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California crazy : American pop architecture / Jim Heimann

By: Contributor(s): Resource type: Ressourcentyp: BuchBookLanguage: English Publisher: Köln : Taschen, [2018]Description: 323 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 9783836572835
  • 3836572834
Uniform titles:
  • California crazy (Taschen (Firm))
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 720/.9794
LOC classification:
  • NA730.C2
Summary: What makes California crazy / Jim Heimann -- California crazy redux / Jim Heimann -- From amusement zones to the road / Jim Heimann -- A century of California crazy / Jim Heimann -- California Crazy A-Z / edited by Jim Heimann -- A lasting architecture / David Gebhard -- An architectural heritage / Jim Heimann.Summary: "At the dawn of the automobile age, Americans predilection for wanderlust prompted a new wave of inventive entrepreneurs to cater to this new mode of transportation. Starting in the 1920s, attention-grabbing buildings began to appear that would draw in passing drivers for snacks, provisions, souvenirs, or a quick meal. The architectural establishment of the day dismissed these roadside buildings as monstrosities . Yet, they flourished, especially along America's Sunbelt, and in particular, in Southern California, as proprietors indulged their creative impulses in the form of giant, eccentric constructions from owls, dolls, pigs, and ships, to coffee pots and fruit. Their symbolic intent was guileless, yet they were marginalized by history. But, over the past 40 years, California's architectural anomalies have regained their integrity, and are now being celebrated in this freshly revised compendium of buildings, California Crazy"--Amazon.comPPN: PPN: 1683588959
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