Algemac's Coffee Shop - 1937 - Los Angeles

Built in 1937, Algemac's Coffee Shop closed in 2006 and was gutted in 2008. Located on San Fernando Road at the corner of Glendale Avenue in Glendale California preservationists fought hard to save it. They weren't entirely successful but they reached a compromise with developers who agreed to incorporate the original Algemac's facade into the design of a new building. I worked there in the late 70s as a hostess.