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Here at Roadside Peek's Where Are They Now? section, sneak a peek at signs and places of interest that once captured our fancy... and have just recently become just a memory. For more stuff, also check out Roadside Peek's Lost Treasures. This section will be updated on a continuous basis. Change is inevitable (although sometimes a bit more rapid than need be - i.e. Anaheim's sign removal campaign), and many times change is for the best. Even roadside signs and buildings that have been built in recent year will one day become old and decrepit. And yes, torn down and replaced with seemingly good intentions. Some of the best of yesteryear can and will be found in Roadside Peek's Where Are They Now? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apache Tears Motel Marquee (Inducted 01/25/02)
Check out the figure's paint scheme. The statues itself has to be seen to appreciate its size and the solemnness it portrays seems to suffocate the air around it. Apache Tears Motel Marquee
Apache Tears new marquee
Burger Chef (Inducted 3/13/00)
A fantastic site (and sight) for burgers, Burger Chef's huge marquee welcomes the hungry traveler in this 1965 shot. (Below) A much more demure Burger Chef marquee hides itself next to the road in this 1980 photo. What happened to the great architecture shown above? I guess time did tell.
Burger Chef
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bowling Alley Marquees (Inducted 9/26/99) Bowling alley marquees have been a major part of the soul of roadside pop culture for decades. However, many signs (and entire alleys) have disappeared in the 1990's. The following are examples of our history now lost.
(Many thanks to Dustin Brewer for tip regarding Bowlium marquee replacement)
Carter Bowl Marquee
The "new" Carter Bowl Marquee
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tiny Naylor's (Van de Kamp's) (Inducted 6/20/99)
Well, as times change, styles change. With new ownership comes new ideas. The magnificent windmill has now been removed and a Carrow's will be occupying the site. Another great restaurant design of decades past is now now history. Tiny Naylor's (formerly Van de Kamp's)
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Welcome to the Apache Tears Motel, off the old Benson Highway in Tucson,
Arizona. Featuring a name that
hearkens back to legends of the skirmishes between US troops and Apache
Indians back in the 1800's, the Apache Tears displays a jewel of a figure
by the roadside.
Well, we've seen many endings as far as roadside treasures go. Some places
have come down in a glorious farewell. Others come crashing down with
no consideration for their heritage and history. 
As far as ugly endings go, the ruins of the former marquee of the Apache
Tears is most likely the 2nd tops. Not only has the marvelous signage
been replaced by a rather plain looking back lit plastic sign, the treasure
of a statue has been unceremoniously dumped... headless... down
the road. Wow... 
Burger Chef
Welcome to the Bowlium in Pomona. And inviting you to play a few
games is the pastel colored marquee alongside Mission Ave. 
In the Anaheim area and itching for some ten pin alley action? Then look
no further than the Carter Bowl, home to a great googie sign to boot!
From
the large "BOWL" lettering to the holes in the stand structure,
this marquee is a great historical relic to the googie era.
Unfortunately, it is 1999, and Carter Bowl has met the fate of "progress"
(or AMF design management), and the marquee has been replaced. Look familiar?
Hungry or just begging for a quick stopover after a night on the town?
Or just looking for breakfast before a trip out of town. Tiny Naylor's
(formerly Van de Kamp's) is the place to be.