1960 Trousdale Estates Home | Architect: William Sutherland Beckett | Beverly Hills, CA - Via
Stanford Medical Center
Architect: Edward Durell Stone | Location: 300 Pasteur Dr, Stanford, CA 94305
This young American architect challenged the International style of modernism by blending in decorative/ornamental elements from his Beaux-Arts education. He received high profile praise for his work including Architectural Forum who said it was a, “milestone in hospital design.” Life magazine said the facility’s design was a “restful beauty.” After more than 50 years, the building is intact and as stunning as the day it was introduced.
Yet despite a series of historical resource evaluations in support of its preservation, it is set to be demolished. The structure lacks compliance to seismic safety standards and patient care capacity limitations.
Is retrofitting not an option? Or building a separate facility on the Stanford campus? Let’s cross our fingers on this one!
A Hospital With Style
1962 Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula | Architect: Edward Durell Stone | Location: 23625 Holman Highway, Monterey, CA
The $3.5 million 210,000-square-foot facility was honored with state and national awards for excellence in architecture with its clean, modern, horizontal design. - Via: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
c. 1963 Ship’s Coffee Shop | Culver City, CA
Martin Stern Jr. is credited as a pioneer of Googie style architecture in Los Angeles and later in Las Vegas; his first of that style was Ship’s Coffee Shop. Three Ship’s Coffee Shops operated in the Los Angeles area from 1956 until the 1990s. - Via
Googie Architecture in St. Louis
Former NEBA Roast Beef Building and recently operated as Sunrise Chinese Restaurant but now vacant | 3504 Washington Boulevard in St. Louis, MO - Via
Soaring Design
c. 1952 Architect’s proposal for the façade and porte-cochère of the Sands Hotel. - Via
Snake Dance!
Debra Paget performs a titillating sexy dance in the 1959 German French Italian adventure, “The Indian Tomb” aka “Journey to the Lost City” by Fritz Lang.
Robinson’s Department Store | Launched January, 1958 - Expanded in 1973 | 333 S.Palm Canyon Dr. at Baristo Rd.,Palm Springs - Via
Couple spends $5 on Eames chair that may be worth tens of thousands!
On second thought, maybe not. If this chair was manufactured in 1946, it would have been produced by the Evans Products Company and should be included on the label. Herman Miller took over production and distribution in 1949. Also, the bottom bolt pattern is different than the one used by the Evans Products Company. A 5-2-5 pattern (5 attaching the front legs, 2 securing the seat at middle, and then another 5 at the rear holding on the rear legs) was used between 1946-1949. Herman Miller changed the pattern to 5-2-4 after a year of production. - Via
Googie Architecture | SAMBO’S Restaurant Chain
These photos look like they were taken just yesterday. Well, not really. They’re actually 40-50 years old (Kodak Vericolor Type L film with a 4 x 5 view camera and 90 mm wide angle lens)! Photographer Tim Putz was a personal friend of the Battistone family, the original owners of the Sambo’s Restaurant enterprise. They commissioned him from 1964 to 1970 to photograph the first 25 Sambo’s restaurants in the growing chain.
At one time there were 1200 locations across America. Today, only one Sambo’s Restaurant remains — the very first one that still stands at its original location on the beach in Santa Barbara. - Via: 1 | 2
This one looks like an Adrian Pearsall sofa. Would love to have this one!
Desert Utopia
Mid-Century Architecture in Palm Springs traces the history of modern architecture in Palm Springs from the earliest days to the preservation issues facing the region today.
