From the March 3rd Los Angeles Times "California's Main Squeeze" by Martha Groves.
At one time, there were numerous orange-shaped stands along California's Highway 99 touting the state's eminence as the king of citrus (I always thought it was Florida). Most, unfortunately, are no longer there.
Eleven years ago, Mel Haynes bought one. There are only six known "oranges" remaining and are listed in the Society for Commercial Archeology's Top Ten Most Endangered Roadside Places. Most have since been moved and none sell juice any longer.
One entrepreneur, Frank Pohl had more than a dozen "Giant Orange" stands in the 1920s. Only the ones in Dixon and San Jose remain.
His stands are classified as examples of programatic architecture where they are constructed in the form of objects (new word for me). Other examples would be Randy's Donuts in Ingleside, the Tail o' the Pup hot dog stand in LA, Bondurant's Pharmacy in Lexington, Ky, that resembles a pestle and mortar and the Longaberger Company's basket shaped headquarters in Newark, Ohio.
More Orange Stuff to Come. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
The Shamrock Court Motel in Sullivan, Missouri. It can be yours for $125,000. Lots of possibilities. Actually, now you're too late. Missouri's Roamin' Rich bought it.
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