ENCOUNTER RESTAURANT Imagineering Development STORYBOARD LAX Space Age Airport

Description: This is an ORIGINAL 1996 Storyboard Page from IMAGINEERING for the Super Groovy LA ENCOUNTER RESTAURANT at LAX's Landmark Building that looks looks the JETSONS. L.A.X. has another such structure – the Theme Building. Designed in 1959, it was completed and dedicated in 1961. After receiving landmark status in 1993, the building that looks like a giant flying saucer got a $4 million renovation in the mid-1990s, with retro-futuristic interior and electric lighting designed by Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI), in preparation for it to open as a restaurant called Encounter in 1997. Sean Adams, who was asked by Eddie Sotto at WDI to help with the design, said: We worked with Eddie on the graphic components of the project. It was a wonderful collaboration. At the time, the 1967 version of Tomorrowland was being refurbished. This made us sad. We believed the 1967 Tomorrowland to be the highest achievement in the history of civilization. So we decided to rescue some of our favorite elements with type design, materials, and color. The space age theme is infused into the experience, and we worked hard to find avenues to express this in every part of the project. Bathrooms can be rather dull, and my business partner Noreen Morioka had a wonderful idea to install the rubber gloves that are used for isolation boxes in the wall between the men’s room and women’s room. This would allow the guest to put his or her hands through the gloves and touch someone on the other side. Neither party would know who was on the other end. Oddly, this idea was not realized When Encounter first opened in 1997, it was THE hot spot of L.A. There were 2-hour waits to get a table, John Travolta bought the place out and had a birthday party there, there would be cast & crew wrap parties after movies were done filming, the works. And then a bunch of things happened. First, 9/11 caused the TSA and the big wigs at LAX to close the restaurant for 6 months while they decided if it was safe to have so many people outside the secure area for such long periods of time while so close to the airport. Understandably, Encounter wasn’t quite so popular when it reopened, but was still profitable. Then a chunk of stucco fell from the building in 2007, which called for 8 months of closure while safety inspectors did their thing. Almost immediately after it reopened, the building had scaffolding around it for 2 years while it was seismically updated. The restaurant was actually open the whole time, but despite a sign that said so, people didn’t know and didn’t go. A $4 million renovation, with retro-futuristic interior and electric lighting designed by Walt Disney Imagineering, was completed before the Encounter Restaurant opened there in 1997. Visitors are able to take an elevator up to the Observation Level to get a 360-degree view of arriving and departing planes.[ After the September 11 attacks, the Observation Level was closed for security reasons. Following a $12.3 million restoration of the building completed in 2010, the observation level re-opened to the public on Saturdays and Sundays starting July 10. Additionally, on September 9, 2003, a permanent memorial honoring those who perished in the attacks of September 11 was opened on the grounds of the Theme Building. The Encounter Restaurant closed for business in December 2013 with no future plans to reopen, although the building's observation level is still open on weekends. Previously, the restaurant was closed in March 2007 for repairs after a half-ton piece of the stucco skin on the upper arches crashed onto the roof of the restaurant, and reopened on November 12, 2007. Delaware North Companies Travel Hospitality Services operated the restaurant. The restaurant being in a non-secure area of the airport, where travelers are reluctant to spend time when a possibly lengthy security checkpoint lay ahead, or leave after being screened and have to go through security again upon returning, was cited as a reason for closing. L.A.X. has another such structure – the Theme Building. Designed in 1959, it was completed and dedicated in 1961. After receiving landmark status in 1993, the building that looks like a giant flying saucer got a $4 million renovation in the mid-1990s, with retro-futuristic interior and electric lighting designed by Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI), in preparation for it to open as a restaurant called Encounter in 1997. ITEM is 8 1/2 X 11 ITEM IN EXCELLENT CONDITION ( see pics please ) MULTIPLE FLAT PURCHASES CAN COMBINE SHIPPING - PLEASE USE THE "ADD TO CART" BUTTON TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF REDUCED COMBO SHIPPING OPTION

Price: 9.99 USD

Location: Kailua Kona, Hawaii

End Time: 2024-12-06T03:48:59.000Z

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