Many times, throughout my childhood on road-trips across the country for vacations or soccer games the golden arch brought me joy. A swirl of emotions filled my heart as I saw my father pulling into a McDonalds after a long drive or even a long game for a happy meal. A one story, open concept layout never seemed so welcoming, especially with the golden sign signaling the location of happiness. During my adolescence, my father was always working outside of the continent, so I never had a lot of money and I found myself often staring at my local McDonalds with 5 dollars and a dream. This was the beginning of a love affair with a golden arch, silly clown and wacky fun architecture designed to stimulate happiness for children. It doesn’t need to be said but the best McDonalds had a playground inside them for kids to play and what a marvelous idea construed by this corporation.

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