Final Goodbye to Kona Lanes~Costa Mesa, CA - General Tiki

T tikiyaki Tiki Socialite The Exotic Port of REDONDO BEACH, CA Joined: May 18, 2004 Posts: 2725	T tikiyaki Posted posted on Fri, Jan 9, 2009 5:06 PM On 2009-01-09 16:56, Jason Wickedly wrote: Yesterday I had to drive our to Diamond Bar to pick up some stuff at my company's warehouse. The freeways back to Long Beach were a mess, and I was on company time :D, so I ended up coming back Valley Blvd all the way up to Rosemead Blvd, and then Rosemead back, about a 90 minute drive though the cities of Industry, El Monte, Rosemead, Pico Rivera, and Downey. There is still a lot of Googie and Mid-Century out there, in these little cities that time has forgotten. I wished so bad that I had my camera with me to take pictures of some of the signs and buildings along the way. Take pictures people...if it looks cool to you, it looks like a site for a future Coffee Bean/Bed Bath and Beyond/Jamba Juice to a developer and like an eyesore to the local city councils. Indeed, there alot of great MCM places in El Monte, and all those surrounding San Gabriel Valley towns, like Alhambra, Monterey Park etc. There very ethnic neighborhoods, either Asian or Latino, on the lower side of the income scale, so they might not get wiped out too quickly, as those neighborhoods don't have alot of money to spend on those dreaded "revitalization" plans. One neighborhood that embraces it's MCM character is SilverLake. Neutra has his own street there, and some of his students built houses in the area. Really nice stuff.

On 2009-01-09 16:56, Jason Wickedly wrote:
Yesterday I had to drive our to Diamond Bar to pick up some stuff at my company's warehouse. The freeways back to Long Beach were a mess, and I was on company time :D, so I ended up coming back Valley Blvd all the way up to Rosemead Blvd, and then Rosemead back, about a 90 minute drive though the cities of Industry, El Monte, Rosemead, Pico Rivera, and Downey. There is still a lot of Googie and Mid-Century out there, in these little cities that time has forgotten. I wished so bad that I had my camera with me to take pictures of some of the signs and buildings along the way. Take pictures people...if it looks cool to you, it looks like a site for a future Coffee Bean/Bed Bath and Beyond/Jamba Juice to a developer and like an eyesore to the local city councils.

Indeed, there alot of great MCM places in El Monte, and all those surrounding San Gabriel Valley towns, like Alhambra, Monterey Park etc.

There very ethnic neighborhoods, either Asian or Latino, on the lower side of the income scale, so they might not get wiped out too quickly, as those neighborhoods don't have alot of money to spend on those dreaded "revitalization" plans.

One neighborhood that embraces it's MCM character is SilverLake. Neutra has his own street there, and some of his students built houses in the area. Really nice stuff.

Post #428034 by tikiyaki on Fri, Jan 9, 2009 5:06 PM