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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