Post #65217 by aquarj on Tue, Dec 16, 2003 1:35 PM

Dean, you're right, the googie stuff keeps disappearing, literally as we speak. Naomi and I were just out of town for 11 days, and when we got back, one of our favorite little local bank structures was ruined. It used to have these tall "swiss cheese" concrete walls, and it was one of the last tiny examples of googie style around here, right on a main commercial road. Well, they filled in all the holes and repainted the walls a dull grey. Some numbskull must have actually decided to spend the money on this. Why why why? Those holes weren't hurting anybody!

Luckily we took a few pictures there, but there's still a few more places to capture before something happens. In just the last 3 years I've seen car washes, rock facades, and beautiful signs get the deep six. The sad thing is that I think it's actually pretty dubious that there's any valid marketing data to support these kinds of "upgrades" - just marketing consultant busybodies getting their palms greased by offering half-baked solutions to non-existant problems.

But in some surprising news, since thejab mentioned Bel-Mateo Bowl, I was stunned to see that they recently fixed their beautiful sign. For the last couple years it read "Bel at " Bowl at night, but now someone got it fully lit again. Now bowlers can enjoy it when they are fully lit too.

-Randy