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Off-Ramp

RIP Eldon Davis, father of Googie

By Off-Ramp Staff
Published Apr 30, 2011
Pann's, an icon of Googie, at 6710 LaTijera Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90045.
Pann's, an icon of Googie, at 6710 LaTijera Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90045.
(
Armet Davis Newlove & Associates
)

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RIP Eldon Davis, father of Googie
Off-Ramp host-pro-tem Brian Watt goes to the Astro 24-hour diner in Silverlake to talk with Chris Nichols of Los Angeles Magazine about Eldon Davis, the architect who designed Norm’s, Pann’s. and other monuments of Googie architecture. Davis died Friday, April 22d, at the age of 94.

Off-Ramp host-pro-tem Brian Watt goes to the Astro 24-hour diner in Silverlake to talk with Chris Nichols of Los Angeles Magazine about Eldon Davis, the architect who designed Norm’s, Pann’s. and other monuments of Googie architecture. Davis died Friday, April 22d, at the age of 94.

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