Willow Grove Park Bowling Lanes, Willow Grove, PA (other) - Locating Tiki

H hmdTiki Member Joined: Jul 28, 2011 Posts: 9	H hmdTiki Posted posted on Mon, Aug 29, 2011 10:07 PM Covina Bowl... sorry, not sure who designed West Covina Bowl. My friend Gretchen (of SacMod) and I have been trying our best to document the NorCal Powers, Daly, and DeRosa bowling centers. Not all too long ago, sadly, the SF Bay Area lost our most eye-popping example - Futurama Bowl in San Jose. Promoted as “San Jose’s Newest and Finest Bowling Alley,” Futurama Bowl opened in 1961 at 5390 Stevens Creek Blvd. Futurama featured 42 “automatic” lanes, a restaurant/cocktail lounge called the Magic Carpet Room, and a fitness center called the Glamorama Room. After a 30+ year run, the bowling alley was closed to be transformed into a Safeway grocery store. All that remains today is Futurama’s quintessentially Googie sign, revamped and repurposed, its towering bowling pin supplanted by a giant Safeway logo.

Covina Bowl... sorry, not sure who designed West Covina Bowl.

My friend Gretchen (of SacMod) and I have been trying our best to document the NorCal Powers, Daly, and DeRosa bowling centers.
Not all too long ago, sadly, the SF Bay Area lost our most eye-popping example - Futurama Bowl in San Jose.

Promoted as “San Jose’s Newest and Finest Bowling Alley,” Futurama Bowl opened in 1961 at 5390 Stevens Creek Blvd. Futurama featured 42 “automatic” lanes, a restaurant/cocktail lounge called the Magic Carpet Room, and a fitness center called the Glamorama Room.

After a 30+ year run, the bowling alley was closed to be transformed into a Safeway grocery store. All that remains today is Futurama’s quintessentially Googie sign, revamped and repurposed, its towering bowling pin supplanted by a giant Safeway logo.

Post #604725 by hmdTiki on Mon, Aug 29, 2011 10:07 PM