was the Denny’s building, and before that the Manning’s building, yesterday afterno … more →

Tags: Ballard development, Ballard Denny's

East Gate2 comments

Dane wrote 1 year ago: Lima, Ohio Esquivel – Sentimental Journey … more →

Tags: Music, Photo, Ohio, Sign, Lima, canon digital rebel XT, esquivel, Sentimental Journey, East Gate Motel

Is it a penal institution?

iliveisl wrote 1 year ago: nah, it’s just ultra-mod and Googie architecture. once Second Life releases dynamic reflection … more →

Tags: Second-Life, Enerville, Virtual Real Estate

Related to kitsch, newspapers and food, but not recipes

Shannon wrote 1 year ago: The Taj Mahal of Ballard has been saved, local news agencies reported yesterday. City Council voted … more →

Tags: Random Fixations, Seattle P-I, ballard, Seattle, Seattle Times, denny's, Architecture

I Love the Sixties2 comments

Dane wrote 2 years ago: downtown Columbus, Ohio Design elements like this are part of why I love midcentury design so much. … more →

Tags: Music, Photo, Columbus, Ohio, Simon and Garfunkel, canon digital rebel XT, Wall, pattern, Circles


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