See more googie related signage and buildings at Googie Central
Santa Cruz Boardwalk Photo courtesy Mark Hackett
Out on the Santa Cruz Boardwalk is a gaming joint complete with multiple
googie fins. The park was founded in 1907, the boardwalk is known as California's oldest current amusement park.
When you think of Googie and space age, how much more mid-century futuristic
can you get than the Space Needle and Pacific Science Center in Seattle,
WA? Built for the 1962 World's Fair, this space age monument is a proud reminder
of the mid-century space race era. The color of the Space Needle originally was orange.
Space Needle Photo courtesy Louis Di Fazio
Pacific Science Center Photo courtesy Louis Di FazioSeattle, WA
These remaining structures from the 1962 Seattle World's Fair depict
a much more optimistic time in America's past. The Space Needle stands tall and the googie structures to the right are still at the Pacific Science Center in Downtown Seattle.
Coffee shops with their boomerang shapes and large glass windows also
typified the mid-century era. These so called "googie" restaurants
were as known for their exotic angles and sense of space as they were
for their food.
Holiday Bowl(Rem.)
Los Angeles, CA Photo by RoadsidePeek.com
Bowling alleys have been
a form of entertainment since the early 20th Century. Some of the venues
still surviving sprouted after WWII and continue, though shakily, today.
Anaheim Convention Center
Anaheim, CA Photo by RoadsidePeek.com
Imagine attending a conference at a space port. Something out of an old
Jetsons script? No. Still found in Anaheim, California is the Anaheim
Convention Center with it's space age look paying tribute to the Disneyland
Tomorrowland that once was. Nearby is the Westcoast Anaheim parking port looking like it's about to blast off.
