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California Mid-Century Modern Buildings (page 6)

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mixed-use building
Long Beach, CA
This mixed-use building was built in 1959. The building was vacant when these photos were taken in 2016. It previously housed an adult daycare center. It is being marketed for medical and/or retail use. [map]

More Long Beach:
former Ray Vines Chrysler

unidentified building [gone]
Los Banos, CA
This unidentified building housed a psychic in 2016. The building appeared to be vacant in 2017 when this photo was taken. I have no idea what it housed originally. It appears to be from the 1950s or 1960s. The building was gone by 2022.

Mammoth Mountain Inn
Mammoth Lakes, CA
Mammoth Mountain Chalets
Mammoth Lakes, CA
The Mammoth Mountain Inn was designed by Theodore Boutmy and built in 1958. [map]

The Mammoth Mountain Chalets which are next door to the Inn were built in the 1950s. [map]

More Mammoth Lakes:
A-Frame Liquor
Kittredge Sports

Shorewood Realtors
Manhattan Beach, CA
Mentone Plaza
Mentone, CA
The Shorewood Realtors building was built in 1964. The sign was probably built at the same time. These photos are from 2013. The building now houses a law office. [map]

Mentone Plaza was built in 1963. It originally housed Mentone Liquor and Deli. It was built by Swen Larson. [map]

former Regal Cleaners
Montrose, CA
Regal Cleaners opened here in 1957 and closed in 2021. In 2024, the building began housing the How's It Going to End coffee shop. It hasn't been decided if the sign will remain or be changed. [map]

Montrose Bike Shop
Montrose, CA
Cub's Liquor
Needles, CA
The Montrose Bike Shop building was constructed in 1962. The bike shop was the original tenant. [map]

Cub's Liquor opened in 1959. [map]

Bloomingdale's
Newport Beach, CA
2006: 2013:
This Bloomingdale's was built in 1967 as a Broadway department store. It became a Bloomingdale's store in 1996. The building was designed by Welton Becket. The metal screens were added to the building during a 2013 remodeling. For more, see these websites: 1 and 2. [2006 photo thanks Tyler Norman] [map]

Stuft Shirt Restaurant
Newport Beach, CA
The Stuft Shirt Restaurant was designed by Ladd & Kelsey and built in 1961. The building housed Windows on the Bay from the mid-1990s until around 2000. It remained vacant after that. Since 2011, the building has housed A'maree's, a women's clothing store. In 2018, it was announced that the building will most likely be demolished for a new development. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [map]

former Dunkers Delite
North Hollywood, CA
former Dunkers Delite
Duarte, CA
This former Dunkers Delite coffee shop in North Hollywood was part of this small California chain. It was built in 1965. The building has housed several laundromats since at least 2007. [map]

This former Dunkers Delite in Duarte has housed Sushi Fire since around 2014. [map]

There were other locations in San Jose, Hayward, Torrance, La Habra, and likely elsewhere which are gone now.

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