California crazy and beyond : roadside vernacular architecture / Jim Heimann.

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Heimann, Jim, 1948-

Title & Author:

California crazy and beyond : roadside vernacular architecture / Jim Heimann.

Publication:

Description:

179 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 178-179) and index.
Introduction / David Gebhard -- California Crazy -- Out-of-State Oddities -- Signs, Cars, and Giants -- Current Condition -- Legacy.

Summary:

"At the beginning of the automobile age, in that most car crazy of places, Southern California, roadways were dotted with eye-catching beacons for travelers. Diners shaped like chili bowls, pigs, and coffee pots; hotels and theaters in Aztec and Mayan motifs; and all manner of oddly shaped buildings were part of the Western architectural landscape - a trend that spread across the country. California Crazy & Beyond: Roadside Venacular Architecture is the most thorough documentation of this ususual architectural style, and a greatly enhanced, fully revised version of the classic book that first explored the movement."--BOOK JACKET.

ISBN:

0811830187 (paperback)
9780811830188 (paperback)

Subject:

Architecture California.
Architecture California 20th century.
Vernacular architecture California.
Roadside architecture California.
Architecture Californie.
Architecture Californie 20e siècle.
Architecture vernaculaire Californie.
Constructions des abords de route Californie.
Architecture.
Roadside architecture.
Vernacular architecture.
California.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

California crazy & beyond

Holdings:

Location: Library main 215948
Call No.: NA730.C2 H42 2001
Status: Available

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