Wanna buy a hot dog? A Googie Classic!
With this posting on Facebook today from Sharon at 5280 Mod, I was trying to figure out if I could make a living in food
With this posting on Facebook today from Sharon at 5280 Mod, I was trying to figure out if I could make a living in food
Sad news for Googie Fans. Here are several retrospectives and Obituatries: LA Observed, Kevin Roderick, editor Southern California Public Radio Mercury News LA Times –
The tour will be held on Saturday, June 6th from 10 am to 4 pm and Sunday, June 7th from 12 pm to 4 pm.
This was spotted over on Boing Boing, but I love this idea of custom gingerbread house to look like your home! And it’s midcentury (whoopee!)
One of our favorite mid-century things are Googie signs. There are plenty of photos out there, but one thing is certain and it’s that they’re
In another Mid-Century preservation attempt, the Neutra Institute for Survival through Design is attempting to save The Kronish House. Word just received pressures us to
Seems this is the only weekly posts I’m getting to right now, but we’re working hard behind the scenes on filling the Mid-century motel website!
Our last stop in Colorado Springs was our favorite – architecturally, accommodations AND price (can you get better than that?) For a very reasonable price
Nearly 50 years after Georgia and the late Tom Webb hired architect Talivaldis Meijers to design an H-shaped post-and-beam home, with lots of windows, the
Paul Kirk (November 18, 1914-May 22, 1995). Kirk studied architecture at the University of Washington, receiving his degree in 1937. Kirk’s architecture was inspired by
When you step into the Neon Museum in Las Vegas — known as the “Neon Boneyard” — you step into a glowing archive of the
We’ve been watching the restoration of the Boots Court Motel in Joplin, Missouri for years, from the “Save the Boots Motel campaign”, until they reopened
The Houston Astrodome was designed by architects Hermon Lloyd & W.B. Morgan, and Wilson, Morris, Crain and Anderson. The world’s first indoor, air conditioned stadium.
What is characteristic of Modernist architecture? Do the major design features involve steel and glass? Was the design machine-inspired? (does it look somewhat like a
Grab a martini, old fashioned or a gin and tonic and settle down for some fabulous modernism viewing. If you’re like us and didn’t make
So, I was surfing cool retro mid-century stuff and found this awesome group on Flickr: Mid Century Home Brochures and Ephemera – a little tasty
Sure you do! I haven’t plugged my fantastic Flickr group here for a while, so I thought I’d take this change to direct you all
We had a fantastic trip on Thanksgiving through the surprisingly Mid-Century Cimmaron Heritage Center museum in Boise City, OK. This amazing collection of 50’s memorabilia
This weekend we had issue #4 with our semi- brand new kitchen. First it was the microwave, then the refrigerator, then the sink, and NOW
I won’t take credit for these…a friend of mine sent them in a joke email: There are more on my flickr site! Enjoy the giggle!
It’s wonderful when we can report a Mid-Century preservation success: “Long, low and in his trademark black steel, the shuttered-since-2008 Esso station by Bauhaus master
Took some cool pictures around Arapahoe Acres – love this house color! Post a link to your picture in the comments if you want to
Ted Cleary, ASLA, of Studio Cleary Landscape Architecture continues his contributions on midcentury modern garden design, here with the first of his “Case Study Gardens”. MCM
If you’re looking for another unique cold war home, you can’t get any better than this. Girard “Jerry” B. Henderson built a 6,000 square foot