Arg. I wish this were more about the architecture the time and place when these recognizable buildings were designed/built, what other iconic buildings still stand and how they're reused. (the old Taco Bell design) I'm not sure I'm interested in quirky Americans.
The Pizza Hut by my house was transformed into an Indian restaurant, so it hasn’t changed much on the inside, and they just painted the outside a different color and put up Indian related signage. It’s run by a local Indian family and the food is amazingly good. It’s not fancy, but the food is great and the prices are reasonable. We have a fairly large Indian community and they all seem to hang out there, plus some obvious Muslim families (women in hijabs) since they guarantee only Halal meat. Add in the white and Black people and it’s an interesting mix of clientele. Or one could say it’s the New America.
Interesting concept for a film, will find to stream. The image, the physical space, the recollections people bring from the original identity - how does all that affect the experience in its new use? My food chain nostalgia includes Red Barn, Stuckey's, HoJo of course, all the various fast food chains (A&W, Burger Chef...) - all distinctive buildings.
Seeing these buildings no longer operating as their original purpose generally brings me 1 of 2 reactions: curiosity (how'd they do this, what's it like in the new purpose?) or wistfulness mostly at the empty or dilapidated ones (like seeing a lone elderly or disheveled person, wondering their story, hoping they'll be ok)
It's a bit of a metaphor for the United States. We make things for the moment. Then we repurpose them. And often what we put in them we swiped from another culture.
I don't know about the documentary, but this piece made me nostalgic for the 20th century...sitting at a Pizza Hut with a slice and a Pepsi, looking out the window at the highway.
“often what we put in them we swiped from another culture”
My old Pizza Hut is now an Indian restaurant (run by an Indian family) whose menu says it only serves Halal meat. The customers are a mix of Indian, Muslim, white and Black. The food is awesome.
Arg. I wish this were more about the architecture the time and place when these recognizable buildings were designed/built, what other iconic buildings still stand and how they're reused. (the old Taco Bell design) I'm not sure I'm interested in quirky Americans.
The old pizza hut building in my small town became a radio station. They built a "new" pizza hut closer to the interstate which is now a dispensary. 😄
The Pizza Hut by my house was transformed into an Indian restaurant, so it hasn’t changed much on the inside, and they just painted the outside a different color and put up Indian related signage. It’s run by a local Indian family and the food is amazingly good. It’s not fancy, but the food is great and the prices are reasonable. We have a fairly large Indian community and they all seem to hang out there, plus some obvious Muslim families (women in hijabs) since they guarantee only Halal meat. Add in the white and Black people and it’s an interesting mix of clientele. Or one could say it’s the New America.
Interesting concept for a film, will find to stream. The image, the physical space, the recollections people bring from the original identity - how does all that affect the experience in its new use? My food chain nostalgia includes Red Barn, Stuckey's, HoJo of course, all the various fast food chains (A&W, Burger Chef...) - all distinctive buildings.
Seeing these buildings no longer operating as their original purpose generally brings me 1 of 2 reactions: curiosity (how'd they do this, what's it like in the new purpose?) or wistfulness mostly at the empty or dilapidated ones (like seeing a lone elderly or disheveled person, wondering their story, hoping they'll be ok)
It's a bit of a metaphor for the United States. We make things for the moment. Then we repurpose them. And often what we put in them we swiped from another culture.
I don't know about the documentary, but this piece made me nostalgic for the 20th century...sitting at a Pizza Hut with a slice and a Pepsi, looking out the window at the highway.
“often what we put in them we swiped from another culture”
My old Pizza Hut is now an Indian restaurant (run by an Indian family) whose menu says it only serves Halal meat. The customers are a mix of Indian, Muslim, white and Black. The food is awesome.