Harvey's Broiler Razed Illegally!!!!!!!!!!!!

[John H]

Originally Posted by meatball

ya might want ta read some of the last 45pages

LOL....yeah!!! sheesus!

John

[Cyclone Kevin]

Originally Posted by budssuperpro

I remember when you could set in your car at the A & W in Bellflower and hear Tom Mcquin fire up his Front Motor Dragster at his house when he was tunning it up before going to Lions Drag Strip, aw those were the days alka in the air Hummmmm Good.

Any pics of Old Bellflower cruisin hang outs

[Cyclone Kevin]

Short update: Per Jim Louder, The foundation is underway, the inground plumbing and electrical is happening and by friday 4/17=(C' Deuced's B-Day as well as the Broliers 51st ) The ajoining foundation which will butt up to what is left of the originals terazzo should be poured-weather permitting. So a rebirth on its original openning day 51 yrs later. :-)
It may not seem like it, but some lumber will be onsite very soon and walls will be going back up before you know it and we may be under that canopy before summers out. (good thing this place is in a warm climate state)

[Cyclone Kevin]

The foundation is being poured on friday, We have all of the underground plumbing and electrical taken care of. Almost had a close call with the large sign. Seems that a driver on Firestone thought that "drive in coming soon" meant that he could drive up the curb Take out the light pole that is literally feet away from the sign that has been structurally restored and awaitiing its new signage.The lumber will be on the site next week and framing will begin and we'll see a rebirth soon.

By the way. Check out HAMBer Del Toros Book "The Last Rock And Roll Show"
It makes for a great read and features Harvey's Broiler as well as Bob's in it. Pretty cool because this guy lives all the way in Nashville!

[Vintage Roadside]

Originally Posted by Cyclone Kevin

Short update: Per Jim Louder, The foundation is underway, the inground plumbing and electrical is happening and by friday 4/17=(C' Deuced's B-Day as well as the Broliers 51st ) The ajoining foundation which will butt up to what is left of the originals terazzo should be poured-weather permitting. So a rebirth on its original openning day 51 yrs later. :-)
It may not seem like it, but some lumber will be onsite very soon and walls will be going back up before you know it and we may be under that canopy before summers out. (good thing this place is in a warm climate state)

I attended a panel at the California Preservation Foundation conference last week and Jim was one of the speakers on the panel. It was great to hear his story and enthusiasm for getting this place back up and running!

[Cyclone Kevin]

Originally Posted by Vintage Roadside

I attended a panel at the California Preservation Foundation conference last week and Jim was one of the speakers on the panel. It was great to hear his story and enthusiasm for getting this place back up and running!

That is great to hear. I hope that everybody that attended the panel discussion got the jest of what it is taking to get this place back up.

Invited panelists included Mario Guerra=Mayor of Downey as well as Deputy City MGR Gil Livas, Jim Louder-Owner of Bob's Broiler and Adriene Biondo=Chair Emeritus LA Mod Com. I know that I left someone out.
Alan Hess-Author of Googie and Googie Redux which has the Broiler on the cover was ecstatic that this was actuall happening and was also glad to meet Jim.

Downey really has gone out on a limb here keeping their promise to get the Broiler Back to Broiling . Soon we all enjoy the fruits of this humongous effort!

[Vintage Roadside]

Originally Posted by Cyclone Kevin

That is great to hear. I hope that everybody that attended the panel discussion got the jest of what it is taking to get this place back up.

Invited panelists included Mario Guerra=Mayor of Downey as well as Deputy City MGR Gil Livas, Jim Louder-Owner of Bob's Broiler and Adriene Biondo=Chair Emeritus LA Mod Com. I know that I left someone out.
Alan Hess-Author of Googie and Googie Redux which has the Broiler on the cover was ecstatic that this was actuall happening and was also glad to meet Jim.

Downey really has gone out on a limb here keeping their promise to get the Broiler Back to Broiling . Soon we all enjoy the fruits of this humongous effort!

Everyone at the discussion was thrilled with the effort being made to get Harvey's going again. The other panelist was Chris Nichols - who showed a great slide show of old LA area mid-century restaurants along with a bit of history for each one.

Really looking forward to having a chance to get a meal there when we're down that way on one of our road trips!

[Cyclone Kevin]

I thought it was Chris, but since he was the host I didn't think to add him.
I hope that all that attended got an idea of what is is going on, stay tuned cuz some pretty cool fund raisers on the horizon .

[Adriene]

Great to have a HAMBer attend our panel discussion at the California Preservation Conference in Palm Springs last Saturday. All of you guys have been incredible supporting our efforts since the illegal demo, I can't thank you enough.

Jim was up in Turlock today picking up the 12 foot Bob's Big Boy statue that he purchased. Bob will be installed where the Fat Boy stood...AND will rotate! I'll see if I can post a photo of Bob in transit so you can all see.

[meatball]

Adriene:Great to see you on here! We keep hearing about you and now your here,Welcome and know you have support in more than just so-cal.........H.A.M.B. rocks the Broiler

[Mazooma1]

Welcome Adriene..your hard work is appreciated...

[Adriene]

Thanks for the warm welcomes! How nice of you to post this photo, Mazooma -- this is my good friend Analisa, who founded the Friends of Johnie's back in 2002. Together we did everything from selling t-shirts to producing a Blasters concert!

http://www.johniesbroiler.net/gallery_6/pages/f09.htm

[60'coupe]

[QUOTE=Adriene;3869951]Thanks for the warm welcomes! How nice of you to post this photo, Meatball -- this is my good friend Analisa, who founded the Friends of Johnie's back in 2002. Together we did everything from selling t-shirts to producing a Blasters concert!

Hi Adriene, It is great to see you post on the HAMB and I want to say a BIG Thank You to you and Analisa for all of the hard work and dedcation you have shown towards this project ! I also want to Thank John Eng for all of the great photos, this guy works his ass off !!! I cannot wait for opening nite, I think it's going to be History Making !
Rob
Aka: 60'

[Adriene]

Gee..thanks so much, Rob. In my book, this was a do-or-die, I just could not bear to see this come down. Analisa will be pleased to hear that, and you're absolutely right about John, he's on it 24/7. All of us, united with the HAMB, are a force to be reckoned with. We're making history, down to the 50s style carbon-arc searchlights at the Grand Opening and everything!

Thanks to all of you, and to CycloneKevin for his dedication and enthusiasm! I can't believe there are over 50,000 hits on this thread alone?!

[Burny]

Welcome Adriene! Good to see you on the HAMB...

[Adriene]

And we couldn't have done it without Burny, who designed tons of cool custom stuff for us: t-shirts, decals, flyers, cruise maps...everything!

[John B]

Originally Posted by Adriene

Thanks to all of you, and to CycloneKevin for his dedication and enthusiasm! I can't believe there are over 50,000 hits on this thread alone?!

I can believe it. Everytime this topic comes back up, I'm right here reading the latest news and the old memories. Even though I'm from Kentucky, I grew up hearing about the Broiler. So when we were asked to send emails to the officials and council people I was there typing away. Why? Because the Broiler is a piece of America and although I've never stepped foot on the ground it's sacred to me.

[Mazooma1]

can't wait !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kopis_korpse]

Hi guys and gals,
I went by yesterday afternoon and took some pictures of the current condition. Talked to Brian for a while. He says that they should be pouring concrete today.

[kopis_korpse]