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Kona Lanes

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The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/April 20, 2017 by Mike Christie (talk - contribs - library) 10:27, 7 April 2017 (UTC)



Kona Lanes was a 40-lane bowling center in Costa Mesa, California, that opened in 1958 and closed in 2003 after 45 years in business. Built during the advent of Googie architecture, its Polynesian Tiki-themed styling extended from the large roadside neon sign to the building's "flamboyant neon lights and ostentatious rooflines meant to attract motorists like moths." At its peak, Kona Lanes was open 24 hours a day and averaged more than 80 lines of bowling on each of its 40 lanes. The center also hosted music concerts and other events. Following years of decline, Kona Lanes closed and was torn down in 2003; a portion of the distinctive sign (pictured) was saved and sent to Cincinnati, Ohio, for display in the American Sign Museum. Plans for a department store on the site were rejected; in 2010, the still-unused land was rezoned for senior citizens' apartments and commercial development. Construction on the apartment complex began in 2013 after the lot had sat empty for ten years.
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 * Promoted: 17 March 2017
 * Reasons for nomination: New FA
 * Support as nominator. — ATS &#128406;  talk  01:07, 18 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Support - gotta love the kitsch Cas Liber (talk · contribs) 11:34, 22 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Support - This is fun knowledge. Once upon a time in the 1950s, in an America far far away, this kind of fun stuff happened. Good for the main page. — Maile (talk) 01:30, 24 March 2017 (UTC)