Post #262231 by Chip and Andy on Sun, Oct 22, 2006 2:25 PM

On 2006-10-22 12:39, thejab wrote:
Alameda, CA (bear with me Pablus)

... Now they are rebuilding it in a psuedo upscale mediterranean style ...Stupid planners.

It is nice to know that we are not the only ones having issues with the Mediterranean Style.....

Our lovely little Hollywood By the Sea, now simply Hollywood Florida, was built in the 1920's in a Mediterranean Style because that was the way things were done in the 1920's. Several years later as people actually started to move to our little slice of land between the Ocean and the Swamp, and we had a huge influence of what we now call Googie and Populuxe. In the 50's and 60's, they were tearing down the Tuscan Villas as fast as they could to put up wonderful bits of archtiecture with sweeping roof lines and lots of neon and glass.

Now, about as many years later again, our City Planners are tearing out the Populuxe and putting up the Tuscan Villas because that is 'What the City Founder intended...' And don't you dare bring up the fact that all of the mediteranean stuff was torn out because it was so uncool the first time.