Chips is a historic coffee shop in

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. It is an example of the

Googie Architecture Googie architecture ( ) is a type of futurist architecture influenced by car culture, jets, the Atomic Age and the Space Age. It originated in Southern California from the Streamline Moderne architecture of the 1930s, and was popular in th ...

style of

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. It was designed by Harry Harrison (architect). It features a jutting roof, large glass windows, tropical plants and a steel-beam pylon sign and is located at 11908 Hawthorne Boulevard (California).Go on a SoCal hunt for Googie architecture
by Whitney Friedlander May 18, 2008 Los Angeles Times May 18, 2008

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