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This unsung classic diner was behind South Station in Boston. Photo circa 1979
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Ross Diner, formerly of Holyoke, Mass., photo circa 1985
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Day And Night, a classic diner in Palmer, Mass. Photo circa 1985
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Porkys, photo circa 1981
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Herb Drews Heating and Cooling, Champaign, Illinois.
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The Summit Diner is across from the Pine Grill in Somerset, Pennsylvania
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Summit Diner, Somerset, Pennsylvania
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Sideview of the Summit Diner
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This picture welcomes diners to the Pine Grill in Somerset, Pennsylvania. Signed Lisa Dawn Mostsller-Lohr, April 2005
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Pine Grill, Somerset, Pennsylvania
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Pine Grill, Somerset, Pennsylvania
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This painting greets visitors to the Quality Inn in Somerset, Pennsylvania. It's a rather grandiose representation of the modest flagpole setting behind the motel
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This painting portrays a small memorial (smaller than it shows) behind the Quality Inn in Somerset, Pennsylvania, right off the Pennsylvania Turnpike
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Looks kind of like a cigarette crucifix. Tidy Whities, Somerset, Pennsylvania
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Tidy Whities, next to the Summit Diner in Somerset, Pennsylvania
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Breezewood, Pennsylvania: Pure Americana off the Pennsylvania Turnpike
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Parkade, Spokane, Washington
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Parkade, Spokane, Washington. A great name and a great bit of 20th Century majesty.
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Spokane, Washington. Presumably "this was originally one of the several 'Dutch Shops' built by the Cambern Corp., a well known bakery and ice cream business," as the description of a similar 1929 building reads on the historicspokane.org site.
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The Milk Bottle, Spokane, Washington, 1935
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Spokane, Washington, I believe
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Spokane, Washington, I believe
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Spokane, Washington, I believe
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Deco spectacular, Telegraph Hill, San Francisco
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Telegraph Hill, San Francisco
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A cheery building, San Francisco
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A lot going on. Federal Building, San Francisco
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Seattle
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Daytime view, Seattle
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Nighttime view, Seattle
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Nighttime view, Seattle
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Spectacular tanks, Seattle
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Near Ford's Torrence Avenue assembly plant, Chicago
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Lincoln Highway, Sauk Village, Illinois. The giant is long gone.
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This huge sentinel once guarded a fun center on Lincoln Highway in Sauk Village, Illinois.
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Cedar Valley Drive-In, Rome, Georgia, built in1949
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The Midwest's most stunning parking garage, in Calatrava's Milwaukee Art Museum addition
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Museum-quality parking, Milwaukee Art Museum

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