I am hoping to have a minute to swing by the old Harveys/Johnies Broiler. For those of you not current on your car history and facts, this drive-in was a hub in So-Cal car culture. Harveys was also a nice bit of Googie architecture. It was one of the places to be, the see and be seen scene. A place to cruise with your girl, or your buds...
I am too young to have any real connection to the place, or the places that defined an era I am born out of. My mother has told me tales of the time. Stories of convertible Fords, piled high with pals. Cruising. Another time.
Seems that Harveys was struck by that Chicago weather pattern known as "Greek lightning." Lacking permits or mandate, the owner of the property got busy with a bulldozer. All in spite of efforts to have the place recognized for it's historical value.
The sign and some bits of building are all that is left, today.
Folks should pay more attention to the world around them. That dinner at Outback or that hammer from Home Depot, those are orders of execution for things that make life great...
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