Tony Trutanich’s parents, Martin and Mary, were Croatian immigrants who settled in a house on 15th St. in San Pedro after originally coming to the port city of Tacoma, Washington in the early 1900s. Anthony Andrew Trutanich was born on Nov. 29, 1922. As a young man, he worked in the commercial fishing industry inContinue reading “Tony Trutanich’s seafood restaurants became fixtures on the Redondo Beach pier”
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Pann’s restaurant survives as one of a dying breed of Googie-style eateries
The Googie style of mid-century modern architecture got its name from Googie’s Coffee Shop, a Hollywood diner built in 1949. Architect John Lautner designed the building at the corner of Sunset and Crescent Heights boulevards, right next to Schwab’s drugstore. Lautner’s creation sported wildly angular roofs, giant glass walls, dayglo-bright neon signage and modernist interiors.Continue reading “Pann’s restaurant survives as one of a dying breed of Googie-style eateries”
