Mesa Lanes - Costa Mesa, CA - Vintage Bowling Alley - Long Sleeve T-Shirt reidsville Santa Ana had a real

Santa Ana had a real one

a sailboat on water

but dime drafts and a rowdy crowd turned the game into a forfeit

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

a 32-lane house that never closed its doors

Mesa Lanes - Costa Mesa, CA - Vintage Bowling Alley - Long Sleeve T-Shirt reidsville Santa Ana had a realMesa 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