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Above:
Located at 628 North Monroe Street in Tallahassee, Florida, the
building above is believed to have been a candy striped Golden
Arches store derived from the original prototype devised by the
McDonald brothers and their architect Stanley Clark Meston in
about 1953.
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Classic
or Caricature?
Although the retro McDonald's buildings of the early to middle
2000s may have fooled the casual observer into thinking that the
corporation had revisited the concept's roots with walk-up hamburger
stands, these units were completely modern with large dining rooms
and drive-in windows and were perhaps a bit over the top with
exaggerated classic McDonald's references slathered both inside
and out!
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Above:
This Oshkosh, Wisconsin store dates from the 1990s or early 2000s.
Retro in design, its look is reminiscent of the candy strip Golden
Arches units after they had been modified to accommodate indoor
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Above,
Below & Lower: One of at least a handful of "classic"
styled double drive-in locations in and around Columbus, Ohio,
this unit at 359 Agler Road, Gahanna, OH was perhaps built along
the lines of a prototype which was never adopted by the Corporation.
There had been a wave of double drive-in fast food chains which
came and went during the late 1980s and early 1990s including
the briefly lived McDonald's express concept. Perhaps the retro-styled
units in Columbus were McDonald's last attempt at making a go
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Big Mac: Officially created by franchisee
Jim "M. J." Delligatti on August 22, 1967, the Big
Mac became McDonald's most famous hamburger and an icon of
American popular culture. Originally the Big Mac sold for
just 45 cents and was not introduced system wide until 1968.
It's creator came up with the initial idea in 1965 and strove
to convince both Ray Kroc and the McDonald's Corporation to
embrace and adopt the innovative new hamburger creation.
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of 18 restaurants in the Delligatti's chain of McDonald's
in western Pennsylvania, the Big Mac Museum Store opened on
the 40th anniversary of the Big Mac's creation on August 22,
2007. Located near the Pennsylvania Turnpike's Irwin interchange
in North Huntingdon, the museum and restaurant was built utilizing
"retro elements" including golden arches and a hint
of candy striping. Throughout the restaurant's dining room
are featured displays of memorabilia, and video presentations
depicting McDonald's history. Capping the exhibit laced restaurant
is a large prominently placed Big Mac likeness. |
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By
the end of the 1960s, many of candy striped Golden Arches stores
had been modified with enclosed walk-up order areas and limited
indoor seating. The natural brick and cedar shake look mansards
were a response to critics who berated McDonald's architecture
as too garish. In 1969 McDonald's introduced its first versions
of the larger units featuring double mansard roofs.
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An unknown location on photo display at the Downey
McDonald's museum showing a neutered Golden Arches store.
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Baton Rouge, LA--The original Broadmoor McDonald's was a candy
striped Golden Arches Drive-In and suffered many remodels before
it was finally demolished and replaced with an earthy Double
mansard unit. Note that few of the earthy Double Mansards escaped
from the 2000s without having been painted red white and yellow
and the Broadmoor unit was not an exception.
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Higher:
A popular location about half-way between Biloxi and Gulfport,
Mississippi facing the Gulf of Mexico along U.S. 90 and on the
pad in front of Edgewater Mall, the red, white and yellow Double
mansard lost its battle when Hurricane Katrina's tsunami washed
it out leaving just studs and the Mansard. Note that the devastated
unit was demolished and had not been rebuilt by this page's press
time.
Above:
A smaller Double-Mansard at the intersection of Lee and Nicholson
Dr. in Baton Rouge, LA, this store was a late earthy unit built
in a space saving size with expanses of glass in the dining area
to make it seem larger. |
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Above:
Located on Morse Rd., on the north side of Columbus, Ohio, this
was a non-standard earthy location with a unique and appealing
copper-look Mansard treatment. By the middle 2000s it had lost
its earthy look and was unfortunately painted red, white, and
yellow.
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The McDonald's in Sedona, Arizona is said to have been the only
unit in the world with turquoise arches. The location's unusual
appearance is mostly the result of strict zoning laws which stifle
anything new being built save for designs which not only meet
the letter of local code but probably also the "taste"
of the local zoning commission--at least the building could
not be spoiled with the red, white and yellow color scheme! |
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