The Drive-In, the Supermarket, and the Transformation of Commercial Space in Los Angeles, 1914-1941 Hardcover - 1999
by Richard W. Longstreth
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Richard Longstreth is one of the few architectural historians to focus on ordinary commercial buildings - buildings usually associated with commercial builders and real estate developers rather than architects and thus generally overlooked by historians of "high" architecture. Here Longstreth explores the early development of two kinds of retail space that have become ubiquitous in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century. One space, external, is devoted to the circulation and parking of automobiles on retail premises. Longstreth analyzes the origins of this development in the 1910s and 1920s, with the super service station and then the drive-in market. The other type of space was introduced soon thereafter with the single-story supermarket, its interior designed for high-volume turnover of a large selection of goods with a minimum of staff assistance. Longstreth focuses on Los Angeles, the principal center for the development of both kinds of space, during the period from the mid-1910s to the early 1940s. This richly illustrated study integrates architectural, cultural, economic, and urban factors to describe the evolution of retailing and how it has affected the urban landscape.
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- Title The Drive-In, the Supermarket, and the Transformation of Commercial Space in Los Angeles, 1914-1941
- Author Richard W. Longstreth
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher MIT Press, Cumberland, Rhode Island, U.S.A.
- Date 1999-04
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780262122146 / 0262122146
- Weight 2.33 lbs (1.06 kg)
- Dimensions 11.35 x 7.92 x 1.14 in (28.83 x 20.12 x 2.90 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Cultural Region: West Coast
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Geographic Orientation: California
- Library of Congress subjects Retail trade - California - Los Angeles, Drive-in facilities - California - Los
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-39140
- Dewey Decimal Code 381.1
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Citations
- Publishers Weekly, 03/29/1999, Page 83
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