tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post2938373217964863038..comments2024-03-27T01:19:56.698-07:00Comments on Tralfaz: 50 Years of the FutureYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-641313081321593842012-09-23T20:03:36.800-07:002012-09-23T20:03:36.800-07:00Way back in the 1980's I had friends who's...Way back in the 1980's I had friends who's Great Dane was name Tralfaz.Michelenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-28404181791732197172012-09-23T19:27:31.033-07:002012-09-23T19:27:31.033-07:00We had the 'big window' look in New York o...We had the 'big window' look in New York on one side of our junior high school, which, IIRC, was circa 1954 construction, so it would kind of fit into the time-line for coming up with an update's 2062 'look' in 1962, if that style also was popular in the mid- and late-50s out in Southern California (the elementary school had the big-window-with-castle-ornaments look of circa 1898, and I was surprised a few years ago to see it turn up as the exterior transition shot of the school on "Wizards of Waverly Place". No magic or flying cars in either building, AFAIK).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3738012638904762739.post-58506932897382304232012-09-23T16:59:42.151-07:002012-09-23T16:59:42.151-07:00"Elementary schools used to have tall windows...<i>"Elementary schools used to have tall windows like this. About 1910."</i><br /><br />Funny, I went to a high school that reminded me of this look back in the 90's (it was built around 1960), recently the renovated the building and got rid of the original window panels so now it looks less appealing. Today's schools aren't about "window space" as I call it (of course that only leads to daydreaming I suppose).<br /><br /><i>"We didn’t have “malls” in the early ‘60s. We had “shopping centres.” So that’s what the Jetsons have."</i><br /><br />From what one blogger has shown to me, the country of Sweden led the way in enclosed shopping centers during that time! America had to wait at least a few years before they started showing up by the 70's.Chris Sobieniakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09838106041175506925noreply@blogger.com