Mesa Lanes - Costa Mesa, CA - Vintage Bowling Alley - Long Sleeve T-Shirt reidsville a sailboat on water

a sailboat on water

a 32-lane house that never closed its doors

Music Plus was an old (now defunct) retail music store that existed from 1982-1992

Pee-wee Herman rides a red retro rocket with tail fins

and pickaxe catches a baseball beside yellow script reading "Baseball Club

Mesa Lanes - Costa Mesa, CA - Vintage Bowling Alley - Long Sleeve T-Shirt reidsville a sailboat on waterMesa Lanes stood at 1703 Superior in Costa Mesa, a gathering place where league bowlers and cocktail lounge regulars shared the same roof. Equipped with AMF lanes, it carried the mid century tradition of bowling as community ritual. Places like this, built through the 1950s and 1960s, gave Southern California neighborhoods a place to belong. Part of our Retro Bowling collection, featuring the defunct alleys of yesteryear. The Details: Maroon text