Yes, Googies was built in 1949. After the '50s, it became the "Steak N' Stein" and then eventually "Pippy's".
A small Spanish colonial-style house, probably from the later 1920s, used to be on a triangular patch of land in the middle of where Sunset curves down to Crescent Heights. In the early '30s, it was a fortune-teller/astrologer's home and office. By the '40s, the gay-friendly "Casanova Club" had moved into it. Somewhere in the '50s, it became a Beatnik coffeehouse named "Pandora", which evolved into a live music venue called "Pandora's Box." What then happened to that little house in 1966 made history.
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Last edited by Oviatt Building Fan; Jul 2, 2013 at 10:24 PM.
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