List of Googie architecture structures (Canada)

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 designed by John Lautner.John Lautner Why Do Bad Guys Always Get The Best Houses? October 31 by Rory Stott ArchDaily

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The following are images of some of the Googie architecture structures remaining in Canada.

Name of structure Image Location / Notes Skylon TowerOfficial website Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada / c. 1965 Peter Pan Restaurant 711 University Ave, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; restaurant closed and abandoned Terrebonne Cinemas Cinema Treasures 1071 Chemin du Côteau, Terrebonne, Quebec Canadian Tire Gas Station (30 built with only a few remaining in Ontario) 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 Roadside America 6768 Lundy's Lane, Niagara Falls, Ontario (c. 1974) Cineplex Odeon Vaughan 3555 Highway 7 West, Woodbridge, Ontario; retro space saucer roof Metro supermarket at Parkway Mall, Toronto Star: Parkway Mall Metro store nominated as heritage property 85 Ellesmere Road, Scarborough (1958) Retro McDonald's stores in Toronto A peek inside McDonald’s top secret convention 520 Oxford St W, London, ON N6H 1T5.6410 Millcreek Dr, Mississauga, Ontario L5N 0B8.

List of Googie architecture structures (Canada)

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