Posted AT 1:00 AM EDT on 12/01/07
Growing up Googie in the 1970s
Do you remember Big Boy?
With that big dumb grin, controlled cowlick and a belly full of burgers, held aloft by those trademark red-and-white-checkered overalls, I certainly do.
Big Boy looms large in my psyche for another reason: He may be responsible for my lifelong love of California modern, or “Googie” architecture.
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