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| California Mid-Century Modern Buildings (page 9) |
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| Romantic Adventures South Lake Tahoe, CA |
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| The Romantic Adventures adult store building appears to be from the 1960s. Does anyone know what was here originally? The building was vacant when these photos were taken in 2014. By 2016, the building was housing Crimson Moon Intuitive Arts. The building now houses Mountain Luxury Properties. [map] |
| Macy's Stockton, CA |
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| This Macy's store in Stockton was built in 1964. [map] |
| Frontier Inn Motel & Restaurant Susanville, CA |
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| The Frontier Inn Motel & Restaurant was probably built in the 1950s or 1960s. It is now known as the Budget Host Frontier Inn. The photo on the left is the former restaurant building. For more, see this website. [map] |
| Veterans Memorial Building Three Rivers, CA |
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| The Veterans Memorial Building appears to be from the 1960s. [map] |
| Turlock Memorial Park Turlock, CA |
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| This mausoleum at Turlock Memorial Park appears to be from the 1960s. |
| Angell's Mill Oaks Pharmacy Ukiah, CA |
Nut Tree Plaza Vacaville, CA |
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The Angell's Mill Oaks Pharmacy operated in this building from at least the early 1970s until the 1990s. The building is now used as a residence. [map]
This Nut Tree Plaza building was built in the late 1950s. It was used as a food stand and ice cream pavilion. The Nut Tree was established in 1921 as a roadside stand. It became a tourist destination in the 1950s with a restaurant, bakery, gift shop and toy shop. The Nut Tree closed in 1996. All of the buildings but the one shown above were demolished for the development of the Nut Tree mall which opened in 2009. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [map] |
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More Vacaville:
Coffee Tree [gone] |
| Camp Arnaz Ventura, CA |
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| The Camp Arnaz campground was purchased by the Girl Scouts in 1974. I don't know if these structures were there before that or built then. There are six of these picnic shelters and two yurts which are used for sleeping. [map] |
| former Barker Brothers Ventura, CA |
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| The Barker Brothers home furnishings store was built at the Buenaventura Center shopping center and opened in 1964. The building was signed by Louis Mazzetti-Leach of Cleveland & Associates. The store closed in 1991. In 1999, the shopping center was renamed the Pacific View Mall. The Barker Brothers building remained vacant until 2019 when it began housing a 24 Hour Fitness. For more, see this website. [map] |
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West Hollywood:
former Ben Frank's |
| former Cottage Shop Woodland Hills, CA |
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| The Cottage Shop furniture store building was designed by Morris Brown and built in 1967. In 1969, the building housed the Woodland Casual furniture store. It was vacant when these photos were taken in 2013. Since 2016, the building has housed AGWC Rockin' Rescue. For more, see this website. [map] |
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Yermo:
restaurant [gone] |
| Mug's Liquor Yuba City, CA |
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| The Mug's Liquor building and sign appear to be from the 1960s. [map] |
| Yucca Valley Liquors Yucca Valley, CA |
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| Yucca Valley Liquors was built in 1955. It features a sloping roof and rock details. There is also neon lettering along the roofline. [map] |
| former Fotomat [gone] Anaheim, CA |
former Fotomat Maywood, CA |
former Fotomat Redding, CA |
coffee kiosk San Diego, CA |
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| former Fotomat Oakdale, CA |
former Fotomat Glendale, CA |
former Fotomat Fallbrook, CA |
former Fotomat Covina, CA |
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| former Fotomat San Francisco, CA |
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Fotomat was a drive-thru photo developing chain founded in San Diego, CA in the 1960s. Their kiosks were located in shopping center parking lots. By 1980, there were over 4,000 locations nationwide. The original buildings had gold roofs. With the invention of one-hour developing, Fotomat's one-day service became obsolete. They began selling off their kiosks in the mid-1980s. There are still many examples of adaptive reuse of these buildings across the country.
This former Fotomat kiosk in Anaheim was home to Euclid Lock & Key in recent years. The building was vacant after that and was demolished around 2023. This former Fotomat kiosk in Maywood now houses a jewelry repair shop. [map] This former Fotomat in Redding has housed the Deli & Greek Shack since 2011. [map] This coffee kiosk building in San Diego was probably never a Fotomat. The roof has a different design and doesn't flare out as much. It also doesn't have the unique concrete flower planter on the island. It was most likely a 1960s copycat building, of which there were many across the country. [map] This former Fotomat building in Oakdale was vacant when this photo was taken in 2017. It was housing a coffee stand in 2011 and 2012. The building has been vacant since around 2014. [map] This former Fotomat building in Glendale is now used for discount cigarette sales. [map] This former Fotomat building in Fallbrook was last used as a flower stand. It has been vacant since 2019. [map] This former Fotomat building in Covina has been expanded and now houses a psychic. [map] This former Fotomat in San Francisco housed Golden Gate Tours & Bike Rentals for several years. By 2019, the kiosk was brightly painted but was not in use. [map] For more about Fotomats, see these websites: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. |
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More California:
Cindy's Restaurants (various cities) Lyons Coffee Shops (various cities) former Mel's Junior Drive-in (various cities) Norms Restaurants (various cities) Orbit gas stations (various cities) Preble's Restaurants (various cities) Sno-White Drive-ins (various cities) Wilshire gas stations (various cities) various gas stations (various cities)
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