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Mid Century | Architecture & Interior Design

Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

Vintage photos of 1950s diners show the quintessentially American restaurants in their heyday

By the 1950s, diners were a staple for the average American restaurant-goer, mainly due to their low prices, large menus, and extended hours.

Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

Is this the world's most glamorous airport hotel? Inside JFK's Sixties-inspired TWA Hotel

Jane Mulkerrins felt like an extra on 'Mad Men' when she stayed at the new TWA at JFK

Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

The grooviest bachelor pad in Chicago modeled its kitchen after The Brady Bunch

The only thing missing is Alice!

Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

The Vanishing World of Neon Motel Signs - Atlas Obscura

A photographer has spent decades capturing these symbols of Americana and the open road.

Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

Don the Beachcomber to close Sunday in Sunset Beach; new location being sought

Renowned tiki restaurant Don the Beachcomber will close Sunday night after nearly 10 years at its Sunset Beach location, the restaurant announced Friday.

Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

Mad Men Sets Have Arrived in New York, and They are Glorious - TV Time - Curbed National

Photos via Architizer "Matthew Weiner's Mad Men", an exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, New York opens tomorrow, March 14, offering visitors the chance to...

Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

Thank the Jews for the "Mad Men" Aesthetic: How They Designed the Modern American Home

The mid-century modernists who fled Hitler helped shape a visual aesthetic that's still pervasive, as shown in a new museum exhibit.

Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

Own a Mies van der Rohe Home For $160K Design News | Apartment Therapy

Detroit certainly has some bargain real estate at the moment, but perhaps none as great a deal as this. The Lafayette Park complex was designed by Mies van der Rohe in 1959, with this fully remodeled 1,400 square foot townhome currently asking $159,900.

Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

Modern home: CJM spotlights midcentury Jewish designers | j. the Jewish news weekly of Northern California

J. provides weekly news articles, reviews and features about the Jewish community of the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California.

      Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

      Newsweek: The Rise of the McMansion - Los Angeles’s Endangered Modernist Homes

      Los Angeles’s architectural gems are being endangered by a hot real estate market—and a decidedly Beverly Hills aesthetic.

        Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

        Googie Grocery Store Threatened

        Current operator Superior Grocers has proposed a renovation of the mid-century grocery store that would remove many of its Googie features.

          Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

          Adventure Thru Inner Space Promotional Artwork

          This is a full scan of a promotional booklet that Monsanto put together in 1968 for the tragically now-deceased Tomorrowland attraction

            Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

            Buy a Hal Levitt Modern in Encino With a Swim-Up Shower

            Celebrities (Jennifer Aniston, Ellen DeGeneres, Michael C. Hall) love architect Hal Levitt's and they also kind of love Encino--could they perhaps really...

                Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

                Valley Retrospective: The 1950s

                The 1950s were the time of Marlon Brando and leather jackets. Of Dwight D. Eisenhower, everybodys Grandpa, on the golf course.

                  Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

                  Johnie's Coffee Shop | Los Angeles Conservancy

                  The beloved Johnie's Coffee Shop at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax is on the road to landmark status!

                  The Conservancy and our Modern Committee, with the help of architectural historian Alan Hess, have submitted a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument (HCM) nomination for the iconic Googie restaurant building.

                  Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

                  1955 Disneyland Opening Day [Complete ABC Broadcast]

                  Disneyland Park is a theme park located in Anaheim, California, owned and operated by the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of the Walt Disney Company. ...

                    Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

                    The Yacht Bar at Yesterland

                    Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

                    Santa Monica Civic Auditorium to close after 55 years as cultural mecca

                    In the summer of 1958, Santa Monica inaugurated its dazzling concrete, glass and steel Civic Auditorium, an emblem of the mid-century modern International Style then popular throughout the world.

                        Architecture & Interior Design | Mid Century

                        11 Things We No Longer See on Airplanes

                        Traveling by airplane used to be a lot different—and we’re not just talking about elaborate and cumbersome security restrictions.