This lovely starburst was sent my way by Brian — the Bessemer, Alabama Holiday Inn, circa 1957. I find the sign extremely enticing, myself. The present-day photos of the former-Holiday-Inn property, not so much.
December 30, 2008 By 2 Comments
Googie Tuesday, part 10
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Yes, sadly, googie was knocked down and replaced with redneck anti-architecture. I shudder to think that one day in the far-flung future, students of the history of human structures might open their textbooks (or boot their learnscreens, or whatever) to a chapter entitled “The Founders of Redneck Anti-architecture in the Golden Age of NASCAR”.
“Golden Age of NASCAR”
[shudders at the thought]