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Preble's Coffee Shop, Designed by Armet & Davis

Preble's Coffee Shop, Designed by Armet & Davis by Roadsidepictures.

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Todd Ehlers  Pro User  says:

I'm guessing that in reality the place would appear somewhat smaller. As the ad pictures it, we've got a coffee-drinkin', restaurant mall here.
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Jason B.  Pro User  says:

not that that's a bad thing.
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ChicagoEye  Pro User  says:

Armet & Davis....I want to say they also designed the Sambo's/Denny's restaurants as well? Preble's is a great name...and look at that crazy font on the sign.
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Roadsidepictures  Pro User  says:

You are correct, ChicagoEye!
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Roadsidepictures  Pro User  says:

They also designed 650 Bob's Big Boy Restaurants!
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Wizard of Oddz says:

A&D really liked that patterned-colored-stone rooftop motif, didn't they?
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loungelistener  Pro User  says:

Why can't we have buildings this interesting now? It's all so cookie cutter and bland.
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whyaduck says:

Though similar in design, the Preble's in this illustration is not the one in Alhambra. The Alhambra store's front door was at the other end of the building. The prototypical plan was probably just flipped over. I believe the illustration depicts the one in South Pasadena, but I'm not positive.

The Alhambra building still exists (only somewhat altered), at the northwest corner of Second and Main. A short time after it was built (on the site of the old Alhambra City Hall) I lived down the street, and I went to the place many times. I had no idea who Armet and Davis were, or that buildings such as they designed for Preble's would one day be celebrated.
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agilitynut  Pro User  says:

Very cool advertisement! I'll add a link to my page which has photos of the one in South Pasadena and Los Angeles (not mentioned in your ad so I guess it came later -- Figueroa & Avenue 26):
agilitynut.com/eateries/ca3.html#Preble1

From MSN Birds Eye View & Google Street View, it appears that the other locations are gone. Unless the one in Covina was a circular building (now Steak Corral, soon to be Norm's).
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