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Eyesore of the Month - August 2025 - Retro profundis with fries. . . .
Kunstler.com ^ | 5 Aug, 2025 | James Howard Kunstler

Posted on 08/10/2025 6:29:45 AM PDT by MtnClimber

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1 posted on 08/10/2025 6:29:45 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: Robert A Cook PE

Eyesore of the month ping


2 posted on 08/10/2025 6:31:05 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

I like it. Bold architecture is always mocked initially.

And there is no “Jolliet” Illinois. The article loses total credibility when the author compare it to somewhere they’re obviously NOT familiar enough to spell it correctly: Joliet.


3 posted on 08/10/2025 6:46:34 AM PDT by John Milner (Marching for Peace is like breathing for food.)
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To: MtnClimber

Meh I kinda like it, espedially,the look, at night.


4 posted on 08/10/2025 6:47:11 AM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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To: MtnClimber

Reminds me a little of the Edward hopper painting I think k it was of diners sitting in a diner, lonely scene, I’ll see if I can find it.


5 posted on 08/10/2025 6:48:15 AM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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To: MtnClimber

Why all the snark? I think it’s kinda cool with a “Jetsons” vibe. Just a futuristic concept of the all-stainless Airstream-esq diners of the ‘50s. If they make a decent burger it’s all good.


6 posted on 08/10/2025 6:49:07 AM PDT by bk1000 (Banned from Breitbart)
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To: Bob434

Too bad it attracts ugly cars and trucks.


7 posted on 08/10/2025 6:49:51 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (Kamala defines herself in just 4 words..."Nothing comes to mind.")
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To: John Milner

Someone has a very deep butthurt over Musk, and obviously never seen any of Disney’s crapitecture in California.


8 posted on 08/10/2025 6:50:24 AM PDT by Mastador1
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To: John Milner; dfwgator

I knew a Joliet Jake...

I thought that spelling looked weird

Author is often pretty good so I was surprised


9 posted on 08/10/2025 6:50:35 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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10 posted on 08/10/2025 6:55:21 AM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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To: Fresh Wind

Lol, would be MUCH better if it attracted 50’s and 60’s classic cars


11 posted on 08/10/2025 6:56:22 AM PDT by Bob434 (Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana)
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To: MtnClimber

Kunstler has drifted out of his lane.


12 posted on 08/10/2025 6:57:53 AM PDT by ComputerGuy
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To: Bob434
The “Look” :
A stack of old hub caps.
Which is fine if that is your style…
13 posted on 08/10/2025 6:57:57 AM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: GaltAdonis
As a house it would be a horror.

As a diner?

I actually kind of like it.

It has personality.

Which is more then you can say for the square dull gray boxes that are currently in vogue.

14 posted on 08/10/2025 7:03:45 AM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear ( Not my circus. Not my monkeys. But I can pick out the clowns at 100 yards.)
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To: MtnClimber

When I was in Los Angeles last year, the hotel I stayed at is not far from this area, so I can attest to the condition that the nearby area on Santa Monica is in, lol. I went to the Mel’s (inspired by the movie American Graffiti) on Sunset Blvd and that’s about a block away from where I was.


15 posted on 08/10/2025 7:04:49 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966 )
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To: MtnClimber

Santa Monica Blvd? That’s soooo gay...


16 posted on 08/10/2025 7:10:28 AM PDT by null and void (We are living through the greatest of all ICE Ages.)
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To: MtnClimber

I’d rather look at that than the vast homeless encampments, tent cities set up on public sidewalks, broken down cars and motorhomes that line the streets of Santa Monica and the ensuing mountains of trash, needles and filth in public spaces.


17 posted on 08/10/2025 7:13:41 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (You Say You Want a Revolutioan?)
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To: MtnClimber

Looks like the only draw it received was the great American Graffiti movie on the screen.


18 posted on 08/10/2025 7:16:04 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: Bob434

Nighthawks





by Edward Hopper

19 posted on 08/10/2025 7:16:20 AM PDT by left that other site (You Shall Know The Truth, and The Truth Shall Make You Free.)
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To: MtnClimber

who cares what it looks like as long as it’s clean and has good burgers for a reasonable price ... still if that pic of the neighborhood is accurate, it might give one pause ...


20 posted on 08/10/2025 7:17:33 AM PDT by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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