Post #203364 by tikijackalope on Fri, Dec 16, 2005 1:20 AM

I think this was one of my first posts to TC. Since then, I've learned a lot more about mid-century architecture and I'd give the place a slimmer chance of having been tiki, though the torches still make me wonder.

The basic shape of the building is similar to one referred to in Alan Hess' book, Googie Redux, as a hyperbolic paraboloid. I note this, mostly because I like to say, type or think: "hyperbolic paraboloid." Its a cool phrase and sounds like something the Enterprise did when it accidentally went back in time; but I sleepily digress...

Fatuhiva wrote:

There is also a big a-framed bowling alley on i think like 19th ave and bethany that obviously was tiki at one time.

Is this the one? I shot it this past May on Bethany Home Road in Phoenix. I doubt it was tiki, but it certainly deserves being recognized as a temple of googie goodness:

It was about the coolest thing I saw in Phoenix, even considering all the nice signs on Hwy60.

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[ Edited by: tikijackalope 2005-12-16 01:29 ]