{"id":83016,"date":"2024-10-01T09:16:26","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T02:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=83016"},"modified":"2024-10-01T09:16:26","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T02:16:26","slug":"the-surprising-reason-one-mcdonalds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/the-surprising-reason-one-mcdonalds\/","title":{"rendered":"The Surprising Reason One McDonald\u2019s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Turquoise, a color embedded in local heritage for over a millennium, symbolizes \u201cMother Earth\u201d and \u201cSkystone\u201d to the native people, resonating in their jewelry and art.\n</p><p>The decision to adopt turquoise arches in 1993 was driven by Sedona\u2019s strict building codes, which aim to maintain harmony with the desert\u2019s rich palette of reds, oranges, and tans\u2014colors derived from the region\u2019s mineral-rich landscape. Local officials were concerned that McDonald\u2019s iconic gold would clash with these hues, leading to the unique color adaptation.\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"not-transparent' alignnone wp-image-14287 src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/superduperior.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/04%5C/01_arches_The-Surprising-Reason-One-McDonalds-Uses-Turquoise-Arches_643234660_Sheila-Fitzgerald-jpg.webp%5C%22" sizes='\"auto,' srcset='\"https:\/\/superduperior.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/01_arches_The-Surprising-Reason-One-McDonalds-Uses-Turquoise-Arches_643234660_Sheila-Fitzgerald-jpg.webp' https: alt='\"\"' width='\"785\"' height='\"524\"' data-dominant-color='\"a9afae\"' data-has-transparency='\"false\"' title='\"\"'>\n</p><p>This ethos of cultural respect extends beyond Sedona. For example, Roswell, New Mexico, boasts a UFO-shaped McDonald\u2019s, aligning with the town\u2019s quirky, artsy vibe and extraterrestrial fame. Similarly, various McDonald\u2019s locations across the U.S. embrace local aesthetics\u2014from a New York outlet in a 1700s farmhouse to a Las Vegas site featuring giant arches that mirror the city\u2019s bold architecture.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Turquoise, a color embedded in local heritage for over a millennium, symbolizes \u201cMother Earth\u201d and \u201cSkystone\u201d to the native people, resonating in their jewelry and art. The decision to adopt turquoise arches in 1993 was driven by Sedona\u2019s strict building codes, which aim to maintain harmony with the desert\u2019s rich palette of reds, oranges, and &hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":83017,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[670],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83016"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83018,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83016\/revisions\/83018"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/83017"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p>