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 Mon, Jan 12, 2009 11:33 AM On 2009-01-12 11:22, congawa wrote: Unfortunately, the really cool Anaheim Googie bowling alley, Anaheim Bowl (which was on Lincoln just west of the 5, and had that big sculpture at the entrance that looked like something from the 1964 NY World's Fair) got torn down just a couple of years ago (like a lot of these places). It seems like the new "hipster" idea of bowling alleys are the Lucky Strike lanes, which are stuck inside "happening" malls (like Hollywood & Highland or the Block of Orange) with no stylistic building structure other than a "retro" neon sign. God, I know. I just saw that my childhood bowling alley in Long Island is now a "300", which is the same as Lucky Strike. Gourmet Restaurant food, swanky bar, Britney Spears light show style lighting, and $7 a game bowling, all packaged on a "city nightlife" style website, with, young models wearing CK and DKNY. http://www.3hundred.com/ Nothing is sacred Bowling as "upscale"...Ralph and Norton are rolling over in their brooklyn graves. Do you have your TIKIYAKI ORCHESTRA CD YET ? http://www.myspace.com/tikiyaki http://www.tikiyakiorchestra.com [ Edited by: tikiyaki 2009-01-12 11:33 ]

On 2009-01-12 11:22, congawa wrote:
Unfortunately, the really cool Anaheim Googie bowling alley, Anaheim Bowl (which was on Lincoln just west of the 5, and had that big sculpture at the entrance that looked like something from the 1964 NY World's Fair) got torn down just a couple of years ago (like a lot of these places).

It seems like the new "hipster" idea of bowling alleys are the Lucky Strike lanes, which are stuck inside "happening" malls (like Hollywood & Highland or the Block of Orange) with no stylistic building structure other than a "retro" neon sign.

God, I know. I just saw that my childhood bowling alley in Long Island is now a "300", which is the same as Lucky Strike. Gourmet Restaurant food, swanky bar, Britney Spears light show style lighting, and $7 a game bowling, all packaged on a "city nightlife" style website, with, young models wearing CK and DKNY.

http://www.3hundred.com/

Nothing is sacred

Bowling as "upscale"...Ralph and Norton are rolling over in their brooklyn graves.

Do you have your TIKIYAKI ORCHESTRA CD YET ?
http://www.myspace.com/tikiyaki
http://www.tikiyakiorchestra.com

[ Edited by: tikiyaki 2009-01-12 11:33 ]

Post #428386 by tikiyaki on Mon, Jan 12, 2009 11:33 AM