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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 11:43 AM
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Does anyone know who invented McDonald's Golden Arches?
The architect, that is. I can't find it on line. Thanks.
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 11:44 AM
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1. I thought it was Ray Kroc himself
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 11:47 AM
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2. does this help?
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auntAgonist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 11:52 AM
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3. Stanley Metson
When he was asked to submit his design for a new drive-in restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona, the architect Stanley Metson presented the McDonald brothers with the plans for a gleaming red-and-white-tiled rectangular building with a roof that started downwards sharply from the front and the rear. Dick, however, felt there was something missing.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/features/article3308160.ece


can you tell I'm bored? :)
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 12:17 PM
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6. Well thanks.
I thought it was someone else who told me their friend's dad had done it. Guess not.
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 11:53 AM
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4. Al Gore?
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madinmaryland Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 12:12 PM
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5. Did you find that on the internets??
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 12:40 PM
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7. It's a series of tubes
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noonwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu May-08-08 12:42 PM
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8. Mike Brady?
Although, McDonalds' are rarely found in tri-level buildings.
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