The shopping-mall arcade chain that became Aladdin’s Castle began as American Amusements, Incorporated, in the early 1970s. It was purchased and renamed Aladdin’s Castle by Bally Manufacturing Corporation in 1974. Over the next several years, the number of store locations grew from 20 in 1974, to 221 in 1980, to 360 when the chain was spun off in 1989.
Aladdin's Castle stores once existed as part of Namco's chain, which also included CyberStation, Time Out and Spaceport (both purchased from Edison Brothers Mall Entertainment in 1996), Diamond Jim’s, and Pocket Change.
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70s pop culture, 80s, aladdin, arcade, arcade games
Vintage Ren Clare's Polynesian Village Fort Worth. Ren Clark's Polynesian Village was in the Western Hills Hotel, and was richly decorated with bamboo, tapacloth, floats, lights, thatch and peacock chairs. It had several rooms: the Tahitian Room, the Hawaiian Room, the Samoan Hut, and the Cannibal Cocktail Lounge. Its signature tiki was carved by Milan Guanko
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distressed, hawaii, mid century, mid century modern, polynesian
Vintage Putney Station Restaurant Redondo Beach California was a fun train themed restaurant at the south Bay Galleria Mall. I had many fond memories of this restaurant. It famously had a huge collection of animatronic characters all over the restaurant
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70s, 80s, california, mid century, mid century modern
Vintage Putney Station Restaurant Redondo Beach California was a fun train themed restaurant at the south Bay Galleria Mall. I had many fond memories of this restaurant. It famously had a huge collection of animatronic characters all over the restaurant
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70s, 80s, california, mid century, mid century modern
Vintage Putney Station Restaurant Redondo Beach California was a fun train themed restaurant at the south Bay Galleria Mall. I had many fond memories of this restaurant. It famously had a huge collection of animatronic characters all over the restaurant
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70s, 80s, california, mid century, mid century modern
Penn Hills Resort was a honeymoon resort located in Analomink, Pennsylvania, in the Pocono Mountains. Founded as a tavern in 1944, the resort grew in the 1960s, with over a hundred rooms in the hotel and a ski resort and golf course on the 500-acre site. Guest villas featured floor-to-ceiling carpeting, round beds, and heart-shaped bathtubs. Distinctive, modernist streetlights from the 1964 World's Fair were installed, as well as an ice rink and a wedding bell shaped outdoor swimming pool. some suites famously featured a Champagne glass Bathtub.
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crown, distressed, honeymoon, mid century, mid century modern
eattle’s Cirque Playhouse forged a special place in Northwest history during its three decades of almost-continuous operation. Founded and led by Gene Keene (1919-1988), the Cirque staged hundreds of different shows between 1950 and 1981. The Cirque filled a certain cultural void in the years prior to the existence of other resident groups. Because of declining attendance. From 1971 to 1981, the Cirque operated as a dinner theater.
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carousel, distressed, horse, mid century, mid century modern
