Review of Googie: Fifties Coffee Shop Architecture
By John Blanton
Progressive Architecture, December, 1986, Vol. 67 ; Pg. 107

....Why did it take a quarter of a century or more for the prejudice against these buildings to be challenged? What does this tell us about other consensual-criticisms we hold dear?

....(Googie buildings) were certainly examples of the caring use of artistry for the average citizen.

....In spite of the fact that these designs were difficult and expensive for their architects to document and supervise, it was their perceived frivolity that turned away the critical eye of the time.

....It is the accepted exaggerations that get the most attention in any generation. Since an exaggeration in any direction ignores some human abilities, character traits, longings, and even foibles, it is bound to be rejected when the cultural climate allows. Thus it was with the strict rationalism of Modern as a movement, affecting our perceptions of Googie architecture.

....Personally, the book gives me permission to openly love what I wanted to all along. Alan Hess is a liberator. Come join him in Googie's lib.