Yeah, I imagine that was part of why they bothered to adapt it. Most of the Gino’s conversions I’ve found (there are a lot out there) are either hiding the roofline or just low-budget uses of the building as-is. This one is really unique.
Sorry couldn't disagree more. I have yet to see an IHOP in a non-car-dependent context.
I prefer to support local businesses that are built into the fabric of the community as well as the infrastructure of places where people are prioritized, not cars.. Thank you very much.
What? I'm not saying you should go eat there, I just think the building is interesting! I mean, most of the United States is going to remain at least partly suburban because there's just so much of that, so I think finding ways to appreciate and improve it in little ways is important, but I'm not endorsing it per se.
Also, that shopping center is from the 1950s, and a lot of the roadside stuff is from the 1930s-1940s (increasingly less of it left.) These roadside landscapes are old enough now to have their own history and in some sense to be their own places, and I think piecing those stories together is a good thing to do.
What a fun piece! I imagine the IHOP folks must’ve been delighted to find the Gino’s building—so that got a retro IHOP-ish without having to build it.
Yeah, I imagine that was part of why they bothered to adapt it. Most of the Gino’s conversions I’ve found (there are a lot out there) are either hiding the roofline or just low-budget uses of the building as-is. This one is really unique.
Sorry couldn't disagree more. I have yet to see an IHOP in a non-car-dependent context.
I prefer to support local businesses that are built into the fabric of the community as well as the infrastructure of places where people are prioritized, not cars.. Thank you very much.
What? I'm not saying you should go eat there, I just think the building is interesting! I mean, most of the United States is going to remain at least partly suburban because there's just so much of that, so I think finding ways to appreciate and improve it in little ways is important, but I'm not endorsing it per se.
Also, that shopping center is from the 1950s, and a lot of the roadside stuff is from the 1930s-1940s (increasingly less of it left.) These roadside landscapes are old enough now to have their own history and in some sense to be their own places, and I think piecing those stories together is a good thing to do.