Civic Lanes - Santa Monica, CA - Vintage Bowling Alley - Unisex T-Shirt dodgers Renting from Marathon means standing

Renting from Marathon means standing in an empty lot

Blind station managers paying cash for mystery recordings is the most honest business model Depression-era radio ever produced

Orange and yellow flames rise from below the character

White seagull silhouettes flank the buoy on either side

Smaller text at the bottom reads "in the SUNSHINE CITY OF ARIZONA

Civic Lanes - Santa Monica, CA - Vintage Bowling Alley - Unisex T-Shirt dodgers Renting from Marathon means standingCivic Lanes stood on Pico Boulevard in Santa Monica during the mid century boom of the 1950s and 1960s. Bowling alleys like this one were community anchors, gathering places where neighbors met weekly under soaring rooflines. Some buildings defined an era just by standing there, and Civic Lanes was one of them. Part of our Retro Bowling collection, featuring the defunct alleys of yesteryear. The Details: Cursive mint green script reads "Civic" above