Chips is a historic coffee shop in

Los Angeles Los Angeles ( ; es, Los Ángeles, link=no , ), often referred to by its initials L.A., is the largest city in the state of California and the second most populous city in the United States after New York City, as well as one of the wor ...

California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the most populous U.S. state and the 3rd largest by area. It is also the ...

. 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 the U ...

style of

Modern Architecture Modern architecture, or modernist architecture, was an architectural movement or architectural style based upon new and innovative technologies of construction, particularly the use of glass, steel, and reinforced concrete; the idea that for ...

. It was designed by

Harry Harrison (architect) Harry Harrison was an architect in Los Angeles, California. He designed the Modern Architecture style Chips coffee shop, an example of Googie Architecture. Harrison also design the Ritts Furniture building on Santa Monica Boulevard east of L ...

. It features a jutting roof, large glass windows, tropical plants and a steel-beam pylon sign and is located at 11908

Hawthorne Boulevard (California) There are 9 routes assigned to the "N" zone of the California Route Marker Program, which designates county routes in California. The "N" zone includes county highways lying in Los Angeles and Orange counties. N1 County Route N1 (CR N1) is a co ...

.Go on a SoCal hunt for Googie architecture
by Whitney Friedlander May 18, 2008 Los Angeles Times May 18, 2008

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