Los Angeles magazine associate editor and friend to programmatic architecture Chris Nichols reports today that LA's last barrel-shaped building (on Vineland in North Hollywood) will be saved by the people behind Bigfoot Lodge. The former Idle Hour Cafe and La Cana Restaurant was built in 1941 and has been closed since 1984. Bigfoot Lodge owner Bobby Green and his 1933 Group picked up the building at auction this past weekend and Nichols says "Their plans for a full restoration of the place are amazing and wonderful and I’ll meet you all there for a drink when it reopens sometime next year as the Idle Hour Cafe." [LA Mag]
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