r/GoogiePorn

455 archived posts · Aug 2012 – Aug 2026

Googie Porn: The Future Was Then

r/GoogiePorn

Post pictures of Googie architecture and design, including: Mid-century commercial architecture, Doo-Wop motels, roadside Americana, Streamline Moderne buildings, coffee shops, gas stations, bowling alleys, casinos.

Created Aug 20, 2012

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Pop·u·luxe (n. - adj.) (Googie Architecture)

Strange, asymmetrical geometry. Colorful, flamboyant signs that seem slightly off-balance. Sweeping structural elements that seem to defy gravity. Space age/atom age optimism, filtered through the lens of a burgeoning car culture in post-war America.

This is a place of celebration for the Populuxe architectural style (aka Googie) of the mid 20th century and the idealistic future of travel, colour and design that it invoked.

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Please only post images as link posts. Include further information and any links as a comment.
Include the name and/or the location followed by the date of construction (ie. Building #42 - 1958)
"Low effort" comments are fine as long as you're not being an asshole. If someone posts a picture that makes you go "Awesome!" or "Hell yeah! This building rules.", feel free to post "Awesome!" or "Hell yeah! This building rules."

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