With the news (and subsequent outrage) that L.A.'s iconic Norms restaurant may be demolished, Curbed LA takes a look at the city's signature Googie Architecture, the effusive Jetsons-like building style that popped up after World War II. Up until the mid-'60s, the hard-lined, cartoonish Googie style was popular for motels, coffee shops, car washes and diners.
The archicritic who termed the style "Googie" in 1952 thought it was tackiness incarnate. >>