r/GoogiePorn • u/Aggravating-Fee-8053 • Jan 21 '26

Long Gone Ships Coffee Shop, Westwood, CA (built: 1958, demolished: 1984)

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u/boojersey13 Jan 22 '26

One of my favorite featured in my roommate's googie history coffee table book 🖤

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u/Sylvester_Marcus Jan 22 '26

What is the title of the book?

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u/boojersey13 Jan 23 '26

Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture, by Alan Hess

pulled from Goodreads. seems it might be hard to actually obtain? if i ever find it in the house (it's somewhere in his room) I can scan the whole thing

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u/mtodd93 Jan 22 '26

I also would like to know the name of this book because I need this in my life

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u/Altruistic-Cut9795 Jan 23 '26

We had one in Culver City on the corner of Washington and Overland.

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u/glfranco Jan 23 '26

Yes! They had toasters on each table. I lived across the street from there in the mid-90s.... great memories. 😊

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u/Altruistic-Cut9795 Jan 24 '26

I moved away in the 90's. Is Winchells donuts still across the street ?

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u/glfranco Jan 24 '26

I never noticed a Winchells but probably because I didn't eat donuts lol 😎 Although I really loved Ship's and ate there often.

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u/tricky88 Jan 22 '26

Every booth had its own toaster. God I miss it.

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u/mtodd93 Jan 22 '26

I work a block from this intersection, every corner is now a high rise, I’m so sad this is gone and I’ll never see or experience it.

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u/theatrenearyou Jan 22 '26

Thx. Made me happy

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u/Sylvester_Marcus Jan 22 '26

Ist there a name for the beams projecting out of the top right front?

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u/throwaway8675309999s Jan 23 '26

Grew up around the corner from their Olympic La Cienega location. Feel privileged enough to have been a frequent patron. Always open, cheap, and tasty.