Golden Era Preservation in Your Area

[TidiousTed]

Some more McDonalds in Europe

This is because most European cities have an old part of town that is preseved and where tearing down buildings is out of the question. These old town parts are very popular and the only way McDonald's can sneak in there is by starting up in one of these old buildings. I must admit that it makes flipping burgers look a lot more fashionable than it really is.

 

[ginfizz]

This is the McDonalds right by my house. *ugh*

 

[Belladonna_dea]

McDonald's is making me more and more sad....

 

[V.C. Brunswick]

McDonald's is making me more and more sad....

I haven't been to McDonalds in years. I avoid the place.

 

[Mr. Hallack]

I'd have to admit the McDonald's in Budapest is beautiful

 

[Atomic Age]

This is the McDonalds right by my house. *ugh*

See now that is a classic original McDonalds. In my opinion this building is every bit as significant as many of the other buildings pictured in this tread. This is classic mid century architecture.

Doug

 

[Tomasso]

This is classic mid century architecture.

 

[Atomic Age]

Love it! Maybe I should start a thread about mid century "googie" architecture.

Doug

 

[Desert_Rat]

The small town of Rupert Idaho is working on restoring a theatre to it's origional detail and style:

http://pics4.city-data.com/cpicc/cfiles6059.jpg

I remember going here as a kid to watch movies, it was run down and dilipadated. Now it is on the Historical Register.

 

[Shangas]

This is the Regent Theatre in Melbourne:

This is a real Golden Era treasure. The Regent was opened in 1929. It was gutted by fire in 1945. It was reopened in 1947. In the 1970s and 80s it was threatened with closure and demolition. Funds were raised and the theatre was restored to its original 1930s grandeur and was reopened in 1996.

It's a live-theatre venue to this day.

I went there last night for a musical.

The entrance foyer:

The theatre interior: