Googie

Googie
 n.— «The sign, erected sometime during the 1950s, is an example of what is called “Googie,” an exaggerated Jetsons-style of architecture named after a Los Angeles coffee shop.» —“After 50-year run, sign will be gone in a flash when Sigel’s liquor store closes” by Jeffrey Weiss Dallas Morning News April 21, 2009. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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