The Restaurant Inside LA’s Space Age Theme Building Has Closed

The Restaurant Inside LA's Space Age Theme Building Has Closed

The restaurant inside an L.A. architectural icon has closed. Sadly, wannabe George Jetsons will no longer be able to pick up a cocktail at Encounter — the now-former restaurant inside LAX’s Theme Building.

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L.A. Saves Southern California’s Best-Preserved Googie Diner

L.A. Saves Southern California's Best-Preserved Googie Diner

The Los Angeles City Council ruled last week to give landmark status to Johnie’s Coffee Shop, a blue-and-white striped diner in the city’s Miracle Mile district. Opened in 1956, the building’s dramatic angles and flashy neon made it a darling of L.A.’s newly car-centered culture.

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JFK’s Retro-Futuristic Pan Am Terminal Is Slowly Being Demolished

JFK's Retro-Futuristic Pan Am Terminal Is Slowly Being Demolished

Despite some last ditch efforts to save it, the JFK airport’s 1960 Googie-style Pan Am terminal is currently being destroyed. Once an important symbol of tomorrowism, this iconic Worldport™ will soon find itself a pile of retro-futuristic rubble.

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