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Discovering Googie architecture in California
Find the Big Boy, the bowling palace and other fun and funky examples of an architectural style that just screams SoCal.

It was the 1950s. America was a superpower, and the Los Angeles area was the center of it. The space race was on. A car culture was emerging. So were millions of postwar babies. Businesses needed ways to get families out of their automobiles and into coffee shops, bowling alleys, gas stations and motels. They needed bright signs and designs showing that the future was now. They needed color and new ideas.