Well, I would say that Googies definitely has a place here. In matters of what's appropriately noirish I will always defer to Our Esteemed Founder
ethereal_reality--I believe that at some point over the years there was a discussion of appropriateness here and that
ER himself agreed that for purposes of the thread, noirish L.A. is more than just cinematic stories of L.A. crime. (
ER?) I've always liked the architectural angle myself...urban forensics and trivia...so bring on the Googies. Anyway, you know that more than a few noirish events took place in the various Googies....
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