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Car Wash

Car Wash
Photo by Jessica Hodgdon/L.A. Conservancy

Car Wash

Architect Unknown
Originally known as the Auto Laundry, this Googie-style Ventura Boulevard gem is one of few that retains its spectacular original details that unmistakably advertise it as a car wash.
Photo courtesy Architectural Resources Group

Five Points Car Wash

Architect Unknown
Googie-style car washes are fairly commonplace in L.A., but few are as intact and as exuberant as the Five Points.
Lakeside Car Wash
Photo courtesy Architectural Resources Group

Lakeside Car Wash

Architect Unknown
Standing out with its unusual ranch house-meets-Googie coffee shop style, Lakeside Car Wash hides dirty cars from view while showcasing shiny and clean cars out front.
Sunset Car Wash
Photo by Devri Richmond

Sunset Car Wash

Robert Barnett
This Sunset Boulevard gem is a low concrete monument to Late Modern architecture, with a tip of the hat to Brutalism.