List of Googie architecture structures (Canada) explained

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 and cafe built in West Hollywood^[1] designed by John Lautner.^{[2] [3]}

List

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

width = 18%	Name of structure	width = 8% class="unsortable"	Image	Location / Notes
Skylon Tower^[4]		Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada / c. 1965
Peter Pan Restaurant ^[5]		711 University Ave, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island; restaurant closed and abandoned
Terrebonne Cinemas ^[6]		1071 Chemin du Côteau, Terrebonne, Quebec
Canadian Tire Gas Station (30 built with only a few remaining in Ontario)^[7]		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 ^[8]		6768 Lundy's Lane, Niagara Falls, Ontario (c. 1974)
Cineplex Odeon Vaughan ^[9]		3555 Highway 7 West, Woodbridge, Ontario; retro space saucer roof
Metro supermarket at Parkway Mall, Toronto ^[10]		85 Ellesmere Road, Scarborough (1958)
Retro McDonald's stores in Toronto ^[11]		520 Oxford St W, London, ON N6H 1T5. 6410 Millcreek Dr, Mississauga, Ontario L5N 0B8.

See also

• List of Googie architecture structures (United States)
• Googie architecture
• Modern architecture

Further reading

• Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture; by: Alan Hess; Publisher: Chronicle Books; .
• Googie Redux: Ultramodern Roadside Architecture; by: Alan Hess; Publisher: Chronicle Books; .

Notes and References

1. News: Valerie J.. Nelson. Eldon Davis dies at 94; architect designed 'Googie' coffee shops . . 2011-04-26 . 2011-05-15.
2. http://www.archdaily.com/tag/john-lautner/ John Lautner
3. News: Friedlander . Whitney . May 18, 2008 . Go on a SoCal hunt for Googie architecture . . . 2009-02-11 . It was the 1950s. America was a superpower, and the Los Angeles area was a center of it. The space race was on. A car culture was emerging. So were millions of postwar babies. Businesses needed ways to get families out of their automobiles and into coffee shops, bowling alleys, gas stations and motels. They needed bright signs and designs showing that the future was now. They needed color and new ideas. They needed Googie. .
4. http://www.skylon.com/ Official website
5. Web site: Review: Here’s hoping Peter Pan Bistro grows up . 2015-06-05 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220818201004/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/food-and-wine/restaurant-reviews/heres-hoping-peter-pan-bistro-grows-up/article24820826/ . 2022-08-18 . live .
6. http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/54703 Cinema Treasures
7. Web site: Canadian Gas Stations | RoadsideArchitecture.com. roadarch.com. 2017-12-16.
8. https://www.roadsideamerica.com/tip/10826 Roadside America
9. Web site: Cineplex Celebrates 100 Years of Movie Memories. Cineplex Entertainment. 2012-01-18. 2013-06-27.
10. https://urbantoronto.ca/forum/threads/star-parkway-mall-metro-store-nominated-as-heritage-property.8239/ Star: Parkway Mall Metro store nominated as heritage property
11. https://www.thestar.com/business/2017/06/11/exclusive-a-peek-inside-mcdonalds-top-secret-convention.html A peek inside McDonald’s top secret convention