You just might get a vintage McDonald's find. If you ever find yourself on the roadways of those cities, be sure to look up. According to Eat This, however, of the 38,000 plus McDonald’s locations around the globe, 12 of these long-standing spots still exist. McDonald’s did not confirm the number of single-golden-arch locations that exist today. We love seeing our fans celebrate our history at these nostalgic spots while also creating their own memories at McDonald’s in their local communities.” "You can still find the original signs at a few select locations, which have become popular destinations for road-trippers and history buffs alike.
“The Golden Arches have been a beacon to customers since the 1960s, when McDonald’s began updating its single-arch Speedee signs at restaurants across the U.S.,” McDonald’s USA said in a statement to TODAY Food. That same year, the Golden Arches as we know them in their overlapping twin form became standard. trademark on the name “McDonald’s” was approved in 1968. Ray Kroc had been working as a franchise agent with the McDonalds brothers for 13 years by the time a U.S. It was years later, in 1962, that the Golden Arches actually became part of the McDonald’s logo. Some also had a single arch that held up the McDonald’s sign. Instead of being paired together to form the now-iconic “M,” the arches were set on opposite ends of the building. Still, those arches didn’t have the look they have today. Back then, Clark worked with the McDonald’s brothers to conceive a memorable but functional design after all, they were conceptualizing the most modern take of a drive-in that had already become popular in Southern California by the 1930s.Īccording to McDonald’s USA, Richard McDonald decided to add gold arches to the building based on the “feeling that the roof line was a bit too flat.” At the time, actual arches curved over the building as part of the building.
Slain Migos Member Takeoff to Be Remembered in Atlanta CelebrationĪ 1986 Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians article by architect Alan Hess noted that the first golden arch went up in Phoenix, Arizona - not Des Plaines, Illinois, as is commonly believed.
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