List of Googie architecture structures (Canada)
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This is a list of Googie architecture structures in Canada which includes a photographic gallery with a brief description of some of the structures which still remain. Googie was an original architectural style which began in Southern California during the late 1940s. Influenced by the coming of the Space Age, the Googie-themed architecture popularity was most notable during the mid-1960s, among motels, coffee houses and gas stations. The term "Googie" comes from a now defunct coffee shop built in West Hollywood[1] designed by John Lautner.[2][3]
List
[edit | edit source]The following are images of some of the Googie architecture structures remaining in Canada.
| Name of structure[4] | Image | Location / Notes |
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| Skylon Tower[5] | File:Niagara Falls - ON - Skylon Tower bei Nacht.jpg | Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada / c. 1965 |
| Peter Pan Restaurant [6] | 711 University Ave, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; restaurant closed and abandoned [citation needed] | |
| Terrebonne Cinemas [7] | 1071 Chemin du Côteau, Terrebonne, Quebec | |
| Canadian Tire Gas Station (30 built with only a few remaining in Ontario)[8] | File:Gas Station, Mississauga, Canada.jpg | 2025 Kipling Avenue, Etobicoke, Ontario (1968) 1212 Southdown Road, Mississauga, Ontario (c. 1969) 314 Main Street East, Hamilton, Ontario (c. 1960s) 135 West Street South, Orillia, Ontario (demolished) |
| Flying Saucer Restaurant [9] | File:A Flying Saucer Spotted in Niagara Falls - panoramio.jpg | 6768 Lundy's Lane, Niagara Falls, Ontario (c. 1974) |
| Cineplex Odeon Vaughan [10] | 3555 Highway 7 West, Woodbridge, Ontario; retro space saucer roof | |
| Metro supermarket at Parkway Mall, Toronto [11] | File:Parkway Mall - Metro.JPG | 85 Ellesmere Road, Scarborough (1958) |
| Retro McDonald's stores in Toronto [12] | File:McDonald's (6410 Millcreek Dr) - Mississauga, ON.jpg | 520 Oxford St W, London, ON N6H 1T5. 6410 Millcreek Dr, Mississauga, Ontario L5N 0B8. |
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See also
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References
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- ^ John Lautner Why Do Bad Guys Always Get The Best Houses? October 31 by Rory Stott ArchDaily
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- ^ Official website
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- ^ Cinema Treasures
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- ^ Roadside America
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- ^ Star: Parkway Mall Metro store nominated as heritage property
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Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture; by: Alan Hess; Publisher: Chronicle Books; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
- Googie Redux: Ultramodern Roadside Architecture; by: Alan Hess; Publisher: Chronicle Books; Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value)..
Googie architecture.