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| Googie: Architecture of the Space Age | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 15 2012, 10:19 PM (323 Views) | |
| musicasacra | Jun 15 2012, 10:19 PM Post #1 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/paleofuture/2012/06/googie-architecture-of-the-space-age/ |
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| ivorythumper | Jun 16 2012, 08:00 AM Post #2 |
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I am so adjective that I verb nouns!
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The other part of googie-ism is primitive Polynesian reference like lava stone stone walls and tiki torches, which are contrasted with space age rocket fins and atomic ellipses and cantenary curves. I love that stuff.
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| sue | Jun 16 2012, 08:06 AM Post #3 |
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HOLY CARP!!!
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How interesting. It's not a term I'd heard before. Thanks for posting that; I enjoyed that article. |
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| Mikhailoh | Jun 16 2012, 08:57 AM Post #4 |
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If you want trouble, find yourself a redhead
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I was never aware of the term either, but always, always loved the style. Interesting article. When I first moved to town I lived right by a Googie-inspired park designed by R. Carl Fruend and built the year of my birth. It is still very cool today. Here is the pavilion, meant for dancing. ![]() ![]() The restrooms are done in that style too. This picture can't be used, but you can link to it. http://www.flickr.com/photos/underteeth/4886227769/ Incredible view of Over The Rhine, downtown and the Mill Creek area. |
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| Frank_W | Jun 18 2012, 05:18 AM Post #5 |
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Resident Misanthrope
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Very cool. I love this stuff, too. Here in town, there's an old Coca-Cola bottling plant that's served as a restaurant, a bookstore, a boutique, then a restaurant, and it keeps on changing hands. The building itself, is totally art deco. Our local airport and one of our local banks were built during the mid-60's, and the architecture is both kitschy and cool, at the same time.
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Here in town, there's an old Coca-Cola bottling plant that's served as a restaurant, a bookstore, a boutique, then a restaurant, and it keeps on changing hands. The building itself, is totally art deco. Our local airport and one of our local banks were built during the mid-60's, and the architecture is both kitschy and cool, at the same time.
6:29 AM Jul 11