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Preservation Commission forwards Orbit Station landmark nomination at 2240 Northgate Boulevard to city council
Summary
The Sacramento Preservation Commission voted Jan. 21 to advance a staff recommendation to list the former Orbit Station (2240 Northgate Boulevard, file f25025) on the Sacramento Register after staff described the site's Googie architecture and public support; one property owner objected to the nomination.
The Sacramento Preservation Commission voted Jan. 21 to forward a staff recommendation to the City Council to list the former Orbit Station at 2240 Northgate Boulevard as a landmark on the Sacramento Register of Historic and Cultural Resources.
Staff preservation intern Hazel Vez presented the nomination (file no. f25025), saying the early-1960s service station exemplifies the Googie style through four upward‑sloping cantilevered canopies formed as a hyperbolic paraboloid and a central triangular dome. Vez said few exterior…
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